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19049069<p>Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers Limited 1904 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 80 pages. INSCRIBED by C. E. S. Chambers on the half title page to Sir J. Balfour Paul dated 1904. WITH a. l. s. from Robert Chambers to "Mr. Bisson." Hardcover bound in red cloth with lettering in black on a white paper spine label armorial bookplate of J. Balfour Paul on front pastedown. Binding is moderately worn and rubbed with bumps and fraying to the corners and spine; spine and upper edges are slightly sunned. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated with portraits. <br /><br /></p> W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1904 hardcover
1980036960London / Sydney / Melbourne: Angus And Robertson 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Photographs. Xix 337 Pp. Black Boards Lettered In Silver. First Printing. With Full Page Drawing Of Philippe Mora And A Movie Camera On Front Free Endpaper Also Inscribed On Half Title To Hollywood And London Agent Robert Littman "The Real New Wave Is About To Begin! Love Xmas 1982 L. A. Philippe & Pamela". Philippe Mora And His Wife Pamela Krause Mora Have Had Extensive Careers In Film And Art. <br/> <br/> Angus And Robertson hardcover
191025109London: The International Library 1910. 1 vols. Folio. Loose in portfolio wrappers which are split. 1 vols. Folio. Very useful. <br/><br/> The International Library unknown
1905034451Greensboro NC: Jos. J. Stone 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 176 pages. Hardcover bound in blue and red cloth. Binding is worn rubbed with corners bumped. Soiling and spotting on the front cover. Author has signed front flyleaf. Text is has occasional foxing some smudging. Photographs throughout. SIGNED on the front flyleaf "Compliments of G. S. Bradshaw". George S. Bradshaw Esq. was the compiler and editor of this work. The photos in the book are mostly portraits and include many North Carolina notables of the day. <br/> <br/> Jos. J. Stone hardcover
1950058056New York: Random House 1950. First Printing . Turquoise Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8 1/4" High. 184 Unmarked Pages. Stated First Printing. "'The Happy Time' Was First Presented By Richard Rodgers And Oscar Hammerstein 2Nd At The Plymouth Theatre New York City On January 24 1950 With The Following Cast: Bibi.Johnny Stewart; Papa.Claude Dauphin "Etc. From The Personal Library Of A Hollywood Publicist; Stamp On Ffep. Cover Edges Faded; Paper Label On Spine Clean And Bright. Dj In Brodart; Not Price Clipped ; Chipped Tips Top And Bottom Of Spine. 1/2" Closed Tear Top Edge Rear. Claude Dauphin Signed His Name On Front Of Dj Between " By Samuel Taylor" And :" A Random House Play". <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1920033442New York: J. B. Lippincott Company 1920. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs Drawings Maps And Plans Throughout. X 1131 Pp Ad At Rear. Red Cloth Gilt Contents Pages Are Front Endpapers. Second Edition Copyright 1916 And 1920. Some Rubbing All Gilt Still Brilliant Beginning To Fray At Lower Front Tip Hinges Cracked Between Two-Fold Frontispiece And The Title Page Binding Sound No Cracking To Endpapers. Ownership Signatures Of Hollywood Producer Milton Sperling On Front And Rear Endpapers. In 190-1920 All Of Los Angeles West Of Downtown Was Organized Into Oil Drilling Fields Mapped And Exploited. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
1938021570Chicago: Guiding Light Publishing Company 1938. First Edition . Brown Cloth. Near Fine/Cardboard Box. Frontispiece Portraits. 136 Pp. Made Up Book By The Writers For The Serial The Guiding Light. This Example Inscribed Twice By The Actor Who Played Dr. Ruthledge Arthur J Peterson First On Front Endpaper Dated February 27 1939 And Secondly Beneath His Frontispiece Portrait. Near Fine In Publisher's Box <br/> <br/> Guiding Light Publishing Company hardcover
19294720bx123<p>NY: Columbia University. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slate Blue cloth gilt both bright.</p><p>Signed and inscribed ffep by the author "Miss Alice Morrow/From an admiring/friend/Mary Mills Patrick/New York City/October 12 1929."</p><p>Erratum slip bound in p215. Tattered unclipped 4.50 dj; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author. bx133</p> Columbia University hardcover
rja2095<p>UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's hand-writtenink signature to foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour illustrated dw/dj by Bill Gregorysimulating a distressedantique book with embossed borders and simulated part-oxidised giltembossed letters to upper wrap and spine/backstripwith minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges bright and generally clean; contents brighttight and near pristine.Brown paper-covered boards with author's gilt initials to upper board's bottomright-hand corner and brightblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean immaculatebrownwhite map illustrated endpapers.Bottom rear corner minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.UK 8voHBdw/djauthor SIGNED1st edn9-408pp includes half-titletitle pages41 chapters and 4pp blanks to rear. Sleath. Quietpeaceful.A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hillsalmost forgotten by the modern world.Nothing much seems to happen here little disturbs the centuries-old tranquility.Until the ghosts begin to appear.And frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Asha man burdened by the dark secret of his own pastis sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.The incidents grow worse untilin the final night of horrorawesome and malign forces are unleashed in a supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village itself. For Sleath is not what it seems.And the dead have returned for a reason.Layer by layerJames Herbert skilfully unveils Sleath's deadly secrets building to a finale that is breathtakingly horrific in its intensity.'The Ghosts of Sleath' lays claim to being Herbert's finest work yet then 1994 and will thrill millions of readers who are familiar with his stories.See also rja2083 for another SIGNED copy and rja122rja386rja526rja529 rja530and rjaz1289 and rja2096 - rja2100 inclusive for other James Herbert titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! <br />N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE.<br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1994. hardcover
196218081<p>Very Good softcover. Staple bound with pictorial thin card covers. Front cover is bright and clean with full autograph signatures of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and of New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes in blue ink; rear cover is bright and clean but for few small light coffee stains and very slight age darkening at tail edge; tightly bound; bright clean interior; rear pocket is intact with three color reproductions of the bridge in Fine condition. Cf OCLC #10504670 "Brochure on the history design and construction engineers etc. involved from the original opening of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 to the opening of the second deck of the George Washington Bridge in 1962.". Original envelope from Port of New York Authority laid in is scuffed lightly soiled with chips and tears along edges.</p> New York: Port of New York Authority paperback
2001000734NY: Random House Inc. SIGNED First Edition first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House 2001. Signed by Author on title page. A pristine flawless copy in flawless dj. Rare to find signed copies of Irving's later work especially in as new condition. . As New. Hard. 1st. 2001. Random House Inc unknown
2001001121NY: Random House. SIGNED First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Published NY: Random House 2001. First printing of the First Large Print edition. Signed by Author on the half title. Minor bumping to bottom rear corner bookplate removal abrasion on front free end paper otherwise near fine clean tight copy in dust jacket. Rare to find signed late Irving works - especially Large Print copies. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 2001. Random House unknown
1893044040New York: Harper And Brothers 1893. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Ix 337 Pp 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue-Green Cloth Gilt. 1893 Printing With That Date On The Title Page. The Author Was Professor Of Rhetoric At Harvard Before All Disciplines Became Focused On Rhetoric. Ownership Signature Of Actor Hans Conried And Directly From His Library. Book With Gilt Bright But Fraying At Corners Hinges Cracked Through. <br/> <br/> Harper And Brothers hardcover
1918042210Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1918. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates With Tissue Guards. Xii 515 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition With 1918 Date On Title Page. Volume I Of What Became A 3 Volume History. The Saturday Club Established In 1855 Was An Informal Monthly Gathering In Boston Massachusetts Of Writers Scientists Philosophers Historians And Other Notable Thinkers Of The Mid-Nineteenth Century. Out Of Its Meetings Evolved What Became The Atlantic Monthly. This Copy With Ownership Signature Of Moorfield Storey A Member Of The Club Since Circa 1894/5- President In 1925 With His Address At 175 Walnut St. Brookline. Moorfield Storey 1845 - 1929 Was An American Lawyer Anti-Imperial Activist And Civil Rights Leader Based In Boston Massachusetts. Also With A Handwritten Note On Half Title "Moorfield Story Became A Member In 1894 Or 5 I Think And President In 1935"; From The Family Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe. According To Storey's Biographer William B. Hixson Jr. He Had A Worldview That Embodied "Pacifism Anti-Imperialism And Racial Egalitarianism Fully As Much As It Did Laissez-Faire And Moral Tone In Government." Storey Served As The Founding President Of The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People Naacp Serving From 1909 To His Death In 1929. He Opposed United States Expansionism Beginning With The Spanish-American War. An Opponent Of Military Intervention In General Storey Spoke At The First Anti-Imperialist Mass Meeting In Boston In June 1898 Called Because Of The Spanish-American War. He Was A Vice President Of The New England Anti-Imperialist League. In Addition He Wrote A Book Brief For The Lodge Committee Summarizing The War Crimes Of The Philippine-American War. From 1905 Until Its Dissolution In 1921 Storey Was President Of The National Anti-Imperialist League. He Perceived That "National Subjugation Overseas And Racial Persecution At Home Were Related" Which Drove His Efforts At Reform In The United States. Damon W. Root Touted Storey As An Historical Role Model For Libertarian Democrats In A December 2007 Article For Reason Magazine. Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1990008948NY: Landmark Book Co. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Landmark Book Co. 1990 first printing. Folio 10 3/4" x 12" 228pp. over 80 full-color plates plus 200 b/w plates. Signed by artist on half title. Laid in are two 1946 autograph letters signed from the artist in Shiprock New Mexico where he created a series of 60 lithographs on the ceremonial dances of the Navaho while residing on a Navaho reservation. Each letter is two pages - February 24 1946 -Dear Gus; and November 19 in which he mentions a forthcoming book of his art with the text being written by John Collier commissioner of Indian Affairs later published as Patterns And Ceremonials Of The Indians Of The Southwest. Additionally two half flyers for the artist's exhibition of Indian subjects - October 20 to November 7 1947 or 1948 at Arthur H. Harlow Galleries NYC are laid in. Book is fine in a fine dust jacket. The letters are very good with folds and slight loss along the edges. Flyers are good. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1990. Landmark Book Co. unknown
1993049878New York City Ny: Hyperion Books 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 232 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt; Black Boards; Blue-Gray Endpapers. First Printing Indicated 1993. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket; Faint Vertical Crease On Left Free Side Of Title Page. Signed By Both Illustrators On The Title Page Additionally Signed By Both On Half Title Page Next To An Illustration Of The Witch Offering An Apple With Their Greeting "Call Medicare Honey If This Disagrees With You". <br/> <br/> Hyperion Books hardcover
1939006737New York: Saturday Evening Post 1939. Handwritten Manuscript . No Binding. Very Good. 11" x 8 1/2. The complete text of Durant's article "The Crisis in Christianity" later published August 5 1939 in the Saturday Evening Post. Two original handwritten draft manuscripts in ink with extensive revisions and final typescript in carbon with a few handwritten changes in ink.The first draft is 19 pp. on lined yellow paper legal size with extensive revisions throughout. The second draft is 17 pp. on brighter lined yellow paper with some revisions. The final draft is typewritten here in a carbon copy with a few minor corrections. <br/> <br/> (Saturday Evening Post) unknown
2002010126NY: Harry N. Abrams. Signed First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams 2002 first printing. Folio 9 3/4" x 13" 336pp. 776 illustrations 100 plates in full color. Boldly inscirbed by author to cartoonist Mary Anne Case: "To Mary Anne A true cartoonist and comics fan - Brian Walker." Pictorial laminated boards color pictorial endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2002. Harry N. Abrams unknown
a929831892 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation. Large heavy Folio Hardcover. 442pp. ivory linen cloth backstrip with mounted paper spine label and light blue-grey papercovered boards. Uncut. VG plus excellent condition just slight toning of boards spine label and end papers; text Fine and clean; no ownership marks. . hardcover
1903006925NY: D. Appleton. Signed limited first edition. Number 118 of an edition of 160. Published NY: D. Appleton 1903 first printing. 8vo. xxxii 359pp. illustrated with plates. Bound in gilt stamped three-quarter vellum over gray paper covered boards top edge gilting. Signed by Mrs. Stockton after her Memorial Sketch signed on frontis by artist Jacques Reich with clipped signature of Stockton pasted below. Light soil to the vellum and rear board one inch bump abrasion on front edge of rear board. Very good attractice example. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1903. D. Appleton unknown
2012058675CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 287 Pp. Softcover First Printing. Inscribed At Length By The Author To "My Dear Friend Of So Many Years. Enjoy Some Of My Adventures You May Not Have Heard About." And Dated Oct 2012. The Author Joined Ballanchine's New York City Ballet In 1949 When She Was 14 Years Old As The Youngest Dancer. <br/> <br/> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
1931018664Washington DC: Jenkins Laboratories / C. Francis Jenkins 1931. First Edition . Brown Cloth. Near Fine. 9 1/4" Tall. Many Photographs. 273 Pp. Brown Cloth Embossed. Important Autobiography By An Inventor Prominent In The Development Of Television And Other Technological Innovations. First Edition. Near Fine. Nicely Inscribed To Mr. And Mrs Rudolph Forster "In Appreciation Of A Long-Time Friendship" And Signed And Dated By The Author 1/15/32. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill For Example Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also Responsible For The 'Orderly Handling Of Documents' And Supervision Of The Large Clerical Staff. He Was The Most Important Permanent Official At The White House. " -Off The Record With F.D.R. Rutgers University Press 1958. "Rudolph Is A Man Without Faults." - Franklin D. Roosevelt As Cited In That Book P. 140. An Especially Interesting Association Between This Important Invention And A Pillar Of Federal Administration During The Period That Began Without Radio Or Telecommunications But Ended With Their Emergence As Bastions Of Democracy. <br/> <br/> Jenkins Laboratories / C. Francis Jenkins hardcover
19391331bx130<p>Signed and inscribed by the author to William C. Waltemath of Rockville Centre N.Y. in March 1940: "To my esteemed friend / Wm C Waltemath. / With every good wish / from the author / Peyton H Enniss". 1st printing. VG in blue cloth white blocking. Top board illustration of Babylonian tablet of the flood. Mild wear at the edges. Illustrated endpapers include photos of Rosetta Stone Babylonian map of the world Walls of Jericho house foundation excavated at Ur of Chaldee more. Front pastedown is chart titled "Origin of the Alphabet". 124 pages 7 5/8"tall</p> New York: Biblical Treasures hardcover
a49191NY 1943 Park-Bernet. Auction catalogues. 3 volumes complete. 4to. 94pp. 129pp. 122pp. facsimile illustrations wraps. VG light cover wear; light frayng of cover edges. No owner marks. Complete set in 3 volumes. . paperback
2000009784Bonney Lake Washington: Mountain View Books. Signed first edition. Hard cover. Published Bonney Lake Washington: Mountain View Books 2000 first printing. Signed by author on tipped in dedication page. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" xiv479pp. illustrated throughout with b/w photo reproductions. Textured blue letherette with gilt tiltles. A fine copy. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2000. Mountain View Books unknown
