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1924187049Mount Vernon New York: Bruce Rogers 1924. Softcover. VG internally but lower center edge of the rear cover has a small tear and ding to it and the covers are soiled. Tan wraps with black illustrations and lettering on front and rear covers bw illustrated title page 14 untrimmed pages. This is one of 223 copies of this pamphlet printed. Signed by Bruce Rogers on title page. Bruce Rogers paperback
1806175126Albany: Backus and Whiting 1806. First American Edition. Leather. 251p. A small hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Boards rubbed bumped and starting to crack off but still well enough attached for gentle handling. Spine ends chipped. Bottom corner chipped off page xi text unaffected. Lots of spotty light stains and other blemishes scattered throughout the text but otherwise no notes or underlining. Rear endpapers torn and covered in pencil scribbles. Binding secure. Bishop Fenelon 1651-1715 was an advocate for women's education. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.25 Backus and Whiting unknown
1808D15709London: William Bulmer at the Shakespeare Press for William Miller 1808. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set. Contemporary of original grey boards; spines with new labels. Volume 1. Clxxx 141 pages. Frontispiece portrait of More is lacking. Volume 2. 320 pages. An uncommon Dibdin edition of this classic work. Formerly in the Thomas More collection of the College of New Rochelle Library with perforated stamps to title pages; ink lettering to spines. Mid 19th century owner bookplate and ownership signature dated 1919. Housed in a handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> William Bulmer at the Shakespeare Press for William Miller hardcover
1836303671London: John Major 1836 982 pages. Rebound in brown cloth. Illus. by Illustrated. Book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. John Major hardcover
199651982ECON TASCHENBUCH 1996. 1. softcover. ECON TASCHENBUCH paperback
20059780571227761-2025Faber and Faber 2005. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Michael Dibdin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Faber and Faber</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780571227761</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2005</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 223</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed with a Parmesan knife Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation.Recovering slowly from surgery and fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life Zen is only too happy to take on what at first appears to be a routine and relatively undemanding assignment.But soon a world-famous university professor is shot with the same gun immediately after publicly humiliating Italy's leading celebrity television chef and the case - intertwined with the fates of an earnest student of semiotics and a mysterious young immigrant who claims to be from Ruritania - spins out of control and Zen is in no condition to rise to the challenge.There's also a wild card in the pack - Tony Speranza Bologna's most flamboyant private detective. Back to Bologna is dazzlingly plotted features a cast of vivid and idiosyncratic characters and along the way delivers both comic and serious insights into the realities of today's Italy.</p> Faber and Faber hardcover
3752320982.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1805028813Cheltenham UK: H. Ruff 1805. 240pp frontis. Contemporary marbled boards with leather spine and corners half-leather. Spine worn hinges tender with bottom panel of spine torn but attached corners rubbed. Quite heavily foxed on frontis with lesser foxing throughout. Translated from the French and adapted for English readers this is the first edition with Dibdin's chapter on religious education. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. H. Ruff Hardcover
2015x-1108077145Cambridge University Press 2015. Paperback. New. 676 pages. 11.70x8.20x1.50 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
20119780571271566-2025Faber & Faber 2011. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Michael Dibdin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Faber & Faber</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780571271566</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2011</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 416</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> In this gripping installment featuring Inspector Zen readers are drawn into a complex investigation surrounding a seemingly impossible murder caught on surveillance in a high-security Sardinian estate. As Zen navigates through a web of secrets and danger the narrative delves into themes of justice corruption and the darker sides of human nature. This edition not only showcases Dibdin's masterful storytelling but also provides an insightful examination of the Italian justice system and the cultural nuances of Sardinia making it a compelling read for those interested in crime fiction and legal studies.<br /><br />Students and professionals will benefit from analyzing Zen's investigative techniques and understanding the societal implications of the case he is tackling. The book’s rich character development and intricate plot structure serve as excellent examples for aspiring writers and criminologists alike illustrating how personal stakes can intertwine with professional dilemmas in the pursuit of truth. This edition is a must-have for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of narrative complexity and character-driven storytelling in contemporary literature.</p> Faber & Faber hardcover
A9783752375329Hardback. New. hardcover
Q-1904799019Tiger of the Stripe. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Tiger of the Stripe hardcover
0754003620.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1888031012Edinburgh: Richard Cameron 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Half burgundy leather gilt on red leather boards lightly soiled. Binding tight top edge gilt and pages uncut. First edition. Front and rear hinges white taped and faint foxing in the margins plus the rare bit of soiling but the text block is clean. Contains 9 plates. Large 8vo. Tells the stories of famous actors theatres and associated people from 1691 to 1888. Very nice binding. Richard Cameron Hardcover
1978355490721945London: Cape 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine Blue-stained top edge as called for 192pp. Top-stain partially faded otherwise a fine copy with number bumping to the boards in an original unclipped dustwrapper priced at £3.95 net. The dustwrapper is near fine with no fading whatsoever to the spine and scarce thus with a tiny strip of rubbing to the right-hand edge of the inside flap. A very nice copy indeed. First book. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cape hardcover
1989699L35London: Faber and Faber 1989-2000. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very smart collection of Michael Dibdin novels. All first edition copies of his novels with two signed by the author. Comprising of: 'The Tryst' 1989 'The Dying of the Night' 1993 'Dark Spectre' 1995 and 'Thanksgiving' 2000. 'The Tryst' has Dibdin's signature tipped in to the title page. 'The Dying of the Light' bears Dibdin's signature to the title page. Michael Dibdin is best known for his series of crime novels featuring the anti-hero detective 'Aurelio Zen'. There are eleven novels in that series total. They provide an insight into less visible aspects of Italian society at the turn of the twenty-first century. Aurelio Zen is an anti-hero which adds to the irony and dark humour found in these books. 'The Tryst' follows psychiatrist Aileen Macklin who after attending a young murder witness Gary Dunn finds her marriage under strain and a disturbing link to her own past. 'The Dying of the Light' is a murder mystery novel set in a nursing home. 'Dark Spectre' is another thrilling crime fiction novel. It follows a series of murders in broad daylight where 'there is certainly nothing whatsoever to connect them with an obscure religious sect operating from an island in the Pacific North West'. 'Thanksgiving' follows a man who decides to visit his dead wife's first husband following her untimely death in a plane crash. A smart set of these novels written by an award winning author in the thriller and detective fiction genres. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the unclipped dustwrappers. Externally all volumes are in excellent with just a small amount of edge-wear. Dustwrappers to 'Thanksgiving' and 'Dark Spectre' are very smart with minor shelf-wear. Dustwrappers 'The Tryst' and 'The Dying of the Night' are generally smart. Small chips to the head of dust wrapper to 'The Dying of the Light'. Tidemark to the head of dust wrapper to 'The Dying of the Light' at the head internally. Not affecting the externals. Library barcode sticker adhered to the verso of front flyleaf to 'Dark Spectre'. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Signature tipped in to the title page of 'The Tryst'. Author's signature to the title page of 'The Dying of the Light'. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine Faber and Faber hardcover
2015x-1108077137Cambridge University Press 2015. Paperback. New. 676 pages. 11.57x8.27x1.57 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
2015x-1108077153Cambridge University Press 2015. Paperback. New. 640 pages. 11.70x8.20x1.40 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
183637569London: John Major 1836. First edition. Very good condition; Toning especiialy to plates; Bit of scratching to cover of Volume II. Two volumes; Bound in half leather with marbled paper over boards raised bands and gilt titles and emplems; pp. xxxii 4 556 4 ads 557-982; 20 plates. John Major unknown
AQ32004London: Printed and sold by Jennings s.d. c. 1810 Single sheet printed on one side only. Woodcut vignette to head. A trifle creased evidence of earlier mounting to verso. A rare survival of an early nineteenth-century slip sheet issue of Charles Dibdin's 1745-1814 song on the theme of a sailor with 'a wife in each port' who ultimately resolves to resist their advances having sworn fidelity to his 'Poll' at home. The publishing house of John Jennings fl.1782-1819 of Water Lane Fleet Street was responsible for a prodigious output of cheap popular printing in the first half of the nineteenth-century. Single song sheets such as the one present were available from as little as one half-penny and read by an increasingly literate society. OCLC and COPAC together locate a single copy at NLS. . Dimensions 100 x 210 mm. Printed and sold by Jennings, [s.d., c. 1810] unknown
18237548282G. and W.B. Whittaker 1823. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Octavo quarter leather. Title and author stamped on spine. Printed by J. Moyes. Leather rubbed. Boards slightly warped. Age toned pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN: G. and W.B. Whittaker hardcover
119597London Faber & Faber 1991. . First edition inscribed by the author in pen to title page; 8vo; interior lightly toned; publisher's black cloth spine lettered in white a very good edition with pictorial dust-jacket lightly rubbed on edges; 241pp.<br /> This is a very good inscribed copy of Micheal Dibdin's sixth novel. The dust-jacket designed by Irene von Treskow situates us in Oxford with its citation of quadrangle architecture the Racliffe Camera Tom Tower and the towers of Merton College Chapel St Mary's and All Saints. Dibdin's Oxonian thriller explores sex violence and murder.<br /><br />This edition is inscribed by the author 'For Clive Sinclair with admiration and humility'. Sinclair was a Jewish British author best known for Hearts of Gold 1979 Bedbugs 1982 and The Lady with the Laptop 1996. Dibdin reviewed Sinclair's work in The Independent and The Observer. They both lived transatlantic lives having grown up in England Sinclair studied and lectured at UC Santa Cruz and Dibdin studied in Canada and settled in Washington State.<br /> London, Faber & Faber, 1991. hardcover
9571On 22 March 1934. Messrs Robinson Fisher & Harding L. C. Robinson R. H. Hurlbatt Willis's Rooms King Street St James's Square London. Barnard & Crannis Ltd Printers 11 Baldwin's Place Holborn E.C.1.'. Pamphlet 4to 12 pp. Clear and complete. Aged and worn with slight marking from staples. 204 lots. Full subtitle reads: 'By Order of the Executors of the late Sir Robert W. Dibdin removed from 55 Redington Road Hampstead: of the late James Duncan Campbell Craignish Esq. C.M.G. removed from 18 Clanricarde Gardens W.2.: of the late S. Morell Esq.; and from other sources.' Three of the early lots of books marked in pencil as sold with a slip headed 'Robinson & Fisher' giving the total hammer price as £10 12s 0d. Lot 47 is described as 'A Woody Landscape with Figures and Cattle' by Breughel; lot 122 'A Portrait of Charles I in Armour' by Van Dyck; lot 140 'A Landscape with Cottage and Figures' by Gainsborough; lot 161 'A Portrait of a Lady in Yellow Dress and Green Scarf and A Portrait of a Man in a Ruff' by Rubens; others attibuted to Van Dyck and Breugel. Scarce: no copy of this catalogue on COPAC or WorldCat. On 22 March 1934. Messrs Robinson, Fisher & Harding (L. C. Robinson, R. H. Hurlbatt), Willis's Rooms, King Street, St James's Sq unknown
1992841B16London : Faber and Faber 1992-2005. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A wonderful collection of works by crime Writer Michael Dibdin one being signed by the author and all being first editions. A collection of five first edition novels by crime writer Michael Dibdin. Dead Lagoon is signed by the author to the title page. Four of the works are from Dibdin's Aurelio Zen Series which are set in Italy Cabal 1992 Dead Lagoon 1994 A Long Finish 1998 and Back to Bologna 2005. With the addition of his separate novel The Dying of the Light 1993 which is set at Eventide Lodge where death is a terrifying reality. All works are first edition first impression copies in the original unclipped dust wrappers. All are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent. Signed by the author to the title page of Dead Lagoon. Internally all are firmly bound with bright and clean pages. All works are first edition first impression copies in the original unclipped dust wrappers which are all lovely Back to Bologna has a previous special price sticker to the front wrap. Fine Faber and Faber hardcover
181856918published for the proprietors by W Simpkin & R Marshall Stationers Court Ludgate Street ; & C Chaple 66 Pall Mall 1818 - 1820. reprint. Hardback. Half calf over marbled boards P. vi61viii65viii84tpvi23tpiv6vi8ii pp engraved frontis to each title small diagram showing the 'desposition of the characters when the curtain falls' Ex Libris Baliol Holloway with his signature to the pastedown upper board detached & spine missing pages generally clean with a few marks & stains occasional foxing a fair set. Oxberry's New English Drama vols 10 12 8 54 59 & 9 respectively. A footnote on the title page after each title it reads 'With prefatory remarks. The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business and stage directions as it is performed at the Theatres Royal'. Six plays with introduction & notes by William Oxberry 1784 - 1824 the English actor who also wrote extensively on the theatre. Baliol Holloway 1883 - 1967 Shakespearian actor pasted to the endpaper is a Low cartoon of him in probably his most famous role - Richard III. published for the proprietors, by W Simpkin & R Marshall, Stationers Court, Ludgate Street ; & C Chaple, 66 Pall Mall hardcover
