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1907183607London / New York: Harper & Brothers 1907. Hardcover. Good leather boards worn at edges; back corner area has section worn to board. corners rubbed to boards. spine ends rubbed w/ a chip; raised bands rubbed. smudges & scuffs to leather boards. green leather boards w/ gilt trim & inlaid green cloth; gilt spine & raised bands. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. top edge gilt. 409 pgs w/ tissue-guard plates. Pages bright; light tanning to edges. Many unopened pages. Page 129 has a light stain to edge otherwise clean interior. A nice copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1904022422Chicago: Theo. Noel Co. Print 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 1pp. portrait frontispiece illustrated. The author tells his story in plain English just as he would have spoken to a friend. He writes about his childhood and leaving home at the age of 14 along with his brother. They got their first job cutting railroad ties in the southeastern part of Texas. Theophilus had acquired many jobs along his travels met many important people found himself in many unlikely situations including jail during the civil war. An interesting history of a man from childhood to adulthood traveling the country and other parts of the world. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind spine lettering gilt just a few spots of rubbing near fine without names or bookplates. Theo. Noel Co. Print unknown books
198544312Marlborough: Paulinus Press 1985. Edition limited to 250 copies of which this is one of 50 bound in cloth and accompanied by signed proofs of the four engravings copy no. 21 small 4to unpaged; wood engravings plus four numbered and signed proof copies loose as issued in printed bifolium; original grey cloth-backed boards plate printed in grey mounted to upper cover printed paper spine lable matching cloth slipcase; fine. Colophon signed by the author and the artist. Printed by Jonathan Stephenson at the Rocket Press. <br/><br/> Paulinus Press hardcover books
1948221033London Michael Joseph 1948. 1948. First edition. 8vo. Author's preface and introduction. Full brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe spine with raised bands and gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt gilt ruled inner dentelles a.e.g. Very good-fine. F. Hardcover. London, Michael Joseph [1948]. hardcover books
194913135New York: Curt Valentin 1949. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Correct first printing of this attractive illustrated book by Shahn. A very good copy in string-tied wrappers. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Shahn on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Curt Valentin paperback books
1933194901LONDON HEINEMANN 1933. 1933. DUST JACKET THREE CHIPS A LITTLE FOXING TO EDGES; ORIGINAL GILT STAMPED PURPLE CLOTH SPINE WITH AGE FADING; BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM ARNETT WIGHTMAN ON THE FRONT FREE ENDAPER. FIRST EDITION SO STATED. GOOD-VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, HEINEMANN [1933]. hardcover books
195815959JGarden City: Doubleday 1958. First American Edition First Printing. Signed by Noel Coward on the title page. Rather small unobtrusive former ownership signature in the upper left hand corner of the verso of the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Doubleday unknown books
181923072Paris: Chez C. C. Le Tellier 1819. Period blue paper wrappers. VG some expected edgewear/remnants of po spine labels. 155 pp. Text double column: English - French. Untrimmed edges. 12mo bound in 6s. 7" x 4" <br/><br/>Quite uncommon- no copies on OCLC. Chez C. C. Le Tellier unknown books
32464Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 2011. Hardcover. 13.5" x 9.75." Two volumes. Brown cloth in dust jackets. Minimal shelfwear. Like New. ISBN: 9781107014572 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Cambridge University Press [2011] hardcover books
1798JC4968Paris: C.-F. Patris 1798. Hardcover. Very Good. Marbled paper backed in gilt-ruled calf with gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label. Lacks the two plates. Boards faintly rubbed; some light scuffing at spine tips corners and along edges of boards. A handsome binding. <br/><br/> C.-F. Patris hardcover books
1925136248London: Ernest Benn 1925. First UK Edition preceding all others. REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. <br/><br/>Coward's first commercial success a three-act play about a nymphomaniac and her drug-abusing son. The play opened on Broadway in September 1925 and ran for 157 performances. Basis for the 1928 Adrian Brunel film starring Ivor Novello. <br/><br/>Very Good plus overall. Extremities lightly bumped faint foxing to the review slip and light toning and rubbing to the paper spine label. Ernest Benn unknown books
190433989Chicago: Noel 1904. First Edition. 348 1pp. illus.plates and woodcuts throughout. Original gold stamped cloth a little rubbing at top and bottom of spine. Dornbusch vol. 2: 1050B. Nevins vol. 1 p. 138: "Important because of the light it throws on Sibley's Campaigns in the Southwest". Sibley's brigade was the only brigade was the only brigade to participate in the three most significant campaigns in Texas: The New Mexico Campaign the Battle for Galveston and the Red River Campaign. Laid in is a mimeographed letter about sending this book. Contains Noel's stamped signature. Noel hardcover books
1827S1044Paris:: Janet et Cotelle 1827. 1827. Two volumes. 8vo. 4 vi 689; 4 871 pp. Double column publisher's ads at rear of Vol. I.; moderate water-staining and foxing throughout. Full contemporary calf red and black morocco spine labels gilt; rebacked rubbed. Bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid. RARE. FIRST EDITION. A dictionary of the art and sciences including the origins inventions and discoveries made from early times to the modern era. The work was compiled with the collaboration of specialists who supplied articles for their respective fields. The authors also edited a dictionary of French Philology 1831. Janet et Cotelle, 1827. unknown books
1931304527London William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 1931. First edition so stated. 8vo. Original gilt stamped purple cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; slight soiling light foxing to edges. Very good. 83 pages. Western and fishing author Zane Grey's copy with his "thin" blindstamp on front free endpaper. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, William Heinemann Ltd. [1931]. hardcover books
1935502569<p>Original half-length pose in hat signed and in- scribed to actress Georgia French 1935. 10" x 8" thumbtack holes in corners.</p> unknown books
1966226581New York: Simon and Schuster 1966. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Fine in worn dust jacket with chip from foot of spine. In quarter red morocco slipcase with chemise. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. Simon and Schuster unknown books
18679835New York: Johnson Fry and Company 1867. First American Edition in 4to. Full calf. very good . Lg. 4to. 2iixxviii5-740pp. Double column text. Plus a frontispiece portrait added engraved title and 38 steel engraved plates each with a tissue guard. Bound in full 20th c. gilt decorated polished green calf. A.e.g. Some foxing of outer leaves and occasional light foxing of the plates mostly in the blank outer margins. A lovely edition. Johnson, Fry and Company unknown books
1968WRCLIT29490Cambridge: Printed for His Friends by The University Printer 1968. Cloth and decorated boards. Tipped-in facsimiles. Photographs and illustrations. First edition. Fine in slipcase. Printed for His Friends by The University Printer hardcover books
191110176Paris: E. Orlhac 1911-1926. First Edition. Loose Fascicles. Good. Split and edgeworn remains of one fascicle included dampstain at bottom right corner of wrapper and Plate 1 doesn't effect image Plate 3 shows same dampstain and light toning/foxing likely after years in contact with non-pH neutral wrapper textblock shows light even toning else bright and unmarred. Printed brown paper wrappers unbound and as issued in original 10 fascicles there was an additional supplement adding a few pages after issue. 4to. 91pp plus 30 plate pages. Illus. b/w and color plates. Index. <br/><br/>Text in French. Richly illustrated botanical work depicting nearly all then known species of orchids and their hybrids. Text explores variations in orchids the use of orchids e.g. perfume origin cultivation and regional climates. Each fascicle was issued with 3 glossy color plate pages. This is a good working set and perhaps a good set to framing plates. E. Orlhac unknown books
192232330London: Christophers 1922. First edition. Lorn MacNaughtan. Black cloth fine in dust jacket half-inch chips from the jacket spine ends. <br/><br/> Christophers hardcover books
1937430201London: William Heinemann 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition trade issue. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pages lightly age-toned and soiled hinges cracked glue residue on front pastedown spine darkened with ends frayed a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper being Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes' copy with her small ownership signature including a Signed silver gelatin photograph of actress Beatrice Lillie. A very nice copy of the author's autobiography his first of three. William Heinemann hardcover books
193755445Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc 1937. First trade edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First trade edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc unknown books
1937159328New York: Doubleday 1937. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo orange-red cloth; light shelf wear. New York: Doubleday 1937. First American Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy "with very best wishes".<br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
001171Crown 1984 Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. F. As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. Presentation By Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Crown, 1984 Paperback books
1815983829Finart Noël-Dieudonné b Condé 1797 - d Paris 1852 . <b>L'Allemande à Deux/ou le hongrois à Paris. </b> Etching Dessiné par Finart/Graveé par Thiebaut. 1815. Paris: Basset 1815. From Les Alliés à Paris en 1815. Scènes de moeurs. A paris;chez Basset rue St jacques no. 64. First series. Colas 1963 1070. Etching hand colored. 8 ½ x 11 ½" trimmed to just above the top rule; at bottom trimmed with the loss of the publisher's information. Verso shows removal from album. Colors excellent. <br />The publication in which this etchings appeared Les Alliés à Paris en 1815 is composed of two suites the first of six plates as here; the second of eight plates. All hand colored not numbered. The scenes represent the "galanterie" between the coalition of allied armies Prussian Russian and others who were quartered until October of 1815 in the French capital. after the victory of Waterloo Various artists French and otherwise took advantage of this quartering to portray uniformed men from all over Europe. Colas notes: The etchings are very interesting for the uniforms and also for the French women's dress of the period. Colas notes that two suites are almost never found complete. In Colas' time 1933 each engraving could sell from 400 to 800 Francs. Noël-Dieudonné Finart was a painter of history particularly of military history Finart exhibited at the Salon since 1817 with "Champ de manoeuvres de Clignancourt". From 1833 onwards he regularly exhibited at the Salon des scènes militaires. Ref. Bénézit . Lipperheide 1965 Xe214. <br /><br />Only 14 etchings were done for this series. All are rare <br /> Basset books