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1929178351London: Martin Secker 1929. His romantic operetta inscribed to the show's producer First edition presentation copy inscribed by Coward on the front free endpaper to the impresario Charles B. Cochran who produced the play's original production: "For Cockie with my gratitude and affection. My help in ages past my hope in years to come. Noël. 1929". Beginning with the revue On With the Dance 1925 Coward and Cochran collaborated on several successful productions over the next decade including This Year of Grace 1926 Private Lives 1930 and Cavalcade 1931. The original production of Bitter Sweet directed by Coward opened on 2 July 1929 at the Palace Theatre Manchester before the London premiere at His Majesty's Theatre on 18 July. Cochran's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Though unmarked as such this copy later passed into the theatre collection of Clive Hirschhorn b. 1940 the film and theatre critic for the Sunday Express for over three decades. Octavo. Original grey cloth spine label printed in black and red. With dust jacket. Faint marks to cloth label rubbed and browned contents lightly toned but clean; jacket unclipped rubbed extremities a little worn with some loss to head of spine and a couple of short closed tears to rear panel: a very good copy in good jacket. hardcover
22146New York: Doubleday and Company. 1968. First American edition first printing. First American edition first printing. The Dedication Copy. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A very good copy the binding firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners. The contents with the blind impression of a paperclip at the edge of the dedication page are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed nicked and creased dustwrapper. Not price-clipped $4.95 to the upper front flap. A collection of four short stories. Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the dedication page above and below the printed dedication "Darling Kit" with an arrow to the printed dedication that reads 'For Katherine Cornell with my love' underneath which he signs "Noel". Loosely laid in is a note in the hand of the theatre icon dedicatee beginning with Coward's Les Avants telephone number and ending "Do come and slum with us soon Blessings thanks love Kit". Katharine Cornell was one of the most respected versatile stage actresses of the early to mid 20th century moving easily from comedy to melodrama and from classics to contemporary plays. She was a particularly accomplished interpreter of romantic and character roles. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. New York: Doubleday and Company. 1968 hardcover
1931193009London: William Heinemann Ltd 1931. First edition inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Joe From Noel 1931". The play was written at the height of Coward's dramatic power but went unperformed in his lifetime. "By the early thirties Coward's increasingly mature work and its critical and popular success had established him as probably the most important dramatist of his day. Virginia Woolf flattered by his attentions professed to have fallen 'in love' with the playwright and his work and encouraged him to write more adventurously. The openly gay Semi-Monde 1926 and the anti-war polemic of Post-Mortem 1930 written after his brief appearance in a Singapore production of Journey's End appeared to be Coward's attempt to write up to these expectations" Philip Hoare in ODNB. Octavo. Original purple cloth spine lettered in gilt publisher's device to rear pastedown. With dust jacket. Spine sunned edges a little foxed; jacket unclipped spine toned edges chipped a little soiling to panels previous pencil ownership inscription to front flap: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
21304London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1966. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. The dedication copy. Original grey cloth with gilt lettering to the spine in the dustwrapper designed by Brian Russell. A near fine copy the binding square and firm the contents clean throughout. A little pushed to spine tips. In the bright dustwrapper rubbed to corners folds and spine tips. Not price-clipped 35s net to the front flap. A notable association copy of Coward's late trilogy. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the dedication page. Beneath the printed dedication 'For Binkie' Coward has added "With love as always / Noël". The dedicatee of the book and of this particular copy was theatre impresario Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont 1908-1973 one of the most important figures in the London theatre world during the twentieth century. He worked with just about every great dramatist and actor during in his long career perhaps most closely of all with Noël Coward. They had met in 1924 and following Coward's split with C. B. Cochran in the late 1930s Beaumont effectively became the author's manager producer and advisor for the remainder of both men's lives both died in 1973. 'Suite in Three Keys' comprises three plays each with a cast of four characters and all set in the same suite of a Swiss hotel. Coward thought of the plays as a kind of swan song and the opening run at the Queen's Theatre beginning in April 1966 were to be his final appearances on stage. Philip Hoare 'Noël Coward: A Biography' 1995; Stephen Cole 'Noël Coward: A Bio-Bibliography' 1993. Cole B-107. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1966 hardcover
1843168902London: William Smith 1843-45. First edition splendidly illustrating the moths of the British isles in 124 hand-coloured plates. A collaboration with the leading entomologist John Westwood who contributed the insect descriptions this is one of Humphrey's most accomplished works as a naturalist illustrator. A skilled artist trained in Brussels Humphreys became interested in natural history after a tour of Italy. Upon his return he settled in London as a neighbour of a relative the landscape architect and prolific author J. C. Loudon. Humphreys wrote for a series of garden periodicals including Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. In the 1840s he published two entomological works with Westwood: British Butterflies and their Transformations 1841 and subsequently the present work on moths; both proved extremely popular. Westwood 1805-1893 was one of the first entomologists to obtain an academic position at Oxford University and he founded with Frederick William Hope the Entomological Society of London. In 1846 the name Westwoodia was given in his honour to a genus of Hymenoptera. He was himself a skilled insect illustrator contributing drawings to several publications between the 1820s and the 1840s. 2 vols large quarto 273 x 210 mm. With 124 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary purple mottled half morocco spines with gilt-ruled raised bands gilt lettering in compartments marbled sides and endpapers edges gilt. Patch of skinning on front pastedown of vol. I from removed bookplate. Spines slightly faded light wear to board edges and corners a few spots of foxing to edges extending a little into margins otherwise internally bright and clean. A very good copy. hardcover
OTF-S-9780316284318Little Brown & Co. New. BRAND NEW GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER! Little Brown & Co unknown
1809016918Signed in black ink by Garret Bleecker and James Morris. 8"x11" hand laid paper. Slight overall toning consistent with age. One can see the roller print shadow from the hand crank printer. Tiny chips ate edges of creases where document had been folded centuries ago. Presently in protective sleeve held securely between two cardboard sheets for stability and to reduce light exposure. Garrat Noel GN Bleecker 1768-1833 was a New York City stockbroker and merchant and a founder of the New York Stock Exchange - one of 24 signers of the Buttonwood Agreement that established the Exchange. The present document is signed and dated in ink G. N. Bleecker November 1 1809 as witness to an agreement regarding sale of Lower Manhattan land formerly part of the Bleecker Farm bounded in part by Broad-Way now Broadway Leonard Street and Anthony Street now Worth Street and adjacent to the White Conduit House land to James Morris who also signs his name in ink James Morris' father was a prominent landowner who was a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. He graduated Princeton University and became Aaron Burr's law partner. He held the office of High Sheriff of New York County and City by appointment from NY Governor John Jay. In protective sleeve. . Near Fine. No Binding. 1809. unknown
2588A Paris: Chez les Frères Estienne rue S. Jacques à la Vertu 1764-1765. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo. Eight volumes in nine. I: xxiv 561 iiipp.; II: xxiv 468pp.; III: ii 576pp.; IV: 621 ipp.; V: iv 596 ivpp.; VI: iv 61 iiipp.; VII: ii 555 vpp.; VIII: iv 436 iipp.; IX: iv 388 ivpp. With the half-titles present to volumes three five through nine. Volumes one through three dated 1764; the others are dated 1765. Contemporary mottled calf. Some wear to the bindings. Illustrated. From the library of R. H. Alexander Bennet with his bookplate. This probably refers to the father as his son had the same name. A precursor of Diderot's Encyclopédie. Although there are many sets in the trade a good number of them are made up from various editions. This is an original set. <br/> <br/> A Paris: Chez les Frères Estienne, rue S. Jacques, à la Vertu, 1764-1765. hardcover
16-5056Commercy France: Henry Thomas & Compagnie 1741. . Folio. 25.5 x 40cm. Contemporary calf. One binding worn and the other very worn.Vol. 1 Supplement: 425 522pp; Vol. 2 Supplement: 400 436pp. Numerous engravings. Lacking title page in Vol. 2. Few pages loose or torn.OCLC Number 1193223431.Heavy books.Reliure plein veau d'époque dos orné à six nerfs tranchesjaspées coiffes mors et coins abimés défaut d'usage prévoir une restauration la reliure est en mauvais état. Volume 1 et 2 dans la même reliure. Complet des gravures. Commercy, France: Henry Thomas & Compagnie , 1741. unknown
1786620391786. Nouvelle Edition corrigée & augmentée par des résultats de nouvelle Observations avic Fig. - A Paris Chez Méquignon 1786 kl.-8° XXII pp.23-168 1 gafalt. Kupferstichtafel Ledereinband d.Zt. mit reicher Rückenvergoldung; feines Expl. Zweite erweiterte und erste illustrierte Ausgabe! Noel Retz 1758-1810 was born in Arras and died in Paris. He studied medicine in Paris advanced to military physician joining Marquis de Lafayette on his sailing tour to America and finally settled in Paris. Lafayette was helpful that Retz became personal physician of the King. The 5 figures of the folding plate depict "Conrétions charnues trouvées dans la Veine-porte de personnes attaguées de maladies de peu représentes de grandeur naturelle." These are thrombi of the vena portae originally described by Balfour and Stewart. Often following tumors pancreas carcinoma liver tumors or hypercoagulability. Hirsch/Hübotter list several of his works including the ones on metereology in medicine mesmerism human electricity the effects on lightening and epidemics but not the above work. Hirsch/Hübotter IV 772 unknown
1888269358London : William Mackenzie 69 Ludgate Hill. Edinburgh and Dublin 1888. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor Library marks remain. Physical description; 3 vols. 20 plates ; fol. Notes; The first volume Comedies has an initial advertisement note stating that the work will appear in two issues: an edition de luxe bound in cloth with gilt tops and rough edges price three pounds ten shillings per volume; a special edition with India proof impressions of the engravings bound in morocco price five guineas per volume. Title pages in red and black. Subjects; Shakespeare William 1564-1616 — Bibliography — Folios. 1623 — Facsimiles. Early printed books — 17th century — Facsimiles. London : William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill. Edinburgh and Dublin hardcover
2017Bio-Green-97817816347212017. Hardcover. New. hardcover
2017Bio-Green-97817816347212017. Hardcover. New. hardcover
2009Adhya-9781416039662Elsevier/Saunders 2009. Paperback. New. Elsevier/Saunders paperback
2009Adhya-9781416039662Elsevier/Saunders 2009. Paperback. New. Elsevier/Saunders paperback
1821134481London: John Murray Printed: London: Thomas Davison 1821. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in contemporary half-calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands with the title blocked direct. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Minor generalized wear and toning to the extremities. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 261 pages; 1st Issue with all points confirmed Dodge's 5 & a half line speech on p. 151 . Bookplate of Capt. T. L. Seaton with his inked stamp to both the title and half-title. Referenced by: Stratman 837. Wise T. J. V.2 p.29-30. Physical desc. : xxi 1 261 3p. ; 20.6cm. Subjects: Faliero Marino 1274-1355 - Drama. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 - In literature. Venice Italy in literature. London: John Murray [Printed: London: Thomas Davison] hardcover
196555420New York and New Orleans: Lyle Stuart / Loujon Press 1965. First Edition. Near fine. Signed first limited edition - with a drawing by the poet - of this lovely early Bukowski collection printed by the idiosyncratic Loujon Press of New Orleans operated by Jon and Louise Webb. Distributed by Lyle Stuart CRUCIFIX was nominated for the 1966 Pulitzer Prize. Uncommon with both the original band and a drawing. 12.25'' x 8.25''. Original stiff printed printed wrappers covered by illustrated jacket bound at spine with original wrap-around band. Pages multicolored throughout interspersed with four tissue-guarded etchings by Rockmore. From an edition of 3100 copies. 108 pages. Inscribed by Bukowski on leaf opposite colophon: "Charles Bukowski / 3-12-65 / French Quarter / New Orleans / LA. / 4:31 p.m. / drawing of a jockey on a horse." Mild rubbing to extremities. Faint toning. One early page with corner crease. Else bright and sound. Lyle Stuart / Loujon Press unknown
181612682London: John Murray 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine-. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue p61 blank with list of poems on p62. A very handsome copy in fine unsigned contemporary binding. Minimal shelf/edge wear touch of toning a preliminaries else tight bright and unmarred. Full brown calf leather binding gilt lettering and decorative elements dentelles. 8vo. 60pp plus blank/advert. John Murray hardcover
05885New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. 1937. First American Edition of Noël Coward's Autobiography<br /> Inscribed by Him on the Front Free Endpaper<br /> <br /> COWARD Noël. Present Indicative. New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. 1937. <br /> <br /> First American edition. Octavo 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 200 x 140 mm. viii 1-371 1 blank pp. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one photogravure plates.<br /> <br /> Publishers blue boards spine decoratively lettered in gilt. A very good copy in the original printed dust jacket spine creased and a little worn at extremities. <br /> <br /> Inscribed on front free endpaper "For Max Lamb with my best wishes Noël Coward"<br /> <br /> Present Indicative is a 1937 autobiography by Noël Coward. The book was highly acclaimed and became a best seller. It was followed by Future Indefinite. A third volume Past Conditional was never completed.<br /> <br /> "I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life an insane toothless smile slitting my face and pleats of fat overlapping me like an ill-fitting overcoat. Later at the age of two I was photographed again. This time in a lace dress leaning against a garden roller and laughing hysterically. If these photographs can be found they will adorn this book." part one.<br /> <br /> Sir Noël Peirce Coward 1899-1973 was an English playwright composer director actor and singer known for his wit flamboyance and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style a combination of cheek and chic pose and poise New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc. , 1937 unknown
184516967<p>London: Longman & Co. n.d. 1845 First edition. Publisher's white glazed paper over boards. Elaborate arabesque pattern with floral designs stamped in gilt blue and red on front cover back cover ruled in blue with gilt arabesque ornament in center. All edges gilt. Small folio. 27 leaves printed on heavy card stock including title-page in gilt and colors printed on one side only; four introductory leaves printed in Black Letter in red and black on both sides and 24 leaves of facsimiles from the Hours of Anne of Brittany printed on one side only. Rebacked in tan canvas covers toned and a bit worn. Ink donor's inscription dated January 27 1845 on a preliminary blank. Corners worn a little light foxing. A good to very good copy of a fragile book. Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 master of Victorian illumination produced several of these calendars in the 1840s reproducing portions of various French manuscripts. All are scarce and because of the fragility of the binding many copies have been rebound.OCLC lists the present one in nine locations six in North America Bridgeport Public LibraryConnecticut College Delaware Harvard Johns Hopkins and the Free Library of Philadelphia. The DNB notes only the calendars for 1845 and 1846 though OCLC lists calendars for 1844 and 1848 as well.</p> Longman & Co., hardcover
1969144541Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Six vintage oversize borderless photographs from the 1969 British film. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. <br /> <br /> One of the best heist films of the twentieth century: funny complex and altogether beautiful to watch. Michael Caine and Noel Coward bring the erudite and the cockney together to make a quintessentially British film with as fine an ending as one could ask for. <br /> <br /> 13 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Lee The Heist Film. Paramount Pictures unknown
193313543London: The Fortune Press 1933. First Edition Later Variant. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition Later Variant. Hardcover. Originally published in Paris 1588 as "Psichologie ou traite de l'apparition des Esprits.' Father Noel Taillepied was a Franciscan friar; who wrote this study of ghost lore was written to prove the existence of spirits and the afterlife. From the jacket: "There is no other book that so admirably sums up and so intelligently discusses the whole question of supernatural apparitions. Taillepied deals with such points as the Theophanies of the Old Testament the Witch of Endor haunted houses and how they may be cleared somnambulism poltergeists how a man must conduct himself if he encounter a ghost. This is a book no Spiritualist can afford to neglect." However lacking on spine with "Edited by Montague Summers" in gilt which is not found on the later variants. D'Arch-Smith B26. Light shelf/edge wear light creasing toning chipping to dj small closed tear at joint repair head of spine else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards gilt lettering on spine many pages uncut untrimmed in yellow printed dust jacket. 8vo. xix 263pp. Commentary. Indexes. Page xix is misbound between half-title and tp. The Fortune Press hardcover
Z1-C-085-00162W Green and Son. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Book is showing signs of wear around the edges of the cover and the spine cover. Binding is slightly loose and first page has come detached. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. W Green and Son unknown
247016Paris René Kieffer 1931. 4to 320 x 230 mm. Illustrations and plates in b/w and colour. Finely bound with original wrappers in half calf. Uncut. Provenance: Harry Fett. Limited edition. No 386 of 500 copies. . unknown
184647540London: Longmans Brown Green and Longman 1846. 8vo. ii 1 31 pp. Ornate embossed "papier maché" boards in a high Victorian gothic style to give the effect of carved ebony rebacked to style in plain black morocco with blind rules marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Each page elaborately illustrated in gold or bright colours in the style of illuminated manuscripts. Some light wear to the boards text leaf foxed some light marginal spotting throughout an attractive copy overall. Mclean Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing pp. 100-3 & 210 - "splendidly gothic and impressive" with praise heaped on the illustrations. London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longman unknown
