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19581336848Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1958. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G-; light green spine with dark green text; Dumbarton Oaks Studies 3; dust jacket shows some foxing toward edges; chips to fore edges; otherwise slight wear to exterior; cloth clean; mildly bowed boards; text block edges have light foxing; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece; interior pages unmarked; good binding; pp 327. 1336848. FP New Rockville Stock. Harvard University Press hardcover books
192620168Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in nicked dust wrapper. Rogers Bruce. 115 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Printed in red and black with typography by Bruce Rogers. A vivid glimpse of life in the ninth century; a hitherto scarcely known piece of mediaeval literature. ROGERS 285. Harvard Univ. Press hardcover books
19171337144New York: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company 1917. Softcover. Octavo; G-/paperback; dark tan spine with black text; previous owner's name to front; covers show noticeable wear to exterior; some staining to spine and edges; several chips to edges; mylar wrap; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; rough-cut edges; broken hinges; mild tone to interior edges; otherwise clean interior; pp 58. 1337144. FP New Rockville Stock. Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company unknown books
185249780London: Henry G. Bohn 1852-1854. New Edition Revised. Three octavo volumes 19cm; publisher's original hunter green blind-embossed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spines; viii544 31 ads; vi538 31 ads; vi494 31pp ads; each volume with portrait frontispiece. Light wear to extremities hinges cracked but holding with gentle bumping to corners and scattered foxing to text edges; Very Good. Henry G. Bohn unknown books
195957330New York: Horizon Press 1959. Hardcover. 187p. small remainder mark bottom edge otherwise very good first US edition in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. A collection of essays on poetry the death penalty on the innocence of criminals on friendship etc. Horizon Press hardcover books
197718203New York: E.P. Dutton 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 red paper over boards quarterbound in cream linen with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp. Light foxing to text edges else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped still bright white with a tiny crease to front flap and a short closed tear at base of spine; Near Fine. A bilingual edition of one of the author's best-loved collection of poems. E.P. Dutton unknown books
19711335012London: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1971. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 558; G/G-; black green blue pictorial spine with white text; dust jacket shows slight wear to exterior; some chips to edges; price clipped front flap; cloth has light wear to edges; strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; gift inscription to half title page; tight binding. 1335012. FP New Rockville Stock. Jonathan Cape Ltd hardcover books
1342187Athens: J. Floros Publishing House. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; Ex-library; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with brown and black print library call number label at bottom; DJ has light edgewear library label on front top edge else clean and bright; Boards in red cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block has library stamps to edges library bookplate on front pastedown library pocket on rear flyleaf else clean and tight; 331 pages illustrated b&w color plates. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1342187. FP New Rockville Stock. J. Floros Publishing House hardcover books
25028New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press 1980. First edition. 8vo. Wrappers. 1/250 copies. Fine. New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, 1980. unknown books
199145005Lanham MD: University Press of America 1991. First Printing of this edition. Octavo 22.25cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi1546pp. Family association copy inscribed by the translator to his sister on the front endpaper: "2/25/92 / To my beloved sister Sophie - on her birthday - with gratitude for the abiding presence of her translators genius which has been a constant source of inspiration / Love / Ephraim." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with some trivial wear along the flap folds. Important English-language translation of Ginsburg's work on the history of Russian Jewry under Tsar Nicholas I based on archival and other primary sources gathered in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. University Press of America unknown books
19981337133Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1998. First Revised English-Language Edition. Softcover. Thick Octavo; VG-/paperback; 2 volumes; black spines with white text; first printing; covers show slight shelf wear to exteriors; minor wear to edges; text block exterior edges show mild shelf wear; interiors clean; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1337133. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Pennsylvania Press unknown books
1966WB17156New York: The Limited Editions Club 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Signed by illustrator Hans Enri. Excellent copy in publisher's slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1937149410London: Boriswood 1937. First UK Edition and first English language edition. Preceded by the French edition published by Pion the previous year. Rare in jacket.<br/><br/>Basis for the 1951 French film directed by Robert Bresson. <br/><br/>Very Good in an about Very Good dust jacket. Owner signature to the front endpaper boards lightly foxed slightly bowed with light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Jacket frayed along the top and bottom edge with a 3/4-inch chip at the heel and a couple of small chips at the crown. A very presentable copy. Boriswood unknown books
193452751London: Chatto and Windus 1934. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.5cm; brick red cloth stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; 312pp. Faint foxing to text edges and margins of preliminary leaves gentle sunning to spine with some light wear to spine ends; Very Good to Near Fine with the topstain bright and even lacking the dustjacket. <br/><br/>First English language edition of Traven's first novel originally published as Das Totenschiff in Berlin in 1926. The novel was translated from the German by Eric Sutton for the UK edition though Traven himself would create a new translation for the 1934 Knopf edition. A novel set in the aftermath of World War I centered around a group of merchant seamen who lack citizenship money and papers; it is in equal part an adventure novel and a scathing indictment of abusive labor practices and authority. TREVERTON 31; AHEARN 652. Chatto and Windus unknown books
196418146New York: Farrar Straus & Company 1964. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 black paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with titles stamped in gilt and red on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 306pp. Bookplate signed by Fuentes loosely laid in. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with some trivial wear along the edges and a single short tear along upper front joint. Farrar, Straus & Company unknown books
1987264760Berkeley: University of California Press 1987. Hardcover. xxii 305p. cloth-covered boards 6.25x9.25 inches map frontispiece very good first edition in an unclipped dj with a sunned spine panel. University of California Press hardcover books
1976140937732New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press 1976. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 105 pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a little sunning to spine two tiny closed tears light rubbing. Uncommon. The first English language edition of one of the famous German philosopher and jurist's most important works. Via University of Chicago professor Leo Strauss the book would influence George W. Bush-era neoconservative thought specifically by defining the state's role as crusader against the other or enemy. Rutgers University Press unknown books
19271326269London; New York: John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright 1927. 2717/4300. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 499; Good; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; numbered limited edition; this volume only; full title: The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais Abstrator of the Quintessence Being an Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua and of the Heroic Deeds Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel; cloth shows slight sunning to spine; mild edge wear; gilt lettering and decorations to spine and front; strong boards; text block has all edges gilt; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; some light foxing to first and last few pages; cracked front hinge; illustrated; deckled edges; interior clean;. 1326269. FP New Rockville Stock. John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright hardcover books
20061335148Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications in cooperation with The Fischel and Alta Tennenbaum Memorial Foundations 2006. Pocket Size edition. Softcover. 18mo; Ninth impression 2006; Pocket Size edition; VG; Paperback; Spine brown with gold print on blue banner; Cover is clean and bright; Text block is clean and tight; Text in parallel Hebrew and English; xvii 1094 pages. 1335148. FP New Rockville Stock. Mesorah Publications in cooperation with The Fischel and Alta Tennenbaum Memorial Foundations unknown books
1929290199London 1929. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated facsimile of Hebrew manuscript pages each with English translations. Small 4to vellum-bound slightly bowed covers else fine. London: Soncino Press 1929. A very good copy lacking the slipcase.<br/><br/> Number 30 of 560 copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
195451300London: Secker & Warburg 1954. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; sage green paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; iv1704pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Hint of sunning to spine faint offsetting to endpapers else a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 10s. 6d. net with corresponding faint sunning to spine panel light wear to spine ends and corners and a few small closed tears two of them discreetly mended on verso; Very Good. <br/><br/>First edition in English of Boulle's third novel centered around the experiences of a group of British POW's in Thailand during World War II forced by the Japanese Imperial Army to help build the "Death Railway." Basis for David Lean's Oscar-winning 1957 film starring Alec Guiness Jack Hawkins and William Holden. This copy an apparently scarce issue of the UK edition; the UK edition was bound without endpapers the first page being the half-title page though this copy was certainly issued with them. Secker & Warburg unknown books
197418141Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 250 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo; 3/4 white paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with white spine label and front panel printed in black and pink; 123pp 3. Fine in a Fine acetate dustjacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
19781335880Leiden: E.J. Brill 1978. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; pp 345; green spine with gilt text; no jacket; odd volume; cloth shows very slight shelf wear to exterior; mildly splayed boards; text block exterior edges have slight wear; interior clean; embossed stamp to title page; illustrated. 1335880. FP New Rockville Stock. E.J. Brill hardcover books
189913617Boston: Hardy Pratt & Company. Very Good. 1902 1899. Hardcover. Ex-library; wear to covers; contents clean except for library stamp to illustrations; page foredges a bit chipped; Good . Hardy, Pratt & Company hardcover books
191141840New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1911. First American edition with Robinson's illustrations. Small quarto 26cm; blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt gray and green on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xvi2111pp with 25 inserted leaves bearing tipped-in color illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Dorothy Peck Clark to front pastedown; light wear to spine ends and corners top edge gilt a bit dulled with a faint diagonal crease to first illustration; hinges sound; Very Good lacking the original glassine and publisher's box. Handsome edition of this dramatic work by the Belgian playwright and poet adapted into film six times between 1910-2011. Dodd, Mead and Company unknown books