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19961337765Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996. Softcover. Octavo; Second edition 1993 First paperback edition 1996; G; Paperback; Spine blue with black print small white label; Cover has very slight edgewear owner label on spine and and front else clean and bright; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf and on Contents page else clean and tight; xii 371 pages illustrated b&w graphs diagrams. 1337765. FP New Rockville Stock. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1932123119London: Jonathan Cape 1932. First edition of Thomas' first edition second impression of Thomas' famed work on the Arabian Peninsula. Octavo original cloth very fully illustrated with maps charts diagrams and illustrations. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Ownership name. English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931 a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix with detailed descriptions of the animals inhabitants and culture. "A great work of travel a book that is at once a record that will fascinate every imaginative literary explorer and a reference book for the footslogger who may follow in Mr. Thomas' tracks" Norman Collins. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1839012367London: George Rutlledge 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter black polished calf over marbleized boards all edges marbleized gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. George Rutlledge hardcover books
1924106068.1New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG- ex-library art museum with labels on spine ffep and some pencil notation on ffep. Foxing on head of text block. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1924106168New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19691336608Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag 1969. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print on blue banner; Boards in brown cloth with gold print light wear to spine caps and corners small stain on front spine and hinges else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to fore edge name in ink on front flyleaf else clean and tight; Text in German; xxvi 866 pages Index: x 378 pages. 1336608. FP New Rockville Stock. Georg Olms Verlag hardcover books
18971323596New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1897. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine grey with gold print; Boards in grey cloth with gold print wear to corners and spine caps shelfwear vol. 2 has cocked spine; Text blocks have cracked hinges shaken binding intermittent spine breaks a few loose sheets foxing to frontispieces bookplate on front pastedown; vol. 1 x 587 pages v. 2 x 714 pages frontispiece to each volume illustrated with "About 120 full-page and numerous text illustrations 16 colored plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches etched portrait photogravures and 4 maps" 2 folded color maps in pocket at front of vol. 1. 1323596. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
1897012476NY: Harper & Brothers 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Apparently unused near fine copies both volumes. All maps extant and on original folds in pockets front and rear volume 1. Illustrated. ARCTIC NORWAY NORTH POLE EXPLORATION. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
193625360Jersey City: George L. Record Memorial Association 1936. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original blue cloth upper cover and spine lettered and ruled in silver; 201pp.; plain photographic portrait frontispiece. Fine. Posthumously published "program of political action to end the present and prevent future depressions provide permanent employment for all increase the production of wealth and secure its more equitable distribution" title page. Record 1859-1933 was an active though somewhat unsuccessful New Jersey politician acting as advisor to governor Woodrow Wilson and lieutenant to Theodore Roosevelt in the Progressive Party. George L. Record Memorial Association unknown books
193625359Jersey City: George L. Record Memorial Association 1936. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original blue cloth upper cover and spine lettered and ruled in silver; 201pp.; plain photographic portrait frontispiece. Textblock edges foxed else Fine. Inscribed in a rather childish hand "Compliments of George L. Record Memorial Association" on front free endpaper. Posthumously published "program of political action to end the present and prevent future depressions provide permanent employment for all increase the production of wealth and secure its more equitable distribution" title page. Record 1859-1933 was an active though somewhat unsuccessful New Jersey politician acting as advisor to governor Woodrow Wilson and lieutenant to Theodore Roosevelt in the Progressive Party. George L. Record Memorial Association unknown books
1961129183Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1961. Hardbound. VG/VG- light wear to extremities of dj. in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 42 full-sheet color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1977122184Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1977. second edition. Hardbound. VG/VG- small rip in lower rear dustjacket in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 34 full sheet 13.5" x 16" color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1976122182Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1976. Hardbound. VG/VG in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Red maroon cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 217 pp. 138 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 50 full sheet 13.5" x 16" color plates. A most impressive book both by it's content and it volumetric displacement. Vital in the study of Caravaggio. Another version of this appears to have been printed in 1971 and this edition has a few extra illustrations at least and likely some additional or revised text. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
19451291857London: The Royal Institute of Chemistry 1945. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 43 pages 2 folded leaves of plates tables graphs; G; light grey cover with black print light peripheral browning tears along spine slight spotting bumped upper and lower corners back cover has chipped upper left corner; inside clean minor spotting on title page; "This Lecture was delivered at a meeting of the Institute held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street London W.C.I on 26th March 1945" 1291857. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. The Royal Institute of Chemistry unknown books
2005RHOGMAD00LAWEdinburgh University 2005. Fine. Hogg James. Mador of the Moor. Barcus editor James E.; Currie essay on Hogg's Literary Friendships Janette; Gilbert an Appendix on the Popular Context Suzanne. Edinburgh Scotland: Edinburgh University 2005. 130pp. Glossary. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with subtly bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine with subtly bumped edges. In dust jacket protector. Odd volume of The Sterling / South Carolina Research edition of The Collected Works of James Hogg. Edinburgh University hardcover books
193228247New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1932. First Printing. Hardcover. No. 214 of 260 signed and hand-numbered copies 250 of which were placed on sale. Mild foxing to spine very good. Price sticker or something similar stuck to rear of frontispiece was removed roughly and has thinned the page of the frontispiece without breaking through but the stain has offset to the page before the frontispiece. Another price sticker was successfully removed from the front free endpaper but its stain affects the front pastedown and the verso of the front free endpaper. Finally a third sticker on the verso margin of the colophon page has bled through to the blank margins of the colophon page as well as to its facing page the verso of the front free endpaper. Essentially there are 3 sticker stains all on blank areas of the preliminary leaves. The book is partially unopened and very good with foxed spineThe slipcase is present and while it has tears there is no splitting of the joints. A very acceptable copy of an uncommon book signed by both Sandburg and Angle.; Small 4to 8 1/2 x 11; 357 pp . Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover books
198389561New York: The Scholarship Committee Gay Academic Union 1983. 67p. 5.5x8.5 inches introduction footnotes appendix afterword very good first edition booklet in stapled printed yellow wraps. Gai Saber Monograph 2. The Scholarship Committee, Gay Academic Union unknown books
1972257269Colorado Springs CO: Ralph Myles Publisher 1972. 34p. 5.5x8.5 inches wraps lightly soiled else very good reprint booklet in stapled white wraps. Libertarian broadsides no. 2. Reprint of Badcock's address delivered in 1894 before the South Place Junior Ethical Society London. Ralph Myles Publisher unknown books
197263406Colorado Springs CO: Ralph Myles Publisher 1972. 34p. 5.5x8.5 inches very good reprint booklet in stapled white wraps. Libertarian broadsides no. 2. Reprint of Badcock's address delivered in 1894 before the South Place Junior Ethical Society London. Ralph Myles Publisher unknown books
19981317974Bowie MD: Heritage Books Inc 1998. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. Octavo; pp 519; G/paperback; light blue spine with black text; covers show mild creases to exterior; intact exterior; text block has light soiling to exterior edges; interior clean; map tipped in at half title page;. 1317974. FP New Rockville Stock. Heritage Books, Inc unknown books
1909291553Belfast: Mullan & Sons 1909. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A nice copy in the publisher's green cloth binding; with no marks in the book. Very Good binding. Mullan & Sons unknown books
1989159722New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation 1989. Hardbound. VG/VG. Red cloth with gilt lettering; beige dj with bw illustration and black lettering on spine; 405 pp. with 226 bw illustrations. A bit heavy at 5 pounds and will require extra postage. Includes an introduction the catalogue indices and an appendix. The artists are listed according to schools. Johnson Reprint Corporation unknown books
190556810Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders and Company 1905. First edition. With 399 original illustrations some in colors and 3 lithographic plates. 827 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Green cloth. Extremities rubbed frontispiece loose. Inner hinges reinforced. Very Good. Blindstamp of Tufts College Medical School Library. First edition. With 399 original illustrations some in colors and 3 lithographic plates. 827 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. W.B. Saunders and Company unknown books
1968106721Newport Mon: The Ceramic Book Company 1968. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardbound. VG. Orange cloth with gilt title. Color frontis xvi 97 pp. with 21 pages of about 40 color plates followed by 50 pages with almost 200 additional bw photographs. Billingsley worked at the Derby Pinxton Torksey Worcester Nantgarw Swansea and Coalport potteries and this biographical study adds to the knowledge of each of the factories. The Ceramic Book Company hardcover books
191815330Published by the Author 1918. Hardcover. Very good. pp xxviii 329 23 Appendix. Original green cloth somewhat creased one corner bumped. Pages age-tanned but clean binding sound. Appendix entitled "A Short Bibliographical Review of the Origin and Development of the Idea of the 'Society of Nations.'" De Kay 1872-1938 was the author of approxinately "twenty books and several plays amassed and lost a number of fortunes and pursued by charges of fraud for various financial deals spent many years dodging extradition proceedings across Europe. Born in Iowa he began his career in ranching and newspaper publishing in South Dakota but by 1910 had achieved international business prominence as president of the Mexican National Packing Company which he had founded in 1902" NY Public Library Website. This work addresses the changing role of women in the modern world and includes an outline of "a new system of marriage sound in its principles and morals and in strict accord with the nature and practice of men who are at present able to have all the advantages of relations with several women at one or another period of their lives without incurring any of the responsibilities which should be inseparable from their conduct." Published by the Author hardcover books
