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2000031726New York: Japan Society 2000. HEAVY. 352 pp 102 color plates 185 b/w & color photos. As new in publishers shrink wrap. Includes CD "A Blueprint for the Sunrise" only available with this book. Explores Yoko Ono's life and career and assists the reader in understanding her role as artist filmmaker poet composer performance artist activist and rock star. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Japan Society Hardcover
198750752Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 082620645x . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in an alike dust-jacket; Yeats's Interactions with Tradition is a book about the Irish poet's interactions with traditional Irish culture. It discusses Yeats's relationship with the Irish literary tradition and his attempt to create a unique Irish poetry.; 8vo; 332 pages . University of Missouri Press hardcover
199919185New York: Harpercollins Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060174943 . A bright first edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; The book examines the life and work of W. B. Yeats through the lens of his ghosts. It explains how these spirits influenced his writing and influenced the course of Irish history.; 8vo; FSA . Harpercollins Publishers hardcover
196842999New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. c1968. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A Very Good first edition/first printing with little denting to boards in clipped Very Good- lightly chipped dust-jacket; An account of the century during which the last five Romanov tsars undertook the task of leading Russia through the developments of an era without precedent in the country's history; 8vo; 515 pages . The MacMillan Company hardcover
1916132094Harper & brothers 1916. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7.9 x 5.1 x 1. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Harper & brothers 1916. First Edition. 1st Printing. 238 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Apparently this book belonged to him bookplate saying William Dean Howells This is My Book with his photo and was given to others Laureus Ella / from Goldeus / Xmas' 16. Size: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1. William Dean Howells 1837-1920 was an American realist novelist literary critic and playwright nicknamed 'The Dean of American Letters'. He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly as well as for his own prolific writings including the Christmas story 'Christmas Every Day' and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Biography Books on Books::Books on Authors 6137 6137 Harper & brothers hardcover
1955108-5296Garden City New York: Doubleday 1955. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver and purple; the front panel in silver. Octavo. Green topstain. Red and white 'Missouri' endpapers. xi 596pps. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The original dust jacket glossy in a new mylar sleeve has a slightly sunned spine light edgewear and a fully-closed puncture near the edge of the front panel; the original price 5.00 is intact. This is Volume 1 of Truman's memoirs and is a copy of the Special Kansas City Edition limited to 20615 copies as stated on the copyright page; the Kansas City Edition is referenced as well on the spine-panel of the dust jacket. Scarce in the notoriously fragile dust jacket.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. 41-C. First Edition. Cloth. Doubleday Hardcover
1999006823New Hamburg Ontario: Pax Resources 1999. 2nd Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Reflections by the Pennsylvia-born 1922 - 1999 former Associate Professor of Social Work at Renison College University of Waterloo. xix 220 pages with notes B&W photos and newspaper facimiles. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor wear. <br/> <br/> Pax Resources paperback
19672092902139000993Yataro Iwasaki Yanosuke Iwasaki Biography Compilation Committee 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Yataro Iwasaki Yanosuke Iwasaki Biography Compilation Committee paperback
19712091202133105639Yanosuke Iwasaki Biography Compilation Committee 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Yanosuke Iwasaki Biography Compilation Committee paperback
1941465c7158New York: Liveright Publishing 1941. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pages. "Before I went to Russia to be married I had never been more than two hundred miles from St. Louis." - from page 1. Average wear. Binding intact. Liveright Publishing Hardcover
1925BOOKS099574INew Haven: Yale University Press. Nearly fine copies. 1925. 1st. hardcover. 4to 1120 pp. Spines slightly faded else about fine. . Yale University Press hardcover
1899090402NY: The Jersey City Printing Co. 1899 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE copy of this Yale Class of 1889 decennial celebration. Includes celebration details class members biographies necrology professions marriages births class register etc. 136 pages with a few illustrations. Gilt lettered deep blue binding has almost no wear; foxing on free-endpaper. The Jersey City Printing Co. hardcover
19455002330CT: No Publisher 1945. Bound in blue cloth stamped in white.Some minor spotting to cover. Exceedingly scarce book on Yale Students in the war. Only four copies on OCLC. 241 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No Publisher Hardcover
1988188911988. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover dj/pub.1988/VG condition/213 pages - Presents a stunning panorama of olympic competition triumph and defeat. It captures moments of high drama and athletic excellence. A very picturesque t ext. KH918891 hardcover
1992018351Cambridge Massachusetts: Maurizio Martino Publisher 1992. 2 separate HARDCOVER volumes complete. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date but 1992 First Martino printing "strictly limited to 350 copies". A key reference. Illustrated with 48 plates mostly photos of bindings and title pages. Facsimile reprints of the two volume set both originally published in 1951. Vol. I: xxxiii 399pp. 32 plates. Vol. II: vi 195pp. 16 plates. Subtitle: A Bibliographical Record Based On His Own Collection. Contained here are thousands of detailed descriptions many with extensive notes. The introductory essay should be required reading for all book collectors. According to Otto Penzler "these volumes illustrate how great a collection can be." In his address to the 1995 annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America Stephen Weissman of Ximenes Rare Books paid tribute to this work. He said XIX CENTURY FICTION "remains to this day perhaps my favorite single contribution to bibliography. I am not alone in my admiration. If a new collector comes into my shop as happens from time to time or if a young bookseller asks me for guidance as happens all too often these days this is inevitably the first book I recommend. Sadleir's book has had as much influence on collecting whether sentimental or scholarly as any other I can think of." Among the authors comprehensively covered are W. H. Ainsworth R. D. Blackmore the Brontes Bulwer Lytton Wilkie Collins Charles Dickens Benjamin Disraeli George Eliot Elizabeth Gaskell George Gissing Thomas Hardy Henry James Richard Jefferies Charles Kingsley Henry Kingsley Joseph Le Fanu Charles Lever Frederick Marryat George Meredith Ouida Charles Reade Somerville & Ross William Thackeray Anthony Trollope Mrs. Frances Trollope Mrs. Henry Wood etc. Works by many other authors such as Poe Stowe Twain Melville and Hawthorne are also described. Breslauer/Folter 209: "The fundamental bibliography of Regency and Victorian fiction. by one of the most influential English bibliographers." Uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Besterman 2159. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. First Martino printing Limited to 350. Oversize Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 via media mail. 2 volumes: xxxiii 399pp. vi 195pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Maurizio Martino Publisher Hardcover
1951018802London: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1951. 1951. First Editions. 2 separate HARDCOVER volumes complete. Limited to 1025 sets. Very Good condition but for small brown speckles foxing -- moderate on the endpapers; otherwise quite light. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A key reference. Vol. I: xxxiii 399pp. 32 plates. Vol II: vi 195pp. 16 plates. Contained here are thousands of detailed descriptions many with extensive notes. Illustrated with 48 plates on glossy paper mostly photos of bindings and title pages. NO foxing on the plates. The introductory essay should be required reading for all book collectors. According to Otto Penzler "these volumes illustrate how great a collection can be." In his address to the 1995 annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America Stephen Weissman of Ximenes Rare Books paid tribute to this work. He said XIX CENTURY FICTION "remains to this day perhaps my favorite single contribution to bibliography. I am not alone in my admiration. If a new collector comes into my shop as happens from time to time or if a young bookseller asks me for guidance as happens all too often these days this is inevitably the first book I recommend. Sadleir's book has had as much influence on collecting whether sentimental or scholarly as any other I can think of." Among the authors comprehensively covered are W. H. Ainsworth R. D. Blackmore the Brontes Bulwer Lytton Wilkie Collins Charles Dickens Benjamin Disraeli George Eliot Elizabeth Gaskell George Gissing Thomas Hardy Henry James Richard Jefferies Charles Kingsley Henry Kingsley Joseph Le Fanu Charles Lever Frederick Marryat George Meredith Ouida Charles Reade Somerville & Ross William Thackeray Anthony Trollope Mrs. Frances Trollope Mrs. Henry Wood etc. Works by many other authors such as Poe Stowe Twain Melville and Hawthorne are also described. Printed by the University Press Cambridge for Constable & Company Ltd. Breslauer/Folter 209: "The fundamental bibliography of Regency and Victorian fiction. by one of the most influential English bibliographers." Top edges gilt. Uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Besterman 2159. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 11.25" tall. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. First Edition Limited to 1025 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition foxing/No jackets. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1. 2 volumes: xxxiii 399pp. vi 195pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Constable & Co., Ltd. Hardcover
1976000861Houghton Mifflin Company 1976 RARE. 'Wyeth at Kuerners' is a book about the artist by his wife that contains 370 reproductions 315 of which have never been reproduced before and reveals a startlingly intimate view of Wyeth at work. Sequence after sequence of drawings grows dynamically toward the final painting. People animals and objects appear and fade in an eerie way as the concept develops and one gets a subtle understanding of why Andrew Wyeth's work is so charged with those unseen presences that create the compelling depths and tensions in his work. Large hardcover book featuring the artwork of Andrew Wyeth. Size:13 ¼ in. 33 ½ cm. long 10 ¼ in. 26 cm large 1 ½ in. 4 cm thick with dust jacket. First printing large format. . Edition originale. Couverture rigide. Comme neuf/Comme neuf. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
19864944736Clarendon Press 1986. 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. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:9780198200888 Clarendon Press hardcover
1963109030Toyahvale TX: Frontier Book Company 1963 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A beautiful copy of book. Dust jacket has some light edge chips and rub marks. 328 page "true story of the fables Wyatt Earp. . . unmasking the much heralded legendary Western gunfighter". Frontier Book Company hardcover
1919674London: Constable and Company Ltd. Briggs 1919. First Edition Canadian Issue First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good plus. DJ title "1914" Bright blue cloth over boards title stamped in gilt onto spine line borders stamped in blind onto boards 8vo 8-3/4 inches tall pp. xiii 413 414. Printed on laid paper with errata slip and three maps as called for. Some leaves still remain unopened. In the slightly shorter Briggs DJ Canadian issue priced on the spine at "$6.00 NET". Volume with spine ends softened and bump to bottom corners text lightly toned and discrete p.o. name ffep under DJ flap. DJ with front panel separated at spine fading stains and edge wear shallow chips at spine ends and tape repairs verso at spine. Maps with small areas of light toning to verso else fine. All maps now in archival sleeve inside of back pocket. "Read the story of those 1914 days from the great British authority." from the DJ front panel. Constable and Company Ltd. (Briggs) hardcover
1954029123London: Cohen & West 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cohen & West hardcover
1974531837New York: Pathfinder Press Inc. 1974. Paperback. Second edition 1974. The covers and spine are creased and worn; the front lower leading corner has been reinforced with tape. Foxing tanning and minor marks on the rear of cover and page block. Small amount of correction fluid on the inside front lower leading corner of the cover. Interior very good with sound binding and clear text. CM. Paperback. Good. Used. Pathfinder Press Inc. Paperback
199589467Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1995. First Edition Collectible . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good . A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Signed by the editor on the title page. Inscribed to the previous owner Izzy by the editor on the facing page. <br/> <br/> University of Illinois Press hardcover
199221648New York: Clarkson Potter. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0517564009 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine seemingly unread condition in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her small and unobtrusive dated signature on front free-endpaper; This book is a biography of Mary McCarthy one of the most famous and influential American writers of the last century. McCarthy was a notoriously difficult person to work with but her books are some of the most acclaimed and beloved in American literature. Brightman tells the story of McCarthy's life and work including her clashes with publishers and fellow writers her battles with mental illness and her influence on American literature.; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; FSA . Clarkson Potter hardcover
1995181014012Vendome Press 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/very good dj. hardcover DJ very good typical wear and small tear at top spine. Book very good condition. Vendome Press hardcover
