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19280006246New York: Dodd Mead 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 plates. Small quarto viii 660 pages; blue cloth water spots on cover. <br/><br/>The original 1665 appearance of THE ENGLISH ROGUE "was a forbidden book copies being printed secretly and sold furtively at alehouses and such places." The Censors disapproved it for indecency. Kirkman later enlarged it. ER was the first book of English prose fiction that was translated into a continental language and it provoked a flood of imitators. 12 plates. Dodd, Mead hardcover
1996SB16820NY: Penguin Books 1996. This is the Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Very clean and tight textblock; Creased corners age toned edges illustration on front cover. 145p. Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Penguin Books Paperback
19305725San Francisco: Privately Printed. Near Fine. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 33 of 60 copies printed. 18 pp.; tall quarto; gray cloth; printed green paper cover label; without slipcase. Frontispiece of the Stevenson Monument by Ansel Adams pencil signed lower right corner. Frontis has the usual hotizontal shadows of offset from facing printed page. Faint scattered flecks of soil to cover; hint of darkening to spine. The colophon states: "This book was privately printed for Garfield D. Merner and is didicated by him to Flodden W. Heron in apperciation of a Stevenson Night given by Mr. Heron before the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. It was printed by Cecil and James Johnson at The Windsor Press San Francisco set in Goudy Antique type. The photograph of the of the Stevenson Memorial was specially taken for this book by Ansel E. Adams." Text of David Anderson's piece about the Memorial Robert Louis Stevenson and the history of the architecture of the area and of San Francisco.; Signed by Authors . Privately Printed hardcover
19300006245London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto lxiv 543 pages blue cloth. Ex libris Dr. Lester H. Pierce. <br/><br/>20 facsimile plates. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. hardcover
191239043Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-upon-Avon 1912-13. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with frontispieces and numerous plates free endpapers lightly browned; original boards green buckram backs lettered in black green silk markers uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED covers very lightly age-marked else a near fine set. EDITION LIMITED TO 760 NUMBERED COPIES THESE COPIES Nos. 630 AND 506 RESPECTIVELY. Loosely inserted is an A.L.s from Edith Lister Secretary to the Press on SHP stationery to Frank Murrell Director of William Lewis printers of Cardiff. A NEAR FINE SET OF AN EDITION PRODUCED BY THE PRESS IN ITS HEYDAY. Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, hardcover
1969006298<p>Toronto/Montreal: McClelland & Stewart Limited 1969. <em><strong>Margaret Atwood's 1st Edition of her first nove</strong></em>l. 1st. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. 7" x 5". Clear Brodart Covering.</p> McClelland & Stewart Limited hardcover
195914081Chatto & Windus 1959. 8vo. First Edition; original red cloth gilt back a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY 'For Talog with affectionate regards from Marius' FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1927026965London: John Rodker 1927. No 85 in a 4 Volume Limited Edition Set of 1000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Four very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards some rear covers very slightly rubbed spines very well sunned blind stamped in gilt and no bumping to any corners. Upper page edges dark blue fore and lower pages edges untrimmed dusty and lightly foxed. Notes and introductory pages plus total of 1664pp. The first translation into English of 'The Eastern Art of Love' printed on all rag paper and published 1927-1929 The four books contain 12 volumes of Eastern Anthology on the subject of Love including ancient literature from India Persia Arabia Laos Cambodia and Japan. The copper-plate engravings throughout the books have been hand coloured. A heavy set. Hard Cover. Very Good . Illus. by Hester Sainsbury. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. John Rodker Hardcover
1928024564London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1928. Tiny name/date 1929 to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards gilt top of page edges clear gilt lettering/embossing to front/spine rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 327pp. This account of Hardy's life published under his second wife's name was in fact a collaboration between them from his diaries notebooks and letters and completed by his wife after his death. Illustrated including with pictures of Thomas Hardy at various stages in his life. Tucked in is a further photograph of Hardy in his later years from part of a book review article. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 x 6 inches. Macmillan & Co Ltd Hardcover
1905020048London: Early English Drama Society 1905. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards sunned spine dusty untrimmed page edges minor rub to rear and no bumping to corners. 140pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the plays 'Lusty Juventus' 'Disobedient Child' 'Nice Wanton' .written in the mid-16th century plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 x 4.5 inches. Early English Drama Society Hardcover
1907020051London: Early English Drama Society 1907. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards sunned spine dusty untrimmed page edges minor rub to front foxing to end papers and minor bumping to corners. 347pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with religious works and plays - The Three Laws of Nature Moses and Christ The Chief Promises of God unto Men John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness The Temptation of Our Lord John King of England A note on the Tragedy of David and Absolom.written in the late 15th to 16th centuries plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 7 x 4.5 inches. Early English Drama Society Hardcover
19352222217<p>First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 302 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Arrow Editions hardcover books
196040138New York: The Dial Press 1960. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth spine with white lettering and striped paper over boards dust jacket. 188pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight and nice first edition of the third novel by this American writer 1922-93 whose style critics often placed somewhere between Hemingway and Camus. Laid in is an unlined index card bearing pencilled notes about this title by academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir 1923-2013 -- presumably jottings for one of his many published book reviews. The Dial Press hardcover
197288710New York Harry N. Abrams 1972 1 vol. relié in-4, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, 343 pp., nombreuses photos en noir et contrecollées en couleurs. Texte en anglais. Première édition (grand format) de ce bel ouvrage de référence. Très bon état.
197288710New York Harry N. Abrams 1972 1 vol. relié in-4, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, 343 pp., nombreuses photos en noir et contrecollées en couleurs. Texte en anglais. Première édition (grand format) de ce bel ouvrage de référence. Très bon état.
1945121Peoria IL: Edward J. Jacob 1945. Paperback. 16mo. Beige wrappers tied with red silk ribbon. 5pp. Fine. First separate edition. Retelling of the folk tale of "Grosse Boule" reprinted from the October 1 1944 "Chicago Sunday Tribune." An uncommon Starrett ephemeral item. Edward J. Jacob paperback
199136599J. C. Gieben. 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Faint yellowing to wraps.; Offers a better understanding of Pindar's dithyrambs. In the first chapter the author gives an overview of the dithyrambic genre and tries to define Pindar's position within it. Then follows the text and the commentary. Text presented includes both genuine and doubtful fragments from Pindar's dithyrambs.; 242 pages . 9050630677 . J. C. Gieben paperback
1998100151505Chatham Publishing 1998 576 pages in8. 1998. Broché. 7 volume(s). 576 pages. Cet ouvrage est le premier volume d'une collection en sept tomes des dépêches et lettres de l'amiral Lord Nelson couvrant la période 1777-1794. Édité par Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas il compile la correspondance de Nelson durant la guerre d'indépendance américaine et les guerres contre la France en Méditerranée incluant sa rencontre avec Emma Hamilton et sa blessure à l'œil au siège de Calvi
1991S84597New Haven-London, Yale University Press 1991 xii + 291pp.with 63 bl/w ills., 2nd printing, 23cm., softcover, very good condition, S84597
197842038Bell & Hyman 1978-1983. 11 vols. 8vo. with numerous frontispieces plates and maps; green cloth upper boards blocked in gilt gilt backs green tops a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive edition comprising nine volumes of the diary the Companion volume and the Index volume. Bell & Hyman, hardcover
192428862Oxford University Press 1924-1926-1927. 3 vols. of 5 8vo. Mixed Impressions with frontispieces and plates; original black cloth backstrips with printed paper labels backstrips worn and split labels worn but just legible uncut a good sound working collection of the first three volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and press-marks on endpapers and small blind stamp on titles. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The first three volumes comprise Vol. I: 1758-1781 second impression 1924; Vol. II: 1782-87 first edition 1926; Vol. III: 1788-92 first edition 1927. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. See Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671. Oxford University Press, hardcover
194939523New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1949. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 250pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn with small edge chips but complete and fairly attractive nonetheless. A tight and nice first edition of the first book by this Wisconsin novelist and poet 1917-79 described on front jacket panel as "A tense compassionate story of Midwestern family life." She boldly inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue ink noting her real name as well: "For Triss Evans / with best wishes -- / Roberta Hill / Betty Sebenthall." Rather uncommon especially signed. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1993028399Oldham Greater Manchester: Incline Press 1993. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked moire cloth boards and no bumping to corners. 22pp. Orginally published in 1770 this poem laments the depopulation of the countryside and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The frontispiece by Peter S Carter illustrates how things change whilst remaining the same. Signed by Peter S Carter above the illustration. No 21 of a Limited Edition of 50 from a total print run of 160 hand bound copies. Signed By Artist. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Peter S Carter. 7.5 x 6 inches. Incline Press Hardcover
19832222045<p>First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; small nick. Very good. 276 pages.</p><p>Boldly signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by Wambaugh October 26 1983: "To Dom Longo Thanks for the many kindnesses to David and the rest of us! Fondest regards Joe Wambaugh."</p><p>Includes Wambaugh's special bookmark with a reproduction of his LAPD Sergeant's badge and a Typed Letter Signed to literary agent H. N. Swanson January 24 1975.</p> A Perigord Press Book hardcover books
19832222045<p>First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; small nick. Very good. 276 pages.</p><p>Boldly signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by Wambaugh October 26 1983: "To Dom Longo Thanks for the many kindnesses to David and the rest of us! Fondest regards Joe Wambaugh."</p><p>Includes Wambaugh's special bookmark with a reproduction of his LAPD Sergeant's badge and a Typed Letter Signed to literary agent H. N. Swanson January 24 1975.</p> A Perigord Press Book hardcover
