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19916944Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0226310329 . Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. First printing of the American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
199821546NY: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0670875686 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Viking hardcover books
1976305375<p>Detroit Alternatives 1976. 1976. First edition. 8vo 5 5/8" x 8 1/2". Original stiff pictorial white wrappers. Very good. 27 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.</p> Alternatives paperback books
2015006904New York: Berkley Caliber 2015. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To Fred and Linda From one patriot to another ! Thank you for your service to our country. Very best wishes Lee Trimble 8/3/15". SCARCE SIGNED. Near Fine small bump bottom corner in Fine dust jacket. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Berkley Caliber Hardcover books
200533514Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0801881730 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
189238902Madrid: La Real Academia de la Historia 1892. First edition. Imitation alligator cloth gilt title and rules on spine. A very good copy owner's bookplate and bookseller label on front paste-down. x 680 1 pp. 4to. By E. Saavedra Juan de la Rada y Delgado M. Menendez y Pelayo A.M. Fabié and C. Fernandez Duro. A bibliography of Christopher Columbus released on the 400th anniversary of his voyage to America. Palau 29308. Spain & Spanish America I: 4. La Real Academia de la Historia hardcover books
1970WRCLIT81415Montpellier: Au Dépens de l'Auteur 1970. Two volumes. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Black & white facsimile illustrations. Text in French. A small amount of hand-soiling and use at edges small snag at crown of one spine mended lower fore-tips slightly bumped otherwise a very good set. First edition. The illustrations were drawn largely from the examples in the author's own collection. An extensive bibliography of over 3000 books periodical articles and documents pertaining to the history of the French postal system. Uncommon in the wild. Au Dépens de l'Auteur unknown books
18921078New York: Joseph Sabin 1892. First Edition First Printing. Three quarter leather. Very good . A very good plus first edition small paper copy. One of 525 copies issued. These are the works published in Sabin's lifetime. Signed by Joseph Sabin with original signed receipt from Sabin. Mixed set: small paper copy and stiff wraps on vol 20 all bound into three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt accents.Bound by The University of Chicago Press. Moderate wear to crown foot and corners on various volumes. Top edge gilt. One volume has bent pages from poor shipping practice book edges pressed into one another. Marbled endpapers. On laid paper.Text is clean and bright. Vols. 1-19 "Edition 525 copies 8vo . and 110 copies on large paper." Publication was suspended from 1892 to 1927 when it was resumed with the parts numbered continuously with the last issued in 1892 Suspended with pt. CXV/CXVI v. 20 pt. 1/2 1892; This set shipped at actual cost. Joseph Sabin hardcover books
1604044714Hanover: Typis Wechelianis Wechel 1604. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers old greek inscription to front blank final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one each with a separate title page - printed in two columns the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5 and the second 11-20 all that survive from antiquity with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. xxx 363 59; xii 1013 3pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis (Wechel) hardcover books
200634761NY: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0385514379 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Doubleday hardcover books
200022136NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0374265011 . First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1981138948Three Rivers California: Published by the Sequoia Natural History Association 1981. 21.5 cm pp. 1 2-11 12 7 illustrations 1 map. pictorial self wrappers stapled. Later printing. A description of Big Stump Basin in Kings Canyon National Park. Includes historical data on logging operations there in the 1880s and 1890s. Leaflet first published in 1964 and reprinted many times. Cover just a bit tanned at edges a near fine copy. #138947 Published by the Sequoia Natural History Association unknown books
1976138947Three Rivers California: Published by the Sequoia Natural History Association 1976. 21.5 cm pp. 1 2-11 12 7 illustrations 1 map. pictorial self wrappers stapled. Later printing. A description of Big Stump Basin in Kings Canyon National Park. Includes historical data on logging operations there in the 1880s and 1890s. Leaflet first published in 1964 and reprinted many times. Cover just a bit tanned at edges a near fine copy. #138947 Published by the Sequoia Natural History Association unknown books
1822007775Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1822. The Third Edition 1822 complete with five fold-out plates 338 pp. In handsome unsigned contemporary fine binding of black Levant gilt crown of King George IV center of both covers and with blind-tooled border inside double gilt rules then fine intricate floral decorations in gilt bordered by double gilt rules back with larger gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering and tail date all edges gilt edges of covers with double gilt rules gilt inner dentelles marbled end papers. The binding Near Fine small rub at head of spine. Internally Near Fine with moderate toning mostly to plates and adjacent pages. A superior copy fit for a King's library. . Third Edition. Levant Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oliver & Boyd Hardcover books
1892007900London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. Inscribed at front end page to "John V. MacMillan from his tutor C. L Eton Election 1895". Sumptuously bound in full vellum backs with red and brown morocco labels gilt lettering ornate floral gilt tooled decorations double gilt rules to covers marbled end papers all edges stained red a glorious set befitting the occasion and the recipient a scion of this set's publisher. John V. MacMillan 1877-1950 was the son of Alexander MacMillan the co-founder in 1843 of MacMillan Publishing. John did not enter the publishing business instead deciding on an ecclesiastical career and eventually becoming the Bishop of Dover the fifth in the modern era. Profusely decorated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations many in color. Four volumes Near Fine slight toning to end pages a few pages small top corner creases boards light soiling fold-out of London Bridge Vol. III Near Fine with a few small creases top edges a bit dulled a few small corner bumps. A heavy set please inquire before ordering for additional shipping charges particularly outside the US. . Illustrated Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover books
1860007794London: Smith Elder and Co. 1860. Finely bound in contemporary full vellum the binding unsigned red morocco title labels and black morocco tail labels lettered in gilt marbled end pages all edges stained red a beautiful four volume set of this SCARCE history includes a foldout map in each of Vols. I and II frontispiece engravings in Vols.III and IV. Near Fine light soiling to vellum with armorial bookplates of Howard Leonard Douglas Galton front pastedowns and decorative bookplates of John M. Cameron front end pages light foxing mainly at end pages. The maps are lightly foxed Else Fine. xvi 466 viii 464 xii 450 Errata2 vi 2 435. . First Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smith, Elder and Co. Hardcover books
1846008034London: John Murray 1846. Published 1846-1856. First Edition of Grote's celebrated history of Greece illustrated with frontispiece portrait in Volume XII and with numerous engraved maps and plans 14 folding bound at rear; Vol. I 1 Vol.II 2 Vol. V. 1 Vol. VIII 2 Vol. VIIII 2 Vol X 5 Vol. XII 1 with several hand-colored in outline. Twelve volumes in contemporary W. Nutt fine binding of full polished calf the backs with intricate floral designs in gilt red and black morocco labels marbled end papers and edges gilt inner dentelles. A lovely set Near Fine light soiling to calf minor rubbing at edges. A SCARCE set in lovely binding and condition. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1891007675London: George Routledge & Sons 1891. RARE First Edition in English finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half crimson morocco over marbled boards spine with five harp decorations with gilt borders marbled end pages all edges gilt. xii 499 pp. with fifty-seven wood engraved illustrations including frontispiece and 23 plates. Near Fine spine sunned light rubbing to marbled boards internally clean and bright. Gautier's classic work on chivalry in which he set out the "Ten Commandments of Chivalry" of course hundreds of years after the time of medieval chivalry. "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Routledge & Sons Hardcover books
007622London: George Routledge & Sons No date circa 1883 according to date front end page from the library of noted Biblical scholar Henry St. John Thackeray his ownership signature and election to Eton dated 1883. Finely bound in contemporary full vellum with decorative gilt-patterned spine and maroon leather title labels. All edges stained red. Marbled endpapers. 511 pp. Very Good Plus spine a bit darkened light soiling to boards light foxing to end pages. . Standard Edition . Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Routledge & Sons Hardcover books
1843045561Madrid: Oficina del Establecimiento Central 1843. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf spine darkened corners worn; pencil marks to endpapers else very clean internally. 3 volumes in 1 each with a separate title. 72pp 64pp 77pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045561. <br/><br/> Oficina del Establecimiento Central hardcover books
1785BOOKS0033095 volumes: 520 pages with frontispiece tables and six plates; 492 pages with tables 479 pages 587 pages 504 pages with nine plates. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in leather with raised spine bands and black labels with gilt lettering to spine. Complied by John Kent principally from Campbell's Lives of the Admirals Hill page 358 First Dublin edition. First published in London in 1776-1777.<br /><br />A London man of letters Campbell was quite successful with his numerous works of an historical and biographical nature. He collect a large and valuable library. He first published his Lives of the Admirals in four volumes in the years 1742 to 1744. There were several later editions. From 1744 to 1748 he compiled and published what became known as Campbell's enlarged edition of John Harris's Complete collection of voyages and travels originally published in 1702-1705. Campbell also made numerous important contributions to the Biographia Britannica under the signatures E and X including his own noble Scottish ancestors the Campbells. A memoir of him was inserted by Andrew Kippis in this same work. Campbell was an expert on the histories of Spain Portugal France and the British and the Dutch. In 1765he was appointed the royal agent for the province of Georgia and held that office until his death. There are many interesting references to him in James Boswell's Life of Johnson. John Kent published only tow editions of his compilation; this one and one published in London in 1776-1777.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br /> New spines with original leather boards. Volume one closed page edge tears with occasional page edges chipped only affecting margins. volume two damp stain to title gutter some occasional foxing. Some pages stained else a good to very good set Printed for J Williams hardcover books
1897252830Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 638pp. Rare; copiously illustrated with black and white photos of prominent citizens; no pencil or ink markings evident in text; black leather binding light edge wear to extremities; re-backed; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. Biographical Review Publishing Company unknown books
19052221795<p>Second edition. Octavo. Three illustrations including large fold out plate of Fort Bridger. Full maroon gilt stamped morocco original stiff brown wrappers bound in. No dust jacket. Very good. 27 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Howes D392.</p><p>Graff 1106.</p> Unz & Company hardcover books
1903024659Published by the Class 1903. Cloth. Very Good. Ex-library with usual marks. Letter from the author to Bowdoin college librarian conveying the book and asking his opinion. Light shelfwear else unmarked. 532pp many portraits. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 024659. <br/><br/> Published by the Class hardcover books
1966003937Washington D.C.: Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council 1966. SIGNED on front end page "Personal Copy J.A. Simpson University of Chicago 1960". John A. Simpson was an experimental nuclear and cosmic ray physicist who taught and did research at the University of Chicago. Several instruments that he created were launched into space. Near Fine book bottom corners bumped in a Very Good dustjacket moderately chipped at the edges. Several contributions by Carl Sagan among others. . SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council Hardcover books