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1999707044NY: Henry Holt & Co. 1999. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Henry Holt & Co. paperback books
1981304222New York Macmillan Publishing Co. 1981 1980. 1981. First American edition so stated. Small 4to. Over 70 b/w illustrations; 28 b/w maps and diagrams; endpaper maps. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good-fine. 224 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Macmillan Publishing Co. [1981, 1980]. hardcover books
198017580New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. 1st US edition. Maroon cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. NF/NF. 239 pp including index. Profusely illustrated. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Book approaches the subject from 3 viewpoints: the English under Wellington; the French under Napoleon; & the Prussians under Blücher. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19131341981New York: Duffield & Company 1913. Hardcover. Octavo; 3 volumes; Fair; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print call number label taped at bottom; Boards in brown cloth with gold print wear to spine caps hinges edges and corners blemishes and rubbing to boards; Text blocks have bookplates on front pastedown and front flyleaf library pocket on rear pastedown clean text some uncut pages; CONTENTS: Vol. I. 1804-1807 broken hinges front and rear so that book is almost entirely detached from cover 725 pages - Vol. II. 1808-1809 cracked front hinge 841 pages - Vol. III. 1809-1810 cracked hinges front and rear intermittent spine breaks 962 pages. 1341981. FP New Rockville Stock. Duffield & Company hardcover books
19752311041New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. First edition. Boards and last few pages have been badly chewed ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1975 Hard Cover. xiii 382 pp. "This is the classic training manual valuable for all instructors behaviorists rescue personnel and owners. Intense instructions for the serious trainer who wants to succeed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
193789533CT: Ralston Society 1937. First edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. This is the first example of a first printing we have seen signed. Rare and desirable. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. Ralston Society hardcover books
1937140941529Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth a bit frayed at extremities and lightly stained. Light stain to top textblock edge. Pages toned a paperclip impression to several leaves and several are edge-worn. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. The Ralston Society unknown books
1937140940541Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Damage to cloth at the top spine end toward the rear; otherwise cloth lightly rubbed at spine joints and lightly frayed at corners and spine ends with a long light scuff to the spine panel. Gilt darkened. Pages toned with several instances of light underlining. Inner rear hinge exposed. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. While first editions of this title with signed bookplates a Frankenstein of a collector's item which can be conjured up as late as today are more common first editions signed directly by Napoleon Hill are not. The Ralston Society unknown books
1910223295Boston Little Brown and Company 1910. 1910. First edition. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece and 5 illustrations. Original gilt stamped blue cloth t.e.g. uncut top of spine with wear; faded. Good. Bookplate of Phoenix Ingraham on the front pastedown. F. Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1910. hardcover books
1945116778Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company 1945. First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition with light rubbing. Based on the Andrew Carnegie formula for money-making The Master Key To Riches describes in step-by-step detail today's greatest practical philosophy of success. This philosophy culled from the success experiences of hundreds of the world's most powerful and wealthy men will show you how to succeed in any walk of life. The Willing Publishing Company hardcover books
194589292Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company 1945. First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips to the extremities. Based on the Andrew Carnegie formula for money-making The Master Key To Riches describes in step-by-step detail today's greatest practical philosophy of success. This philosophy culled from the success experiences of hundreds of the world's most powerful and wealthy men will show you how to succeed in any walk of life. The Willing Publishing Company hardcover books
1945292046Los Angeles.: Willing Publishing. 1945. 1st Edition. Red cloth gilt titles. Very good light scuffing to back cover tight and unmarked no dust jacket. 22x14.5 cm. weight: 1.2 lb. Willing Publishing. hardcover books
192433283New York: D. Appleton and Company 1924. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. A Nr Fine copy. xii 2 151 1 pp. Frontis 4 images on 3 inserted plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1907304210London George Bell and Sons 1907. 1907. Crown edition so stated. 8vo. 47 gravure plates tipped-in facsimile 21 maps in text. Bibliographical references. Title pages printed in red and black. 3/4 gilt stamped brown morocco over brown cloth with gilt Cardinal's arms on the upper covers spines with raised bands titled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. Very good. 2 volumes. Volume I - 596 pages vii. Volume II - 512 pages xv. Printed by Chiswick Press by Charles Whittingham and Co. London. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, George Bell and Sons, 1907. hardcover books
1954297058Quebec: Telegraph Printing 1954. Third. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 440 pages 8vo green cloth; minor wear at corners and spine ends. Quebec: Telegraph Printing Company 1954. Third edition. Internally fine a very good copy.<br/><br/> Telegraph Printing unknown books
195040030London: William Brendon 1950. hardcover. With commentary by Charles de la Ronciere introduction by Arthur Bryant. Frontis illus. 8vo cloth d.w. chipped and rubbed Bookplate on inside cover ownership stamps on title page. London: 1950. Very good- in good d.w.<br/><br/> William Brendon unknown books
1928140940868Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Complete eight volume set bound in light blue variant cloth stamped in dark blue. First edition. Very Good with sunning to spines light mottling to cloth heads and tails a little worn and frayed. Scratch to spine of Vol. 1 binding error with front free endpaper pasted onto paste down penciled gift inscription on page facing copyright page another to Vol. VIII front hinge a little over-opened. A classic of the self-improvement genre. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1949140941401Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1949. Reprint. Very Good. Early reprint. Sixteen lessons complete in eight volumes bound in publisher's red cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good. Spines sunned and lightly frayed at ends cup ring to cover of Volume III. Pages toned. A nice set. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1939140941399Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1939. Near Fine. Early reprint. Sixteen lessons complete in eight volumes bound in publisher's dark brown/maroon cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing and shelf wear to covers with several small patches of heavier rubbing and scuffing. Pages toned. A nice set. The Ralston Society unknown books
1928140938609Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition complete eight volume set bound in dark blue variant cloth with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Rubbing to gilt stamping and to cloth at tips. Foxing to edges heaviest at top edge; pages toned. Several volumes show faintly soiled cloth. A beautiful set. The Ralston University Press unknown books
191043947New York: D. Appleton and Company 1910. 1st American edition presumed. Red cloth lettered in gilt with blue white and gilt ornament to front board t.e.g. Red dust jacket printed in black. Modest wear; minor soil to page block; light toning to endpapers. Interior clean and otherwise bright binding tight. Dj worn/ slightly chipped to extremities; spine sunned. VG/ VG. xx 373 1 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A bright copy of this uncommon title in the scarce dust jacket. We find no copies of this edition on OCLC and only one of the British edition Andrew Melrose 1910. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
199372357Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1993. Hardcover. B00D3UU3C4 . Part of The Great Military Commanders series. Collector's edition. Octavo bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon book mark. Fine.; 526 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
1975303715Chicago Nelson-Hall 1975. 1975. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait; 10 b/w portraits. Chronology bibliography. Dust jacket designed by Martha Hall unclipped; short tear; minor nicks. Very good. 209 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Douglas Hilt on the front free endpaper: "with best wishes Douglas Hilt". Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago, Nelson-Hall [1975]. hardcover books
194511108London: Golden Cockerel Press 1945. One of 100 copies bound in full vellum this being copy No. 4 signed by the translator. Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 12mo. Full vellum with gilt honey-comb motif and gilt bee in central panel a.e.g. Fine copy in custom cloth slipcase. One of 100 copies bound in full vellum this being copy No. 4 signed by the translator. Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 12mo. One of 100 in Full Vellum. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
19672565Stratford: Cider Mill Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by the author. . Cider Mill Press hardcover books
