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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
18341326864Exeter: J. & B. Williams 1834. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine green with gold print; Rebound in boards with green buckram cloth and gold print clean and strong; Text blocks have penciled name on original front endpapers penciled doodles on original rear endpaper v. 1 small portion at spine torn away on page 237 v. 1 stain at spine of final pages v. 2 significant foxing throughout paper mildly puckering; Text in double columns; 2 vols. xvi 494 pages frontispiece ; xii 414 lxiv pages. 1326864. FP New Rockville Stock. J. & B. Williams 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
1879122443London: George Routledge and Sons 1879. Finely bound example of Horne's biography of Napoleon Bonaparte with a fore-edge painting of him. Octavo bound in full morocco with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and read panel marbled endpapers all edges gilt with a fore-edge painting. With additions by S.R. Townshend Mayer. Illustrated with several hundred designs by Raffet and Horace Vernet tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits of Napoleon. With the original cloth cover adhered to the front pastedown. In near fine condition. The first known example of a disappearing fore-edge painting where the painting is not visible when the book is closed dates back to 1649. Around 1750 the subject matter of fore-edge paintings changed from simply decorative or heraldic designs to landscapes portraits and religious scenes usually painted in full color. The technique was popularized in the 18th century by John Brindley 1732-1756 publisher and bookbinder to the Prince of Wales and Edwards of Halifax a distinguished family of bookbinders and booksellers. The majority of extant examples of fore-edge paintings date to the late 19th and early 20th century on reproductions of books originally published in the early 19th century including the present volume. George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
11562Napoleon III carte-de-vistie. Emperor of France. Legend has it Napoleon III in 1859 en route with his troops to Italy stopped at Disdéri's Paris studio to have his portrait taken. Seizing the opportunity Disdéri sold thousands of copies. Almost overnight a new CDV fad was born. The studios of Paris not only Disdéri's were besieged by patrons who wished to have their pictures taken in the new style. 2.5x4" Upper body image of Bonaparte wearing military regalia. 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
1870576531870. Broadsheet approcx 18 x 12in pp. 2. Printed in four columns on both sides of the sheet. Chipped at the edges and some wear at the folds a very good copy. The address is signed in type by Napoleon Arango and dated March 28th 1870. OCLC locates four copies American Antiquarian Society Princeton Harvard Michigan. Arango states his objections to the insurrection declared by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes aimed at achieving independence from Spain called the "Ten Year War" or "Great War" 1868-1878. Arango was a Cuban planter. unknown books
1870449481870. Broadsheet circular with title printed in various sizes and styles of type 17 x 12 inches printed in four columns on both sides of the sheet. The address is signed in type by Napoleon Arango and dated March 28th 1870. Arango eloquently states his objections to the insurrection declared by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes an effort aimed at achieving independence from Spain fought as the "Ten Year War" or "Great War" 1868-1878. OCLC locates four copies American Antiquarian Society Princeton Harvard Michigan. Creased from folding thumbnail sized chip to left margin not affecting text; one small hole at fold slightly affecting a letter or two and another small hole in top margin possibly from posting. A small spot or two of browning but a nice copy. <br/><br/> unknown 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
1856291393New York: D. Appleton 1856. First American Edition. The set in two volumes each with a steel-engraved frontispiece one of Napoleon Bonaparte and the other of Joseph Bonaparte. In brown embossed cloth. The set belonged to William F. Ritchie the son of Thomas Ritchie editor of the Richmond Enquirer and he penned his name on the endpaper of each volume; William Ritchie also was for a time an Editor of the Enquirer. D. Appleton unknown 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
240996New York. : Hawthorn Books. No date. 4th printing. . Yellow cloth red spine title. . Very good light yellow highlighting limited to two pages of the introduction otherwise near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 8vo. weight: 1.2 lb. Hawthorn Books. hardcover books
19672565Stratford: Cider Mill Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by the author. . Cider Mill Press hardcover books
26111Pale green wrappers sewn. Title hand-inked to wrappers. Some foxing extremity wear to wrappers. A Very Good copy. 11 copperplate engravings. 5-3/4" x 8" <br/><br/> unknown books
19556043491955. 1. Engraved Card "Le Prince Napoleon" with Autograph Note Signed "Napoleon" in black fountain pen ink. 4" x 2 "; n.p. n.d. Fine. Thanking Bradley McCormick for good wishes on his coming of age. 2. Engraved Card "Le Prince Napoleon" with Bold Signature and Date "Napoleon April 1955" in blue fountain pen ink. 4" x 2 "; n.p. n.d. Fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Paris 1955. To Monsieur Ernest F. Manfred; 593 West 191 street; New York 10040 3. Engraved New Year's Card Signed by Princess Alix in blue fountain pen ink 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"; fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Paris 1968. To Monsieur Ernest F. Manfred 230 West 82nd Street; New York 24; U.S.A. Bonaparte Prince Louis Napoleon 1914-1977 Great-grandson of King Jerome of Westphalia youngest brother of Napoleon I; he lived in exile in Switzerland. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown books
19111885San Jose: Maria V. de Lines 1911. Staplebound. Good. 67p. many small engravings of eagle ship hand nest cat shoe chair guitar bird balloon horse etc. alongside phoenetic and grammatical lessons in large font for children. 7.75" x 5.25" cloth spine color printed stiff paper. Corner damped a rubbed cover with worn spine. Text in Spanish. <br/><br/> Maria V. de Lines unknown books