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Roy. 8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 15 plates by Kennington, John, Roberts and others, and a large folding map coloured in outline; original tan buckram, gilt back, brown top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the same month as the first edition.
Features: Sir Douglas, Sheep Dog - detective work on a ranch; The Last Straw - the revolt of a modern mother; Sewing Susie - V; The Philosopher's Club - how a kid brother can be a nuisance; Fact and Comment; This Busy World - the situation in China and fighting in Nicaragua; Miscellany; The Y.C. Lab - a pedal-powered boat! Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1293 pages including index. 74 chapters divided into the following nine sections: The Ingredients of Western Civilization; The Early Middle Ages (400-1000); The High Middle Ages (1000-1300); The Age of Transition (1300-1500); The Age of Religious Revolt and Reform (1500-1600); The Age of Dynastic Statecraft (1600-1775); The Age of Revolution (1775-1850); The Age of the National State (1852-1919); The Age of Total Politics (1919- ). Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Bookplate upon front endpaper. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Bright silver lettering upon navy boards and spine. Excellent copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Cannes 1973 - an attack on taste - article with photos; Costa-Gavras's 'State of Siege' - photos; The Last Round Up - part 3 of David McGillivray's look at the mounting list of films which may have been sentenced to being lost 'on the shelf'; 'L'Insoumis' - photos; 'Pursuit of Happiness' - photos; 'The Big Bounce' - photos; Hollow Victories - major concluding article on the films of Raoul Walsh; 'Jesus Christ Superstar' - photos; Recollections of the Past - illustrated article on recent Rumanian cinema; 'Sacco and Vanzetti' - photos; 'A Gorgeous Bird Like Me' - photos; Visconti's 'Ludwig' (the Mad King of Bavaria) - photos; Pin-up photo of Robert Walker; 'Swastika' - photos; 'Pan' - photos; Andy Warhol's 'Women in Revolt' - photos; 'The Sex Thief' - photos; Ads include: 'The 14'; 'State of Siege'; 'Live and Let Die'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is worn, open tear at top, sticker residue on front. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 605 pages, contents include: Memoirs: Paris pilgrimages, Heart Crane: the roaring boy, Radical Images, Evening at Theodor Dreiser's , American writing: Walt Whitman, The two Henry Jameses, Revolt against gentiltiy, Dreiser: sister Carrie's brother, Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Willa Cather: an assessment, Conrad Aiken, John Cheever, Hingingway's wound, Poetry: selections from Blue Juniata: a life: The chestnut woods, The pyre, Three songs for Leonora, A brief selection of correspondence, On writers and writing, etc. Publisher's page shows "First Published in 1990" with the # 1 in a series.
48 pages. Features: Errol Black; The Tar Sands Comes to Ontario; Gaza is a window on our coming dystopia; Youth in Revolt; and more. Average wear. Couple of library markings. A sound copy. Book
fort volume in-8, XII-1326 pages, broché. Bel exemplaire [CHEM-BA] L'essentiel de l'œuvre de Georges Darien (1862-1921), romans et pamphlet
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. The editor of The Times of Cyprus gives his personal account of the Cyprus Emergency.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 227 p. Dr. Ibrahim Tâlî Bey'in (Öngören) günlügü, (1920-1924). Memoirs of an Ottoman / Turkish soldier in Gallipoli front, 1915.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish., 2 volumes set: (1048 p.), ills. II. Abdülhamid, Mesrutiyet ve Mütareke devri hatiralari. 2 volumes set. Prep. By F. Rezan Hürmen. Memoirs of a Turkish / Ottomaan statesman in the period of Abdülhamit II, Second Constitution and the Truce.
Text in French. 153 pages. Black and white illustrations. Appears to be a 1936 first edition as this is the only date on the copyright page. Please inquire if you wish to confirm printing date. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Features: The River Vs. Water, Inc.; Propaganda, Public Relations, & the Not-So-New Dark Age; And now for something completely biased; Propagating popular resistance; "12 Steps" for Whiteness; Battle Tanks; Conveying Correctness; Madness & mass society; Failure by Design; The New Commission on Global Media; What is true for products is also true for countries; Reinventing truth; This typeface is changing your life. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at edges and faded at backstrip. With 16pp series catalogue bound in at end. First and sole appearance in Everyman's Library. The English translation is provided by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. THE FIRST PICTORIAL DUSTWRAPPER IN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY. The jacket design is by Eric Ravilious; the illustration itself is signed 'P.E'. 'The cover art may have been a brief experiment that was curtailed by wartime production and not reinstated' (Seymour, p.28). A scarce and notable Everyman, especially with the dustwrapper in this condition. EL 967; Seymour 389.0.
pp. xv, 282. Illustrated with etchings by Pierre Watrin, printed by Photogravure and Color Company; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press; set in monotype Bembo; Basingwerk Parchment paper; bound by Russell-Rutter Company in full silk-finish cloth, silver-stamped. 4to. 7 x 10 1/2 inches. Original slip case, rubbed at extremities. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Includes the Monthly Letter. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies. First published in 1914, this is a stinging political and social satire of French society. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W42
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 249 pages. Nonfiction essays by the renowned short story writer, including her two-part New Yorker series, "The Events in May-- A Paris Notebook," about the 1968 student revolt; book reviews; and the essay, "Immortal Gatito: The Gabrielle Russier Case."
8vo., First Edition; with 26 plates on 16; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
Un volume broché de format in 8° de 340 pp. Couverture un peu frottée en marge; sinon bon état. Voir photo.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 408 p. I. Dünya Savasinda Teskilat-i Mahsusa. Turkish / Ottoman intelligent service (Teskilât-i Mahsusa) and its activities during World War 1.
Book shows light wear to blue cloth covers, some edge wear with illustration by George Herriman at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for front endpaper with prev. owner's name in pen and glued plate. Illustrated red endpapers, 296 pages with Mr. Harriman's illustrations throughout. Chapters include: a radical flea, archy revolts, archy climbs everest, archy flies, kidding the boss, becoming a low brow, mehitabel meets her mate, mehitabel pulls a party, mehitabel joins the navy, what is a lady, what the ants are saying.
Text clean and unmarked; tight binding. Light wear and creases to cover. Black and white illustrations. 190 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. 338 pages. First Pushkin Press edition.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 256 p., ills. Artçi diplomat: Son Osmanli hariciye nazirlarindan Mustafa Resit Pasa. A biography of a Turkish / Ottoman statesman, Mustafa Resid Pasha, (1800-1858).
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 278 p. Bozkurt: Kemal Atatürk'ün yasami = [Gray Wolf: The life of Kemal Atatürk]. Translated by Gül Çaglali-Güven. It's the Turkish Edition of famous biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk by Harold C. Armstrong, (1891-1943).
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 124 p., ills., facsimiles. Kendi kaleminden Tegmen Cemil Zeki (Yoldas): Anilar, mektuplar. Memoirs of an Ottoman / Turkish member of Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti (Union and Progress Party - Society).
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 316 p. Devrim hareketleri ic?inde Atatürk ve Atatürkçülük.