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197770556Fallbrook CA.: Aero Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. -Toliver Colonel Raymond F. and Trevor J. Constable; introduction by Lieutenant General Adolph Galland. FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE. Fallbrook California: Aero Publishers Inc. 1977. 432 pages illustrated navy boards with gilt stamping to the spine. This is a bright nice copy. Very Good with a dust wrapper that is just lightly rubbed. . Aero Publishers hardcover books
199652940Atglen PA: Schiffer Military History. Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Atglen PA.: Schiffer Military/Aviation History 1996. Fine in a Fine DJ. . Schiffer Military History hardcover books
197784781Fallbrook California: Aero Publishers 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. photos index 432p. Original blue binding. dj. 28cm. SIGNED on half-title by both authors. <br/><br/> Aero Publishers hardcover books
196516620ENew York: Macmillan 1965. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Col. Raymond Toliver to the famous military aviator Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker Commanding Officer of the 94th Pursuit Squadron U.S. Air Service known as America’s “Ace of Aces†in World War I. Inscribed: “To ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker with warmest regards and best wishes. Ray Toliver Washington D.C. 2 November 1965.†Additionally signed and inscribed by the co-author Trevor Constable on the half-title: “To ‘Captain Eddie’ Rickenbacker Immortal inspiration to generations yet unborn. Trevor J. Constable.†Laid in is a blank unsigned personal bank check from the account of William F. Rickenbacker the son of Edward V. Rickenbacker from the Bay Bank in Merrimack Valley Massachusetts. On the verso of the check is a typed note reading: “John C. Meyer p. 338 went on to become commanding general of SAC. He was commander of the base at Lockbourne Ohio when we rededicated it and named it Rickenbacker AFB in 1974. He sat next to EVR Edward V. Rickenbacker in 1944 I think it was or 1945 in Columbus at the world premiere of the movie ‘Captain Eddie’.†The reference to John C. Meyer is to a section at the end of Fighter Aces listing flying aces of World War II with a special additional note indicating that he was among the few pilots who also scored victories in the Korean War. The 1945 film Captain Eddie told the story of Rickenbacker’s life and aviation achievements and starred Fred MacMurray in the title role with Charles Bickford as William Rickenbacker. Illustrated. Near fine bright copy with a hint of edge wear in a very good slightly dust soiled dust jacket with a faint dampstain to the bottom edge of the rear panel barely affecting the cloth. Fighter Aces tells the story of the great military fliers who have gained the rank of ‘Ace’ by scoring five or more kills in air-to-air combat. Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker is pictured on the front cover. Macmillan hardcover books
1944159180London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford / The Courtauld Institute of Art 1944. Hardcover. Good Ex-library w/ ID to lower spine internal stamps usual markings etc. lower spine torn & flapped; upper spine rubbed. boards scuffed smudged & some spotted staining. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower textblock edge. slight split to textblock at plate section w/ evidence of previous repair. back hinge split; binding still intact though hinge is rattled. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine 164 text pp. plus 105 BW and color plates. Interior does appear clean though may have instances of marginalia handwriting etc. A rough but uncommon copy. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection. Approaches the topic geographically by English counties. Includes discussion of ornament technique and iconography; and offers views of more than 100 examples of these wall paintings. Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford / The Courtauld Institute of Art hardcover books
1911107404Berlin 1911. hardcover. very good. Hrsg. von Arthur Roessler. Illustrated Square 8vo printed boards. Berlin 1911. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
193089236Berlin: Pantheon 1930. hardcover. very good. 82 black & white plates lettered tissue guards tall 8vo 3/4 blue calf. Berlin: Pantheon 1930. Very good .<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
29836hardcover. xxi 79pp. Thin 8vo smooth calf neatly rebacked dentelles a.e.g London 1859<br/><br/> The first collection of the works of the 16th century poet. CBEL I p. 431.; DNB IV: 960.<br/><br/> unknown books
184260182St. Louis 1842. Broadside 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches printed in various sizes and styles of type including three large display types for the two headlines and the central "MARMION." The judgment which resulted in the sale of the Marmion was brought by Robert P. Clark H.F. Given & Co. John R. Hammond Jonas Newman Sarah Mason and the city of St. Louis against the steamboat. The Marmion built in 1835 plied the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans under Captain John Staley and was involved in a collision with another steamboat in 1841. Some faint old staining; splits chips and minor loss of a few letters archivally repaired deacidified lined with Japanese paper. <br/><br/> unknown books
19811080325 vols. Paris and San Francisco: The Trianon Press and Genesis Publications 1981. 5 vols. sm. 8vo 34; 44; 64; 32; 49 pp. 4 reproducing Constable’s sketches and 1 with Introduction and commentary by Graham. Quarter morocco and hand-marbled paper with paper label on front each in a brownish-red cloth covered slip case. Each volume’s individual slip case has gilt stamped numbers on the lower spine. Signed by Graham on the colophon page. This copy is missing the larger slip case that encloses the set. Very fine. § Number 16 of 540 copies. 35 copies numbered I to XXXV were bound in full morocco and another 26 copies numbered A to Z were reserved for the publishers. The Trianon Press and Genesis Publications hardcover books
1976137732Oxford / New York: Clarendon Press 1976. Second Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean. 2 volume set bound in slate-gray cloth with gilt spine lettering bw illustrated dust jackets 723 pp. 232 BW plates. A revised edition of this artist biography and catalog raisonne with more than 100 drawings and paintings added. Volume 1 contains chapters on Canaletto's life and work and also the illustrations. Volume 2 contains the textual catalogue raisonne. A very nice set. Clarendon Press hardcover books
1964115828Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto 1964. Softcover. Good Wraps worn; Two pages have small stain. Gold illus. wraps; 176 pp.; 145 bw plates 4 color plates. Accompanied a travelling exhibition of the artist's work which appeared at the Art Gallery of Toronto The National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal; Most of the text is in English though plate annotations appear in both English and French. Art Gallery of Toronto unknown books
605960"Thomas Constable" in black ink on bifold leaf 4 1/2" x 7 1/4" 4 pages. 11 Thistle Street November 19 1875. Very good. To Professor Daniel Wilson In part: "You have probably received proofs of titles. . .and by this post we dispatch corrected sheets though not yet printed off to enable you to proceed with the index. . .I do not wonder that the Canadian brethren grudge you to us. . ." Sir Daniel Wilson 1816-1892 Scottish author was professor of English literature in Toronto; in 1881 he became president of Toronto University. Thomas Constable 1812-1881 born June 29 1812 Craigcrook Scotland; died May 26 1881; English printer publisher author See DNB Vol. XII p. 45. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
18593571London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1859. Attractive Arts & Crafts binding in dark blue-green morocco on slightly flexibly boards. Spine with five raised bands each decorated with two rows of gilt stippling the gilt-stippled dots repeated on the perimeter of both covers and dentelles. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 8vo. 79 pages. Page edges stained blue. A bit of rubbing to edges near fine. <br/><br/> Basil Montagu Pickering hardcover books
