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194630209<p>HBDJ 1946 on Title Pg VG/VG- AS-IS EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR DJ 1ST EDITION EARLY REPRINT Printed from Plates in Original Limited Edition of 1000 SCUFF BACKOF DJ Set in an aristocratic estate in Victorian England pronounced by critics as the oldest full length English mystery novel and to this day the best. Outlandish HORROR During a battle in India a sacred shrine is robbed of a jewel by a British soldier and the curse of the East Indian God follows the gem through generations of English ownership. A group of Fanatical East Indians follow the Moonstone to England where a mysterious death overtakes every heir to the fatal jewel Against the Gentle Background of an Aristocratic Estate in Victorian EnglandMoves a Story so Intriguing in Mystery Fascinating in Character Presentation & Beguiling in the Telling. During a Gory Battle in Far Off India a Sacred Shrine is entered & Robbed of a Jewel by an Ad</p> BOOK CLUB EDITION DOUBLEDAY & CO GARDEN CITY NY LITERARY GUILD hardcover
194430216A<p>HB NODJ SLIPCASE HAS RED & WHITE ILLIUSTRATION ON FRONT OF GENTLEMAN SEATED SLIPCASE EDGE WEAR SEPARATION 1944 on Title Pg COPY # 571 LIMITED NUMBERED 1ST EDITION VG/VG- AS-IS EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR DJ Printed from Plates in Original Limited Edition of 1000 BEIGE CLOTH GREY ILLUSTRATED BOARDS Set in an aristocratic estate in Victorian England pronounced by critics as the oldest full length English mystery novel and to this day the best. Outlandish HORROR During a battle in India a sacred shrine is robbed of a jewel by a British soldier and the curse of the East Indian God follows the gem through generations of English ownership. A group of Fanatical East Indians follow the Moonstone to England where a mysterious death overtakes every heir to the fatal jewel Against the Gentle Background of an Aristocratic Estate in Victorian EnglandMoves a Story so Intriguing in Mystery Fascinating in Character Presentation & Beguiling in the Telling. During a Gory Battle in Far Off India a Sacred Shrine is entered & Robbed of a Jewel by an Adventurous British Soldier & the Curse of the East Indian God follows</p> DORAN DOUBLEDAY & CO LIMITED EDITIONS GARDEN CITY NY hardcover
199730257<p>HBNODJ SLIPCASE HAS RED & WHITE ILLIUSTRATION ON FRONT OF GENTLEMAN SEATED SLIPCASE EDGE WEAR SEPARATION clear tape repairs 1944 on Title Pg COPY # 713 LIMITED NUMBERED 1ST EDITION VG/VG- AS-IS EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR DJ 1ST EDITION THUS Printed from Plates in Original Limited Edition of 1000 BEIGE CLOTH GREY ILLUSTRATED BOARDS IN WORN SLIPCASE Set in an aristocratic estate in Victorian England pronounced by critics as the oldest full length English mystery novel and to this day the best. Outlandish HORROR During a battle in India a sacred shrine is robbed of a jewel by a British soldier and the curse of the East Indian God follows the gem through generations of English ownership. A group of Fanatical East Indians follow the Moonstone to England where a mysterious death overtakes every heir to the fatal jewel Against the Gentle Background of an Aristocratic Estate in Victorian EnglandMoves a Story so Intriguing in Mystery Fascinating in Character Presentation & Beguiling in the Telling. During a Gory Battle in Far Off India a Sacred Shrine is entered & Robbed of a Jewel by an Adventurous British Soldier & the Curse of the East Indian God follows </p> DORAN DOUBLEDAY & CO LIMITED EDITIONS GARDEN CITY NY hardcover
1875037692London: The Religious Tract Society 1875. First edition undated 1875. Winter themed poetry illustrated with engravings. Emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black 180 pages. Covers lightly scuffed with modest fraying to corners and spine ends good hinges sound text block clean pages with some light age-related speckling tiny name stamp at upper corner of title page no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
194535382London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1945. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 100 bound in 1/4 white morocco with this being number 44 1945. SIGNED by O'Connor and Whitfield on colophon. Stamp "Bound by S & S London" inside front cover Sangorski & Sutcliffe were binders to Cockerel Press. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 109 pp. bound in 1/4 white morocco and marbled cloth with title in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Very minor soiling to morocco with slight rubbing at base of spine. Text is unmarked engravings are clean and bright. A beautiful book. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
111926The Golden Cockerel Press London 1945. . 8vo 109pp black and white illustrations top edge gilt. A good hardback copy in marbled cloth with cream cloth spine. Covers rubbed corners lightly bumped. Edges foxed. . Number 225 in a limited edition of 500 copies. . The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1945. hardcover
195936103Durham North Carolina: Duke University Press 1959. 2nd printing. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Mixed printings Vol.1 2 3 -2nd printings 1959; Vol.4 5 6 7 printed in '57 '62 '61 '64 respectively. A Very Good set in Poor Fair & Good dust jackets. 8vos. each volume approximately 650 pages. illustrated with b&w wood engravings and frontispieces. Uniformly bound in tan cloth with tan dust jackets. The dust jackets have browned spines with most of the volumes having missing/detached areas on the spine. Several volumes are detached along the spine and now held in place with the mylar sleeve. Duke University Press unknown
200012345Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large octavo 69pp. illustrated. From The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry edited by Cynthia Hogue. A near fine copy in the publisher's abstract paste paper boards. Boards just a tinge warped in the same direction and the spine a tinge cocked; else lovely. The colophon reads: "This book was hand-set in 14 pt. Spectrum monotype with titling in Open Kapitalen both Van Krimpen types. Designed and set by Jason Urban and Juanita Bishop this edition was printed by Barnard Taylor and Juanita Bishop in Rives lightweight mouldmade paper with a Vandercook No. 4 press. The wood engravings were printed directly from the blocks. Each book has been hand-bound by Don Rash in cloth and paper over boards using an original abstract paste paper." This is number 35 of 125 limited copies each of which is SIGNED by Weaver and Richards on the colophon. A striking production. Laid-in is a letter from the previous owner to the publisher enclosing a check for his copy and lamenting the then-imminent demise of the press. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
Brown, Betty Ann and BellIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1952066330London Great Britain: The Queen Anne Press 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 38 pages 8vo. Limited Edition of 950 numbered copies. This is copy 917. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers tanned covers and spine some light foxing and smudge marks. DJ in mylar. Fading along cloth board edges. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. The Queen Anne Press Hardcover
1991909001991. Non-Book. Very Good with no dust jacket; Framed Civil War Print Hanging Out Till The Smoke Clears. Signed by John Warr. Print is 5" high and 8 1/2" across Frame is 13" across and 9" high. Very good condition. ; Prints . unknown
93656N.D. Non-Book. Very Good with no dust jacket; Framed Civil War Print Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Signed by John Warr. 9 1/2" across and 9 1/2" high Framed. Print is 5 3/4" by 5 3/4". Good condition; Prints . unknown
139760Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith New York NY 1930. First Edition. 1st Printing. Unpaginated pages. Nice Firm copy ! Previous owner names. Size: 8vo. Fiction Modern::Crime/Mystery/Suspense 5923 hardcover
1891004953London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1891. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Peter Henry Edlin 1819-1903 was chairman of the County of London Sessions. According to the biographical text that accompanied the print he was an unpleasant and controversial judge. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith unknown
1877biblio358London: Vanity Fair june 9 1877. Fine. <p>Chromolithography 265x395mm original proof impression Like new a small tear of 2 cm in the lower margin</p><p><br /> <em>“The second versions of the Vanity Fair caricatures are the proof prints or proofs before lettering First versions are the original watercolors; third versions are the widely available weekly/album prints  Produced to verify the colours and lines of the lithograph no more than twenty copies were printed </em><strong>Not true many more than that</strong><em> These prints have no captions or dates or other descriptive type and the magazine bound them in numbered albums in green leather with gilt tooling They were offered for sale and also awarded as prizes in the magazine’s acrostic contests At the front of each volume is a printed note from Vanity Fair giving the number of the proof volume and the numbered volume in the series </em><strong>However these volumes were "broken" to sell individually and one never sees the complete volume </strong><em>The quality of the colours in the proof prints their clarity of line and detail and their scarcity make them of considerable interest to the collectorâ€<br /> <br /> </em>Roy T Matthews and Peter Mellini <em>In “Vanity Fairâ€</em> Berkeley: University of California Press 1982 203</p> Vanity Fair hardcover
1977118788Fribourg : Imprimerie Saint-Paul 1977. 365x260mm. contr™le effectuÂŽ : complet des 7 estampes en feuille sous chemise et emboitage toilÂŽs. Les estampes ont ÂŽtÂŽ tirÂŽes par RenÂŽ-Agass Baumgartner sur ses presses ˆ Fribourg. Les cuivres ont ÂŽtÂŽ barrÂŽs aprÂs le tirage. La mise en page et la maquette sont de Jean-Christophe Aeby. LÕembo”tage a ÂŽtÂŽ rÂŽalisÂŽ par Roger Auderset ˆ Fribourg. Un des 62 exemplaires sur papier vÂŽlin dÕArches teintÂŽ des Papeteries Arjomari-Prioux numÂŽrotÂŽ n.¡ 21 / 60 signÂŽs par lÕauteur et lÕartiste en bas du justificatif de tirage. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 1424 Imprimerie Saint-Paul unknown
1984297106Marlborough Wilts England: Paulinus Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s pink silk bonding with a cream label to the spine lettered in gilt with slipcase; 55 pages with illustrations and a set of proofs; signed by the author Walter Shewring; the engraver Simon Brett the engraver; Christopher Skelton the printer; and Clare Skelton the binder.~~This edition limited to twenty-five special copies printed on Zerkall mould-made paper with additional pages bearing impressions of the engravings printed direct from the wood blocks; in the rear of the book is a loose set of proofs of the engravings on japon printed and signed by the artist.~~This special edition is signed by the author the engraver the printer and the binder “in recognition of its being the last book produced at Skelton’s Press under Christopher Skelton’s ownershipâ€. Fine binding. Paulinus Press unknown
193032214London: Faber & Faber Limited 1930. Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy being No. 18 and signed by the author on the Limitation Page. 6 x 9.25in. xi. 331pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt decoration and titling. FINE/AS NEW. Flawless. As pictured. Faber & Faber Limited hardcover
B33500-FT-WHIThe Peter Pauper Press. Collectible - Very Good. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES! Mt Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. No date given possibly 1950. Limited to 1100 copies this one un-numbered. Hardcover folio 400 pgs. B/w and red frontis and engravings. Near fine in a fair slipcase. Brown leather spine over brick cloth with cream and green leaves. Worn rear panel and rear flap of cellophane dust jacket present the rest missing. Light wear to spine heel. Light off-setting to pgs opposite plates. Contents clean and binding sound. Slipcase quite worn and seams starting to split. Inquire if you need further information. The Peter Pauper Press hardcover
193235365Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press 1932. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Lynton Lamb. Limited edition of 500 with this being hand numbered 245 1932. A Very Good book. SIGNED by Walpole on dedication page. 8vo. 73 pp. bound in publishers red leather backed patterned cloth boards top edge gilt. Spine is lightly faded. Very minor rubbing to tips and edges. Very small spot at top of FFEP that fades through to dedication page. Text is clean and unmarked engravings are crisp. A SCARCE title. "This is a fabulous account of Hugh Walpole's early life and a must read if you are a fan of his work." review. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
190964362aaozzB.T. Batsford / Charles Scribner's Sons 1909-01-01. Unbound. Acceptable. Ex-library copy originally published 1909. The book had been rebound into red cloth boards but the new binding eventually broke and the library determined that it could not be rebound. It was placed in a heavy cardboard box that is closed with ribbon ties. The pages of the book are mainly separated from the binding and tucked inside. Limited library markings but no text markings noted. B.T. Batsford / Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1848690Thomas Cowperthwait & Co Phil 1848. HBNODJ issued 1848 1st US Edition Stated from Third English Edition Brown cloth with leather at spine Lettered in Gold Gilt spine Cover rub wear & Scuff extremities & edges & tiny chips creases spine 444 pages Chronological Index Interior nice tight clean Light wear & FoxingNF/VG AS-IS NODJ Pencil note on Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, Phil hardcover
198228363Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. Near Fine/Very Good. Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition Limited to 150 signed copies of which this is no. 28. Slim 12mo; publisher's green cloth pictorial paste-on to upper cover in original glassine dust jacket; 48pp.; woodcut frontispiece illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear glassine a bit wrinkled else a Fine example. Signed by Pritchett and Theroux on limitation page. Michael Russell unknown
1859140940505Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown
88418Paris: Librairie Hachette n.d. Reprint originally published in 1869. Octavo 27cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; iv12-180pp; black-and-white illustrations to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling small chips to gilt of front cover titling slight spine lean shelf-wear faint tanning to page margins and hinge starting at half-title page and pp.172-173; Good. <br /> <br /> Sequel to De la Terre à la Lune 1865 both written during Verne's prime and heavily altered with later translations and cuts. CLUTE & NICHOLLS p. 1277. 88418. Librairie Hachette unknown
