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193410706SAMPLES" A BOOK CONTAINING FINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND FINE PAGES FROM THE BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB IN ITS SIXTH SERIES Limited Editions Club 1934 first edition an advance look at the books to be published in 1934 near fine in spiral bound wraps with fine contents consisting of Hervey Allens preface and the title pages two pages of text and one page of production details for the 1934 publications of: THE ESSAYS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON; A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS by Charles Dickens with a full color illustration by Gordon Ross; GREEN MANSIONS -A ROMANCE OF THE TROPICAL FOREST by W.H. Hudson with a full color illustration by Edust-wrapper ard A. Wilson; THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer; SLOVENLY PETER DER STRUWWELPETER by Heinrich Hoffman translated by Mark Twain with 3 full color illustrations by Fritz Kredel; UTOPIA written in Latin by Sir Thomas More and done into English by Ralph Robynson; THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE by Lewis Carroll with 2 illustrations by John Tenniel; THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN by Laurence Sterne with a 2 color illustration by T.M. Cleland; TYPEE -A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS by Herman Melville with 2 full color illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias; THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES by O. Henry with 2 full color illustrations by George Grosz; THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by Nathaniel Hawthorne with 2 full color illustrations by Valenti Angel and ULYSSES by James Joyce with one illustration by Henri Matisse. Limited Editions Club paperback
192211782CAROLINA CHANSONS -LEGENDS OF THE LOW COUNTRY Macmillan 1922 first edition slight wear to rear corner tips else near fine in attractive dust-wrapper with some shallow chipping to the upper margin of the rear dust-wrapper panel and with the bottom 1/3 of the dust-wrapper spine absent. Heyward's first book albeit a collaboration. Macmillan unknown
1981x-0837142369Greenwood Pub Group 1981. Hardcover. New. 159 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Greenwood Pub Group hardcover
19339016509New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. Hardcover. near fine. Decorations by Allen McNab. Rebound in half blue morocco with marbled boards and marbled end papers. Five raised bands on lightly faded spine. Spine stamped in gilt. Minor wear to extremities. <br/><br/> Farrar and Rinehart hardcover books
1968Q-0800700031Fleming H Revell Co 1968-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fleming H Revell Co hardcover
1986Q-0801082641Baker Pub Group 1986-10-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Baker Pub Group paperback
1927C2C00426081927-01-01. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Text in clean/unmarked condition. Cover is very worn and torn. hardcover
194019505Mystic Connecticut: Privately printed. Publication of The Marine Historical Association Inc. The Utter Company Printers Westerly R I. 1940. Copy number 1 of 100 copies privately printed. Frontispiece portrait and plates. xi i 86 6pp. 1 vols. Sm. folio. Original blue cloth. Some discoloration and light rubbing of cloth otherwise a fine copy. Copy number 1 of 100 copies privately printed. Frontispiece portrait and plates. xi i 86 6pp. 1 vols. Sm. folio. Inscribed on endpaper: "With the Compliments of Henry H. Townshend." Volume II No. 1 of the Marine Historical Association Publications 1940. Copy #1 of 100. <br/><br/> Privately printed. Publication of The Marine Historical Association, Inc. [The Utter Company, Printers, Westerly, R I.] hardcover
192228203The Carolina Press 1922 Blue stiff printed paper cover. The is a very rare original first edition. 62 pp. Stapled binding. Detached but complete. All of the Charleston SC art community in the 1920s. Has been reprinted. This is the first edition.Good overall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The Carolina Press paperback
192228203The Carolina Press 1922 Blue stiff printed paper cover. The is a very rare original first edition. 62 pp. Stapled binding. Detached but complete. All of the Charleston SC art community in the 1920s. Has been reprinted. This is the first edition.Good overall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The Carolina Press paperback
19332348204New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5x3x0. McNab Allan. First edition first state p. 352 line 6: Xaxier; p. 397 line 22: found found; p. 1086 line 18: blacksmith ship. Near fine book with original jacket in good condition unclipped $3.00 list price on front flap. Jacket toned minimal loss from jacket spine head a few closed 1/2 inch tears along edges. 1933 Hard Cover. 1224 pp. 8vo. The novel which inspired the 1936 Academy Award winning film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. "From the publication of his Ballads of the Border in 1916 when he was in the National Guard serving on the Mexican Border Hervey Allen has been a colorful figure among American writers. His war diary Toward the Flame was recognized as one of the most vivid of the American accounts of active service in France. His Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Poe was generally recognized as the definitive work on the subject. His several volumes of poetry have been widely praised. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover
193388765New York Farrar And Rinehart Inc 1933. 1933 Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. ; 1224 pages; Impressively illustrated. Description: xi 1224 p. 22 cm. New York, Farrar And Rinehart, Inc hardcover
192510594New York:: Harper & Brothers 1925. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Near fine in a very nice jacket with some slight tanning to the spine and a few tiny nicks. 8vo. Inscribed by the author in 1926 on the front free endpaper. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
192979003New York NY.: William Edwin Rudge. Very Good. 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Paper covered boards w/ paper label along the spine and 2 private collector bookplates on the pastedown and the front free endpage. Limited to 100 copies published by Rudge and typography by Warde. A charming book of poems. . William Edwin Rudge hardcover
1946596189St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company 1946. Hardcover. Fine. Fourth edition. Small quarto. 510pp. Owner stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly else fine in red cloth stamped in black and gilt. The C. V. Mosby Company hardcover
1978025231Ontario Canada: Cerebrus/Prentice Hall 1978. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. MacDonald J.E.H. In a SIGNED personalized inscription to the ffep by the Author he summarizes his love of nature & flowers: "Tangled or not gardens are colorful exciting & quite sustaining." Those sentiments are evident in this collection of 186 prints by one of a prominent cadre of Canadian landscape artists who came to be known as the "Group of Seven." Text by art critic & author Paul Duval brings MacDonald to life in 186 pages Index in rear. A FIRST EDITIONFirst Printing from 1978 this huge oblong quarto 11" x 14" has brown faux leather cloth over boards with a bright gilt design & lettering to center front/ lettering to spine. Condition is VG: pages are clean & white with scattered light foxing & light soil to outer edges of text block only. A small white smudge to lower front board & slightly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is only Fair: largely intact & colorful but with many creases & chips & heavy rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is way too large for any expedited domestic or international shipping due to postage costs. <br/> <br/> Cerebrus/Prentice Hall hardcover
1926rbr2-004<p>Some glue stains on bastard title page. Collector's condition. Foxing on edge. no dj. Author's first book; signed copy scarce.</p> George H Doran Company hardcover
1934rbr-005Inscribed by author & dated Oct 241933 on ffep predating date of publication. A Red lettered white sticker tipped in ffep between Authors inscription & signature and the place and date of signature. The words "Sample Copy - Not For Sale" are printed on the sticker. Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
1950032749New York: Putnam 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 275pp. Dark blue cloth boards. Light blue titles on spine and front board. Binding tight spine straight corners square. Deckle edged pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is intact original $3.00 price on front jacket flap with wear to edges and corners. Hervey's now-rare 1950s novel dealing with the slave trade in the 1850s in Portuguese Guinea. Rare in dust jacket. Putnam Hardcover
1941165319Universal City: Universal Pictures 1941. Four vintage publicity photographs including two portrait photographs of Irene Hervey by photographer Ray Jones 1940-1941. All four photographs with studio stamps on the versos crediting photographer Jones two with studio stamps noting Hervey in Universal Pictures and two with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos.<br /> <br /> From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s.<br /> <br /> Stage screen and television actress Irene Hervey had a career spanning five decades and appeared in 59 films and numerous television series. Some of her more notable roles include "The Stranger's Return" 1933 "The Count of Monte Cristo" 1934 "Destry Rides Again" 1939 "The Boys from Syracuse" 1940 "Night Monster" 1942 "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" 1948 and "A Cry in the Night" 1956 as well as appearing as a guest star on the 1960s and 1970s television shows "Perry Mason" "Honey West" and "My Three Sons." Her final role was in the Clint Eastwood thriller "Play Misty for Me" 1971.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1927291New York: Cosmopolitan Bk Corp 1927. 1st Edition. VG/--. Barely perceptible dampstain to rear board not affecting interior. With fold-out map. Cosmopolitan Bk Corp unknown
19909780486264400-2025Dover Publications 1990. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Hervey Garrett Smith</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Dover Publications</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780486264400</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1990</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 256</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Over 150 years ago the skills needed to operate a merchant sailing vessel were many and varied. While not nearly as much in demand today as they were in the days of the Yankee clippers these skills nevertheless remain important and necessary to today's yachtsmen and owners of smaller pleasure boats.In this excellent handbook on basic shipboard skills marine expert Hervey Garrett Smith offers boating and yachting enthusiasts a complete course in rigging working and maintaining a ship. More than 100 illustrations help the reader grasp the fundamentals and fine points of handling a ship while the author describes in detail a sailor's tools basic knots and useful hitches as well as the arts of splicing handsewing and canvas work.Other topics equally important to safe economical and efficient boat maintenance and management include belaying coiling and stowing; towing procedures; how to make a chafing gear; and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions for fashioning decorative knots ornamental coverings and nettings and even how to make a proper bucket round out this engaging and informative guide.Packed with useful "hands-on" information conveyed in a chatty humorous style The Arts of the Sailor is the perfect book to keep aboard ship for study and for ready reference when the need arises. It also makes delightful reading for armchair sailors and the legions of landlubbers with an interest in the sea.</p> Dover Publications hardcover
19376rmixThe Jockey Club New York 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 27x34. Signed by the previous owner on the front inner cover. Heavy book 27x34cm. Very very Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 293 pages. Complete with all plates. Deckle edges. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed minor marks and a touch edge worn. There is light foxing on the early and last few pages. The remaining pages are clean neat and complete. All pages are accessible. The binding is secure. Very Heavy Indeed! GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. The Jockey Club New York hardcover
193756075Williams and Norgate. - 193738. 1st. Ed. Three volume set with colour and b/w. illus. plates. Royal 8vo. Minor scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block o/w. thor. vg. hardbacks in good/vg. dws. loss to two spines all now protected in clear loose fitting plastic covers. A very detailed and still highly sought after by amateurs and professionals alike. Colour plates by Cecily Grey. Williams and Norgate. - hardcover
193152035London 1931. Limited edition no. 829 of 900 sets three volumes 8vo. 5 plates. Original buckram and glassine wrappers the latter slightly dusty spines sunned t.e.g. London unknown