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017356New York; August 1913: The Century Co. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with two blanks at the end 343pp. bound in green-black cloth lettered in gilt spine lettering gilt some rubbing to cloth along bottom edge rear board and corners otherwise a near fine copy. An autobiographical novel set in California where Jack deals with his enjoyment of drinking and the struggles of alcoholism. A very nice copy. The Century Co unknown books
19056262New York/London: The Macmillan Company 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Second issue color frontispiece and five other tipped in illustrations; with numerous illustrations within the text and decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence pictorial title page 182pp. 6pp. ads at rear bound in gray-green pictorial cloth depicting the ghost of death in a white robe face and hands stamped in brown lettering red; spine lettering gilt with title gilt within a white shield; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt all others uncut. A handsome copy with light off-setting to rear endpapers; very light wear at extremities. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
181229039London: Printed for Gale and Curtis 1812. 50pp disbound. Minor occasional soil Very Good.<br/><br/> The "commercial treaty with France arose out of the peace of 1783." London Merchant complains that no "fair degree of reciprocity between Great Britain and France was embraced by its stipulations." Post-Treaty events particularly those deriving from the French Revolution "have tended to estrange us further" from successful efforts "to restore the balance." He urges steps to maintain peace with France arguing that British naval superiority as well as the strength of British institutions will encourage trade and a peace advantageous to England. <br/>OCLC 31517031 3- Lib. Cong. U. Wales Cambridge U. as of 7/12. Printed for Gale and Curtis unknown books
180216304London: Vernor and Hood 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings two folding.; second has two folding plates Divisions of the Linnaean System Characters of the Genera of British Plants English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms and Index to the British Genera. First part carries month by month guide for the Farmer. Scattered light foxing generally bright. Vernor and Hood unknown books
189385519London: John Murray 1893. 3rd ed revised and for the most part re-written by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Hardcover. Good. frontis folding map 2 folding illustrations 16 maps 15 folding including a pocket map index x 459p. plus 1p. errata and 27p. advertisements. Burgundy cloth. 19cm. Moderate chipping at head of backstrip. Free endpapers replaced. Title-leaf missing a small blank piece along fore-edge. A few maps have edge-wear due to misfolding and a couple have minor splitting along folds. The pocket map appears to have been added to this 1893 printing of the Third Edition. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1746897361746. FE. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS LONDON. THE DISPENSATORY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS LONDON translated into English with remarks &c. By H. Pemberton M.D. London: Printed for T. Longman and T. Shewell .; and J. Nourse . 1746. First edition. x 419 1 pp. 8vo. old calf binding quite scuffed with upper board detached and shallow loss at heel and crown. Bookseller's label of A. E. Foote M.D. of Philadelphia and a nineteenth-century pharmacist's label for Samuel A. D. Sheppard & Company to front pastedown and an old shelf label on spine. Text leaves are age-toned and show light to moderate foxing/spotting throughout. The bottom blank third of the final leaf with the end of the index on the recto and errata on the verso is lacking but without loss of text. Ink and pencil notes on final pastedown. The London Dispensatory is preceded by 'A narrative of the proceedings of the committee appointed by the College of Physicians to revue their Pharmacopoeia' on pages 1-126. An acceptable reading copy offered as is. Wellcome IV p. 364. unknown books
192151213London: Mills & Boon Limited 1921. First edition 2 vols; portrait frontispieces and plates; original navy cloth boards gilt covers and spines; textblock spotted second volume has a split hinge and some underlining in table of contents very good. <br/><br/> Mills & Boon, Limited hardcover books
191354702NY: The Century Co 1913. First edition first printing with a single blank leaf in the rear. 8vo pp. 343. Dark blue cloth with a little stain to the cloth a VG copy. BAL 11946. The Century Co unknown books
1902WN31940Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1902. White title lettering on spine is flaking but quite readable. Edges a little soiled. Top board in green white and gilt is very bright and signed with an "H". Some scratches on white field at bottom of upper cover. Pencilled previous owner initials dated 1908. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frederick C. Yohn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. J.B. Lippincott Company Hardcover books
022323San Francisco; 1914: Paul Elder and Co. First Edition. Octavo. 219pp. 8 tipped in illustrations in sepia tone. pp. 115-133 Jack London's The Son of Wolf. The Enchanted Mesa b Charles F. Lummis and others. Bound in brown paper covered boards lettered in gilt pictorial pastedown to upper baord spine lettering gilt A few leaves near the end with faint dampstain to lower margin and a stain to upper edge near gutter of a few leaves off-setting to title page. A very good copy in very good dust jacket with some chipping. Paul Elder and Co unknown books
199324215Germany 1993. Hardbound. VG. Green cloth. 221 pp. 65 vivid color plates. A stupendous collection which includes works by many first and second tier Barbizon painters. Several very nice folding plates. hardcover books
1936107420Random House 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rare in dust jacket a first edition of an important early collection of short stories long before many of these writers achieved their fame. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original $3 price still on the front flap of the dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1885229159London Illustrated London News 1885. 1885. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates each with two differing views - on for each month of the year and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 64 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1885]. paperback books
1852101423Folio 16" x 11 1/2" laminated mint green colored boards illustrated. Top cover detached spine somewhat bent and cracked chips and wear at extremities one or two signatures a little loose small bookplate on front pastedown a bit of foxing some browning and aging not collated but issues appear complete. This is a collection of the Illustrated London News that was probably used to promote subscriptions. The date on the tile page indicates 1852 but the actual issues seem to run from March 30 1844 to November 30 1844. This volume contains over 20 issues. While some issues may say reprint these reprints were done around 1852 for what appears some promotional effort. This volume contains some of the earlier issues of this publication which began in May 1842. It contains some interesting news and illustrations including a short story and illustration of a copper balloon for flying in Paris March 30 1844 the London Stock Exchange April 13 1844 an article and illustrations on Emigration to Sydney April 13 1844 a visit from the King of France June 1 1844 and an article on currency and income taxes June 1 1844. books
1926142662London: The Readers Library 1926. First printing of the UK photoplay edition originally published in 1904 by Macmillan. <br/><br/>Basis for the 1926 film directed by Ralph Ince who also starred in the film opposite Claire Adams. The third of a dozen film adaptations of London's novel. <br/><br/>Light foxing and rubbing to both book and jacket else Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The Readers Library unknown books
1921WN38822New York: The Century Co. 1921. Two prior owner bookplates on front pastedowns in each volume. Original green cloth with gilt which is nearly illegible. Spine ends bumped with small split at head of spine Vol. I. Some faint foxing on edges and with the books. Memoir by London's wife of their life together. Some interesting photograph. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Century Co. Hardcover books
19562161271956. unbound. Outstanding black-and-white photograph measuring 10 x 8 inches -- a head and shoulders shot signed but not personalized: "In remembrance of my recital in Lancaster 1956." Very good condition.<br/><br/> Bass-baritone opera star who was an original member of the Belcanto Trio with Mario Lanza and Francis Yeend. As a star of the Vienna State Opera he sang opposite Maria Callas. Tragically his career came to an abrupt end in 1967 due to a paralyzed vocal chord.<br/><br/> unknown books
190258237Philadelphia PA: Lippincott 1902. First edition. 8vo. 334 pp. Four color plates; half-title and ad leaf. With the ownership signatures of American philosopher George Herbert Mead and his sister-inlaw Mabel Wing Castle on the front endpaper; Mead 1863-1931 associated with the pragmatists at the University of Chicago was one of the founders of social psychology. BAL 11874. A good solid copy.Original three-color illustrated red cloth rubbed andspotted spine severely. #5232. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover books
1907WRCLIT44498New York: Macmillan 1907. Light brown cloth stamped in red white grey and brown. Frontis and plates by C.L. Bull. Map. First published U.S. edition preceded by a copyright printing and the London edition. Spine a trace darkened and rubbed light foxing to endsheets but a good sound copy. BAL 11903. Macmillan hardcover books
1907165189New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co. 1907. Octavo pp. i-vi vii viii-xii 1-242 243-246: ads inserted two-page map eight inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull plus smaller illustrations by Bull in the text original pictorial light brown rough buckram front and spine panels stamped in dark brown red and white top edge stained tan fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First published edition preceded by a copyright printing. London's first SF novel in which he uses a favorite theme atavism as a device to project a consciousness into the past. "The hard realistic edge and controlled language make this one of London's best an important minor classic." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 144-48. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-106; 1981 1-115; 1987 1-58; 1995 1-58. Angenot and Khouri "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction" SFS VIII March 1981 45. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 514. Bleiler 1978 p. 125. Reginald 09140. BAL 11903. Neat Christmas 1912 gift inscription at top edge of front free endpaper. Hairline crack along inner rear hinge which is still holding tight a very good bright copy. #165189 The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co. unknown books
1904429501904. LONDON Jack. THE FAITH OF MEN. London: William Heinemann 1904. First English edition. 8vo. red cloth boards and spine stamped in black and gilt. A fine copy with only slight wear at the extremities and light foxing throughout. BAL 11878. unknown books
1917191778New York: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. ix 337p. 3 leaves 6p. of ads color frontispiece hinges sound very good first edition per Sisson page 94 BAL 11973 red cloth boards with black vignette of two dogs in silhouette gilt titles author name in black covers lightly rubbed 5 small stains at upper-right corner of cover spine with gilt titles. Macmillan hardcover books
1907TB14727New York: The Macmillan Company 1907. First Published Edition. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt tree decorations on the spine and front board with shelf wear to the lower edges of the boards and rubbing to the ends of the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. As further proof of the priority of this copy the title leaf is a cancel. 265 pages followed by a blank page and four pages of advertisements for other titles by this author. According to Sisson & Martens p. 36 only 7973 copies of the first edition were produced. BAL 11904 The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1906WRCLIT38136New York: Macmillan 1906. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt pale green and off-white. First published edition preceded by a copyright printing. Extremities rubbed lower edge of lower board abraded endsheets a trace foxed but a good copy. BAL 11895. Macmillan hardcover books
1912TB18554New York: The Century Co. 1912. First Edition. First printing Very good in blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board and with light yellow and cream colored decorations. There is a prior owner's name next to the front hinge written in pencil and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and worn; however the cloth is not worn through nor is there any fraying. 385 pages of text with illustrations by P. J. Monahan. Sisson Martens p. 66; BAL 11939 The Century Co. hardcover books
