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1910BOOKS004983ix309iv ads pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". bound in original publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover with the preferred "THE MACMILLAN COMPANY" on spine. 2130 copies printed. BAL 11916 Sisson & Martens 46 First edition. <br /><br />A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908 published in 1910. The lead essay "Revolution" outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution" the last essay is an autobiographical piece and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the "essays" are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written though only loosely intellectual highly opinionated and rife with contradiction as was London himself.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners gently bumped spine ends and corners moderately rubbed previous owner's name on front end paper. Very good to fine dust jacket. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
017891Chicago 1909: Charles H. Kerr & Co. First Edition. 12mo. BAL-11913 state A An address given by London to the students of Yale University in 1905. A scarce and fragile item 31pp. bound in printed wraps stapled with A Socialist Success printed on rear cover. Both covers detached but present rear cover chipped along the bottom margin. Charles H. Kerr & Co unknown books
SKU1009647Macmillan. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. B005ZHBM82 March 1910 First Edition maroon cloth boards- rectangle gilt square with author and title- MacMillan on spine- some fading to color on spine but all writing easily legible- centimeter tear to top of spine fabric clean tight small letter "M" written on front blank page- no other marks or notes 4 pages of ads in back overall good condition: Prompt shipping and professional packing. Macmillan hardcover books
1910200839New York: Macmillan 1910. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo maroon ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. New York: MacMillan 1910. First Edition.<br/><br/> In the preferred binding; 4pp of terminal ads. There is a touch of wear at the corners & bottom edge. BAL 11916.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
8184LONDON. REPORT IMPROVEMENTS AND TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE. London: Batsford 1944. Folio. Cloth. Frontispiece vi 32 pages xxiv 5 plates 9 maps folding and color printed. First edition. This is a preliminary draft proposal for London's postwar reconstruction. Th report summarizes pre-war and contemporary conditions and studies land use height of buildings zoning the design of buildings and the selection of sites. Traffic flow and street improvements are examined as well as contemporary legislation. Eight preliminary draft proposals folding and col printed augment text. Covers worn else very good. unknown books
183557666Walworth: printed by J. Packer Albion Place 1835. 16mo pp. 22 2; removed from binding wrappers wanting; else very good. Includes a list of subscribers and donors. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> printed by J. Packer, Albion Place unknown books
1991MMRM1275Boston:: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine 1991. 1991. 8vo. 215 pp. Illus. separately placed: 1 paper envelope 10 pages folded. Red black stamped cloth shrink-wrapped. New. ISBN: 9780881350630 FACSIMILE. With an introduction "Defining Myxedema and Its Cause" by Clark Timothy Sawin 1934-2004. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1991. hardcover books
9388LONDON. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OF COMMONS REBUILDING. London: H.M. Stationary Office 1944. 4to. Wrappers. 28 pages 14 plates of which 10 are folding. First edition. A presentation of the report with photographs plans and drawings for rebuilding the House of Commons which was destroyed in 1941. Spine lightly sunned tips slightly worn else very good. unknown books
1982156641982. Softcover. VG. Tan wraps. 25 pp. 4 color 32 bw plates. Exhibition listing catalogue of 36 works loose price list selection of nice plates. unknown books
198098091980. Softbound. VG- back cover discoloration. Tan wraps. 25 pp. 4 colour 26 bw plates. One-page introduction by Humphrey Brooke catalogue of 30 works listing of public collections. unknown books
2000208642000. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. Unpaginated. 60 color plates. This catalogue contains no text just gorgeous color illustrations. Includes asking prices for each work. paperback books
35931nd. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth. 100 pp. Appx. 124 bw & color plates. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of 124 rare books with asking prices. Beautifully illustrated. hardcover books
1970344141970. Softcover. VG. Black stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous bw and color plates. unknown books
007224San Francisco: Chronicle Books Llc Original promotional poster 18 w" x 24 h" featuring.Woodleigh Hubbard's wonderful illustration of a "Hip Cat" from the story about a group of jazz cats. An uncommon poster printed for distribution at the ABA trade show in 1993. Near Fine3 small staple holes top left cornet which could be covered by a frame. A great gift for a cat-loving jazz musician well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" x 24". Chronicle Books Llc books
18671412291867. CORPORATION OF LONDON. Proceedings in reference to the preservation of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. Printed by order of the Corporation of London. 4 88 pp. 8vo red publisher's binding with gilt insignia and lettering on front outside cover. London: Benjamin Pardon 1867. This collection of proceedings by the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee documents the Corporation of London's efforts to ensure the safety of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground as the Corporation's lease was nearing its end Christmas 1867. Bunhill had been a burying ground of Nonconformists and other denominations since the sixteenth century. With the work of the committee the Corporation obtained an Act of Parliament in 1867 preserving the burial ground as an open landscaped space with seating gardens and the restoration of some of it most noteworthy monuments including John Bunyan Daniel Defoe and William Blake. The appendix contains a reprint of a rare tract from 1717 "Inscription on the Tombs in the Dissenters' Burial Place near Bunhill Fields." Some wear to edges of binding else fine. unknown books
195979321959. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1959 photo-offset of the long-hand account of the former chief warder of the Tower of London of all those imprisoned in the Tower from Flamburd Runnald Bishop of Durham in 1101 to Rudolf Hess in 1941. ONLY 3 SETS OF THIS VALUABLE RECORD WERE MADE-- and all 3 were presented to American institutions. After the chief Warder's death his widow presented the 2 manuscript books to the British military which then authorized a few sets to be copied in photo-offset. 2 folio volumes 247 handwritten pages. Clean and solid and VG. Bound in 1/2 red morocco over red boards. Bright gilt-lettering and rule to the front panels. A wonderful piece of London history and British criminology and a rare glimpse into British attitudes toward punishment and imprisonent over the last milenium. <br/><br/> hardcover books
34662Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. from the Special Number of The Times Oct 29 1929. London 1930. 298 pages hardbound very good condition no jacket. . Other hardcover books
4717The document is a check written out by London on "The Bank of Hawaii Ld." for $29.25. The author signed in full in dark black pen faded to gray. The bank's cancellation mark shows in red dated Aug. 15 1907. London and his wife visited Hawaii for the first time in 1907. Exceptional condition. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction London was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. unknown books
1916180567Washington DC: GPO 1916. 16p. 6x9.5 inches staplebound wraps evenly toned otherwise very good. By one of the only two members of the Socialist Party USA to have been elected to Congress. [GPO] unknown books
181439223Londini: Ex officinâ Johannis Nichols et Sociorum 1814. Small 8vo 18.5cm 7.25". Frontis. port. 1 f. 62 pp. <br><br>John Colet 14671519 Dean of St. Paul's seems in 1508 to have begun to think about "applying his patrimony to education by the reconstitution of St Paul's Cathedral school in new premises reflecting a preoccupation with education as prerequisite for spiritual regeneration" DNB online. He "opened the doors to St Pauls School in 1509 to educate boys 'from all nacions and countres indifferently' St. Paul's School website.<br>Â Â Â Â Elegantly bound and handsomely printed this is the first edition of this collection for use of the boys of the school and is comprised of "Preces quotidianae ut celebrantur in scholâ Paulina" and "Catechismus cum ordine Confirmationis." The prayers were first published in 1642 and are in Latin while the catechism is in Greek on versos of leaves and Latin opposite on rectos. The engraved frontispiece portrait of Colet is by John Taylor Wedgwood 17831856 a cousin of Josiah Wedgwood.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Late 19th-century bookplate of the Rev. George H. Culshaw; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary green straight-grain goat spine gilt extra; both boards with a gilt double-rule outer border and an inner center frame of single gilt rule with large gilt corner devices. Board edges with a gilt roll; narrow turn-ins with a different gilt roll. All edges gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of WorldCat locate only six U.S. libraries IU NjNbT PPiT IEN NNC NNG reporting ownership. Binding as above; spine sunned to olive front cover with scuff sometime well disguised boards showing signs of having been bent some time ago. Bookplate and label as above. A very few light spots of foxing pages overall clean and crisp. Very good condition. => A very attractive book. Ex officinâ Johannis Nichols et Sociorum hardcover books
9777London: Truslove Hanson & Comba Ltd n. d. Circa 1900 - 1910. Red cloth. Spine lightly sunned. Last leaf of text has sm pc msg from upper margin of leaf does not affect text. A VG copy. 45. 3 pp. Last 3 pages adverts. 3 leaves of plates. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>A precursor to Elizabeth Arden et al & making the best of what you have. A somewhat uncommon title in this genre of cosmetics and beautifying. only two cc located in a 1/99 OCLC search. Truslove Hanson & Comba Ltd hardcover books
1969249901Rutland: Tuttle 1969. hardcover. fine/very good. With an appreciation by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach and an introduction by Lawrence Park. 58 illus. 197pp. tall 8vo red cloth lightly edgeworn d.w. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1969. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Tuttle unknown books
196965158Rutland:: Tuttle. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0804804591 . Black and white illustrations. First edition thus. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. Housed in a near fine cardboard slipcase. . Tuttle, hardcover books
1969TB23700Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1969. First Charles E. Tuttle Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4" by 7". In a fine dust jacket with the lower corner of the front flap clipped allowing the posting of a new price on a sticker. 197 pages including an index text and illustrated with 58 black and white reproductions of the original works of art. Originally published in New York in 1927 by William Edwin Rudge. Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover books
1927214242New York: Rudge 1927. Limited. hardcover. With an appreciation by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach and an introduction by Lawrence Park. 58 illus. 197pp. 4to blue cloth-backed boards paper spine label rubbed. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1927. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author.<br/><br/> Rudge unknown books
