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197876271New York NY.: Arbor House. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in gray paper covered boards with a red cloth spine with black stamping in a nice dust jacket with light soiling and edge-wear. The covers show light toning to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. Laid-in at the front is an interesting 90 word TLs Typed Letter Signed by Ken Follett concerning his non-authorship of the book. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. . Arbor House hardcover books
197872563New York: Arbor House 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American Edition first printing. Signed by Ken Follett on the title page. An English-language translation of Rene Louis Maurice and Jean-Claude Simoen's Cinq Milliards au bout de l'egout 1977 which concern Albert Spaggiari's break-in at the Societe Generale bank in Nice France on July 16 1976. Octavo. Small smudge to the top edge with some mild rubbing to the dust jacket. Better than very good. Arbor House hardcover books
71999hardcover. 8vo cl.-backed bds. d.w. N.Y. 1978. Bank robbery in Nice France.<br/><br/> unknown books
1978Embry 37760Arbor House 1978. First edition. Fine in faintly worn dust jacket with a short closed tear to front panel. Arbor House, 1978. First edition. unknown books
192329152n.p. Allaman: Pierre Maurice 1923. Quarto. Original publisher's brown printed wrappers with titling in dark red. 1f. recto title with cast list within decorative border verso first act 3-119 i blank pp.<br/><br/>With the composer's autograph inscription signed to upper margin of title to fellow-composer Klaus Pringsheim: "Herrn Klaus Pringsheim. Zut freundliche Erinnerung! Pierre Maurice März 1928."<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; head and tail of spine slightly damaged; archival tape repairs. Quite browned. First Edition. <br/><br/>Andromède to a libretto by M. Maurice after Seneca was first performed in Basel on April 23 1924.<br/><br/>A Swiss composer and student of Massenet Maurice "was influenced by his teacher and by Fauré but above all by Wagner particularly in his operas. His work is characterized by formal perfection and a sensitive handling of instruments in music that is essentially contemplative. His synthesis of German and French traditions remains a valuable achievement." Pierre Meylan in Grove Music Online. Pierre Maurice unknown books
192429153n.p.: Pierre Maurice 1924. Folio. Original publisher's brown wrappers with titling in dark red and black. 1f. recto title in French and German verso blank 1f. recto dedication verso contents 3-124 pp. Text in French and German.<br/><br/>With the composer's autograph inscription signed to upper margin of title to fellow-composer Vincenzo Billi 1869-1938: "à Monsieur Vincenzo Billi en souvenir du charmantes soireès de musique á Florence! Pierre Maurice Avril 1926."<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and faded; light creasing to spine. Some signatures split or partially split. First Edition. <br/><br/>A Swiss composer and student of Massenet Maurice "was influenced by his teacher and by Fauré but above all by Wagner particularly in his operas. His work is characterized by formal perfection and a sensitive handling of instruments in music that is essentially contemplative. His synthesis of German and French traditions remains a valuable achievement." Pierre Meylan in Grove Music Online. Pierre Maurice unknown books
17294773London: Printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. 2xvi18pp. Disbound. Title-page a bit foxed. Printed and sold by J. Roberts unknown books
192619334New York: Frank-Maurice Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . light shelfwear spine very slightly turned; jacket moderately rubbed 1-1/2" irregular piece missing from bottom of spine light soiling to rear panel. "Henry Stafford well-known English prince of finance wealthy studious precise to a fault disappears into thin air somewhere between his home and the Liverpool Station on his way to his office -- leaving a young and exceedingly lovely wife behind. Mystery follows mystery each becoming more baffling than the last. And it is not until the very last pages of the book that the reader has the slightest idea of what really did happen to Stafford and why." No peeking now. Very uncommon. . Frank-Maurice, Inc. hardcover books
42023Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott n. d. First American Edition. Blue cloth stamped gilt lettering and title border. Gently rubbed at spine ends and corners; light foxing to text block endpapers and a few beginning pages. Interior otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket not price-clipped but somewhat soiled and worn with small chip/loss to spine ends and corners; price to spine faded. Very Good/About Very Good. 288 pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Classic convoluted tale of a man who lives his life backward. From the jacket flap: "How he lives back through his past how fate stalks him with murder and taunts him with a jealous passion born of love and how he struggles to smash the shackles of pre-destination and snatch happiness from the black shadows of impeding disaster combine to make this one of the strangest stories imaginable." J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
1919019154London: Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co 1919. First Edition. Octavo. 4591pp. describing the honours awarded and the deeds performed by the men who earned these honours Bound in red cloth centrally stamped with the tank corps insignia in black spine lettering black. A good copy with fading to spine and edges some finger soiling to binding. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co unknown books
1926022157Little Brown and Co 1926. First Edition. Octavo. 173pp. illustrated. The author gives insight into the aims knowledge mistakes and personalities of Lee Grant Johnston McClelland their strategy in the field their success or failure in giving their governments military advise. He discusses al the main figures and forces of the Civil War. Bound in maroon cloth lettered in black spine lettering black corners only slightly bumped a very good copy in pictorial dust jacket with with a few small nicks and chips tape mended to underside. unknown books
20131334830Lanham MD: Lexington Books 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 249 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white and yellow lettering; minimal shelf wear ex-library book with stickers on spine and rear board pages clean; shelved in Ancient Greece and Rome. 1334830. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Lexington Books hardcover books
198058600Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution; New York: Neale Watson Academic Publications 1980. 4to pp. ix 1 321 1; illustrated throughout in color and black & white; fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Smithsonian Institution; New York: Neale Watson Academic Publications unknown books
2006708182006. A Fine-Press Version of a Law Review Article on Justice Maurice John Morey. Farrell Mary Illustrator. On Justice. Spokane WA: Morey-Maurice Press 2006. 46 pp. 13 plates. Octavo 10" x 7". Textured cloth in slipcase paper title panel to front board and front of case. Fine. $250. From an edition limited to 250 copies this number 8 signed and fingerprinted by the author and illustrator. This essay by a professor at the Gonzaga University School of Law was originally published in the Gonzaga Law Review. The illustrator is a professor in the Gonzaga University Art Department. unknown books
183433774London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1834. 1st edition NCBEL III 1392; Sadleir 1672. Not in Wolff. 19th C. maroon morocco-style half-leather binding by Budden with marbled paper boards. Elaborate gilt-decorated spines. Marbled paper eps. AEG. Joints professionally strengthened. Bookplate. Townshend's signature at base of t.p. in each volume. A VG set. 3 volumes 4 300; 4 311 1 blank; 2 288 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>Author's first book and apparently only published novel issued anonymously. Maurice named the villian of his novel "Captain Marryatt" which was as Sadleir termed it "an error of judgement which brought Maurice a challenge to a duel." Uncommon on the commercial market. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street hardcover books
197159216Milwaukee: Council on Urban Life 1971. 19p. 8.5x11 inches wraps with pen note on front. Council on Urban Life unknown books
1904295167London: Edward Arnold 1904. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. Illustrated with a portrait and 6 folding maps tall thick 8vo green cloth. London: Edward Arnold 1904. First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Laid in is a note by the Major-General niece "Miss Moore".<br/><br/> Edward Arnold unknown books
198814960London: Batsford. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0713453737 . Color and black and white illustrations. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Batsford hardcover books
1917128832Melbourne Australia: Australasian Authors' Agency 1917. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Slim book of poetry written by Frank Wilmot under the pseudonym Furnley Maurice. An about fair copy in string-tied printed wrappers that have a small stain at the bottom front corner and some creasing and other edge wear. Still a very presentable copy of the best known work from this Australian poet. Uncommon. Australasian Authors' Agency unknown books
19711011Athens: Ohio University Press 1971. xxiii 308p. b/w front. dj. Ohio University Press unknown books
185574953Cambridge: Macmillan & Co 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. xxiv 350p. Contemporary brown 1/2 leather. 19 cm. Joints and edges scuffed. Foxing on outer leaves at both ends. Someone has copied Charles Kingsley's famous quote about Maurice on a blank leaf at the front. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover books
CA06A-00526Macmillan. Collectible - Very Good. London: Macmillan 1869. 1st Edition. xvi4835pp. Blind-blocked brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and glazed blue-green endpapers. Rear hinge broken light rubbing to the joints and edges some shelfwear to the corners and spine tips still a VG bright copy. With the ink signature to the tilte-page of the notable moral philosopher Jerome Schneewind. Scarce. Weight: 2 pounds 4.0 ounces = 1.0 kg. Size: 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.6 inches = 22.6 x 15 x 4cm. Inquire if you need further information. Gach. Macmillan hardcover books
1958028260London: SCM Press 1958. New edition based on the second edition of 1842; edited by Alec R. Vicler. 2 vols. 288; 371p. dj. SCM Press unknown books
19281297793Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. first edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no-DJ; yellow spine with black text; cloth is covered w/custom dust jacket which has mylar cover; exterior shows some light rubbing & scratches; spine is sunned; panels are otherwise clean w/ intact & stable panels; text block has foxing on exterior edges; all pages are fully bound & intact; deckled fore edge; previous owner's name on ffep; pp 373. 1297793. Full-priced Rockville. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
19281315823Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 313; Fair/no-DJ; dark blue spine with gilt text; cloth shows some moderate sunning to exterior mostly to spine; damp staining toward tail edges; chips to spine head edge; strong boards; text block shows age toning to exterior edges; noticeable foxing to endpaper toward edges; few chips to fore edge of rear endpaper; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; some staining to front gutter at front endpapers; frontispiece; illustrated. 1315823. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books