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193800221826LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. BOUND IN YELLOW CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITH CLEAR TITLES TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE DECORATIVE FIGURE WITH SWORD IN BLUE AND BLACK DECORATES FRONT COVER. THESE OLD TALES FROM THE NORTH ARE ILLUSTRATED BY KAYE PRONOUNCED KAI NIELSEN IN FINE MODERN NOUVEAU STYLE 24 TIPPED-IN COLOU PLATES WITH SMALLER B/W DRAWINGS FOUR OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY NEATLY COLOURED IN. THE STORIES INCLUDE "EAST OF THE SUN""THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL" AND "ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS THE PRETTIEST". NEAT INSCRIPTION TO FFEP. THREE TINY NICKS TO TOP OF SPINE SMALL MARK TO FRONT COVER. OTHERWISE VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1938. HODDER & STOUGHTON hardcover
No date of publication shown; circa 1930. Full black cloth boards with pasted-down illustration and illustrated endpapers by Victor Candell. Interior illustrations by Kay Nielsen (one taped). Worn at top and bottom of spine. 6 1/4"w x 9"h. 204 pages. Illustrated endpapers and previous owner's name inside. Loose hinges. A few smudges to pages, but no marking or writing.
18902Undated 1920s and with place not stated. 4to 71 pp with one 12mo page at end. In poor condition damp damaged and detached from green cloth covers but with texts legible and complete. Manuscript table of contents on recto of first leaf describes nine tales in German told by Ascher Horowitz and T. Holpern on first 51 pp: 'Jewish Tales from Jerusalem 1 Dear Aschmadai 2 Reb Itzchak Alchonon der Heilige 3 Ein Brief zu Gott 4 Die Hyaene 5 Die Hungersnoth in Jerusalem 6 Der Reich Mann mit seinen Soehnen 7 Der Mann der neimals sorgte 8 Der Edelmann Ahron beim Graefen von Polen 9 Wie ein Rabbiner seine Tochter verheiratete.' These are followed by 'King Artus' in English apparently transcribed from 'Magazin ed. Berliner XII 1885 Hebrew p. I-II'. The 8vo leaf carries a manuscript page of translation into English. For the mediaeval tale 'King Artus' the only known copy of which is in the Vatican Library see Curt Leviant 'King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279' Syracuse University Press 2003. No record of any of the other nine pieces in this collection or of Ascher Horowtiz or T. Halpern on COPAC. Undated (1920s?) and with place not stated. hardcover
61853Parigi Paris Presso l'autore / Molini libraio / Bailli libraio gedr. bei Didot 1789. . Didot-Vignette aT. - 106 Fabeln des Aesop in italienischer Sprache in gereimten Versen übersetzt. - Kapitale und Ecken beschabt wenige Bll. mit Knicksp.; Deckel leicht gespreizt Parigi [Paris], Presso l'autore / Molini libraio / Bailli libraio (gedr. bei Didot), 1789. unknown
Small 4to (218 x 155 mm), [xxiv], 518, [1, blank]pp., from the Beckford library, initials 'F.H.G.' stamped in ink to front endpaper, with a pencil note signed by the same relating to the engravings within, engraved printer's device on title page of a cat with a rat in its mouth, copiously illustrated with half-page woodcut vignettes at chapter headings, woodcut initials, woodcut head and tail-pieces, bound in full nineteenth-century Russia leather, covers tooled in gilt and blind as is the spine, green binder's ticket of C. Kaltthoeber to front endpaper, joints a little rubbed, all edges gilt, a very nice copy. First edition of a collection of tales of virtues and vices exemplified by miscellaneous historical figures. Provenance: Hamilton Palace Libraries, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29th November 1883, lot 717, sold to Rev. F. Gall for ?1 10s; the library of Lord Gretton, Stapleford Park, Leicestershire.
433 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Author has covered the world since 1946; his career has thus spanned four decades of the cold war. As an American Ambassador in two countries and at the U.N., as an editor of Look, as publisher of Newsday, and as a foreign correspondent for other publications, he has kept close to the principal events and personalities of his time. Now, he has created this uniquely intimate history of the cold war, from Churchill at Fulton, Missouri to Reagan at Reykjavik. Book
1855O22945CCharles DeSilver 1855. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Book has wear at top and bottom of spine and on corners. Cloth is faded and gold on spine is also faded. Pages have some foxing. Names inside. PROMPT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE! Charles DeSilver hardcover
0483936766.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0483936766New. Brand new and still unused unknown
1844560207Philadelphia PA: Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1844. Hardcover. Small volume in faded brown cloth. Spine indicates volume 11 possibly Roman numeral 2 of Parley's Cabinet Library. Scattered light foxing throughout. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages . Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co hardcover
1856124615Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In brown cloth. Two-inch by one-inch area of lifting and lightening to brown to cloth on rear board. Else a very nice copy with light rubbing. Bookplate. Someone many years ago hand-colored- some partially- the plates. . Geo. C. Rand & Avery Hardcover
1844biblio2688<p>Boston: Thompson Brown & Company 1844. Profusely Illustrated. VeryGood Hardcover Blue cloth Gilt lettering no dj. Moderate edge wear. Some darkening of the spine . Clean Free of marks inscriptions etc. throughput. Strong original binding excellent hinges. 6.9"x5.0"x1.0". be10255</p> Thompson, Brown & Company hardcover
1170052657.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1170052649.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1385197692.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1385197684.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
075097043X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
As New Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 136 p. Peri masalinda güzel. Ilk görüste asik olmus Ay'a. Onun her gün yeni bir kimlige bürünmesini, kiliktan kiliga girmesini hayranlikla izlemeye baslamis. Bu aski içinde gün geçtikçe büyümüs, öyle büyümüs ki ates oturmus içine. Için için, alev alev yanmaya baslamis. Ama Ay'in bütün bunlardan haberi yokmus. Bir gün dayanamayip avaz avaz bagirmis koca gökyüzüne Günes: -Seni seviyorum Ay! Seni seviyorum! Öyle korkmus, öyle korkmus ki Ay o atesin içine düsmekten, o büyük askla yatmaktan hemen karanliga gizlenivermis. O gün bugündür saklanir olmus Ay en sevdalisi Günes'ten. Ondandir Günes'le Ay'in bulusmayisi sonsuzlukta! Ondandir gecelerin prensesi oldugu Ay'in; binlerce minik yildizla oynasip, asktan kaçisin masalini gizler gece. her gece
1959RO40177069Universidade da Bahia. 1959. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 162 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 460-Langues espagnole et portugaise
1953122650Paris: UNESCO 1953. Paperback. 107p. 12p. black/white photos lightly soiled foxed wraps paperstock mildly acidic neat ownership signature on tile page. Race et société. UNESCO paperback books
1953122650Paris: UNESCO 1953. Paperback. 107p. 12p. black/white photos lightly soiled and foxed wraps paperstock mildly acidic neat ownership signature on tile page. Text in French. Race et société. UNESCO paperback
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Fragile binding with a few loose pages and loose hinges. Silhouette illustrations by Ellsworth Young. 5 1/4"w x 6 7/8"h. 92 pages. Brown cloth boards with library tape on spine. "The Jatakas, or Birth-stories, form one of the sacred books of the Buddhists and relate to the adventures of the Buddha in his former existences, the best character in any story being identified with the Master."
q887W H Allen London 1873 hardback embossed light brown cloth 4th edition text in English and Hindustani scuffs and wear to boards and inner hinge cracking but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. Hardcover. Fair. hardcover
197729299New York: McGraw-Hill 1977. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Wilson Gahan. 1st ptg. large 8vo full green cloth stamped in gilt illustrated in line throughout by Gahan Wilson who inscribed the book upside-down on the title page "to Richard D-- with my very best." A lovely bright copy lacking the dj. signed by Wilson. McGraw-Hill hardcover
19942336Watertown Wisconsin: Humbug Books 1994. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Unpaginated 29 pp. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Delightful illustrated tale of a little old lady her cat and a Thanksgiving Turkey. Clean copy. <br/><br/> Humbug Books hardcover books