Conquistador by Guedalla, Philip - 1928

Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . Moderate wear to the edges of the red covers; cracked front hinge, pages yellowed; a cigarette odor else a good book. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 183994. .

Ernest Benn, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. First Edition. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 1927. First Edition. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

HArpers, 1928. near very good condition in a worn dust jacket with pieces missing from the spine.

NY: Harper, 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8 vo. (xiii) 276 pp. Red textured boards. Front hinge cracked, light tanning paper, nameplate front pastedown, good+; dust jacket tears, soil, tanned, fair..

Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Passport (preface / introduction) by author. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with green coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. An Englishman's view of America in the 1920s. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Uniform light tanning of the text block edges and pages. The front hinge has cracked and the underlying webbing can be seen. Handling marks to the endpages. Remains of a sticker can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XVI, [2], 3 - 276, [4 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; United States;… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First printing. Hard Cover. FINE IN NEAR-FINE DJ WITH SOME RUBBING AND EDGEWEAR. DJ IS PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE COPY.

London: Ernest Benn, 1927. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE DJ WITH ORGINAL 10s6d PRICE. A VERY NICE COPY.

Ernest Benn 1927. First edition, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Light shelfwear to edges. Glossy covers. Clean interior pages free of markings. 152 pages. 0.3" X 6" X 4.5" 1cmX 15X11cm Facts and trivia about collectible dolls such as many dolls made between 1700 and 1780 were called Queen Ann dolls, the first manufactured dolls to look like a baby were made by Madame Augusta Montanari, and the swivel socket neck was invented in 1861 by Mme. Huret in France.

364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined… Read More

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

New York: The Free Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xxiii [4]1-702. THE FIRST EDITION of the 1968 Free Press publication. The copyright page states 'first printing'. Includes a preface to the 1957 revised edition. Robert K. Merton is generally considered the father of modern Sociology and a major influence in the study of criminology. This was his first book and has become established as a work of central importance in the social science. The 1968 edition includes the complete 1957 text and two new essays; "On the History and Systematic of Sociological Theory," and "On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range," This is a very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear, mainly at the top. There is some soiling and darkening of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.

Paris France: D. Dumoulin et Cie, 1892. Pretre de la Congregation de la Mission d'apres ses manuscrits et sa correspondence par un de ses Confreres. Frontispiece photo of Dazincourt - Heliog. Dujardin, Imp. Ch. Wittmann, tissue guard intact foxing to it and first few pages, all other intact, lightly tanned, no writing. Marbled boards an endpapers. A very old repair is visible, a piece of old envelope was used to re-attach first few pages to front board. You can see the calligraphic ink writing, to Madame Marguenie Gillet..Charming actually. 570 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.