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Boston: T. Bedlington, 1826. Hard Cover. Very Good -. 2 volumes: each with a frontispiece and an added engraved title page; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; black spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title Life of Washington. Title page of vol. 1 is dated 1825; the added engraved title pages and the title page of vol. 2 are dated 1826. Stereotyped by T. H. Carter & Co., Boston. The front fixed endpaper of each volume bears the armorial bookplate of Geo. Dawson Coleman. The back of the frontispiece of volume 2 bears the name of former owner Peter Carpenter. Former owner Alfred Albert D.B. Carpenter has left variants of his name on both front fixed endpapers, as well as the title page and added engraved title page of volume 1, and the last page of text of each volume. Both Carpenters' names are also on the blank leaf following text at end of volume 1. George Dawson Coleman (1825-1878) was a member of the Coleman family… Read More

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B000858R70 . 1932 1st. Moderate outer wear, spine darkened. John A. Blum's copy dated 1/14/36 ffep. Handwritten on the rear endpapers, Blum (a Macy's executive) recounts a dinner with the author on 20 Feb, 1936. In part it reads: "After dinner last night, Mr Allison & I were talking about M. Thiers and he told me the real story of Thier's death...this ending...is of such a nature that its inclusion in a biography of this nature would ruin the whole thing, according to JMSA." Allison's findings are related here by Blum, dated 21 February 1936. ; 8vo; 294 pages .

Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. vi, 262 p.: tipped-in photographic frontispiece portrait; 19 cm. Half reddish calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and gilt-tooled ornaments in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp at lower edge of verso of blank leaf following front free endpaper: "Bound by. G.S. Smith, Edinr." Purple ribbon bookmark. The Rev. John Nasmyth (1853-1894) was a Scottish minister who spent most of his career in the Parish of ceres, in the Presbytery of Cupar; he also assumed the Chaplaincy of the Fife Light Horse (Fife Mounted Volunteers) in 1884. The contents include The Glendronachy Papers, sketches of Scottish village life that Nasmyth contributed to a local paper. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges and boards are rubbed; clean and solid.

Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1825. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 4 p.; 25 cm. Caption title. At head of title: "Institut Royal de France. Académie Roayle [sic] des Sciences [Académie Royale des Sciences]. "Ch Ravel" written next to title; ink underlining of "de Lacépede" in title. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). On p. 2, "public" has been crossed out and "publique" written above in ink. Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) was a French naturalist and colleague of Jean Baptiste Lamarck. Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède (1756-1825), was a French naturalist who worked with Buffon on his Histoire Naturelle and served in the French legislature. In Near Fine Condition: minor foxing; period ink notations as noted; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.

Blackie and Son, 1874-1875, in six half volumes.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by numerous authentic portraits on steel. These six half volumes, issued as a part work over 2 years, could then be rebound by the purchaser into 3 full volumes if so desired. These half volumes have their own title pages, but volumes 1, 3 & 5 also have engraved titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3. Half volume 6 contains printed titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as contents pages and lists of plates. 71 of 72 steel engravings. That of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo missing and never bound in. lPerhaps the publisher had run out of copies of the plate of Sir William Forbes. Top & tail of spine of vol 6 slightly frayed. First 3 pages of vol 3 a little foxed. A very clean, crisp set

LANCER ORIGINAL Books, NY, 1961. PBO, pictorial color Wraps with small sticker residue & Tiny Mark, Original never before Published, 1961, Stated 1st Edition , FINE-/F-, SOFTCOVER, cover Small creases & interior Light Rub , Wear light FoX, 158 Pages + Ads. First Edition. Soft Cover.

New York: Macmillan, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 371 pages. Signed by Lillian D. Wald, with an inscription & date (Dec. 1938), on ffep. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Spine faded, corners lightly bumped, endpapers yellowing, binding is tight, text & illustrations are very clean.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Spine lettering rubbed off/spine cloth soiled. Corners bumped/rubbed with fabric just beginning to separate at tips. Spine ends gently bumped. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. States First Edition. Small stain on side text edge bled onto margins of first 20 text pages, by about an eighth inch semi circle. ; 8.75 X 6 X 1.75 inches .

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Ediouro, 2007. Tough Choices: Carly Fiorina's Most Important Business Memoir First Thus - Portuguese translation by Jose Gradel 8vo size trade paperback with color photo illustrated front cover and interior flaps like a dust jacket; 335 pages. Text is in Portuguese. De trás: "Como uma jovem, filhna de uma familia tripcamenta norte-american e de classe media, acaba se torando uma das executivas mais poderosas do mundo? E possivel consiliar tantas reponsabiliidades sem descuidar-se da vida pessoal? Como vencer as resistencis e enfrantar os preconceitos num meio tao machinsta?" From back: "As a young woman, the daughter of a middle-class American family, is she becoming one of the most powerful executives in the world? Is it possible to conserve so many responsibilities without neglecting personal life? How do we overcome the resistance and face prejudice in such a machinatory environment?" Light wear to covers, bumped back corners. Inside… Read More

184 pp, 9 x 12 inches. First edition/first printing. The "most comprehensive and enlightening book on Chet Atkins ever published," from the introduction.Over sixty guitars from Atkins's collection, starting with his first acoustic up through the Gretsch, D'Angelico and Gibson models including prototypes. Atkins discusses each guitar in detail and describes his musical journey, while showing a deep technical knowledge of guitars and electronics. Amazing journey through the life and guitars of one of the finest instrumentalists in the history of popular music. Out of print and rare. Very slight wear at base of spine, otherwise would be rated Fine. Ultimate gift for the Atkins fan.