Journal, Tome I (1828-1848); Tome II, (1849-1860) by Michelet, Jules; Introduction and Notes by Paul Viallaneix - 1959

Paris: Didier et Cie., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 550 page each. Quarter leather, with damage to back strip of the second volume. Ex Libris label on front fixed end paper, "Le Proux." Usual shelf wear.

NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1965. Signed on the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author: To Bill and Biddle,Congratulations to you both, and best regards, Peter (Matthiessen) March 12 1984. Laid in is a Postcard addressed to Biddle dated 1982. The message reads: Dear Bill I just can't get free this winter or spring (can't put this book to death) - Please give me a rain check, or snow check, even for next winter. Best Peter M. (the word for and the M in the signature have smeared, else near fine Postcard. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. Near fine, with slight spot to the bottom right of the rear board near the spine. Near fine dust jacket with a couple closed tears with no loss. Overall, a much nicer copy than what one generally encounters. Bill Biddle was a naturalist and teacher. At the time the postcard was sent, Biddle ran the Outing and Visiting Author programs at Holderness School in Plymouth, NH. By the time this book was inscribed, he had relocated… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A 13-volume history of France from the Gauls to the death of Louis XVI. Calf binding. Five raised bands and gilt tooling to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Some foxing to flyleaves and title pages, otherwise clean interior with occasional spots. Most of the volumes have some loss at the spine crowns. Otherwise, the volumes are in fine condition. Bindings are tight and square.

New York: Schocken Books, Inc, 1971. First US edition. Octavo. Original green cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Laid-in is an inscribed notecard by Alasdair MacIntyre to fellow Brandeis professor, Henry D. Aiken: "Henry / With love and regard / from Alasdair," with the Brandeis University name and emblem affixed to card. Fine in fine dust jacket.. A fine first edition of Alasdair MacIntyre's (b. 1929) Against the Self-Images of the Age: Essays on Ideology and Philosophy with tipped-in inscription to fellow Brandeis professor, Henry D. Aiken. In this work, the author of the 1981 groundbreaking work After Virtue offers a poignant critique of organized Christianity, Marxism, and psychoanalysis for their failure to express the forms of thought and action that constitute our contemporary social life, and argues that a greater understanding of our complex modern world can only be achieved by a more thorough inquiry into the philosophy of the social sciences. First published in the US by Schocken… Read More

Paris: Didier et Cie., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 550 page each. Quarter leather, with damage to back strip of the second volume. Ex Libris label on front fixed end paper, "Le Proux." Usual shelf wear.

NY: Random House, 1994. Signed first edition. Inscribed presentation copy to Stepp and Cook Neilson. Motorcycle legend Cook Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. He won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Published NY: Random House, 1994. 8vo. Slight creasing to spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1965. Signed on the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author: To Bill and Biddle,Congratulations to you both, and best regards, Peter (Matthiessen) March 12 1984. Laid in is a Postcard addressed to Biddle dated 1982. The message reads: Dear Bill I just can't get free this winter or spring (can't put this book to death) - Please give me a rain check, or snow check, even for next winter. Best Peter M. (the word for and the M in the signature have smeared, else near fine Postcard. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. Near fine, with slight spot to the bottom right of the rear board near the spine. Near fine dust jacket with a couple closed tears with no loss. Overall, a much nicer copy than what one generally encounters. Bill Biddle was a naturalist and teacher. At the time the postcard was sent, Biddle ran the Outing and Visiting Author programs at Holderness School in Plymouth, NH. By the time this book was inscribed, he had relocated… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A 13-volume history of France from the Gauls to the death of Louis XVI. Calf binding. Five raised bands and gilt tooling to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Some foxing to flyleaves and title pages, otherwise clean interior with occasional spots. Most of the volumes have some loss at the spine crowns. Otherwise, the volumes are in fine condition. Bindings are tight and square.

New York: Schocken Books, Inc, 1971. First US edition. Octavo. Original green cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Laid-in is an inscribed notecard by Alasdair MacIntyre to fellow Brandeis professor, Henry D. Aiken: "Henry / With love and regard / from Alasdair," with the Brandeis University name and emblem affixed to card. Fine in fine dust jacket.. A fine first edition of Alasdair MacIntyre's (b. 1929) Against the Self-Images of the Age: Essays on Ideology and Philosophy with tipped-in inscription to fellow Brandeis professor, Henry D. Aiken. In this work, the author of the 1981 groundbreaking work After Virtue offers a poignant critique of organized Christianity, Marxism, and psychoanalysis for their failure to express the forms of thought and action that constitute our contemporary social life, and argues that a greater understanding of our complex modern world can only be achieved by a more thorough inquiry into the philosophy of the social sciences. First published in the US by Schocken… Read More