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Gold Medal Books, 1952-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Good+/in illustrated wraps. Softcover, Stated First Printing Gold medal (#225) 177 pages. Good+, in illustrated wraps. Moderate shelf/edge wear, a hint of laminate lift and a few small creases to covers. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked with a touch of age-toning. Binding solidClassic pulp by an underrated author. Respectable and solid vintage copy. LOC SSS-32
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London: Macmillan & Co, 1923. 27 volumes. Highways & Byways. 1. The Border. 2. Hampshire. 3. Wiltshire. 4. Somerset. 5. Galloway & Carrick. 6. Hertfordshire. 7. Northumberland. 8. West Highlands. 9. Normandy. 10. Gloucestershire. 11. Sussex. 12. Donegal & Antrim. 13. Shakespeare's Country. 14. Kent. 15. Surrey. 16. Hardy's Wessex. 17. Nottinghamshire. 18. Devon & Cornwall. 19. North Wales. 20. Oxford & The Cotswolds. 21. Yorkshire. 22. Dorset. 23. Berkshire. 24. Leicestershire. 25. Buckinghamshire. 26. Lake District. 27. South Wales. Bound in original publishers brown soft leather, with gilt lettering on spines and top boards, top gilt edges. Bindings lightly rubbed on edges, 8 volume have some minor nicks, or wear loss. Generally all bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, 9 volumes have a previous owners name or bookplate. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. A very nice clean run of volumes, in very attractive bindings. . Soft Leather . Very Good. 8vo.
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London: printed for the author by S. Buckley in Amen-Corner. 1730. 8vo., (18) + 101 + (13)pp., in a fine old-style half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and labels. A handsome copy. First edition. A charming pocket book for the discerning (and prudent) gentleman, much expanded in numerous later printings right through the 18th century. American editions were also published ca. 1778-1793. 'A farrier is as useful a trade as any other in His Majesty's Dominions; we commonly call him Doctor, because he professes physick and surgery among horses; and some are good sensible men; but people who are able to give their sons learning, seldom bind 'em to that trade; so that farriers are oblig'd to take such apprentices as they can get, without regard to their education. ..... Thus many are illiterate, and some totally incapable of improvement. ..... The design therefore of this little treatise, is to inform gentlemen, 1st. what methods are best to be us'd if their horses fall lame. 2dly. What medicines are proper to give 'em when sick. 3dly. How to direct the manual operations, and escape the impositions of ignorant men'. [Prefece].
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London: printed for S. Bladon. 1770. 8vo., vii + (1) + 183 + (1)pp., including the half-title, bound in late 19th century half calf over marbled boards, some wear, particularly to corners, upper joint cracked but sound. A good copy. First and only edition. * Signed at the end 'Matius', but the actual identity of the writer not known. The remarks of a Briton> concern the trial of L. Balfe and E. M'Quirk who were found guilty of the murder of George Clarke, a Wilkinite lawyer at an election riot in Brentford in December 1768. The 'Constitutional politician' refers to John Wilkes himself.
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. First American Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 310 pages From jacket: "In February 1995, the unthinkable happened: one of the oldest and most respected merchant banks in London went bankrupt. The story that "rogue" Barings trader Nick Leeson lost hundreds of million of pounds speculating in the Far East was front-page news throughout the world. Accused of fraud on a massive scale... in December 1995 he pleaded guilty... as a result the prosecution case against Leeson was not heard. What really happened to cause the downfall of 'the Queen's bank' and who was actually responsible." Bumped head and heel of spine, edgewear, light wear to jacket. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First American. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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London: Folio Society, 2006. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Includes the massive leather bound volume 55 x 36 cm green leather bound volume containing 91 tipped in watercolor reproductions, a 25 x 16 cm, 85 page commentary volume, copies of 5 of the watercolors in an envelope along with the books all housed inside a green clamshell box. Folio Society facsimile of The Surinam Album. Limited to 1000 copies. There is some scratching to the clamshell. From the Folio Society letter: " Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the 17th and 19th centuries' great painters of plants and animals, standing alongside artists like Redoute, Ehret and Bauer. Many books on botanical art reproduce images from the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, a selection of 60 engravings she published in 1705... Merian's paintings contian subtleties of colour and drawing which could not be reproduced by 18th century methods, making the originals incomparably superior to the engravings."
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NY: Pantheon, (1992) Novel of Japan. Advanced Reader's Proof. FIRST EDITION. 306 pgs, wraps. Advance proof of the author's first novel that blends fact & fiction in a riveting thriller about Japan's atomic bomb project. FINE..
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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Crisp, clean pages with no owners' marks or bookplate; except for a few little scratches in the gilding along the top edge of the page block, mild darkening along the spine, and spots of shelf rubbing at the tips of the free corners, otherwise excellent. 316pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and decoration, bound-in ribbon markers, decorative endpapers, all page edges gilded, "Notes from History" insert laid in. From "The Leather-Bound Library of American History" series.. Full Leather. Very Good.
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Island Heritage, 1975. Signed/Numbered/Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. James F. Morgan (photos). Leather Bound. 1975. This is copy #502 of a Limited Edition of Five Thousand Copies from the Hawaiian Bicentennial Library & is SIGNED by the author. Minor scuff on front cover, but otherwise a crisp & clean copy.
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New York: E. Duyckinck and G. Long, 1821. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 32mo. The Works of Lord Byron, published by Duyckinck and Long, complete in four volumes. Frontispiece and engraved title page at the start of each volume; Vol. I appears to be lacking its printed t.p. Previous owners' names and notes in pencil and ink on the endpapers and flyleaves. Minor loss at the extremities of the spines. Rear board of Vol. IV reattached by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Full calf with gilt lettering and decoration. Very Good. 32mo. Very Good binding.
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NY: Harper & Row, 1988 Fine. FIRST EDITION. 178 pages, softbound wraps. Proof copy issued in advance of copyright. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Large Print Press. Very Good. 2016. Large Print Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Signed by author on half title page. Small stain to the outside edges. Label on front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 530 pages; Signed by Author .
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New York: Orchard Books, 1991 151 pgs, bound in heavy wraps with pictorial cover. Story of an 11 year old boy forced to live on the streets of New York after his mother disappears. Bump upper spine tip.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.
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NY: Atheneum, 1985. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 121 pgs, wraps. A band of tenns, exiled to space by Earth's despotic government, return to lead a rebellion. FINE in FINE proof dustjacket..
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pgs, bound wraps. A romance set in Naples, 1772 & based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife, Emma & Lord Nelson. NEAR FINE..
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NY: Atheneum, 1986. FIRST IMPRESSION. 228 pgs, wrappers. Volume three in a fantasy trilogy. FINE in proof dustjacket..
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Island Heritage Limited Edition, 1976-01-01. Signed/Numbered/Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Leather Bound. Island Heritage. 1976. This is copy #502 of a Limited Edition of Five Thousand Copies from the Hawaiian Bicentennial Library & is SIGNED by the author. All edges gilt. Clean & unmarked.
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NY: Delacorte, (1992) Tales for Late at Night. 147 pgs, bound wraps. 10 tales about ghosts & other manifestations that are attached to houses. FINE in an edge worn proof dustjacket.. Soft Cover.
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Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. Signed and inscribed on title page. First Edition with full numberline 4to size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 114 heavyweight glossy pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, most full page in size. An unusual feature: dust jacket has interior flaps, but is not removable. From jacket: "(The author/photographer) describes the fair's heritage - both historically and through interviews with the fair's contemporary participants... His compelling and vivid images range from taut-muscle draft horses straining against their harnesses to belly dancers, from six-year-olds lost in thought with arms around their prize winning sheep to the leathery faces of old-timers... in the expressions of the boys and girls and men and women who show their animals, (the author) has masterfully captured all the promise, hope and uncertainty that comes with participating the diverse events at the Missouri State Fair... (This book) chronicles more than a decade in the life of a historic American tradition." Jacket has light wear. Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their respective copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gaskell, Richard. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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New York Harper 1965. Hard Cover. Fine in a near fine, price clipped dustjacket. Large print edition. In publishers library binding, NOT a library discard..
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Dutton, (1997) Tentative Publication Date October 1997. 191 pgs, softbound. "Hardcore horror with a most bizarre twist". FINE..
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NY: Dutton, 1976 221 pgs, wrappers. First Edition Review Copy. Original Wraps. Fine.
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1919. Very good + condition. Large printed color propaganda piece with printed image of American troops "Going over the top", springing out of a fox hole and charging with rifles at the ready. Likely a recruitment piece for the military. In WWI the phrase was coined by the British to describe the infantry emerging from the safety of the trenches to attack the enemy across open ground. Printed with a large American eagle and American flag at the upper left, and the large slogan "On to Victory" printed on the diagonal, in dark blue, an elaborate type font with mauve drop shadow. The pillow cover trimmed with blue machine made lace and long fringe. Remarkably bright and clean. 17 x 18" with 3" fringe.
