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Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good-. Book Signed by Author. Well-preserved copy of Roberts' account of the research for and writing of his novels featuring a signed bookplate pasted on the front paste-down. Roberts was always generous in signing books for his readers, but by the mid- to late-1940s had switched to provided signed bookplates, rather than having the books sent to him for signing. For all of his adult life Roberts kept a small diary with daily entries. He drew from those and his correspondence and research files to provide a detailed description of his process of tracking down details to provide the most accurate accounts he could in his novels. There is a lengthy appendix (90+ pages) that includes: the transcript of the diary of Henry Sewall from the Revolutionary War, the transcript of a letter by Capt. Daniel Merrill from Saratoga in 1777, a complaint about the Pulitzer Prize committee that… Read More

[publisher not identified], [London], 1688. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Pamphlet A contemporary collection of documents chronicling King James II’s attempt to change Magdalen College of Oxford University into a Roman Catholic institution. When the presidency of the college became vacant, the protestants elected John Hough to take the position, but James ordered the fellows to elect a Catholic, Anthony Farmer, as their president. J. R. Bloxam expanded the collection in his Magdalen College and King James II, 1686-1688 (1886). In the introduction he describes James’ actions in the conflict as “an overt and undisguised step towards opening the chief seminaries of the Church of England to Roman influences and occupation” (p. viii). Although there is no editor named, the binder’s label on the front cover attributes it to Henry Fairfax, who is often named as the likely editor.… Read More

J. Lamson and T. Odiorne, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1793. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Evans 26440. pp. ix, 200, (2), 130. Three works printed as two and bound together in a single volume. Improvement of the Mind, Part I (pp. [1]-200), Part II (pp. [1]1-55), Discourse (pp. [59]-130). Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 330 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight. Hardcover in full polished calf with a contemporary red leather panel on the spine with the title "Watts on The Mind." Corners turned in. Hinges in good shape and intact; the leather is not worn through at the hinges as is the case with many 18th century leather-bound books. The paper is toned from age and there is foxing and other stains in the first 130 and last 30 pages. The six leaves of the first signature (including the front free end paper, title page, Introduction and Tables of Contents) have a half-inch tear at the bottom of the gutter. One leaf (pp. 117-118) has an old… Read More

Longmans, Green and Co, New York, 1954. First. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book . VG+ HB in G DJ, protected by mylar cover. Stated First Ed. ix, 342 p.: port.; Notes (pp. 273-330); index (pp. 331-342); 24 cm. Dark blue cloth over boards with gold title on spine. Contents tight and clean. Only defect is P/O's name on FEP, dated 4/26/54. DJ shows rubbing, shelf wear around the edges, esp. on the spine. A primary source for "Team of Rivals." "For the general reader the book provides a fascinating picture of what actually went on in high government circles in Civil War days." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 342 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 408. .

Printed by W.W. for Humphrey Moseley, London, 1650. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good+ Condition. Book ESTC Citation R202463; Wing (2nd ed.), H-3081; Thomason, E.1374[2]. 140 p. (Illustrated title, title, portrait of Prince Charles). James Howell (c.1594-1666) was an author of political and historical works who traveled widely in Europe and produced this book, which is often described as the first continental handbook for travelers. The full title is: "Instructions and Directions For Forren Travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compas of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes, and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose. With a new Appendix for Travelling into Turkey and the Levant parts." The appendix (pp. 129-140) draws heavily from Sir Henry Blount's account of his trip in 1634-36. It describes ways of getting to Constantinople, touches briefly on travel to Egypt and compares and… Read More

John Long Limited, London, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good-. Book This is the first printing of the revised text, which is the basis for all of the modern reprints of the book First Printing of the "New and Revised Edition". Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 160 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in red cloth over boards with The Toff logo in black in the lower right corner of the front cover and the title in black on the spine. Corners are sharp with no wear to the tips, although the bottom corner of the rear cover has taken a bump. The hinges are tight. The only defect is a 3/8" strip at the foot of the spine that appears to be sun faded. There is some very light foxing on the front free end paper, which also shows up on the front flap of the dust jacket, but the text itself is free of any foxing. The unclipped dust jacket (7s. 6d. net) shows wear along the top edge, but the bottom edge has… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Paul Galdone. Book A collectible copy of Roberts' acerbic account of his treatment for tonsillitis. From the front flap: "What Ellis Parker Butler did for guinea pigs and Irvin S. Cobb for operations, Kenneth Roberts has now hilariously done for tonsils." Following the text are three pages of advertisements for Roberts' first four novels and his essay collection "For Authors Only" Size: Small Octavo. 70 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Near Fine hardcover bound in black cloth with red line drawing on the front cover and title in red/author black on red field on spine. The only defect is a slight bump to the bottom corner of the front cover. No foxing in this copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.00) in Very Good- condition with a little loss at the head and… Read More