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FIELDING, Henry
The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding
New York: Derby & Jackson 1857. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 8vo. Quarter calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards. 492pp; 443pp; 547pp 4pp ads; 500pp 2pp ads. Frontispiece marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. Supremely tight and handsome first of this edition in a superb custom binding with giltstamping bright and internally bright and free of foxing and age toning. Volumes I and II contain "Tom Jones" Volume III "Amelia" and Volume IV "Joseph Andrews" and "Jonathan Wild." From the library of Wisconsin civic leader JAMES M. LYNCH chief clerk at the Adjutant General's Office during the Civil War appointed quartermaster general in 1865; he dates an inner flyleaf of the first volume in pencil "Aug 31` 70. Derby & Jackson hardcover
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WILSON, John, MAGINN, William, LOCKHART, JG, and HOGG, James J G
Noctes Ambrosianae
New York: W.J. Widdleton Publisher 1863. Hardcover. Edition revised by R. Shelton Mackenzie. Complete 5-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and decorations and paper labels expert contemporary replacements and marbled paper over boards. xxxii 486pp; xxxvi 432pp; xvi 469pp; xxii 468pp; xxxii xii 465pp. Frontispieces marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Mild edgewear but internally bright and near fine. Handsome and tight custom-bound set of this series of 71 fictional dialogues first published by "Blackwood's Magazine" between 1822 and 1835. From the library of Wisconsin civic leader JAMES M. LYNCH chief clerk at the Adjutant General's Office during the Civil War appointed quartermaster general in 1865. He boldly signs the inner flyleaf of Volumes II IV and V in brown ink dating each "Madison Wis. / 1863. W.J. Widdleton, Publisher hardcover
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LARGE, EC E C
Sugar in the Air: A Romance
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering and decorations pictorial dust jacket. 447pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn with several tiny edge chips mainly at head and foot of spine. A tight and quite nice first edition in sharp jacket of this classic to cite front flap copy "fantastic satire on modern science in its application to 'big business'." Ernest Charles Large 1902-76 was a chemist and plant scientist turned novelist. Uncommon. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
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MOORE, George
In Single Strictness
London: William Heinemann 1922. Hardcover. Small 4to. White and blue paper over boards dust jacket. 311pp many uncut. Very good/very good. Edition limited to 1030 numbered copies this #434 signed by Moore. William Heinemann hardcover
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MOORE, George
In Single Strictness
New York: Boni and Liveright 1922. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory and pale blue paper over boards. vi 314pp. Partly uncut. Very good. Slight spine darkening else clean and tight and handsome. First edition limited to 1050 signed numbered copies this #740. Boni and Liveright hardcover
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DURRELL, Lawrence
Livia or Buried Alive
New York: The Viking Press 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and black paper over boards dust jacket. 265pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first U.S. edition of the second novel in the British writer's "Avignon Quintet" with choice autograph accompaniment: Tipped to front flyleaf is a heavy stock 6" X 4" picture postcard signed large and bold by Durrell in teal blue marker in the message area. Never addressed or stamped. Undated but likely of 1970s vintage. Underside bears a black and white photograph of the French village of Villevieille. YOUNG 1122. The Viking Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9998 ISBN : 0670434477 9780670434473
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WILSON, Guy
The Ardour of the Crowd
London: Chatto & Windus 1961. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Very good/very good. Minor foxing and age toning on preliminary leaves and page edges. First edition of Wilson's first novel set in an English public school. Boldly signed and inscribed by the author in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf in year of publication: "To Lynette / With very best wishes / from Guy / 14.4.61. Chatto & Windus hardcover
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WESTALL, William
A Queer Race: The Story of a Strange People
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with black and red pictorial gilt and color plate tipped to front board. viii 303pp 7pp ads. Very good. Slightest bit of faint edgewear. Tight clean and attractive undated edition of the first novel by the British author 1835-1903 -- first published in England in 1887. A fantasy about an island people with unusual colored skin. Rather uncommon. Henry T. Coates & Co hardcover
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HUNT, Leigh
The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events
London: Smith Elder and Co 1848. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. Orange blind-embossed cloth. xii 300pp; viii 311pp 32pp ads. Frontispieces steel engravings. Very good. Bookplates and ownership signatures on front pastedowns. First edition of this two-volume set. Vivid recollections accompanied by entertaining histories of the notable landmarks and characters of London. Smith, Elder and Co hardcover
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BENNETT, Arnold
The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book
New York: George H. Doran 1911. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with green and gilt decorations slipcase. 117pp. Very good/good plus. Spine slightly age toned else tight and attractive; slipcase neatly archivally strengthened along some separations. Tight attractive first edition. George H. Doran hardcover
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BARRIE, JM J M
Tommy and Grizel
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bernard Partridge. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gold red and green pictorial stamping. vi 509pp 2pp ads. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. First U.S. edition of the "Peter Pan" playwright's novel -- tight clean attractive. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
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HUGHES, Richard
The Fox in the Attic
New York: Harper & Brothers 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with silver and blue lettering and blue paper over boards dust jacket. 352pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. First U.S. edition of this first novel in "The Human Predicament" series boldly signed by Hughes in black ballpoint on a special tipped-in leaf. A 5½" X 3½" printed card from Kroch's & Brentano's "First Edition Circle" is laid in. A handsome copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
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FIELDING-HALL, H
Love's Legend
London: Macmillan and Co 1914. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan calf with gilt spine panels dentelles. viii 325pp. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good. A bit scuffed at edges; front hinge intact but a tad delicate. First edition handsomely bound by Riviere. Macmillan and Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16169
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MOORE, George
The Coming of Gabrielle: A Comedy
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only 1920. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory and pale green paper over boards paper spine label.xxx 146pp. Partly uncut. Very good. Usual slight darkening of spine; small bookplate on front pastedown. Edition limited to 100 signed numbered copies this one unnumbered. A handsome copy of this play. Privately Printed for Subscribers Only hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2748
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MOORE, George
Ulick and Soracha
New York: Boni and Liveright 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory and pale green paper over boards paper spine label. 235pp. Illustration. Very good. Slight darkening of spine as usual. Edition limited to 1250 signed numbered copies this #548. A clean tight handsome copy. Boni and Liveright hardcover
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MOORE, George
Aphrodite in Aulis
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1930. Small 4to. Full vellum gilt. vi 340pp. Near fine. Usual very slight bowing of boards typical of vellum.First edition limited to 1825 numbered copies this #473 signed by Moore. A very handsome copy. William Heinemann Ltd unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2693
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HERBERT, AP A P
Holy Deadlock
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1934. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering dust jacket. 372pp. Very good/very good. Spine a bit sunned; 1934 ownership signature on front flyleaf and pastedown; jacket shows slight edgewear with some archivally closed on verso separations but overall attractive. First edition tight 'n' nice and uncommon in such a lovely jacket. Notes jacket front panel "An odyssey of two young people in search of a decent divorce. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace
Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes Illustrated by Hundreds of Sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray
London: Chatto & Windus 1901. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth heavily decorated in pictorial black and gilt. xx 494pp. Frontispiece numerous line drawings. Very good. Spine very faintly sunned; some small water spots on rear cover only; horizontal tear on page xv-xvi archivally repaired. Tight clean handsome copy of the "New Edition" of this 1870 title. Chatto & Windus hardcover
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GOLDING, William
The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth dust jacket. 175pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear with slightly darkened spine. First U.S. edition tight and attractive. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
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DU MAURIER, George
The Martian
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1897. Hardcover. 12mo. Decorated brown cloth. iv 477pp 2pp ads. Line drawings. Very good. Close to "Near fine" with gold and green pictorial front board stamping bright and fresh and only slightest bit of age toning to spine; nonauthorial period gift inscription on inner flyleaf. First American edition tight and handsome. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
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BEAUMONT, Francis, and FLETCHER, John
The Maides Tragedy.; Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone
New York: Cheshire Press 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leather spine and marbled paper over boards. viii 147pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Spine a bit scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight handsome copy. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies this #967. Cheshire Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11012
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HAZLITT, William
Character of John Bull
Staplehurst UK: The Florin Press 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Williams. 16mo. Brown cloth spine and green paper over boards. 9pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Hazlitt's well-known essay characterizing the typical Englishman. This beautiful little edition occasioned by the bicentennial of Hazlitt's birth is limited to 200 copies signed and numbered this #12 by Williams. Printed on handmade paper. The Florin Press hardcover
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ELTON, Godfrey
The Testament of Dominic Burleigh
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xviii 153pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome tight first edition of this "strange story of a war hero who read his own newspaper obituary and sat down in protest to write the naked truth about himself." Uncommon in such a sharp bright jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10988
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LAWRENCE, DH D H
Assorted Articles
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth. 258pp. Very good. Tight clean attractive first edition. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
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MOORE, George
Memoirs of My Dead Life of Galanteries Meditations and Remembrances.
London: William Heinemann 1921. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory and pale green paper over boards. xviii 290pp. Tinted frontispiece. Very good. Couple of small slight cracks in the otherwise-sound spine; overall quite attractive. Edition limited to 1030 signed numbered copies this #778. William Heinemann hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2743
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BAKER, Frank
Sweet Chariot
New York: Coward-McCann 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth dust jacket. 335pp. Very good/very good. Ligt jacket edgewear. First U.S. edition tight and handsome. Coward-McCann hardcover
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PITCAIRNE, Archibald
The Assembly: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
Lafayette IN: Purdue University Studies 1972. Hardcover. Edited by Terence Tobin. Small 4to. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering dust jacket. v 112pp. Near fine/very good. First modern edition of this Scottish comic play concerning religious hypocrisy first published in 1722. The front flyleaf is handsomely inscribed by the editor "To the house / of / huge sketch of family crest with "K" in middle / Merry Christmas / Terry Tobin. Purdue University Studies hardcover
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GALSWORTHY, John
Swan Song
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Purple cloth pictorial dust jacket. viii360pp. Very good/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn with several small edge chips but still attractive; small non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Handsome first edition in a lovely jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9158
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family edited by Arthur Pendennis Esq
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club 1954. Hardcover. Introduction by Angea Thirkell. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth spines and decorated paper over boards slipcase with paper spine label. xxii 352pp; vi pp. 353-742. Color frontispieces color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Interesting and unusual bibliophile's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. A tight and handsome copy limited to 1500 numbered copies this #553 signed by Ardizzone. NEWMAN 252. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
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MOORE, George
Avowals
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers 1919. Hardcover. Small 4to. Vellum spine with paper label and grey paper over boards. 310pp. Very good. Spine a bit darkened; colorful bookplate on front pastedown. First edition limited to 1000 numbered copies this #513 signed by Moore. A tight clean copy. Privately Printed for Subscribers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2692
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CIBBER, Colley
Love Makes a Man: or the Fop's Fortune: A Comedy
Dublin: W. Wilson 1774. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff grey modern hand-labeled wrapper. 84pp. Very good. Early not first printing of this five-act play by this 18th century playwright. W. Wilson paperback
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LISTER, RP R P
The Questing Beast
London: Chapman & Hall 1965. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 230pp. Near fine/very good. First edition. Ironic tale of life in wartime London signed by the author 1914-2014 on the title page and inscribed and signed by him neatly on the front flyleaf "Pat / with love from / Richard. Chapman & Hall hardcover
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BUNYAN, John
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come.; Introduction by Charles M. Sheldon
New York: The Christian Herald 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black white and gold pictorial giltstamping. 427pp 5pp ads. Frontispiece numerous illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned and with spine giltstamping rather rubbed but overall a tight clean quite handsome copy of the "Red Line Edition" with each text page of course bearing red outline ruled. A lovely copy of this well illustrated edition of the 1678 allegorical tale. The Christian Herald hardcover
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FIELDING, Henry
The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. Hardcover. Introduction by Wilbur Cross. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Burgundy cloth gilt. xxxi 434pp; xv 427pp. Top edges gilt. Very good. Spines a tad worn; bookplate on each front pastedown. First of this "Borzoi Classics" edition limited to 3000 numbered sets this #1479 -- tight clean attractive. Lacks the slipcase. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32616
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EVANS, Nicholas
The Loop
London: Bantam Press 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 434pp. Near fine/very good. Slight bit of minor jacket edgewear. First English edition tight and handsome of this novel set in Hope Montana by the "Horse Whisperer" author signed large and bold by the author in black ink on the title page. Bantam Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33280 ISBN : 0593040678 9780593040676
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J English
Rin Tin Tin Story
Dodd Mead & Company 1958. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Boards and corners show signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
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DUNBAR, Paul Laurence, words by, and Granville English, music by
Sheet music: Come to My Heart No. 1 in C
New York: Chappell-Harms Inc 1923. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Two nested bifoliums making eight pages. Owner name stamp and "with publisher's compliments" stamp on the front cover edgewear including a chip at the bottom of the front cover and toning very good or better. For voice and piano. Plate number 28219. The owner stamp is that of prolific American composer and pianist Fay Foster who took first place in the American Composers Competition of 1913. Paul Laurence Dunbar is an important African American literary figure remembered in part for writing the lyrics for the landmark musical In Dahomey which according to historian Gerald Bordman was "the first full-length musical written and played by blacks to be performed at a major Broadway house." OCLC locates five holdings. Chappell-Harms, Inc unknown
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Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
Bulwer's Works -24 volumes
<p>24 Volumes. 1885-1888. J.P. Lippincott Company. Boards are marbled with tan corners and along spine side. Spine is tan with 5 segments; dark red and black titles. Inside boards endpages and foredges also marbled. Boards show substantial edgewear. Spines are worn - four of the volumes have chips out and are partially detahched on one side. Hinges intact but fragile. pages are tanned with nage no foxing a couple of volumes have foredge stains. Text is clean and unmarked.<br /></p> J. P. Lippincott Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : biblio28
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Stoddard, John L
Stoddard's Lectures Vols. I III IX
<p>1908. Balch Brothers Co. Three volumes of a 10 volume set. Vol I Norway Switzerland Athens Venice; Vol. III Japan China; Vol. IX Scotland England London. Boards are marbled with burgundy corners and spine side strip. Gold lettering on spines. Vol. III spine title deteriorated other 2 okay. Light foxing on a few pages; otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Boards are worn at corners and along edges. Bottom inch or so of spines has disintegrated. Small irregular blotch on each front board.</p> Balch Brothers Co. hardcover
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Thackery, William Makepeace
William Makepeace Thackery - 20 Vols.
<p>1869. Smith Elder & Co. Boards endpages and foredges have a brown spotted pattern; boards have burgundy corners and spine with gold lettering some worn to illegibility. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpages. Bindings in poor condition with separated hinges disintegrating spines Text throughout is clean and unmarked.</p> Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
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Ishida, Mosaku; Terry, Charles S [English adaptation]
JAPANESE BUDDHIST PRINTS
New York: Harry N. Abrams 1964. First English edition. Hardcover. Folio 195 pages with numerous plates both color and black and white. Very good/Good; Tan dust jacket with red lettering and repeated buddha motif in black. Jacket lightly shelf-worn with fading to spine lettering 2.5-inch closed tear to lower rear edge and minor staining to fore edges; Textured natural fiber endpapers; Text block fore edges with light staining not impacting text or images on pages. SH consignment. 1360612. Special Collections. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
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Byrne, Donn
Hangman's House
<p>First American edition first printing March 1926. Octavo. Illustrated with eight full page b/w plates by John Richard Flanagan. Pictorial dust jacket with Irish country side view by Barkentin. Very good unclipped; few small nicks. 466 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>BAL 2301.</p><p>Filmed in 1928 by John Ford.</p><p>Byrne 1889-1928 has 13 film/TV credits. His full name was Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne.</p> The Century Co. hardcover
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Dane, Clemence
He Brings Great News
<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Very good spine gilt dull. 192 pages.</p><p>Inscribed by the author on title page: "For George from Winifred."</p><p>From the library of noted film director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate. Cukor's 1932 film "A Bill of Divorcement" was based on her 1922 play.</p><p>Dane aka Winifred Ashton 1888-1965. She won an Oscar in 1947.</p> William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
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Hueffer, Ford Madox
Between St. Dennis and St. George: A Sketch of Three Civilisations
<p>First edition American issue from British sheets. Octavo. Original gilt and black lettered ribbed red cloth spine age toned; corners of a few pages at end crimped. No dust jacket. Good. 297 pages.</p><p>From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.</p><p>Printed by Hazeli Watson and Viney Ld. London.</p> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
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BULLEN, AH, editor A H
Speculum Amantis: Love-Poems From Rare Song-Books and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century
<p>First edition. Small square octavo. Editor's preface. Bibliographical references index of first lines. Gilt stamped dark blue calf over matching blue linen t.e.g. uncut slight rubbing. Very good. #87/500 numbered copies printed at the Chiswick Press. Spine title: Love-Poems From the Song-Books of the XVIIth Century. Healdic bookplates of William Adcock and Stephen George Holland on the front pastedown.</p> Privately Printed hardcover
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ASSEMBLED BY GERTRUDE WHITING, with an English Version By Hazel D Sommerhoff
LA REVOLTE DES PASSEMENS Old Texts and Explanatory Notes 1660-Paris-1661
NY: THE NEDDLE AND BOBBIN CLUB. volume 14 one of 500 copies. . VG. Hardcover. 1968. THE NEDDLE AND BOBBIN CLUB hardcover
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Walter W Skeat, English Dialect Society
REPRINTED GLOSSARIES. Series B. I. North of England Words from 'Tour to Caves' J. H. 1781. II. Provincialisms of East Yorkshire Marshall 1788 III. East Norfolk Marshall 1787. IV. Vale of Gloucester Marshall 1789. V. Midland Counties Marshall 1790. VI. West Devonshire Marshall 1796. VII. Glossary of West Riding Yorkshire Willan 1811. VIII. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms Tapping. IX. Derbyshire Mining Houghton 1681. X. Derbyshire Mining Mawe1802. XI. Isle of Thanet Words Lewis 1736. XII. Herefordshire Duncumb 1804. XIII. Early Scottish Duncan 1595. XIV. Provincialisms Hearne 1724-5. XV-XVII. Ray English Words Northern Southern Counties Refining of Metals and Minerals. XVIII. Kennett Parochial Antiquities 1695. XIX. Britton Akerman Wiltshire Words 1842. XX. Spurden East-Anglian 1840. XXI. Cullum Suffolk 1813. XXII. Marshall East Yorkshire 1796
N. Trubner & Company Ludgate Hill 1873. Hardcover. Used - Good. N. Trubner & Co. Ludgate Hill 1873. xi112; viii92; xxix122; viii111 pages. 8.5 x 5.5" library cloth. Library spine label few rubberstamps ugly spine tip chip lightly toned mild corner creasing G. N. Trubner & Company, Ludgate Hill hardcover
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Voltaire / M Clyboret, English version
The Odalisque by Voltaire; An English Version by M. Clyboret
The Voltaire Society 1928-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in handsome blue 3/4 moroccan leather over marbled boards. Gilt ruled. Hardcover. Light shelf wear. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Limited ed. of 500. Hand colored erotic frontispiece. Facsimile title page of the 1796 ed. The Voltaire Society hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1809270100
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Lafcadio Hearn [translated into English by]
CHIN CHIN KOBAKAMA JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES NO 25
T. Hasegawa 1/1/1903. Paperback. Very Good. 22 pp. Octavo size. Crape paper book. A very good copy. Profusely illustrated. A light crease on back cover. See our pictures. BAL 7939 T. Hasegawa paperback
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Metchnikoff, Elie English translation edited by P Chalmers Mitchell
THE NATURE OF MAN: Studies In Optimistic Philosophy
London / New York: William Heinemann / G.P. Putnam's Sons 1903. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st edition thus 1903. Good. Royal octavo. 309 pp. bound in publishers burgundy cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Overall mild soiling to covers; tips edges and spine rubbed. Front and rear hinges starting; Text is clean and unmarked except for an occasional spot here and there. The work begins with a historical sketch showing that while natural philosophers in all ages have sought the foundation of morality in human nature itself and have held human nature to be good many religious doctrines especially Buddhism and Christianity have depreciated the body as compared with the soul. William Heinemann / G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
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