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Ehrenreich Barbara and Deirdre English
Witches Midwives and Nurses: a History of Women Healers
Old Westbury NY: The Feminist Press. Very Good. 1973. Paperback. 912670134 . Softcover. 8vo. Stapled binding. Second edition third printing. Book is in VG condition; a previous owner's name is penned to title page and has been marked out with black ink. Spine is sunned. Otherwise without marks; a crisp tight copy. Illustrated. 45 pp. . The Feminist Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 14679
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Hess Leta English and Charles Hess
Leta English Hess & Charles Hess: Joint Retrospective
Riverside California: University Art Gallery UC Riverside. Fine. 1985. Paperback. Softcover in illustrated wraps. Square 4to. First edition. Fine condition with remnant impression of paper clip on first page and a remnant sticker on rear. Catalogue published to accompany an exhibit of the paintings of Leta English Hess and Charles Hess in 1985 at the University Art Gallery at the University of California Riverside. Most plates in color. 47 pp. . University Art Gallery, UC Riverside paperback
Bookseller reference : 71782
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English, John A
The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign: a Study of Failure in High Command
Westport CT: Praeger Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 027593019X . Hardcover in dust jacket. Second printing of first edition. Book and unpriced dust jacket are in fine As New gift-giving condition crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Map illustrations. 8vo. 347 pp. Including index. A handsome copy. In protective Mylar. . Praeger Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80433 ISBN : 027593019X 9780275930196
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MacLaren Dorothy Latin and English Texts ; Poetry by Constance Carrier
Esopus Hodie: Aesop Today--A Reader Workbook for Latin Students The Wisdom of Aesop for the Pleasure of Latin Lovers
Miami: The American Classical League. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Paperback. One volume only. Softcover in illustrated wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is As New crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Elegantly produced with line drawings on every page. 4to. 59 pp. . The American Classical League paperback
Bookseller reference : 83783
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Yu, Li; Richard Martin (translator into English)
Jou Pu Tuan: a Seventeenth Century Erotic Moral Novel The Prayer Mat of Flesh
New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dust jacket. Second printing of 1959 First Edition. Black cloth spine on brown boards clean and sharp. Protected unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean mild general age toning. Book is firm in binding crisp and clean. Translated into English by Richard Martin from the German translation by Dr. Franz Kuhn of the original Chinese. Free of any markings not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages . Grove Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73287
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Wagner, Richard; English translation by Frederick Jameson
The Ring of the Nibelungen: Third Part Siegfried
New York: G. Schirmer. Near Fine. 1904. Hardcover. Flexi-bound hardcover in green cloth boards with tan spine. 1904 edition. Handsome gilt titles and stamped illustration to cover. Book is in near fine condition crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Full vocal score to Wagner's Siegfried in German and English. Large 4to. 337 pp. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S. . G. Schirmer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92134
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Guichard, Ami (Managing editor) , Gordon Wilkins (English editor) , Dion Bartley (American Correspondent)
ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE REVIEW NO. 3 1955-1956 Automobile Year No. 3
Switzerland: Edita S. A. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. With illustrations in colour and black & white throughout cover boards show some signs of edge wear a very good copy. ; 325 x 245mm; 262 pages . Edita S. A. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26402
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Mabel Lorenz Ives, English Verse Renderings
Chinese Love Songs: Famous Poems from the Time of Confucius to the Present
B. L. Hutchinson 1949. Paperback. Used - Very Good. B. L. Hutchinson Upper Montclair New Jersey copyright 1949. 91 pages. 7.25 x 5" paperback. Cover rubbed text clean tight very good. B. L. Hutchinson paperback
Bookseller reference : 99337
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English Arnold
Edge of Violence
London: Priory Priory 1102. Light creases to the spine. Signs of sticker removal from the cover. Paperback. Good. Priory Paperback
Bookseller reference : 14-7429
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English David
The Bunburys. Rajbun's Story - SIGNED COPY By David Gower
London: Collins. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original publisher's glossy pictorial laminated boards. No dustjacket - presume as issued. VERY slight 'bumping' from shelfwear to the head/tail of the spine and the corners - but generally negligible. SIGNED in bold blue marker pen on the front free endpaper "To Amelia All my love David x " - The author is 'David' English BUT I'm fairly sure that this signature is from DAVID GOWER the England Cricketer whose endorsement of the book and facsimile signature is on the rear board. The 'David' who has signed this book has a stroke/dot above the last 'D' just like David Gower's signature. . Otherwise the book is unmarked with NO Inscriptions or Marks. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout in colour with delightful illustrations by Jan Brychta of the 'tests' trials and tribulations of the Cricketing Bunburys. An Excellent Very Clean Tight and Bright Near 'As New' copy. "Rajbun and Ellie the Elephant board the Jumbo to Bungal for a reunion with his mamadum and papadum. Rajbun falls in love but is warned off by the Maharajbun. He rides into the mountains in search of his love where many dangers confront him." This is one of several charming Cricket titles featuring the Bunburys. At the time of listing I also have for sale 1 other First Editions in this series - Bunbury Tails. Please enquire if interested. See Images; The Bunburys - Cricketing Rabbits - Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Associated . Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111874
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BARING, Maurice , English Man of Letters, Dramatist, Poet, Novelist, Translator, Essayist etc,
PASSING BY AND OVERLOOKED Two-Volumes Bound as One Collected Edition
London: HEINEMANN Collected Edition 1929 VG H/b. Classic Fiction that would be described as an Experimental work today; Passing by is a compelling portrait of family ties told through a series of Diary entries & letters a young diplomat just starting his career. Overlooked is told in story form. Heinemann Collected Edition of 1929. 280pp. VG Book- Clean tidy boards with gilt dec. to front & titles to spine. Sound binding No insc. pale fox spotting to initial pages small plale fading rubber stamp to base of blank end paper" The Times Book Club Wigmore Street W1" 205x145mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. HEINEMANN [ Collected Edition ] hardcover
Bookseller reference : 132485
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ANTONY ALPERS , AssocProfessor of English c. Pr
MAORI MYTHS AND TRIBAL LEGENDS
AUCKLAND: BLACKWOOD & JANET PAUL 1964 Red cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and blocked illustration to front225 x 155 mm approx. Illustrated end papers 252pp Numerous unspecified b/w illustrations both full page and in text by Patrick Hanley. Undated - copyright 1964. No prior printing history stated. Presumed First Edition. Previous English versions have been bowdlerised and watered down but Antony Alpers has set out to preserve all the racy vitality of the originals with their mixture of humour and violence tenderness and tragedy and above all their superb artistry. Per front flap fold.VG/VG Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth Tell tale residue from old style cellotape to reverse of free end papers from a protective cover applied by a previous owner. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - no notable shelf wear or soiling 2.5 cm tear to rear flap fold bottom corner with associated line creases and mild soiling to rear panel. Front flap clipped - cover price 30s. remaining. No other notable defects to book or jacket.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. BLACKWOOD & JANET PAUL hardcover
Bookseller reference : 130465
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FREDERICK A. POTTLE [ DrF A Pottle] Sterling Professor of English Emeritus, Yale University,
JAMES BOSWELL The Early Years 1740-1769 2 Vols Set
LONDON: HEINEMANN 1984 Navy Blue cloth quarter binding with gilt blocked titles and decoration to spine and blue paper covered boards 240 x 170 mm approx. xviii 608 pp 1984 Re- issue First Printed in 1966. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG Book- No notable shelf wear or soiling to boards previous owner name date and place in ink to free front end paper which is a little tanned typical of a newsprint article having been laid in. Dust Jacket- mild general shelf rubbing non price clipped - cover £20. No other defects to book or jacket. NB We also have the companion volume "The Later Years - 1769-1795" by Frank Brady with same previous owner name to front free end paper. Stock Nos. 129336 HEINEMANN hardcover
Bookseller reference : 129335 ISBN : 0434598801 9780434598809
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POTTLE, FREDERICK A. (Ed) Sterling Professor of English, Yale University, GEORGE CRUIKSHANK , Artist
BOSWELL IN HOLLAND 1763-1764 Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen Zelide
London : WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1952 Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and Boswell's Hawk to front. Maps of 1757 to end papers. xix 428pp. Frontis 3 other plates as expected. 2nd volume in the reading of " Trade" edition of the Journals Diaries & Memoranda etc. of James Boswell- copyright Yale University; the first volume being " Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763" published in 1950.VG/G Book- Light mark front board with a little general shelf wear. Light even tanning to book block. small ink inscsp.to top corner of a first blank page. no annotations. Offset shadow to half title of frontis plate. Square tight binding slight mustiness from shelf storage Dust Jacket- not price clipped 25/- mild shelf edge-wear of col-rub-loss fox tan & light handling to rear. Despite stated defects remains quite presentable: Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. WILLIAM HEINEMANN hardcover
Bookseller reference : 128498
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MARTIN STANNARD , English Lecturer University of Leicester
EVELYN WAUGH The Early Years 1903-1939
LONDON: J.M.DENT & SONS 1986 Burgundy Boards with silver blocked titles to spine 240 x 160 mm approx. xiv 538 pp. 16 pp of plates family tree. First Printing 1986. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine Book - slight blemish to one plate - image and legibility of caption not affected. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- very slight rubbing to top edge. Non price clipped - cover £14.95 1986 No other defects to book or jacket cover is darker. J.M.DENT & SONS hardcover
Bookseller reference : 127845 ISBN : 0460046322 9780460046329
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PDEDWARDS , Professor of English, University of Queensland P. D.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE HIS ART AND SCOPE
HASSOCKS SUSSEX: THE HARVESTER PRESS 1978 Brown boards with orange and white titles to spine 220 x 145 mm approx. xii 235 pp. First Edition 1978. Comprehensive and well researched study of this prolific Victorian novelist whose Barset Political series was the basis for the popular TV series "The Pallisers" Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Near Fine/ Near Fine Book- slight shelf wear to tail of spine - colour rubbing only. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- spine a liitle sunned. No other defects to book or jacket colour is little darker. THE HARVESTER PRESS hardcover
Bookseller reference : 127797 ISBN : 0855276533 9780855276539
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TAYLOR , Ina [ Sheffield University Degree English & History ]
VICTORIAN SISTERS The Remarkable Macdonalds and the Four Great Men They Inspired Stanley Baldwin Edward Poynter Rudyard Kipling & Edward Burne-Jones
London : WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1987 H/b in D/j.1st .218pp.245x165mm.Illustrated Family Tree & B/w mostly photo- plates.Notes Refs;indexBiblio; Fine/Near Fine Book as new no inscsp Clean bright Dust Jacket not price clipped light spine fade. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON hardcover
Bookseller reference : 127838 ISBN : 029779065X 9780297790655
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RDTHORNTON , Professor of English R. D.
JAMES CURRIE THE ENTIRE STRANGER AND ROBERT BURNS
EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD 1963 Dark Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine 220 x 145 mm approx. xvi 460 pp. 20 illustrations on 17 glossy plates as called for First Edition 1963.Literary biography of Burns' first Editor by American Professor of English - Robert Donald Thornton. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG Book- negligible shelf wear / soiling No previous owner name or insc. Minor dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- mild colour rubbing 2 liquid splash stains 2x3 cm approx to rear panel else no notable shelf soiling price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. OLIVER AND BOYD hardcover
Bookseller reference : 126318
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MICHAEL SQUIRES , Professor of English
THE CREATION OF LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
BALTIMORE: THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS 1983 Brown Boards with gilt titles to spine 235 x 160 mm approx xviii 238 pp 9 figs. in text 5 tables. Undated - copyright 1985. A fundamental and critically acclaimed assessment of Lawrence's novel. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG Book- no previous owner name or insc. no notable defects. Dust Jacket - spine a little sunned and a couple of small scuffs to laminate no nicks or tears. THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
Bookseller reference : 125909 ISBN : 0801829690 9780801829697
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LEDERER Dr. Richard PhD. Vice Preident of the Society for the Preservation of English Language & Literature
ADVENTURES OF A VERBIVORE
NEW YORK: POCKET BOOKS 1994 No fade- camera has lightened the much darker red to book & cover. Red Cloth Quarter-binding with blue titles to spine and cream paper covered boards. 215 x 145 mm approx. x 278 pp. A book for word addicts linguistic lovers and logolepsy sufferers. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. As New/ As New 1st print.10987654321 Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - non price clipped cover U.S.$21. POCKET BOOKS hardcover
Bookseller reference : 125310 ISBN : 0671709410 9780671709419
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EDWARD LE COMTE Professor of English
THE NOTORIOUS LADY ESSEX Biography
LONDON: ROBERT HALE 1970 Black Boards with Red blocked title slip and gilt titles 225 x 145 mm approx. 224 pp 8 plates of b/w illustrations on glossy paper all as called for. Written by then professor of English at the State University of New York Albany thisis the first published biography of Fanny Howard. A witty urbane history love story true crime and trial tail about the corrupt court of King James I.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and for condition. Near Fine /VG Book- negligible shelf wear/ fox. No previous owner name / insc. Dust Jacket 45/- a little rubbing/ laminate peel to extremities with minor nick to top front corner. Light general shelf soiling. Red title to spine a little faded. Non price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. ROBERT HALE hardcover
Bookseller reference : 125039 ISBN : 0709116144 9780709116141
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REBECCA STOTT , Professor English Literature , Historian & Novelist
DARWIN'S GHOSTS In Search of the First Evolutionists
LONDON: BLOOMSBURY 2012 Brown Boards with Gilt titles to spine 240 x 160 mm approx. xvi 384 pp. 28 b/w unspecified illustrations incl 2 maps in text. The controversy over the failure of Darwin to acknowledge the theory which had already been propounded by others as to the "origin of species." VG/VG Book- mild bump to top rear corner no other notable defects and no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- Minor rubbing to extremities. Non price clipped cover £25. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No notable defects to book or jacket Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. BLOOMSBURY hardcover
Bookseller reference : 124754 ISBN : 1408809087 9781408809082
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STOTT , Andrew McDonnell , Award Winning Comedy Specialist & Associate Professor of English
THE PANTOMIME LIFE of JOSEPH GRIMALDI Laughter Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian 1778 - 1837
London : Canongate Books Ltd 2009 FINE H/b in Near Fine D/j.1st ed.1st print.Thick format 433pp.Winner of the first Prize Royal Soc.Literature Jerwood Non-Fiction Awards 2007 The son of a deranged italian immigrant Joseph Grimaldi 1778 - 1837 was the most celebrated English Clowns. 29 illus. most in Colour & some b/w plates black cloth gilt titles illus. end papers in line.No inscsp Dust Jacket not price clippedlight shelf-wear edge-wear col/rub/loss. Bright & clean. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Canongate Books Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 123109 ISBN : 1847672957 9781847672957
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ELIOT, George
Romola
New York: Grosset & Dunlap n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering pictorial dust jacket. vii 550pp 2pp ads. Frontispiece 7 full-page illustrations. Very good/fair. Faintest of binding edgewear with endpapers mildly age toned from jacket contact; jacket edgeworn and edge chipped mainly along spine but complete and overall fairly attractive. A tight attractive photoplay edition touts front jacket panel "Illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay Produced by Inspiration Pictures Inc. Charles H. Duell Jr. President" featuring scenes from the 1924 Henry King silent film version starring the Gish sisters Ronald Coleman and William Powell -- and fetching jacket front panel art a provocative portrait of Lillian Gish. Best of all the front flyleaf bears a lovely autograph addition: A 2 3/4" X 2" heavy stock card is tipped in bearing a bold "In remembrance -- / Lillian Gish" in black fineline. Gish 1896-1993 was nicknamed "The First Lady of the Silent Screen" and her vast number of films ranged from silent classics such as "Birth of a Nation" 1915 to made-for-television dramas such as "The Whales of August" 1987. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42755
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DEFOE, Daniel
The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner
New York: The Heritage Press 1958. Hardcover. Introduction by J. Cuthbert Hadden. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Cream cloth with blue spine lettering and blind-embossed front board graphic slipcase. x 299pp. Color frontispiece numerous color illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor slipcase wear. Tight clean handsome copy of this smaller mass-produced version of the Limited Editions Club publication -- known as the "poor man's LEC." Appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. The Heritage Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42866
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
New York: The Heritage Press 1952. Hardcover. Introduction by John Mason Brown. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Tan cloth with red lettering and red marbled paper over boards slipcase. xvi 123pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight handsome "Poor Man's LEC" edition with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. The Heritage Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42865
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FORD, Ford Madox
A Little Less Than Gods
New York: The Viking Press 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. x 361pp. Very good. Spine all-too-typically lightly sunned; nifty Chicago-theme contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and nice first edition of this Napoleonic fiction. The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42901
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CARY, Joyce
An American Visitor
New York: Harper & Brothers 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 247pp. Near fine/very good. Light jacket edgewear. A tight and nice early printing of the Irish novelist's second book first published in 1933. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42550
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ADDISON, Joseph, STEELE, Richard, and BUDGELL, Eustace
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers
New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Hardcover. Illustrations by Gordon Ross. Prefatory notes by W.M. Thackeray. Small 4to. Deep burgundy cloth with gilt lettering decorative paper over boards slipcase. xxviii 198pp. Color frontispiece 10 full-page color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear and rubbing. A pristine and tight copy of this reprint edition the "poor man's Limited Editions Club" reprint. These essays about a humorous English squire during the reign of Queen Anne first appeared in "The Spectator" in 1711-12. The Heritage Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42345
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YORKE, Susan
Agency House Malaya: The Girl in the Cheongsam
New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with orange and lavender spine lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 242pp. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn with spine slightly age toned; text block typically age toned with light foxing to pastedowns. A tight and nice first edition of this novel involving Chinese orphans and set in Kuala Lampur Malaysia. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42326
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BUNYAN, John
The Pilgrim's Progress
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth over bevelled boards with elaborate black lettering decorations and pictorial stamping. 431pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear with outer page edges a bit spotted. Undated but a tight and attractive 1880-ish edition of the 1678 religious allegory. Ex-Bryan Memorial Hospital Library with that name lightly inkstamped several places and NO spine marking. American Baptist Publication Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42192
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HUDSON WH. W. H.
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1943. Hardcover. Foreword by John Galsworthy. Illustrations by Horacio Butler. Small 4to. Brick cloth with gilt and blue lettering and decorations pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi 231pp. Full-page color plates line drawings pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. Tight attractive reprint edition of this 1904 classic first published in the U.S. by Knopf in 1916. Superb and clean with lovely color plates. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42179
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SCOTT, Walter
Quentin Durward -- Ivanhoe -- Kenilworth
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. v 1138pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. A tight most attractive later printing undated but jacket and binding suggest late 1940s of Modern Library Giant #G12 first published in 1933. A handsome copy of these to cite front jacket panel "Three Novels Complete in One Volume" -- uncommon in such lovely condition. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41967
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READE, Charles
The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering dust jacket. 913pp 7pp ads. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight attractive copy of #62 first published 1937 and here undated though binding and jacket dates it to 1944-45. A lovely copy. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41966
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STRACHEY, Lytton
Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning Dr. Arnold Florence Nightingale General Gordon
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering dust jacket. xi 342pp 5pp ads. Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight attractive later printing of #212 the British writer's longest novel first published in this form in 1933 and here undated though binding and .95 jacket price suggest late 1930s/early 1940s. Ownership signature on front flyleaf of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir 1923-2013; second ownership signature on front pastedown. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42022
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NASHE, Thomas
Songs from the Dramatists
Norwich: Martin Kinder 1929. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan paper over boards dust jacket. 18pp. Frontispiece woodcut. Near fine/very good. Jacket age toned about the edges with several tiny edge chips; front and rear flyleaf qiote age toned as always. A tight lovely copy of this slim verse gathering from the prolific pamphleteering poet and playwright 1567-1601. Limited to 250 numbered copies this #206. Martin Kinder hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40626
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FIELDING, Henry
The History of Tom Jones A Foundling
Norfolk CT: The Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Full burgundy calf with gilt spine lettering and decorations raised bands. xvii 780pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece illustrations sewn-in red satin page marker salmon silk moire endpapers. Near fine. Tight handsome "Collector's Edition" from this publisher's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series -- and this copy with nice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed by Louis Kronenberger in blue ballpoint and dated by him 7 April 1973. Fine. Kronenberger 1904-80 who penned this edition's introduction was "Time" magazine's noted drama critic from 1938 to 1961 as well as a noted novelist. Kronenberger's original transmittal envelope also laid in -- the perfect bookmark!. The Easton Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40708
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JOYCE, James
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. 12mo. Grey cloth price-clipped dust jacket. xii 299pp 6pp ads. Decorative endpapers. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn with numerous edge chips -- but complete and fairly attractive nonetheless. A tight and attractive later ca. late '40s/early '50s printing of #145 first issued in this form in 1928. Ownership signature on front flyleaf of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir 1923-2013 with occasional pencilled margin notes by him and with three 4" X 6" lined index cards laid in filled with his pencilled notes possibly for one of his many published book reviews. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40140
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BUTLER, Samuel
The Way of All Flesh
New York: Boni and Liveright n.y. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. 411pp. Pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear. A tight and nice early printing this binding style in use from 1919 to 1925 of Modern Library #13 -- first published in this form in 1917. Boni and Liveright hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40159
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ELIOT, George
The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede The Mill on the Floss Silas Marner Romola
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 1350pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A wonderfully tight and bright undated early printing of number 51 in the "Modern Library Giant" series first published 1940. According to Toledano this rear jacket panel was only in use through 1940 the year this volume was first published though this copy does not bear the usual Modern Library copyright page first edition statement. Uncommon in such a lovely jacket in any case. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40223
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SHAW, George Bernard
Four Plays by Bernard Shaw: Candida Caesar and Cleopatra Pygmalion Heartbreak House
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. xii 473pp 8pp ads. Grey patterned endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn. Tight and quite nice later undated but ca. 1957 printing of #19 first published in this form in 1953. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40243
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SHAW, George Bernard
Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan Major Barbara Androcles and the Lion
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 479pp 9pp ads. Grey patterned endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight attractive later printing undated but ca. 1962 of #294 first published in this form in 1956. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40273
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SHAKESPEARE, William
The Tragedies of Shakespeare: Volume Two
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 583-1266pp 8pp ads. Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear with tiny chips at head and tail of spines. A tight and attractive copy of #3 the second volume only of this 2-volume set this edition first published in 1959 and this undated early printing ca. 1960 given binding and jacket style. Includes "Hamlet" "King Lear" "Othello" "Antony and Cleopatra" "Cymbeline" and "Pericles. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40272
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Vicar of Wakefield
London: John C. Nimmo 1886. Hardcover. Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. Illustrations by V.A. Poirson. Small 4to. Fall polished green calf with gilt rules compartments gilt spine lettering and decorations inner dentelles. xvi 291pp 23pp ads. All edges gilt. Numerous small color illustrations marbled endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly sunned to a golden color; hinges a tad delicate but holding. First of this illustrated edition. Superb copy of this scarce lovingly illustrated edition -- custom bound with the original brown decorated cloth spine and cloth front and rear panels bound in at rear. John C. Nimmo hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40309
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
The Collected Poems of D.H. Lawrence
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1929. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 232pp 304pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; rear endpaper a bit age toned. A tight and attractive first edition of this poetry pair the first volume subtitled "Rhyming Poems" and the second volume "Unrhyming Poems." The most discreet of ex-library with no markings save small number at foot of each spine. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39940
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WALPOLE, Hugh
Jeremy and Hamlet
New York: George H. Doran Company 1923. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering dust jacket. 305pp. Very good/good. Spine lettering rubbed else tight clean and attractive nice; jacket quite rubbed and edgeworn with 2¼" chip at head of spine and discreet archival strengthening on verso thus complete and overall rather nice. A tight and nice first U.S. edition of Walpole's second "Jeremy" title. George H. Doran Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39869
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CROFTON, Algernon
The Goat's Hoof
New York: Covici Friede 1928. Hardcover. Illustrations by Donald Denton. Small 8vo. Blue cloth. 246pp. Frontispiece line drawings. Very good. A tight and nice second printing of this "guide for husbands wives and lovers" so subtitled on the jacket front panel which is laid in loose by this little-known British author. Racy stuff in its day with edge illustrations to match -- though seemingly tame today. Covici, Friede hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39891
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HARDY, Thomas
The Return of the Native
New York: Pocket Books n.y. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown leatherette spine with gilt lettering and decorations and brown floral paper over boards. 463pp 2pp. Matching floral endpapers. Near fine. Wonderfully tight handsome edition a volume in the "Collector's Editions" imprint that Pocket Books marketed as "Fine Books for Everyman-With-A-Dollar" -- undated but circa 1950s. Pocket Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39761
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SCOTT, Walter
Redgauntlet: A Tale of the 18th Century. / The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders. / The Highland Widow: Chronicles of the Canongate
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1867. Hardcover. 16mo. Quarter burgundy calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations and marbled paper over boards. 344pp; xvi 368pp. Marbled endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and bit of rubbing; some age toning to preliminary leaves only. Tight handsome and thick little volume containing three of the numerous Waverley Novels. Though not so marked this was custom bound for the library of Wisconsin civic leader James M. Lynch died 1882 who served as chief clerk at the Adjutant General's Office during the Civil War and was appointed quartermaster general in 1865. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39635
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WALPOLE, Hugh
The Fortress
New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering and pictorial stamping pictorial dust jacket. viii 584pp. Foldout genealogical chart at rear. Very good/very good. Endpapers a tad age toned; mild jacket edgewear. Wonderfully tight and attractive first edition of this fiction that follows the Herries family of London from the time of Waterloo through Queen Victoria's later years. Designer Edward A. Wilson's partly-colored jacket is quite striking. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39670
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