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Johnson Gertrude E.
Dialects for Oral Interpretation
New York: Century Co. 1922. 308 pages light wear stains. Examination of dialects with examples. First Ed. Green Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Language Studies. Century Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007939
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Arts Nicolaas
Epilepsy through the ages an anthology of classic writingson epilepsy
Alphen: Van Zuiden 2001. pictures Van Zuiden unknown
Bookseller reference : 74325
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Albee Edward
Tiny Alice
Pocket 75120 75120 1966 1st thus. Mass market paperback Near fine. . Drama. Pocket 75120 paperback
Bookseller reference : 983964
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Kalter Joanmarie
Actors on Acting : Performing in Theatre & Film Today
New York: Sterling Publishing Co Inc 1979. Previous owner's neat name on ffep. Light foxing to upper and front page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to bottom of spine and lower front corner. No dust jacket. 256pp. A series of interviews with Lynn Redgrave Geraldine Page Estelle Parsons Imogene Coca Barnard Hughes Sam Waterston Stephanie Mills Laurence Luckin bill Bruce Dern and Rip Torn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 9.25 x 6 inches. Sterling Publishing Co Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004075 ISBN : 080697026X 9780806970264
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Lennon Frances
A Manchester Childhood : 'Down Our Way'
Frances Lennon Publications 2001. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Frances Lennon born in Manchester in 1912 has always been a prolific artist beginning drawing at the age of eight and in this her first book she brings to life the characters she saw in her childhood with their character humour shape and movement. Here she depicts a vision of Manchester in the 1920s and 1930s through the eyes of a child. Collectors of her work include Winston S Churchill and she was described by the Manchester Evening News as 'The next L.S. Lowry'. . First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Frances Lennon Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 004144 ISBN : 0954064208 9780954064204
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Bryk Felix
Dark Rapture The Sex Life of African Negro
New York: Walden Publication 1939. 65 pages a few small holes in the groove on the front and back pages browning mildly. First Edition. Black Cloth. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sexuality. Walden Publication Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007911
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Williamson Audrey
Contemporary Theatre 1953-1956
London: Rockliff Publishing Corporation 1956. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with nicks/rubs to edges and dusty rear. period. Particular attention is paid to the Bristol Old Vic and the Birmingham Repertory Company 195pp. This volume tells the story of the most memorable evenings in the English theatre over this 2-3 year . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Rockliff Publishing Corporation Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004062
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Extraits De La Chanson de Roland
Paris: Librairie Hachette 1917. 160 pages the end page has a tipped in signature by David Blondheim. There are notes in pencil on the endpages and throughout the book. Book is worn but here is a bio of Blondheim found online:David Simon Blondheim was born in Baltimore MD August 25 1884. He received his education at The Johns Hopkins University where he received the AB degree in 1906 and the Ph.D. in 1910. Thereafter he left to study in France first at the Sorbonne and later the Coll�ge de France the �cole des Hautes-�tudes and the �cole des Chartres. In 1926 he was awarded the Volney prize from the Acad�mie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres for his book Les Parlers Judeo- Romans et la Vetus latina 1925 the first American to receive the honor. He gained recognition as a French philologist and was regarded as the eminent specialist in his field in the United States. David Blondheim started his academic career at the University of Illinois as a language instructor. In 1917 he returned to Hopkins as an associate professor. In 1924 he was promoted to full professor in the French Department and a short time later he became a professor of Romance philology. David Blondheim specialized in medieval French and French linguistics and was particularly interested in the Jewish influences in Romance languages. David Blondheim died in Baltimore March 19 1934. . Reprint. Cloth Backstrip. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Philology. Librairie Hachette Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007893
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Gallagher Jock
Doris Archer's Diary : Selections from 21 Years of the Archers Scarce Hardback Edition
London: BBC 1971. Ex-library copy with usual internal marks and stamps. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. This is the rare hardback edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 7.75 x 4.75 inches. BBC Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002384 ISBN : 0563121181 9780563121183
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Gordon Jan
Modern French Painters
New York: Books for Libraries Press 1970. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with very slightly marked boards and light bumping to corners and top of spine. No dust jacket. 188pp. This is the reprint of a volume first published in 1923 so 'modern' means those artists who had produced work up to then. With 40 illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Books for Libraries Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002395 ISBN : 0836915739 9780836915730
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Lynx J J editor
The Film Fan's Bedside Book No 2
London: Co-ordination Press & Publicity Ltd 1949. Foxing to eps. No other inscriptions or marks. Clean pages firmly bound with a little bumping to corners and fading to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped with scuffing and marking and small pieces missing from spine ends and corners. 136pp. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Co-ordination (Press & Publicity) Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002204
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Speed F Maurice
Film Review 1947-1948
Macdonald and Co Ltd 1947. No inscriptions or marks to contents. A clean tight copy with dusty page edges very bright unmarked boards slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Small nick to two page edges. No dust jacket. 160pp. First feature article is by Bob Hope. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 10 x 7.5 inches. Macdonald and Co Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003689
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Maxwell Thomas
The Trek Universal Index
London: Boxtree 1994. No inscriptions or marks. Crease to front cover and first few pages none to spine. A clean tight copy with bright covers and no bumping to corners. 148pp. This is the first ever guide to the various alien races and the worlds they inhabit weaponry vessels space stations characters etc from the 30 year history of Star Trek. . Paperback. Very Good. 11 x 8.5 inches. Boxtree Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002227 ISBN : 185283398X 9781852833985
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Clayden Melanie J editor
Neighbours : Facts Features Interviews with Your Favourite TV Stars
London: Grandreams Ltd 1989. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards no bumping to corners and a few indents to covers. 61pp. . Hard Cover. Near Fine. 11.25 x 7.75 inches. Grandreams Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001977 ISBN : 0862276721 9780862276720
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Muir Kenneth and Wells Stanley
Aspects of Hamlet
Cambridge United Kingdom: Cambridge Univ Press 1980. No inscriptions or marks. Very light creasing to rear cover. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright covers and no bumping to corners. Small damp stain to upper front near spine no effect to any of pages or to rear cover. 109pp. This work brings together various authoritative articles by distinguished Shakespearean scholars along with black & white photographic plates from the RSC's files at the Shakespeare Centre Stratford-upon-Avon showing post-war productions of the play. The contributors include Clifford Leech Harold Jenkins RA Foakes Keith Brown Juliet McLaughlan Frank McCombie Ralph Berry Inga-Stina Ewbank and Nigel Alexander. . Paperback. Very Good. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003657 ISBN : 0521294002 9780521294003
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McCann Graham
Woody Allen : New Yorker
Cambridge United Kingdom: Polity Press 1991. Symbol on cover may be author's initialised signature. No other inscriptions or marks. Tiny creases to corners none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards no bumping to corners and general signs of handling. 267pp. This book captures the contradictory character of the comic star in a modern society. He is a gifted comedian who is a very serious person a movie buff who shuns Hollywood a celebrity who craves anonymity and a New York Jew who has universal appeal. . Paperback. Very Good. 9 x 6 inches. Polity Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003917 ISBN : 0745608906 9780745608907
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Drinkwater John
The Gentle Art of Theatre-Going
London: Ernest Benn 1929. No added inscriptions. Marking to a few pages and dusty page edges. No creasing to covers or to slightly faded spine. A tight copy with very slightly marked boards. No dust jacket. 228pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good . 7.75 x 5 inches. Ernest Benn Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002404
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Kashner Asm and MacNair Jennifer
The Bad and the Beautiful : a Chronicle of Hollywood in the Fifties
London: Time Warner 2002. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp copy. 380pp. . Paperback. Fine. 7.75 x 5 inches. Time Warner Paperback
Bookseller reference : 000521 ISBN : 0751530840 9780751530841
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Ducret Siegfried
Meissen Porcelain
Berne Switzerland: Hallwag 1969. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Very slight rubbing to top of spine and to rear edge near bottom of spine. 28pp. Orbis Pictus #13. The first European porcelains particularly that of Meissen in Germany are a product of the the Rococo period in the eighteenth century when life was free and easy especially for those of great wealth and this was reflected on these designs. . Hard Cover. Very Good . 7.5 x 4.75 inches. Hallwag Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002454
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Lloyd John
Spitting Image 2
London: Faber and Faber 1985. No inscriptions or marks. Very light creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. . Paperback. Very Good. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Faber and Faber Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002410 ISBN : 0571136702 9780571136704
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Shuldham Shaw Winifred
Cecil Sharp and English Folk Dances
Hall 1925. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. Not dated but ca. 1920s. Two tissue-guarded plates. 28pp. Pull-out map at rear showing 'most direct ways to the Site' just south of Hampstead in perfect condition. Binding is with a blue silk string and is in perfect condition. . Paperback. Very Good . 6 x 9 inches. Hall Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002406
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Buckman Peter
Let's Dance : Social Ballroom & Folk Dancing
London: Paddington Press 1978. Minor marks to eps no other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with light creasing near spine. 288pp. Here is the story in prose and more than three hundred pictures of dancing from its earliest beginnings to the present day. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.25 x 7 inches. Paddington Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002224 ISBN : 0709200463 9780709200468
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Lynx JJ editor
The Film Fan's Bedside Book No 2
London: Co-ordination Press & Publicity Ltd 1949. Foxing/tanning to eps. No other inscriptions or marks. Crease down rear cover. Very clean very tight pages with lightly marked boards and bumping to upper front corner. 136pp. . Hard Cover. Good. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Co-ordination (Press & Publicity) Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003234
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Law Roger
Still Spitting at Sixty : From the 60's to My Sixties A Sort of Autobiography
London: Harper Collins 2005. No marks or inscriptions. A clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight creasing to lower edge. 293pp. The autobiography of one half of the duo Fluck & Law who produced the incredibly successful Spitting Image the television satire show in the 1980s on British television which lampooned the Thatcher government and much else so very well. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good . 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Harper Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001915 ISBN : 0007181663 9780007181667
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Cooke Alistair
The Americans : Fifty Letters from America on Our Life and Times
London: The Bodley Head 1979. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with small tear to front dust flap. 323pp. This third published selection of Alistair Cooke's 'Letters From America' begins with Richard Nixon entering the White House and ends with the thought that politicians intend to bring in Utopia but have like the rest of us in the meantime to do something about inflation garbage strikes the latest African dictator and 'the day-to-day duties. grumbles and chores of life'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. The Bodley Head Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002540 ISBN : 0370301633 9780370301631
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Gross Edward editor
The Making of the Trek Films revised
London: Boxtree 1995. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 172pp. This book takes us on a guided tour through the history of the Enterprise's cinematic voyages. From the first feature film 1979's The Motion Picture through to the 1994 Next Generation debut Generations every Trek film is covered in the greatest depth. With black & white photographs. . Paperback. Very Good . 11 x 8.5 inches. Boxtree Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002441 ISBN : 0752209736 9780752209739
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Elkin Sheila editor
4th Dimension : Second Book
London: BBC 1974. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with bright unmarked covers no bumping to corners and small bump to top of spine. 76pp. Annual format based on the Radio 4 science and natural history for children programme called 4th Dimension. Hard Cover. Very Good . 11 x 8 inches. BBC Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002233 ISBN : 0563126647 9780563126645
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Hill Adrian
The Beginner's Book of Watercolour Painting
Blandford Press 1963. No marks or inscriptions. Clean boards with no bumping to corners. A clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped with minor tear to top edge. Top of jacket spine well rubbed/chipped. 78pp. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. 8.75 x 6 inches. Blandford Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001156
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Centre International de Formation en Arts du Spectacle Salkin Delphine
Jorge Lavelli maitre de stage
Lansman 1999. Book. As New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. In-8 broch� Comme Neuf. Lansman Paperback
Bookseller reference : 6791 ISBN : 2872822569 9782872822560
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American Institute of Graphic Arts
Graphic Design USA14 The Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts
Watson-Guptill Pubns 1993. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. In-4 reli� jaquette Bon Etat stamps. Watson-Guptill Pubns Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00836 ISBN : 082306297X 9780823062973
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Haar D. Ter
Elements of Hamiltonian Mechanics
Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company 1961. 191 pages stained on front board. . First Ed. Red Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Mathematics. North Holland Publishing Company
Bookseller reference : 00007776
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Schofield William Henry
Symbolism Allegory and Autobiography in the Pearl
Modern Language Association of America 1909. 91 pages "Reprinted from the Publications of the Modern language association of America XXIV 4." cover backstrip missing covers loose but could be mended. . Paper. Good. Comparative Literature. Modern Language Association of America Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007756
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Mason Lawrence
Genesis A: Translated From The Old English
New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1915. 61 pages with 4 pages of Yale Studies in English. This is the original copy not a reprint. The cover has been repaired. First Ed. Paper. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Old English Studies. Henry Holt & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007766
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Stetson R. H.
Bases of Phonology
Oberlin Ohio: Oberlin College 1945. 112 pages. First Ed. Paper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Phonology. Oberlin College Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007755
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Meiklejohn J. M. D.
A Brief History of the English Language and Literature
Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. 1892. Volume 2 pages 271- 461 a few jotted notes boards rubbed previous owner's signature on front end page. Also included with this book is Meiklejohn's History of the English Language by the same publisher American Edition revised limp green boards which are quite stained no date. Later Printing. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. D. C. Heath & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007732
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Whately Richard D. D.
English Synonyms Discriminated
Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard 179 pages title page loose with a bit of damage to edges. Cloth clean. New Edition. Green Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Philology. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007635
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Hall James E. And Marion B. Smith
Trigonometric Functions: Applications
Menlo Park California: Cummings Publishing 1979. 100 pages No. V of Algebra and Trigonometry modules. Paper. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Mathematics. Cummings Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007641 ISBN : 0846526549 9780846526544
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Stall Sylvanus
What a Young Boy Ought to Know
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1936. 191 pages dust jacket missing a few pieces tears. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sexuality. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007630
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Lady's Bazaar & Fancy Fair Book
London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 384 pages missing the front board; the book begins with the title page. Nonetheless this book has some great information; instructions for making articles in embroidery cane work crochet knitting netting tatting rustic-work and cone work also directions for making skeleton leaves phantom bouquets and for painting on ivory china white wood tapestry and terra cotta. 400 engravings. First Ed. Decorative Cloth. Poor. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Victorian Past Times. Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007661
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Optometrist's Manual A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Optometry Vol. II
Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Co. 1921. 405 pages previous owner's signature on front free end page. First Ed. Blue Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Optometry. Keystone Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007674
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Woodard C. M.
A Word List from Virginia and North Carolina
Greensboro North Carolina: American Dialect Society 1946. 46 pages pages browning mildly. First Ed. Paper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. American Dialect Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007707
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Publication of the American Dialect Society Number 39 April 1963
University Alabama: University of Alabama Press 1963. 27 pages. First Ed. Paper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. University of Alabama Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007527
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Word Lists from the South Number 2
University of North Carolina: American Dialect Society 1944. 72 pages a few pencil marks. Interesting material and scarce. First Ed. Paper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. American Dialect Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007529
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Ichikawa Sanki
Geoffrey Chaucer
Tokyo: Kenkyusha 1936. 193 pages blue boards sunned bowed front hinge detached although the binding is holding. Japanese language illustrated. First Ed. Blue Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Old English Studies. Kenkyusha Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007525
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Scorsese Martin
GANGS OF NEW YORK: Making the Movie
New York New York U.S.A.: Miramax Books/Hyperion 2002. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Original Wraps. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Includes interviews with Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio; Daniel Day-Lewis; Cameron Diaz and other principals involved in the making of the film: the cinematographers designers screenwriters and producers; the complete shooting script; a historical introduction by writer Luc Sante the film's technical advisor; sketches of the lavish sets and costumes and a portfolio of behind-the-scenes photographs by Brigitte Lacombe. This is the inside look at how an epic film envisioned by its director for twenty-five years finally got made. As new in stiff pictorial wraps as issued without dust jacket. NF23 <br/> <br/> Miramax Books/Hyperion paperback
Bookseller reference : 11796 ISBN : 0786868937 9780786868933
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Taciti Opera
Boston: Wells et Lilly 1817. 158 pages 140 page index tom III. The book is disbound with the first three pages loose; the foldout Caesar Genealogie stemma caesarum chart is rather tattered. Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Opera. Wells et Lilly Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007495
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Long Percy W.
Dialect Notes Vol. VI Part I
New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse and Taylor Co. 1928. 64 pages inch water stain along top of entire book some of the pages have the corners folded paper backstrip worn although the binding is secure. Three essays: "Odd Terms in a Writer of Letters" by R. W. Coues "The Use of the Personal Gender for Inanimate Things" by T. Hilding Svartengren and "Verbal Modesty in the Ozarks" by Vance Randolph. Very scarce. First Ed. Paper. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 00007507
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Coleridge Herbert
A Glossarial Index to the Printed English Literature of the Thirteenth Century
London: Trubner & Co. 1859. The book is disbound missing backstrip missing; the book had originally been bound by Westly's in London according to a small sticker 103 pages but also in this binding is "A Catalogue of Books On Philogy American Antiquities Indians and Languages published during the last forty years in the United States of America and constantly on sale by Trubner and co. January 1958 26 pages. This little catalogue is smaller than the book proper. First Ed. Blindstamped Cloth. Poor. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Philology. Trubner & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007351
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Brooks Kenneth R.
Andreas and the Fates of the Apostles
Oxford at the Clarendonb Press: Oxford 1961. 184 pages dust jacket shows soiling and tears. First Ed. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Literary Criticism. Oxford Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007397
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European Conference on Rural Life
Geneva: League of Nations 1939. 84 pages details rural Dietaries in Europe specifically a report on bread prepared under the auspices of the health committee. Here is the contents: General features Deficiency Disease methods of improving rural dietaries studies of rural dietary surveys in rural areas in: Belgium Bulgaria finland hungary latvia netherlands norway roumania sweden yugoslavia Annex: Report on Bread. The paper bound booklet has been rebound in cardboard by the Indiana University Library. Usual library marks pockets. First Ed. Rebound Library Binding. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dietary. League of Nations Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00007423
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