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Chippindale, Christopher
Stonehenge Complete: Everything Important Interesting or Odd That Has Been Written or Painted Discovered or Imagined About the Most Extraordinary Ancient Building in the World
Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slight shelf wear minor thumbing mark to front cover otherwise nearly as issued with square binding showing slight wrinkle but no stress creasing clean and unmarked interior. 296 pp. 243 illus. Cornell University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 046840 ISBN : 0801494516 9780801494512
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Wells, H. G.
The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind Vols. I II III IV - Complete in 4 Volumes
New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. 1922. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in four 4 volumes uniformly bound in green cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. 4th ed. revised 1925 ptgs. All 4 volumes show uniformly minor rubbing to spine extremities with text block edges typically somewhat dulled by age. Firm bindings clean interiors. 1395 pp. continuously paginated illus. w/ maps b&w plates. Nicely preserved set. P. F. Collier & Son Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046632
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d'Ars, Yvonne de Bremond
C'est arrive en plein Paris Le Journal d'une Antiquaire v2
Paris France: Hachette 1963. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth lettered in red. Both covers show modest foxing with some foxing also along top text block edge and just a bit along fore-edge otherwise nearly as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows a slight bit of shelf wear essentially as issued. 222 pp. Text in French. Later ptg. same format as 1st edition. Hachette Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046223
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Hamilton-Williams, David; The Marquess of Anglesey (fwd.)
Waterloo: New Perspectives - The Great Battle Reappraised
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Minor shelf wear a bit of surface rubbing to covers. Square uncreased binding clean interior beyond inked date and former owner's embossed stamp on upper half-title inside front cover. 416 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. John Wiley & Sons Paperback
Bookseller reference : 046301 ISBN : 0471145718 9780471145714
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Peters, Christian
Mannheim 1945-49: Der Anfang nach dem Ende
Mannheim Germany: Edition Quadrat 1986. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff white wraps lettered in black and red. Slight shelf/handling wear. Square uncreased binding clean and unmarked interior. Text in German. 183 pp. illus. Edition Quadrat Paperback
Bookseller reference : 046464 ISBN : 3923003307 9783923003303
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Freigang, Christian; Rolf Toman (editor); Achim Bednorz (photographs); Paul Fletcher, Debra Nicol, Brian Malley, Susan Kunze, Cl
Provence: Art Architecture Landscape
Konemann 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Moss green paper covered boards spine panel lettered in red. 2nd ptg. of first English-language edition. Gift inscription inked on front flyleaf otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued now in mylar. 400 pp. illus. in color throughout. Konemann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046212 ISBN : 3833114606 9783833114601
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Laws, Bill; John Ferro Sims (photographs)
Traditional Houses of Rural France Traditional Houses Series
London: Collins and Brown 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps oblong format. 160 pp. illus. w/ color photographs. Very slight bump to top rear corner essentially as issued. Collins and Brown Paperback
Bookseller reference : 046209 ISBN : 1855851512 9781855851511
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McCalman, Iain
The Last Alchemist: Count Cagliostro Master of Magic in the Age of Reason
New York: HarperCollins 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ivory faux-vellum and rust paper covered boards spine panel lettered in gold foil. Remainder mark to bottom text block edge slight moisture contact evident along fore-edge of rear flyleaf only otherwise new as issued. Dust jacket as issued now in mylar. 1st ptg. complete number line. xii272 pp. HarperCollins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045298 ISBN : 0060006900 9780060006907
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Farrar, Milman, Stanley and Others (Deans)
Westminster Abbey and The Cathedrals of England . . .With Views of the Cathedrals and Portraits of the Dignitaries
Philadelphia PA: John C. Winston Co. 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Burgundy cloth lettered/decorated in gilt. Cloth is somewhat darkened toward edges and along spine panel with a few minor surface marks rubbed corners and spine extremities. Endpapers foxed interior clean binding firm. 215 pp. many b&w plates. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045357
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Lauffer, Prof. Dr. Otto; Julius Hollos (photographs)
Die Hasestadte in Farbenphotographie: Bremen Deutschland in Farbenphotographie Band XII: Die Hansestadte
Berlin Germany: Verlagsanstalt fur Farbenphotographie/Carl Weller 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Tan natural linen lettered bordered and decorated in gilt red silver and black. Minor rubbing to corners minor fraying to spine extremities. Circular black ink stain approx. 1" along lower front joint. Firm binding clean interior other than mild foxing/toning to endpapers. 52 pp. illus. w/ 23 color photographs in text 28 tipped-in color plates on black cardstock mounts at rear the latter with tissue guards. Deutschland in Farbenphotographie Band XII: Die Hansestadte. Approx. 14 1/2" x 10 3/4". Verlagsanstalt fur Farbenphotographie/Carl Weller Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045383
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von Eckardt, Wolf, and Sander L. Gilman
Bertolt Brecht's Berlin: A Scrapbook of the Twenties
Garden City NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps oblong format. Minor rubbing to edges crease to bottom back cover corner. Firm square binding clean and unmarked interior. xix170 pp. illus. Anchor Press/Doubleday Paperback
Bookseller reference : 045382 ISBN : 0385123639 9780385123631
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Harrie, Henry [H. E. D. Harris]; G. A. Hayes-McCoy (fwd.)
The Irish Regiments in the First World War
Cork Ireland: The Mercier Press 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards spine panel lettered in silver foil. As issued. Green pictorial dust jacket shows mild surface rubbing a bit of wear at corners and spine extremities price-clipped front flap now in mylar. 1st ed. xii230 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. The Mercier Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045592 ISBN : 0853420726 9780853420729
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de Colange, Leo
The Heart of Europe From the Rhine to the Danube: A Series of Striking and Interesting Views
Boston MA: Estes and Lauriat 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Scarce brown pebbled cloth variant also issued in green with no apparent priority lettered/illus. in gilt and black text block edged in gilt. Several areas of minor loss to cloth in both joints binding gutters otherwise minor rubbing to spine extremities and corners with mild exposure to bottom front corner. Firm binding. Clean interior beyond former owner's address inscription on upper front flyleaf. 143 pp. illus. w/ reproduced engravings both full-page and in text. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045634
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Koenig, Hobert
Deutsche Litteraturgeschichte . . . Mit 43 zum teil farbigen Beilagen und 263 Abbildungen im Text
Bielefeld and Leipzig Germany: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing 1886. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated 18th edition: 1886. One-volume edition bound in original full brown leather elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt brown and black text block edges stained red. Notably well-preserved copy with slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities. viii840 pp. well-illus. w/ 43 color plates some folding 263 illus. in text all present and fully intact. Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 045112
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Grehan, Ida; Desmond FitzGerald, Knight of Glin (fwd.)
Irish Family Histories
Boulder CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff black color illus. wraps. Binding is a bit cocked firm and uncreased mild handling wear. Clean unmarked interior. xxiv264 pp. illus. Roberts Rinehart Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 044764 ISBN : 1570980411 9781570980411
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Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron; Richard Nice (transl.)
The Inheritors: French Students and Their Relations to Culture - With a New Epilogue 1979
Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth lettered in gold foil. Former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf otherwise as issued. Red dust jacket shows light surface rubbing minor sunning to spine panel 3/4" area of loss with associated creasing along top rear edge now in mylar. x158 pp. University of Chicago Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 044347 ISBN : 0226067394 9780226067391
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Bavaria Sketch Book
Book. Near Fine. Unbound. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Die-cut portfolio w/ 24 post cards colored or tinted 3 larger plates all depicting scenes of life in Bavaria. Undated but probably ca. 1910 post cards are divided-back thus 1907 or later. Contents Fine outer portfolio mildly soiled/toned. unknown
Bookseller reference : 044545
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Sisa, Stephen
The Spirit of Hungary: A Panorama of Hungarian History and Culture Second Edition
Morristown NJ: Vista Books 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark green cloth lettered in gold foil. Stated second edition 5th ptg.: Oct. 1990. Slight surface rubbing at one point along each top and bottom edge where old mylar appears to have been anchored "discard" stamp on lower main title slight glue mark on lower rear flyleaf otherwise unmarked and essentially as issued. Dust jacket as issued now in mylar. x374 pp. b&w photographs maps. Vista Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 044199 ISBN : 0962842206 9780962842207
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Gibson, Katharine; Kalman Kubinyi (decorations)
The Goldsmith of Florence: A Book of Great Craftsmen
New York: Junior Literary Guild 1929. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gold-tan cloth elaborately illus. in dark red lettered in black decorated endpapers. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities a bit of glue residue to lower spine and joints. Front cover illus. shows some fading but still presents well. xv209 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Clean interior firm binding. Institutional book plate mounted inside front cover circulation tags removed from rear endpapers with some residue and discard stamp. Despite a few cosmetic issues better than typically found. Junior Literary Guild Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 044057
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Pettigrew, Jane
An Edwardian Childhood
Boston: Bulfinch Press-Little Brown and Co. 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Gray cloth-effect paper covered boards spine panel lettered in gold foil oblong format. Stated 1st North American edition. 160 pp. illus. in color b&w. Color illus. dust jacket as issued. Bulfinch Press-Little, Brown and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043695 ISBN : 0821219154 9780821219157
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Los Toros: Bullfighting
Spain: Indice 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps. Several stress creases along a binding which also shows a minor lean otherwise only light surface rubbing. 208 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs drawings. Text in English. Full-color reproduction of 1947 bullfighting poster laid in folded original to issue. Indice Paperback
Bookseller reference : 043710
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Leonard, Bill; Colin Dexter (fwd.)
The Oxford of Inspector Morse: Films - Locations - History
Oxford England: Location Guides 2004. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Gift inscription on front flyleaf otherwise as issued. 224 pp. illus. w/ color photos. Location Guides Paperback
Bookseller reference : 043884 ISBN : 0954767101 9780954767105
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Podlecki, Janusz
Wieliczka: A Royal Salt Mine
Cracow Poland: Karpaty 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Glossy red color pictorial boards. 48 pp. illus. w/ color photographs. A few slight spots on main title page along lower fore-edge otherwise as issued. Karpaty Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043856 ISBN : 8385204490 9788385204497
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Aldington, Richard
A Wreath for San Gemignano
New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1945. Book. Illus. by Netta Aldington. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown paper covered boards spine panel lettered in gold foil. No designation of printing on copyright page clearly a vintage issue but evidently not a first. 31 pp. illus. Essentially as issued. Illus. dust jacket is modestly soiled otherwise only slight wear now in mylar. Poetic homage to a Tuscan hill town destroyed in World War 2. Duell, Sloan and Pearce Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042795
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Dunning, R. W.
Arthur: The King in the West
New York: St. Martin's Press 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Gift inscription on front flyleaf otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows slight shelf wear nearly as issued. iii164 pp. illus. w/ color plates b&w illus. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042302 ISBN : 0312027222 9780312027223
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Paris As It Is: An Illustrated Souvenir of the French Metropolis
Paris France: Brentano's 1892. Book. VG-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brownish-burgundy 1/2 cloth brown cloth lettered/illus. in gilt and black oblong format. Cloth along front joint discolored unevenly with 3/4" mended tear cloth along spine panel sunned several mild spots to covers. Endpapers toned hinges mended and firm. Internal leaves are hinged with occasional light soiling. Illus. w/ photographic plates in grayscale green and sepia tints also drawings in text. 53 pp. text printed on both sides of a leaf plates printed on rectos only plus rear ads. Brentano's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042319
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Florescu, Radu, and Ion Miclea
Tezaure Transilvane la Kunsthistoriches Museum din Viena
Bucharest Romania: Editura Meridiane 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Art of Transylvania. Gold glazed cloth lettered in black. Minor top corner creasing to the final several leaves slight shelf wear. Red pictorial dust jacket shows sunned spine panel small bit of surface loss at heel of spine a bit of shelf wear now in mylar. Gift inscription on blank verso of front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. 104 pp. illus. w/ maps b&w drawings color plates. Text in Romanian with some text at rear in English. Editura Meridiane Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041934
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Helena Attlee; Alex Ramsay
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Provence The Most Beautiful Villages
New York: Thames & Hudson 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Lightly rubbed spine extremities with 1/2" tear at heel of rear joint mended. 208 pp. fully illus. w/ color photographs. Color pictorial dust jacket shows light surface wear to rear panel 1" closed tear at heel of rear joint now in mylar. Thames & Hudson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041951 ISBN : 0500510873 9780500510872
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Cerio, Edwin
The Masque of Capri
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1957. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Mld foxing along text block edges and slightly to endpapers and pages adjacent to a few of the internal plates otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows light edge wear with some rubbing to spine extremities now in mylar. x132 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs drawings. 1st ptg.: 1957. Thomas Nelson and Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042021
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Haythornthwaite, Philip J.
Napoleon's Military Machine
New York and Tunbridge Wells Kent England: Hippocrene Books/Spellmount Ltd. 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue cloth lettered in gold foil. Very slight handling use evident along text block fore-edge otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued now in mylar. 200 pp. illus. Hippocrene Books/Spellmount Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041249 ISBN : 0870525492 9780870525490
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Lynch, Bohun
The Italian Riviera: Its Scenery Customs and Food with Notes upon the Maritime Alps The Kit Bag Travel Books
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Co. 1928. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Olive green cloth lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear spine lettering a bit dulled. Firm binding clean interior. xiv271 pp. illus. w/ color frontis. b&w plates. Doubleday, Doran and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041348
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Lachouque, Henry; Anne S. K. Brown (transl.)
The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and his Guard - A Study in Leadership 2nd Revised Edition
Providence RI: Brown University Press 1962. Book. VG. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. 2nd revised edition: 1962. xviii564 pp. illus. w/ endpaper maps 173 plates some color rear folding map. Text block edges a bit toned by age and top edge foxed otherwise nearly as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows jagged area of loss to lower rear panel wrapping onto lower spine panel rubbed edges and corners rubbed flap folds now in mylar. Scarce early edition original Brown Univ. imprint. Brown University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041356
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Froude, James Anthony
Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of his Life 1795-1835 Two Volumes in One
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1882. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Mild shelf wear cloth with slight 1/8" tearing at head of spine slightly bumped top front corner. Firm binding intact hinges clean interior beyond former owner's signature on front flyleaf and minor dampstaining along bottom edge of the first several leaves. xxii353402 pp. rear ads new author's preface to American edition 1st thus from British plates. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041418
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Boyd, Rev. A. K. H. [Author of "The Recreations of a Country Parson"]
Leisure Hours in Town
Boston MA: Ticknor and Fields 1863. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth decorated in blind and spine panel lettered and top text block edged in gilt. Moderately rubbed covers spine lettering mostly faded some toning to text block edges. vi7-437 pp. frontis. engraving. Slight dampstaining in top margin of a few early and late leaves a minor cosmetic issue. Early printing: copyrighted 1862 this copy dated 1863 on lower main title. Decently preserved copy with minor faults. Ticknor and Fields Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041420
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Boyd, Rev. A. K. H. [Author of "The Recreations of a Country Parson"]
Leisure Hours in Town
Boston MA: Ticknor and Fields 1863. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth decorated in blind and spine panel lettered and top text block edged in gilt. Moderately rubbed covers spine lettering mostly faded some toning to text block edges. vi7-437 pp. frontis. engraving. Slight dampstaining in top margin of a few early and late leaves a minor cosmetic issue. Early printing: copyrighted 1862 this copy dated 1863 on lower main title. Decently preserved copy with minor faults. Ticknor and Fields Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041421
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Hone, William
The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information; Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners Times and Seasons Solemnities and Merry-Makings Antiquities and Novelties on the Plan of the Every-Day Book and Table Book. Spine Title: Hone's Popular Works and Everlasting Calender sic - Year Book 1841
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1841. Book. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green buckram lettered in gilt lightly marbled endpapers. 16442 pp. as numbered actually 822 pp. since pagination is by column rather than page text printed in double columns with 114 engravings. Binding is vintage but not original to issue likely early 20th century with buckram browned along spine panel and mildly toned toward cover edges. Firm binding clean interior slightly toned. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041490
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Kindersley, Edward Cockburn
The Very Joyous Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats Exploits Triumphs and Achievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach the Gentle Lord Bayard Chevalier Bayard sans peur et sans reproche
New York: Dodd Mead and Co. 1884. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray pebbled cloth elaborately illus. and lettered in dark blue red gold and black. Modest rubbing to corners and spine extremities light rubbing along joints and minor surface rubbing to lower spine light soiling. Text block edges toned by age. viii9-260 pp. illus. w/ full-page plates illus. in text. 1st edition no addt'l ptgs. indicated. Dodd, Mead and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041465
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Lang, Andrew, and John Lang
Highways and Byways in The Border
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1913. Book. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt top text block edge in gilt. Light shelf wear cloth slightly flecked on lower front cover. Text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. Lacks front flyleaf hinge firm and intact. xvi4404 pp. illus. rear folding map showing 1/2" closed tear along fore-edge. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041498
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Hone, William
The Every Day Book; or a Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular Amusements Sports Ceremonies Manners Customs and Events Incident to the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days in Past and Present Times Volume I Spine Title: Hone's Popular Works - Every Day Book Vol. I
London: William Tegg 1866. Book. Good-VG. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lerttered and decorated in gilt beveled edges. Volume I only of 2. 856 pp. illus. w/ 436 engravings. Rubbed and somewhat frayed at spine extremities. Back cover a bit warped showing a few minor indentations along edges and puckered cloth. Book plate mounted on upper front fixed endsheet. Dampstaining to the first several leaves and slightly along fore-edge through about p. 20 some waviness to paper to some late leaves with dampstaining to rear endpapers evidence of repair to rear hinge firm. William Tegg Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041491
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Ford, Robert
Children's Rhymes Children's Games Children's Songs Children's Stories: A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
Paisley: Alexander Gardner 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. HARDCOVER. Red cloth lettered in black on front cover and in gilt on spine panel. 2nd edition 1904 issued one year after 1903 first. Modest shelf wear spine panel a bit sunned text block edges a bit dulled by age mild soiling to cover cloth. Firm binding clean interior. 287 pp. Alexander Gardner Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041587
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Chambers, Robert
Popular Rhymes of Scotland New Edition
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers 1870. Book. Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark rust cloth bordered with front cover device and lettered in gilt. New Edition reprinting 3rd 1841 edition. Lacking lower 25% of spine panel with darkening to cloth along spine and soiling to portions of both covers thin strip of loss along head of spine rubbed corners. Firm binding clean interior though a bit toned by age. x11-402 pp. W. & R. Chambers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041603
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Lord, Albert Bates (editor)
Slavic Literature: A Symposium American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series Vol. 6
Philadelphia PA: American Folklore Society 1956. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff yellow wraps lettered in black. Mild shelf/handling wear covers lightly soiled. Firm binding clean interior. viii132 pp. Scarce. American Folklore Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041680
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Capa, Robert; Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma; Jose Guirao Cabrera; Cornell Capa; Juan Fusi P. Aizpurua; Richard Whelan; Catheri
Heart of Spain: Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War from the Collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
New York: Aperture 2005. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps oblong format. Slightly rubbed corners and a bit of surface rubbing to back cover otherwise nearly as issued. Square uncreased binding clean and unmarked interior. Top corner of front flyleaf shows ghost of price sticker removed. 201 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Aperture Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041116 ISBN : 1931788022 9781931788021
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Heck, Klaus
Before You Cast the Second Stone INSCRIBED
Dillsboro NC: Western North Carolina Press 1979. Book. VG. Soft cover. Signed Associational. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff illus. wraps. Mild handling wear a bit rubbed at top corners lightly creased along front joint. Inscribed on upper main title by Katchen Heck Fayzini of unknown relation to the author full signature personalized. iii134 pp. Western North Carolina Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041152 ISBN : 0915948052 9780915948055
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Howe, Maud
Sun and Shadow in Spain
Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1908. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark red cloth bordered lettered and illustrated in gilt deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. A lovely copy showing only slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities a few slight surface marks to back cover cloth. Firm binding clean interior. xiii411 pp. color frontis. b&w plates. 1st ed.: Nov. 1908. Gift-quality. Little, Brown and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040644
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Beaton, Cecil
Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Purple polished cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil top text block edge stained purple. Slight shelf wear mild toning/foxing to text block edges. xii13-165 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Yellow color illus. dust jacket shows light shelf wear a few small chips along top rear edge now in mylar. 1st edition preceding the American. Weidenfeld and Nicolson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040717
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Hare, Augustus J. C.
North-Eastern France
London: George Allen 1890. Book. VG-. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth horizontal orange stripes lettered and with front cover crest in gilt. Minor binding lean cloth frayed at head of spine mild surface rubbing to both covers. Lightly foxed text block edges interior clean. Firm binding. xiii5184 pp. hinged map illus. within text. George Allen Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040638
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Latour, Anny; Mervyn Savill (transl.)
Kings of Fashion
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Green cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Slight shelf wear text block edges a bit dulled by age light toning to endpapers. xi271 pp. Color illus. dust jacket shows light rubbing at corners and spine extremities with small chip of loss at head of spine mild toning to rear panel now in mylar. Weidenfeld and Nicolson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040764
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Medvedev, Roy, and Zhores Medvedev; Ellen Dahrendorf (transl.)
The Unknown Stalin: His Life Death and Legacy
Woodstock NY: Overlook Press 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Minor dampstaining along bottom edges of front endpapers and at heel of rear hinge light staining to text block fore-edge otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear now in mylar. 335 pp. illus. w/ b&w photos. Overlook Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040824 ISBN : 1585675024 9781585675029
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Cook, Theodore Andrea
Old Touraine: The Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France Vol. I II Complete in Original Gilt-Stamped Dust Jackets
New York: James Pott and Co. 1906. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in dark blue cloth variant front cover armorial shield and border in gilt spine panel lettered/decorated in gilt top text block edges in gilt. Original paper-backed cloth dust jackets show identical spine panel lettering/decoration. American edition printed from British plates. Both volumes very slightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities slight toning along hinges and to text block edges otherwise virtually as issued in dust jackets essentially as issued having been protected in clear acetate sleeves. v326 iii314 pp. illus. w/ multiple b&w plates. Virtually unimprovable. James Pott and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040763
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