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195428p. + Plus frontis. Full page black line drawings printed on lime green blocks. Title page with border printed in black on a lime green block. Light pink endpapers. Strathmore Paper Company label detailing stock used. 8vo. Original full red paper binding with covers silver flaked. Front cover decorated with a white rose and a blue edging. Limited number of this Christmas edition was printed for the friends of Aldus Printers. Nice copy. Very scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
4to, 92pp., of typescript, with numerous additions added in the author's hand (either in the text or on inserted leaves), frontispiece and 1 plate, orig. cloth. As far as we can ascertain this has never been published.
1993ref. 003255Scribner 1993 Award winning writer the author of 'All Set About With Fever Trees'. Clean and tight copy in a price clipped but otherwise excellent jacket. This copy has the peculiar distinction of two signatures by the author. The first is signed on the title page and the printed name cancelled. But this is also signed above the title with a dedication 'For Mary - with warm wishes - Pam Durban 12 November 1993 Atlanta Georgia'. First world and US edition first printing. The jacket has been price clipped hence 'VG' grading. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Scribner hardcover
1929pp. xvi, 367. Delicate copperplate engravings on title page and headpieces of introduction and colophon by Stephen Gooden. Printed under the supervision of Francis Meynell. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine, browned. Original marbled board slip case, worn. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 15 of only 1550 copies. Includes short bibliographical notes on the Translators. Very nice copy. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant and Special Commissioner. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, best known for 'A Cross in Flanders.' **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W43
1998ref. 003977Faber & Faber 1998 Superb unread looking paperback original. This is the world first edition that went on to inspire the Oscar Winning film. Great rare copy! 0.0 0.0 0.0. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Faber & Faber paperback
1952pp. xvii, 208 + Plus frontis and full page plates. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, 10-16-52. Insert of the Folio Vol. 5, No. 6, July-Aug. 1952. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Hardbound. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W74
196157p. 8vo. Original full paper covered boards. Original priced dust jacket, inside flaps clipped. Dust jacket slightly soiled. Hardbound. First Printing. POETRY BOX 2
191633p. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Uncut and partially unopened. Foxed. Pencil underlinings. Tall 12mo. Original full paper binding. Original spine and front cover paper labels. Binding stained. Hardbound. Twelfth edition. Limited Edition of only 950 copies. PRESS/W39
1937Above-average but not excessive wear externally. Top inch of backstrip missing. Presentation plate on back of half-title page else unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate soiling to contents. A sound copy of the first printing. Book
1999ref. ABE-1114246944Phoenix House London 1999 RARER THAN THE AMERICAN EDITION especially so as a SIGNED copy. Hardcover first British printing. Book Condition is New. Dust Jacket Condition is New. UNREAD 1ST BRITISH EDITION hardback book dustjacket in brodart cover. STEVEN MILLHAUSER was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "MARTIN DRESSER". He has signed this on the title page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Phoenix House London hardcover
193630p. Designed by Frederic Warde. Penciled marks on rear endpapers. Bookseller's label. Thin 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Limited edition of only 400 copies. Nice copy. PRESS/W32
191232p. Bookplate of J. M. Bundscho Typographers. Bookseller's label. Uncut and unopened. Tall thin 8vo. Original cloth over paper boards with original paper spine label. Extremities very slightly worn. Limited Edition of only 300 copies. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
1902ref. 56590London 1902. 14 x 13-1/2 printed in colors blue purple brown yellow & green. The text and portrait of the King and Queen Alexandra are in blue inside a multi-colored floral border. Some wrinkled at the folds other wise fine. A remarkable survival. Fragile. "On the occasion of the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's on Sunday their Majesties will drive along Victoria Street the Embankment and Ludgate Hill returning by Holborn Street Oxford Street Hyde Park and Constitution Hill. unknown books
1902ref. 56590London 1902. 14 x 13-1/2 printed in colors blue purple brown yellow & green. The text and portrait of the King and Queen Alexandra are in blue inside a multi-colored floral border. Some wrinkled at the folds other wise fine. A remarkable survival. Fragile. "On the occasion of the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's on Sunday their Majesties will drive along Victoria Street the Embankment and Ludgate Hill returning by Holborn Street Oxford Street Hyde Park and Constitution Hill. unknown
1942ref. 308109Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau 1942. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.494 in original binder Government Printing Bureau hardcover
2008ref. ABE-3672564382Chatto & Windus 2008 A perfect first printing of the UK hard back in a perfect as new protected jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1909pp. xii, 126. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper. Marbled paste downs and endpapers. 8vo. Full red leather binding, embossed in gold and blind showing a star studded sky. Raised bands. Bound by W. Spawn, Phila. Binding scuffed with slight loss. Hardbound. Old World Series. Seventh Edition. Limited Edition of only 925 copies. Nice example. Bishop 181.7. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W39
1915pp. xxvii, 72 + Portrait frontis printed on Japan vellum. Title page printed in red and black. Text decorated with large red initials. Uncut and partially unopened. Japan vellum endpapers with facsimile of the front wrapper of the first edition (1880). Printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper. Inked ownership of Carlton Potter Small. Folio. Original Japan vellum spine and corners over blue paper boards, deeply gold lettered. Original gold lettered spine label. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 250 copies. Beautiful copy of one of Mosher's finest productions. Mosher himself considered it one of his best productions. Bishop 183. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W39
208pp., frontis., 35 engraved plates, orig. cloth, spine slightly defective, small tears to hinges, gilt. Each subject covered is accompanied by an engraved plate, including the bookbinding, the printer, alum-works, coal mines, boiler-making, whale fishing, etc.
1962ref. 48382Brooklyn, New York. (1962). Vier Bände. Zusammen 445, (8) Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen u. technischen Zeichnungen. Original-Broschuren in OKart.-Schuber. (Geringe Gebrauchsspuren). 23x15 cm (Together 4 volumes with 445, 8 pages. With a lot of illustrations. Original-softcover in a slipcase. A little used).
2006ref. 003877Henry Holt New York 2006 This superb true first hardback US and World first impression is SIGNED via an official Henry Holt bookplate. Marvellous and unputdownable novel. This is a perfect collectable copy bought at publication from the publisher and carefully stored ever since in a low light book room. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Henry Holt New York hardcover
1993IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH. 29.5X21.5 cm. 111 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly chafed. Spine slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
19648vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and 16 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled, and unevenly browned at backstrip and rear panel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1885ref. 159653Toronto 1885. Vol. 1 Nos. 1-18 April 4 - August 1 1885. Hardcover. Poor. 152 p. interspersed with unpaginated illustration inserts. 46 cm. 15 double-page unnumbered insertes in partial colour numerous illustrtions in text some tinted. Additional partial colour insert only 40 cm featuring Maj.-Gen. Middleton and officers. Map of Battle of Batoche on p. 104. Burgundy leather spine with black cloth boards. Gilt impressing. Book is split in two at spine. Numerous tears and chips. Many pages disbound. First leaf missing edge with loss of text. Thumbing and soiling. A much-read copy of the Illustrated War News covering the North-West Rebellion. The newspaper provided Canadian readers with descriptions of battles like Fish Creek lists of killed and wounded the murder of Thomas Scott capture of Riel at Batoche etc. Considerable amounts of Toronto advertising. Includes 4 p. Honour Roll Supplement at rear. hardcover
1885ref. 145249Toronto 1885. Vol. I No. 1 April 4th 1885 - Vol. I No. 18 August 1st 1885. Hardcover. Good. 152 p. 46 cm. Numerous b&w engravings. 15 unnumbered inserts of tinted illustrations. Map of battleground of Batoche. Map of the North-West Territories. Respined and recornered in black leather. Black cloth with gilt impressing. Some wear including chipped edges. Hinges repaired internally. Some tears chips rough edges to text block. Label removed from title page leaving residue. Hole in rear free endpaper. Tape repairs. Lacks 4 p. supplementay Honour Roll. Weekly reporting on the violent five-month insurgency against the Canadian government fought mainly by Métis and their native allies in 1885. Articles convey the latest news from the northwest the mounted police medals for bravery bios and so on. Contains numerous scenes of Western towns battles military life and training as well as portraits and caricatures. Much advertising mainly Toronto. Peel 1460. Land 1245. hardcover