5 754 résultats
1974réf. 53684New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; white cloth with titles stamped in red and green on spine; dustjacket; xx236pp. Subtle lean else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $7.95. with light wear to extremities and some gentle sunning to the red spine lettering. Detailed biography of Rahel Levin Varnhagen daughter of a German-Jewish merchant of precious stones who wielded significant influence on the Romantic movement in Germany. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown
1962réf. 88288London: William E. Hill & Sons 1962. Hardcover. very good. Originally published in 1902. octavo. 25 cm x 19 cm. Green cloth over dark blue boards. Gilt design to front cover & gilt lettering to spine. 85pp. One inch at top cover has some sunning. William E. Hill & Sons hardcover
1938réf. 85362New York: The Literary Guild of America Inc 1938. Octavo 21cm; orange cloth-covered boards with titling blocking and decorations stamped in gilt and dark gray on spine and front cover; orange topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 417pp; illus. Slight spine lean with light off-setting to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper has 1" chip to lower spine panel nick to front spine fold and tiny chips and tears to extremities; Very Good. First published in German as Liebe und Tod auf Bali 1937 and later as Love and Death in Bali and A Tale from Balí. Baum's novel is set in colonial Bali and explores conflict with Dutch troops. 85362. The Literary Guild of America, Inc unknown
1975réf. 063398Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 198 pages 8vo. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers many small tears along edges and spine foxing and tanning. DJ in mylar. Previous owner's name on front endpaper foxing along page edges light tanning. Volume is in Very Good-minus condition. University of Texas Press Hardcover
1940réf. 72132New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1940. First edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Octavo. 8 1/2" x 6". 176pp. Black and white iine drawings by Barbara Cooney.A very nice copy in pictorial dust jacket. Jacket edges have some rubbing. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1985réf. 238Near fine. Stiff printed wrappers. Stated first edition first printing there are numerous subsequent editions of this softcover translation. ISBN sticker to rear wrapper tip bumped at spine. Translated by Paul Auster. Station Hill Press: Barrytown NY 1985. Station Hill Press paperback
1947réf. 020582London: Boosey & Hawkes Limited 1947. vi 229pp chipping away to paper spine backing; edge and corner wear; some scattered light-pencil markings Vocal Score by Henry Boys Revised edition with German translation Libretto in English and German. Revised Edition. Wrappers. Good. Illus. by Musical notation. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Boosey & Hawkes Limited Paperback
1880réf. 78324Freethought Publishing Co. London 1880. hardback. near very good condition in green cloth - no dust jacket - here is a smalliish bookplate from a personal library on the front end page Freethought Publishing Co., London hardcover
1976réf. 012813Warszawa Poland: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Translation. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Green cloth covers with Olympic games emblem on the front cover. Laminated dust jacket with some bubbling in the laminate on the front panel corner crease on the front flap and minor edge wear otherwise.Measures 11 X 11 inches square. 143 pages illustrated. English language edition. Prepared at the initiative of the Polish Olympic Committee with the original title "Polska Kronika Olimpijska W Filatelistyce." This book chronicles the history of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as featured in Polish philately specifically through stamps postcards and postmarks. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Hardcover
1966réf. 20981New York: St. Marrtin's Press Inc. 1966. First Editiion Assumed . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/4" X 8 1/4. Brodney Richard - Jacket Design. 135 Pages. Red boards with gold lettering to spine and black decoration consisting of two fat men on front board. No defects noted to book. No marks of any sort. Illustrated with black and white illustration and the endpapers and throughout the book. Front flap is price clipped. Book was designed by Sir John Tenniel. This and other similar other problems amused Lewis Carroll. In this book he depicts the characters and their situations and practices as acting backwards and contrariwise. Yet at the same time several of the characters are engaged in a reasonably normal game of chess. Amid the general confusion and unexpected happenings Alice still shows herself charming innocent and undismayed. St. Marrtin's Press Inc. hardcover
1884réf. 067450Cassell & Company. Fair shape only or by small to medium stretch would be good. 3rd edition of this original produced in 1884 with only that date on copyright page. But it has a third edition Preface as the latest preface in the text. Git decorated blue hardcover with Indian chief and maiden on front cover in gilt along with other gilt titles and decorations. Inside hinges cracked - yet tight. Complete but wear is obvious and some of the plates have a little edge and slight other wear also - yet all in all a decent enough condition and kind of cool looking thus and worthwhile if not a perfectionist: with the great Dore' illustrations as full plates. Price adjusted and will include the cost of extra safe and prompt shipping via USPS media mail. . Fair to Good. Hardcover. 1884. Cassell & Company hardcover
1956réf. 012812London: Elek Books 1956. First English-language Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review copy with review slip laid-in. Elek Books hardcover
1997réf. 78433Easton Press 1997. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. fine. Octavo. 22 cm x 14cxm. Bound in full black leather. Gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. Moire endpapers.6 raised bands. AEG. Loosely laid in are the "Collector's Notes. Easton Press unknown
1991réf. 016382Mallard Press New York 1991. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 260 pages. Hardcover bound in cream cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. English language version of the French original. 112 color and 297 black and white illustrations. Binding is tight and sharp with a clean interior free of markings and a bright dustjacket encased in a Mylar sleeve. An illustrated chronology of the artist as well as a good bibliography at back. Mallard Press, New York Hardcover
1987réf. 33157Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 1987. 1st paperback edition. Softcover. Very Good/None. 827 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. In beautiful condition. This authoritative history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the thousand-year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages. Record # 33157 Johns Hopkins University Press paperback
1831réf. 357965New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Thoroughly foxed. Lower outer corner of rear cover is a loose flap. Covers have many marginal scrapes. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume Three only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1831réf. 357966New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Small stain to lower margins of first half of book approximately diminishes thereafter. Most pages have very slight or less foxing but there is more on some. Covers have many marginal scrapes and some slight rubbing. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume Four only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1831réf. 357964New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Thoroughly foxed. Covers have many marginal scrapes. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume One only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
réf. 74-0179New Haven : Yale University Press 1942. 8vo. Signs of shelf wear. Minor creasing. Small tears in spine. Clipped price corners. Good. Original Price on Dust Jacket: $3.75 New Haven : Yale University Press, 1942. unknown
1888réf. H2684Paris: Louis Westhausser 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1888 small quarto quarter blue calf and marbled boards 254 pp illustrated very good. Louis Westhausser hardcover
2010réf. 84759Harvard University Press 2010. paperback. like new/none. Trade paperback. 439pp. Harvard University Press unknown
1992réf. 86282New York: Paragon House 1992. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; white cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards with titiling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xiv45-338pp. This copy from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light sunning to board margins with trace soil to lower edge of textblock else Near Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Susan Newman unclipped priced $24.95 with faint crease to rear panel; Near Fine. First published in Germany as Schickalsreise 1968 Döblin's autobiography focuses on his experiences with exile and war from 1940 to 1948 including his relationship with religion as he shifted from following Jewish socialist beliefs to Catholic traditions. 86282. Paragon House unknown
1994réf. Rear-Stacks-EHarcourt Brace New York 1994 New York Harcourt 1994. First edition. First printing with full letter line including the A. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy with publisher's price intact on front jacket flap $18.95. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. A collection of essays translated from the Italian by William Weaver. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Harcourt Brace, New York hardcover
1986réf. 86377Austin: University of Texas Press 1986. First Edition. Quarto 26cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x12-3091pp; illustrated map frontispiece with black-and-white illustrations throughout. The Texas Pan American Series. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear else Near Fine. Explores the history of Merida in chronological order with a focus on Yucatecan Maya in post-Classic and colonial periods. 86377. University of Texas Press unknown
1947réf. 84527New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1947. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19cm; taupe cloth with titling and decorations stamped in dark red on spine and front cover; x23-1766pp. Previous owner's ink name to upper front endpaper else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 shelfworn gently spine-sunned dust-soiled with shallow losses to spine ends several tears and creases one of which is invisibly mended on verso; Very Good. "In the vivid and passionate terms with which he reported from Russia's battlefronts and which made him the best-known Soviet journalist Ilya Ehrenburg here gives his reactions to a postwar journey through the Balkans. By doing so he lights up for us the present Russian point of view about that troubled part of the world" from front flap. 84527. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
