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1961réf. 510110Tokyo: Gakuseisha 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition stated "Student Society Edition." 12mo. 248 2 pp. Text in English with notes in Japanese and a English-Japanese glossary by Teiji Kitagawa. Illustrated with author photos. Boards trifle sunned at the spine and edges tiny shallow abrasion on the lower board about fine in a rubbed very good dust jacket with a bit of irregular sunning on the cover. An English-language textbook featuring portions of text from T.S. Eliot George Orwell Aldous Huxley Stephen Spender W. Somerset Maugham and others. With an order form and ad titled "Atom Books by Ready Vocabulary Method" laid in. Uncommon. Gakuseisha hardcover
1953réf. 391981New York: Harper & Brothers 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Light stain on a couple of pages modest wear at the spine ends near very good lacking the dustwrapper. With the bookplate of the important rocket scientist and influential science-fiction fan John Drury Clark the bookplate has one corner folded under. In addition to writing an important book on rocket propulsion as well as a couple of stories in "Astounding Stories" Clark was also instrumental in revitalizing and promoting the career of Robert E. Howard. He was college roommates with L. Sprague de Camp who he encouraged to write science fiction stories introduced de Camp to his sometime co-writer Fletcher Pratt and eventually married Pratt's widow Inga. His previous marriage prompted Pratt to form a club of science fiction writers and scientists called The Trap Door Spiders so that they wouldn't have to socialize with Clark's first wife. Isaac Asimov later fictionalized the club as a group of mystery solvers The Black Widowers. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1966réf. 350271London: Chatto & Windus 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with edges yellowed. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1965réf. 281522London: Chatto & Windus 1965. Softcover. Fine/Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers with label affixed from the American publisher Harper and Brothers. Together with his last essay "Shakespeare and Religion. Chatto & Windus unknown
réf. 1962508021.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1913réf. B13772 vols. Third edition. With photogravure frontispieces 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. E.A. Wilson 18 coloured plates 16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson 260 full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition; panoramas and maps. 4to blue cloth and gilt lettering spine edges rubbed light scattered foxing else very good. The harrowing tale Captain Scott and his team enduring the harsh conditions of the antarctic to reach the South Pole in 1912 only tofind a Norgwegian flag planted by Amundsen 34 days prior. Scott's tragic return to base camp in which he and his party of 5 explorers perished some 11 miles from One Ton Depot. Their bodies along with personal journals were found eight months later. His last journal entry was recorded as "For God's sake look after our people" Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1939réf. 396571London: Chatto and Windus 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A touch cocked with some sunning to the spine and the bottom edge of the front board very good. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli on the title page. Schiaparelli was one of the world’s premiere designers during the 1930s who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt trompe-l'oeil detailing synthetic materials and exposed fasteners and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. A Burgess 99 title. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1970réf. 106138New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with small tears on the panels. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
1927réf. rbr2-046Some foxing on outer edges; bottom edges rough cut pages. Bright and perfect. Green stain top edge. Foxing on pages 17 and 24. Pencil marks on pages 50 64 86 155 184 185 186 187 209 226 230 255 270. Chattto & Windus hardcover
1926réf. rbr2-048Near fine light foxing on some pages; bookplate dated 1923. bottom edges of book are rough cut. Mostly 180-degree spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1946réf. 250404-MB70Harper and Brothers 1946. Very Good Hardcover no dustjacket no blind stamp H-V 9-6 on copyright page. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
1936réf. 7292New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1936. First American Edition First Printing. First American edition first printing - with "FIRST EDITION E-L" stated on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 473 numbered pages. Possible pre-publication proof or file copy with the publisher's stamp on the rear endpaper showing the manufacturing details. This book is in very good condition. The original blue cloth boards are very well preserved. Gilt lettering and designs are bright and vibrant. Tape offsetting on the endsheets. The original dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear to the panels and creasing at the edges. Price-clipped. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # P11-97. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
réf. dola3128London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 4 p.l. incl. initial blank 306 1. cloth. Very good copy slight lean to spine. without dw. dola3128 London: Chatto & Windus, 1932 hardcover
réf. 9359253677.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1572703024.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
réf. 1417628596.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1999réf. 0816567U.S.A.: Grove's Dictionaries 1999. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. B/w Illustrations . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Four paperback volumes complete as issued 4to approx. 800pp/vol. A massive gardening resource. Grove's Dictionaries paperback
réf. alb6c801650f6faccf0Six readings read by a worker. Translation from English by N. Berezin. St. Petersburg Type. Yu.N. Erlich 1897. 149 Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book.�SKUalb6c801650f6faccf0. unknown
réf. 1421974592.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1954réf. D20700London: Chatto and Windus 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cloth in pictorial dustwrapper with wraparound band "Recommended by The Book Society. An excellent association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1954réf. D20699London: Chatto and Windus 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in lightly worn pictorial dustwrapper. A fine association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1964réf. D20697London: Chatto and Windus 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Original cloth in attractive pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated by Jonathan Kingdon. A fine association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1957réf. D20702London: Chatto and Windus 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Cloth in dustwrapper. A fine association copy of this novel set in Africa INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1963réf. D20710New York: Harper and Row 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Tan cloth spine rubbed. Introduction and Postscript by Julian Huxley. Black and white photographs throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to Esmond and Chryssee. Esmond and Chryssee are Esmond Bradley Martin and his wife Chryssee. American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin and his wife had settled in Kenya where Martin courageously fought for many years on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. He was murdered in his home in 2017 a tragic and still unsolved event possibly related to his anti-poaching efforts. Harper and Row hardcover
1948réf. D20701London: Chatto and Windus 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. pp xviii 366. Photographs throughout. Folding map at rear. Cloth in pictorial dustwrapper missing lower 4cm of spine portion otherwise quite attractive. An uncommon title in the first edition this is an exceptional association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Chatto and Windus hardcover
