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1852Best.-Nr. OB480Washington D.C. 1852. Soft Cover. 8 pages; 23 cm. Caption title continues: his retention of public money never accounted for his extravagant and aristocratic charges upon the treasury: Read farmer mechanic labourer! Read all! read carefully! An anonymous attack on Winfield Scott's candidacy in the 1852 presidential election. As Commanding General of the U.S. Army he was being paid $18.08 per day while running as Whig candidate for president. stock#OB480. Good disbound. [publisher not identified], paperback
1791Best.-Nr. OB1041-8"Pamphlet royaliste publié après juin 1791 arrêtation de la famille royale en fuite à Varennes ou en 1792 après l'insurrection parisienne du 10 aoüt qui entraïna l'internement de la famille royale dans la prison du Temple." "Malheureux! pressez-vous de rendre au roi sa liberté & fuyez; ou réunissant contre vous toutes les forces de l'Europe vos përirez tous". One of a collection of 40 Royalist and counter-revolutionary tracts of the French Revolution. Martin / Walter IV: 6463. 16 pages of 20; lacks pages 17-20; 20 cm. In marbled paper wrappers. Stock#OB1041-8.
2004Best.-Nr. 239676South Lake Tahoe.: Lake Tahoe Historic Society. 2004. First edition. Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. As new. . Folio. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Lake Tahoe Historic Society. hardcover
Best.-Nr. U1-S-UO-uvg_HK_27041-EVSoftcover. Very Good. Free shipping. Dispatch on all orders before 3pm same day. Winter Wonderland Sticker Activity Book With over 250 Stickers Seller SKU: U1-S-UO-uvg_HK_27041-EV paperback
1994Best.-Nr. mon0000511176McCrimmon Publishing Co Ltd 01/10/1994 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. 5.9954 in x 23.5821 in x 16.1877 in. McCrimmon Publishing Co Ltd hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 239810San Francisco. : Palace of Fine Arts. 1940. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy very light shelf wear. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Palace of Fine Arts. paperback
Best.-Nr. 74291N.p. London: Elstree Studios 1960. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' unfavourable report of Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only written five days prior to publication from page proofs submitted by Fleming's agents Pearn Pollinger & Higham. 8pp. typed report on rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page dated 15 December 1955. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Well preserved. The fourth James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever was published on 26 March 1956. Elstree's reader report notes that Fleming's literary agents Pearn Pollinger and Higham Ltd. submitted page proofs of the novel to the studio on 15 December 1955. The Summary begins favourably 'Another fast-moving exciting thriller starring Ian Fleming's hero James Bond.' but goes on to comment that the book 'contains a less arresting plot than Moonraker or Casino Royale'. The outline of the plot in the Story section runs to six and a half pages - after which the reader's Comment is less than positive: 'Ian Fleming has been aptly described as "Peter Cheyney for the carriage trade" and it would be difficult to find a better summing up. He writes better than the majority of thriller-writers but his smooth style occasionally trips up with the over-unusual simile designed to arrest and startle the reader. Also in order to tickle jaded palates he goes all out for the unusual locale and in this book jumps from the Saratoga race-track to a frontier ghost town just outside Las Vegas laying on too much local colour altogether. One cannot overlook him for he is rapidly becoming one of the most popular thriller writers of his day. But this book while it could make a film does not immediately suggest itself for screen adaptation. There is nothing sufficiently startling or unusual in the story to lift it above the 'B' class. Not recommended.' According to its first page this report was specifically compiled for Warner Bros. who had acquired a controlling interest in Elstree in the 1940s. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios], 1960 unknown
Best.-Nr. 74493N.p. London: Elstree Studios/ABPC 1951. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' report on the first stage adaptation of the Hercule Poirot detective novel The Hollow. 3pp. typed report on rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page. Together with a first edition of the play/acting edition Samuel French 1952. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. Book shows some handling and use; very good. Agatha Christie's The Hollow was published in 1946 and the play on which it is based produced by Peter Saunders opened at the Arts Theatre in Cambridge on 10 February 1951. After an eight-week tour the play opened at the Fortune Theatre in London on 7 June 1951 to an enthusiastic press response and was attended by Queen Mary. The report states 'this is quite an effective and amusing play of the usual Agatha Christie ingenuity. . The play does not exactly invite filming - there is too little action and too much talk.' It transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre on 8 October 1951 and ran for 376 performances. Christie was so pleased with Saunders' production that she took him to lunch just after Christmas 1951 and gave him a brown paper package. Inside it was the script for a new play she had just written based on a 1947 radio play broadcast for Queen Mary's birthday entitled The Mousetrap. This became the longest running play in the world reaching its 30000th performance on 19 March 2025. Saunders was knighted in 1982. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios/ABPC], 1951 unknown
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543030Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 98 pages. 11.00x0.38x8.50 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. 239886Williamsburg.: Williamsburg Historical Commission. 2010. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket. New in shrinkwrap. Folio. . Illustrated in black white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Williamsburg Historical Commission. hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 239900Paris.: Musees. Booth-Clibborn Editions. 2000. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. Hologram on front cover. Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated in black white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Viewer etc complete. Musees. Booth-Clibborn Editions. hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474542808Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 236 pages. 8.50x0.64x11.00 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd paperback
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543286Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 84 pages. 5.83x0.38x8.27 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543251Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 236 pages. 8.50x0.81x11.00 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
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2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543227Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 180 pages. 5.00x0.63x8.00 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 239993Washington. : U.S. Government Printing Offoce. 1971. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy very light shelf wear. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. U.S. Government Printing Offoce. paperback
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543197Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 148 pages. 6.00x0.56x9.00 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
2024Best.-Nr. 240036Koln.: Taschen. Sneaker Freaker International. 2024. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated in black white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Taschen. Sneaker Freaker International. hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474543219Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 448 pages. 8.38x1.38x10.88 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1474542735Naval & Military Press Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 448 pages. 8.38x1.22x10.88 inches. Naval & Military Press Ltd paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 240532Washington.: U.S. Department of the Interior. 1973. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. As new. . Folio. . Folding Manual Survey No. 20220 in rear pocket. Illustrated. Important reference work. Scarce in this condition. U.S. Department of the Interior. hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 240621Keene.: Southwestern Adventist College. 1985. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Southwestern Adventist College. hardcover
1864Best.-Nr. 21459Presidential Civil War Lincoln Life Campaigns and Public Services of General McClellan. The hero of Western Virginia! South Mountain! and Antietam!. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers. 1864. Tan pictorial wraps. 20 cm. Portrait on cover. 17-205 pp. Previous owner's name sticker some pencil marks on first few pages newspaper clippings inserted; light stains. Old tape on spine rear cover lacking. Good. OCLC shows 2 holdings of this revised edition Huntington & German Soc. Penn. A compilation of the author's addresses reports and letters. At head of cover: "New Edition Enlarged and Revised." Campaign biography of general and presidential hopeful George McClellan. Previous owner was Prof. J. H. W. Toohey credited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest documented person to use the word "sexism" in a speech on November 11 1866 at the Massachusetts State Convention. Toohey was an advocate for women's rights a "Christian Spiritualist" and anti-censorship and free speech advocate. An interesting association copy of this scarce McClellan item from his race against Lincoln. paperback
1852Best.-Nr. 21463Mexican-American War Presidential Slavery A History of Wrongs Inflicted on Winfield Scott by the Supporters of Franklin Pierce. Washington D.C.: Gideon & Co. 1852. Printed wraps. 24 cm. Un-opened sheet. Old folds. 16 pp. OCLC shows 27 holdings none in Texas. Scarce today. Rare Book Hub shows one auction record. The publication has highlighted passages from numerous speeches in which Scott's character was belied by the opposition. Contains a section on the opposition his appointment to command in the Mexican American War. The 1852 election pitted Whig nominee Winfield Scott against Democrat Franklin Pierce and Free Soil Party John P. Hale. With very little difference in terms of policy between the candidates the election became a personality contest. Scott was hailed as a war veteran but Pierce had also served under Scott as a brigadier general during the Mexican War. Scott was beaten in a landslide in what would be the worst defeat in Whig history. paperback
