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1961rif. 166640N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actors Marlene Dietrich and Spencer Tracy with director Stanley Kramer and other crew members on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A dramatization of the 1947 Judges' Trial one of twelve US Nuremberg Military Tribunals held from 1946 to 1949 to decide the fate of individuals accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in Nazi atrocities. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning three including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Maximilian Schell. Set in Nuremberg shot on location in Nuremberg and Berlin. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Neat pinhole at each corner else Near Fine. National Film Registry. Twilight Time 1631. N.p. unknown books
1836rif. 24868London: Whittaker & Co 1836. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the British Colonial Library. Whittaker & Co unknown
1834rif. c676jJames Cochrane and Co 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume III only. The boards have been rebound in full leather. Internally there is light tanning and age-related marking throughout but there are no inscriptions and the pages within are neat and complete with all maps present. The binding is secure. In very good condition indeed considering the age of the book! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. James Cochrane and Co hardcover
1835rif. 97qxJames Cochrane and Co. London 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 624 pages and appendix complete. A placid copy. From the library of Kimbolton Castle at the time home of the Dukes of Manchester and also reputedly haunted by Catherine of Aragon who died in the medieval predecessor on the site. The boards have much wear knocks scuffing. The spine has wear and cracks all along the body and head and foot. However the boards and spine are effective sound steady. The end papers have storage marks and wear. The contents are pleasing and comfortably confident - especially taking the age of the book into account. The papertrims have shelving wear and tanning. The pages are healthy clean clear a little worn around the edges from handling and shelving bold companionable amenable often surprisingly fresh more than competent keen. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. James Cochrane and Co., London hardcover
1836rif. 24868London: Whittaker & Co 1836. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and 2 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the British Colonial Library. Whittaker & Co unknown books
1941rif. 11-4-2631Houghton Mifflin Company 1941. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 9x6x1. Maroon red cloth hardcover with gilt titles. Previous owner's name stamp is on the inside front board. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1911rif. 99953New York: The Pleiades Club 1911. 1911. Very good. - Octavo 7 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover bound in decoratively veined brown leather titled with a device in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed and scuffed and the head of the spine is slightly chipped. 140 pages printed in 2 colors with a decorative title page head pieces and initial letters printed in orange and profuse textual and full-page illustrations including a frontispiece by Robert Selfe Ament and works by James Montgomery Flagg Dan Smith Anthony H. Euwer Herb Roth and James Swinnerton among others. The top corner of the first few leaves is lightly creased or bumped. Very good. Number 449 of a limited De Luxe edition of 500 numbered copies. Includes a poem by the fantasy writer Abraham Merritt titled "Old Trinity Churchyard 5 a.m. Spring Cats! That's All!" with an illustration by George Kerr Edwin Markham's poem "The Face" Frank L. Norris' poem "A Paradox" Anthony H. Euwer's "The Gargoyles & the Drulehide" illustrated by the author and spanning pages 14 through 19 Hallett Gilberte's song "Lilacs" with music and Curtis Dunham's poem "Ballade of a Cat and a Bird of a Hat" illustrated by George Kerr and spanning from pages 53 through 56. New York: The Pleiades Club, (1911). hardcover
1840rif. 2324139Glasgow: John Niven 1840. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition Sabin 50149. Rebound in black pebbled cloth with original spine label laid down new gilt rules. Includes frontispiece and all fold-outs. Boards lightly soiled. 1840 Hard Cover. xi 219 pp. 8 fold-out plates and 2-page publisher advertisement follow text engraved frontispiece of York Factories in Saco Maine. "The author was superintendent of the York factories Saco." An account of the machinery used in cotton mills and the relative merits of manufacturing in the United States vs. Great Britain. Because the work focuses on the spinning of cotton at mills rather than the harvesting of cotton at plantations the controversy surrounding American slave labor is neatly avoided. It's unclear whether this was intentional or even whether the question was of any concern to the author. John Niven hardcover
1908rif. 2347347Boston: L.C. Page & Company 1908. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Withington Elizabeth R. 1934 70th printing. Boards a bit soiled half-title page loose but included owner bookplate and ink name and date on front endpaper. 1908 Hard Cover. vii 3 396 10 pp. 8vo. Light brown cloth gilt titles portrait of Anne mounted on front board. Frontispiece and 7 plates by Elizabeth R. Withington. The first book in what has become one of the most popular series for young readers. It inspired a 1919 silent movie adaptation though this is now considered a lost film and numerous adaptations since. L.C. Page & Company hardcover
1915rif. 41503Boston: The Page Company 1915. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover with light green cloth boards and an inset picture on the front cover. The third story in the Anne of Green Gables series with Anne Shirley heading off to Redmond College in a whirlwind of love and adventure. Stated fourth impression in August 1915. The condition of the book is Good boards slightly cocked; binding intact light toning to the green cloth; light aging to the text block; wear along the spine hinges particularly at the top of the spine; shelf wear along the bottom edge; some rubbing to the inset photo; previous owner note on the FFEP dated December 25th 1915. 326pps. The Page Company hardcover
1936rif. 892London: George G. Harrap 1936. First British edition of this novel in Montgomery's acclaimed Anne series. Octavo original blue cloth. Light wear else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. Anne of Windy Willows is an epistolary novel first published in 1936 it details Anne Shirley's experiences over three years teaching at a high school in Summerside Prince Edward Island. The novel features a series of letters Anne sends to her intended Gilbert Blythe who is completing medical school. Chronologically this book is fourth in the series but it was the seventh book written. George G. Harrap hardcover
1917rif. 160407Toronto: McClelland Goodchild & Stewart 1917. Canadian issue of Stokes New York 1917 edition. U S printed as per statement on title verso. Hardcover. Fair. 346 p. 20 cm. Colour frontispiece by M. L. Kirk repeats front cover illustration. Mauve cloth with illustrated label on front. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Mark on front hinge. Crease in spine. Dark stains to pp 328-329 affecting margins of pages following and rear endpapers. all text is legible. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Stains or foxing to top of frontispiece tissue guard and title. Book five in the "Anne" series chronicling Anne and Gilbert's early married life. After Anne and Gilbert's wedding they move to a house that Anne has long anticipated as her "house of dreams" in Four Winds Point. A bittersweet novel since events in Anne's life soon reflect similar unfortunate occurrences in the life of the author. McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart hardcover
1904rif. 57805Akron Ohio:: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1904. First edition . publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards in dust jacket. Edges of boards rubbed; a few stains to boards and cloth; tight and sound in a tanned jacket with a long closed tear several short tears and a few tiny chips. 8vo. Illustrated by W. H. Fry some color. Billy Whiskers Series No. 3. The Saalfield Publishing Company, hardcover
rif. 18111Portland Oregon: Montgomery Ward. Good. N.D. First Edition. Softcover. The front cover is nice but wraps are splitting at the top and bottom of the rear hinge. The rear cover is worn and chipped on the edge & lower corners with a closed tear by the spine. Contents are complete and very good. No date but the order forms have a date format of "191_". ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1024 pages . Montgomery Ward paperback
1912rif. 23458Boston:L. C. Page and Company 1912. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:L. C. Page and Company. 1912. 1st edition. 306pp6pp ads. With colored frontispiece. Hardcover. Tan boards very slightly soiled with a bit of light shelfware. Pastedown of portrait with a couple scratches. Internally previous owners address label to inside front board but otherwise pages clean and bright. Binding is tight and hinges intact. Overall a very good clean copy. Boston:L. C. Page and Company hardcover
1973rif. 69065Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 576pp. Octavo 24cm. Bound in green cloth; gilt stamped lettering on each spine. Blind stamped publisher's device on each front board. Spine ends gently bumped. Light scattered pencil notations. In the original dust jackets each with a mildly toned spine. A work which "endeavors to destroy the persistant stereotype of a frozen and intellectually sterile XVIIth century Lutheran orthodoxy by a depth study of one of the most important theologian-littérateurs of the epoch: Johann Valentin Andreae. Martinus Nijhoff hardcover
1938rif. 18611New York: The Derrydale Press. Fine. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most attractive unnumbered review copy of a first edition limited to nine hundred and fifty copies printed by Eugene V. Connett on laid paper. About Fine condition in original cloth bright gilded labels slightly rubbed along spine; "Those who hunt after the fashion of a philosopher seeking to live for a while as a child of nature will be blessed by the wind and the sun and will know a great peace nothing can upset or disturb." - Rutherford G. Montgomery ; 8vo; xx 248 2 pages . The Derrydale Press hardcover
1935rif. 160408Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1935. First Canadian edition probably simultaneous with the Stokes New York edition. Printed in Toronto by T. H. Best possibly from plates supplied by Stokes. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 338 p. 20 cm. Colour frontispiece by Marie Lawson. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has tears chips and holes in darkened spine. Small tears in edges. Book itself has faded spine and some faded spots or marks on boards. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. No frontispiece and shows no evidence of ever having one either due to a binding error or because the Canadian edition didn't get one. The sequel to Pat of Silver Bush describing Patricia Gardiner's life in her twenties and early thirties. Hating change she remains unmarried and takes care of her beloved home Silver Bush. McClelland & Stewart hardcover
1904rif. 147973Akron Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1904. First edition of this whimsical early science fiction novel. Octavo original pictorial cloth frontispiece illustrated by Winifred D. Elrod. In very good condition. A very nice example. Frances Trego Montgomery 1858–1925 was an American children's author best known for her works that combined adventure and fantasy with educational themes. On a Lark to the Planets 1910 is a lesser-known but imaginative work in which Montgomery explores early science fiction themes depicting a fantastical journey through space. The novel follows young protagonists as they travel to different planets encountering diverse civilizations and engaging with speculative ideas about astronomy and planetary life. Blending scientific curiosity with whimsical storytelling Montgomery’s work reflects the early 20th-century fascination with space exploration and the possibilities of extraterrestrial existence. The Saalfield Publishing Co. hardcover
rif. dola2960Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited c1936. Later Edition. The dw. flap mentions that an O.B.E. was conferred on Montgomery in 1935. 12mo. pp. 5 p.l. 370. medium green cloth with black lettering previous owner’s name on front flyleaf. dw. edges of dw. slightly chipped. Very good copy. dola2960 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, [c1936] hardcover
1913rif. 160414Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1913. First printing of August 1913. Hardcover. Good. x 369 p. 4 p. of ads. 20 cm. Colour frontispiece by George Gibbs matches front cover illustration. Variant binding of light green vertically-ribbed cloth. Gilt lettering. Label rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Dent in rear fore-edge. As a child Montgomery learned many stories from her Great Aunt Mary Lawson which she later used in The Golden Road. Some Montgomery scholars feel the TV series Road to Avonlea never really did justice to the depth and colour of the characters in this book. The road referred to in the title is "the golden road of youth." L. C. Page & Company hardcover
1913rif. 27810Boston:: L. C. Page 1913. First edition. publisher's cloth with applied color illustration. Pencil ownership inscription; light rubbing at the corners of the cloth. . 8vo. With frontispiece in colour by George Gibbs. L. C. Page, hardcover
1857rif. 292831New York: Miller Orton 1857. Second. hardcover. very good. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait. Small 8vo 465 pages 2 pages of advertisements. Original brown blind stamped cloth ornately gilt spine. Small ownership label. New York: Miller Orton & Mulligan 1857. Second Edition. Very good . Miller, Orton unknown
1962rif. 18026NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1962. 1962. Uncorrected Proof of the author's first novel. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Ring-bound with printed paper label front cover. Laid in is a ALS from Gerald Bechan dated October 23 1973 Georgia College Library to Marion Montgomery sending him to proof which was part of Flannery O'Connor's personal library. O'Connor and Montgomery were very close. She wrote the jacket blurb for this novel and Montgomery went on to become the most astute and philosophically far-reaching critic of her life and writings with the books "Why Flannery O'Connor Stayed Home" and "Hillbilly Thomist. Flannery O'Connor St. Thomas and the Limits of Art." The front cover at the tabs is detached but present else this is a near fine proof. Very uncommon. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1962. paperback
1904rif. 21091Akron OH: Saalfield. Very Good. 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Covers are soiled. Slightly shaken in that the center signatures are slightly proud of the rest. Owner's name on the fep. Bound in grey cloth with an elephant head on the front cover and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages . Saalfield hardcover
