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1987Best.-Nr. 3354New York: William Morrow And Company INC 1987. Used. Excellent condition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket. 346 pp. First Edition. In this acclaimed novel from one of America's literary legends two unforgettable characters take a lively romp through the baffling and often hilarious connection between the body and the mind. An eccentric Russian literature professor leaves his native Paris to be near his uncle--a world-class genius in botany but a total bungler when it comes to women--in the Midwest. William Morrow And Company, INC unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 009-003Shows a bit of wear and age but the text is clean and the book is overall is good condition. McGraw-Hill paperback
1964Best.-Nr. 2484New York NY: Viking Press 1964. 1st Ed. Orig owners bookplate pasted inside front cover. Hardbound. 8vo. 128 Pgs. V-Fine in Chipped DJ/Good. Herzog by Saul Bellow. Published by Viking Press New York NY 1964. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo up to 9-1/2'' tall. Condition: V-Fine in Chipped DJ. Orig owners bookplate pasted inside front cover. 341 Pgs. Novel. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2484. Viking Press hardcover
1951Best.-Nr. 007710Cape Town: South African Public Library 1951. Soft cover. Good. Ex-lib with usual trappings and stamps. Wraps plastic protected. 54pp. saddle-stitched. Very scarce. South African Public Library paperback
1954Best.-Nr. COLLECTI013819ILONDON: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J. PUB MAY 1954. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER WITH D.J. ILLUSTRATED BY LEY KENYON . BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT WITH SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS AND AN ATTRACTIVE BUT INCONSPICUOUS BOOKPLATE TO THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH SOME LOSS A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS SOME RUB TO THE VERTICAL FOLDS SOME LIGHT SOIL TO THE WHITE AREAS OF REAR PANEL VERY FAINT COLOR-FADE TO THE SPINE PANEL AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A PRESENTABLE CLEAN UNFADED COPY OF A SCARCE EDITION. . WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 25008New York: Viking Press 1994. Uncorrected proofs of the first edition. Printed wrappers. Fine. 8vo. A selection of Bellow's nonfiction articles. Between the issuance of this proof and the published book several essays some 40 pages were expunged for unknown reasons. The only copy of this textually significant text we've seen. Viking Press
1944Best.-Nr. 014681New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. First edition no statement of printing/edition. Cloth in unclipped jacket with $2.50 price present. 191 pp. First novel from Nobel Prize winning author Saul Bellow. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping creasing and loss along the jacket extremities with hinges very scuffed and worn. Uneven fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling. Book faded with some browning along the extremities. Minor soiling and edgewear. Text block toned. The Vanguard Press unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 0012This is Bellow's second novel first printing of the British edition. Likely to have been a short run printing since Bellow was not well known then and post WWII austerity resulted in tight publishers budgets. It is therefore scarce in collectable condition. This copy the best we have handled sports the original dust jacket with no obvious tears sunning or marks. The only flaws are 1 a fold tear at the front jacket flap; 2 small holes in the edge of the rear jacket fold. Will happily provide photos are these flaws. Both flaws are only noticeable on close examination. The book itself is exceptionally clean tight and square. The top edge is slightly dusty and half title page has a few faint fox spots. Overall nr fine in a nr fine jacket. For a book issued in 1948 this is rare indeed. John Lehmann hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 108092Vanguard 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. Except for a tiny soil spot at the bottom inside edge of the back cover and a closed tear in the bottom margin of one page this is a very near fine and quite clean and fresh copy of this fragile book in a very good fust jacket that shows minimal chipping at spinal extremities rubbing along back spine edge and a tear in the middle of the front jacket flap. Original price of $2.50 still on front flap of jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Vanguard hardcover
Best.-Nr. SAULHUMBOLT'S GIFT: 4 COPIES: A. Advanced Reading Copy softcover good pages are age tonedsoiled covers. B & C: 1st editionfirst published viking 1975 1 is VG less soiling than the other-has previous owners inscription 1st leaf and priced clipped. 2nd: price intact no writing better that Good. DJ both are soilededgewear and small tears. These DJs were probably the cheapest made and fragile. Copy D; Franklin Library NF with minor scratches to the page ends only defects I see. COLLECTED STORIES: UK PRICE INTACT AGE TONING AND USED 2 DIFFERENT PAPER STOCKS Minor scratches rear dj thru the mylar NF. TO JERUSALEM AND BACK:NF. This edition is a signed copy on the main title page below his printed name. VG book and DJ. First published 1976 viking. bottom spine area of the book small fading. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY: This special edition with bookplate signed for the class of 1995 Boston University Stated "This volume first published in 1991 by Viking Penguin" it appears not to have been read or even open up to far. but i still rate NF in case I miss something. HERZOG: DJ has rubbingchipping with the worst1/2 inch triangle front bottom corner with small tearsLets call it poor price intact.Book:inside front cover is bookplate previous owner it appears there was cheap article caused heavy browning first published 1964 viking light foxing fore edge and of course cheap construction and glue coming thru. But still VG/tight/square. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING: UK ED. REPRINT PRINTER. rate the book and DJ in good condition the front cover extents farther out than the back cover. the adventures of augie march: publish by viking press September 1953 this is the first printing appears to be unread with minor bruising to spine ends. DJ price intact light soiling top front corner hint moisture stain. Better than VG book and DJ Bonus Book: THE DEAN'S DECEMBER 1982 Harper&Row; 1st Printing VG to Better Good DJ Good-VG Minor flaws but it is an added book. VARIOUS hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 12969Los Angeles: The Plantin Press 1972 One of 140 copies printed by Saul and Lillian Marks. Presentation copy inscribed by Marks on the colophon. Tan printed boards. In the original dust jacket printed in orange with minor toning. Octavo. Woodcut device of a compass in brown on the title-page decorative initial letters in blue-green second compass device in black on the colophon. Full-page portrait of Plantin. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with the original prospectus laid in. A printing of the talk Saul Marks made about the Christopher Plantin before the Zamorano Club based on the work of Plantin scholars Max Rooses Maurice Sabbe Leon Voet T.F. Dibdin Theodore Low De Vinne Colin Clair Harry Carter Ray Nash and others. Also included are "The Office Rules at the Golden Compasses" translated by Peter van der Pas which are the Master's "standing orders" for those employed at his printing office; such rules include not discussing religion a heavy fine is imposed on violators not using obscene language or telling untrue stories not removing proofs printed sheets or anything else from the office and not discussing the goings-on of the printer's office with outsiders among many others. The Plantin Press, hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 4771New York: Random House 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. First printing hardcover. Remainder stamp on front endpaper minor wear to the board edges else a tight near fine copy with clean contents in a good dust jacket long closed tear to the front panel minor edge wear. Now protected in an archival cover. Random House hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 76197New York NY.: William Morrow and Company Inc. Very Good. 1987. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in maroon paper covered boards with a silver stamped white cloth spine in a very nice dust jacket with some light toning on the flaps. The covers show light rubbing to the corners. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is signed by the author Saul Bellow at the top of the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. . William Morrow and Company, Inc. hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 33023New York: Putnam. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine copy but for a rusty smudge on the fep in very good dust jacket with small tears and some water spotting at the bottom front and rear corners.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall12mo; 387 pp . Putnam hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. CS-51Cambridge University Press 1993. Comprehensive software program contains all the routines from the revised and expanded Numerical Recipes 2nd edition plus all the test programs from the Numerical Recipes Example Book which allows for easy adaptation of the recipes to fit individual needs by incorporating the procedures and subroutines into unique source programs. Includes over 100 new routines and upgraded versions of the original 200 routines. Boxed 3.5" diskette is New and Sealed. Second Edition. Media. New/ . 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Software Package. Cambridge University Press unknown
1887Best.-Nr. 052973Carlisle: C. Thurnam & Sons. For Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Soc 1887. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated; plates. FIRST EDITION. CARLISLE : 1887. Hardback. Illustrated; folded frontispiece and 4 plates two-colour; internal illustrations. Dark-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine. Gilt lettered and decorated cover. Original black end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name to fly-leaf dated 1897. No internal markings. Tight bright and clean. Plates all complete and in nice state. Minor wear only. Sight browning to end-papers. VERY GOOD INDEED. x 340 pages. Includes bibliographical notes. Index. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. C. Thurnam & Sons. [ For Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Soc ] hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 052991Kendal: T. Wilson 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated - With Maps and Plans. FIRST EDITION. KENDAL : 1892. Hardback. Dark-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine. Neat armorial bookplate; James Harrison; apart from two neat corrections to a list of Aldermen on p.23; no internal markings. Tight bright and clean. Sporadic foxing; still a nice copy. VERY GOOD INDEED. xiv 438 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. FULL TITLE: A Boke off Recorde or Register containing all the acts and doings in or concerning the corporation within the town of Kirkbiekendall KIRKBY KENDAL beginning at the first entrance or practicing of the same which was the eighth day of January in the year of the reign of Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland queen defender of the faith &c. &c. the eighteenth 1575. : to which are added the several charters granted by Q. Elizabeth K. Charles I and K. Charles II. Edited by Richard S. Ferguson. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. Cumberland & Westmoreland antiquarian & archaeological society SCARCE. T. Wilson hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. L3 box725 b4The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on Niblung's Ring. By Bernard Shaw. Edited by Saul Schneiderman and Maria Margado. Edition Published 2019. Printed by CreateSpace. Paperback 104 pages. CreateSpace. paperback
1966Best.-Nr. 128894Saul Raskin January 1966. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Jacket has water stains and small tear at spine which has left small cut mark on rear cover; otherwise very good copy. Usual Raskin dedication 'The Book God helped me to make' Saul Raskin hardcover
Best.-Nr. biblio3339Brand New. US Edition. ship within 48 hours by Fedex/DHL express service to US within 3-5 business days.We do not ship to Po Box APO and FPO address. Cengage Learning hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 767H5077New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 0394443411 . Fourth printing of the 1971 first edition. "Lest we forget. the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer." - page ix. "The revolutionary force today has two targets moral as well as material. Its young protagonists are one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians yet they also urge violence and cry 'Burn the system down!' They have no illusions about the system but plenty of illusions about the way to change the world. It is to this point that I have written this book." - page xiii. xxvi 196 pages. Several pencil markings have been erased otherwise contents clean bright and unmarked. Binding tight. Light wear to publisher's black cloth brilliantly lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound early copy of this influential work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals Antifa . Random House Books for Young Readers hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 344H1392New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. Good. 1971. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0394443411 . "Lest we forget. the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer." - page ix. "The revolutionary force today has two targets moral as well as material. Its young protagonists are one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians yet they also urge violence and cry 'Burn the system down!' They have no illusions about the system but plenty of illusions about the way to change the world. It is to this point that I have written this book." - page xiii. xxvi 196 pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Moderate wear to black cloth-covered boards. Includes new replica dust jacket preserved in glossy archival-grade Brodart. A sound early fifth printing copy of this influential work.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals Antifa . Random House Books for Young Readers hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. SBG000153Howard Greenberg Gallery & Lumiere Press 2017. First Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. New. Howard Greenberg Gallery & Lumiere Press hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. Am2110Oxford U P 2016. New Shrinkwrapped. hardcover. New. Oxford U P Hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 038146Boca Raton: CRC Press 1995 A book for the layman as well as the scientist or engineer addressing significant information on top the magnetic field health effects issue a description of the principal sources of power frequency magnetic field characterization of the fields for the principal sources principles of magnetic field management and positions taken by regulatory agencies relative to the magnetic field health effects issue. Condition notes: xi 276 numbered pp; HB w/o DJ. Pages: clean bright tight. Cover: glossy gray paper over boards w photo white titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. CRC Press hardcover
