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1939Best.-Nr. 13024New York: The Greystone Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Toning to inside dust jacket. Chips and wear to corners and head and heel of spine 1' closed tear to top left side of dust jacket. Housed in custome clamshell box. The Greystone Press hardcover
1820Best.-Nr. 14271London; Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Browne Paternoster-Row; T. Egerton Military Library Whitehall; and John Cumming no. 16 Lower Ormond-Quay Dublin 1820. 1820. Quarto pp. xiii 3 149 xxv 1 plus hand-coloured folding frontispiece Prince Poniatowksi and 19 plates as called for. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards double fillets gilt to spine in compartments titles gilt to spine marbled end-papers all edges speckled red. Spade-shield bookplate of Sir Benjamin Chapman likely that of the 4th bt 1810-1888 to front paste-down. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY 'To Charles William Sansome From His very sincere Well ridden friend The Author'. Light rubbing to boards and shelf-wear to corners and edges upper joint a lille worn but holding firm slight loss to head of spine. Some plates cut a little close and very occasional light soiling to contents. A very good copy A rare volume on lancers written in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The author was a key instigator in the adoption of the lance by British cavalry units. De Montmorency was captured at Verdun and imprisoned for three years but was given the freedom to study both the French and Polish lancers which were world-renowned shock units. This publication was a significant treatise in the transformation of the British cavalry. WorldCat locates 3 copies only at St. Andrews Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland. Collins R.M. 'Lieut-Colonel Reymond Hervey de Montmorcey' in Society for Army Historical Research. London; Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, Paternoster-Row; T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall; and John C hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 479New York: George H. Doran Company 1926. First Edition First Printing. Publisher's Slate Grey Cloth Red Detailing. Very Good/Very Good. A Very Good Book in a Very Good Dust Jacket Uniformly Clipped by Publisher Price Unaffected Two Dollars Net. Signed by Author with Inscription in Publication Year 1926 by Author on Flyleaf. Book is moderately shelf worn and sunned to extremities. Text block is lightly toned and soiled. Text is unmarked. Binding remains square though somewhat shaken. Front hinge starting with a small split to the gutter between flyleaf and title page. Rear pastedown has a contemporary bookseller sticker affixed. Outstanding Irving Politzer designed dust jacket presents well despite flaws. General shelf wear has caused wrinkling whitening and chipping to extremities. Rear panel has some closed tears along bottom edge. Spine is sunned. Hardcover. Octavo. xii 13-250pp. George H. Doran Company unknown
1820Best.-Nr. 001342London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Browne 1820. 1st Combined Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12. PROPOSED RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE EXERCISE AND MANOEUVRES OF THE LANCE COMPILED ENTIRELY FROM THE POLISH SYSTEM INSTITUTED BY MARSHAL PRINCE JOSEPH PONIATOWSKI AND GENERAL COURT CORVIN KRASINSKI AND ADAPTED TO THE FORMATIONS MOVEMENTS AND EXERCISE OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY. To which is affixed an historical account of the most celebrated banners and orders of chivalry being emblematic and descriptive of the origin and honor formerly attached to bearing gonfanons or gonfalons chivalric banners and lances. A very good copy in original full red leather binding with extensive gilt decoration to brds and spine all edges gilt a beautifully written inscription from the author "To the most noble The Marquis of Anglesey GCB &c &c &c from his obliged and grateful Servant The authory". 19 coper-engraved plates all present and corrent the only fault being that this copy is missing the frontispiece of Prince J. Poniatowski. The binding is a little rubbed contents clean and tight no foxing just a little offsetting to a few plates. FULL COLLATION Fep blank title-page design illustrative of the work Palmam qui meruit ferat with engraving of a lancer dedication preface contents directions for placing the plates dimensions of the lance explanation of plate 19 149pp appendix xxv rear blank rep. A very good inscribed by the author in handsome contemporary binding. Please contact us prior to placing an order to confirm availability and postal charges. Please also note in some instances we are able to offer a discount on the list price depending on payment method - please enquire. Enquiries are also welcome from the trade. If you would like a digital image of this book or further information do not hesitate to contact us - we would be very pleased to help you. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 057930New York: George H Doran 1926. First Edition . Olive Green Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjackets. 9 1/2" Tall. Illustrations Throughout. 932 Pp In Two Volumes. Limited "Edgar Allan Poe Shrine Edition" #101 Of 250 Copies. Reported First State With Wineglass On Table In Portrait Of Longfellow.Very Lightly Used Slight Rubbing At Corners Very Slight Fading To Spine Cloth All Gilt Still Bright Cover Gilt Brilliant. Endpapers Aged. No Names Or Marks. George H Doran hardcover
1810Best.-Nr. 060159London: Printed by Richard Edwards Crane Court Fleet Street; and sold by T. Hamilton Paternoster Row 1810. Second Edition of Wiclif . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 14 x 12 Inches Tall. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece. The New Testament translated from the Latin in the Year 1380 By John Wiclif D.D. to Which are Prefixed Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Wyclif; & An Historical Account of the Saxon and English Versions of the Scriptures. By Rev. H. H. Baber. LONDON : 1810. Large-paper copy. The first printed edition of Wiclif was edited by John Lewis in 1737 this is the second edition. Hardback. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Double-column text in Middle English; introductory matter in English. Good wide margins; all edges sprinkled. Decorative initials throughout. Nineteenth-century dark-brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Raised bands. Gilt lettered spine; gilt decorated bands. Grey paper-covered boards; gilt ruled. Marbled end-papers. Original grey end-papers. Text complete. Bright tight and clean internally. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. A nice copy in well-reserved binding. VERY GOOD INDEED. lxxii 275 pages. Errata: p. lxxiii. Includes bibliographical references and index. A nice attractive leather binding. Scarce. Referenced by: Darlow and Moule 1014 and: Herbert A.S. Engl. Bible 1537. Folio; approx 14 x 12 inches tall. Heavy book; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. London: Printed by Richard Edwards Crane Court Fleet Street; and sold by T. Hamilton Paternoster Row. SCARCE Printed by Richard Edwards, Crane Court, Fleet Street; and sold by T. Hamilton, Paternoster Row hardcover
18258vo., First Major Edition, with a copper-engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved and printed titles, 9 copper-engraved plates and 52 woodcut illustrations and embellishments in the text, one or two plates very faintly foxed (with some resultant faint offsetting to facing leaves); most handsomely bound in late nineteenth century navy blue crushed full morocco, sides with triple frame border in gilt, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt to a geometric floral design, all edges gilt, elaborate gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, a splendid, crisp, clean copy in superb signed period binding. With the engraved gilt trade ticket of Pickering on front paste-down, and the binder's stamp 'BM Pickering' on front free endpaper verso. The first Major edition of Walton's great biographical collection, issued as a complement to the same publisher's 1823 edition of The Compleat Angler. Walton lived in the parish of St. Dunstan's where Donne was vicar; his life of his friend was written in 1640 as an introduction to a collection of the poet-clergyman's sermons. The other subjects were also personal friends; their biographies were first published in 1651 (Wotton), 1665 (Hooker), 1670 (Herbert) and 1678 (Sanderson). In this copy the portrait of Henry Wotton (called for at p.87) is placed as frontispiece to the volume as a whole; the portrait of Hooker (called for at p.161) is placed at p.166; the plate 'The Advocate' (called for at p.377) is engraved as 'The Pleader' and placed at p.378. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM EDWARD COMPTON AUSTEN LEIGH TO LORD FRANCIS HERVEY WITH THE FORMER'S NEAT HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED 1865 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Austen Leigh was Master at Eton while Hervey was a pupil. A UNIQUE AND QUITE OUTSTANDING ETON ASSOCIATION COPY OF A WORK RATED BY JOHNSON AS 'AMONG HIS MOST FAVOURITE BOOKS'.
1810Best.-Nr. 058791London: Printed by Richard Edwards Crane Court Fleet Street; and sold by T. Hamilton Paternoster Row 1810. Second Edition of Wiclif . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece SALE JUNE 2025. LONDON : 1810. LONDON : 1810. Large-paper copy. The first printed edition of Wiclif was edited by John Lewis in 1737 this is the second edition. Hardback. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Double-column text in Middle English; introductory matter in English. Good wide margins; all edges sprinkled. Decorative initials throughout. Later rebind in full calf-leather; panelled boards. Raised bands. Dark-green morocco label; gilt lettered and date to. JUNE SALE 2025; SAVE £300. Price reduced to £900. Printed by Richard Edwards, Crane Court, Fleet Street; and sold by T. Hamilton, Paternoster Row hardcover
1779Best.-Nr. 21995London: William Adlard for J. Bew. Good. 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Most of the boards are loose or coming loose with old repairs to the hinges. Most plates and charts are fine but a couple have separation at folds. Excellent paper with very little foxing. The first signature in volume 3 has been poorly reinserted. Bookplate of Captain George Henry Towry of the British Navy. While the contents would grade "very good" the condition of the bindings certainly lower the set a full grade. Most of the spine labels are missing but the books would still be very attractive repaired in their contemporary bindings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . William Adlard for J. Bew hardcover
1810Best.-Nr. 062975London: R. Edwards Crane Court Fleet Street 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SECOND EDITION 1810. SCARCE. First edition was in 1737 this is the second edition from 1810. Text is in Middle English. Contemporary polished leather cover. Hinges just starting to split but quite sound. Portrait frontispiece; title page unattached bottom one inch. Double columned; 275 pp. Previous owner's label in front end-page along with small note in pencil. Very light foxing near page edges. Full refund if not satisfied. R. Edwards, Crane Court, Fleet Street hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1217Londini: N.p. 1813-1819. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 7 volumes in 8 volume 2 is in two parts. In contemporary calf bindings with repairs. An excellent copy. 0 Londini: N.p., 1813-1819. hardcover
1850Best.-Nr. 38349Paris Allouard et Kaeppelin [Imprimerie de J.-B. Gros] 1850 in-8 demi-veau fauve, dos lisse avec filets dorés, pièce de titre noire [Rel. moderne]
1933Best.-Nr. h46346NY: New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket book good with some light soil to covers and spine top inch of spine with some uneven loss of color and whitening associated with dampstain contents good with bookplate of University of Pittsburgh's Hervey Allen Collection and their deaccession stamp both on pastedown and hidden by jacket flap; jacket good with light general soil stains shallow chipping and short tears along top edges. Signed "Hervey Allen His book. 1st edition first printing author's copy presented by Stanley D. Rinehart to the author. Notice: Not to be loaned or taken from the house." Allen was born in Pittsburgh in 1889 graduated from Pitt in 1915 and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. That year he published a collection of poems Ballads of the Border. He also served as a lieutenant and later a company commander of Company "B" of the 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment of the 28th keystone Division United States Army during World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August 1918. After that he taught English at the University of Pittsburgh spent some time teaching in South Carolina where he met Dubose Heyward who became a close friend and collaborator. He published widely both poety and novels including a poetry collection that won the Yale Younger Poets award; his novel "Anthony Adverse" 1933 is probably his best known and most accomplished work considered one of the great examples of the modern historical novel. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1916Best.-Nr. h46340El Paso: McMath Printing Co 1916. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Author's first book with his own extensive pencil corrections. 6.75 x 5.25 inches softcover fair copy with spottiness soil and stains to covers and hundreds of mainly pencil corrections to contents. 43 pp. Provenance: University of Pittsburgh deaccession of duplicates from Hervey Allen Collection ca. 2014. Allen was born in Pittsburgh in 1889 graduated from Pitt in 1915 and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. That year he published a collection of poems Ballads of the Border. He also served as a lieutenant and later a company commander of Company "B" of the 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment of the 28th keystone Division United States Army during World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August 1918. After that he taught English at the University of Pittsburgh spent some time teaching in South Carolina where he met Dubose Heyward who became a close friend and collaborator. He published widely both poety and novels including a poetry collection that won the Yale Younger Poets award; his novel "Anthony Adverse" 1933 is probably his best known and most accomplished work considered one of the great examples of the modern historical novel. McMath Printing Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 1941Berkeley: U California P. 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. An excellent association copy inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Hervey Voge with the regards of Francis P. Farquhar 8 November 1965." Voge was an early and important climber in the Sierra and he made 35 first ascents in the range naming two peaks. In 1934 Voge and Sierra Club-president-to-be David Brower traversed the High Sierra from Kearsarge Pass area to Yosemite climbing 59 peaks in 69 days. In fact it was Voge who apparently first encouraged Brower to join him as a member of the Sierra Club. Voge was the editor of the early influential The Climber’s Guide to the Sierra Nevada published by the Sierra Club and professionally a PhD chemist who worked for Shell. Farquhar was likewise an accomplished mountain climber as well as an environmentalist historian of California bibliographer and fine press bibliophile among other roles. He served for several years as the president of the Sierra Club. There's a mountain named for him in Kings Canyon National Park. This is his classic and best known book. A large octavo in blue cloth with a frontispiece painting by William Kieth in color black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A near fine copy with light offsetting from the jacket flaps on the endpapers. The jacket very good with a little wear to corners and spine ends and very handsome made of fibrous paper perhaps handmade. A marquee mountain association . U California P. hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 400554A. G. Seiler & Co. 1909 Volume I 1909 853 pp Volume II 1910 909 pp both with B&W illustrations throughout text. Texts are clean and unmarked shaken. Vol I rear hinge cracked. Contemporary owner's name on front endpapers. Dark blue cloth boards are rubbed bumped at extremities. Size: Thick 8 Vo. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. A. G. Seiler & Co. hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 145590Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1901. First edition of this collection of short stories; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Small octavo original pictorial cloth slip tipped in on the front free endpaper "With the Compliments of the Author." Signed by Gilman on the front free endpaper above the tipped in note. Additionally inscribed by Gilman on the rear pastedown in pencil with her 225 Riverside Drive address and a note to her publisher which she shared with Hervey White possibly in reference to her book 'Concerning Children' "About this size & quality but with paper cover gilt boards from mss. 5000 Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Gilman was an American humanist novelist writer lecturer advocate and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations of utopian feminists. Best known for her semi-autobiographical short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis Gilman has written works on gender and male domination that continue to maintain their relevance in today's society. In very good condition with rubbing and a few small losses to the spine and some toning to the rear panel front and rear pastedown front and rear free endpaper. A unique example. Hervey White was an American novelist poet and community-builder who was one of the original founders of the Byrdcliffe Colony in Woodstock New York and the radical artists' colony the Maverick known together as the Woodstock Art Colony. In 1915 White planned the first of the Maverick Festivals which included music and theatrical performances and which would inevitably become an annual celebration of wildness and unity until 1931. In popular press and local culture his long hair beard baggy white linens and purple silks are celebrated as the hallmarks of Woodstock's cultural identity. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 185140New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1927. Critics lauded it not only for its frank handling of sex but also for its exposé of imperialism First edition otherwise untraced in recent commerce of the first American novel on Indochina. The book's exploration of French colonialism and the titular protagonist's subversion of the colonial order has given it a renewed appeal in the 21st century. Having travelled to Asia as a young man Hervey 1900-1951 wrote novels and scripts set in the region and conceived the story for the 1932 film Shanghai Express. He studied Buddhism for a period in Burma and was friends with the Chinese national figurehead Sun Yat-Sen. Hervey's career was overshadowed by intolerance towards his homosexuality: "Reading his works three of which are now back in print with a biography looming you'll find a discernible gay fingerprint on almost everything he touched" Greene. Octavo. Original black cloth spine and front cover lettered in silver silver roundel on front board. With dust jacket. Silverfishing to cloth tape abrasions on pastedowns webbing exposed at rear inner hinge but holding firm; jacket unclipped spine sunned some chipping two old adhesive tape repairs on verso: a very good copy in very good jacket. Harlan M. Greene "The Multi-Talented Harry Hervey" Gay & Lesbian Review. hardcover
Best.-Nr. MA03G-00488the C. V. Mosby Co. Collectible - Good. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Co. 1941. 1st edition. 8vo. 298pp. Good book. Poor dust jacket. Dust jacket is frayed slightly dampstained folded and laid in book. Spine twisted. Boards rubbed front board blistered. Owner's name on front free endpage. Light pencil markings and dog-eared pages inside. A page of personal notes and photocopies of two articles on psychiatry laid in. Inquire if you need further information. the C. V. Mosby Co. hardcover
Best.-Nr. MA03G-00488the C. V. Mosby Co. Collectible - Good. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Co. 1941. 1st edition. 8vo. 298pp. Good book. Poor dust jacket. Dust jacket is frayed slightly dampstained folded and laid in book. Spine twisted. Boards rubbed front board blistered. Owner's name on front free endpage. Light pencil markings and dog-eared pages inside. A page of personal notes and photocopies of two articles on psychiatry laid in. Inquire if you need further information. the C. V. Mosby Co. hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 37232New York: George H. Doran Company 1926. The Shrine Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Shrine Edition 1926. Limited to 250 copies with this being hand numbered 230 SIGNED by author. A Very Good set in Very Good dust jackets with Good original slipcase. 8vo. 932 pp. in two volumes top edge gilt bound in publishers green cloth with titles in gilt on front covers and spines. with tan dust jackets. Housed in publishers brown paper covered slipcase with paper description pasted on side panel. Jacket spines are tanned with a few small chips/tears; small water stain volume I spine overall light soiling. Cloth is clean gilt is bright. End papers lightly toned. Short gift inscription inside volume II opposite half title page otherwise text appears unmarked. Slipcase has rubbing along edges with some light soiling to pastedown. SCARCE in dust jackets. BAL 7 p. 150. This limited numbered edition of two hundred and fifty copies autographed by the author is especially prepared for the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine Richmond Virginia. Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer poet editor and literary critic who became famous for his dark and macabre tales. His work is considered a major influence on American and international literature and he's often credited as the inventor of Gothic Literature. George H. Doran Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 003262London: printed for H. Carpenter in Fleetstreet n.d. 1744. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 45 ipp. Twentieth-century half brown morocco over cloth. ESTC T62149. An extremely uncommon item. 0 London: printed for H. Carpenter in Fleetstreet, n.d. [1744]. hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-033-01949Book on Demand Ltd. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Book on Demand Ltd unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 13191Farrar & Rhinehart Inc. . As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer--; 013191; Allen Hervey Anthony Adverse . 1933. Farrar & Rhinehart, Inc. hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 90395W. A. A. M. . New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 128 pp. ; 120 ills. -- with a bonus offer--; Exhibition catalog. With 24 figure illustrations and 82 text illustrations most of which are in full-color. . 2006. W. A. A. M. paperback
