1957réf. 164297N.p.: N.p. 1957. Two vintage reference photographs of actress Joanne Woodward on the set of the 1957 film-one showing Woodward with Lee J. Cobb the other showing Woodward with David Wayne. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the case of Chris Costner Sizemore a woman believed to have dissociative identity disorder then called multiple personality disorder. Woodward received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1957réf. 164297N.p.: N.p. 1957. Two vintage reference photographs of actress Joanne Woodward on the set of the 1957 film-one showing Woodward with Lee J. Cobb the other showing Woodward with David Wayne. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on the case of Chris Costner Sizemore a woman believed to have dissociative identity disorder then called multiple personality disorder. Woodward received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1957réf. 009057New York: McGraw-Hill 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-fine copy clean and bright inside and out with slight wear at top of spine and tiny bump to top corner of front board. In a near-fine dust jacket $4.50 price intact with touch of wear at spine ends and corners trace of foxing at top of rear flap and small removed-sticker ghost at bottom of rear panel. A beautiful copy of this rather scarce title basis for the famous film that won Joanne Woodward the Academy Award for Best Actress. McGraw-Hill hardcover
réf. Bloomsbury-9781509951499Hart Publishing. Hardback. New. 280 pages Hart Publishing hardcover
réf. Bloomsbury-9781509951499Hart Publishing. Hardback. New. 280 pages Hart Publishing hardcover
2017réf. __1785364715Edward Elgar Pub 2017. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 592 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. Edward Elgar Pub hardcover
1944réf. 32860New York: The Jockey Club 1944. Limited edition. Hardcover boards cloth spine. Very good covers lightly smudged; edges shelf scuffed as usual; spine labels stained; scattered light foxing throughout. Ca. 750p total over 130 ills. total from old photos paintings and prints 1 in color. No. 437 of 800 sets. Printed in red and black by letterpress with tissue guardsheets over the frontispieces. The first two volumes of The Jockey Club's monumental history of American Thoroughbred racing--the personalities horses farms tracks races organizations etc.--which is still unsurpassed. Amazingly this luxurious set was published during paper rationing in World War II when many publishers were forced to use thin "wartime" paper. Very large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Sold as a set. Cannot be sent outside the US. Ca. 750p total over 130 ills. total from old photos paintings and prints 1 in color. No. 437 of 800 sets. Printed in red and black by letterpress with tissue guardsheets over the frontispieces. The Jockey Club hardcover
1848réf. 364London: John Murray 1848. First edition first printing. Near contemporary 1/2 morocco fine binding. Very Good. Biography on the King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760. George II 1683 - 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Hanover and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from June 1727 until his death in 1760. Condition: VG for 175-year-old plus volumes. Complete. BOOK INFO Published in 1848 by John Murray in London. First edition first printing. Complete in two volumes. Bound in near contemporary to later half fine morocco. Lustrous board paper ruled in gilt. Spine with five raised gilt decorated bands separating compartments ruled and tooled in gilt; gilt lettering in compartments two and three. Top edge gilt. Strikingly beautiful blue floral-patterned endpapers with branching streaks of gilt match the board paper. Octavo 9" x 6". Collated and complete: lxvi 520 pp.; viii 593 1 pp; frontispiece in each volume two plates of facsimile writings of the author Lord John Hervey. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & WORK Hervey wrote detailed and brutally frank memoirs of the court of George II of Great Britain from 1727 to 1737. He gave a most unflattering account of the King and of Frederick Prince of Wales and their family squabbles. For the Queen Caroline of Ansbach and her daughter Princess Caroline of Great Britain he had genuine respect and attachment. The Princess's affection for him was commonly said to be the reason for the close retirement in which she lived after his death. The manuscript of Hervey's memoirs was preserved by the family but his son Augustus John 3rd Earl of Bristol left strict injunctions that they should not be published until after the death of George III. In 1848 they were published under the editorship of J. W. Croker over 100 years after first composed but the manuscript had been subjected to a certain amount of mutilation before it came into his hands. Croker also softened in some cases the plainspokenness of the original. CONDITION REPORT The volumes are in VG antiquarian condition for 175-year-old books. Exterior and binding: Firm hinges and joints tight text block. Colorful supple morocco. Spines sunned from dark brown to a lovely chocolate brown. Light rubbing to boards and edges. A few small spots of soiling to boards and edges. Some scuffing to paper. Present beautifully on the shelf. Interior: The pages are generally bright and white. Light sporadic foxing moderate to heavier foxing at text block extremities and frontispieces. Signs of handling - marginal finger soiling and some smudges. No writing other than the final page in volume I with a marginal pencil number from the binder along the gutter. No ex libris marks or bookplates. A few bent corners creases and other signs of light handling. George II 1683 - 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Hanover and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from June 1727 until his death in 1760. All in all a handsome two-volume set biography on King George II in collectible condition. John Murray unknown
1757réf. 028731London: John Rivington James Rivington and James Fletcher Printed By Charles Rivington 1757. First edition 1757. Heavily worn copy in full contemporary sheep vi 2 99 pages. Front cover barely attached rear cover holding by cords spine ends chipped covers worn rear free endpaper no longer present pages age-toned with some occasional finger soil date in ink at bottom of title page name of Lemuel White on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. John Rivington, James Rivington and James Fletcher, Printed By Charles Rivington Hardcover
1898réf. 36271Methuen 1898. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece 8 plates and large folding map at end; navy diced cloth boards framed in blind upper board blocked in gilt with 'Types of the Force' repeated from frontispiece gilt back uncut expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down new hand-made endpapers a very good bright crisp clean copy. Sold from an institution with neat circular stamp on title only. With 40pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Methuen, hardcover
1931réf. 35832Horace Liveright. Very Good in Good dustjacket. Hardcover. The book is very sound clean except for pencil name/address/date on the front endpaper that should come off well if desired. The dustjacket is bright but has average wear with some chipping at the edge more at the top of spine and creasing. The dustjacket is now protected in a new removable archival sleeve.; "In the parched stillness of the Senegambian desert stands the prison called ironically "the Red Hotel" -- a prison confining deserters from the Legion military offenders criminals from the African labor battalions thieves murderers perverts and outcasts of all types; a grim hostelry surrounded by black villages where at night the drums of the bamboula set the air to shivering." Assumed first edition. No later printings noted.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8"; 283 pages . 1931. Horace Liveright hardcover
1924réf. 337918New York: The Century Company 1924. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplate else fine in near fine dustwrapper with some shallow chipping. Author's account of his search for romantic adventure mostly in the Orient. Many of the author's stories were made into successful movies including Shanghai Express. Lengthily Inscribed by the author in 1925. The Century Company hardcover
1924réf. 337918New York: The Century Company 1924. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplate else fine in near fine dustwrapper with some shallow chipping. Author's account of his search for romantic adventure mostly in the Orient. Many of the author's stories were made into successful movies including Shanghai Express. Lengthily Inscribed by the author in 1925. The Century Company hardcover books
2024réf. __0414114507Sweet & Maxwell 2024. Hardcover. New. 9.25x6.10x1.57 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
1839réf. 013837London: A. H. Baily 1839. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. "Contributed by distinguished writers and edited by T. K. Hervey." A rare work with various poems prose and engraved plates. pp. xiv 2 96 half-title page' engraved vignette title page additional letterpress title page 11 engraved plates the frontispiece plate is missing The poems include "A Sabbath on the Sea" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning the first time it appeared in print. Bound in the original textured cloth with blind stamped decoration to the boards and gilt lettering to the spine gilt vignette to the title page binding good with some general wear and rubbing cloth somewhat marked and a little frayed at the head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight some light staining to the odd plate. A good to very good copy. Scarce. A. H. Baily Hardcover
1899réf. 2370Boston MA: L.C. Page & Company 1899. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Isaac Sprague. A beautifully executed 19th century flower plate book still in it's original dust jacket and the publisher's two-part gift box with paste-on label. Copyright page has an 1885 copyright date title page with 1899. Forest green linen over boards title printed in white onto upper board and spine top edge stained green 4to 11-1/4 inches tall pp. unpaginated 89 with 90 being a blank illustrated with ten tissue-guarded color plates and each flower in turn followed by it's own accompanying text. Volume with an occasional spot of finger soil to text light offset to eps from DJ flaps and to pre-title from a once inserted card some show through to plate versos old price in pencil to ffep a stray pin head sized bit of green top edge stain to fore-edge and one tissue guard noted with two tiny holes. Unclipped DJ is toned with minor chips and small closed tears. Box is well worn but complete with stains a single corner split to upper half and a pencil note to outside lower half "Gift from Aunt Emma" also loosely inserted is a small piece of paper with " from Aunt Emma" written in pencil. An uncommon flower plate book when found in this condition especially so with it's original dust jacket and publisher's gift box. L.C. Page & Company hardcover
1947réf. 101830New York: G. P. Putnam's sons 1947. First edition first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title "For Nicholas Donkar - a personal introduction to some dark music - sincerely Harry Hervey November 1947 Savannah". Original dark blue cloth titles and decoration to spine in pink. With the pictorial dust jacket. Light partial tanning to endpapers a couple of brown specks to rear pastedown contents crisp. An excellent copy in a slightly chipped jacket with two 60 mm closed tears to rear panel. hardcover
1846réf. 73965John Mitchell Galignani & Co | London & Paris 1846 | 15 x 22.50 cm | relié
1926réf. 71491New York: George H. Doran 1926. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volumes. Small tears at the spine ends some scuffing and modest stains on the front board of Volume One a good set lacking the dustwrappers. Intriguingly Inscribed by the author: "Cordially Inscribed for Dr. Jerome Salinger by the author. Hervey Allen. Poughkeepsie N.Y. April 2 1927." We cannot identify the recipient other than to speculate that he might have been a relative of another New York-dwelling Jerome Salinger better known as J.D. Salinger who was decidedly not a doctor and indeed would have only been eight years old at the time. George H. Doran hardcover
1926réf. 71491New York: George H. Doran 1926. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volumes. Small tears at the spine ends some scuffing and modest stains on the front board of Volume One a good set lacking the dustwrappers. Intriguingly Inscribed by the author: "Cordially Inscribed for Dr. Jerome Salinger by the author. Hervey Allen. Poughkeepsie N.Y. April 2 1927." We cannot identify the recipient other than to speculate that he might have been a relative of another New York-dwelling Jerome Salinger better known as J.D. Salinger who was decidedly not a doctor and indeed would have only been eight years old at the time. George H. Doran hardcover books
1931réf. 1390677London: Eyre & Spottiswoode King's Printers 1931. First complete edition; Limited edition 667/900. Hardcover. Octavo Three volumes continuously paged lx 1003 pages. In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards have mitred edges gilt heraldry on front panel. Light wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text blocks have gilt top edge. Spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece in each volume 2 additional plates in first volume. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume Section. 1390677. FP New Rockville Stock. Eyre & Spottiswoode, King's Printers hardcover
1931réf. 1390677London: Eyre & Spottiswoode King's Printers 1931. First complete edition; Limited edition 667/900. Hardcover. Octavo Three volumes continuously paged lx 1003 pages. In Good condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Boards have mitred edges gilt heraldry on front panel. Light wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text blocks have gilt top edge. Spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece in each volume 2 additional plates in first volume. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume Section. 1390677. FP New Rockville Stock. Eyre & Spottiswoode, King's Printers hardcover books
1850réf. 62375Washington D.C.: Senate 31st Congress 1st Session Doc. No. 12 1850. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 25 pp. Four folding maps at rear. Very good. A descriptive account of the route pursued by US troops from Fort Smith Arkansas to Santa Fe New Mexico via the south side of the Canadian river in 1849 while escorting a party of Californian emigrants. GRAFF 3790 HOWES S-500 WAGNER- CAMP 192 WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 640. Senate, 31st Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 12 unknown
1850réf. 62375Washington D.C.: Senate 31st Congress 1st Session Doc. No. 12 1850. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 25 pp. Four folding maps at rear. Very good. A descriptive account of the route pursued by US troops from Fort Smith Arkansas to Santa Fe New Mexico via the south side of the Canadian river in 1849 while escorting a party of Californian emigrants. GRAFF 3790 HOWES S-500 WAGNER- CAMP 192 WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 640. Senate, 31st Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 12 unknown books
1776réf. 802001776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. In Original Wrappers Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 15" x 10"; 38 x 25.4 cm. Original wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior light wear to spine ends moderate soiling to edges light toning to interior. A very good copy uncommon in wrappers. $450. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Famous because of this trial Kingston was often depicted directly or indirectly in popular and serious literature. She is believed to have been the inspiration William Makepeace Thackeray's character of Beatrix Esmond Baroness Bernstein in The History of Henry Esmond and The Virginians. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T92941. unknown
