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1792rif. 013157A Avignon: Chez Jean-Albert Joly Imprimateur-Libraire Pres Le Marche-Neuf. 1792. Full calf. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Printed in Avignon in 1792 early edition. Size 5" x 3" 192 pages. Attractive binding of full mid brown calf with double gilt line border to front and back covers five double gilt bands to the spine and gilt titles on brown morocco label page edges waxed red original endpapers. Vignette of bunch of flowers predominately roses to the title page. Text in French. Condition very good calf a little rubbed at corners and edges slightly cracked on spine binding sound. Owner's name to front endpaper - Le Ramey small illegible owner's inscription around vignette on title page a couple of pencil notes in margin on early pages else contents very clean. Chez Jean-Albert Joly, Imprimateur-Libraire, Pres Le Marche-Neuf. unknown
1731rif. 015213London: J. Peele. R. Francklin 1731. 3 works bound in 1 volume. First work third edition second and third work edition not stated. Book measures 20x13.5.cm. Collation 626232pp. Bound in period half calf calf corners marble boards raised bands leather title label. Binding rubbed some wear loss on edges corners. Generally binding in good condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy in a period binding. . Third Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo. J. Peele. R. Francklin Hardcover
2003rif. x-1841130958Hart Publishing 2003. Hardcover. New. 327 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Hart Publishing hardcover
1753rif. 94331753 Hamburg und Leipzig: Georg Christian Grund und Herman Heinrich Holle, 1753. Un volume in-8 (12 x 17,5 cm). [16]-560 pp+ 4 gravures hors-texte. Ouvrage relié en pleine basane, dos à cinq nerfs, caissons ornés au fer doré, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, titre en lettres dorées, tranches marbrées. Page de titre en deux couleurs. Quelques rousseurs isolées à lintérieur, exemplaire habilement restauré au XXe siècle (voir les contre-plats), mais solide et de belle présentation.
2015rif. x-1107010497Cambridge Univ Pr 2015. Hardcover. New. 650 pages. 10.25x7.25x2.00 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2015rif. x-1138127396Taylor & Francis 2015. Hardcover. New. 2nd revised edition. 304 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.79 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1957rif. C106684London: Secker And Warburg 1957. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 313. Tables figures. Original publisher's orange /red cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Non- fiction. Multiple personalities. Dust jacket shows photos of Joanne Woodward 3 different faces from a film based on the book. Signed presentation from one of the authors: 'September 1970. For the Northride Women's club with thanks and appreciation for their kindness Corbett Thigpen.' About fine and clean in very good complete dust wrapper with very faint surface wear and slight rubbing. No other inscriptions not price-clipped. Secker And Warburg,, hardcover
rif. 20042901New York 1923 Century. Black pictorial cloth very clean & solid copy 337p. 13 x 19 cm. FIRST EDITION THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED LONG PRESENTATION COPY DATED 1926 . . . THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK . . . AND HIS FIRST ON S.E. ASIA . . The primary story of the author's sojourn in to the sultry & hot climes of Saigon Cambodia Malaya & Borneo. The people he met the sights sounds and cultures he encountered. The jungles tropical sea voyages and the languid ports. but above all its was the unique and fascinating local people he met and became friends with based on his keen impressions he tells the story of his time spent in these tropical and exotic places with a sensitive vocablary. . Exquisitely written flamboyant vocabulary distinct and elaborate descriptions in much detail and elaborate color. HIS BOOKS BECOME FAMOUS MOVIES: Also written by Hervey whose works led to such famous films as SHANGHAI EXPRESS 1932 starring: Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook and directed by Josef von Sternberg. Also his very memorable ROAD TO SINGAPORE 1940 starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. GREEN HELL 1940 AND GREEN HELL 1940 starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Joan Bennett directed by James Whale. . A TALE OF THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE: The ancient name of the Malayan Peninsula according to WikiPedia the name is "Latin: Chersonesus Aurea was the name used for the Malay Peninsula by Greek and Roman geographers in classical antiquity most famously in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. See: ERENCES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: . THE EUROPEAN INDIA 1913 . THE BLACK PARROT: A Tale of the Golden Chersonese 1923 . WHERE STRANGE GODS CALL: Pages Out of the East 1924 . ETHAN QUEST: HIS SAGA 1925 . KING COBRA: An Autobiograhy of Travel in French Indo-China 1927. The same contents published in the UK under title: TRAVELS IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1928 . CONGAI. A Mistress of Indochine 1927 . RED ENDING 1928 . THE DAMNED DON'T CRY 1939 . THE IRON WIDOW 1931 . BARRACOON 1950 . And others. . WHO WAS HARRY HERVEY 1900-1951: . Harry Hervey was born in Beaumont Texas was educated in Savannah Georgia and Tennessee. . He started writing at about age eight and sold his first work to H. L. Mencken at the age of sixteen. He spent much of his life at Savannah's old Desoto Hotel as his mother was in charge of housekeeping from 1923 to 1957. . Hervey Traveled widely in Asia S.E. Asia Africa and the South Pacific. He authored twelve noels and numerous short stories and screenplays. He modeled is life after W. Somerset Maugham. Hervey was a life-long bachelor and died at the rather young age of fifty in New York. He is buried next to his mother Jane Louise Davis in Bonaventure Cemetery. unknown
1758rif. 11931Amsterdam Pieter MeijerRotterdam Pieter Holsteyn 1758/1761. 2 werken in 1 band 8 151 1 48 p. Origineel leer met ribben en goudbestempeling 8° Achterplat wat sleets verder een fraai exemplaar. Beide werken van Hervey zijn vrij zeldzaam Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer|Rotterdam, Pieter Holsteyn unknown
rif. 84237London Eyre and Spottiswoode Printers 1931 Limited Numbered Edition 159/900. Three Volumes. Hardback approx 9 x 6 inches. Beveled blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spines and gilt crests to fronts. Top page edges gilt. In blue cloth covered hard slipcase. In very good conditions. With very good slipcase SC faded around edges some minor handling marks. Spines faded and sunbleached. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to boards small black ink mark to top front corner of vol.1. Some minor darkening to endpapers with a couple of minor spots to prelims small neat inscription to endpaper of vol.1. “R. from J. Jan 1934.” Inside pages all very clean and tight. A couple of neat pencil notes to rear of vol.2 else a very good clean and tight set. 3 volumes: 313 - 648 - 1004pp. Illustrated with 5 full-page B&W portrait plates. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode Printers, 1931 Limited Numbered Edition 159/900. hardcover
2018rif. Gyan-9789353233877Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 12.46 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2018rif. Gyan-9789353233877Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 12.46 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2020rif. __0414074149Sweet & Maxwell 2020. Hardcover. New. 648 pages. 9.41x6.42x1.50 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
rif. 43080920-nnew. unknown
2014rif. BN426495Oxford ; Portland Or. : Hart - München : Beck - Baden-Baden : Nomos 2014. 2014. The EU charter of fundamental rights : a commentary. The EU charter of fundamental rights : a commentary. Peers Steve Tamara Hervey Angela Ward a. o. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart - [München] : Beck - [Baden-Baden] : Nomos unknown
rif. 05781New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the US for 1933 & 1934 ALLEN Hervey. Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab. New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. First edition first printing. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 inches; 216 x 152 mm. xii 1-1224 pp. Title-page printed in blue & black. Publisher's blue cloth front cover bordered and titled in gilt spine lettered in gilt. Original printed dust jacket with $3.00 on front flap spine slightly darkened extremities of inside fold neatly strengthened. A good copy. The novel contains three volumes: The Roots of the Tree The Other Bronze Boy and The Lonely Twin and each volume contains three "books" making for nine books in total. The story follows the eponymous protagonist Anthony Adverse through several adventures around the world. This includes slave trading in Africa his business dealings as a plantation owner in New Orleans and his incarceration and eventual death in Mexico. The novel was the Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the United States for two consecutive years: 1933 and 1934. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933 unknown
rif. 05781New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the US for 1933 & 1934 ALLEN Hervey. Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab. New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. First edition first printing. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 inches; 216 x 152 mm. xii 1-1224 pp. Title-page printed in blue & black. Publisher's blue cloth front cover bordered and titled in gilt spine lettered in gilt. Original printed dust jacket with $3.00 on front flap spine slightly darkened extremities of inside fold neatly strengthened. A good copy. The novel contains three volumes: The Roots of the Tree The Other Bronze Boy and The Lonely Twin and each volume contains three "books" making for nine books in total. The story follows the eponymous protagonist Anthony Adverse through several adventures around the world. This includes slave trading in Africa his business dealings as a plantation owner in New Orleans and his incarceration and eventual death in Mexico. The novel was the Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the United States for two consecutive years: 1933 and 1934. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933 unknown books
1955rif. 11217St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company 1955. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Second printing. Octavo 596pp. About very good in the publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in silver. Inner hinges tender but holding and rubbing to extremities else a nice celan copy internally. This copy SIGNED on the front paper: "Louise and Hervey Cleckley" though both names are present the inscription is in one hand and it matches other examples of Hervey's exactly. Uncommon signed this was Cleckley's landmark study of psychopathy and antisocial criminal behavior. Cleckley later co-wrote the screenplay for "The Three Faces of Eve." His body of work though obviously much improved on by later researchers is the basis for the modern study of psychopathic criminal behavior. The C. V. Mosby Company hardcover
1933rif. 91694New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc 1933. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Spine shows staining. Soiling to front and rear panels. Toning to pastedown and front end page.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc hardcover
2020rif. x-1138920975Routledge 2020. Hardcover. New. 3rd blg edition. 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
2015rif. x-1138799777Routledge 2015. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 206 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
2016rif. x-0415705622Routledge 2016. Hardcover. New. 2nd revised edition. 272 pages. Arabic language. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
2016rif. x-0691637326Princeton Univ Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 376 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.21 inches. Princeton Univ Pr hardcover
2009rif. x-041544005XRoutledge 2009. Hardcover. New. 2nd blg edition. 288 pages. Spanish language. 9.45x6.34x0.83 inches. Routledge hardcover
1848rif. 186966London: John Murray 1848. First edition of these posthumously published memoirs. "Despite his resort to the third person in discussing himself as a player in the drama of court life Hervey's Memoirs are in fact very personal direct and even earthy. They provide ironic and amusing character sketches of the men and women who exercised power in the 1730s" ODNB. 2 vols octavo 229 x 135 mm. Engraved frontispieces 2 facsimile plates. Modern red half morocco blue spine labels marbled sides and edges. Contemporary ownership inscription and stamp to initial blanks. Frontispieces with damp stains sporadic foxing occasional paper repair. A very good set. unknown