1788réf. 747801788. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788. An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A New Edition. London: Printed for G. Kearsley at Johnson's Head No. 46 Fleet-Street 1788. ii ii 178 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Wear to spine ends and joints and corners which are bumped front board partially detached but secure small armorial bookplate Carlingford to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior soiling and smudges to a few leaves heavier soiling to p. 178 light soiling to title page and frontispiece which has light edgewear and a short tear to its fore-edge with no damage to image. A good copy. $650. Second edition published the same year as the first. A final edition designated the third was published in 1790. Kingston was well-known for a colorful life of romantic entanglements and scandals. 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. The likely previous owner of this copy was the British nobleman and politician Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford 1823-1898 who served as President of the Board of Trade and also served on the Privy Council as Lord President of the Council. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T93420. unknown books
1776réf. 784871776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston 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 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked retaining spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing light gatoring to spine small chip to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn small later bookseller ticket to front pastedown front hinge cracked another crack in text block between p. 176 which is lightly soiled and following leaf. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places owner name Horace Witner "1906 or 7" to front endleaf 19th or 20th-century annotations in pencil to endleaves some leaves have marks to margins in same hand lower corner lacking from leaves I4 pp. 35-36 and Ss2 pp.159-160 with no loss to text. $650. 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. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1957. English Short-Title. unknown books
1936réf. 009011Bermuda: Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. 94pp/illus. First and only edition A publication of the Bermuda Trade Development Board folio number #67 of 2000 copies designed by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett and printed by Edward Stern and Company in Philadelphia. The book has 52 illustrations -- watercolors by Adolph Treidler and photographs by David Knudsen F.S. Lincoln and Walter Rutherford each printed one to a page and in excellent condition plus what one might call a rather quaint and dated text. One of the chapters "As a Landscape Architect Sees Bermuda" is by Frederick Law Olmstead. Text Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Numbered Copy. Bermuda Trade Development Board hardcover
1936réf. 007590Bermuda: Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. 94pp/illus. First and only edition A publication of the Bermuda Trade Development Board folio number 1168 of 2000 copies designed by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett and printed by Edward Stern and Company in Philadelphia. The book has 52 illustrations -- watercolors by Adolph Treidler and photographs by David Knudsen F.S. Lincoln and Walter Rutherford each printed one to a page and in excellent condition plus what one might call a rather quaint and dated text. One of the chapters "As a Landscape Architect Sees Bermuda" is by Frederick Law Olmstead. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bermuda Trade Development Board hardcover
1785réf. 459110London : printed by J. Davis for R. Faulder 1785. First Edition. Hardcover. Good set only in contemporary full leather-covered boards with front board of volume 3 detached and front board of volume 1 coming detached. Covers slightly scuffed with some minor worming to the exterior only. Gilt-blocked leather labels mounted on the spine which shows minor scuffs. Preliminary and final leaves foxed with isolated foxing only to the text. The text blocks themselves remain strong: tight and clean overall. A very serviceable set. Physical description: complete in 3 volumes ; 22 cm. Subjects: Hervey Christopher - Correspondence. Travelers' writings English - 18th century. Europe - Description and travel - Early works to 1800. Portugal - Early works to 1800. Spain. Italy. Germany. Social life and customs - 18th century. Politics and government. London : printed by J. Davis for R. Faulder hardcover
1940réf. 468268Harmondsworth : Penguin Books 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy bound in red cloth boards with a paper spine label and now showing faint scuffs. Corners joints and endbands slightly rubbed. The original wrappers somewhat foxed are bound in with the spine cover worn mounted on the title page. The text block remains strong: tight and clean with gently age-toned leaves. A well-preserved example overall. Notes; Signed and inscribed by the author. Provenance; Frieda Gumn's copy with her own notes and custom binding. Copious photographs biographical and memorial content relating to the author also loosely inserted and mounted to blanks. Half-title stamped ""Patwa News Agency : Mombasa."" Series; Penguin books ; 287. Physical description; 155 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War 1914-1918. Prisoners of war. Personal narratives. Germany. 20th century. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books hardcover
1957réf. 140946028New York: The authors & McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1957. Near Fine/Near Fine. Seventh printing of the first edition. Signed by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley on the front pastedown. Thigpen has warmly inscribed and signed the front free endpaper dated June 1 1995 "For Irving Victor a close classmate in medical school. With feelings that do not readily lend themselves to words--I shall never forget your straight level look and the warmth of our last handclasp." Bound in cloth-affect blue and green binding lettered in silver. Near Fine with edge wear light foxing to all edges. In a supplied Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor edge wear. The authors' reprint of a famous case study of Eve White a virtuous housewife with multiple personality disorder. This case study would go on to bring awareness to the psychological condition. Later adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. Cleckley's book The Mask of Sanity originally published in 1941 remains a cornerstone of clinical psychopathy. [The authors &] McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc unknown
1957réf. 140946028New York: The authors & McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1957. Near Fine/Near Fine. Seventh printing of the first edition. Signed by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley on the front pastedown. Thigpen has warmly inscribed and signed the front free endpaper dated June 1 1995 "For Irving Victor a close classmate in medical school. With feelings that do not readily lend themselves to words--I shall never forget your straight level look and the warmth of our last handclasp." Bound in cloth-affect blue and green binding lettered in silver. Near Fine with edge wear light foxing to all edges. In a supplied Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor edge wear. The authors' reprint of a famous case study of Eve White a virtuous housewife with multiple personality disorder. This case study would go on to bring awareness to the psychological condition. Later adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. Cleckley's book The Mask of Sanity originally published in 1941 remains a cornerstone of clinical psychopathy. [The authors &] McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc unknown books
réf. 9868Genève, H. Georg, Libraire-Editeur - Paris, Ernest Leroux - London, Trubner and Co., 1876 et 1883. 2 volumes in-4, X-520 pp. (Tome I) - IV-626 pp. (Tome II), brochés, couvertures imprimées, non coupés, très bon état intérieur.
1931réf. 549946London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Publishers Ltd 1931. Very good condition first edition Volume I II and III complete. This edition is limited to nine hundred copies of which this is number 733. Includes five plates and newspaper clipping laid in. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering to spines and gilt crests to fronts no dust jackets. Page bock heads are gilt edged faces and feet are rough cut. Spines are faded and sunned. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to boards and corners are a little bumped. Page blocks are tanned. Inside pages all very clean and tightly bound. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd Hardcover
199914 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with maps and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Chris Collingwood and (some later volumes) Robert Papp. The sequence comprises: A Close Run Thing (1999); The Nizam's Daughters (2000); A Regimental Affair (2001); A Call to Arms (2002); The Sabre's Edge (2003); Rumours of War (2004); An Act of Courage (2005); Company of Spears (2006); Man of War (2007); Warrior (2008); On His Majesty's Service (2011); Words of Command (2015); The Passage to India (2018); The Tigress of Mysore (2020). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
1846réf. 73965London & Paris: John MitchellGalignani & Co 1846. Fine. John Mitchell Galignani & Co London & Paris 1846 15 x 22.50 cm relié Illustrated edition with 10 portraits of the most celebrated actresses of the time by Alexandre Lacauchie printed outside the text. Half red calf binding spine with five raised bands decorated with garlands and double gilt compartments some scuffs notably to the upper headcap marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns a small harmless nick to the top edge contemporary binding. Handsome interior condition without foxing. John MitchellGalignani & Co hardcover
1936réf. 40848Bermuda: Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. Silver and turquoise cloth. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. "Our remoteness from the rest of the world is a wholesome and helpful infuence" Elegant large format brochure for prospective expatriates with a preface by Hervey Allen and chapters on the legal system requirements for residency the tax structure and costs of houses and servants with An Architect's View of Bermuda by Ralph Adams Cram and "A Landscape Architect Looks at Bermuda by Frederick Law Olmsted. With finely reproduced watercolors by Adolph Treidler celebrated for his posters for the Bermuda Tourist Board. "Also in Bermuda the law is the law . once on the statute books the act is enforced and obeyed. This goes for whites and blacks of all conditions and classes. Hence the slick mentality is in the wrong place in Bermuda" - from the preface. Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board] unknown
1933réf. 315784New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth dust jacket. Spine spotted jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen" Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. bookplate; presentation inscription Farrar and Rinehart unknown
1948réf. 622007New York: Rinehart & Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket design and frontispiece by Andrew Wyeth. Toning on the boards and endpaper thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine and tiny tears. Inscribed by Andrew Wyeth. Rinehart & Company hardcover
1933réf. 29615New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing: with requisite Farrar device present on the copyright page. First Issue: with all points called for by Merle Johnson. 6 x 8.5in. xi. 1224pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Housed in a custom quarter leather over cloth slipcase with internal clamshell folder. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities board text lightly rubbed else Fine/As New. The publisher's syllabus and the message to the publisher are likewise housed in a matching custom quarter leather over cloth slipcase. The message to the publisher etc. is signed by Hervey Allen at the end of the text. The syllabus shows slight shelf rubbing of the edges and a hint of toning else Fine/As New. The message to the publisher is flawless. The slipcases show marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities spine somewhat darkened and with hints of loss. As pictured. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1944réf. A797668The Jockey Club. Very Good. 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. folio; 2 volume set ltd 800 cps edge wear at the corners small dent in bottom edge a nice tight attractive set . The Jockey Club hardcover
1936réf. 40848Bermuda: Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board 1936. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. Silver and turquoise cloth. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 1391 of 2000 numbered copies. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company Inc. Philadelphia. Illustrated with photos by David Knudsen Walter Rutherford Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln and watercolors by Adolph Treidler. 94 pp. 1 vols. Imperial 4to 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. "Our remoteness from the rest of the world is a wholesome and helpful infuence" Elegant large format brochure for prospective expatriates with a preface by Hervey Allen and chapters on the legal system requirements for residency the tax structure and costs of houses and servants with An Architect's View of Bermuda by Ralph Adams Cram and "A Landscape Architect Looks at Bermuda by Frederick Law Olmsted. With finely reproduced watercolors by Adolph Treidler celebrated for his posters for the Bermuda Tourist Board. "Also in Bermuda the law is the law . once on the statute books the act is enforced and obeyed. This goes for whites and blacks of all conditions and classes. Hence the slick mentality is in the wrong place in Bermuda" - from the preface. Published by the Bermuda Trade Development Board] unknown books
1933réf. 315784New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth dust jacket. Spine spotted jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. First edition first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen" Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. bookplate; presentation inscription Farrar and Rinehart unknown books
1948réf. 622007New York: Rinehart & Company 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket design and frontispiece by Andrew Wyeth. Toning on the boards and endpaper thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine and tiny tears. Inscribed by Andrew Wyeth. Rinehart & Company hardcover books
réf. 003141London: printed for T. Cooper in Paternoster-Row 1736. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 31 ipp. Later marbled boards over cloth. With the bookplate of Harvard College Library deaccessioned properly the gift of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ESTC T150258; Kress 3840; Hanson 4920; Smith J. Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books I p. 57; Smith J. Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books II p. 460. 0 London: printed for T. Cooper, in Paternoster-Row, [1736?]. hardcover
1731réf. 1512150018London : Printed for J. Peele 1731-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Bound in modern brown leather. Red leather title label with gilt. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. A pamphlet used as an attack on the Craftsman co-founders William Pulteney and Henry St. John leaders of the opposition to George II's first minister Sir Robert Walpole. The text is commonly attributed to Lord Hervey one of Walpole's leading spokesmen at this period; it has also been credited to William Arnall a prolific pamphleteer in Walpole's hire. London : Printed for J. Peele hardcover
réf. Z1-U-007-00930General Books LLC. 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. General Books LLC unknown
2021réf. x-0190846755Oxford Univ Pr 2021. Hardcover. New. 1136 pages. 9.90x7.00x2.60 inches. Oxford Univ Pr 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
