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2003ref. 9033763Cambridge UK: Cambridge University 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated in black and white. 6 x 9 inches. 464 pages. Cambridge University hardcover books
1975ref. 266Seattle: WA UP 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 36 color & numerous b/w illus. Index of Art in the Pacific Northwest #9. Scholarly title. WA UP hardcover books
2013ref. 1404103New York: Ecco 2013; 2017. First U.S. Editions First Printings. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good dust jackets. Vol. 1 spine white with gold black and navy blue lettering. Vol. 2 spine blue with gold and white lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings prices uncut: "$39.99". Text blocks slightly warped. Slight foxing to top edge of text block of Vol. 2. Interior pages clean. Both volumes signed and dated by Schama on title page. </br>CONTENTS: Vol. 1 "Finding the Words 1000 BC - 1492 AD" 496 pages - Vol. 2 "Belonging 1492 - 1900" 790 pages. Shelved Above Case 11. 1404103. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ecco hardcover books
1982ref. 015840William Morrow & Company 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition.$9.95 On Flap. Signed By The Author On Half-Title. Scarce Especially Signed. Excellent Fresh Copy. William Morrow & Company Hardcover books
1973ref. 498939Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1973. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition “La Librairie des Editions de Minuit sur Bouffant” issue limited to 92 numbered copies this copy is number 87. 12mo. White printed wrappers. Slight soiling on fore-edge of two leaves a fine unopened copy in publisher’s unprinted near fine glassine dust jacket lightly tanned on the spine and with a small chip at head of spine. Publisher’s numbered slip laid into the book matching the limitation number on verso of title page. The French novelist Claude Simon often identified with the nouveau roman movement won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1969ref. 013044New York: Random House 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.143pp. Sharp Stated First Printing of Simon's breakout play. Bound in quarter black cloth over blue paper-covered boards with titles in gilt on spine. Random House logo blind-stamped on front board. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends and tips but quite minor. Very attractive clipped dust-jacket has some mild soiling and rubbing. Spine mildly toning. Still bright with no chipping creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy and at a great price. Random House hardcover books
1991ref. TB33481New York: Random House 1991. Unknown Edition. First Printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and orange paper covered boards with metallic red text on the spine and with the blind embossed seal of Random House on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine unclipped no price dust jacket. Signed by the author and playwright on the title page without an inscription or date. 120 pages of script. Even though there is no price on the dust jacket this copy does not appear to be a book club version as there is blind embossed dot on the rear board. Additionally there is no indication of the printing on the copyright page. Random House hardcover books
1928ref. 13008London: Peter Davies Limited 1928 First trade edition. White cloth over blue and white patterned boards gilt spine. Folio. A fine copy in dust jacket. Label of dust jacket chipped. A handsome production printed at the Curwen Press. Peter Davies Limited, hardcover books
1989ref. 13661New York: Continuum Publishing 1989. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/fine. Inscribed to Senator Pete Domenici first edition of Winners and Losers by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo x 209pp. Blue cloth title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block a touch of wear to tips a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $17.95 retail price on front flap touch of wear to spine a fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Pete Domenici - Who I hope can survive my reference to him - Paul Simon / 2-9-89." Domenici is referenced on page 84 where Simon compliments the Senator's work to combat homelessness. Paul Simon 1928-2003 was an Illinois Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the Senate from 1985 to 1997. Simon wrote twenty-two books throughout his career and was known for his traditional horn-rimmed glasses and bow tie. In a tribute to Simon former President Bill Clinton said he was "beyond question one of the most remarkable public servants I ever knew." Pete Domenici 1932-2017 was the longest-serving Senator from New Mexico to date holding office from 1973-2009. Continuum Publishing unknown books
1966ref. 600587New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1966. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated by Walter Lorraine. Toning on the page edges else near fine with publisher's slip affixed to the copyright page in a very good dust jacket with toning and a small tear on the rear wrapper. W.W. Norton & Company unknown books
2008ref. 214060Paris / Nantes / Besancon: Hazan / Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes / Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie de Besancon 2008. Softcover. VG. Some light rubbing/soiling to wraps and previous owners name penned inside otherwise clean and unmarked. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 207 pages : illustrations chiefly color ; 28 cm. French text. Catalog of an exhibition held at Musée des beaux-arts de Nantes Nov. 21 2008-Feb. 23 2009 and Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie de Besançon Mar. 27-June 29 2009./ Includes bibliographical references pages 202-207. Hazan / Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes / Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie de Besancon paperback books
1918ref. 206604Washington: Byron S. Adams 1918. First. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 459pp. 8vo maroon cloth cloth slightly soiled lettering on spine rubbed. Washington: Byron S. Adams 1918. First Edition. Author was a lawyer and judge in Washington D. C. He was an advocate for the rights of Jews especially Jews in Eastern Europe. Often Wolf would advise Presidents on Jewish matters. Byron S. Adams unknown books
1903ref. 286035Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1903. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. 424 pages blue cloth a bit nicked at head else near fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1903. First Edition. Scarce. A very good copy. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
ref. 4653SIMON Oliver and Julius Rodenberg. PRINTING OF TO-DAY. London: Peter Davies 1928. Folio. Cloth slipcase. xx 83 pages 122 plates. One of 300 copies. The deluxe issue on handmade paper. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. A very nice copy. Contains articles by Oliver Simon Beatrice Warde and Julius Rodenberg on contemporary fine printing in Europe England and the United States. 4653. unknown books
1683ref. 1361807London: Rich. Royston 1683. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 245 pages; G; Bound in brown leather; Bumping and rubbing to corners rubbing along edges splitting along front joint tearing at tail edge of spine slight splitting along rear joint bowing to rear cover; Textblock has age toning brown marks along front and rear endpapers likely from leather rubbing foxing to some pages; RWO. Shelved in Room x. 1361807. Special Collections - Downstairs. Rich. Royston hardcover books
2002ref. 013691Bowtie Press 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Celebrity. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition/First Printing Signed by Three Hall Fame Jockeys Laffitt Pincay Pat Day and Angel Cordero Beautiful Copy Without Wear.Rare Signed. Bowtie Press Hardcover books
1964ref. 006489Random House 1964. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine jacket.$3.95 on flap.Stated First Printing.Light Wear to the extremities of Crown & Heel.Excellent copy. Random House Hardcover books
1966ref. 015150Geoffrey Bles 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition15s Net on Flap. Excellent Biblio-Mystery. Geoffrey Bles Hardcover books
1685ref. 816541685. An Influential English Treatise on Tithes Degge Sir Simon 1612-1704. The Parson's Counsellor With the Law of Tythes or Tything. In Two Books. The First Sheweth the Order Every Parson Vicar &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the Taking the Same And Many Other Things Necessary for Every Clergy-Man to Know and Observe. The Second Shews in What Manner all Sorts of Tythes Offerings Mortuaries And Other Church Duties are to be Paid As Well in London as Elsewhere And as Well by the Canon as Common and Statute-Laws And in What Courts and Manner they May be Recovered What Charges They are Subject to And Many Other Things Concerning the Same Necessary for Clergy-Men and All Others to Know. Corrected And Inlarged in Many Particulars Through the Whole Book With a Table: &c. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires For Henry Twyford 1685. xxxii 341 27 pp. Two parts each with title page. Pagination continuous. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and lettering piece to spine upper outside hinge of rear board repaired gilt tooling to board edges hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and fine cracks to boards moderate rubbing to board edges with some wear around corners and bottom edges hinges partially cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places spark burns and light soiling to a few leaves. $200. Fourth edition one of two issues from 1685. This influential and oft-cited treatise was first published in 1676. Its final edition the seventh was published in 1820. It is divided into two books. The first addresses the procedures parson and vicars must follow to obtain a preferment the duties imposed by a preferment and various regulations clergymen must observe. The second outlines various tithes offerings mortuaries and other church duties relevant canon common and statute laws and courts and suits involving tithes. English Short-Title Catalogue R1607. unknown books
1928ref. 98480New York: Robert M. McBride 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition in English. Translated by Ernest Boyd. Front hinge a little tender else near fine in an attractive very good dustwrapper with shallow chipping at the crown and rear panel and some slight tanning. A famous French play basis for a 1949 film of the same name directed by Raymond Bernard and featuring Jean-Pierre Grenier and Viviane Romance. Aline Bernstein designed the set and costumes for the first performance in English which ran on Broadway for only fifteen performances. Scarce in jacket. Robert M. McBride hardcover books
2016ref. 1398579Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xxv 330 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in full green cloth. Green spine with a blue label and gilt lettering. Boards and textblock have mild shelving wear. Contains a typed letter signed by Randall Guynn between the front board and front free end page. Shelved in Room A. 1398579. Special Collections. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1968ref. 568158London: Faber and Faber 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the crown. Inscribed by the author. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1974ref. 500377Albany New York: Magi Books Inc 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Anthony Simon. Quarto. 64pp. Illustrated reproducing numerous photographs of Maritain by John Howard Griffin. Small stain on front board near fine in very good dust jacket sunned at the spine with a few small nicks and tears at the extremities. Inscribed by Griffin: "To Leo Don and family With friendship and gratitude/from the Griffins Love John Howard Griffin. Sept. 20 1977 Magi Books, Inc hardcover books
1973ref. 140944418New York: Atheneum 1973. First American edition. First American edition. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight sunning to spine panel light wear. The French Nobel laureate's fifth novel first published in French in 1970. Atheneum unknown books
1776ref. 609141776. Disbarred by the Parlement of Paris Linguet Simon Nicolas Henri 1736-1794. Requete au Conseil de Roi Pour M. Linguet Avocat. Contre les Arrets du Parlement de Paris Des 29 Mars & 4 Fevrier 1775. Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey 1776. 12mo. ii 260 pp. 12mo 6-1/2" x 4". Contemporary mottled sheep gilt spine marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities. Some toning to text internally clean. A nice copy. $200. First edition. Also issued the same year in Geneva. This book concerns the sanctioning of Linguet's disbarment by the Order of Barristers by the Parlement. The complicated circumstances had to do with competition within the Order of Barristers and tensions between the Order and the Parlement. Linguet admitted to the bar in 1764 was a formidable advocate. The immediate cause of his disbarment was "a tirade in which the author seems to have lost his temper and denounced the Order. This convoluted affair is described in Michael P. Fitzsimmons The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution 24ff. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 1 in a law library UC-Berkeley. Another copy located at George Washington University Law School. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
