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1973ref. 157277London: Jarrolds 1973. First UK Edition preceding all others. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book has a few faint splashes on the bottom page edges. Jacket rear panel lightly rubbed with a short closed tear on the bottom right corner. Jarrolds unknown books
2005ref. UWINCRA00drpHarperCollins 2005. Very Good. Winchester Simon. A Crack In The Edge Of The World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. NY: HarperCollins 2005. 462pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle bumping. In DJ protector. HarperCollins hardcover books
2005ref. 2347934New York: Harper Collins 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Boards a bit smudged small sticker on rear jacket corner otherwise jacket is excellent. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv 462 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers showing North American tectonic plates past earthquakes and volcanoes and author's travel route black-and-white photographs and maps in text. "Unleashed by ancient geologic forces a magnitude 8.25 earthquake rocked San Francisco in the early hours of April 18 1906. Less than a minute later the city lay in ruins. Bestselling author Simon Winchester brings his inimitable storytelling abilities to this extraordinary event exploring the legendary earthquake and fires that spread horror across San Francisco and northern California in 1906 as well as its startling impact on American history and just as important what science has recently revealed about the fascinating subterranean processes that produced it - and almost certainly will cause it to strike again. Harper Collins hardcover books
2005ref. 230692New York: HarperCollins 2005. Hardcover. xiv 462p. endpaper maps glossary further reading index illustrations maps signed by the author on title page. A fine first edition in boards and unclipped dust jacket. The book is ingenously jacketed with a jaw-dropping color reproduction of a newspaper front-page ! EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA ! with three extensions; we have not fully extended it but it is obviously in perfect condition. Should the purchaser wish to examine it the creased flap-folds which are stiff could be first put under weight for an hour or two to allow an easier fold-down of this hidden image. HarperCollins hardcover books
ref. 176910hardcover. illus. 462pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. slighly chipped otherwise very good. N.Y.: HarperCollins 2005. Presentation copy. unknown books
1865ref. 31618New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1865. First edition. Cloth. Thin split along top of front joint spine ends worn still a good or better copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title leaves clean binding solid. 222 adv. 6 pp. 12mo. Though known primarily as an astronomer the Canadian American Simon Newcomb 1835-1909 also amassed a sturdy reputation as a political economist praised for his originality by John Maynard Keynes. This was his first published book on economics. Sabin 54936. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover books
1912ref. 410929London: Davey & Hackney 1912. Some rubbing to binding. Photos with some age toning and occasional fading but generally well preserved and crisp. Album containing 39 mounted black and white photographs the first nine 11 1/4 x 7 inches or vice versa; the remaining 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches or vice versa. Each photo is captioned in the lower margin of the print. In a padded leather album titled in gilt on the front cover. The photos presumably assembled in this album to commemorate a single voyage show: profile view of the ship from port the dining room social hall smoke room writing room gymnasium promenade deck swimming bath Captain Custance dancing deck boat deck Southampton docks deep sea trawlers playing cricket Leith thread the needle race tennis boxing. The final picture shows the "Arcadian" in a fjord in Norway. SS Arcadian was a Barrow-in-Furness built passenger liner constructed in 1899 by Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company originally named Ortona. She was renamed Arcadian in 1910 after the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company acquired her in 1906. She started her first world cruise in January 1912 the largest dedicated cruise ship in the world at that time. These photos document her use as a cruise ship so must date from circa 1912. In World War I she served with the Royal Navy and was sunk by a U-boat in 1917. On 15 April 1917 Arcadian was en route from Thessaloniki Salonika to Alexandria with a company of 1335 troops and crew and escorted by a Japanese Navy destroyer. Shortly after completing a boat drill while 26 miles north east of the Greek island of Milos Arcadian was hit by a single torpedo from the German submarine SM UC-74 and sank within six minutes with the loss of 279 lives. A contemporary newspaper article described how four of Arcadian’s overcrowded lifeboats were successfully lowered before she sank. Some of the dead were cooks and stokers who were working below decks. The escorting destroyer had two torpedoes launched at her while she was attempting to rescue men from the water; survivors reported that she had lowered three of her own boats while going “at full speed”. More survivors who had been clinging to a raft were rescued at midnight by the Q-ship HMS Redbreast. Among the dead was the eminent bacteriologist Sir Marc Armand Ruffer who was returning to Alexandria after advising on the control of an epidemic among troops based at Thessaloniki Wikipedia. Davey & Hackney unknown books
1949ref. 302864New York Farrar Straus and Company 1949. 1949. First American edition from English sheets. Small 4to. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very good. 264 pages. No dust jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. hardcover books
1949ref. 21620New York: Farrar Straus 1949. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition. Fine lacking the dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Farrar, Straus hardcover books
1949ref. 4426New York: Farrar Straus and Company 1949. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. 264 pages. From the former President of The Wine and Food Society of London - a comprehensive and valuable work with more than 260000 words of text on every conceivable topic in the realm of gastronomy is listed and fully described. Pages and boards lightly toned. Dust wrapper heavily chipped at edges. In protective mylar cover. Farrar, Straus and Company hardcover books
1963ref. 622571New York: The Citadel Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 190pp. Toning on the boards and foxing on the endpapers thus near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with foxing short tears and creasing. The Citadel Press hardcover books
1963ref. 555820New York: The Citadel Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo 190pp. Owner name penned and decorative bookplate on front fly topedge lightly soiled near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with spine a touch sunned and light offsetting on rear panel. Ex-James Gabler. Gabler G38940. The Citadel Press hardcover books
1804ref. 1356684Middletown CT: T. & J. B. Dunning 1804. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 34 pages; VG-; stitched pamphlet with stitching present; unmarked ecru paper wraps; protected in a mylar sleeve; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; edges of pages markedly worn; no text loss; pages clean; RW consignment; shelved. Sabin 2637. 1356684. Special Collections. T. & J. B. Dunning unknown books
1967ref. 81132London: Longmans 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine with light offsetting to the endpapers in a fine dustwrapper with little edgewear. The author's second novel written when he was seventeen. Masters has written extensively for television mostly in the U.K. for such series as The Professionals and Dallas. Longmans hardcover books
2005ref. 26013London: Bantam Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0593051467 . An attractive first British edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike dust wrapper with minor edgewear and price sticker to front. SIGNED by author Simon Kernick directly on the title page; Simon Kernick's A Good Day to Die tells the story of John Donnelly a Dubliner who flees Ireland in the early 1800s in search of a better life. Donnelly becomes a peddler in America where he meets and falls in love with a Native American woman. The novel follows Donnelly's life as he tries to navigate the brutal world of early America where life is cheap and violence is the norm. Kernick's novel is a beautifully written and harrowing exploration of the human cost of migration.; 8vo; 329 pages; Signed by Author . Bantam Press hardcover books
1999ref. 43081NY: St. Martin's Press 1999. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in avery good dustjacket. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
2000ref. 139646New York: Hyperion 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hyperion hardcover books
2000ref. 2340796New York: Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 14x8x7. Mixed set: first editions of volumes 1 and 3 book club edition of volume 2. Minor wear to corners ink name and date on each front endpaper. 2000 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. Numerous photos & illustrations. A three volume work written by Simon Schama to accompany a series of documentaries he presented for the BBC. Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion hardcover books
2000ref. 1354231New York: Hyperion 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 415 pages; VG/VG-; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; black spine with white lettering; price unclipped '$40.00'; sticker 'AS SEEN ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL' on front cover; minor shelf wear and rubbing; small closed tear on the fore edge of the back cover; pages are clean; inscribed by Schama on the title page; shelved in England. This is part one of a two-volume set that accompanies Schama's BBC/History Channel series of the same name. 1354231. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Hyperion hardcover books
2001ref. 9014732New York: Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion hardcover books
2002ref. USCHHIS00drpMiramax Books 2002. Very Good. Schama Simon. A History of Britain Volume III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000. New York: Miramax Books 2002. 576pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Black cloth with silver lettering. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners. Gift inscription on title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Miramax Books hardcover books
2002ref. USCHHIS02EFMiramax Books 2002. Very Good. Schama Simon. A History of Britain Volume III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000. New York: Miramax Books 2002. 576pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Black cloth with silver lettering. Book condition: Very good with slightly bumped spine ends and a small stain on foot. Clean bright pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Miramax Books hardcover books
2002ref. 9019137New York: Hyperion 2002. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's orignial black cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Minor shelfwear to extremities of dust jacket. Hyperion hardcover books
2001ref. 146341New York: Hyperion 2001. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Color & b/w illustrations. 544 pages. Small 4to cloth d.w. New York: Hyperion 2001. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Hyperion unknown books
2002ref. 314753New York: Hyperion 2002. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated in color and black and white. 576 pages. Thick 4to black cloth d.w. New York: Hyperion 2002. Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. Hyperion unknown books
