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1925ref. 333610New York: Putnam 1925. Hardcover. 153p. toning and darkening to edges personal non-authorial gift inscription second printing stated hardcover bound in black cloth boards with fading gilt titles. Cocteau's second novel. Putnam hardcover books
ref. 57186hardcover. 8vo boards. Columbia: Univ. of South Carolina Press 1977. unknown books
1979ref. 51248bdLondon: Cassell 1979. First Edition. Octavo black boards hardcover silver letters xiv 349 pp. Very Good with bookplate and light soiling to page edges; in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: This new history brings into perspective the story of the RAF from its earliest origins to the final days of the last war. Sir Maurice Dean served throughout the 1930s period of re-armament and the Second World War in the Air Ministry holding a number of important posts which brought him into close contact with the RAF and the Air Staff. His experience of the force and its leaders at war coupled with a wide understanding of the process of government has equipped him to write this remarkable concise history. He covers the creation of the force as part of the Army its coming of age during the First World War as a weapon in its own right the early efforts to destroy it and its battle with the two older services the pre-war period of rearmament and reorganisation the race to re-equip and the campaigns of the Second World War where its responsibiities reached from mid-Atlantic to the Pacific. His account of the campaigns is balanced by studies of the bodies that evaluated armed equipped transported and directed the RAF. Amond other more controversial points discussed are Churchill’s criticisms of re-armament the rise of the Luftwaffe the nature of Beaverbrook’s contribution to aircraft production the crucial question of “Fighters for France” in May and June 1940 and the argument surrounding Dowding’s relations with the Air Ministry. The author includes sketches of the great leaders and a new survey of the parts played by the maritime air forces and by Bomber Command in the final victory; nor does he shy away unlike many writers from the question of the morality of strategic bombing a debate which led to a shabby appriasal of Bomber Command’s part in the war. This is not a book of those whose image of the RAF is of a Spitfire slow-rolling in a summer sky nor for those who believe its sole monument to be the wreckage of Dresden and Hamburg. It is a book for all those interested in the concepts of warfare and defence and the lessons of history. Cassell, (1979). First Edition. hardcover books
1976ref. 214621Buffalo NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1976. Revised edition. Softcover. 122 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 12 1976 through January 9 1977 in Buffalo NY and then traveled on to Cincinnati Washington D.C. New York Los Angeles and Oakland for additional dates. Essays by Robert T. Buck Jr. Linda L. Cathcart Gerald Nordland and Maurice Tuchman. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. An about very good copy in wrappers with a crease to the bottom rear corner some other light wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks. A solid reference copy with an interesting provenance. Albright-Knox Art Gallery unknown books
ref. B263125-2Köln/Milano Uffici Kunstverlag n.d. 31 1pp. 16 tipped-in color plates. Sm. folio. Stiff wraps. Köln/Milano (Uffici Kunstverlag), n.d. paperback books
1960ref. 128668New York: Monthly Review Press 1960. vii 119p. slender hardcover very good. Monthly Review Press unknown books
1959ref. 123813London: Lawrence & Wishart 1959. Paperback. 62p. wraps some rubbing to back cover otherwise very good condition. Socialism Today Series no. 1. Lawrence & Wishart paperback books
1963ref. 339651New York: International Publishers 1963. Paperback. 63p. wraps spine sunned else very good condition. New World Paperbacks NW-41. International Publishers paperback books
1945ref. 251697New York: International Publishers 1945. Pamphlet. 32p. stapled wraps lightly worn and soiled touch of rust staples else very good condition. International Publishers unknown books
1945ref. 203086New York: International Publishers 1945. Pamphlet. 32p. stapled pamphlet red marker marks on front wrap and first page wraps lightly soiled else good. International Publishers unknown books
1923ref. 233994Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1923. hardcover. very good. Introduction by Richard C. Cabot. xxiv 421pp. tall 8vo maroon cloth t.e.g.; few instances of penciled notes in margins lightly rubbed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1923. A very good copy. Harvard University Press unknown books
1980ref. TB31666Los Altos: The Book Nest 1980. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in light beige cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with dust staining to the top edge of the text block and light foxing to the other edges of the text block. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a long closed tear to the front panel rubbing to the folds and light soiling to both panels. Signed dated in 1980 and inscribed by the author on the fly title page. 189 pages including an index The Book Nest hardcover books
1976ref. 001058Los Altos CA: Hermes Publications 1976. Hardcover. First edition; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4; pp. 8 xi-xxi 1 1-108; brown cloth over boards; gilt title to spine; pictorial DJ; illustrated; very minor wear - fine condition. Jacket with a few small nicks and a wrinkle to top edge - very good to near fine. Signed and inscribed by author. An authoritative study of various aspects of book collecting including ways of getting started caring for the books recognizing signed and inscribed copies books as an investment etc. Los Altos, CA: Hermes Publications hardcover books
1963ref. 33331Northwestern University Press. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine but for owner's bookplate on front pastedown in close to fine but price-clipped dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Northwestern University Press hardcover books
1977ref. 94519Paris: Edition du Groupe Fresnes-Antony de la Federation Anarchiste 1977. Pamphlet. 61p. stapled wraps 5.5x8 inches wraps worn staples rusted old price sticker on rear wrap else good condition. Text in French. First published in 1965 Volonte anarchiste no. 1. Edition du Groupe Fresnes-Antony de la Federation Anarchiste unknown books
1952ref. 132924Philadelphia PA: Philadelphia Art Alliance 1952. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 3 through November 2 1952. Brief text by Maurice Freed. Includes 4 black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Philadelphia Art Alliance unknown books
1977ref. 37107Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1977. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 359pp index. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that is sunned on the spine. Indiana University Press hardcover books
1928ref. 18114scsParis: Librairie des Sciences Politiques et Sociales 1928. Octavo burgundy cloth hardcover gilt letters 290 pp. Near-Fine. Librairie des Sciences Politiques et Sociales, 1928. hardcover books
2005ref. 79584London: Faber and Faber 2005. First UK edition. 192 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. London: Faber and Faber unknown books
1980ref. 222121New York: Crown 1980. hardcover. very good/very good. 411pp. 8vo cloth-backed boards d.w. a few small tears New York: Crown 1980. Very good in very good d.w. Crown unknown books
1967ref. 16647New York: Ballantine 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Edited by Girodias. U8601. Third Printing. Good. Wraps soiled lightly rubbed old price sticker on the front cover. Square bound with some reading wear toned pages clean otherwise. A classic anthology featuring writing from Henry Miller Samuel Beckett John Cleland Pauline Reage Chester Himes William S. Burroughs Raymond Queneau Georges Bataille Marquis de Sade Jean Genet and others. Ballantine paperback books
1955ref. 268352New York: American Jewish Committee 1955. 40p. staplebound booklet faint smudge on cover otherwise very good. Two articles reprinted from the American Jewish Yearbook. Overview of recent developments including Brown v. Board of Education. American Jewish Committee unknown books
1990ref. 298588New York: Oxford University Press 1990. Hardcover. 263p. illus. first edition very good condition in like dust jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover books
ref. 76595Lagos: Public Relations Dept no date. Hardcover. 15p. saddle-stapled pamphlet b&w photos. Booklet explaining the history and operation of Nigeria's produce marketing boards. Wraps separated staples rusted a reading copy only. Crownbird Series No. 2. Public Relations Dept hardcover books
1953ref. 320248Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1953. Pamphlet. 27p. staplebound pamphlet photos interspersed throughout the text both printed in sepia gravure; "Printed in USSR" stamp on title page otherwise very good. Sketches of Soviet life. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
