T.E. Lawrence by his friends.
Jonathan Cape, 1954. New Edition/Abridged. Hard Cover. Octavo. 319pp Some sun-tanning to spine. A near fine copy in an equally nice jacket. In an archival mylar wrapper.
Biography
John D. Rockefeller Two Volume Leather bound set; The Heroic Age of American Enterprise
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Leather Bound. 24 x 16 cm. Small quarto. Volume 1 683 pages, volume 2 747 pages. Two volume set. Bound 3/4 leather and marble boards with marble endpapers. Gilt top foredge. With binders embossed name "M. S. Curtis / Yuletide 1940" on...
Walt Disney; An American Original
Connecticut: EASTON, 1997. Collector's Edition. Full Calf. Bound in full red leather. Gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. Three raised bands. In Original Shrinkwrap.
Ssu-ma Ch'ien Grand Historian of China.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 276 pages. Brown cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Some chipping and small closed tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Previous owner's small address stamp on front end paper. A biography of "The first...
The Letters of Caroline Norton to Lord Melbourne.
Ohio State Univ Pr (txt), 1974. First edition. Hardcover. octavo. 182pp. A fine copy in an equally fine dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. "The Norton divorce suit that is the chief center of interest of this hitherto unpublished collection of letters was one of the major causes celebres...
The Memoirs of Casanova.
The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 7 7/8 x 12 inches. 560 pages. Cream-white wove dutch paper, full cream-toned buckram printed with an allover floral-brocade halftone design, gold-stamped parchment label. This edition limited to 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist, René ben Sussan of which this is copy...
Hubert de Burgh; A Study in Constancy
London: Phoenix House LTD, 1952. First edition. Hard Cover. octavo. 240pp A very good copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In an archival mylar wrapper.
The Days of a Man; Being Memories of a NAturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy
New York: World Bookj Co, 1922. Hard Cover. Two Volume Set. 710pp & 906pp Nicely rebound in quarter leather and blue cloth. Illustrated #28/370 copies SIGNED by the author. Near fine condition. First President of Stanford University.
The Emperor Francis Joseph I; An Intimate Study by his Valet
Boston: The Stratford Co., no date. Hardcover. 253pp. 16 illustrations. Nice copy in dust jacket. Previous owner has neatly taped two newspaper clippings in rear endpaper and reverse side of one of the illustrations in the book.
Delivery Us From Evil; The Fantastic Experiences of a Navy Doctor among the Terrorized Vietnamese Victims of the Communists
1956. Hard Cover. octavo. 214pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Small piece (1/2 inch x 1/4 inch) out from bottom of front dj. Some occassional rubbing to dj spine. Some darkening to front endpapers. Overall a very nice copy. This copy is SIGNED by Thomas...
The Lisle Letters.
University Of Chicago Press, 1981. Hardcover. Six Volume set. Quartos. Red and blue cloth with paper title label to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. All volumes in near fine condition.
The Correspondence of Sir Thomas More.
Princeton University Press, 1947. Hard Cover. Small quarto. Brown cloth. 584pp including index. Lacking dust jacket. There are some pages with scholarly annotations in pencil translating the Latin into English and the Old English text into current English.
Ringolevio A Life Played for Keeps.
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 498pp. Dust jacket illustration by Larry Rivers. Dust jacket shows some rubbing. Small stain to bottom of rear page. In a brodart protective wrapper. Counter culture.
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763; Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press.
New York: McGraw-Hil Book Co, 1950. Deluxe Edition. Small quarto. 370pp Bound in brown leather. Leather title label to spine. Marble endpapers. Bookplate of former owner on front endpaper. In slipcase. A beautiful copy. This edition of "Boswell's London Journal" was set in Waverley type and printed by the Maple...
The Vanished World An Autobiography, The Blossoming World Volume II and The World in Ripeness Volume 3; Three Volume Set
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1969. Hard Cover. 3 Volume set. All very nice copies in dust jackets. Small sticker imprint on front of each dust jacket. In brodart protective wrappers.
Leonard Wood A Biography.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First edition. Hard Cover. Small quarto. 10" x 6 1/2") Tan clotth. 436pp & 524pp A very nice set.
Roosevelt and the Caribbean.
University of Chicago, July 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. 232pp.
The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald 1763-1798.
New York: Brentanos, 1904. Hard Cover. octavo. 347pp Green cloth with gold design to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. Some light foxing to endppapers. Binding tight.
Robert Gordon Cousins.
Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938. Hardcover. Bound in red 3/4 leather. Five raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. 307pp. Gift inscription of previous owner. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpapers. Iowa Biographical Series.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1945. limited edition. Hard Cover. Small quarto. 631pp This edition is limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist Gordon Ross. A beautiful copy in slipcase.
Growing Up at Thirty-Seven.
M Evans & Co, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. octavo. 208pp A nice copy in dust jacket. Edge wear to jacket. Signed by Jerry Rubin on half-title page. In a brodart protective wrapper.
John James Audubon.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Original green cloth. Paper title label to spine. 144pp Photogravure frontispiece of Audubon. Limited to 350 copies. Some toning to endpapers. In a glassine protective wrapper. A lovely copy.
Boyhood on the Upper Mississippi; A Reminiscent Letter
Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, 1972. Hard Cover. Inscribed by Charles A. Lindbergh to previous owner on title page. There is some light edge rubbing along bottom. Overall a very nice copy.
Sidney Herbert Lord Herbert of Lea A Memoir.
London: John Murray, 1906. Hard Cover. Two volume set. Green cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. With portraits and illustrations.
The Tale of Beatrix Potter; A Biography
Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1972. second reprint. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 174pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. In a mylar protective wrapper.