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. More
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Oscar Wilde; A Critical Study
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 17.5 x 11 cm. 16mo. 234 pages. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Some edgewear to the photographic dust jacket. More
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. More
The Letters and Journal of Brand Whitlock in two volumes.
New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavos. Frontispieces. Two volume blue cloth bound set in slipcase. Lacking jackets. The Letters 597 pages and The Journals 732. There is occassional pencil underlining in both volumes. Soiling to the slipcase. Previous owner's bookplate on front..... More
Lindbergh of Minnesota; A Politcal Biography
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 363pp. A very nice copy in a price clipped dust jacket. SIGNED by author Bruce Larson, Eva Lindbergh Christie, sister of Charles, and Charles Lindbergh on title page. Some light rubbing at bottom of cloth spine. Laid in is a brochure from..... More
One of the People His Story.
Colton, California: Published by the author, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. 382 pages. Bound in green cloth. Frontispiece portrait. Small stain to the preface page not effecting text. Some rubbing to the boards. Burton was a member of the 10th New York Cavalry. More
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..... More
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 "The Norton divorce suit that is the chief center of interest of this hitherto unpublished collection of letters was one of the major causes celebres..... More
Inheritors of the Spirit Mary White Ovington and the Founding of the Naacp.
John Wiley & Sons, November 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. More
Cornelius Cole California Pioneer and United States Senator; A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 27 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 379 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Marble cloth boards with green endlabel. Some loss to the endlabel. Signed and with inscrption by the author to a friend and classmate. Fading to the spine and edges of the boards..... More
The Life and Times of General Two-Gun Cohen.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo.312pp. A nice copy in a worn dust jacket. General Morris Cohen had a career in China and was an aide and body guard to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He also worked with Sun Fo, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Chai-sum... More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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..... More
Reading Writing and Remembering.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 341 pages. Green buckram in dust jacket. Stated first edition. Small pen mark on front free endpaper. There is some soiling to the jacket. Light edgewear to the jacket. Lucas was the head of..... More
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. More
Thomas De Quincey his Life and Work.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 279 pages. Black boards in the uncommon dust jacket. Toning to spine of jacket. Chipping ot the edges of the jacket. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front fixed endpaper. Some erased pencil underlining. More
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. More
Nancy Shippen Her Journal Book; The International Romance of a Young Lady of Fashion of Colonial Philadelphia with Letters to her and about her
London: Lippincott, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 349pp. Illustrated with portraits, facsimiles and prints. Bookplae of previous owner on front pastedown.with a small stamped date of Jan 7 1938. A very nice copy in dust jacket. More
The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 524 pages. Brown boards in worn jacket. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front fixed endpaper. Chipping to the edges of the jacket. More
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..... More
Seward At Washington as Senator and Secretary of State Volume II A Memoir of His Life With Selections from His Letters 1846-1861.
New York: Derby and Miller, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 650 pages. Brown boards with gold lettering. Volume two only of a 3 volume set. Fronispiece portrait. Some rubbing and edgewear to the boards. Written and compiled by the son of the subject. Uncommon work. More
Seward at Washington as Senator and Secretary of State Volume III A Memoir of His Life With Selections from his Letters 1861-1872.
New York: Derby and Miller, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 561 pages. Brown boards with gold lettering. Volume three only of a 3 part set. Frontispiece portrait. Some rubbing and edgewear to the boards. Written and compiled by the son of the subject. Uncommon work. More
Eva and Adolf.
Grosset & Dunlap, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Nice copy in dust jacket. Red remainder dot on bottom fore-edges. Ink inscription on front endpaper from previous owner. Jacket in a brodart protective wrapper. More