August 1916 (50 results)

Condition: GOOD. Book club edition. His first book, a novel about counter-espionage and romance in France during World War II - .the story of an American who is given a mission to work with French collaborator Jean-Louis Mercanton, gain his confidence and then turn him over to the authorities for trial and execution. Although this is possibly slightly autobiographical - Merrick served a counter-intelligence agent in the OSS - the predecessor to the CIA - in Algeria and France, the homosexuality themes are unstated and implicit, and only noticeable in light of his later fame as a pioneering American author of gay-themed novels. 248 pp. Near fine in a poor dustjacket (some loss at bottom of dj spine, rear flap detached but present, overall edgewear.).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Viereck won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for this book. This hardcover copy is the 1948 Scribner original with a price-intact dustjacket showing chipping repaired internally and in clear mylar covering. It has a tight, straight binding, deckled page edges, and will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. the previous owner's name is on the fep.

BALDVNG FACIEBAT HB / BALDUNG FACIEBAT Hb (= Hans Baldung-Grien,1484/85-1545", Straßburger Maler) Große Orig.-Broschur (Pb. gr. 4°) mit einem großen Farbdruck seines Gemäldes von 1533 - Sonderdruck zum Jahreswechsel in limitierter Auflage von 300 Exemplaren, Text Professor Carl Koch Berlin, Typographie Professor Otto Kraft Bielefeld, Druck Wilhelm Eilers Bielefeld MCMLVII (1957).

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the rise of art in the home as a secondary effect of World War I. When traditional imports from Germany and France were cut off in the early 20th century, American artists and designers were pushed to innovate and meet the rising demand for decorative items. This book reveals the significance of art in establishing a sense of peace, quiet, and stability in the home, arguing that the focus should be on quality over quantity for the homeowner more interested in evoking an emotional response than in filling a space. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

PF. Condition: New.

Sixth edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains (xii), 227 pp with monochrome photographs and maps throughout. Spine sun faded, spotting to the title page and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. TURKEY (History and Culture).

51.-52. Tsd. 184 S. Original-Leinenband mit Farbkopfschnitt. Eintrag auf Vorsatz "Weihnachten 1944". Schnitt u. Vorsätze leicht gebräunt, Vorsätze u. wenige Ränder braunfleckig. Ein wenig schiefgelesen, Einband etwas abgegriffen u. teils braunfleckig.

208.-212. Tsd. 301, [3] S. Original-Leinenband mit Farbkopfschnitt u. Schutzumschlag (dieser vor längerer Zeit mit Klebestreifen repariert). Schnitt u. Vorsätze leicht gebräunt, Schnitt u. wenige Ränder braunfleckig, Einband stärker braunfleckig,

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book covers the period of the First World War from June 1916 to the end of that year. It gives an account of the war on both the Eastern and Western Fronts, including the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun. The author provides a detailed account of the fighting, including trench warfare, artillery bombardments, and advances and retreats. The book also includes many photographs and illustrations, which help to bring the events of the war to life. The author, a war correspondent, was present at many of the battles he describes, and his account is both vivid and informative. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in the First World War. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards with black linen spine and silver lettering. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Published first in Australia, the book was banned in England (but not Scotland) due to its allegations about government policy and incidents. These efforts ensured the book's notoriety, it sold nearly two million copies and made Wright a millionaire. Contains (iv), 392 pp with monochrome photographs to the central pages. Light rubbing to the spine ends. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ESPIONAGE (Clandestine).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Franklin Booth (July 18, 1874-August 25, 1948) (illustrator). 1st Edition. This copy is the 1913 Bobbs Merrill edition of the 1891,1898,1900 original. It features 16 tipped in 7.25" x 4.5" color plates by Booth. The book is in very good condition showing wear on the cover at the corners but with a tight, straight binding.The volume will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the origins of the universe through the lens of modern science. The author, an acclaimed astrophysicist, delves into the intricacies of quantum physics, cosmology, and astrobiology to trace the evolution of the cosmos from its inception to the present day. The book examines the latest scientific theories and discoveries, including the nature of dark energy, the role of black holes, and the search for extraterrestrial life. It provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of our current understanding of the universe, offering thought-provoking insights into the nature of existence, the search for life beyond Earth, and the ultimate fate of the cosmos. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original delphinium blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains portrait frontispiece 288 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

auf Bütten-Karton (34x24cm) aufgewalzt; Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst Wien 1879;

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, printed end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6¼''. Contains 160 pp with colour and monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book thoroughly analyzes the "Photoplay," a new form of mass entertainment and commercial storytelling that has evolved from the combination of technology, literature, and the visual arts. The author refers to it as "a fascinating enigma" and examines the competing impulses that have shaped this unique industry. He discusses the significant figures and corporations who have dominated the field, the economic motivations that have driven the development of the industry, and the conflicting desires for entertaining and educating audiences. Ultimately, the author contends that the photoplay is a distinctly American art form characterized by optimistic storytelling and an emphasis on art and entertainment. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 320 pp with two maps, monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Language: ger Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1907 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. THERE MIGHT BE DELAY THAN THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE DUE TO COVID-19. Pages: 56 Pages: 56.

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Previously issued in an expensive limited edition in 1939 by Golden Cockerel Press, this issue with new editorial material by Malcolm Brown. Contains (viii), 279 pp with monochrome archive photographs to the central pages. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. T. E. Lawrence Society pamphlet loosely inserted. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

8½'' x 5'' flown cover No. 9 of 50 post marked Royal Air Force Squadron 617 Marham Kings Lynn | SIGNED to the front cover 'J. B. Tait' | Royal Air Force stamp to the rear 'Flown on Training Mission on 4th January 1988 in Tornado - Flight Time 2hrs 30mins. One cachet insert. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Smilansky, Naomi (illustrator). In Hebrew.168 pages. 18 x 10.5 cm. Top left corner of title page has a very small rubber stamp impression in Hebrew of the former owner, Professor Milton (Michael) Arfa, the distinguished Rabbi, author and professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy. Dr. Arfa taught generations of students at Yeshiva University, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, Hunter College, HUC-JIR and NYU. As chairman of the Israel Matz Foundation, Dr. Arfa devoted himself to aiding indigent Hebrew writers, and published scholarly works of Hebrew literature and philosophy. He was a gifted teacher, humanitarian, scholar, lover of Zion and above all a modest and quiet doer of good deeds. He died in 2003. S. Yizhar was both an Israeli writer and politician. He was born in Rehovot to a family of writers. His great uncle was Israeli writer Moshe Smilansky. His father, Zev Zass Smilensky, was also a writer. After earning a degree in education, Yizhar taught in Yavniel, Ben Shemen, Hulda, and Rehovot. From the end of the 1930s to the 1950s, Yizhar published short novellas, among them Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa, On the Edge of the Negev, The Wood on the Hill (HaKhursha BaGiv¿a), A Night Without Shootings, Journey to the Evening's Shores, Midnight Convoy, as well as several collections of short stories. His pen name was given to him by the poet and editor Yitzhak Lamdan, when in 1938 he published Yizhar's first story Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa in his literary journal Galleons. From then on, Yizhar signed his works with his pen name. In 1949, he published the novella Khirbet Khizeh, in which he described the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from their village by the IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It became a best-seller and in 1964 was included in the Israeli high school curriculum. In the late 1950s, his massive work Days of Ziklag appeared, comprising two volumes and more than a thousand pages. This work had a powerful impact on changing the outlook for Hebrew prose on the one hand, and "war literature" on the other. Although Yizhar remained in the public eye as an outstanding polemicist, he broke his decades-long literary silence only in 1992 with the publication of his novel, Mikdamot (Preliminaries). This was quickly followed by five additional new volumes of prose, both novels and collections of short stories, including Tsalhavim, Etsel Ha-Yam (At Sea), Tsedadiyim (Asides), and Malkomyah Yefehfiyah (Beautiful Malcolmia). His last work, Gilui Eliahu (Discovering Elijah), set in the period of the Yom Kippur War, was published in 1999 and later adapted for the stage. The play won first prize at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre in 2001. Yizhar also wrote stories for children in which he contended with the defining themes of his youth, as in Oran and Ange concerning the Israeli cultivation of citrus fruits; Uncle Moshe's Chariot, a memoir of the character of his famous great uncle Moshe Smilansky; and others. Yizhar was a professor of education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1986-7 he was Visiting Writer at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. He was a lecturer at Levinsky College in Tel Aviv into the late 1990s. Yizhar was elected to the first Knesset in 1949, remaining a Knesset member until the 1955 elections. He returned to the Knesset in October 1956 as a replacement for Aharon Becker. In 1965 he defected to David Ben-Gurion's new Rafi party, but resigned from the Knesset on 20 February 1967. Yizhar's early work was influenced by Uri Nissan Gnessin. His knowledge of Israeli geology, geomorphology, climate, and flora is evident in his landscape descriptions and his emphasis on the relationship between person and place. Yizhar's use of language is unique. With his long sentences and combination of literary Hebrew and street jargon, he draws the reader into his heroes' stream of consciousness. In 1959, Yizhar was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature and also the Brenner Prize for literature. . .

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1st Edition. iv, 214; [2], 171, [1 (blank)]; lxxii, [2 (blank)] pp. Couple illustrations, at least one lithograph by W[alter]. [Hood] Fitch (1817-1892). 8-3/4" x 5-1/4" Walter Fitch was a botanical illustrator from Scotland. Fitch's illustration have appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, most publications issued by Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, George Bentham's 'Handbook of the British Flora', James Bateman's "A Monograph of Odontoglossum" and William Hooker's "A century of Orchidaceous Plants". "Fitch was made a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1857." [wiki]. The previous owner inscription reads "Skipper Kent 1953". Skipper Kent was a restauranteur in the San Francisco Bay Area, owning Zombie Village in Oakland and Skipper Kent's in San Francisco. These "tiki" inspired restaurants were his pride and joy as he was already and avid collector of Polynesian art and artifacts. Kent was also an avid orchid collector, so we suspect this was in his library at one time, with his interest in botany. The embossed library stamp comes from the library of Herman Knoche (1870-1945). Knoche was born in San Jose, California and studied botany at Stanford University. He moved to France to further his studies at University of Montpellier; his particular interest was island vegetation. Boards and edges are rubbed/(scuffed), some tears to the paper wrapped boards, some soiling to boards and back strip, some fraying to back strip, blue ink inscription to ffep - possible previous signature, some soiling to end papers (particularly to fore-edge), embossed library stamp to head of title page, age toning to leaves, water damage to fore-edge of leaves and boards, water damage particularly bad at tail of boards and leaves -going towards middle of leaves, binding a bit tender, some gatherings are loose or torn. A Good copy. Period binding, black ink stain to all edges.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep russet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, blind publisher's device to the front board, orange paper end sheets. Square 4to. 11'' x 10''. Contains 208 pp with 195, 54 in colour, archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page 'Malcolm Brown'. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Heavy volume weighing 2 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, water-marked silk end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 403 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and across the op of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For John Badock (Royal Signals), a comrade-in-arms - From Tony Farrar-Hockley'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0246640596 MILITARY (Armed Warfare).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter black morocco, deep blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed, black, blue and white chevron end sheets. Quarto. 10¼'' x 8''. Hand written Number 1339 of 2000 Limited Edition copies. Published posthumously in 1955, it describes his time in the Royal Air Force, working, despite having held senior rank in the army (colonel), as an ordinary aircraftman, under an assumed name, 352087 A/c Ross. Contains red and black printed title, 206 pp divided into three parts: Part I: 'The Raw Material', with 29 chapters (many are 2 or 3 pages); Part II: 'In the Mill', with 22 chapters; Part III: 'Service', with 18 chapters. In Fine condition. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

Remove. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st. 341 pages; An extremely well written book by Burns. Inscribed, For John on his 21st birthday- This book which has meant so much to us both, From Mother" January 8th 1948. Small picture of Burns attached to 2nd blank and beneath that a note reading- "For John Whitlock Clark--------- con tanti fervidi auguri sul so 21-o compleanno [With so many fervent wishes on the 21st birthday]. Signed, John Horne Burns 11 Jan. 1948". Attractive copy in VG- dustjacket with hidden tear down for-edge. Held in Brodart protector. Width: 6" Height: 8.25". The author of three books this was Burns' great success.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original finely grained pistachio cloth covered boards, printed label to the spine, printed on Monadnock Dulcet paper. Square quarto. 9½'' x 9¼''. Contains frontispiece, blue and black printed title, 136 + i pp with 29 monochrome illustrations, advertisements and archive photographs throughout. T. E. Lawrence is known for his passion for motorcycling. This volume tells the story of the relationship with both his motorcycles, motorcycling and with the eponymous maker George Brough. It traces his early motorcycle experience and details the seven Brough Superiors that he owned and the eighth on order at the time of his death. Contains quotes from both T. E.'s and Brough's letters and the text of the chapter from The Mint, on Speed. Fine condition book in Fine condition acetate dust wrapper. Original invoice from The Fleece Press dated 3rd May 2005 loosely inserted. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).