Bailey Ralph Edward (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spine is faded.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 318 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Second printing. Purple cloth. No jacket. 318 pp. With a few illustrations. A biography of Alexander Hamilton, focusing primarily on his political career and influence on American institutions. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the spine and along the top edge. Minor soiling and scuffing. Small area of staining to the lower rear cover.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 51 pp., Orig Yellow Paperback in Orig Grn Illus DJ, owner pastedown else VG-Fine in DJ with few edgechips, Assumed 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Bailey, Ralph Edward : An American Colossus: The Singular Career of Alexander Hamilton. Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1933. Second printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine/front board. Lacking dust-jacket. Plain white endpapers. [6], 7-318, [319-20] blank; eight additional unpaginated coated leaves w b&w photos. Acknowl; author's preface; t-o-c, list of illus; seven chaps; bibliography, index. Condition notes: a handsome, author-inscribed copy lacking dustjacket and showing significant pen marking. Rear flap of dj remains, as bookmark. Boards solid, with excellent color retention, and square with minor wear. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Light foxing to top/head edge, edges generally tanned (as are interior pages, pronounced to endpapers). Front pastedown shows recent owners' bookplate, while free endpaper shows two inscriptions: one, warmly, at page head from author to "Roy and Madelon [Madelou?] Benton", with a second, at tail, to "Roy" from "Chas. E. Benton" and dated Dec 25, 1935. Roy (and/or Madelon) diligently read the book - the interior underlined throughout in blue pen, with accompanying marginalia. Both inside boards/flyleaves yellowed/stained from contact with acidic newsprint stored inside (we've left the article in place - but sealed in plastic to protect the book from further damage- a 1945 newspaper profile of the author). Rear pastedown features a period bookshop label from "Des Forges Books De Luxe" of Milwaukee. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Illustrated with Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bright blue cloth binding with gold print on front cover and spine. Slight wear and crushing on lower spine end. Tight, sound and unmarked. 318 pages including index. Dust Jacket panels are apart. Assembled in mylar. Not price clipped ($ 3.00).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, third printing. 4to. Original stiff yellow wrappers stamped in green; blue endpapers. Dust jacket (price clipped). Very good. 51 pages + original stiff wrappers. No signatures or bookplates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Boston (1933) . 318 pages, clothbound, very good condition, no jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. This is a nice clean book with moderate wear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Excellent condition. vii, 464 pp. LCC: 2009010005.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [6], 7-318, [2] pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Frontispiece black & white portrait of Hamilton from the painting by Trumbull and seven additional plates. Includes an index and a bibliography. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front end paper and small area of discoloration to top textblock in a beautifully preserved dust jacket.