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Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by Dudley on verso title page. Slightly dampstained. (US history, war of 1812, biography, military history).
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Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Signed in ink on title page by Robert Dudley. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Signed by One Author.
Language: English
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Softcover (Flexible cloth). Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Light rubbing, brief bumps to the corners, and is signed by the authors, Robert Dudley and Mark Desimone. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Signed by Author.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. Second Printing. Inscribed by Christine A. Padesky on front end paper:"__ With Best Regards, Christine A. Padesky"; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good study copy. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.
Published by [Victoria, B.C. : Trafford, c2002] 2002
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 1553694724. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition, with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for author's inscription written in blue ink on title page. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Inscribed by Author…s.
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Published by Garrett & Massie Publishers 1932
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Hardcover. First Edition. G hardback. 1932 Garrett & Massie Publishers, First Edition. SIGNED & inscribed by Charles Dudley Rhodes on front endpaper. No other inscriptions. Age-tanning to endpapers & page edges. Rubbing and paper-splitting to spine with small loss at head of spine, rubbing to edges and some age-tanning. NB: REGR…ETTABLY NOT AVAILABLE TO SEND TO EU COUNTRIES. Signed by Author(s).
Don't Fence Me In: An Anecdotal Biography of Lewis Grizzard, By Those Who Knew Him Best
Grizzard, Debra ; Perry, Chuck. ; design, Jill Dilde; jacket photo, France Dorman; authors: Dudley Tamps, Ludlow Porch, Loran Smith - Glenn Vaughn, Jim Minter, Ron Hudspeth , Tim Jarvis, Tony Privett, Steve Enoch, Robert L. Steed, Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight, Dr. Randy Martin]
Language: English
Published by Atlanta, Ga. : Longstreet Press, c1995. 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 289 pages : portraits ; 24 cm ; SIGNED presentation by the author Debra Grizzard on title page ; ISBN 9781563522505, 1563522500 ; OCLC 33355532 ; LCCN 95077248 ; LOC No PS3557.R5368 Z58 1995 ; Dewey 814/.54 ; white and green cloth in ph…otographic color dustjacket ; Contents: Early lessons of life / Dudley Tamps -- Lewis Sr.: loving but flawed father / Ludlow Porch -- With a little help from a friend / Loran Smith -- Details, page 2: Journalism 101 / Glenn Vaughn -- Lewis Grizzard: the ultimate newspaperman / Jim Minter -- Life on the streets of "Hot-Lanta" / Ron Hudspeth -- Cold climate, warm friends, hot business / Tim Jarvis -- Georgia Bulldogs: The majority party / Loran Smith -- At the reins of a runaway rocket / Tony Privett -- Vicarious philandering with Lewis / Tony Privett -- Highs and lows: Life on the road / Steve Enoch -- A tale of too many broken hearts / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight -- Why me? Why now? No answer / Steve Enoch -- A reason to fight even harder / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight -- Beating the odds again and again / Dr. Randy Martin -- Hos way was the right way / Jim Minter -- Memories keep the spirit alive / Debra Grizzard with Judson Knight ; At the time of Lewis Grizzard's death in 1994, he was one of America's best known and most beloved humorists. This unique biography of the bestselling author and columnist has been compiled by the people who knew him best and were closest to him at various stages of his life, including his lifelong friend Dudley Stamps, his first editor Jim Minter, and Tim Jarvis, his friend and tennis partner. 30 photos. --Source: Publisher ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.
More imagesPublished by Ace 1956
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Ace double D-195. Signed by Colby to the title page. Spine/covers creased, pages toned, foxing to inner covers. '25' inked to textblock edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
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Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp viii, 454. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Limited ed. of two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 32. Signed by the author on the title page. Including a signed letter from the author, loosely inserted, "Dear Theo, I can't remeber whether I mentioned to you, when we… had that enjoyable meeting at Charterhouse, that I was doing some writing - Anyway I was and have been for years and the result is now on the verge of publication. with best wishes, Robert Dudley, 24.9.87." Faint rubbing, otherwise very good.
Robert Dudley, Graaf van Leicester, Gouverneur en Kapitain-Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden. Halbfigur mit Hut und Orden am Band im Oval. Kupferstich von Houbraken um 1760
Robert Dudley (1532-1588), niederländischer Staatsmann und Oberstallmeister; Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1760), angesehener niederländischer Kupferstecher, Kartograph und Verleger
Published by Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion um 1760
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1. Original-Kupferstich von Houbraken (in der Platte signiert), Blattgröße ca. 17,5 x 11 cm, Blattrand bis knapp an die Umfassungslinie beschnitten, links etwas stärker, ansonsten sauber und sehr gut erhalten, selten 1100 gr.
Love For Love [inscribed By Cast to Dorothy Gish]
Congreve, William [Inscribed To Dorothy Gish By Otis Skinner, Bobby Clark, Walter Hampden, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Albert B Andrews, Evan [Stephen] Evans, Daisy Belmore, Peggy Wood, Neil Skinner, John Prescott, Edgar Stehli,Leo G Carroll, Dudley Digges Etc.; Original Drawing By Robert Edmond Jones
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Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1940
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Boards. Condition: Very Good +. DJ Flap Only. First Edition. 88 Pp. An Attractive Example, Well Preserved, Age Toning To Spine And Top Edge Of Boards, Unfaded, Hinges Tight, Small Loss Along Top Edge Of Spine. Inscribed By Almost All Cast Members "To Dorothy"; From A Collection Of Books From The Estate Of Dorothy Gish, Who Had A… Role In The Play. Original Drawing By Robert Edmond Jones (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by Self published, London 1802
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 250 unnumbered pages of manuscript entries with drawings of elevations on free endleaves. Folio (12 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in contemporary canvas, ties intact in a custom enclosure. original hand written logbook on hand-ruled laid paper. The Mermaid was a thirty-gun frigate launched in… 1784 and broken up after the end of the War of 1812. During the period covered by the present log, she was on blockade duty off the coast of Spain and in the Mediterranean Sea, busy capturing and destroying hostile vessels, including French, Neapolitan and Spanish merchant ships, working vessels, and privateers. Some of these adventures required sea chases and other forms of maritime attack, and all are recorded in the log. The list of unfortunates appears at the end of the text in a handy chart: List of Vessels Captured & Recaptured by His Majesty's Ship Mermaid since her arrival in the Mediterranean 12th June 1799, which includes sixty-two ships in total. Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars with distinction, seeing action several times during his career, particularly with the fleet in the Caribbean during 1782. After briefly serving in the War of 1812 off the coast of Virginia, Oliver retired from the Navy, settling near Dublin, where he was an active member of religious societies until his death in 1850. In April 1799 Captain Robert Dudley Oliver, replaced Newman-Newman in command of Mermaid off France and Italy. Thereafter Mermaid appears to have spent much of her time patrolling the coasts and intercepting coasters. On 4 December Mermaid captured the Portuguese vessel Voador. On 10 and 11 January 1800, Mermaid captured the French privateers Redoubtable, General Massena, and Vengeur. A month later, on 10 February, Mermaid recaptured a Neapolitan brig that was on her way from Palermo to Leghorn with a cargo of "locusts".Mermaid was in sight but too far away to render assistance when Peterel, of 24 cannons, captured the brig Ligurienne, of 16 cannons, and drove the ship Cerf, of 14 guns, and the xebec Joliet, of six guns, on shore. The whole action took place under the guns of two shore batteries and so close to shore that Peterel grounded for a few minutes. On 10 and 11 March, Mermaid captured three French merchant vessels: ketch Bagnolese, which was sailing from Port Maurice bound to Marseilles with a cargo of oil; a Tartane; and a Settee, in ballast. Between 15 and 16 March Mermaid captured seven merchant vessels: • French tartane Francesco Xaviera, which was sailing from Louano to Marseilles with a cargo of oil; • French settee Agriculture, carrying deals; • Genoese brig Ligurier, sailing from Genoa to Cette with oil; • French settee sailing from Cannes to Marseilles with oil and soap; • Spanish brig Nostra Senora del Carmen, sailing with oil; and, • Genoese tartan Annonciation, sailing from Arrache to Marseilles with a cargo of oil. Between 2 and 6 April, Mermaid captured and destroyed nine merchant vessels that were carrying grain and wine to French forces at Genoa. The vessels had taken refuge under the guns of a fort in the small islands off Cape Croisette, south of Marseilles. One evening Oliver anchored Mermaid within grapeshot of the fort, which he cannonaded for an hour while two boats went in and cut out six vessels. The British suffered no casualties. On 11 May, Mermaid captured the settee St Joseph, which was selling from Sardinia to Marseilles in ballast.[29] Four days later Mermaid captured the Genoese settee Nostra Dame de Rosario, which was carrying wheat from Marseilles to Genoa. Four days after that Mermaid captured a settee, in ballast. Condition: Some wear with bumped corners. Enclosure heavy where to edges with some fraying else very good in a good enclosure. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by UK 1868
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Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Economist Robert Dudley Baxter to Levi Leone. Dated 1868. A letter sending a copy of a paper that he had read before the Statistical Society on "National Income". Noting his differences with Levi. Robert Dudley Baxter 1827-1875 was an English economi…st and statistician. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 175mm x 110mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York 1936
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition (of this translation). Decorations by Elizabeth Ewing. Owner name (Margaret S. St. John) rubberstamped on front pastedown, spine and spine label toned, small stains on covers, very good. Inscribed by Fitts on the front fly: "for Seymour and Peggy St. John From Dudley…Fitts 7. x. 1936." *New Yorker* artist Claude Smith's copy with his pencil name on front pastedown ("Claude"). Signed.
More imagesPublished by UK 1868
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Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Robert Dudley Baxter to Levi Leone. Dated 1868. A terrific letter about his paper on National Income, published in the Daily Telegraph. Referring to a paper by Levi and the work of Ray Smee. Robert Dudley Baxter 1827-1875 was an English economist and… statistician. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 200mm x 125mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesColour Photography and other recent developments of the Art of The Camera 1908. Special Summer number of The Studio
HOLME, Charles (Ed.) ; James Craig Annan, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frank Eugene, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Frances Stebbins Allen, Mary Electa Allen, Dwight Arthur Davis, Robert Demachy, Rudolf Dührkoop, David Octavius Hill, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence H. White, Alexander Keighley, Joseph Turner Keiley, Guido Rey, Eva L. Watson-Schutze, George H. Seeley, Alfred Stieglitz, Heinrich Kühn, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Anne W. Brigman, J. Dudley Johnston
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Published by The Studio 1908
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Condition: Bon. 1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-maroquin brun, dos à 5 nerfs, couvertures d'origine contrecollées en plat, Offices of "The Studio", London, Paris & New York ("Bureau du Studio, à Paris" on cover, 1908, 10 pp. et 113 planches / 4to, half morroco leather binding, Offices of "The Studio", London, Paris & New York ("Bureau…du Studio, à Paris" on cover, 10 pp. et 113 planches Nice copy with its great morocco binding (binding very slightly rubbed, slight foxing) ! With photographs by James Craig Annan, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frank Eugene, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Frances Stebbins Allen, Mary Electa Allen, Dwight Arthur Davis, Robert Demachy, Rudolf Dührkoop, David Octavius Hill, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence H. White, Alexander Keighley, Joseph Turner Keiley, Guido Rey, Eva L. Watson-Schutze, George H. Seeley, Alfred Stieglitz, Heinrich Kühn, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Anne W. Brigman, J. Dudley Johnston, or Charles Job. De la bibliothèque Henry Frugès avec son bel ex-libris arabisant signé "Abd En Nor". Passionné d'art, l'industriel sucrier Henry Frugès (1879-1974) tenait de sa grand-mère maternelle née Bentajou que sa famille descendait d'une certaine Zohra, fille de l'émir El Hadj Abd En Nor El Maimouny, général de Boadbil, le dernier roi de Grenade ; il restera profondément attiré par l'art musulman, comme le montre son amusant ex-libris avec sa devise "Je m'éclaire !". Langue: Français.
More imagesA Reluctant Hero | The Life of Captain Robert Ryder VC (Signed + Signed Card)
Hopton, Richard [Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder VC (16 February 1908 - 29 June 1986) was a Royal Navy officer and a British recipient of the Victoria Cross]
Published by Published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., [Maritime] 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire First Edition . 2011. 2011
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Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Victoria Cross official citation: The King has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the Victoria Cross for daring and valour in the attack on the German N…aval Base at St. Nazaire, to:Commander Robert Edward Dudley Ryder, Royal Navy. For great gallantry in the attack on St Nazaire. He commanded a force of small unprotected ships in an attack on a heavily defended port and led H.M.S. Campbeltown in under intense fire from short range weapons at point blank range. Though the main object of the expedition had been accomplished in the beaching of Campbeltown, he remained on the spot conducting operations, evacuating men from Campbeltown and dealing with strong points and close range weapons while exposed to heavy fire for one hour and sixteen minutes, and did not withdraw till it was certain that his ship could be of no use in rescuing any of the Commando Troops who were still ashore. That his Motor Gun Boat, now full of dead and wounded, should have survived and should have been able to withdraw through an intense barrage of close range fire was almost a miracle. Contains 224 pp with monochrome archive photographs to the centre pages Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £19.99. White paper label to the title page SIGNED by the author 'With my best wishes, Richard Hopton. 10. v. 2013.' Loosely inserted hand written compliments card with the authors printed residence across the top and referring to the signed label SIGNED 'Richard Hopton.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.
More imagesPublished by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York 1936
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 91p. INSCRIBED BY BOTH TRANSLATORS. A hardcover book in very good condition with an acceptable dustjacket. Spine lightly tanned; endpapers more deeply tanned. Very thin, light stain on side of front cover. Otherwise, text clean and binding tiht. The jacket is lightly chi…pped at the corners and at the ends of the spine. Light dampstain on side of front panel. The spine is deeply tanned and is almost completely split along the back edge. However, the jacket is protected in a mylar cover. This copy is inscribed and signed by both Fitts and Fitzgerald in the front free endpaper to Allen Bernard Sly, the composer of the music for this version of the play: "For Allen Sly / Whose music encourages us to believe in this poem." This English translation was the first of many renowned collaborations between Fitts and Fitzgerald.
More imagesEIGHT HARVARD POETS [Signed by Foster]
Cummings, E. Estlin; Damon, S. Foster; Dos Passos, J.R.; Hillyer, Robert; Mitchell, R.S.; Norris, William A.; Poore, Dudley; Wright, Cuthbert
Published by Laurence J. Gomme, New York 1917
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Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 118 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in quarter gray cloth and green paper boards with red lettering on spine, though faded. Moderate shelf wear. Soiling to boards and spine. Rubbing to corners and spine. Age-toning and foxing to interior pages. Signed flat by Foster on front… free endpaper. Shelved in Case 0. First book appearance of E.E. Cummings. 1374689. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
More imagesPublished by Day & Son Limited, London 1866
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Half-Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. v, 117 p. + 4 p. of ads. Colour illustration on title page, chart of the voyage and 24 lithographs by Robert Dudley. Attractively rebound in half green leather with marbled boards. Binding signed by Bayntun. Top edge gilt. Dampstains. In July 1865 the Irish reporter William H. Russel…l sailed on the Great Eastern to document the laying of the first Atlantic cable. In this volume he discusses submarine telegraphy in general as well as the trans-Atlantic telegraph he witnessed being laid. Illustrator Robert Dudley, best known at the time for his English continental views and seascapes, also went along for the trip. The result was this handsome book about the journey that reduced trans-Atlantic communication to seconds.
