March 1890 (12 results)

Condition: Very Good. 5½'' x 3½''. Divided back unused monochrome postcard, in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta paper covered boards, white title lettering to the terracotta cloth spine and to the front cover. Folio 14'' x 10¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with 46 reproductions, including 12 in full colour. Spotting to the end papers and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [Flemish and Dutch].

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lemon cloth covers, black title lettering to the spine. 4to. 11½'' x 10''. Contains 301 pp with over 35 original letters together with 65 paintings and 30 drawings throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused new book. Heavy volume weighing 2. kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905711604 ART [Flemish and Dutch].

Condition: Very Good. First English language edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 6''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (x), 277 pp with 24 pp monochrome photographs throughout. Spine sun faded, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. OPERA.

Condition: Near Fine. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 4to 11'' x 8½''. Contains 98 printed pages of text with monochrome and colour artwork with French text descriptions. Minimal rubs to the cover edges, surface scratches to the cover. In near Fine clean unopened condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [Flemish and Dutch].

Condition: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Summersby and Eisenhower spent a significant amount of time together until World War II ended, at which time Eisenhower cut ties and returned to the United States. It is generally agreed that Summersby and Eisenhower became extremely close during the war; some writers have suggested a sexual relationship between the two, although people who knew both of them at the time have rejected that claim, as have most of Eisenhower's biographers. Contains frontispiece, 271 pp with 6 plates on 2 archive monochrome photographs. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 11s. 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, white lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. ISBN 0448231670. Contains vi, 208 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. From the library of Kitty [Dorothy] Black [1914-2006], successful theatre administrator, internationally acclaimed and distinguished translator of continental plays who eventually became a leading play agent. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine tips and corners. SIGNED by the author 'Ken Wilkie' to the front free end paper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [Flemish and Dutch].

Condition: Very Good. First thus US illustrated edition by Anne Harriet Fish hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth spine over orange black and cream paper covered boards with faded gilt titles to the spine, cream and orange paisley designed end papers, plates printed by the specialist colour printers George Gibbons and Co., of Leicester. 4to. 11¾'' x 9¼''. The Rubáiyát has 108 pages comprising 75 quatrains enriched with 20 full-page single-sided colour plates, including the second half title, all with tissue-guards and elaborate initial capitals in orange and black by Anne Harriet Fish. Attractive bookplate to the front paste down is that of Francis Edward Bliss (1847-1930), businessman and art collector from Massachusetts - but perhaps most notable as the father of Arthur and Howard Bliss. Corners bumped and with rubbing along the bottom edges, light foxing to the edges of the end papers and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Condition: Very Good. First thus UK illustrated edition by Anne Harriet Fish hard back binding in publisher's original quarter navy cloth over slate grey cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, cream and orange paisley designed end papers, plates printed by the specialist colour printers George Gibbons and Co., of Leicester. 4to. 11¾'' x 9¼''. The Rubáiyát has 108 pages comprising 75 quatrains enriched with 20 full-page single-sided colour plates, including the second half title, all with tissue-guards and elaborate initial capitals in orange and black by Anne Harriet Fish. Just a touch of foxing to the fore edge and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original white illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8¼'' x 6''. Contains 32 (+ covers) printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre pages. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. ISBN 1902643003 THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 95, (1) pages. Illustrated. 209 x 147 mm. Yiddish marginalia in blue pencil in bottom margin of page 17. WorldCat: Libraries worldwide that own item: 1. Karel Capek was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe. Though nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, he never received it. Capek wrote on a wide variety of subjects including science fiction, the ethics of industrial inventions and processes, mass production, and nuclear weapons, intelligent artificial beings such as robots or androids. He wrote detective stories, novels, fairy tales and theatre plays, and even a book on gardening. He wrote play The Makropulos Affair, on which Leos Janacek's opera is based. He also wrote, in 1932, children's stories, Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In Hebrew and Russian. 24 x 16 cm. Russian title page, Hebrew title page, comprising pages I to IV in Hebrew, followed by pages V and VI in Hebrew, 38 pages in Hebrew. 110, 20 pages in Russian, with large folded printed document in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore in Hebrew, Russian and French, which the reader is asked to frame and hang in synagogues as Luakh Edut, a testimony. 51 x 50 cm. Additional images available upon request. Gurland was an author, bibliographer, educator and government appointed rabbi. He studied Avraham Firkowitch's collection of Karaite writings at the Russian National Library.