Munroe Gordon (5 results)

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Copyright © 1989, 1987 by Harper & Row. 1460 + pp. Solidly and well bound copy with moderate overall wear and use. Copy with clean text and mild to moderate foxing or browning of pages. Minor rubbing of cover page edges. Mild creases on spine. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Antje Munroe (Computer Keyboarder) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The first two volumes are dedicated to the history of Detroit, a city which played such an important role in the devlopment of the Great Lakes region and the Middle West. Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) was the historian for the city for a number of years and also founded the Burton HIstorical Collection with its stong emphasis on Detroit. The third volume is comprised of biographies of prominent Detroiters. Originally published as a five volume set, volumes IV and V are lacking in this set--both of those volumes were also devoted to biographies. Bound in the original green cloth publisher's covers with gilt spine lettering. There is rubbing to the spines and volume three has two horizontal creases to the spine as well. This is a clean, tight set with no internal or external markings. 3 volumes (of 5) ; B&W Illustrations, Plates, Maps, Plans; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Illustrated by B & W Photos (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Édition numérotée. Quarto. Unpaginated, approx. 150 pages. Copy no. 73/199/250, with the initials of the author. Nominated binding to Mrs Adèle Dupuis. Vanity book with photographs of authors, philosophers, musicians, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Complete. Hand-numbered (81 of 199 copies) and initialled by the author. Well covered. The front covered is embossed with the name of a previous owner: Georges van Son (well-known as the chief entymologist at the Transvaal Museum for many years). The boards have wear to the edges and storage scuffing and rubbing. The gilt decoration and titling are benign. The frontis and end papers are of linen-covered card. The paper is handmade and watermarked. B/w illustrations. One coloured illustration of the West Rose window of Chartres Cathedral. The pages are modest in layout. Early pages have user marks but are otherwise placid and benign. The pages are clean, clear, patrician and confident of purpose. A satisfactory, curious miscellany of inspirational people from history. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. …