Published by Burns & Oats, London, 1954
Seller: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
First Edition
Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good with a an owners stamp to title page and front cover. PP 206, endpaper maps, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Language: English
Published by William Pickering, London, 1831
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Collected Edition. Two volumes in fine stamp-signed bindings by Hayday of full polished calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good, title labels mostly lost, hinges showing some wear, scattered spotting to end papers only, corners rubbed, small stamp of Tilden Library dated 1895 verso of title pages. Interiors clean and lovely. A rather uncommon Pickering publication with a quite interestin New York City provenance. Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) was a former New York governor who had run for U.S. president in 1876. He went down in history as the first man to win the popular vote, but lose the electoral vote. His personal book collection comprising some 20,000 volumes, along with a good portion of his estate became the driving force behind the foundation of the New York Public Library.
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1953
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Printing. 244p. Ex-library. A black hardcover book in good reading condition. Binding barely cockeyed, but still tight. Edges lightly rubbed, label on spine, and convent bookplate inside front cover. Owner's inscription on half-title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Memoirs of a Maryknoll missionary.
Published by Burns & Oates, London, 1954
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition, First Printing. 206p. Ex-library. A brown cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine and top edges faded. Corners are worn; top front corner has been covered in clear tape. Faint stain at head of spine, and label at bottom of spine. Library stamps, call numbers, and card pocket inside, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Scarce memoir of a Maryknoll missionary priest in China.