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Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, CanadaCARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two volume softcover set, complete. Moderate handling; a little rippling to the last leaves of Vol. I. SIGNED by author on front endpaper of first volume. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Somers Historic Press, Logan, Utah 1994
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Seller: Orrin Schwab Books, Providence, U.S.A.Orrin Schwab Books
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good-. Set of two volumes. Both volumes are signed by the author. Oblong glossy softbound covers. Slight wear to the edges of the covers. The text volume has a couple of creases at the bottom of the front cover. A clean and tight set. Volume I is text. Volume II is photographs. An excellent history, wi…th hundreds of photographic prints, many of from the author's extensive personal collection at the time. ; Two volume set. One volume is text and the other volume is photographs. Large oblong softbound covers. Numerous illustrations. A good history. Somers had one of the finest private collections of original photographs and negatives of Northern Utah and Cache Valley. Many of the photographs in this history came from his private collection.
Published by Dalton, PA, Slow Lane Productions, 1993 Through 1995
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Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, U.S.A.Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fine. Complete four volume set, all SIGNED by author. Original covers, 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 49 pp, 55 pp, 58 pp & 54 pp, illustrated with black and white drawings. Fine: tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Charming, short and gently humorous essays and vignettes about life in rural P…ennsylvania. Author was a local celebrity on WNEP-TV, newspaper columnist and radio host. History; nostalgia; country living; autograph.
Published by Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. 1965-1969 1969
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Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Schot
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Add to basketContemporary brown leather spine & corners, gilt lettering & some ornamentation spine, 4 raised bands, hand-marbled paper-covered boards, thick large 8vo: Volume I. Livres anciens: colour frontispiece tipped-in, x, 310pp., 30 bl.& wh. plates, catalogue of 462 items described - with notes & references, addenda, bibliography, indi…ces, list illustrations, table of contents. Volume II. Livres illustrés et reliures modernes: colour frontispiece tipped-in, [viij], 220pp., catalogue 463-878, 63 bl.& wh. plates, list illustrations, bibliography, indices, table of contents. Volume III. Éditions originales et autographes d'écrivains français contemporains: 232pp., catalogue 879-1258, 20 bl.& wh. plates, bibliography, indices, list illustrations, table of contents. Very fine complete set.
Language: English
Published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1991
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Seller: Steven G. Jennings, Spring Branch, U.S.A.Steven G. Jennings
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Both volumes signed by their respective authors on title pages. Matching set, dj's protected in mylar, with detachable store emblems stuck to both dj's with the words, "Autographed Copy." Volume I: author Grady McWhiney, pub. 1991 (ISBN 0-8173-0545-9), reprint of o…rig. edition pub. in 1969 by Columbia University Press, fine/fine. Volume II: author Judith Lee Hallock, pub. 1991 (ISBN 0-8173-0543-2), first edition, fine/fine. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, U.S.A.Jeff Stark
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Both volumes in fine bright shape as well as a near fine or fine matching slipcase with slightest of wear that is not easily noticed. Inscribed in felt pen on the half- title page of volume One: " To ______ With very best wishes. Who were there in Africa and love it. Angela Fisher and Car…ol Beckwith." Each autograph is signed by each author. This Price will include the extra cost of safe and prompt shipping via USPS media mail for this large and heavy set. Fabulous photograph and history and well to-the-point organized with historic and contemporary text through-out. A fascinating reference work. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
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Seller: The History Place, Palestine, U.S.A.The History Place
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Four Volumes , Complete Set . Vol. I , First Printing , 1926. SIGNED by Seymour on the front pastedown The front hinge is beginning to loosen . Vol. II , First Printing , 1926. Name of previous owner on front pastedown Vol. III , First Printing , 1928. to Vol. IV , First Printing…, 1928. Name of previous owner on first free endpaper. The Each of the books is illustrated -- some of the pictures are published here for the first time . The four books are clean , no marks other than the two names of previous owners noted above . The hinges are tight on each of the large books . The cloth on the boards is fresh . The graphics on the front boas rd and spines are bright . The gold gilt on the top page edges is strong . No dust jackets . Overall , a very nice set . Exceptional design and printing by Houghton Mifflin . Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Each volume signed by the author on the title page. Three volumes. Pictorial papered boards, with dust wrappers. Page dimensions: 240 x 169mm. A comprehensive study of moa sightings in New Zealand, from the pre-European period up until the alleged sighting b…y Paddy Freaney and companions of a moa in the Arthurs Pass area in 1993. Includes chapters on John Boultbee; Patrick Caples; J Turnbull Thomson; Jules Berg; Alice Mackenzie of Martins Bay; James Hector; and Geoffrey Orbell. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. "It is a tantalizing possbility: that in some remote and inaccesible area of New Zealand moa had survived human depredation, living on into the nineteenth and perhaps even the twentieth century." - from the foreword by Dennis Dutton. "[A] number of moa sighting claims have been made since 1769 and the author offers for consideration a staggered survival model in which moas lingered on until a later date in some remote, isolated areas." "This set belongs in the library of every serious cryptozoology researcher." - from a review by Chad Arment in the online publication "BioFortean Review". [NB: No additional postage other than our standard fixed shipping charges quoted at the checkout will be required on this heavy set.] ; 4to; Signed by Author.
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Seller: Welcombe Books, Dorset, United KingdomWelcombe Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first printing set of the 4 volumes, in likewise unclipped dust wrappers with original prices intact.The first two volumes are SIGNED by this eminent Biographer to the title page. A most pleasing set. BOXED DESPATCH. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Tyndale 2008
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Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. [One volume signed by both authors] 16 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. (Prequels- 3 Volumes; The Original Series- 12 Volumes; Sequel- 1 Volume, Prequels: The Rising, The Regime, and The Rapture/ The original 12 volume series: Left Behind, Trib…ulation Force, Nicolae, Soul Harvest, Apollyon, Assassins, Indwelling, The Mark, Desecration, The Remnant, Armageddon, Glorious Appearing/ And the Sequel: Kingdom Come.) *Autographed by author.* This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Signed.
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Published by Press of the Pioneers, New York 1935
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Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room, Albuquerque, U.S.A.Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Limited Edition. Revised Edition with New Matter stated, a two volume set; Limited Edition, No. 109 of 200 copies of this autographed edition, signed on the limitation page after Page 996 of the second volume; illustrated by Simon with 20 full-page drawings; 8vo, blue cloth, no djs or slipcase;…vg- (blue linen boards rubbed and worn; edges soiled; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; pastedowns browned from glue; eps and pages toned; vI bowed; top half of side edge of vI heavily soiled and stained, affects edges of several pages; dark and heavy stains to side edge of pp398-415; stains to p403-4 affect text; waterstain to bottom of side edge of vII); 996pp incl. index. Howard Simon (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
More imagesThe Poetical Works of Wiliam Wordsworth Complete Set in 5 Volumes
De Selincourt, E., Darbishire, Helen (SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Irish Limerick born Author KATE O'Brien to Lorna Reynolds)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford
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Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, IrelandDublin Bookbrowsers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The 5 vol set comprises: Vol. 1. Poems Written in Youth. Poems Referring to the Period of Childhood. (1940). Pp. xv, (1), 379. SIGNED & INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY: "In memory of Easter 1950. Love to Lorna - Kate" followed by verse " Hence in a season of cal…m weather. Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea. This is an extract from an ode by Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. (2) Poems founded on the Affections. Poems on the Naming of Places. Poems of the Fancy. Poems of the Imagination. Pp.xi, (1), 537. (1944); (3) Miscellaneous Sonnets. Memorials of Various Tours. Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty. The Egyptian Maid. The River Duddon Series. The White Doe and Other Narrative Poems. Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Pp. xxiii, (1), 596. (1946); (4) Evening Voluntaries. Itinerary Poems of 1833. Poems of Sentiment and Reflection Sonnets dedicated to Liberty and order. Miscellaneous Poems. Inscriptions. Selections from Chaucer. Poems referring to the Period of Old Age. Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces. Ode: Intimations and Immortality. Pp.xvi, 490. (1947); (5). The Excursion. The Recluse Part 1 Book 1. Pp. vii, (1), 498. (1949). Navy cloth with title gilt on spines. Lightly bumoed & rubbed. All d.j's present, but d.j. vol. is torn with loss. Jackets worn, stained, nicked and a little dusty. Internally good. Complete sets with all first editions of each vol. present are rare & to find a set signed and inscribed by Kate O'Brien to her friend Lorna Reynolds is unique. Lorna Reynolds (1911-2003) was at that time lecturing in English at University College Dublin. In 1966 she became Professor in Modern English at University College Galway. She wrote poetry and a critical biography of Kate O'Brien with whom she was a good friend. At UCD among her contemporaries were Flann O'Brien, Mary Lavin, Cyril Cusack. Among her European colleagues were Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and others. She was a good cook and a frequent visitor to Italy. She was a highly respected educator, lecturer and a forceful personality. Herself and Kate O'Brien were close friends. Signed by Author.
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Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company 1930
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Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, U.S.A.Best Books And Antiques
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Add to basketA highly collectible complete 24-volume Crowborough Edition of The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle, issued by Doubleday, Doran & Company in 1930. This desirable limited edition set is hand-numbered number 233 of only 760 sets produced and signed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the limitation page. RARE, ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE! Bound i…n the publishers original oatmeal cloth with printed spine labels, the set presents beautifully on the shelf with an understated and elegant early twentieth-century appearance. Includes the Sherlock Holmes works along with Doyles historical novels, adventures, memoirs, essays, and other writings. The interiors are generally clean and attractive with deckled edges and substantial paper stock throughout. The tipped-in photographic portrait of Doyle with original tissue guard and signed limitation page remains present. Condition varies by volume with expected age toning, shelf wear, and some rubbing or label wear. Additional volumes may show varying degrees of age and handling wear consistent with a nearly century-old limited edition set. An impressive and increasingly scarce signed Conan Doyle collection, especially desirable in complete form. A striking centerpiece for Sherlock Holmes collectors and rare book libraries alike. BR Shelf 548.
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Published by The Democrat and Chronicle / Louis Heindl & Son / Creek Books / Henderson-Mosher, Inc. / American Book - Stratford Press 1943
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Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Livingston County Historian Anna E. Patchett's set, with a custom-made index volume compiled by her and bound in buckram. Ten volumes inscribed to Patchett and signed by author on front endpaper, with Pioneer Profiles also containing a typed letter signed by Mer…rill laid in, thanking Patchett for pictures of Wadsworth and Phelps and stating "You may see them in a book." All volumes (except index) include original jackets. Jackets lightly rubbed, Pumpkin Hook jacket spine faded, most volumes include Patchett's bookplate and/or address label on front endpapers, some tape remnants to reverse of jackets from previously attached mylar covers. Bindings tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1943 Hard Cover. The complete writings of Arch Merrill, focusing on the history, folklore, and social development of western New York. Complete in twenty-three volumes: A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley; The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country; The Lakes Country; The Towpath; Rochester Sketchbook; Stagecoach Towns; Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York; Land of the Senecas; Upstate Echoes; Slim Fingers Beckon; Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State; Southern Tier Volume 1; Southern Tier Volume 2; Our Goodly Heritage; Pioneer Profiles; Bloomers and Bugles; Gaslights and Gingerbread; Fame in Our Time; The White Woman and Her Valley; Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History; The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales; The Changing Years; Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Arch Merrill (August 5, 1894 - July 15, 1974) was a newspaper reporter for the Rochester, New York Democrat and Chronicle from 1923 to the late 1960s. He was a prolific writer, best known for his articles in the Sunday paper on history and folklore of the Genesee Valley and the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. He was sometimes called The Poet Laureate of Upstate New York. He authored a number of books, most of which are collections of his articles. Possibly his most famous was the 1943 A River Ramble, which is an account of his walk of the entire length of the Genesee River, along with his notes on local history, folk tales, and people he met along the route. Signed by author.
Language: English
Published by Scribner's, New York 1992
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Seller: Chet Ross Rare Books, ABAA, Tucson, U.S.A.Chet Ross Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketAll First Edition, First Printing, all in Fine Condition with Fine un-clipped dust jackets and all flat Signed by John Dunning A collection of mystery novels written by author John Dunning. The series features Cliff Janeway, a former police officer turned rare book dealer, who often finds himself embroiled in various mysteries a…nd crimes related to the world of rare books and literature. Booked to Die 1992, New York, Scribner's The first book introduces Cliff Janeway as he investigates the murder of a rare book dealer, leading him into the world of book collecting and crime as told by other murder mysteries in the five remaining novels in this series. The Bookman's Wake 1995, New York, Scribner's In this sequel to Book to Die, Janeway is drawn into a case involving a missing manuscript and a series of murders. Booked Twice 2004, New York, Scribner's This murder mystery explores the intersection of literature and crime, with Janeway uncovering a conspiracy tied to a famous author. The Bookman's Promise 2004, New York, Scribner's Janeway searches for a rare book that holds secrets from the past, while dealing with dangerous adversaries. The Sign of the Book 2005, New York, Scribner's Janeway is drawn into a complex mystery involving a rare book that has a significant connection to a murder case. The story unfolds as he investigates the circumstances surrounding the book, which leads him to uncover secrets from the past and confront dangerous adversaries. The Bookwoman's Last Fling 2006, New York, Scribner's An engaging mystery that begins with the death of a well-known bookwoman, which initially appears to be an accident. However, as Janeway investigates, he discovers that there may be more to the story, including potential foul play and a connection to valuable rare books.
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Published by Tharston Press 1984
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Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, U.S.A.Lavendier Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tharston Press; Tharston, 1984-1994. Hardcover. Complete 4 Volume Set. Set is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. All four Volumes are signed by the author directly on the title page. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact…, some handling/rub marks to boards, bit of sunning to page margins, bit of crimping to spine edges, few bumped board corners, bumped top and bottom spine edge Volume 1, moderate scuff marks top front board Volume 2, without Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], (Vol.1) 124pp., (Vol.2) 239pp., (Vol.3) 303pp., (Vol.4) 384pp., bibliography, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Signed by Author.
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Seller: Wish-Fulfilling Tree Books, London, United KingdomWish-Fulfilling Tree Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. You are purchasing a RARE SLIPCASE SET of TWO BOOKS. The SET is comprised of: Where Nothing Sleeps: Complete Short Stories (The) (and Other Related Works), Volume One and Volume Two. Tartarus Press. Coverley House, Carlton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4AY,… United Kingdom, 2005. VOLUME ONE. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 380+xvii. UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 500 LIMITED EDITION copies. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies. Presented in a yellow cloth hard Slipcase stamped in copper. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. Edited and Preface by James Methuen-Campbell. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with copper silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket and Fine Slipcase. Please see the photographs attached to my listing to verify the condition of this edition. VOLUME TWO. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 390. UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 500 LIMITED EDITION copies. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies. Presented in a yellow cloth hard Slipcase stamped in copper. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. Edited and Preface by James Methuen-Campbell. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with copper silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket and Fine Slipcase. Please see the photographs attached to my listing to verify the condition of this edition. Where Nothing Sleeps: Complete Short Stories (The) (and Other Related Works), Volume One and Volume Two Synopsis: CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE: 'Preface' by James Methuen-Campbell, 'I Can Remember', 'Narcissus Bay', 'At Sea', 'The Happiest Time', 'The Coffin on the Hill', 'I First Began to Write', 'The Barn', 'The Trout Stream', 'Mr Clarke', 'Some Memories Evoked by Music', 'A Visit to my Bois Relations', 'A House Lost in the Darkness and Wintry Fields', 'At Sir Moorcalm Lalli's', 'The Packing-case House and the Thief', 'Mrs Hockey', 'A Child Meets Church and State and Poetry in Strange Places: Lady Astor', 'The Death of My Mother', 'The Big Field', 'An Afternoon with Jeanne', 'When I was Thirteen', 'An Old Boy Takes me Out at Repton', 'Ghosts', 'The Earth's Crust', 'The Youth Rang the Bell', 'An Encounter by the River', 'Back to Repton as an Old Boy', 'I Left my Grandfather's House', 'A Free Ride', 'When I was an Art Student', 'A Novel Fragment'. CONTENTS: VOLUME TWO: The Judas Tree', 'Strange Discoveries', 'In Brixham Harbour', 'A Party', 'Sickert at St Peter's', 'A Picture in the Snow', 'Evergreen Seaton-Leverett', 'A Fragment of a Life Story', 'Leaves from a Young Person's Notebook', 'Faces at the Stage Door', 'Wainwright Home', 'Fat Woman Sleeping in a Wood', 'Touchett's Party', 'The War Breaks Out', 'Velvet', 'The Fire in the Wood', 'A Dream of Vestals', 'Fear', 'Cupids from a Wedgwood Jar from a Bartolozzi Print from a Drawing by Lady Di Beauclerk', 'Memories of a Vanished Period', 'Man in a Garden', 'A Morning with the Versatile Peer, Lord Berners, in the "Ancient Seat of Learning" ', 'A Mews Flat in the Country', 'A Lunch Appointment', 'Reading my First Review-in Spring', 'Brave and Cruel', 'In the Vast House', 'John Trevor', 'Full Circle', 'Roger Saw the Man', 'The Cottage After Dark', 'Roger Lay on the Cliff', 'Weekend', 'Amy Lechworth', 'Lady Gertrude', 'Constance, Lady Willet', 'Anna Dillon', 'Alex Fairburn', 'The Hateful Word', 'The Diamond Badge', 'When I Lie Awake', 'In the Autumn Weather', 'The Secret Life', 'The Window', 'Two Cows', 'A Postscript', End-notes, Bibliography. REVIEWS: 'James Methuen-Campbell, the editor of this new and definitive collection of [Welch's] short stories and other writings, wrote a biography of Welch in 2002 which did much to establish his reputation as an artist.' Ian Irvine, Independent on Sunday 'Edited by Welch' Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Yale University Art Gallery and Steidl Verlag, New Haven, Connecticut and Göttingen, Germany 2022
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Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, U.S.A.Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Price is net to all; promotional discounts do not apply. SHIPPING NOTE: Due to size and weight (e.g., multi-volume sets), additional shipping fees apply (calculated at checkout). 2015 to 2022. All first editions, first printings. All five vo…lumes are signed in black ink on the half-title page by Friedlander and share the following format: Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Design by Katy Homans. 9-5/8 x 11 inches. Volume 1: Portraits (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015). 224 pp., with 234 black-and-white reproductions, from duotone separations by Thomas Palmer. ISBN: 9780300215205. Volume 2: Children (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015). 214 pp., with 202 black-and-white reproductions, from duotone separations by Thomas Palmer. ISBN: 9780300215199. Volume 3: Street. (Yale University Art Gallery, 2016). 216 pp., with 206 black-and-white reproductions, from duotone separations by Thomas Palmer. ISBN: 9780300221770. Volume 4: Parties (Yale University Art Gallery, 2017). 188 pp., with 172 black-and-white reproductions, from duotone separations by Thomas Palmer. ISBN: 9780300221787. Volume 5: Workers (Steidl Verlag, 2022). 196 pp., with 253 black-and-white reproductions, from tritone separations by Thomas Palmer and Steidl image department. ISBN: 9783958295001. Lee Friedlander's work is widely known for transforming our visual understanding of contemporary American culture. Known for passionately embracing all subject matter, Friedlander photographed nearly every facet of American life from the 1950s to the present. From factories in Pennsylvania, to the jazz scene in New Orleans, to the deserts of the Southwest, Friedlander's complex formal visual strategies continue to influence the way we understand, analyze, and experience modern American experience. Friedlander's work continues to influence photographic practice internationally, in part due to the heightened sense of self-awareness that is a trademark of so many of his photographs and in part because of his ability to embrace wide-ranging subject matter, always interpreting it in an elegance that hadn't existed prior to his work. As New (from Friedlander's personal archive). All titles in Mint condition. From the publisher (Series): "American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) has had an expansive career, photographing his subjects--from family and friends to political figures and celebrities--in their everyday environments, while simultaneously changing the very landscape of his chosen media. The Human Clay is a new series of six publications to be released over three years, each of which focuses on images of people and features hundreds of photographs, many never before published, chosen and sequenced by the artist himself from his vast archive." From the publisher ("Portraits"): "Portraits presents over 300 photographs of the musicians, authors, artists, and more that Friedlander has met over the last four decades. Many of the images show prominent figures, including artists Maya Lin and Walker Evans, in private spaces-unguarded in living rooms and kitchens, captured in conversation or an embrace. In others, celebrities such as Fats Domino and Derek Jeter are surrounded by the trappings of fame." From the publisher ("Children"): "In Children, 200 photographs are presented in two sections. The first features images of children that the artist has known: being bathed or fed, laughing or crying with family members, posing with pets or mugging for the camera. The second section presents works from Friedlander's years of photographing people on the street: children in parades, sitting in cars, or reflected in storefront windows. Taken together, these images offer a picture of America's youth through the eyes of one of the most renowned photographers of his generation." From the publisher ("Street"): "This latest volume in the series compiles some of Friedlander's street photography taken over the course of more than 50 years--including images of Atlanta, Buffalo, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, and San Francisco, as well as more than 100 photographs of New York City." From the publisher ("Parties"): "Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is known for his candid portraits of people in their everyday environments. This volume in his Human Clay series of books highlights a lively collection of Friedlander's photographs of celebrations--both public and private. From intimate gatherings to boisterous street parades, costume parties to black-tie affairs, Friedlander captures the spirit of these events and the ways in which they are commemorated. He documents surprisingly intimate moments--couples stealing a kiss, friends engaged in spirited conversation or laughing over drinks, guests lost in music on the dance floor. The images also feature a number of celebrities, including actors Ingrid Bergman and Sidney Poitier, enjoying the revelry at galas and parties, such as one at the famous Sardi's restaurant in New York." From the publisher ("Workers"): "In the capstone volume of his epic series "The Human Clay," Lee Friedlander has created an ode to people who work. Drawn from his incomparable archive are photographs of individuals laboring on the street and on stage, as well as in the field, in factories and in fluorescent-lit offices. Performers, salespeople and athletes alike are observed both in action and at rest by Friedlander's uncanny eye. Opera singers are caught mid-aria, models primp backstage, mechanics tinker and telemarketers hustle. Spanning six decades, this humanizing compilation features over 250 photographs, many appearing here for the first time in print." Signed by Author. Signed.
Published by Nonesuch Press 1930
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Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Two volume set. Quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. One of 900 copies on machine-made paper (of a total edition of 1000). Some wear to corners of boards; front hinge of vol.1 cracked but holding well. Overall, quite sound.
Published by P., Baillière, 1882; 1882
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: Satisfaisant. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE -- ENVOI DE L.BOURDEAU à Frédéric DE LABOULINIERE ainsi libellé : "A mon vieil ami Frédéric DE LABOULINIERE ; souvenir affectueux ; signé L. BOURDEAU" ---- P., Baillière, 1882; 2 VOLUMES in 8, brochés, couvertures imprimées, (couvertures légère…ment défraîchies avec manque de papier aux dos), T.1 : (3), 20pp., 490pp., T.2 : (3), 634pp. ---- Ontologie positive ou logique - Métrologie ou mathématique - Théséologie ou dynamique - Poïologie ou physique - Craésologie ou chimie - Morphologie - Praxéologie**K6. Dédicacé par l'auteur.
Published by P., Nony, 1894/1895 1894
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL ENVOI sur les deux volumes de G. PAPELIER à son collègue ARNOULD ainsi libellé : "A mon collègue ARNOULD, Hommage amical", signé G. Papelier ---- P., Nony, 1894/1895, 2 volumes. in 8, brochés, couvertures imprimées (couvertures légèrement… défraîchies, un dos cassé), T.1 : (2), 6pp., 325pp., T.2 : 358pp. ---- "L'ouvrage de M. Papelier a pour objet le développement de la géométrie tangentielle depuis les premiers éléments jusqu'à la théorie des coniques et des courbes algébriques. Cet ouvrage, écrit avec clarté et rigueur, renferme des développements sur certaines questions qu'on ne traite pas habituellement en coordonnées tangentielles : telles sont, la discussion de la forme d'une courbe dans le voisinage d'une tangente ou d'une asymptote, à l'aide du polygone de Newton, la classification des coniques, l'étude géométrique du contact de deux coniques, les invariants simultanés de deux coniques.". (Préface de P. Appell)**3963/O5AR-CAV.F2. Dédicacé par l'auteur.
Published by P., Béchet, 1823; 1823
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: Satisfaisant. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR AU DOCTEUR RECAMIER ainsi libellé : "A M. Le Prof RECAMIER - Témoignage d'amitié - signé GENDRIN" ---- P., Béchet, 1823; 2 volumes in 8 brochés, couvertures muettes de l'époque (défraîchies), T.1 : (4), 19pp., 86pp., 255p…p., 1pp., T.2 : (2), 376pp, (1) ---- "A.N. GENDRIN, médecin français, fut reçu docteur en 1821. Ses Recherches sur la nature et sur les causes prochaines des fièvres lui valut un prix de la Société de médecine de paris. L'année suivante, dans un concours ouvert sur l'inflammation, par la Société médicale d'Emulation, il reçut un autre prix et en 1826, l'Académie des sciences lui décerna le prix Montyon pour son Histoire anatomique des inflammations. L'Académie lui décerna un autre prix pour sa Monographie du choléra-morbus épidémique de Paris et un autre en 1837 pour un mémoire sur les fièvres continues. Il exerça successivement à l'Hôtel-Dieu, à l'hôpital Cochin et à la Pitié.". (Hoefer XIX) --- Mettler p. 565**2318/D7DE. Dédicacé par l'auteur.
More imagesPublished by Bloomsbury. London. 2007 2008 2006
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Add to basketBloomsbury. 2006 - 2008. In five volumes. All first editions. EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY SAGE WITHIN SPECIAL STAMP, "Signed on behalf of Araminta Spook" Hardbacks. Original laminated boards, no DWs issued. Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering. A lovely clean and fresh set.
More imagesPublished by Nevada house Publishing 2012
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. All of the volumes are signed and inscribed by the author. Clean and unmarked. A few corners lightly bumped on the first two volumes, else fine. The complete set of Pigs Might Fly, the most comprehensive anthology of biographies ever written of the earliest pioneers of aviation up to the beginning of…World War One. The six volumes were published between 2012-2014. [1] The First Steps (2012. pp. xii, 220) [2] The Gliders & Hoppers (2012. pp. xii, 244) [3] Early French Aviators (2013. pp. xiii, 363) [4] Early British Aviators (2013. pp. xvi, 363) [5] Early North American Aviators (2014. pp. xvi, 379) [6] Early International Aviators (2014. pp. xvi, 310) The author, Peter E. Roe, was born in England, graduated from City University of London, and currently resides in Lunenbug, Nova Scotia. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Smithsonian Inst. Press 1934
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Near Fine. Twelve volumes bound in red leatherette with gilt titles and decor. Signed by editor on special ffep. "Patron Edition" from 1934. Bit of a musty odour. Heavy/oversize item - additional shipping charges may be required depending on speed/destination requested. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by All Autho…rs.
Published by P., Baillière, 1867 1867
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Add to basketCouverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR A Monsieur Paul BETHMONT ainsi libellé : "Hommage de l'auteur - signé H. DE FERRON" ---- P., Baillière, 1867, 2 VOLUMES in 8 reliés en demi-basane, dos ornés de filets dorés, tranches jaspées (reliures de l'épo…que), (petites épidermures sans gravité sur le premier plat de couverture du tome 1 et sur le second plat de couverture du tome 2), T.1 : (4), 482pp., T.2 : (2), 577pp. ---- ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR A Monsieur Paul BETHMONT ainsi libellé : "Hommage de l'auteur - signé H. DE FERRON" ---- Histoire de l'idée de progrès dans l'antiquité, à Rome, en Grèce, PLATON, ARISTOTE - Histoire de l'idée du progrès chez les modernes : BACON, DESCARTES, querelle des anciens et des modernes, FONTENELLE, MACHIAVEL, CAMPANELLA, Science de l'histoire avant VICO, VICO et le droit romain, VICO Science nouvelle, VICO devant la critique moderne, VICO question de l'âge d'or, VICO question d'Homère, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU, BOULANGER, TURGOT, CONDORCET, LESSING, HERDER, KANT, SAINT-SIMON, Auguste COMTE, Progression de la liberté individuelle dans l'histoire - Vérification des lois du progrès par l'histoire : Grèce, Rome, France, Angleterre - Vérification de la loi de Saint-Simon - Histoire du progrès par l'Etat sous les Césars romains, dans les temps modernes - Histoire du progrès par liberté en France, en Angleterre - etc**88220/8822/Q1. Dédicacé par l'auteur.
Published by P., Doin, 1898; 1898
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Add to basketCouverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- ENVOI DE Octave TERRILLON au Docteur SEGOND ainsi libellé : "A Monsieur le Docteur Segond en souvenir d'Octave Terrillon, souvenir plein d'affection - signé OT" ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- P., Doin, 1898, 2 FORT VOLUMES in 8 reliés en DEMI-MAROQU…IN ROUGE (reliures de l'époque), T.1 : 1 portrait ---- "L'application de l'asepsie par l'ébullition ou l'autoclave à chaleur sèche fut l'oeuvre des chirurgiens Terrillon (1844/1895) et Terrier en France". (Bariéty & Coury p. 715) ---- Chirurgie des organes génito-urinaires - Affections des trompes - Traitement des tumeurs de l'ovaire - Traitement des tumeurs de l'utérus - Chirurgie générale - Chirurgie abdominale**4970/D6AR. Dédicacé par l'auteur.
More imagesThe Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland [Complete Set in Four Volumes]
BILLINGS, Robert William & BURN, William [architect illustrators]
Published by Heritage Press 1981
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Add to basketLimited edition facsimile reprint of the first edition from 1852. Quarter leather binding with heraldic device in gilt to cover, in a slip-case. This is No. 17 of 500 copies ,signed by the publisher, printer and binder. Accounts with excellent illustrations of the main houses in Scotland in the mid 19th Century, some of which ar…e patially ruined or no longer in existence. Large and heavy volumes. Extra postage will be requested for overseas orders. A VG set in a slipcase which has a few small abrasions, paricularly to the corners.
More imagesPublished by Watts & Co., 17, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, E.C., London 1906
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Author of "An Easy Outline of Evolution," "The Believing Bishop," "Toddle Island," etc. Both volumes are the first impressions of the true first editions. Profusely illustrated in monochrome throughout with 182 figs. (Part I 1906, Part II 1907). ***Signed and inscribed b…y the author in sepia ink on the front free endpaper of Part I (the first volume): "'To Miss Hackney, with kindest greetings, Dennis Hird, 27 Sept. 1906, Oxford." ***A Picture Book of Evolution Part I (1906): Containing Lessons from Astronomy, Geology, Zoology. (Vol.I): Very good in dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Edges of boards and corners slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine rubbed. A few light surface marks to the boards. Internally, the gutter at title-page is split and weakened. Very light foxing to prelims and endpapers not affecting interior pages. A few sporadic small light notes and underlining in pencil (could be erased if so wished). 201 pages. 210mm x 136mm. ***Contents: Ch. I: Simple Examples, Ch. II: Astronomy; Ch III: Geology; Ch. IV: Zoology (To Mammals); Ch. V: Monkeys To Man; Ch. VI. An Outline of the Laws of Evolution. ***A Picture Book of Evolution Part II (1907): Containing lessons from Comparative Anatomy and Embryology, and Giving the Pedigree of Man: Very good in dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Some light marks to the back board. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Corners of boards very slightly creased. Spine tight. Internally also very good. Black and white frontispiece of Charles Darwin's statue and black and white illustrations throughout (194 figs.) Pages clean. No inscriptions. Very light foxing to prelims and endpapers not affecting the interior pages. 214 pages. 210mm x 136mm. ***Contents: Introduction, Ch. I: Preliminary Points; Ch. II.: Comparative Anatomy; Ch. III: Embryology and Rudiments; Ch. IV.: Pedigree of Man; Ch. V.: The Discovery of Evolution. ***'When "An Easy Outline of Evolution" was published, I was invited to produce a still simpler statement of the discovery of Evolution. Since then I have prepared six lantern lectures on the subject. In the two parts of this Picture Book all the slides of the lantern lectures are produced, and some new pictures have been added. Many additional facts are also given. It should be distinctly borne in mind that this Picture Book is for those who have not read any statement of the doctrine of Evolution.' (Quote taken from the introduction by the author in Part I) ***'I can only hope, as my book is merely a few first steps, that it may help some to read Darwin and Haeckel who otherwise might have found them too difficult.' (Quote taken from the introduction by the author to Part II, written at Bletchley, Bucks, November 12th, 1907) ***Dennis Hird, born in Ashby, Lincolnshire, 28 Jan 1850 - 13 Jul 1920, was a clergyman, educator and author. He was an colourful Victorian figure and a member of the Socialist Educational Association, and in 1896 resigned his church. In 1899 he became the first principal of Ruskin College at Oxford University, later to be sacked in 1909 for his political views, which led to a students' strike. ***The first impression of the true first edition of the complete set of two volumes, in the original dark green cloth-covered boards, rare to find signed and inscribed by the author. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed and Inscribed by Author.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co, London and New York 1892
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Add to basketDecorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 4 Volume Set in original Brown Cloth Covers with Bright Gilt Coat of Arms on the fronts. Gilt Lettering to spines. "Compiled from the Letters and Illustrated with the Portraits at Claydon House." SIGNED with a gift inscription by Margaret M. Verney 1902 on the Preliminary P…age of Vol 1. The 2 Voloumes on the English Civil War are written by Francis Parthenope, Dated 1892 and the Commonwealth & restoration Volumes written by Margaret M, dated 1899. Illustrated Title Pages. Fine B&W Heliogravure Portraits (including a fine portrait of King Charles I by Van Dyke), Protected by Tissue Guards; Fold-Out Plate of a Drawing of Claydon House in the 17th Century and Fold-Out Genealogical Chart. 9 1/4" Tall. Some edge wear, Vol 1 has a cracked front hinge. A little faint marginal foxing, Plates in very good condition. Set Weighs 5.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).
