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Published by Univ North Carolina press, Chapel Hill, 1970
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Very good condition. Clean text, few breaks in the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Fielding Lucas Jun. (1811), Baltimore, 1811
First Edition
Hardcover. 7th Edition. 16mo., 224pp., Frontis and title page engravings. Light foxing, slight wear. V.Good Rebound in brown cloth with original leather spine label.
Published by Sharpe and Hailes, London, 1812
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Three Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. First English Edition, originally published in Baltimore. viii, 214, [2] ads pp. 12mo. Very light tan leather spine and corners. Rubbing and wear to corners, inset green marble papers on cover boards have almost rubbed off, seven gold lines across spine where raised bands would normally be, black leather patch title with gold embossed titling. Small circular stain below patch title. Previous owner has written their name on title page and penciled in "William Wirt" under title as the work was published anonymously, they also wrote their name in ink across the text of p. 1 and dated 1815. Strange. Age toning to endpapers, small water stain at head of first few pages, light foxing throughout.
Published by Baltimore Printed: London Reprinted for Share and Hailes. 1812, 1812
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 12mo, 170 x 95 mms., pp. viii, 214 [215 - 216 adverts], including half-title, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine; front joint defective and tender. William Wirt (1772 - 1834), who later achieved fame as the Attorney General of the United States, published this work in Richmond, Virginia, 1803, as the work of a "meek and harmless young [English]man," visiting the United States. Asking his landlord one evening for something to read, he is presented with an odd volume of the Spectator: "Were I the sovereign of a nation which spoke the English language, and wished my subjects cheerful, virtuous, and enlightened, I would furnish every poor family in my dominions (and see that the rich furnish themselves) with a copy of the Spectator; and ordain that the parents or children should read or five numbers aloud every night in the year.".
Published by UK, 1914
Book First Edition Signed
Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Typed and Signed Letter By British Spy and Officer Bertrand Stewart to the National Review editor Leopold Maxse. Dated 1914. A fascinating letter in reference to his years spying for the British in Germany. He died a few months after writing the letter at the Battle of the Marne. Bertrand Stewart 1872-1914 worked as a solicitor in London and was also a military officer in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry, he fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War. In between the two wars he volunteered to spy on German naval actions. He was famously arrested in Germany on 2 August 1911 and sentenced to four years in prison. Stewart and another British spy, Captain Trench, were pardoned and released by the German Kaiser as a present to Ernest Augustus the Duke of Brunswick when Augustus married the Kaiser's daughter, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. He died fighting off a German attack near the River Vesle during the Battle of the Marne. Leopold James Maxse 1864-1932 was an English amateur tennis player and journalist and editor of the conservative British publication, National Review, between August 1893 and his death in January 1932; Under editor Leopold Maxse, the National Review took an unfriendly attitude towards Imperial Germany in the years leading up to World War I. Size 255mm x 205mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17703. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, England., 1964
Seller: Arthur Harry Fine Books, MISSISSAUGA, ON, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine copy in blue boards with gold, gilt lettering on the spine in an unclipped (showing a price of 18/), bright near fine dust jacket with no fading to spine, minor chipping to bottom of the spine and minor edge wear . SIGNED - NOT INSCRIBED - BY JOHN LE CARRE ON THE TITLE PAGE. This is a first British Edition, tenth printing (February, 1964). This is a tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind.A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS RARE TITLE. Provenance consists of an exchange of original correspondence from Mr. Le Carre's assistant (TWO LETTERS) ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ORIGINAL HAND WRITTEN NOTE TO MYSELF DATED JUNE 3,2013 (AND ENVELOPE) FROM MR. LE CARRE TO MYSELF CONCERNING OUR CORRESPONDENCE. PARTING WITH THESE FROM MY COLLECTION DUE TO MY OWN HEALTH. Signed by Author(s).