Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company. Very Good-. 1910. First Edition; First Printing. 1/2 Leather. Two volume First Edition set in marbled boards and end papers, bright gilt lettering on spine of half leather binding, all edges gilt. Edges of both volumes rubbed, chipping to spine ends, p.o. name in first volume. Overall in unrestored Very Good- condition, interior clean and Very Good+ or better. A scarce set; Fayette County, as originally established in December, 1837 and named for the Marquis... more information

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Muenchen: Ullstein. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2002. 6th Edition. Hardcover. 3550075243 . A rather scarce copy of the German Edition, SIGNED by author Heinrich Harrer on the title page, Very Fine unread condition of book and dust-jacket. A most attractive collectible; The fascinating account and self-relections of one of most renowned mountaineers of the 20th century, born in 1912 in a small Alpine village. This autobiography illustrates very vividly the memoirs of a man, whose travels were still adv... more information

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London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and James Harper. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Scuffed cover with later red title piece on spine. Prelims tattered but still attached. Pages browning and with occasional foxing. Inscribed by previous owner on fep. Fold out map p536 has close tears and bottom right corner missing. Coloured borders as issued. Page nos 468-470 repeated but text correct. Vol 1: 14 of 16 plates present ('Seat of War in Switerland' never bound in as cancelled)(... more information

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London: Macmillan and Co. G : in Good condition with marbled eps.. Cover rubbed with corner and edge wear. Spine ends scuffed. Inner front hinge at fep cracked. Contents tight and overall G+. Aeg. 1890. [First Edition]. Half-leather vellum cover. 40 coloured plates drawn from relics o fthe Stuarts :: 320mm x 410mm (13" x 16") :: Forty large colour plates of the relics of the House of Stuart, with descriptions and history . ... more information

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid, Sons & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Spine sunned and with faint ink mark. Front inner hinge crackd with some loosening to prelim pages. Light foxing to prelims. 1935. First Edition. Red decorated hardback cloth cover. xviii; 615pp :: 290mm x 240mm (11" x 9") :: Chillingham, Eglingham, Whittingham, etc . ... more information

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Boston, Mass.: Thomas Fleet, 1727. Very Good -. T.p. cont'd: "Published (here) for the Information of the Inhabitants of New-England. Boston: Re-printed by T. Fleet, for B. Eliot, just below the Town-House, 1727." 103, [1] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: A-N4. 8vo. Contemporary marbled wrappers with handwritten paper label on spine reading: "Reasons of Great Britain Boston 1727." In this anonymous work, Benjamin Hoadly defended the Treaty of Hanover, signed in 1725. This treaty demon... more information

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Hollywood: Arthur H. Cawston, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in original tooled brown boards. No dust jacket. 4to. First edition. Volume One only of two-volume set. Book is in near fine condition, with tight binding, clean pages, and minimal wear to edges of boards. One of the important sources for the early history of Hollywood. 292 pp. including index and some black-and-white photos on glossy pages. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail. ... more information

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London: Fullarton, n.d.(circa 1851), 1st Printing ----------green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spines and front boards, overall a Very Good set with very light edgewear and some light rubbing to cloth, turn of the century bookpl ate on verso of front board in each volume, a nice, clean uniform set, corners and tips lightly bumped, oldest date mentioned in the books in 1836, , pagination is 440pp., 464pp., 436pp., and 416pp., a very nice set, illustrated by 26 plates, any image directl... more information

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New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618509283 . An impeccable First Edition, First Printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. This copy has been SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; With "The Plot Against America", Roth enters the area alternate history with aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh defeating Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 19... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0743226712 . A most attractive First Edition/First Printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough directly on the title page. [XII], [2], 3-116, 16 plates, 117-386, [2] pages; Written by Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough, 1776 examines one of the most pivotal years in history. Through the eyes of the leaders to those o... more information

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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited First Edition preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author and First Lady Barbara Bush. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Picking up where "A Memoir" left off, "Reflections" begins with the inauguration of her son, President George W. Bush, in January 2001, and then flashes back eight years to President Clinton's inaugur... more information

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New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871139294 . An impeccable First Edition/First Printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket , SIGNED by AUTHOR Kiran Desai directly on the title page; Kiran Desai's second novel after Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is set in India in a small northeastern Himalayan community along the border with Nepal. Its center is the once grand, now decaying home of a retired judge, h... more information

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New York: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780375509254 . A First Printing of the First Trade edition, following a limited private publication by Easton Press. An attractive copy in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED on the title page by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the year of publication with added, non personalized "Merry Christmas 2003" ; Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor explores the ... more information

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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Minor rubbing and some spine damage Occasional foxing. c1854. Reprint. Half-morocco cover. [2500pp.] :: 188mm x 130mm (7" x 5") . ... more information

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London: Jonathan Robinson. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Loss of leather to top of spine. Ffep and title page missing. [1689]. Reprint. Full Leather cover with four raised bands. 464pp, 11pp + ads :: 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4") :: An abridged catalogue 49 of trials between 1678 and 1685 for treason. The trials of William Staley, Edward Coleman, William Ireland, Thomas Pickering, John Grove, Robert Green, Henry Berry, Lawrence Hill, Nathaniel Thompson, William Pain, and John Farr... more information

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Londini: A Mearne etal. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Leather rubbed and scuffed. Boards connected by four string ties. Hinges cracked but binding firm. Previous owner's book plate, and inscriptions, within. Some browning and marking within. Frontis plate present. 1684. Reprint. Leather cover. 1175pp. + index :: 380mm x 240mm (15" x 9") :: Heavy book, extra shipping will apply outside UK . ... more information

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Paris: Chez Treuttel et Würtz. G : in Good condition plus. Rebound. Scattered light browning. Contents tight. Fore and lower edge marbled. Ex-lib. 1821. Reprint. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6") :: Volumes published between 1821 to 1844. Complete run from Volume 2 to Volume 30. N.B.: Heavy books -shipping supplement applies-please ask for shipping quote stating country of destination . ... more information

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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press. Fine+. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0935716491 . A most attractive Deluxe Limited First Edition, First Printing in Very Fine condition in alike slip-case. First Edition limited to 150 numbered copies, this one being 79. Signed by author and President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford on the title page; Miniature printed edition of ex-President of the United States Gerald R. Ford's speech to the Republican National Convention held in New Orleans... more information

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London: Theo. Newcomb and H. Hills, and are to be Sold by Walter Kettilby, 1679. Very Good. Title page continued: "Likewise King James's Speech to Both Houses of Parliament, On that Occasion; Now Re-printed; A Preface touching that Horrid Conspiracy, by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. And by way of Appendix, Several Papers or Letters of Sir Everard Digby, Chiefly relating to the Gunpowder-Plot, Never before printed." [4], 58, [2], 263, [1] p.; 18 cm. Signatu... more information

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Utrecht: Willem van Poolsum, 1703. Very Good +. T.p. cont'd: "Waar by komt het medetreden in de Groote Alliantie van de Koningen van Portugaal en Pruyssen, mitsgaders den Hertog van Savoyen." 56 p.; 19 cm. (7.5 inches). Signatures: A-G4 (4to). Disbound, but solid. Woodcut title vignette of a vase with flowers and initial letter. Knuttel, 14961. A report on victories of the Allied nations in the Netherlands against France and Spain in 1703. An extremely scarce pamphlet from the War of ... more information

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