New York: Oxford University Press, 1924. Octavo. 178 pages. Burgundy boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are heavily dampstained along bottom edge with discoloration and warping. Rear hinge starting but binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Bleeding along bottom edge and some pages..... More
[Atlantic Highlands, NJ]: Humanities Press, [1979]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket lettered in orange and white; xii,[2],336pp.; maps in text. Light shelf wear, spine a bit cocked, old price sticker to upper jacket panel and remainder rubberstamp at bottom textblock edge, else Very Good and..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Oficinas Graficas do Jornal do Commercio Rodrigues & CIA, 1941. Octavo. 79 pages. Unnumbered black and white plates, some folding, of photographs and facsimiles. Printed wraps.Text in Portuguese. Correspondence between the King of Portugal and Emperor of Brazil from 1821 to 1824. The Empire of..... More
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Bombay: B.I. Publications, 1974. Signed by Bowles with inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper. Octavo. 277 pages. Wraps. As author explains in his preface, this volume is an abridgment of his book, "Promised to Keep," published in 1971. The material found here was thought to be most relevant..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. First Edition. Signed by Horowitz to Martin with inscription, "To Wm. McC. Martin Jr. / In friendship and appreciation / David Horowitz / Jerusalem, October 1966." William McChesney Martin, Jr. was the longest serving Chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving under 5 Presidents, holding..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 89 pages. Beige printed wraps. Toning to edges with some chipping to extremities. Chipped at staples but binding is holding. Pages unmarked. A brief if detailed report on Nazi War Crimes. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Signed by Gold on half title page to William Safire with inscription, "Bill, / Here it is. Thank / you for standing up all / these years for our / Freedom. Hopefully this / will help. / Best wishes, /..... More
In 'sGraven-Hage [The Hague]: D.H. van Wallsdorp [H. Verdussen], 1650. First edition. Small quarto (18.5cm.); removed; 24pp. [A-C4]; woodcut title page device, text printed almost entirely in Dutch blackletter. Imprint provided by KNUTTEL 6855. Third gathering separated but present, stock rather toned and dusty, else Good, the impression quite..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1930. Later printing. Volume III only. Octavo. 441 pages. Green cloth with paper label to spine. No dust jacket. Some light scuffing and staining to boards with light shelfwear. Shaky in binding but holding. Previous owner's stamp and remnants of bookplate to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1931. Later printing. Volume IV only. Octavo. 394 pages. Green cloth with paper label to spine. No dust jacket. Some light scuffing and staining to boards. Slight lean to boards. Cracked at front hinge and binding gives a little but otherwise holding..... More
Washington, DC: Historical Office / Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2017. First Edition. Thick octavo. 815 pages. Black and white illustrations. Photographic dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Volume IX in the Secretaries of Defense Historical Series. Dust jacket is lightly worn at extremities..... More
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, [1912]. Presumed second edition with no edition statement. Octavo. 409 pages. Red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with a bit of fraying at bottom of spine. Spine is sunned. A few stray dark markings. Cracked..... More
Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); removed; 15pp. Light dustiness, title page nearly separated, bottom fore-edge corner of text block dog-eared, else Good overall, internally fresh and sound. Indiana Whig politician's attack on the Mexican War policy of the Polk administration, especially in regards..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo; Vol I viii + 435pp + Annex of pages A-K; Vol II extends pagination through p. 851, including 7 annexes and index. Mustard dust jackets on both volumes with textual panels front, back, and spine, printed in brown against Macmillan-logo patterned..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 375 pages. Black and white photographs. Unclipped photographic dust jacket. Blue and green boards stamped in white. Some chipping to edges of dust jacket with spitting along top edge verso and some creasing to flaps. Boards are sunned..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1987. Facsimile edition. Octavo. 490 pages. Fold-out maps throughout and in rear pocket; black and white photographs. Decorative dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket shows creasing and light staining along edges. Boards lightly stained along edges. Rear board bowed due..... More
Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1994. Reprint. Signed by Adams with inscription to previous owner facing title page. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated wraps. Adams was President of Sinn Fein from 1983 to 2018. Wraps a touch edgeworn. Sticker to rear. Binding is sound.Pages unmarked. More
Boston? Greater Boston Youth for Brotherhood Council, 1945. First Edition. Small quarto (22cm.); publisher's pink pictorial staple bound wrappers; [4]pp.; printed mimeograph. Shallow chipping along wrapper and text block fore-edge, else Very Good. Rare World War II-era program for this gathering to promote brotherhood and understanding, sponsored by..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale green pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; xi,[3],279pp. Some chipping and a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, most notably small loss at top fore-edge corner of upper panel not approaching text, external panels quite faded..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1901. First Edition. Octavo. 298 pages. Black and white illustrations. Publishers blue cloth stamped in red and gilt. Light wear to extremities with brief exposure. Spine is toned. Some intermittent scuffing. Binding is sound with front hinge starting. Pages unmarked... More
San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1990. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription: "To Bill Safire / who has done much to bring this book to the attention of a wide audience. / Harry Rowen." Additional TLS from author to Safire on DOE letterhead laid..... More
Alexandria, EG: Procaccia, 1946. Quarto. 306 pages + index and ads. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. History of "Hundred Years of Swiss Life in Cairo" based on memoirs, documents, and other primary sources. Published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Swiss-language newspaper..... More
New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. First Edition. Octavo. 210 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket shows light rubbing and scuffing throughout, with slightly heavier wear at corners and spine ends. Boards show some rippling along spine and some white discoloration towards bottom..... More
New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. 649 pages. 8 of 9 maps present, lacking League of Nations map. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Boards cracked at top of spine, loose but holding. Light edgewear with soiling to spine and some rippling near bottom..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1960. Octavo; x + 303pp. Unpaginated gathering of 16 B&W documentary photographs bound in. Dust jacket in three colors, including "high alert" red. Crimson binding with blind-stamped missile image on front panel and gold lettering on spine. Reviewer copy sent out by publisher, including publisher's..... More