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Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Collectible First Edition Hardcover in Good Condition, No Jacket. Illustrated blue'green full cloth binding is clean, corners and spine ends lightly scuffed, edges rubbed; sewn binding is tight, solid, hinges intact. Blue-green cloth with gilt and red foil imprinted elaborate and lavish coat-of-arms on front, white lettering on front, gilt on spine. Gold border around front panel, Illustrations from paintings by Dutch Masters (38). Tissue over frontis illustration by Mesdag. Rough cut on fore-edge and lower edge; upper edge gilt. Last four leaves remain uncut. Former owner bookplate and signature on endpapers. A very nice 1908 book. 357 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1908, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA

U.S.A: Simon and Schuster, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. James Thurber. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Delightful Thurber line sketches throughout. Light tan buckram over spine w/brown titles, with light brown paper-wrapped boards with "Thurber" imprinted on front board. Upper corner lightly bumped, faded area near upper edge, otherwise clean and unmarked. Tight and solid. Pages clean, no marks, toned. Most of the pieces in this book originally appeared in "The New Yorker". The rest of them were printed in other magazines--"The Bermudian", "Holiday" and "Cosmopolitan". The ones originally printed in "The Bremudian" (7) appear in this volume as their first publication in the US. Publisher: New York. Simon and Schuster, 1953.

U.S.A: Time Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Edition, 1994. Hardcover Book and Jacket As new. Unpaginated. 11 x 9.25 inches. Navy blue boards with silver lettering. Bright, shiny, clean, tight, unmarked, untorn. This is a sort of family album, speaking to us today the same as when it was written. The text has been printed exactly as it originally appeared. Each decade is introduced with a selection of shorter excerpts from TIME stories. Also a thematic gallery of some fascinating people of these decades. Photographs throughout of people and events of the era. Beautiful book.

Time Books, 2003. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9. Time Special Reference Edition, 2003. Soft Cover in As New Condition.Brigjht and colorful, glossy cover, heavy art quality glossy pages, fully illustrated with full color photo and diagrams. 124 pages. Indexed. 11 x 8 inches. 2003, Time Books.

London: London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover Book in Good Condition. MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR SERIES. No jacket, as issued. Brown paper wraps with pink quarter cloth over spine, black titled, Picture pasted on front, black lettering. No publishing date given in the book; publishing date was 1908. Boards worn on corners and around spine. Illustrated with eight color reproductions of Tintoretto's paintings. 79 pages plus reproductions. Pages rough cut on fore-edge and lower edge,; they are clean, unmarked. Art reproductions are clean, bright, unmarked. Library pocket and bar code on front loose ep, back paste-down has a label like sticker with library name on it. Endpapers are browning. The binding and borwn paper wrappers are unusual and are worn, but this book about 16th century Italian art is actually in quite good condition internally. 79 pages. 8" x 6.25". 1908, T.C.& E. C. Jack, London, UK

U.S.A: Doubleday, 1955. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Herbert Ryman. Type: Hardback Volume II. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Grey cloth with three green panels on spine w/gilt titles. Clean and unmarked, tight and solid; with slight wear to extremities; two front corners very gently bumped. Rough cut. Title page and verso with green tones illustrations in line sketches by Herbert Ryman that are a delight, capturing the times, the people, the fashions. Prev owner book plate on ffep. Interior is quite clean and free of any markings, pages lightly and evenly toned.The story begins when the Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the 19th century is coming to its close. It is filled with the people and romance of a fast-changing civilization and of the building of a huge trade empire--ex-kings, princesses, millionaires, actresses, sailors, planters, portrait painters--and is centered in London, but takes the reader also to America, Jamaica, Bermuda. Historical… Read More

U.S.A: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Herbert Ryman. Type: Hardback VOLUME II. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Grey cloth with three green panels on spine w/gilt titles. Clean and unmarked, tight and solid; with slight wear to extremities; bottom front corner very gently bumped; slight depression of cloth to lower spine near heel. Top edge of page block stained green, has a black rem mk on it. Rough cut. Title page and verso with green tones illustrations in line sketches by Herbert Ryman that are a delight, capturing the times, the people, the fashions. Interior is quite clean and free of any markings, pages lightly and evenly toned.The story begins when the Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the 19th century is coming to its close. It is filled with the people and romance of a fast-changing civilization and of the building of a huge trade empire--ex-kings, princesses, millionaires, actresses, sailors, planters, portrait painters--and is… Read More

New York: Collier Books/Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First Collier Books Edition, 1986. Previously published as "Bony and the Black Virgin". Paperback Book in Near Fine Condition. Bright and clean wraps , gently worn book, whisper of wear to corners, internals completely clean and free from any markings, no creases. In the outback of New South Wales, Australia, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte ("Bony") is once again drawn into the bush to solve a strange and tragic crime. 156 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. 1986, Collier Books/Macmillan Publishing Company, NY

New York, New York, USA: Everybody's Vacation Publishing, 1950. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book In Good Condition. No jacket. Great armchair travellers' adventures. The accounts here in journal form were all written by actual participants in these hazardous voyages, whose accounts are in vivid detail. The representative selections in this book will acquaint the reader with the flavor and the fact of the awful hardships endured and the joy of the discoveries made. Tight and solid, clean blue cloth binding with blind stamp design on front, titles on spine barely visible. Slight wear to corners; lightly faded along top edge and spine. Rough cut. Free endpaper is missing. Title page is torn loose except for an inch on top. Internals clean, unmarked, toned--in very nice condition. 282 pages. 5.75 x 8 inches. Everybody's Vacation Publishing. New York, 1950.

Hertfordshire, Great Britain: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Complete and Unabridged. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover that is edgeworrn, creased on lower corner with several crease marks, small closed tear on fore edge. All pages intact, glued binding is tight. First page is wrinkled on fore-edge. Internals, however, are clean, unmarked, no creases, evenly toned. And such a great story that took the literary world by surprise over a hundred years ago. It is the story of a beautiful artists' model and her sinister mentor, Svengali, set in Bohemian Paris, that is funny and poignant as Trilby rises to stardom under Svengali's influence. A year after its publication, Sir Henry Beerbohm Tree starred as Svengali in a dramatized version of this best-selling novel, and the profits from the play enabled him to build Her Majesty's Theatre in London. George Du Maurier (1834-1896) was a French-born British cartoonist and author,… Read More

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2015. Paperback. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback As New. First Grand Central Publishing Movie tie-In Edition, 2015. Now a Major Motion Picture. Foreword by John McNamara. A biography of the Oscar-winning screenwriter who broke the Hollywood blacklist. He and his fellow screenwriters refused to cooperate in the McCarthy era notorious Anti-American Activities investigations. 340 pages, indexed. 8.25 x 5.25". 2015, Grand Central Publishing, New York

U.S.A: ATRIA BOOKS, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. An action-packed, gripping, thriller, as Alex Hawke crosses international borders to stop the Russians from executing the most devastating attack our world has ever seen. Clean, unmarked, solid volume in black cloth over spine with black paper-wrapped boards, no wear to edges. Half-inch dark line on top and bottom edge of page block, probably remainder marks. Name of previous owner and date in very small letters near top of front endpaper. Internals very clean and completely free from any markings. Map on endpapers. Jacket is clean with no wear; it is taped to the cover. 501 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Atria Books, USA, 2008.

USA: Oxford Press, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright cover with slight wear to extremities. Pages clean and completely unmarked, lightly toned. Murder mysteries most ingenious by such authors as Richard Marsh, A. G. Macdonell, Edgar Wallace, H. C. Bailey, and others. 205 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 1998, Oxford Press.

Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2004. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback As New. B/w photographs. Clean, unmarked, solid book, glossy illustrated wraps. A dramatic chronicle of courage and a testament of faith under fire. 272 pages. 8vo. 2004, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN ISBN10: 0849908167, ISBN13: 9780849908163

New York: Ace Books, 2002. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean, bright, illustrated wraps, faint cover edge wear, tight glued binding. Internals very clean, spotless. The epic story of a bumbling young mouse who rises up, fights back, and becomes a legend himself. This epic adventure contains elements of all grand quests, and with heroic archtypes. In this episode, the otter Taggerung discovers he is too pure of heart to live and fight beside the vermin clan who raised him and sets out on a journey to find his true home and family. Primarily for older children. 403 pages. 4.25 x 6.75 inches. Ace Books, New York, 2002.

USA: Alfred A Knopf, 1996. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback BCE/BOMC Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition wityh a Dust Jacket As New. Former owner name on paste-down, else Fine. Red half-cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt titles, black boards; clean and unmarked, tight, solid and square with sharp. Page block edges clean and white. Internals as new. A hilarious Le Carre novel, a satire about the fate of truth in modern times. A spy story set during the time Panama is to gain full control of the Panama Canal. 333 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1996.

U.S.A: G P Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. G P Putnam's Sons, 2005 Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. A remarkable journey of the senses through "a life lived interestingly, if not especially intelligently"--a memoir of food, travel, and personal (mis)-adventure, by the author of "And So It Goes" and "Move". 302 pages. 6.5 x 9.4 inches. Putnams' Sons, NY 2005.

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. G P Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. A remarkable journey of the senses through "a life lived interestingly, if not especially intelligently"--a memoir of food, travel, and personal (mis)-adventure, by the author of "And So It Goes" and "Move". 302 pages. 6.5 x 9.4 inches. Putnams' Sons, NY 2005.

Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5?" - 6?" tall. Small Paperback Meditation Book in Fine Condition. 175 pages, indexed. 6" x 4". Easy to carry around and use at will anytime. Specially designed to be used during short breaks, each meditation is followed by three prompts to help you apply St. Ignatius' timeless teaching to interpersonal issues, stress, office politics, goal setting, moral issues, and more. 2008, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. ISBN10: 1592764037, ISBN13: 9781592764037

New York: Pantheon, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Pantheon, 2002. Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gives a primer on the collapse of the system for overseeing our capital markets, and sage essential advice on a discipline we often ignore at our peril--how not to lose money. He offers specific steps you can take to safeguard your financial future. 338 pages. Glossary. Index. 8vo. 2002, Pantheon, New York.