Josiah Wedgwood by SMILES, Samuel - 1894

Joseph Allen, 1837. Hardcover. Good. Full leather. Joseph Allen, 1837 printing. Name inside cover. Internally very good, except first two pages have damp stain. Front hinge is weakened and almost split. Hardcover. Ships daily.

London, England: Chas. J. Sawyer, Grafton House. Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 70 pages: 7 x 8.75 in.: 1: KB#010252: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. This edition was limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this copy is no. 337. Published in "MCMXXVII" (1927). Contains a Portrait of Hardy by Alvin Coburn as the tissue-protected frontispiece. Binding is dark red spine and boards with gilt lettering. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

This book is unusual. It has the 1952 copyright and shows Random House, The Modern Library as the publisher. However, elements do not match what we have found elsewhere. The cover is deep red of leather or faux leather on boards. Whereas this edition is always green cloth on boards and has the series number ML 298. This edition has no ML number. Another difference is that the dj has a $4.95 price, whereas other ML, 1952 edition djs are marked $5.95. Neither the book or the dj appear to be knockoffs. The book has a good quality cover and good quality paper pages. Our best guess is that it is the first printing or early printing or a pre-publication printing of the 1952 edition. This book is in excellent condition. Very slight wear at cover corners and a book plate pasted onto the first fly-leaf page. Binding is tight, all pages are clear-unmarks, no tears, no foxing. The dj is has a small stain on the front (about an inch square) and some serious chipping at the bottom of the spine section, less… Read More

Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. Assumed first edition but it is not stated. Very good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Very minimal wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages .

New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First edition. Introduction by O. O. McIntyre. Biography of the 1920's sex symbol and silent film star written by his closest friend and business manager. Valentino's sudden death at the age of 31 set off a media frenzy and prompted much speculation surrounding both his life and death. 12mo quarter black cloth stamped in green on spine with off-white decorated paper boards; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; 218 pages. Small hole in cloth at front spine gutter, offset to p. 28 and pp.160-1 (from items previously laid in); otherwise near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket showing a few small chips and tears but still quite crisp and attractive. Scarce to rare in dust jacket.

Joseph Allen, 1837. Hardcover. Good. Full leather. Joseph Allen, 1837 printing. Name inside cover. Internally very good, except first two pages have damp stain. Front hinge is weakened and almost split. Hardcover. Ships daily.

London, England: Chas. J. Sawyer, Grafton House. Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 70 pages: 7 x 8.75 in.: 1: KB#010252: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. This edition was limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this copy is no. 337. Published in "MCMXXVII" (1927). Contains a Portrait of Hardy by Alvin Coburn as the tissue-protected frontispiece. Binding is dark red spine and boards with gilt lettering. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

CA: Neville + Yellin, 1978. FINE condition. HARDCOVER. 1978. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by James M. Fox. LIMITED EDITION of 26 lettered copies, this being letter V. AS NEW, bound in black leather with gold tilt titles and shades of gray and tan marbled endpapers, issued without dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD. Correspondence between Chandler and author James M Fox, 1950-1956. Afterword and SIGNED by Fox on limitations page. Preface by James Pepper, editor.. Signed Introduction. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued.

Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. Assumed first edition but it is not stated. Very good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Very minimal wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages .

New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First edition. Introduction by O. O. McIntyre. Biography of the 1920's sex symbol and silent film star written by his closest friend and business manager. Valentino's sudden death at the age of 31 set off a media frenzy and prompted much speculation surrounding both his life and death. 12mo quarter black cloth stamped in green on spine with off-white decorated paper boards; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; 218 pages. Small hole in cloth at front spine gutter, offset to p. 28 and pp.160-1 (from items previously laid in); otherwise near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket showing a few small chips and tears but still quite crisp and attractive. Scarce to rare in dust jacket.