Hardcover. Boston, L.C. Page & Co., Reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 259 pages. White cloth w/ gilt lettering and design on front and spine. Some staining/wear on boards/spine. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front flyleaf. B/W photos throughout with tissue guards. Record # 512600
Hardcover. London, John Whiting, 2nd, 1791, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 520 pages plus index. Leather covers. Title in gilt on spine. Previous owners inscription on preliminary page, and opposite preface. Minor foxing to some pages. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, England, British Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, nearly new condition. "Peake sailed as a young doctor in 1899 for a part for China where few people had ever seen a Westerner before, and his account of his subsequent career is vivid, sometimes startling, and almost entirely free of the self-righteous religiosity that makes most mission memoirs hard to read."
Hardcover. London, Neville Spearman, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. Autobiography of the Russian Secret Agent, sentenced in England 1961 for espionage, released to Soviet authorities in 1964. Previous owner's bookplate, initials on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Softcover. Beverley, England, Highgate Publications, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. 232 pages. Black & white illustrations by Myrtle J. Barter. Very light soiling to covers.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, First US, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to brown cloth spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with light wear to edges. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages, plus index in rear. Close one inch tear on top front edge of dust jacket, otherwise, very clean and bright copy. Record # 52921
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1902, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages. English Men of Letters Series. Ex-lib but only minor stamping, bookplate. Light wear, scuffing to spine. Internally very clean and bright. Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic. He has been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. Record # 300706
Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages, hardcover. The memoirs of an English aristocrat. Black-and-white illustrated frontis. Heavy fading and soiling to spine. Moderate edgewear and marking to boards. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Mild soiling to front flyleaf as well. Age toning to top text block edge. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1st, 1889, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 274 pages. Hardcover. Bound in green with gilt title on spine (slightly faded) and decoration on front cover (still bright). Previous owner's address label on front endpaper. Former library book with expected seals, label residue and marks. Where library label was removed some damage to back endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Some darkening to spine and yellowing to edges/pages from age. Still in decent condition considering age.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 695 pages. Hardcover. Volume 3 of 4. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Boards bound in red, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Some age wear, light tanning. Inlaid: Map of the West End from Weale's "London Exhibited in 1852". Correspondence of British novelist, author and illustrator.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 302 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations (maps) throughout. Dust jacket has some age wear, but still intact (see image). Cover boards bound in gray cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges and pages have some tanning from age, edges have a touch of foxing. In great shape for its age. Written and published before WW-II was over, eyewitness accounts. Perfect for the WW-II enthusiast.
Softcover. London, England, Andre Deutsch, Reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 396 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Edges have a touch of tanning from age. Pages clean. Binding tight. In very good condition. This book is Guggenheim's own droll, outspoken story of her life and loves; of her stormy relationships; of artistic discoveries and the excitement of promoting great work.
Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Coles Publishing Company, Reprint facsimile copy, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 567 pages. Softcover. Facsimile copy of original, published in 1852. Wrapper very good. Light tanning to edges and pages. A moisture stain to top edge. Binding tight. In good shape. A woman takes a trip of exploration with her husband from England to Canada, in the first part of the nineteenth century.
Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st Edition, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, red title on spine and front cover board. Some fading to spine and edges from age. Deckled edges. Top edge dyed to match cover bindings. Light age-tanning to edges. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition for its age. The "British Agent" goes back to the scene of this youthful romance and adventure, and emerges with a shrewd appraisal of a changing world.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Hardcover. London, England, William Stange, 1840 Edition, 1840, Book: Poor, Dust Jacket: None, 486 pages, hardcover. Marbled leather covers are in poor condition, both boards have separated from the binding, and the spine has been laid on top. Interior pages have some foxing throughout, but all text blocks are legible. This volume is in need of rebinding. Robinson Crusoe is the classic tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, he wrestles with fate and the nature of God. Defoe's popular story, initially published in 1719, is one of the most widely published books in the world. This is an uncommon William Strange edition of the novel which contains a biographical a memoir of the author, and is embellished with numerous illustrations by J. J. Grandville, engraved on wood by George Dorrington. The previous owner's name is written in pen on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34062
Hardcover. London, England, Chatto and Windus Ltd., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 62 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear with one small closed tear, but it is still in very good condition overall. Orange cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This poetry collection moves away from rigid metrical structures, instead featuring free verse that explores personal memoirs, Scottish heritage, landscapes, and travel. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page in blue pen, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34592
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