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My Just Desire: The Life of Bess Raleigh, Wife to Sir Walter by: Beer, Anna
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My Just Desire: The Life of Bess Raleigh, Wife to Sir Walter by: Beer, Anna

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2003-08-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462379
Price: $12.00 

 

Samuel Roberts, clock maker, an eighteenth-century craftsman in a Welsh rural community.


R., and T. Alun Davies Pryce W. T.

Hardcover. US, National Museum of Wales, 1st, 1985-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 450 pages, photos in b&w and color. Light de-lamination to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465889


Price: $44.00 

 

Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World, The


Prochnik, George

Hardcover. US, Other Press, reprint, 2014-05-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages. B&w photography throughout. Blind stamp on front cover. Edge wear to dust jacket, else clean, tight copy.

Record # 466448


Price: $13.00 

FIND OF A LIFETIME, THE: SIR ARTHUR EVANS AND THE DISCOVERY OF KNOSSOS, Horwitz, Sylvia L.
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FIND OF A LIFETIME, THE: SIR ARTHUR EVANS AND THE DISCOVERY OF KNOSSOS,


Horwitz, Sylvia L.

HARDCOVER. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Boards with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white photographs. . 278 pages. Record # 467290

Record # 467290


Price: $13.00 

Twelve Little Cakes, The Dery, Dominika
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Twelve Little Cakes, The


Dery, Dominika

hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 349 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt decoration on front and gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469288


Price: $23.00 

 

Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration


Uglow, Jenny

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471179


Price: $25.00 

Real Hornblower, The: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, Gcb Perrett, Bryan
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Real Hornblower, The: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, Gcb


Perrett, Bryan

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471755


Price: $15.00 

 

Waldheim and Austria by: Bassett, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages, b&w illustrations. This book examines Jewish writers and intellectuals in Austria, analyzing filmic and electronic media alongside more traditional publication formats over the last 25 years. Record # 601686
Price: $35.00 

 

Great Adventuress - Lady hamilton and the Revolution in Naples, A


Turquan, Joseph/Jules D'Auriac

Hardcover. New York, Brentano's, 1st, 1914, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Black & white illustrations. Light foxing to endpapers and some pages. Some fraying at top and bottom of spine cloth, with a degree of fading to cloth.

Record # 608679


Price: $25.00 

 

Chanel and her world


Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Softcover. New York, Vendome Press, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608878


Price: $30.00 

 

Freud and the Child Woman - The Memoirs of Fritz Wittels


Timms (Editor), Edward

Hardcover. London, Yale University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610981


Price: $13.00 

 

Tempestuous Prince - Hermann Puckler-Muskau, The


Butler, E. M.

Hardcover. London, Longmans Green and Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white plates. Some marking/marginalia. Moderate wear.

Record # 611198


Price: $25.00 

 

Paul Eluard - Collection Saint-Denis, Musee d'art et d'histoire


Collection de Saint-Denis

Softcover. Bournemouth, Parkstone Musees, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Softcover. Text in French. Many black & white illustrations. Light rubbing to covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611294


Price: $188.00 

 

Winckelmann


Leppmann, Wolfgang

Hardcover. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. , 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with wear long edges. Foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611912


Price: $15.00 

 

Beatrice Cenci - 2 Volumes


Ricci, Corrado

Hardcover. New York, Boni and Liveright, 1st US, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 2 hardcover volumes. Volume 1 - 324 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Dust jacket worn with rubbing, chipping - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 321 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Dust jacket worn with rubbing, chipping - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612143


Price: $44.00 

 

Zeiten Und Gezeiten


Warburg, Eric M.

Hardcover. Hamburg, Warburg, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. Hardcover. German text. INSCRIBED BY WARBURG TO A. J. SHERMAN WHO WROTE THE FORWARD. Numbered edition - this being #138. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612935


Price: $250.00 

 

Wilhelm II - Volume 1 & 2


Cecil, Lamar

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2nd Printing, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 2 Hardcover Volumes. Volume 1 - Wilhelm II - Prince and Emperor, 1859-1900. 463 pages. 1989 - 2nd printing. Illustrated with 10 black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - Wilhelm II - Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941. 1996 - 1st edition. Faded yellow highlighting to approximately 20 pages - otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 613225


Price: $63.00 

 

Age of Wellington - The Life and Times of the Duke of Wellington 1769-1852, The


Cooper, Leonard

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with moderate wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613869


Price: $13.00 

 

You've Had Your Time - Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Burgess, Anthony

Hardcover. London, Heinemann, First Edition, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Brick boards with gilt titles to spine. Light marginal toning throughout. Bright dust jacket with light wear to edges, now protected with a plastic cover. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751144


Price: $56.00 

 

Thomas Archer: Architect of the English Baroque.


Whiffen, Marcus

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages. Red cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine, and no visible wear. Dust jacket has some fading to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w illustrations, photographs and blueprints throughout.

Record # 852690


Price: $12.00 

 

Clemenceau


Bruun, Geoffrey

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages, with frontispiece portrait of Clemenceau. Light corner and edge wear, previous owner's signature on front endpaper, "sale" stamp on title page, otherwise, clean and tight.

Record # 854751


Price: $12.00 

 

Stalin's Romeo Spy: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB'S Most Daring Operative: The True Life of Dmitri Bystroletov


Draitser, Emil

Hardcover. Evanston IL, Northwestern University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A venture into the inner workings of the Soviet spy network in Europe and America in the 1930's, and the life story of one it's finest operatives. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Mild staining to text block edges. Small stain to front flyleaf as well. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951722


Price: $15.00 

Stalin: And the Shaping of the Soviet Union Jonge, Alex De
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Stalin: And the Shaping of the Soviet Union


Jonge, Alex De

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 542 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230079


Price: $19.00 

Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany Lucas, Richard
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Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany


Lucas, Richard

Hardcover. Philadelphia , Casemate Pub, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230083


Price: $15.00