William Shakespeare
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. VG / VG. A very nice copy of the Book Club. Some very minor edgewear, else fine.
BIOGRAPHY
William Shakespeare A Biography
New York: Harper and Row, 1963. NF / NF. A very nice solid clean copy. Copyright page states First Edition but it has the Book Club dimple on the rear board.
Dante In Love
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects. "The world's greatest poem and how it made history."
Pasternak A Pictorial Biography
London: Thames and Hudson, 1959. FIRST. VG / VG. Previous owner signature and embossed name. The jacket has a few closed tear and some chipping at the bottom of the spine. The contents are fine.
Prokofiev
New York: Grossman, 1971. FIRST. NF / NF. A very clean, bright and attractive copy.
Everywhere
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes complete. In the original deep blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. teg. As new. Some pages uncut. Illustrated throughout with photographs as well as maps. An autobiography of sorts of this great explorer, adventurer, and author.
Carson McCullers A Life
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. A lovely copy.
Ernest Jones Chartist
London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Previous owner signature on the front paste-down. A biography of Ernest Jones and his involvement with the Chartist politcal movement in 19th century England.
The Ingenious Mr. Henry Care, Restoration Publicist
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2001). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper, else fine. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author to the front free endpaper.
Asad. The Struggle For The Middle East
Berkeley: University Of California Press, (1988). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this early study of Asad and his place in the Middle East. A lovely copy of an important work.
Saint Elizabeth Her Brother's Keeper
New York: Philosophical Library, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and solid copy. Some small closed tears to the jacket, else fine.
Modeste Moussorgsky
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1968. FIRST. F / NF. A clean, bright and pleasing copy of this biography of a great Russian composer.
The Big Time
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. FIRST. F / F. Author's first book.
The Friendship
London: Harper Press, 2006. FIRST. F / F. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Tells the story of the relationship of Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Henry Virtuous Prince
London: Harper Press, 2008. Second edition. Hardcover. As New / as new. A fine copy of the second edition. Signed by the author on the title page.
Henry Irving
London: Heinemann, 1906-10-13. First edition. Good. Two volumes in original dark red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Irving side portrait in gilt to the front panels. Both volumes show fraying at the external hinges. The internal hinges remain strong. This is a completely unique edition in that it is a presentation copy absolutely crammed with tipped in items. Volume.....
Memorials Of The Most Reverend Father In God, Thomas Cranmer, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury. Wherein The History of the Church, and the Reformation of it, during the Primacy of the said Archbishop, are greatly Illustratred; and many singular Matters relating there-unto, now First Published.
London: Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1694. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio volume now re-bound in 3/4 leather, with marbled centers. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. (11), xii, (20), 467, 271, (2), pp. Additional endpapers added. Title page in red and black. The pages appear un-trimmed and have wide and clean margins.....
Mozart - The Reign Of Love
London: Faber & Faber, (2020). Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright example of the dust jacket which is 3/4 sized to the board - as issued. The second printing with "2" as the lowest numeral on the copyright page. A terrific book.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonorroti
New York: Scribners, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. One eighth dark blue buckram on spine with lighter blue faces and armorial decoration. Lettered in gilt on the spine. Profusely illustrated with many fold outs. Top edge gilt. A lovely set.
Tarzan Forever. The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan
New York: Scribners, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The number row has "1" as the lowest numeral.
Thackeray
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. FIRST. F / F. A perfect copy of this book. Unopened and unread. Illustrated.
Roald Dahl A Biography
London: Faber & Faber, 1999. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. A lovely copy.
Life Of Richard Trevithick, With An Account Of His Inventions
London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes bound in one. Original dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. It looks brand new with bright gilt and true corners. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates as well as in-text illustrations and fold-out schematic drawings. A fine copy indeed.....
John C. Calhoun
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888. FIRST. NF. Original blue cloth. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Previous owner name on front paste-down, else fine.
Geschichte Wallensteins
Koln: Agrippina. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. The pages are brownin throughout. The complete dust jacket is very nice indeed.