Come On, Let's Get Busy
not listed. Hardcover. VG in orange cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover; signed by the author; author's picture on title page; illustrations throughout; pp. 240. Religion. REL306030. Very Good. More
not listed. Hardcover. VG in orange cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover; signed by the author; author's picture on title page; illustrations throughout; pp. 240. Religion. REL306030. Very Good. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover with Very Good- dustjacket. Dustjacket spotted with some wear to edges. Educator at Columbia University, New York. Presentation copy. Education. ED/11152. Very Good. More
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892. Hardcover. Second edition. Inscribed by Le Gallienne to Ernest Parke: "Ernest Parke with grateful regard, from his friend, Richard Le Gallienne. Parke was the editor of the North London Press and a local politician. Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) was a prolific English author and poet. This collection includes poems on platonic love, faery gold, poets, a goldfish's epitaph, time, and much more. Bound in original tan paper boards with paper label to spine. Boards are soiled and bumped and there are chips to the spine. Foxing to rear board and ad pages in rear as well as along fore-edge and occasionally to text. Otherwise in very good condition. 129 pages plus 7 pages of ads. POE/052511. Very Good. More
Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstee & Merkus, 1767. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Avec de belles figures - 8 charming etchings in each volume. A beautiful early edition in French of this book. As described in the Oxford Companion to English Literature (p. 565) this was Le Sage's masterpiece and it had great influence in 18th century comic fiction. It was first translated into English by Tobias Smollett. In four small volumes 3 by 5.5 inches bound in full contemporary leather. The spine has four raised bands with gilt design in three and author and title in the other two.The edges of the boards have a very small gilt design of stripes.In very good condition with some minor bumps and rubbing. The hinges are a bit tender but the volumes are sturdily bound. Two hinges are cracked with one board coming loose. The interior pages are very clean and bright save for light browning to the end pages. The ownership signature of a previous owner, James Oldham is inscribed on front free end pages. Nice bookplate with flower design and initials B.C.T. on front pastedowns. A very attractive copy of this important novel. Volume I:392 pages; Volume II: 343 pages; Volume III: 369 pages;Volume 4: 370 pages. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT032409. Very Good. More
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1981. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Anita Lobel with a small illustration. First edition, second printing. "Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lovel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street - each composed of his or her wares - will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree" (jacket). Cream cloth over blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright aside from a smudge mark on the last page. In a white dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Light wear to edges of jacket. Unpaginated. Includes a folded poster for the book laid into rear. CHILD/122023. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1983). Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with many illustrations. Grey illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine. Small damp stain to top left corner of dust jacket. Index, 455 pages. Photography. PHOTO/022509. Fine in Near Fine DJ. More
New York: Brick Row Book Shop, 1924. Hardcover. #196 of 500 copies, signed by the author. Cream cloth backed with blue paper covered boards and title label on spine. Label worn at edges. Ex-library, with number written at base of spine, pastedown label on front endpaper, call number and title written on rear endpaper, small and light pencil markings on title page. Nonetheless very good in overall appearance; text clean. Poetry. POE1/6220. Very Good. More
Newark, DE: Proscenium Press, 1978. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 1 of 100 copies. Magee (1939 - ) received the Rooney Prize in Irish literature in 1976. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Pink dust jacket with black title to spine and front panel. Minor fading to spine of jacket. 75 pages. DRA/012908. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
Paris: G. Masson, 1880. Paperback. Very Good- in wraps. Slight foxing, back cover missing. Text inside is clean, includes numerous tables. Presentation copy. In th French. Science (wraps). SCI/4213. Very Good -. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. Hard Cover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped orange and white dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing and soiling to dust jacket. Author's signature to front free end page. Previous owner's notes to rear end page. Else is pristine. Index, 238 pages. Political Science. PSC3/7181. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
Washington DC: Division of Reserve, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1966. Hardcover. Inscribed, "To Barry & Family With best wishes from the foot warmers by the fireside to the front line folks. Bill McCahill 1966 Colonel, USMCR." Colonel McCahill led the effort to write and publish the history of the Marine Corps Reserve on their Golden Anniversary. This edition covers the 50 years since the Corps was authorized by Congress in 1916. It is inscribed to Barry Zorthian, an American diplomat who was the U.S. government spokesman in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Boundin red cloth with the Marine Corps seal in gilt on the front cover, and title on spine. In very good condition. 311 pages. MIL/011513. Very Good. More
Brooklandville, MD: Electric Press, (1988). Paperback. INSCRIBED BY ONE OF THE AUTHORS, GARY BLANKENBURG. Very good yellow side stapled paper wrappers. Damp stain to top of wrappers causes some slight rippling. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations. Author's inscription to inside flap of dust jacket. Brown dust jacket with black title to front panel. Poetry. POE/4233. Very Good in Wraps. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Signed and with a lengthy inscription by the author on the front free end page. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Latin America. LATAM103191. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. Hardcover. First Edition of author's second novel. RARE INSCRIBED COPY: "F. Maxse/ from his friend/ GM." George Meredith (1828-1909) was an important author and poet of the Victorian era. He was a friend to many major figures of his time including William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Robert Louis Stevenson, and J.M. Barrie. This book is inscribed to Frederick Augustus Maxse, his dearest friend, who was a hero of the Crimean War. Meredith's book, Beauchamp's Career, was based on the political career of Maxse. In his bibliography of Victorian fiction, Michael Sadleir described Farina as scarce, saying "few Victorian fictions are more seldom seen than [this and three others]." Bound in the original apple-green cloth. It has been professionally recased. The binding is rubbed and soiled but still very nice (According to Sadleir, the binding was both unusual and easily soiled.) Interior pages are clean and bright. Includes July 1857 publisher's catalog. With bookplate of the noted book collector, H. Bradley Martin. Housed in a green cloth clamshell box with paper title and author label to spine. An exceptional association copy in the extremely scarce original cloth. 244 pages plus 16 page publisher catalog. LIT/120312. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. Hardcover. First Edition. Apparently a presentation copy, with an inserted sheet printed "From the Author" and with the bookplate of the recipient, G.W. Foote. Foote, a friend of Meredith's, was a British secularist and journal editor. In the original dark blue cloth with light bumping to corners. Interior page very good with light aging to margins and occasional pencil mark next to a passage. The inserted sheet has a browned crease along the top edge. In very good condition. 136 pages. POE/020113. Very Good. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Poor, Anne. Hardcover. 4to. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST on dedication page. Laid in is a letter from the artist to Laurance and Isabel Roberts. L. Roberts was a noted a art director and Orientalist. Blue and white cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean interior filled with illustrations, many of which are in color. Illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 57 pages. GREECE/061406. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. More
Baltimore: Image Publishing, Ltd., (1986). Hardcover. Inscribed by Governor (also the author of the foreword). Oblong 4to. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior filled with color photographic illustrations. Brown illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and to spine. 120 pages. Maryland. MD/041409. Fine. More
Cambridge: John W. Parker, MDCCCXLII. VG- in plain tan wraps (some light staining to covers; fine chips along spine). Presentation copy for Professor Potter from the Author; pp. 12; dimensions: 11 x 8 3/4. Science and Tech wraps (binder). SCI106070. Very Good. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1896]. Hardcover. First Edition. Presentation copy: "For Victoria Ellis with the affectionate greetings of Marie Ada Molineux Venice 1926." Affixed below the inscription is a small photograph taken iin Venice. The author has also signed the title page and written in the date of publication. With bookplate of recipient on front pastedown. In original red cloth with light bumping and small chips to top of spine. Interior pages are clean. A nice copy in very good condition. 520 pages including index. POE/032513. Very Good. More
New York: Exposition Press, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards with blue title to spine. Light yellowing to interior. Slight musty smell. Inscription to front free end page. White and blue dust jacket with blue title to spine and white title to front panel. Minor foxing, edgewear, and browning to dust jacket. 94 pages. POE/021819. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Watts & Co., [1898?]. Hardcover. Rare. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "To Joseph Fay from his old friend Arthur B Moss 25 June 98.” The Workman's Foe concerns a man who succeeds in becoming a manager in a large firm and then turns upon the workmen who helped him climb the ladder, making their lives unendurable. Paul the Rebel is the story of a would-be anarchist whose mission is to blow up a bank. He ends up being blown up by his own bomb. Bound in brown cloth with titles and author in gilt to cover and original wraps bound in. Water staining on pastedowns and free endpapers, partially affecting the inscription. Some pages are loose and the paper has browned. The cloth binding is slightly rubbed and worn, but an extraordinary survival story as radical plays by a working-class author were printed in extremely perishable form. According to press notices reprinted on the original paper wrappers, both plays were actually performed in local theaters in London. No original copies in WorldCat, one of two known copies - the other is in the James Ellis collection of Victorian drama. Very good condition given the fragility of the items. Workman's Foe: 16 pages; Paul the Rebel: 14 pages. DRA/013113. Very Good. More
Friends of Nancy Murphy. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Nancy Murphy. SCARCE. Very good in original yellow wrappers, side-stapled w/light soiling and fading near hinge. Clean interior w/bright text, illustrated. 51 pp. In wraps. Baltimore. BALT/11243. Very Good. More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE PRESENTATION COPY. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who is best known today for her children’s books. Publishing under E. Nesbit, she wrote or collaborated on over sixty books for children. She was a follower of William Morris and one of the founders of the Fabian Society, the British socialist movement. This book is inscribed: “To Olindo Malagodi from E. Nesbit July 1905.” Malagodi (1870-1934) was a prominent Italian liberal journalist and writer. He trained as a journalist in Britain, became the London correspondent for several newspapers, and eventually became the editor of La Tribuna in Rome. He was a close friend of Nesbit and her husband, Hubert Bland, eventually living near them as he raised his family. His son, Giovanni became an important Italian politician. Bound in the original green cloth with lovely floral and fleur-de-lis design in gilt on front cover along with author and title. Light bumping and small light stain to top of rear cover; otherwise in beautiful condition. Front and rear endpapers are foxed but interior pages are bright and clean. Each section is preceded by a blank page with a flower illustration. Each flower is a different color. Nesbit’s books of verse are uncommon and nearly impossible to find signed. 143 pages plus 4 pages of advertisements for Nesbit’s books. POE/050611. Very Good. More
Paris: Editions de La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1929. Masson, Andre. Paper Wrappers. 8INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to Alfred Rosset, an author and translator who often wrote under the pseudonym of Blaise Allan. A collection of poetry in French. Includes a portrait of the author by André Masson, engraved on wood by Georges Aubert. Light blue paper wrappers with black title to spine and front panel. Minor fading to spine and to edges of panels. Small closed tear to spine panel. Minor wear to edges. A few spots of foxing to interior, heaviest last few pages, else clean. 71 pages. FRE/041007. Very Good. More
London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1896. Hardcover. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed To W. Radcliffe from C. Newton-Robinson Sept 1906. Charles Edmund Newton-Robinson (1853 – 1913) was an English poet, fencer, gemologist, barrister, and yachtsman. He founded a fencing club and participated in the Olympics, winning the Silver medal in the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. Original grey cloth with faded gilt title to spine. Small spot on spine, spine head a bit rubbed, else a very good copy. Poetry. POE/4113. Very Good. More