Barbary Shore by Norman Mailer - 1951

Item Description:Book is in Excellent condition for age. No DJAn anthology of fictional stories about several boys at the Axleford school for boys.Hard to find first edition, 1880, George Routledge & SonsNicely Illustrated by Gettie, Houghton, Fraser, Mahoney, Walker and French.Remarkably clean pages for ageSmall amount of separation at front / rear hinges, but minimalSome surface wear,Gift inscription at the front of the book in ink.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More

Vintage Set of 4 E. P. Roe works. Includes: "He Fell in Love with His Wife" (1886); "The Earth Trembled" (1892); "Near to Nature's Heart" (1876), and "Miss Lou" (1888). Books are similarly bound to use as a set. In good condition overall. SLSetof4

Rare hardcover 1st edition. Cover has some wear and water marks on the edge. Some shelf wear & corners bumped. Some light tanning. Nice, tight binding. Good for its age. Fictional story of Wannaseska, the Cherokee prophet set during the time the State of Georgia (white settlers) were about to confiscate Cherokee Lands in N. Georgia. The prophet is first hand eye witness and victim to the outrages. Story ends with the Trail, of Tears when the Cherokees agreed to move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Warner Books, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. 8x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of 37th President of the United States The Real War. First printing statement and full number line to copyright page. Inscribed and signed by Nixon on bookplate mounted on half title page to daughter of former US Senator Robert Burren Morgan thus: "Richard Nixon | for | Margaret Morgan." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Also includes handwritten laid-in note from attorney Carey Miller to Margaret Morgan, Miller speaking of a recent week spent with Julie and David Eisenhower. See attached images. 341 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Internals unmarked front to back. Dust jacket flawless. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company. First Edition, 1928, Two Great and Their Pawnee Battalion, The Experiences of Frank J. North and Luther H. North, Pioneers in the Great West, 1856-1882, and their defense of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. 299 pages, 2 page map, "Map Showing Routes of Expeditions of the North Brothers" frontispiece. Book is near Fine, ultra clean ribbed red cloth with bright gilt title to spine, very light wear to corners as well as to head and heel of spine, Tight and square with No previous owner bookplate. Writing on inside cover may be pertinent to history. No other writings or marks in the book., or writing. Top edge gilt, foredge and bottom edge untrimmed, Interior is Fine in never read condition. Ultra clean and most presentable in custom mylar cover. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928.

This beautiful old Bible contains both the Old and New Testaments, marginal notes, a general introduction as well as introductions and concluding remarks to each book, parallel passages from other bibles and bible commentaries, philological and explanatory notes, a table of contents, a chronological index, an index of subjects contained in both old and new testaments, as well as an index to notes, introductions, and concluding remarks. The book is in Good Condition with some foxing on the pages and slight exterior edge wear. The three page edges are all gilted in gold. Inside there is a former owner's gift inscription to his son, dated 1917.Published in the year 1850 in Philadelphia, this book is illustrated with full page steel engravings. Bound in full leather with gold decor on the spine and covers, this Bible is beautiful to look upon, and will make a fine addition to the library of both the religious student as well as the collector of fine books.
Due to the size of this item, expedited or… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, First Edition, 1931, Rare, produced under wartime conditions. Good- condition, no jacket.
Blue cloth, orange lettering & spyglass silhouette on front cover, orange silhouette endpapers. Two minor tears of 1 cm on page opposite the title page, couple very small closed tears, pages show tanning, bottom of spine is frayed and spine is held by tape. Wear and tear of the edges, faint water mark on the end of book from inside. Will accept offers from $150

Light brown embossed design calf with gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Volumes I, II, II.

Brown leather binding with maroon title plates, gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Two volumes.
Translated by Samuel Clark. Greek and Latin. Good clean examples of bookmaker's craft. Homer was the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of all time. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek kingdoms. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the ten-year journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider these accounts legendary. The Homeric… Read More