Chim: Children of War by Carole Naggar - 2013

Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957. Volume Two. First edition. Hard cover. Published Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957, first printing. Small 4to., 8" x 11", 436pp., profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates, fold-outs. Gilt stamped cream cloth with gilt cover design, ribbon marker. Text in Italian. Partial foxing along two edges, else very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.

Berlin: Verlag Ullstein. Very Good; Boards rubbed, owner bookplates on front pastedowns.. 1925. Hardcover. In two volumes. Half brown leather with green cloth sides. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Text in German fraktur. xviii, 439, [18] pp; 444-851 pp. Many black and white photos, color charts and tables and color plates. A Germano-centric, between-the-wars view of world history with many images of military leaders, intricately-bearded gents, and royal types. Heavily illustrated. A handsome set. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Jenks, Hickling, and Swan. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards worn, dampstained and . sunned, vol. 1 gift inscription and dampstaining to lower half of boards . and text.. 1854. Hardcover. A married set in two volumes (volume one in ribbed dark brown cloth while volume two is in patterned lighter brown cloth). Uniform gilt lettering and designs on spines, boards stamped in blind. 332; 355 pp. An early American edition of Dickens’ only book written for children - his own, in fact - which provides his lively view of English history from ancient times through the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Dust jacket slows slightest shelf wear, and there is some yellowing of the pages around the edges, but the book binding is tight and clean. Signed and inscribed by author. Inscription reads, "To Richard Best Wishes." Book will be bubble wrapped upon shipping.At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments… Read More

First edition hardcover, which is signed and inscribed by the author. Book and dust jacket shows slight signs of shelf wear, and there is a remainder mark on the bottom of the book (see photos). Binding is clean and tight other than that.The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and A Perfect Spy—arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period—by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.
In this definitive biography—blessed by John le Carré himself—Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In John le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—"born to lying," he wrote in 2002, "bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist."
Of course, the pseudonym "John le Carré" has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes… Read More

Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957. Volume Two. First edition. Hard cover. Published Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957, first printing. Small 4to., 8" x 11", 436pp., profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates, fold-outs. Gilt stamped cream cloth with gilt cover design, ribbon marker. Text in Italian. Partial foxing along two edges, else very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.

Berlin: Verlag Ullstein. Very Good; Boards rubbed, owner bookplates on front pastedowns.. 1925. Hardcover. In two volumes. Half brown leather with green cloth sides. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Text in German fraktur. xviii, 439, [18] pp; 444-851 pp. Many black and white photos, color charts and tables and color plates. A Germano-centric, between-the-wars view of world history with many images of military leaders, intricately-bearded gents, and royal types. Heavily illustrated. A handsome set. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Jenks, Hickling, and Swan. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards worn, dampstained and . sunned, vol. 1 gift inscription and dampstaining to lower half of boards . and text.. 1854. Hardcover. A married set in two volumes (volume one in ribbed dark brown cloth while volume two is in patterned lighter brown cloth). Uniform gilt lettering and designs on spines, boards stamped in blind. 332; 355 pp. An early American edition of Dickens’ only book written for children - his own, in fact - which provides his lively view of English history from ancient times through the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Dust jacket slows slightest shelf wear, and there is some yellowing of the pages around the edges, but the book binding is tight and clean. Signed and inscribed by author. Inscription reads, "To Richard Best Wishes." Book will be bubble wrapped upon shipping.At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments… Read More

First edition hardcover, which is signed and inscribed by the author. Book and dust jacket shows slight signs of shelf wear, and there is a remainder mark on the bottom of the book (see photos). Binding is clean and tight other than that.The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and A Perfect Spy—arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period—by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.
In this definitive biography—blessed by John le Carré himself—Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In John le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—"born to lying," he wrote in 2002, "bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist."
Of course, the pseudonym "John le Carré" has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes… Read More