Rare Books from Eric James

London, United Kingdom: Pimlico, 1997. Trade paperback, xiv + 472 pages; very light bump to spine bottom, very small pale faded waterstain to the corner of the fore and bottom edges with barely visible page penetration to the outer margins of a few scattered pages, but tight in binding, very… Read more

Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Escudo de Oro, 1984. Oversized glossy paperback, 63 pages including full colour photographs on every page; front cover reader's crease, otherwise very gently used, not abused, very clean and unmarked throughout. … Read more

Toronto: Baxter Publishing , 1969. Trade paperback, 68 pages;---signed on the title page in full as Freda Newton Bunner above the publisher's name/address, and below that in the author's handwriting the full name and address of the distributor;---light rubbing to covers, spine creased, heavy vertical crease down centre of front cover in addition to a light reader's… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket (price "10s. 6d. net"), 271 pages; book gently used, only very light traces of shelf wear, traces of pale faded white stains barely visible on front cover, slightly more so at top of back cover, spine slightly slanted but still tight in binding, silver gilt… Read more

New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing , 1904. Hardcover without dust jacket, 255 pages;---elegant book in a variant teal cloth with black lettering and simple decoration to spine and front cover, plus a small circular motif on the front (NOT the skeleton smoking a pipe);---very gently used, tight in binding, covers and ever so slightly faded spine are… Read more

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 394 pages, plus two two-page maps;---First Edition, First Printing, "This is copy number 456 of a limited Collector's Edition of 500.";---Signed in green ink by Julian May on numbered by hand Collector's Edition page bound in before the half title page;---book very gently read, not… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Pimlico, 1997. Trade paperback, xiv + 472 pages; very light bump to spine bottom, a small pale faded stain at corner of fore and bottom edges without page penetration (or possibly just shelf scuffing), but tight in binding, very gently read if at all, interior very clean and unmarked. See also our… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Clarke Irwin, 1949. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, x + 287 pages including drawings, plus full colour Plates; very gently used, tight in binding, only tiny traces of shelf wear at cover edges and spine ends, some patches of fading corresponding to chips in DJ, several rubber stamps of a high… Read more

Boston: C. M. Clark, 1901. Blue cloth hardcover with top edge gilt and bright and clear gilt embossed lettering to front cover and an illustration in shades of blue and gray, without dust jacket, fourth printing of this First Edition in year of publication, 442 pages, plus illustrations;---publisher's complimentary copy with a… Read more

New York: Noonday Press, 1971. Trade paperback, 114 pages. tiny traces of shelf wear, residue of two price stickers on front cover, a small strange patch of lamination loss at back cover top spine hinge, but spine and covers flat/uncreased, tight in binding, very gently read, if at all, interior very clean and unmarked,… Read more

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1931. Trade paperback in stapled binding, with dust jacket, 127 pages including drawings; tiny traces of shelf wear, but very gently used, a small brown Eaton's cash register receipt from 1929 laid in has toned squares of the same size on the two adjacent pages, interior otherwise very clean and unmarked, pages surprisingly … Read more

New York: Argus Press, 1934. Small dark blue cloth hardcover without dust jacket, 114 pages; light shelf wear to cover tips and spine ends, rough cut fore edge, very clean ans unmarked throughout. See also our listing for Modern Salesmanship: Practice and Principles, Text Fourteen: Selling Your Services,… Read more

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Currey O'Neil, 1985. Trade paperback, x + 110 pages including 2-page "Map of the Forced Landing", plus black-and-white photographs; very tiny bumps to corners, crease to front cover top corner, 2 or 3 light vertical creases to front cover, but spine and back cover flat/uncreased, tight in binding, otherwise not a trace… Read more

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1950. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, ix + 102 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; very gently used ex-library copy, text block rebound by library in plain brown cloth covers with very bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, fresh and white endpapers contrasting with the slightly darker publisher's pages, several rubber… Read more

New York: Vantage Press, 1962. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 74 pages including instructional drawings and black-and-white photographs; very gently used, just a hint of shelf wear to bottom edge of covers, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ has several tiny… Read more

Washington, Iowa, USA: McCleery Cumming Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, undated (c1950s), unpaginated (approximately 50 pages), tipped-in black-and-white photograph of the author taken by her husband Bruce Milne;---inscribed in green ink on the free front endpaper "Best wishes always, Bruce and Dorothy";---elegant little book in green covers with bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover, … Read more

London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees and Vernor and Hood, 1802. Two oversized hardcovers;---Volume 1, xxiv + 408 pages, plus 28 aquatint plates; front cover detached with pages to and including title page clinging desperately to it, back cover still securely attached and… Read more

Three hardcover volumes without dust jackets;---Count, published by W. L. Allison, undated (c1880), 479 pages; covers have faded old soiling/staining, shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, looseness developing but still intact and tight, cheap paper very age darkened, interior clean and unmarked, overall Good condition;---Wife, published by The Mershon Company, 1884, 492 pages;… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1918. Brown cloth hardcover without dust jacket, bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover and spine, xi + 193 pages, unique "bookmark" from 1937 laid in; very light cover edge wear, still tight in binding, two tiny faded old drop stains to fore and bottom edges,… Read more

London: W & R Chambers, 1919. Hardcover without dust jacket, 238 pages including drawings, plus full colour full pages illustrations; green cloth covers with red and yellow lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, covers light soiled and stained, light shelf wear to corners and spine ends, … Read more