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Fordham University Press, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Fordham University Press, 1984. First Edition . Fine/Fine. First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean, unfaded dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Well-illustrated with gorgeous black and white photographs, drawings. 270 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A vivid and meticulous account of medieval monasticism in all its aspects, including how it caqme to dominate not only high art, but popular opinions and literature, everyday life and even the landscape itself..

Boston: Little Brown, 1927. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Boston: Little Brown, 1927. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, with 1927 on title page, "Published September, 1927" on copyright page. Clean unfaded rust brown ribbed cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Hint of slightest surface wear to spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Lovely frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. 263 pgs. Illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has some very shallow edge chipping, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Historical romance and intrigue woven around the character of "Parson Yorick", one of the most illustrious clergymen of literary genius in England. 8vo. Historical Fiction..

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Green paper-covered boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 219 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; slight fading to spine background. .

New York: Random House, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. New York: Random House, 1971. First American Edition, First printing. Fine/Very Good+. Fine First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with awesome historical photographs. 430 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; tiny bit of corner wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This is the story of how London lived during World War II, and of the agonies, privations, pungent humor and bravery of her citizens--ordinary people leading extraordinary lives in the most dangerous city on earth..

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (so stated), SIGNED by Editor Frederick Pottle, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to one lower corner tip Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. "Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University, with a Preface by Christopher Morley." Signed on half-title page as follows: "For Mary Lou Smith - Faithfully Yours, Frederick A. Pottle." All pages are clean. Two illustrations plus illustrated endpapers. 370 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (5.00 on front inside flap), has slight edge wear, a few very short closed edge… Read More

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1899. Book. Very Good++. Hardcover. First Edition.. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1899. First Edition. Very Good++/Near Fine. Early decorated American trade binding. Very clean and bright deep blue silk cloth boards with bright gilt decoration and lettering on cover, bright gilt lettering on spine. Tiny pinpoints of wear at bottom corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Gilt top edges. No foxing. Neatly penned previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. No other marks. 320 pgs. Marvelous black & white photographic plates throughout. Clean dark blue original sturdy cloth dustjacket has mere hint of wear to corners also has gilt lettering on spine..

New York: David McKay, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover book in original dust jacket. Clean gold cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Light foxing to the first few pages - text pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean lovely frontispiece photo of Queen Elizabeth on her way to open Parliament, November, 1952. Illustrated with 22 photographs. 132 pages with Index. Dust jacket has light soiling, edge wear with several closed tears; light soiling to rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Collins, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. Second printing of the first edition in original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Very slight fading to board edges. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. With 28 reproductions in colour and eighty-one black and white photographs. 240 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, clean with slight age-toning, long diagonal closed tear to front panel extending into spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: The Baker and Taylor Co., 1908. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: The Baker and Taylor Co., 1908. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Clean green cloth boards with clean, unchipped color illustrated paste-on illustration on front cover. Slight wear to corners and edges at top and bottom of spine, corner tips. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean illustrated endpapers, with brief previous owner inscription at top margin of front free endpaper. 448 pgs. Illustrated with black & white plates. 8vo. Literature..

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954. Near FIne/Near Fine. Very clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Hint of slightest surface rub to corner of front and rear board (very negligible--hardly worth mentioning). Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. Tiny date neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper--no names or bookplates. 65 pgs. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 12mo. Great Britain..

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Clean pale yellow-green boards with black decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 282 pgs. Illustrated with photographs & maps. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo. Biography..

Meredith Press, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Meredith Press, 1968. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean gray boards with red foil lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean and bright. Clean maroon endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Small red penmark to bottom page edges. 250 pgs. Very clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with hint of wear and tiny closed edge tears at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The struggles of Colonel Bull when he inherits a castle eighty miles for Cork--a fast-moving adventure story of mid-eighteenth century Ireland. 8vo. Fiction..

London: Hutchinson, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. London: Hutchinson, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition in original jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 222 pp. with fold-out map at rear of book ("The Navy's Colossal Task of Guarding British Merchant Ships at Sea"). Illustrated with 48 photographs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap, has 1/2" chip at base of spine, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Great Britain: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition.. Great Britain: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. First English Edition. Fine/Very Good. Very clean gray cloth boards with black title box, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 247 pgs. with index. Very clean dustjacket has corner clip at lower corner of front flap (UK price is still present), no chips or tears, slight edgewear with dustjacket's clear coat from manufacturer lifting slightly. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Shakespeare..

Grove Press, 1965. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. Grove Press, 1965. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. Clean brown marbled boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean (slight yellowing). No names, writing or marks. 181 pgs. This book was issued with two alternative dustjackets. It was banned in England, for it was feared it would offend the Royal family. BOTH dustjackets are present, both are unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. A romantic fantasy about love and Royalty. 8vo. Fiction..

Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Stated First American Edition. Very clean marbled beige boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 278 pgs. with index. Illustrated in black & white. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one 1/3" closed tear at top spine corner edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Publisher's review slip, typed review, and article on book laid in. With style and humor, the author surveys the progress of civilization in England, starting with the Roman conquest, including some bizarre oddities. 8vo. Great Britain..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Unknown. First Edition, First Printing.. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Very slight and shallow bump to top board edge, no wear to cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white photographs, portraits, art. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. For five centuries, the magnificent country houses of the English ruling classes were the settings for their pleasure and politics, tangible expressions of their authority and confidence. With the decline of the country house in the mid-twentieth century, many aspects of this way of life unique to England… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: William Morrow, 2003. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Clean yellow boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 363 pgs. with index. Illustrated with color plates. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. History..

New York: MacMillan, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: MacMillan, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, signed by author. Clean green cloth boards with gold title box down length of spine. NO bumping or wear. Slight fading to edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Page and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers. SIGNED by author on title page. 115 pgs. Dustjacket is price clipped, clean, with 2" closed tear, shallow edge chipping and edgewear to spine folds. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Cornwall is the background and setting for this appealing and beautiful novel of two servant women. 5" x 8". Fiction..

New York / London: E. P. Dutton / George Routledge, 1926. Book. Very Good++. Hardcover. Very nice 3/4 leather bound with gold lettering, raised bands on spine. Boards are clean burgundy cloth with leather corners, spine. Small spots of wear to corner tips. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean burgundy endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black & white plates throughout. 280 pages with Index..