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New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. 280 (6) pp. stated First Edition, 1967. Introduction, nine titled chapters, index. Owner's ex libris plate on front paste down. Very light fading along top edge boards, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Closed tears and small chips along edge dj. Price clipped, Illustrated dj. DJ handles nicely in acetate protector. .

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. vi, 490 pp, illus. First Edition, 1992. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Hardover Illustrated Re-Issue. Octavo. xviii + 382 pp, frontis in color, Foreword, Preface, list of 30 illustrations, text in XXX Chapters, Index. 6.1" x 9.3" full leather boards, gilt design all around, gilt spine letters, gilt text block all around, raised spine bands, with laid in replica library catalogue cards and a publisher's note about Robert Bruce. fr fore-edge with minor scratch to gilt surface, elee Fine. .

New York, NY: Scribner, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. iv + 364 pp, ffep with slight surface impact pattern 1" wide along the forewedge. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, brown cloth backed & papered boards Illustrated brown & white & bronze DJ unclipped, in protector. 6.5" x 9.5" brown 1/4 cloth backed & papered boards..

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. xviii + 590 pp, list of 28 unpaginated b&w glossy illustrations, Prologue, 18 chapters, References, Bibliography & Sources, index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 6.5" x 9.5" half black clorh & dark blue papered boards in illustrated DJ. DJ in protector, unclipped. .

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1914 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 439 pp, I. At the Sign of the Van; II. Adventures in Life; III. Adventures in Letters; IV. Adventures O' the Spirit. First Edition, 1914. "Michael Monahan (1865-1933), was an essayist and editor of the "Papyrus" literary magazine. Age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1924. Book. Illus. by N. C. Wyeth. Very Good +. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (10) 328 pp, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth: 1924. Buffalo Bill's Life Story. Very light external wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.7". Illustrated brown cloth with black lettering to front board and spine..

Cambridge, UK / New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. lxv + 369 pp, Preface, Introduction, with 4 etched Portraits, the Autobiography, A continuation of the life from 1624 to 1648 by the editor. Text with footntoes throughout. 5.5" x 8.5" wraps. Tight, clean, unmarked, no wear. First published in 1886.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 313 pp, previous owner's inked signature & date on ffep, perface, list of unpaginated illustrations, 15 chapters with analytical - topical table of contents, Album of George Bryan Brummell, No index. 6.5" x 9.5" black cloth backed boards with gilt checkered design laid on fr cover and spine letters, in manila DJ unclipped in acetate protector. Cloth is Near Fine, with little signof wear. Pages are white, unmarked, and clean. Some signatures have not been fully opened. DJ with 1/8" strip chipped at top, faint spot on spine, and surface chip. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Octavo. xxiv + 334 pp, translation from the Hebrew - Peretz Kidron, list of 30 illustrations - 16 unpagianted plates b&w photos, acknowledgments, maps, foreword, preface, 17 chapters and epilog with footnotes, Index. 6.3" x 9.3" black leather boards, gilt design, letters, and text block. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Exterior bright, unworn, Near Fine. .

Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-Very Good +. 199 pp, Vorwort; Hans Reichmann - Dank und Erinnerung; Bewahrung im Untergang: Wurdigungen; Kurzbiographien; Namenregister. Text in German. First Edition, 1965. The biographies of many German Jewish leaders who perished in the holocaust. Not Price Clipped. 1" closed tear to top edge rear panel dj with some small chits to top edge of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Octavo. 286 pp, Foreword, 10 chapters, List of 8 illustrations, Bibliography, Index. 6" x 8.75" dark (green-blue-black? the lighting is bad, my eyes are gone?) leather boards. gilt design, letters, textblock all around. with replica library catalogue cards and library of great lives brochure laid in. ffep (blue moiré) yawns a llittle bit, else Fine. .

London: Latimer House Ltd., 1948 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. 288 pp, foreword, list of b&w illustrations, 12 chapters. Second Impression, December 1948. Slight edgewear at edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with gilt lettering..

New York: Duffield and Company, 1913 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. vii, 243 pp, tissue protected frontis, list of b&w illustrations, 25 chapters, appendix for 1913, index. First Edition, 1913. Scarce Title. "Major Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard (born London [1888-1966) was an author, firearms expert, and a British SOE officer. He is chiefly known for his intelligence work during the Irish War of Independence, The Spanish Civil War. He was a skilled linguist and an expert in firearms, and had a good deal of personal experience of wars and revolutions, such as those in Mexico and Morocco." Owner's stamped name on ffep. Minor edge wear with with faint discoloring to boards and age-toning to text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with three armed figures and gilt lettering on front board, and a single amred figure with gilt lettering to spine..

Berkeley Los Angeles London: University of California Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. xxviii + 378 pp, Introduction by Dan Wakefield, remembrances by the editors, 6 titled chapters containing letters and writings by C. Wright Mills. Chronology; Books by C. Wright Mills; capsule notes on selected correpondents. glossary of abbreviations; index. 6.25" x 9.25" boards. Binding tight, pages clean unmarked, exterior little or no wear. Black cloth backing, silve spine letters, & yellow papered boards in illustrated, unclipped DJ with acetate protector..

Paris: Goupil et Cie/Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, 1899 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 177 (6) pp. Il a ete tire de Catherine de Medici deux cents exemplaires sur papier des manufactures imperiales du Japon. Ces exemplaires sont numerotes de I a CC. Exemplaire No. CXXI. 49 tissue protected illustrations in text + 47 loosely bound illustrations, French Text. Dust wrapper age-tanned at spine and edges, wrappers white. Foxed at top edge. Chemise in 3 pieces; top of slipcase missing, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Stiff wraps in Publisher's original dust wrapper, chemise & slipcase..

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Slim Octavo. 136 pp, Stated first edition with full number line. Light fox speckling to top edge, upper fr board tip bumped a bit. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Top board edge nicked, with minor impact points. DJ with original price, minor wrinkled to rear panel at center bottom. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Octavo. xvi + 363 pp, Foreword, Preface, Map, 16 chapters, Postscript, Appendix: The Authenticity of the Analects; Notes, References, Bibliography, index. 5.75" x 8.75" brown leather boards, gilt deswign, gilt letters, gilt textblock, raised bands spine. with replica library catalog cards & publisher's note laid in. .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 282 pp, preface, I. The Village, II. Village Life, III. Family, IV. Early Years, V. Elementary School, VI. Church, VII. Secondary School, VIII. Reading, Writing, Politics, Poetry, IX. Getting to Oxford, index. First Printing, 1947. Price clipped. Very small chipping to head and tail, and fore-edge tips dj with slightly age-toned spine and rear panel of same. Inked name ffep with slightly age-toned endpapers and text block edges, and minor edgewear, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth..

New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. x + 432 pp, frontispiece - b&w plate photo-portrait of Lawrnece, List of Illustrations - b&w plates, author's note, text in 3 parts, acknowledgments, index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, black cloth crisp, gilt letters VG, Illustrated unclipped ($3.75) DJ in acetate protector.