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USA: Free Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. The volume is flawless: binding is straight and tight, gilt lettering brilliant, all corners sharp, no creases, markings, or tears. Light shelf wear to top of DJ. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Index. 256 pages.

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with silver lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Minor wear to top of DJ but otherwise flawless. No markings, creases, or tears. Not price clipped. Not ex lib. Not remaindered. Illustrations, notes, index, 432 pages.

New York : Abelard Press, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Good DJ. Binding is straight and tight. Gilt lettering is slightly faded but still crisp and clear. Bottom rear corner slightly bumped; all other corners sharp. No creases, markings, or tears. Age toning commensurate with age throughout the volume, including endpapers. 200+ black and white plates. 17 chapters, ending with a study of the boxes of Faberge in Russia. Bibliography. List of known makers by date and nationality. 223 pages. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks.

New York: PublicAffairs, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with silver lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ. The book is flawless: binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp, silver lettering brilliant, no markings, creases, or tears. The DJ has a 1/4 inch abrasion to the top rear edge of the spine but is otherwise is great shape (but for that one abrasion I would classify the DJ as Fine as well). Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Index. 512 pages.

India: Navajivan Publishing House, 1940. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth 14th edition with gilt lettering on spine and black lettering on front cover and Fair DJ in protective mylar cover. Dated 1940 at the end of the preface, this is the 14th edition. Spine is straight and tight, gilt lettering darkened but clear and legible, shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, all corners sharp. No markings, creases, or tears. DJ is Fair, with significant tears, some closed, others not (1 inch V shaped tear at top of front cover, three inch tear at bottom of back cover, plus two creases across front DJ cover. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 420 pages.

Athens, GA: Stratford Press, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first printing of first edition SIGNED by author on half-title page with silver lettering on spine and As New DJ. A pristine volume: spine is straight and tight, silver lettering brilliant, all corners sharp. No markings anywhere (aside from author signature and inscription), no creases, or tears. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Illustrations. Appendix includes year by year lists of participants. 318 pages.

College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first edition with silver lettering on spine and As New DJ. Binding is straight and tight. All corners sharp. A flawless volume: no markings, creases, or tears. Not ex-lib., not clipped, not remaindered. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 224 pages.

Toronto, New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first edition (stated) with silver lettering on spine and Good DJ in brand new Brodart protective mylar cover. Lettering is slightly faded but still clear. Sun fading to top and bottom of spine, creating a distinct line that runs parallel to boards. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp, no markings, creases, or tears. DJ looks excellent in mylar cover but in fact has a 5 inch closed tear from bottom of spine that arcs up into the cover and considerable chipping and wear at bottom and top of spine. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes, bibliography, index. 404 pages.

New York and London: D. Appleton-Century and Company, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Suydam, E.H.. Very Good cloth first edition with maroon lettering on spine and Very Good DJ. Soiling to front and back covers (but not the spine, strangely) and age toning throughout commensurate with age. DJ shows edge wear and chipping to top and bottom edges and soiling to spine . 1/2 inch closed tear at top edge of front cover. Binding is tight and straight. All corners sharp. Not ex lib, not clipped, not remaindered. Illustrations. Index. 237 pages.

New York: Corinthian Publications, Inc., 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine cloth first edition with white lettering on cover and spine. Near Fine DJ in protective mylar Brodart cover, with slight abrasion to bottom of DJ and title block and mild tanning overall. Shelf wear to front cover and 1/3 inch tall x 1 inch long discoloration at bottom of front cover, otherwise flawless. This book was given by the Charleston Exchange Club as a gift to Col. Frank J. MacNees as a gift for a speech he presented in 1952 (inscribed to that effect on frontis). Gorgeous black and white architectural photos.

Baton Rouge and London: LSU Press, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing (stated, with full number line) of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. A flawless volume: spine is straight and tight, gilt lettering crisp and brilliant, all corners sharp, no markings, creases or tears. DJ is perfect. Not ex lib., not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. 240 pages.

Massachusetts: Peter Smith, 1949. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine limited edition reprint (1949) of 1905 edition with black lettering on spine and protective mylar cover. No DJ. The book is flawless: spine is straight and tight, lettering crisp and bold, all corners sharp, no creases, markings, or tears. The book is unique in that it reproduces four original pages in small script to a reprint page. The purpose of the book, as stated i n the publisher's note, was simply to make a scare volume available to researchers in limited runs of 250 copies or less. This volume has no pagination of its own but proceeds by the original pagination as marked on the microformated pages. So the last page is 815 even though there are 250 or so physical pages. All illustrations, footnotes, appendicers, and tables are reproduced. Index is normal font.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. This is a flawless volume: spine is straight and tight, all corners sharp, gilt lettering still crisp and brilliant, no markings, creases, or tears. The DJ is Fine, with only some lines on back of cover that are visible when held at an angle to the light. Not ex. lib., not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Maps. Bibliography. Index. 184 pages.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine. No DJ. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp, gilt lettering is brilliant. No markings, creases, or tears. Not ex. lib., not remaindered. An anthology of essays by David Butler, Robert Blake, Kenneth O. Morgan, David Marquand, and A.J.P. Taylor. Notes. Index. 128 pages.

Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine softcover first printing of first edition. No DJ as issued. No creases, tears, or markings. Not ex-lib, not clipped, not remaindered. Bibliography, index. 224 pages.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good First Edition cloth, signed by editor, with gilt lettering on spine and Good DJ (not price clipped) in protective mylar cover. DJ is torn across bottom of spine and across 1/2 of top of spine, shows considerable shelf wear on top and bottom, crease at bottom right corner of front cover, closed tear at top front corner, tear at bottom rear corner. Spine is flat and tight with Fine gilt lettering and title block, but there is a 1/8 inch lin of sun fading at the very bottom of the spine. Covers in excellent shape. The editor, Davidson, inscribed this volume on the front paper "To the Department of History at the University of Maryland" and signed it, dated 1956. Underneath that signature, a previous book dealer has penciled in "1st edition signed" and another book dealer or private owner has crossed that out with a ball point pen… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with white lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ. Spine is straight and tight, lettering bright and clear, no markings, creases, or tears. DJ is Near Fine with light chipping and wear to top and bottom and soiling to back cover. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 181 pages.

U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first printing of first edition with As New DJ in protective mylar brodart cover. The book is flawless. No markings, creases, tears. Not ex lib. Not price clipped. Not remaindered. Index. 258 pages.

Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine soft cover first edition SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Covers are bright and clean. Binding straight and tight. No creases, marks, or tears. A pristine volume signed by author. Illustrations. Index. 127 pages.

Washington, DC: Potomac Books Inc, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first American edition silver lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Spine is tight and straight, all corners sharp. No markings, creases, or tears. DJ is Fine with 1/16 inch closed tear at top of back cover. Not ex lib, not clipped, not remaindered. Illustrations. Notes. Appendices. Index. 488 pages.