Search Results: Authors starting with A from Great Expectations Rare Books

Londion: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Green cloth with gilt image of woman and small boy on front cover and three separate figuresseparated by gilt lettering, on spine. Illustrated by John Leech with 10 hand colored plates and vignette line drawings. All edges gilt. Book plate of former owner inside front cover. Slightly shaken and moderate wear to spine ends. A nice clean copy with colored plates which still retain their vibrancy. Near very good.. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Londion: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. New edition of this classic, published London circa 1870; bound from the British sheets and distributed by J.B. Lippincott of Philadelphia with their imprimatur on lower spine. Original red cloth. Two illustrations by George Cruikshank. Mild age toning to spine and slight bump to boards at fore-edge. A very good copy.. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, 1971. Large quarto hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. Selected References [Bibliography], Index. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs. Seventh printing. Previous owner's small book plate inside front cover and brief private gift inscription on front free end-paper, else a fine copy. Book is clean, square and unmarked. Dust-jacket is intact, with no tears or chips and protected by a handsomely crafted home-made acetate cover. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. Media mail only.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: N. Tibbals , 1869. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, publisher's green cloth decorated in black and gold. 355 pages. Pale yellow end-papers. Frontispiece. Later printing, 1869, of the title first published in 1866. A novel set in Ireland revolving around the division of Catholic and Protest. Front free end-paper with private gift inscription dated June, 1874. Light wear to tips. Overall a solid, clean and tight copy with unmarked text. Good. .

Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2002. Hardcover, black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's uncut dust-jacket. 235 pages. Appendices, Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrations. Stated first edition. A scholarly monograph examining apocalyptic imagery, both religious and secular, and the Civil War. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Dust-jacket protected by clear acetate covers. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Octopus Books, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, small octavo in pale yellow cloth and original publisher's dust-jacket. 158 pages. Bibliography, Index of Illustrations. Translated from the Italian by Enid Gordon. With 95 full color illustrations. First English edition. Evidence of small round sticker removed from upper left hand corner of dust-jacket, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. No previous ownership marks. No remainder marks. Near fine in a very good dust-jacket. .

Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic: Yemeni Studies and Research Center, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, published as paperback and now re-cased in hard covers, retaining original wrappers. 278 pages. An early work on the Yemeni people, "...?Abd al-Ra?man b. Sulayman al-Ahdal (d. 1250/1835) was a leading scholar of hadith and the mufti of the city of Zabid in Yemen." Book entirely in Arabic, published in Yemen. No previous ownership marks. Reference library number stamped on end-paper, no other markings. . Moderate wear to cloth cover, interior in clean, tight and unmarked. Very good copy of a scarce title. Text entirety in Arabic. Please see photograph of title-page to check translation accuracy. .

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dar Sader, 1976. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth worn at extremities. Ex library copy originally published as a paperback, now recased in blue cloth covers, retaining original wrappers. Text entirely in Arabic. 519 pages. Edited and verified by Abdul Aziz Al-Khowaiter. First printing thus. The present title represents one of the surviving works of the Egyptian historian and poet Ibn Abd al-Zahir (1223-1292 AD) written during the early years of the Mamluk period, and deals with the life and reign of the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars who reigned from 1260 to 1277. Ex Library of Congress copy with several stamps, albeit text remains unmarred. A solid, tight, internally clean copy. Text in Arabic. Near very good. .

St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, brown cloth boldly stamped in silver lettering. no dust-jacket as issued. 188 pages. Russian edition. Text in Russian and Persian (Farsi) with brief summary and table of contents at rear in English. Illustrated with holograph images of never before published texts of manuscripts from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences {St. Petersburg]. First edition. Persian commentaries on the Koran, from the earliest (10th century) to the present], devoted to Shiite (Iranian) interpretations of the Koran. Contains fragments of 14 books, including the first known translation of the Qur'an into Persian. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy, appears unread and like new. Fine. Text in Russian and Persian. .

New York: Billboard Publications, Inc., 1986. Hardcover, dark blue cloth in non price-clipped publisher's glossy dust-jacket, in original white box. 280 pages. Index. Illustrated with 350 photographs, many in color. First edition, first printing with full number line. A pictorial record of jazz greats of various photographers. A pristine copy, as new in as new dust-jacket. .Mild age soiling to white slipcase/box. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2002. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 320pp., Bibliography, Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. The story of German agents landed on American shores and the FBI's race to apprehend them before they carried out their mission of destruction. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy, unmarked with no faults. Dust-jacket has minute nick at upper rear gutter. Very fine in a near fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vantage Press, 1967. Hardcover, burgundy cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 151pp., Stated first edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. The autobiographical novel of an American "everyman", who served in both the European and Pacific theatres during World War II. Evocatively penned in the first person, it is a tale of fear and anxietiy, travel and new experiences, boredom and horror, in short, the experiences of countless American and foreign 'boys' caught up in a war they neither fully comprehended or wished for. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913. Hardcover, large octavo bound in original light blue cloth with gold lettering on upper cover and spine. 307pp., Index. 30 page publisher's catalog appended. Illustrated with 24 full page photographic plates and a double page map of the Lake District on front endpapers. First edition, first printing. A detailed and thorough depiction of 14 routes for the enjoyment of the Lake District via the motor car. Discreet private library stamp on title. Several slight bumps and nicks to cloth. Overall a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 200 pages. Appendix and List of Works Cited. First edition, stated first printing. A collection of 66 texts including 49 poems, 11 passages from poems and 4 prose texts, most of which are omitted in currently available reader's editions of Whitman, some in most other editions and all in the Library of America "Complete Poetry and Collected Prose" [of Whitman]. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, unread and like new copy. .

New York: HarperResource, 2002. Trade paperback, tall octavo. 176 pages. Illustrated with maps. Third edition. The only guide that leads you street by street into the hearts of cities. A clean, square, unmarked copy. No spine crease. No previous ownership marks. Very good.. Third Edition. Softcover. Very Good.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Anchor Books, 1994. Trade paperback. 209pp., Glossary of Ibo words and phrases. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good.. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harpercollins, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large octavo hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 1200 pages. Illustrated with over 500 black and white photographs, 16 pages of full color photographs, 72 black and white maps and 16 pages containing 18 full color maps. Later printing. Contains 3,700 entries, arranged in alphabetical order, by 179 noted experts on the Bible and the ancient Near East. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket is clean, with no chips or tears. Front board shows small {coffee?] spot/splash, else a clean square, otherwise unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close as possible to actual cost. International shipping must go Global Priority due to weight..

San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1985. Hardcover, maroon cloth, no dust-jacket. 1178 pages + 18 color maps at rear. Thumb-indexed edition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. seventh printing. No previous ownership marks. Very mild soiling to edges of bulked sheets, not affecting interior, and two small spots on front cover. A square, tightly bound, internally unmarked and clean copy. Near very good. Media mail only. . Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, 1976. Trade paperback. 224pp., Index. Abridged version, packed with delicious and economical meals to please family or guests. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unsed copy. Good+.. Abridged Edition. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1962. Hardcover, blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 626 pages. Index. Illustrated. Fourth printing. Previous owner's small label at top of front free end-paper. Cloth protected by handsomely crafted home-made acetate covers. Not ex-library. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine. . Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.