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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. First edition, first issue with commas missing on page 52. One of 4,000 copies. Hardcover is fine with light toning to pastedowns. Dust jacket has two chips to front panel, light wear to spine head and foot, light wear to tips, and some soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Two volumes: One of 300 copies (325 printed) made available for sale : Printed at The Alcuin Press in 1929. Private press books. This copy is No. 91. Published by The Richards Press Limited; The Last Poems volume states that it was printed by H.P.R. Finberg at the Alcuin Press, 1929. A Shropshire Lad, 91 pp. and Last Poems, 67 pp. Both have original paper title labels and spare title labels laid in at the rear of each volume. Each volume has some soiling to the boards. Top edge and area of near cloth spine are faded on front board of A Shropshire Lad. Clean interior for each. Printed in red and black. Binding of each is tight and square. Carl J. Weber in the Colby College "Jubilee Edition wrote, "This is certainly the most beautiful piece of press work among all Shropshire editions." Rare when found together in original plain boards with cloth spine.

Condition. First Edition, 268 pages. Later issue with rule/line above publisher on copyright page, no publisher's ads, number "2" in lower margin of p. 13, and no numeral "2" on page 17. Covers have rubbing to hinges and extremities. Offsetting to endpapers, tanning to flyleaves, ownership inscription with fountain pen to title page. Binding is square and secure.

Hardcover Condition: Fine/As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Complete numbe line. Signed by the author on the title page. No inscription. Dust jacket not price clipped.

Hardcover Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Clean interior. Page block edges tanning, common for this title. Square spine. A collector's copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blind and gilt stamped morocco. King's College School Prize binding. Gift bookplate stating "Presented by the Council of King's College, London to Ronald Hardwick Barlow as a Prize for Mathematics". a.e.g. Rubbing to extremities. Front pastedown cracking but still firmly bound. Clean interior with minimal foxing and browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Complete set of 8 volumes. A New Edition, Revised and Greatly Augmented. Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen. Beautifully bound with full calf.with gilt trim to each board. Marbled endpapers and textblock edges. Vol. I front board is detached.and a small circular stain in the lower hand right corner. Spine title has a chip. Vol V has a tape repair (gray tape) on the inside front hinge/endpapers as well as to the rear hinge/endpapers. Volume V also has split to the spine backstrip at the top rear hinge. The split goes about halfway down. The backstrip is still firmly in place. Interior clean with light, scattered foxing. This is a beautiful set. The condition would be graded much higher but for the detached board on Vol I. Looks great on the shelf. Large item. Extra postage required. International shipping costs

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has some offsetting due to dust wrapper flaps and touch of discoloration to the front board edges; otherwise fine. Dust jacket is unfaded and unclipped (12s 6d net) but somewhat darkened back panel, Some edgewear including upper and lower spine and tips. 1.5 inch tear at head of spine and front panel joint.

First edition, first print. VG+. Octavo. Huxley's first novel. Original yellow cloth, paper title label to spine printed in green, top edge green but faded. Outer boards clean and bright. Spine label soiled and faded. Endpapers toned with an owner inscription/stamp on FFEP, owner's bookplate on front and rear board. Interior is clean with no foxing. Square and solid copy.

First Edition. VG Condition.7.5 x 5", yellow cloth, 328pp, covers slightly soiled, eps toned but internally very clean otherwise. Spine label soiled and faded. Topstain faded. Extra spine label tipped-in at rear. Square and solid copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Later printing. Light edgewear to hardcover. Light tanning to top of text block. Unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author and dated October 29, 1988 on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Wear to extremities. Some soiling to boards. Scattered foxing throughout, heavier foxing to endpapers, flyleaves, and title page. Clean interior otherwise. Binding is tight and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bound by Whitman Bennett (NY) in 3/4 extra tooled red turkey morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Printed on hand-made paper. Raised bands and gilt design on spine. Some rubbing to hinges, edges, and tips. Light, foxing to endpapers, fly leafs, copyright page. Paper clip rust stain on flyleaf. Paper clip had been holding a 3 X 5 card with a book description from the Stewart Kidd Department of Old and Rare Books in Cincinnati, OH. Interior pages are clean. 10 full page black and white engraved plates by Harry Clarke.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition of the author's scarce first book. Rebound. in red leather. Five raised bands. Gilt text block edges. Includes the poem 'The Faeries.' William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish
poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem 'The Faeries' was included in many anthologies, but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. Shelf wear to edges, tips, and spine. Owner inscription on FFEP, otherwise clean interior. Binding is tight and square.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine Condition. 14 Color Illustrations By Pierre Brissaud (illustrator). Limited Edition No. 202 of 300 Copies. On vellum of Arches. Illustrations are original prints with dark rich colors. Binding is tight with rough cut edges. White printed wraps are lightly soiled. A quarter-inch tear at top front hinge and two very small chips to spine. and torn. Interior is clean. Beautiful illustrations. French text.
Les Contes du Lundi is a collection of short stories inspired by the war of 1870-1871 against the Prussians and the Paris Commune. The original edition was published in 1873 by the publisher Lemerre.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine/New. Dust Jacket: Condition: Very Good+. First edition. Thirty-one Englishmen describe the room the one room than means more to them than any other. Book is fine/new but for a 1" diagonal tear in DJ at the upper right corner. Large book which may require some additional postage

Limited Edition. VG+ Hardcover . 1 of 150 copies of Nobel laureate Anatole France's novel Clio, illustrated by Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. Edge wear and wear to tips and spine. Top edge in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Solid and square.Edition limitée. VG+ Relié. 1 des 150 exemplaires du roman Clio d'Anatole France, illustré par l'artiste Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha. Usure des pointes et de la colonne vertébrale. Bord supérieur en doré. Papiers décoratifs. Solide et carré. Frais d'expédition supplémentaires pour les commandes à l'extérieur des États-Unis.J'ai utilisé un traducteur en ligne de l'anglais au français. Veuillez pardonner toute erreur dans la traduction française.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). First Edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, Bound in contemporary red/burgundy morocco , marbled boards and end papers, top edges gilt. Edge wear to spine, boards, and tips. Contents are clean. Binding is solid and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition state, First Printing. (Number line 24689753 indicates first printing of Random House at this time). Signed and inscribed Maya Angelou. Near Fine/Fine hardcover has some light rubbing and wear, light tanning/offsetting to front and rear pastedown, and owner's bookplate to rear endpaper. Fine Dust jacket is unclipped, vibrant, and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First printing with full number line. Dust jacket is not clipped. Signed and inscribed by author on the title page to former colleagues from the law firm at which she had previously worked.Miracle Creek is an international bestseller and Edgar winner, named a "Best Book of the Year" by Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and The Today Show, among others. Her novel also won the ITW Thriller Award, the Strand Critics' Award, and the Pinckley Prize.