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New York: Springer-Verlag, 1975. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], ix-x, [1], 2-422, [4] pp. Bound in yellow cloth with lettering in black on the front board and the spine. First published in 1963, this is a presentable copy of Mac Lane's classic text in which he updates and extends the treatment of homological algebra in Cartan and Eilenberg's pioneering Homological Algebra (1956). Very Good with foxing to the boards and a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown in a like dust jacket with a few areas of foxing and discoloration.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi, [1], viii, [2], 3-438, [2] pp. Navy cloth with decorations in red and gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with seven maps, a color photograph frontispiece, and several other photographs from MacArthur's life throughout. The autobiography of one of the most decorated generals in American history, completed shortly before his death. A Very Good+ book with a touch of foxing to the top textblock and a bit of fading to the boards' edges; dust jacket is Very Good with moderate edge wear to the corners and a tiny sticker ghost on the front flap.

New York: Chataqua Press, 1886. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. [2], 3-183, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Green cloth with black and gold decorations on the front board, spine lettered in gold. A later edition of Babbington's biography of the imperialist officer Warren Hastings. A Very Good book with some foxing to the preliminaries and minor wear to the textblock. Contemporary bookstore stamp of Clark & McCarthy, a nineteenth-century shop located on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1900. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 vol. 8vo. [3], 4-610, [2]; [3], 4-610, [4]; [3], 4-565, [5]; [3], 6-600, [2]; [3], 4-565, [3] pp. Half pebbled leather over marbled boards, boards and spines ruled in gilt; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by a steel-engraved portrait of Lord Macaulay. A decoratively bound set of English history. A Very Good set with minor rubbing to the boards' edges and a name on the blank side (recto) of the frontispiece.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [7], viii-xxix, [4], 4-191, [3] pp. Contemporary polished calf with twin gilt rules to each board,, spine in six compartments with a morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine, Forest School embossed on the front board (this copy is a prize binding), gilt dentelles to the insides of the boards; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With forty-one illustrations by J.R. Weguelin. Originally published in 1842, the Lays of Ancient Rome was inspired by Macaulay's trip to Italy. The Lays are a collection of poems based on figures and battles from early Roman history including Romulus and Remus, the death of Virginia and the founding of the plebeian tribune, and the warfare between the Romans, Latins, and Etruscans. Macaulay's work was incredibly popular when it was published, and has since been praised for its "rhetorical power", even said to be admired by Winston Churchill (Kunitz: British Authors of the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 4-247, [1] pp. Patterned red paper boards with black lettering blocked in white on the spine; green topstain. Price of $2.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 012a. Bruccoli A 12.1. Ross Macdonald is widely considered to be one of the three most important American mystery authors. He is praised for his contributions to the genre of detective fiction, namely for the sophistication and linguistic style he brought to the literature. A beautiful copy of an early Lew Archer novel. A Near Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and a minute lean; jacket is Near Fine with a bit of toning to the bottom of the rear panel.

New York: J.B. Lippincott Company [1978], 1978. First printing. Book. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [10], 11-239, [1] pp. Quarter maroon boards over yellow paper with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 068b. A nice copy of the seventeenth Travis McGee novel. A Near Fine book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a few hints of rubbing.

Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher, 1919. Later edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small 4to. [8], 9-342, [2] pp. Light grey cloth with a paste-on illustration on the front board, a gold border and a blue border on the front board, brown lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated blue endpapers and pastedowns. A pictorial title page, and eight color plates all illustrated by Jesse Wilcox Smith. A charming children's book beautifully illustrated by a master of the craft. The rear hinge cracked and broken, the front hinge cracked but repaired and holding, rubbing to the foot of the spine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [10], 4-279, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over light blue paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine; light red topstain. Ahearn APG 018a. Bruccoli A18.1.a. A nice copy of the eleventh Archer book. A Near Fine book with a tiny red spot on the front flyleaf; jacket is price-clipped and shows a trace of edge wear to its spine panel.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1979), 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [10], 10-261, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over tan paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. First printing of the first US hardcover edition. Ahearn APG 063c. Very faint dampstain to the fore-edge; jacket is price-clipped with a bit of edge wear to the rear panel.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1976), 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 9-191, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over pink paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the jacket. First printing of the first US hardcover edition. Ahearn APG 045c. A nice example. A Near Fine book with a remainder mark on the bottom textblock; jacket is Near Fine with just a touch of rubbing to the tips.

New York: J.B. Lippincott Company [1979], 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [10], 11-221, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of jacket. Ahearn APG 070a. A very near Fine book in a like dust jacket.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1974), 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [4], 5-336 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 048c. First printing of the first American hardcover edition. The fifth book in the Travis McGee series. A faint odor of tobacco to the book, a small concavity to the spine; jacket has a small tape repair on its reverse and a black touch-up to its rear panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 5-311, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. A Near Fine book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of wear to the rear panel.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 1-180 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with four double-sided plates of black and white photographs. A memoir of MacDonald's family pets, specifically focused on his cats. A bookplate on the front pastedown; jacket with a few hints of edge wear.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1981], 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. [8], 246, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on front flap of jacket. A Very Good+ book with a bookplate on the front pastedown; dust jacket is Very Good+ with mild edge wear and toning.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company [1974], 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [100], 11-228 pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Bright yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender. Ahearn 066b. This is the variant with no number row on the copyright page and no code on the last page of text. A moderate lean; jacket with very light rubbing.

New York: Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers (1980), 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [11], 2-262 pp. Quarter red cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 064d. A sharp copy of a Travis McGee novel. The foot of the spine is very slightly faded, else a Fine book; jacket's spine panel is somewhat sunned.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small 8vo. [8], 3-212, [4] pp. Yellow patterned paper boards with black lettering blocked in white on the spine; grey topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English. Bruccoli A9.1.a. The story of Howard Cross, the head of a county probation department, and his quest to rescue a kidnapped child. His search takes him into the underbelly of the L.A. crime scene. Macdonald's novel is referred to as "a spirited step forward in originality and narrative power" A Near Fine book with minor fading to the topstain; jacket is Very Good+ with a faint scratch to the front panel and minor offsetting to the reverse.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1982], 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 275, [1] pp. Quarter white cloth over orange paper boards with brown lettering on the spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. A Very Good book with a remainder mark on the bottom textblock and two small spots of offsetting to the table of contents page; dust jacket is Very Good with traces of edge wear and toning to the reverse.