Search Results: Titles starting with N from TBCL The Book Collection Library

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this selection of short stories, Conversation Piece, First Love, Signs And Symbols and Lance first appearing in The New Yorker. 8vo. 214 pp. A fine copy in black cloth, yellow and red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper with some very light use. Juliar A32.1. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Phaedra Publishers, 1966, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of these four short stories originally appearing in The New Yorker, Esquire and The Hudson Review. 8vo. 104 pp. A fine copy in gray textured cloth, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper with some very light use. Juliar A38.1, Variant B, with white endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rinehart, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing, with the Rinehart logo on the copyright page as called for. Thick 8vo., 731pp. A fine, fresh extraordinary premium copy in dust jacket. The ersatz black cloth binding with a couple of very minor rubs, the DJ with only the barest signs of use. Rarely encountered in true collectible condition, this copy sets a high bar for condition. Mailer's important first book. A Burgess 99 Novel & WWII Classic.

New York: Rinehart & Co., [1948, Book Date], 1948. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegantly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition box is gilt-lettered on the spine & features an embossed [sculpted] upper cover, after the Korov inspired dustwrapper's design thematic. The case is finished inside & out in overall Rich Black & Deep Red Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvetysoft Italian Nubuck® leather. & The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the true first edition & optionally, several early printings should they merit it.A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available [Not with Book].

New York: Grove Press Inc, 1962. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Burroughs, William S. NAKED LUNCH Collector's Clamshell Case. New York: Grove Press, 1962 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in medium yellow cloth & black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1955. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. A paperback original of these seven Lew Archer short stories including, Find The Woman, Lew Archer's first appearance in print and winner of the 1946 contest sponsored by Ellery Queen. Very good or better in the original illustrated wrappers, some light use, pages starting to yellow. Bantam # 1295. Small 8vo. 194 pp. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights.

London: Neville Spearman, 1968, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 220. A fine copy in dustwrapper [a small very light stain on the back panel]. With 18 Poseidon nuclear missles at his command, the commander of this runaway US submarine decides he has a better purpose than the Penta gon & holdsthe world's major nuclear powers in the palm of his hand.

London: Pan Books, 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Presentation Copy. First Edition in paperback of this Colonel Brain legal/courtroom mystery Inscribed and dated by Henry Cecil on the title-page. "To Jo & Flo, with love and best wishes from Henry, November, 1957." 12mo. 191 pp. A near fine copy in pictorial stiff card wrappers showing some light use. Steinbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopedia Of Mystery And Detection. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1952, Book Date], 1952. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegantly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition box is gilt-lettered on the spine & features an embossed [sculpted] upper cover, after the famous dustwrapper's 'Batter' design thematics. The case is finished inside & out in overal l in Grass Green & Rich Black Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvetysoft Italian Nubuck® leather. & The box is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition.A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available [Not with Book].

London: Duckworth, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in salmon cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine with one tiny nick at the heel. Small octavo. 119 pp.

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Holloway, Rear Admiral J. L. NAVAL LEADERSHIP. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, (1949). First Edition, second impression. A newly revised text on the principles of and the psychological basis for leadership skills in the US Navy, succeeding L. H. Thebaud's 1924 text, 'Memorandum For All Officers'. With a Foreward by Rear Admiral J. L. Holloway, Jr., Superintendent, Inscribed by him to Vice Admiral Hewlett Thebaud on the front free endpaper. "To Rear Admiral Thebaud, USN / With respect and high esteem / J. L. Holloway." Additionally with Vice Admiral Hewlett Thebaud's ownership signature, dated April 1950, Boston on the front pastedown. 8vo. 324 pp. Near fine in navy cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Outstanding Association Copy.

London: Macmillan, 1922, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo., vi, 423pp; original blue cloth showing light use, endpapers slightly mottled as always. Wister's travels through war-ravaged France. A very nice, very good copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1960), 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo., pp. 210. Black cloth backed grey paper covered boards. A very good copy [mildly bumped at the lower front edge] in a very good dustwrapper with one short neatly repaired closed tear.

London: Macmillan, 1968, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of John Lehmann's masterful biography of the Sitwells with 2 Typed Letters Signed by John Lehmann on his personal stationary, one tipped-in. "Dear Paul Motter, I am particularly pleased that you liked A Nest Of Tigers so much, as it got a mixed reception here. Some real Sitwell-haters came out of the woodwork and did their worst. At least I know that Osbert saw it before he died, and liked it very much." Followed by a paragraph on Lord Berners. The second TLS discusses a proposed exhibition in honour of Dame Edith Sitwell at the Gleeson Library (University of San Francisco) and Lehmann agrees to his books being part of the exhibition. 8vo. 294 pp. A fine copy in orange cloth, morocco style black and gilt label on the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white photographs throughout. 8vo. 294 pp. From the Sitwell collection of Paul W. Motter. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Francis Myddleton Davis, N.D. [1914]. Printed By Hazell,Watson, & Viney, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of Turgenev's novel, originally titled, A Nest Of Gentlefolk, privately printed by the translator, Frantz Davidovitch Davis, whose English translation has imbued Turgenev's richly written prose with a militant 'Socialist' slant makin g this particular rendition all the more spiteful in lieu of Turgenev's vehement anti-Socialist beliefs that led him to leave Russia, believing that the salvation of his country would come by turning to the civilization of the Western World. Small 8 v o. 384 pp. First Edition in English under this title of Turgenev's novel, a translation of DVORIANSKOE GNEZDO (1859). Privately Printed by the translator, Frantz Davidovitch Davis, whose English translation has imbued Turgenev's richly written pro se with a militant 'Socialist' slant making this particular rendition all the more spiteful in lieu of Turgenev's vehement… Read More

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, later impression of this early and authoritative monogram on the history of Japanese Netsuke from the noted Krouners' Oriental collection with their neat bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. 8vo. 185 pp. A fine copy in red cloth, (tiny bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown), gilt titles and decorations in a bright, fresh fine pictorial dustwrapper with the Krouners' original older format Brodart tipped gently to the boards. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates. An important study indispensable for the collector and scholar and a key Netsuke reference.

Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NETSUKE. Versuch einer Geschichte der japanischen Schnitzkunst. Second Improved Edition. [First edition published in 1905]. Thick 4to. Gilt stamped, decorated & lettered mottled grey calf with a bit of rubbing at the spine & tips. Some rubbing on the inside marble boards. TEG. 482pp. with numerous black & white illustrations throughout. 53 full page colour illustrations - each [one] majestic example, centred on a single page of high quality paper stock, the impressions very crisp with striking colour definition. All printed 53 tissue guards present & in excellent condition. The pages bright & free of blemish. A striking example of this Cornerstone Volume of Netsuke. NUC locates 5 copies.

London: Faber & Faber, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A definitive monogram on Japanese Netsuke and a key Netsuke reference from the noted Krouners' Oriental collection. Small folio. 564 pp. A near fine copy in blue cloth, (tiny bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with the Krouners' original older format Brodart tipped gently to the boards. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white plates exploring Netsuke artists, signatures, diverse schools and subjects. An important study indispensable for the collector and scholar.

London: British Museum Publications, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this important monogram on Japanese Netsuke focusing on 404 select pieces from the collection housed in the British Museum, from the noted Krouners' Oriental collection with their neat bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. A fine copy in red cloth, (tiny discreet bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with the Krouners' original older format Brodart tipped gently to the boards. Small 4to. 184 pp. Illustrated with 36 stunning colour and 650 black and white plates. With notes on each piece, their respective carvers, signatures and place in history.

New York: Castle Books, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this authoritative monogram on Japanese Netsuke from the noted Krouners' Oriental collection with their neat bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Small folio. 88 pp. A fine copy in green cloth, (tiny discreet bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown), black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with the Krouners' original older format Brodart tipped gently to the boards. Illustrated with stunning colour and black and white plates throughout. Indispensable for the scholar and collector.