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New York: A Marion Wood Book, by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Another fine novel featuring the fearless Kinsey Milhone protagonist homicide detective, "Q" in the alphabet. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. This novel was inspired by an unsolved homicide that actually occurred in 1969. 385 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Brussels, Belgium: L'Association Pour La Diffusion Artistique et Culturelle (.D.A.C.), 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Quadrulingual texts, in Spanish, English, German and French and with English and French summaries at rear. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, slight edge-wear, some crimping to tips, else with a tightly bound and clean, unmarked text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Stuffed at rear with period art gallery and museum exhibit advertisements, and with original texts by George A. Salles, Alain Bosquet, Patrick Waldberg, Georges Limbour, Umbro Appolonio, R.V. Gindertael, and Francine C. Legrand about leading European artists, from Max Ernst to Pablo Picasso. A work by Ernst graces front and rear covers. Well over 200 black-and-white and full-color reproductions, printed on high-gloss paper. [7], 8-192 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. xiii [2], 4-247 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Ninth Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine contribution to the Bedford Historical Series, being the inaugural contribution thereto, in 1934 and reprinted abundantly for its scholarship and readability. Subsequent volumes were penned by R.W. Chambers, Duff Cooper, Geoffrey Baskerville, Gladys Scott Thomson, A.L. Rowse, C.V. Wedgwood, Iris Origo and others. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Publishers have stamped a device said to have marked Queen Elizabeth's books in gilt to front cover. Simple, printed dust wrapper present, moderately worn and a bit dusty, previous owner's accession tape along spine bottom, else a remarkably clean and readable copy. Eight black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Extensive prelims, 12-402 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read More

London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in pumpkin buckram cloth. The Queen and Prince Albert first visited Scotland in 1842 and from that time began to assemble a notable collection of watercolour paintings for their Souvenir Albums, recording the places they had seen. Many of these paintings, from the Royal Collection, are shown here to complement the text. [9], 10-152 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London, England: George Bell and Sons, 1900. Reprint of the Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Stated reprint of the seventh edition of this uber-popular The author was then the Dean of Canterbury. Short hardcover format, blue cloth over boards, black and red lettering, ruling and illustration to front panel. Light bumping to spine head and foot. Very dark blue cloth over boards, toning to endpapers, else clean, tightly bound and unmarked of interior. 228 pp., 32 pp. of Bohn Library tomes also published.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London / New York: National Gallery Publications / Harry N Abrams, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. The Queen's Pictures is a splendid survey of the paintings in Britain's Royal Collection, the largest private collection of works of fine arts and crafts in the entire world. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in black cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little wear to the glossy wraps. 179 illustrations, 117 of them being in full color. [4], 5-256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Berlin, Germany: A. Hofmann & Company, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ex-library copy with accession markings to spine, embossed library stamp (from The Dropsie College) at title page, else bound in stiff brown buckram cloth, discolored a bit along edges, else strong and sturdy. New endpapers, previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, published originally in softpaper wraps, front thereof missing, that in rear detached but laid in in rear. Germany and Hebrew language texts. xxxii + 324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Chez Crevot, Libraire, 1825. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Structurally sound copy in First Edition, printed wraps, mildly soiled, moderately worn, now housed in a Brodart sleeve. 15 pp., hand-made paper, the bite of the type is most pronounced and lovely, including through the sewn wraps. French language text throughout, and the author was a Proffesseur du Medecin in Paris.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. C. Bosseron Chambers. This is called a "classic" for good reason. Another in a series of classic children's book titles, an addition to the Scribner Illustrated Classics for Children, published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1933 reprint of the 1923 edition. Augmented greatly with the illustrations of C. Bosseron Chambers, full-color, including at title page, and with lovely duotone endpapers front and rear and full-cover, full-color pasted-on paper labels to front cover, quite fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interiors, minimal rubbing to extremities. xxxiii [2], 2-422 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Praeger, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. A learned, accessible exploration of the myth and reality of Ulysses and the ancient Greek world of Homer, and along the way, the personalities and works of Dante, Titian, Joyce and Sophocles. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Green cloth covers, slight bowing to front board. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat slightly crimped at inside flap. Replete with black-and-white illustrations. [5], 6-256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Random House, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. The estimable author's modernization of the Don Quixote fable, set anew in and across American in the eyes and tribulations of a mediocre writer, Sam DuChamp. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. SIGNED boldly by the author at title page, the signature comparing favorable to other available exemplars from the time period. Listed for the Booker Prize. 390 pp. plus a longish note about the author and another about the type-faces.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Bangor, Maine: Pretani Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, inside front flap, being a lovely gift inscription and invoking W.B. Yeats. Bound in oblong hardcover format, with brown cloth and covered by a printed, illustrated paper wrapper. Ireland-themed poetry and delicious illustrations, with a Foreword by Eric Waugh. Unpaginated but roughly 40 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Peter Kiar. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in blue cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to tips, edges, extremities, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Black-and-white illustrations galore and with gorgeous photographs by Peter Kiar. xi + 100 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xiv [1], 1-368 pp. Bound handsomely in black cloth over boards, blind-stamped quilt to front cover, sharp and distinct blue lettering to spine. Sunning along edges of heavy card stock endpapers, else clean and unmarked of interior, and stuffed with brilliant photography. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Many types of quilting are covered in this fine survey, including the album, autograph, sampler and even Kentucky coffin quilt.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page. Nice-looking hardcover copy of the First Edition, bound in two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected in Brodart, quite fine. Another fine novel in the so-called Albany cycle narrated by Daniel Quinn, orphan, regarding his adventure-ridden quest for true love and existential confusion. 289 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

California: Mills College, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Handsomely bound Imperial octavo hardcover format copy, brick-red cloth over over boards, still sharp and distinct blue lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, protected by a plastic coat, some light chipping along bottom edge, else not price-clipped. xviii [2], 2-240 pp. The bimillennial Horatianum that was celebrated in 1935 stimulated interest in the memory of the poet; the American Classical League not only encouraged the bibliographic project, but also provided practical assistance in circulating the lists of titles among the principal libraries of the countries for comparison purposes. These lists are preserved in this work in chronological order according to the printing dates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.