Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Hardcover. Large 8vo. x + 168 pp. Beige cloth with red titling to spine; bibliography, index, appendices. A study of the background of "Jubilee" - the apparently true story of the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress in the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv + 254pp. Green cloth illustrated in black with sillouette of a boxer, titling in black to upper board, gilt titling to spine, b&w frontis portrait and photo illustrations. The autobiography of Georges Carpentier (1894 – 1975) the French heavyweight..... More
Brisbane: Uni. of Queensland Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xvi + 226pp. Original textured papered boards. B&W illustrations, bibliography, appendix, and index. Foreword by Colin Bell. Slight discoloration to front free end paper which also has a small erasure in the bottom corner. Slightly leaned, otherwise VG+ in VG..... More
London: Oxford University Press, c.1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [128pp.] Original cloth lettered & decorated on spine & front board. B/w illustrations throughout. A pictorial survey of 1930's England. Cloth slightly rubbed & discolored, cloth worn at bottom-corners of boards, page-edges & endpapers slightly foxed, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 270pp. + 8pp. ads. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, lettered in blind on front board. Endnotes & Index. Fold-out maps. Cloth a bit chafed, spine ends chafed, bump to lower corner of rear board, page-edges darkened and foxed..... More
London: Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 238pp. Tan papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Small bumps to bottom-corners of boards, else a clean VG+ copy in VG dust..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x + 266pp. Blue cloth with gilt title etc to spine, bibio & index. .".. an analysis of the concept of science developed by French disciples of Descartes in the period 1660 - 1700. A serious academic study. Light rubbing to edges..... More
London: A. J. Valpy, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Eccentrically paginated. (xvi, 3 fold-outs, 140pp, lxii, (xii), iv, 78pp, 4pp, 268pp. ) Nineteenth century quarter leather, brown leather spine with raised bands, gilt & blind embellishments and leather title label to spine, over cloth boards. Indexes, tables, fold-outs. An unusual..... More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 304pp. Original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board, gilt borders on front board. A series of essays by Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), the Irish-born writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist, feminist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. Of the..... More
Glendale, CA: ARC Publishing Co., 1962. First edition, second printing. Hardcover, large 8vo, viii + 152 pp, very good condition, red cloth w/ gold title, etc, to spine and cover, minor rubbing to spine at top and bottom and to board corners, otherwise tight, bright and clean. More
London: Evans Brothers, 1980. Hardcover. Small quarto. 224pp. Tan textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Bump to bottom of spine, top-edge foxed, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 320pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. Bibliography & index. Clean Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. More
Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. vi + 144pp. Original printed wrappers. Glossary. A bibliography of works relating to the Fellahin, the Egyptian peasants, farmers and laborers, whose ancestors are said to have built the pyramids. Covers darkened and a little discoloured, a few..... More
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 298 pp. Quarter white cloth with brown papered boards, black titling to spine and black illustration on front cover; b&w illustrations, glossary, index. The first missionary to establish Christianity in the interior of India. Spine browned; a...... More
Huntington Station, NY: Thirteenth House, 1981. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 20pp. Yellow stapled wrappers titled in black. An unusual 1980s printing of the text of a lecture on the notorious medieval French occultist and mass-murderer Gilles de Rais which Crowley was to have delivered to The Oxford University Poetry..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 326pp. + 32pp. ads. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board; scarlet rule pattern on spine & front board, b&w frontisportrait of the author. The autobiography of Stuart Cumberland (1857-1922) an English mentalist..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 208pp. Black textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. 'Cambridge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature.' A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Philadelphia, PA: James M. Campbell, 1844. Twenty-Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. vi + 462pp. + 16pp. ads. Black cloth spine with paper title-label, brown papered boards. Publisher's promotional slip tipped in at title-page. Spine ends rubbed, spine label chipped & discolored, boards worn & discolored, page-edges foxed & browned, foxing..... More
La Haye [The Hague / Den Haag]: J. Neaulme & N. van Daalen, 1777-1779. Hardcovers. 4 Vol. Set. Quarto. Four volumes: Vol. I, 1777, A-E 1-8 (prelims & Avertissement), i-xliv (Epitre, Preface, Eloge de M. D'Herbelot, list of 'Auteurs Orientaux et autres Ouvrages, citez....'), 1- 664pp. (text), Vol. II, 1777..... More
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 274pp. Original navy cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt and blue device to upper board, top edge gilt, frontis w/ tissue guard. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Nayán Louise Redfield on the title..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First English language edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 274pp. Original navy cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, gilt and blue device to upper board, top edge gilt, frontis w/ tissue guard. The first English language edition of this work that first..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 284pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Endpaper maps. A classic of military history, originally published in 1824. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges lightly browned, some offsetting to free endpapers, previous owner's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, else a solid, internally-clean VG..... More
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (xii) + 272pp. Medium blue cloth with gilt letttering to dark blue spine label, bibliography, index, ( no dust jacket if called for ). More
London: Presbyterian Book Depot, 1961. Second edition, revised. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi] + 210pp. Yellow papered boards lettered in black on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations & photos. Frontis and dust jacket front panel illustration by J. D. Okae. Bibliography, appendix, notes & index. A scholarly study on..... More
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 252pp. Blue boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. A clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
