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Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, February 21, 1931. The print will be shipped, rolled, in a sturdy tube. Fine. More
Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, February 21, 1931. The print will be shipped, rolled, in a sturdy tube. Fine. More
Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, March 28, 1931. Fine. The print will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. More
Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, March 14, 1931. Captioned "Dean Inge finding, as ever, sustenance in Plotinus." Fine. 12 5/8" x 8.25" Print will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. More
Atheneum, 1986, Uncorrected Advance Proof. octavo, printed wrappers. Atheneum, Very fine. More
New York: Chapman & Hall, (1997), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xxii, 378pp. Chapman & Hall, Illustrated. A very fine, clean copy. More
New York: Knopf, 1971, First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xiv, (286), (xvi)pp. Knopf, Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997), First American Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (152)pp. Henry Holt and Company, Photographs by Alen MacWeeney. Charleston, home to Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, reflects the talents of its inhabitants and visitors: Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Roger Fry, David Garnett..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1944, Later printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Viking Press, Bookplate. A few pieces of tape to verso of jacket which has no tears but is price clipped. More
Washington DC: National Geographic, (2001), First Edition. quarto, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 256pp. National Geographic, Covering a range from the first photograph printed in National Geographic in 1890 through the mid-1950's, this book is a tribute to the 55-year career of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor. More than 250 photographs..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1027, Tenth edition. octavo, olive cloth. 284 pp. Hutchinson & Co, Bottom edge of text block soiled, bookseller's label roughly removed from front pastedown. A good copy. More
Cleveland: World, (1951), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 419pp. World, A classic collection of essays on typography featuring the major typographers and bibliographers of this century on their specialties: Wroth on American types, McKerrow on early English long "s", Will Ransom on the Private Press, and Bennett..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1976, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. xiii, 218pp. Harvard University Library, A biography of Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866-1928) and his work as director of the Harvard University Library. Illustrated. Printed at The Stinehour Press. Very fine. More
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, (1983), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 302pp. Pilgrim Books, With his immense energy, Furnivall was a central force behind the English literary scene in the nineteenth century, particularly in its scholarly branches, founding many literary societies, contributing to the beginnings of the..... More
Woodstock: The Overlook Press, (2001), First Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv); 385pp. The Overlook Press, A definitive account of one of the most dramatic and momentous events of World War II. On May 27, 1944, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by an overwhelming British armada in..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xx, 391 pp. Oxford University Press, This is the first systematic account of social epidemiology, and it will be especially useful to graduate students of epidemiology, public health, and medical sociology. The authors emphasize methodological approaches in..... More
(Madrid): Andrea Press, (2011), First Edition. quarto, tan boards in pictorial dust jacket. 220pp. Andrea Press, T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt: An Illustrated Guide provides a compelling photographic overview of the life of Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt that he helped lead. Many books have been written..... More
(Elstree): Greenhill, (1986), Reprint of first edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (288)pp. Greenhill, Vintage Aviation Library 12. An account of night bombing activities in which the heavy bomber was utilized. Bewsher served at an RNAS station in England from 1915 to 1918 and with No. X Wing (Handley-Page)..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1988), First Edition. large octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (280)pp. Hodder & Stoughton, Illustrated with photographs. A detailed and highly readable text. A very fine copy. More
(Shrewsbury): Airlife, (1970), First Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. (iv), 172pp. Airlife, Illustrated with photographs. A fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968, First Printing of this edition. octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxii), (289)pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Air Combat Classics Series. Biddle served with the French Air Service, the Lafayette Escadrille, and the U.S. Air Service during..... More
Charlettesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2019, First Edition. octavo, cream cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 383 pp. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, The first section on research methods surveys recent scholarship in paper history and contains recommendations for further study. Two essays advocate a greater..... More
Scribner's, 1988, Uncorrected Advance Proof. octavo, printed wrappers. Scribner's, 1/2" tear at bottom of front out hinge. More
Bad Goisern (Austria): Neugebauer Press, 1975, First Edition. 28 x 13 cm, printed heavy paper folded three times. 8 leaves with tissue guards. Neugebauer Press, Nine poems (including cover poem) presented on the tenth anniversary of the poet's death. Each poem in a different calligraphic hand. Very fine. More
On his 100 State St, Chicago stationery. "Dear Mr George: Character is the essence of true greatness. Without Character, learning, wealth and power lose their true value. Very truly yours, Frank Billings." Billings started a teaching career of over forty years in 1881 as assistant lecturer in his alma mater..... More
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987), Second Printing. large octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xii, 356pp. Johns Hopkins University Press, Illustrated with photographs. A near fine copy. More