Love and Death in a Hot Country.
New York: Viking Press, (1983), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Viking Press, More
New York: Viking Press, (1983), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Viking Press, More
Boston: Little, Brown, (2000), First American Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. 328pp. Little, Brown, Over 200 color illustrations from photographs. Through excerpts from letters, poems and other writings, interspersed with examples of his textiles, stained glass and book arts, this volume allows the many facets of William Morris to..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1986, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 101pp. Library of Congress, From the dust jacket: "In a remarkable feat of synthesis and historical imagination, Needham weaves together the stories of Wiliam Caxton..., of the broadside indulgence he printed, and of the institution he printed..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. Cambridge University Press, Wrappers issue. Near fine copy. More
Madison, Wisc. Univ of Wisconsin Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (300)pp. Univ of Wisconsin Press, Mathews' career in publishing "coincided with the transition from Victorian to modern literature, a period which literary historians date from about 1880 to 1920...what makes Mathews unique is the role he played in..... More
(Surrey, England): Public Record Office, (2000), First Edition. quarto, dark blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 255pp. Public Record Office, A collection of the RAF's missions and campaigns of World War II in action photographs and color paintings from war and contemporary aviation artists. The Burma campaign, 'Sitzkrieg,' Battle of..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, (1997), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, (88)pp. Yale Univ Press, This book examines Blake's stupendous achievement by discussing and displaying some fifty works out of the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art. These include a number of..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2004), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 176pp. Pen & Sword, Battleground Europe Series edited by Nigel Cave. Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his..... More
(Barnsley): Leo Cooper, (2003), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. (192)pp. Leo Cooper, Battleground Europe Series edited by Nigel Cave. Airfields and Airmen: Cambrai covers the earliest days of the RFC with the retreat from Mons. Visited are the graves of Fokker Eindecker aces and the airfields where the first Jastas..... More
(Barnsley): Leo Cooper, (2002), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 192pp. Leo Cooper, Battleground Europe Series edited by Nigel Cave. Following on the success of Airfields and Airmen of Ypres, the author turns his attention to the most legendary sector of the British effort in World War I, the..... More
(Barnsley): Leo Cooper, (2001), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Leo Cooper, Battleground Europe Series edited by Nigel Cave.The Battleground Europe series has helped create a new audience for the story of the desperate battles of World War I, but up to now the series has largely been concerned with..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2004), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Pen & Sword, Battleground Europe Sereies edited by Nigel Cave.This volume in the Airfields and Airmen series covers the Arras area. It includes a visit to the grave of Albert Ball VC and the graves of Waterfall and Bayly..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2005), First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 208pp. Pen & Sword, Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. Mike O’Connor describes the dramatic air actions that took place along the Belgian and North France coastline during The Great War. In addition to the Royal Fighting Corps..... More
(London): British Library & Oak Knoll, 2000, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. x, 182pp. British Library & Oak Knoll, The third volume in the series The Bible as Book examines aspects of the bibles produced during the Reformation period, which marked a time of crisis and of blossoming..... More
Canbridge: Cambridge University Press, (1991), First Softbound Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xii, 288pp. Cambridge University Press, Very fine, nearly as new copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1988), Later Printing. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. x, 501pp. Cambridge University Press, A fine, clean copy. More
(Osceola, WI): Motorbooks International, (1997), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 128 pp. Motorbooks International, Illustrated. Very fine. More
Boston: Branden Publishing Company, (1992), First Edition. octavo, green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 316pp. Branden Publishing Company, Numerous photographic illustrations with a reproduced cartoon of "Terry and the Pirates' Hotshot Charlie." Paisley flew P-47's in Europe. Very fine copy. More
New York: The New York Public Library, 1929, First Separate Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (12)pp. The New York Public Library, Originally published in the Bulletin of The New York Public Library. The results of the research into the provenance of the manuscript and a description of it. Illustrated. Small name..... More
(New York): Delacorte, (1988), First Edition. large octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Delacorte, Presentation Copy, inscribed and signed by Paretsky on the hal title: "Boston October 1988 Skip May you have good fortune in all you do Sara Paretsky".A pretty much as new copy, jacket not price..... More
(Los Angeles: Feral House, 2003), First Edition. folio, pictorial boards. (288) pp. Feral House, Fully illustrated in color (of course). Very fine. More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1994), Reprint. quarto, cloth. xii, 160pp. Maurizio Martino, Limited to 150 copies of the 1933 edition. Parrish's collection of " Victorian Lady Novelists" was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs..... More
Stanford: Stanford General Books, 2006, First Edition. quarto, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 303pp. Stanford General Books, A thought-provoking book covering the great wars, revolutions, political and intellectual movements, and personalities of the 20th century. It includes many of the most influential figures of the age, among them..... More
(Cambridge, MA): Harvard Library Bulletin, 1959, First Separate Edition. quarto, printed paper wrappers. (10)pp., stapled. Harvard Library Bulletin, Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Fobes is remembered for his texts of Aristotle and for his translations, which are still widely used. In his nearly 30 years at Amherst, he combined the..... More
(London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1957), First Off-Print. quarto, printed self-wrappers. 6pp. Royal Institute of British Architects, Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, March 1957. Folded once for mailing, otherwise fine. More