Jean Rhys.
(New York): Viking, (1985), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Viking, More
(New York): Viking, (1985), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Viking, More
(Milan): Giorgio Apostolo Editore, (1991), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards. (144)pp. Giorgio Apostolo Editore, An extensive history with numerous photographs in black and white and full color. A very fine, clean copy. Aeronautica Macchi founded in Northern Italian City of Varese in 1913 has been a leader in development..... More
Ardsley, NY: Haydn Foundation, 1996, First Edition. quarto, grey cloth. xxvii, (201) 517 pp. Haydn Foundation, With Indices of Publishers; Places; Copyright Holders; Titles; Languages, making this a most useful reference text. Very fine. More
New York: Scribner's, (1972), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (x), 360pp. Scribner's, A history of aerial hijacking. Illustrated with photographs. A near fine copy. Jacket not price clipped. More
Thaxted: The Workshop Press, (1992), First Edition Limited to 180 numbered copies signed by Arman. octavo, original patterned boards and cloth with printed babels on front cover and spine. vii, 35, (28)pp. The Workshop Press, Printed in numerous colors and with many folding, tipped-in specimens. With samples of over 350..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. (xxii), (310)pp. Cambridge University Press, A scholarly and readable biography of the most outstanding figure of the Paris book trade at that time. Extensively illustrated and with a bibliography and detailed index. Ex-library with Discarded stamp on endpapers and edges..... More
Inscribed in Armstrong's hand presenting a copy for "Mr. F. Sharps, Oct. 1825, [initialed] J. A." More
(Los Angeles: S. E. Maxwell, 1992), Eighth printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 274 pp. S. E. Maxwell, A novel. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author. Light shelf wear, still an attractive copy. More
New York: Scribner's, 1923, First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. 356pp. Scribner's, 3 1/2pp. foreword by T. J. Wise. Includes chapters on Arnold's Tennyson and Stevenson collections. With a chapter on "Letters of Notable Women." Illustrated. From the library and with the bookplate of children's books author..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1923, First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. 356pp. Scribner's, 3 1/2pp. foreword by T. J. Wise. Includes chapters on Arnold's Tennyson and Stevenson collections. With a chapter on "Letters of Notable Women." Illustrated. Front flap not price clipped. Dust jacket sunned with shelf wear..... More
St Martin's, (1986), Uncorrected Advance Proofs. octavo, printed wrappers. St Martin's, Very fine. More
(London): Headline Review, (2006), First Edition. octavo, maroon boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv); 335pp. Headline Review, Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. The author has amassed a collection of over 140 Victoria Crosses citing each in the collection and the names of the men who were awarded the..... More
(London): Headline Review, (2006), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 335pp. Headline Review, Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Illustrated with photographs. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1990), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. Cambridge University Press, Paperback issue. Very fine, clean copy. More
A 2 page letter of reference for a "Mr Joseph Gray formerly a student at Guy's Hospital...he will discharge its duties to their satisfaction...and to the lasting benefit of their patients. [signed] Samuel Ashwell MD Late Obstetric Physician & Lecturer to Guy's Hospital." "Samuel Ashwell was Assistant to James Blundell..... More
(Ramsbottom): Springwater Books, 2004, First Edition. octavo, pictorial card wrappers. xii, 228 pp. Springwater Books, Winged Victor is a biography of Victor M. Yeates, a World War I Sopwith Camel Pilot with No. 46 and 80 Squadrons, whose novel, Winged Victory, is widely considered to be one of the classics..... More
Pittsburgh: University Press, 1974, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (xiv), 410pp. University Press, Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory Poems and Poems Referring to Stevens; Books about Stevens; Books..... More
London: A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, 1918, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. T.e.g. (viii), 253pp. A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, Lubbock entered the RFC as an observer in August 1915 and served with No. 5 Squadron, earning the M.C. He underwent flight training in February 1916 and served..... More
London: Bodley Head, (1994), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (xiv), 226pp. Bodley Head, Well illustrated, with bibliography. Written by an established authority on the history of children's literature, this is the first historical study to consider American children's books as a separate genre. This is an expertly researched..... More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. viii, 188 pp. Grub Street, Evan Dall "Rosie" Mackie, DSO, DFC & Bar was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. With 21.5 aerial victories, he was the highest scoring flying ace..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Company, (1944), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (6), 234pp. Military Service Publishing Company, The fundamentals of bombing in theory and practice. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Although not necessary, the jacket has two small pieces of paper tape to the verso..... More
Seattle: (1978), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xxiv, 411pp. A detailed and comprehensive bibliography of O'Casey's published and unpublished writings. It lists his books and plays (with copious descriptive notes), essays, short stories and poems, his contributions to books by other writers, his more than six hundred..... More
New York: Crown, (1990), First Edition. large octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (558)pp. Crown, Foreword by Walter J. Boyne. Remainder dot and mark on bottom and top edge of text block, otherwise a near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Los Angeles: University of California Press, (2000), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 240pp. University of California Press, This book represents the first account in the English language of the emergence of German graphic design between 1890 and 1945. This study examines a time in German design history marked..... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1999, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 38, (xiv) pp. Wydawnictwo Militaria, Text in Polish. Extensively illustrated in balck and white and with color plates at back. Short break to paper at base of spine, else very fine. More