Manresa: Imprenta y Llibreria Pau Roca, 1864. Soft cover. 3" x 6.6" Catalan. Blue paper wraps, sewn binding. Slim, small 8vo. 24 p.p. Unopened at head. Wraps have detached from binding. Wraps discoloured and chipped at edges. Ink annotation to foot of front cover. More
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth. xiv, 240 pp. Fine condition. Here is a ringside seat to the exchange of Barbs, Slights, Insults, Verbal Jabs, and Other Assorted Acrimoniuous Remarks by Upstanding Members of OUr Esteemed Literary Pantheon. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1888. Hardcover. 8vo (5" x 7.75"). Three volumes in one. Copyright edition. With the author's latest corrections. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. xv, 351, 1-372, 1-376 p.p. B&W frontis. portrait of Cromwell with facsimile signature and inscription. Spine ends bumped and chafed, corners..... More
Hendrik van der Deyster: Op den Heere J. Cats. Tweede Druk. Te Leyden, 1769. Soft cover. 18mo. Second Edition. 18mo [101.6mm x 165mm]. Contemporary green wrappers. Spine lacking, two cords sewn-in, supporting text-block. [8] 321 p.p., plus [11] p.p. (register and works by Cats). Text in Dutch. Engraved half-title page..... More
New York: Bantam Spectra, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter navy cloth, mauve paper boards. 274 pp. Sunning to tail edges of boards and flaps of dust jacket. A few bumps to extremities of jacket and light chafing to rear cover. Near fine. A novel of the race to raise..... More
Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated, full number line. Quarter black cloth with grey paper boards, silver lettering to spine. 277 p.p. Slight bumping to spine ends, small bruise to tail edge of front board. DJ has some bumping to top edges. Through the ages..... More
Toronto: McCleland and Stewart, 1969. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback. x, 245 pp. Spine is sunned and creased, some sunning, light soiling and rubbing to covers. Ink ownership inscription to half-title. More
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited. Hardcover. 12mo. [n.d., ca. 1926? Originally published 1889]. 160 p.p. Orange cloth boards with black stamped lettering. Light chafing to spine ends, edges, and corners, light bumping to spine ends. Offsetting to endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket has a few chips to head and..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2007. Hardcover. 8vo. 246 p.p. Blue cloth boards with silver titling to spine. Lightly bumped at spine ends. Colour pictorial dust jacket is lightly bumped at spine head, else fine. The Solitude of Emperors is a stunningly perceptive novel about modern India, about what motivates..... More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Soft cover. 8vo. First Illinois paperback edition. Translated from the original French by Matthew O'Connell. Soft cover. x, 276 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Covers lightly soiled, else fine overall. With erudition and wit, Jean Delumeau explores the medieval conviction that paradise..... More
Santa Clarita, CA: Ohara Publications, 2002. Soft cover. 8vo (133.35mm x 215.9mm). Soft cover. 143 pp. B&W photos. Fine. More
Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1959. Soft cover. 12mo. Penguin paperback, 191 p.p. Wear to extremities, creasing to joints, spine and covers, darkening to spine, age toning to pages. Sticker ghost to foot of front cover. A few spots of wear to covers, chip to spine foot. A mangled body lying on..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1895. Hardcover. 12mo. The Albion Edition. Blue leather binding with title in gilt on red leather spine label. A.E.G. with inner edges stamped in gilt. xxxii, 575 p.p. Scuffing to boards. Light rubbing to edges, extremities. Corners gently bowed. Spine slightly yellowed and rubbed at..... More
Toronto: Stoddart, 1998. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine. xxiii, 304 p.p., [12] p.p. B&W photos. Light bumping to spine foot. Dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities. The story of Terry Sawchuk far transcends the game of hockey. His accomplishments during the Original Six..... More
Lo Altos, CA: William Kauffman, Inc., 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 185 pp. Covers and edges are foxed and slightly age toned. Interior clean. Embossed ex libris stamp to title page. More
Toronto: NC Press Limited, 1976. Christensen, Erik [photographs]. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). SIGNED with inscription from author to ffep. Blue leatherette boards. 160 pp. B&W photos. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends. Dust jacket worn and creased to extremities, spine slightly sunned, short tear to foot of front joint, a few..... More
Edmonton: Hurtig, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. quarter-cloth boards, 192pp. Illustrated. Signed on title-page by author. Spine bumped at head and foot, o/w near fine in a soiled but near fine jacket. The Arctic diary of Georgia, who living in an Igloolik and Repulse Bay writes about the experiences..... More
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black paper, red paper boards. xviii, 427 pp. Remainder mark to tail edge. Slight bruising to spine ends. Dust jacket is bumped to spine ends, lightly rubbed and scuffed to covers. From the world-renowned authors of Empire comes a...... More
New York: The New Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Quarter black paper, grey paper boards. xvii, 461 pp. Sunning to top edges of boards. Dust jacket discoloured to covers, some light bumps to extremities. In The Dream Life, J. Hoberman has produced a major new cultural history of the..... More
London: The Rodale Press. Buckland-Wright, John. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. N.d., [1954]. Limited 1st edition, #193/1000. Lacks slipcase. Quarter black cloth, yellow cloth boards, silver stamped vignette to front board. A.E.R. 124 pp. [6] colour plates w/ tissues guards (tissue at 2nd plate is detached but present). Spine cocked and..... More
Finland: Information Centre of the World Peace Council, 1980. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue wraps, staple bound. 39 pp. Small damp stain to head of front cover, else fine. More
Union City, N.J. Nutrend Publications, 1969. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 66 pp. B&W photos. Short tear to foot of front cover, else fine. Includes articles on How Modern Women Enjoy Sex Without Men, James Earl Jones: Broadway's Explosive Sex Bomb, That Veddy Temperamental New James Bond, The Murder..... More
London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2000. Soft cover. 8vo (small). 366 pp. Bumping to corners and spine ends. Light rubbing to edges, otherwise book in Near Fine condition. More
New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. [6 leaves], 256 p.p. Blue faux leather boards with green lettering to spine. A few small spots of wear to joint and inner edge of rear board at foot. Dust jacket has some bumping and sunning to edges and spine head, a...... More
Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First paperback edition. Soft cover. 232 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in B&W. Covers slightly edge toned, creased to front cover. More