Biografia

Samuel Johnson

WAIN, JOHN · 1974 · Round Table Books, LLC

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY: The Viking Press, 1974. Book Club Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over black boards, gilt and reverse gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Mr. Wain describes Johnson's early life in Lichfield, with its promise of themes that remained con...

Horowitz: A Biography of Vladimir Horowitz

PLASKIN, GLENN · 1983 · Round Table Books, LLC

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

NY: William Morrow, 1983. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over grey boards, silver lettering on spine, grey endpapers. Generously illustrated with B&W photographs. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked,...

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 (Volume One, Only, of Two)

BEVERIDGE, ALBERT J. · 1928 · Round Table Books, LLC

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Boston: Houghtom Mifflin Company, 1928. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's tan cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and B&W photographs. Brief gi...

The Living Lincoln: The Man, His Mind, His Times, and the War He Fought, Reconstructed from His Own Writings

ANGLE, PAUL M.; EARL SCHENCK MIERS (EDS) · 1955 · Round Table Books, LLC

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1955. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over red boards, spine in six compartments separated by light blue borders, gilt lettering on light blue panel in one compartment, gilt lettering in...

La Vie de Franz Liszt

POURTALES, GUY DE · 1926 · Round Table Books, LLC

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1926. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Custom half red morocco (Bound by MacDonald for Charles Scribner's Sons) over red linen boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt borders on cove...

Life and Times of Washington; Containing a Particular Account of National Principles and Events, and of the Illustrious Men of the Revolution. (Two Volumes, Complete)

SCHROEDER, JOHN FREDERICK · 1857 · Round Table Books, LLC

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

NY: Johnson, Fry, and Company, 1857. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Alonzo Chappel. Bound in half brown morocco over embossed boards, spines in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, embosed gilt medallion with portrait of Was...

A Boy Musician; or, the Young Days of Mozart

ANONYMOUS · 1888 · Round Table Books, LLC

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London: Blackie & Son, N.D.. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and red, black, and gree decoration on spine and cover. Duotone frontispiece. Worn, one page loose (but present), award label on fep (dated Dec. 21, 1888), e...

These Wonderful People: Intimate Moments in Their Lives

AMES, NOEL (ED) · 1947 · Round Table Books, LLC

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers. These brief, intimate glimpses into the lives famous people reveal them as warm, sincere human beings. Each colorful selection, whether an ...

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself: Edited and Translated by John Addington Symonds with an Introduction by Thomas Craven and Illustrations by Fritz Kredel

CELLINI, BENVENUTO; JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (ED & TRANS) · 1937 · Round Table Books, LLC

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

NY: The Heritage Press, (1937). First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Publisher's full printed cloth, gilt lettering on blue panel on spine. Illustrated with numerous in-text B&W drawings by Fritz Kredel. Printed by The Heritage Press from t...

Churchill: A Biography

JENKINS, ROY · 2001 · Round Table Books, LLC

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001. 0374123543. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0374123543. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over charcoal boards, gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with 92 B&W photographs and color reproductions ...

Margaret Mead: A Life

HOWARD, JANE · 1984 · Round Table Books, LLC

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. 0671252259. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0671252259. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over light brown boards, gilt lettering on spine, light brown endpapers. Generously illustrate...

Rhm: Robert Hunter Middleton: The Man and His Letters: Eight Essays on His Life and Career

THE CAXTON CLUB; BRUCE YOUNG AND BRUCE BECK (EDITORS) · 1985 · Round Table Books, LLC

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Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Case bound with a buckram spine and paper sides over boards, carrying paper labels on front and spine. It includes 112 letterpress pages and 16 offset pages printed ...

All Rise: The Remarkable Journey of Alan Page

MCGRANE, BILL; PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON (FOREWORD) · 2010 · Round Table Books, LLC

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Chicago: Triumph Books, 2010. 1600785042. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1600785042. All Rise is the authorized biography of Alan Page, a remarkable man who became a pioneer for his race without setting out to be one. He grew up in Canton, Ohio, in the shadow o...

Woffington: A Tribute to the Actress and the Woman

DALY, AUGUSTIN · 1891 · Round Table Books, LLC

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Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891. Second Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Illustrated with 19 tissue-protected photogravure illustrations. Margaret "Peg" Woffington (1720-1760) was a well-known ...

The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON; DOROTHY STANLEY (ED) · 1909 · Round Table Books, LLC

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and medallion on spine and cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with 16 tissue-protected photogravures, and a facsimile letter. Title page in red and bla...

Through My Own Eyes

RUBIN, THEODORE ISAAC · 1982 · Round Table Books, LLC

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New York: Macmillan Publishers Co, 1982. 002605700X. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 002605700X. Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue boards, copper lettering on spine. Both the volume an unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear, small closed tear at bo...

Baron Philippe: The Very Candid Autobiography of Baron Philippe de Rothschild

LITTLEWOOD, JOAN · 1984 · Round Table Books, LLC

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New York: Crown Publishers, 1984. 0517555573. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517555573. Quarter bound in red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine, title blind-stamped on front cover. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Volume shows only mi...

Adlai Stevenson

MARTIN, JOHN BARTLOW · 1952 · Round Table Books, LLC

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in black cloth over yellow boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore edge deckle. Volume shows mild wear, bottom corners bumped, spine lightly sunned, some faded pencil marks on fep. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vii, ...

Cleopatra

GRANT, MICHAEL · 1992 · Round Table Books, LLC

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NY: Barnes and Noble Books, 1992. 0880297255. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0880297255. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W maps. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unma...

The Years with Ross

THURBER, JAMES · 1959 · Round Table Books, LLC

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. Book-Of-The-Month Club. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in black cloth over red boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on covers and spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings.. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, sq...