Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Binodini [English Translation of Chokher Bali]

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941); Krishna Kripalani (Trans.); Marilyn King (Illust.) · 1964

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

Honolulu, Hawaii & New Delhi, India East-West Center Press | Sahitya Akademi pp. viii, 247. Octavo, measuring 6" x 8.5". Publisher's lilac cloth over boards with title in bold letters with inverted colouring to the front board, in delightful mid-century style after George Leno...

Tolstoy and the Genesis of "War and Peace"

Feuer, Kathryn; Robin Feuer Miller (Ed.); Donna Tussing Orwin (Ed.), et al. · 1996

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xiv, 295. Octavo. Publisher's half gray cloth over navy-blue paper boards with black lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new and housed in its original, unclipped, dustjacket. Near ...

The Virgin Queen: The Personal History of Elizabeth I

Hibbert, Christopher · 1990

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

London Viking First Edition pp. 286. Octavo. Terracotta boards with black lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and colour plates. No detectable flaws; as new and housed in its original, unclipped, dustjacket. Near fine. ¶ In her lifetime the cult of...

The Social Contract & Discourses

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ; Ernest Rhys (Ed.) · 1913

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Everyman's Library | Richard Clay & Sons Ltd. First Everyman Library Edition pp. xlvii, 287. 12mo., measuring 7" x 4.5". Bound in original quarter pigskin over like cloth boards with gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, publisher's tops...

Ceremonial Ministry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers [First Printing]

Szasz, Thomas Stephen (1920-2012) · 1974

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Garden City, New York Anchor Press | Doubleday First Edition, First Printing pp. xix, [1-3], 4-243. Octavo, measuring 5.75" x 8.5". Publisher's light-blue and tan cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine. Negligible wear, a few very faint spots to the boards, conten...

Hobbitus Ille: Avt Illvc Atqve Rvrsvs Retrorsvm ; The Hobbit Translated into Latin

Tolkien, J.R.R.; Mark Walker (Trans.) · 2012

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York HarperCollins First Edition pp. cccxix [319]. Small octavo. Brown boards with gilt lettering to the spine; map endpapers. No detectable flaws; as new housed in its original, unclipped, illustrated dustjacket. As New

Gladstone and Liberalism

Hammond, J.L.; M.R.D. Foot; A.L. Rowse (Ed. & Intro.) · 1952

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,629)

London English Universities Press Ltd. at Saint Paul's House "Teach Yourself History" Series pp. 219. 12mo. Textutred tan paper boards with black lettering to the spine. Black-and-white portrait frontispice of the great British statesman (and the famed political adversary of h...

Concentration Camps in the U.S.S.R.; Information Furnished by Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council in Ukraine (U.H.W.R.)

["Prolog" and Association of Friends for Liberation Movement in Ukraine (A.F.L.M.U.)]; Nil Khasevych (Illust.); Isaac Don Levine (Map), et al. · 1952

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

New York, N.Y. & Philadelphia, Pa. "Prolog" and Association of Friends for Liberation Movement in Ukraine (A.F.L.M.U.) First Edition pp. [1-2], 3-23. Octavo (6" x 9"). Twice-stapled card covers with title in black. Striking woodcut frontispiece to verso title page, attributed ...

St. Boniface

[Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship. Historic Resources] · 1994

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship. Historic Resources pp. 18; 20. Octavo (20 cm). Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Text in English and French wit...

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians; Written During Eight Years' Travel (1832 - 1839) Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America [Complete in Two Volumes] ; [With] Over 300 Illustrations

Catlin, George (1796-1872); Marjorie Halpin (Intro.) · 1973

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,419)

New York Dover Publications, Inc. Reprint pp. xxiii, 264; xvi, 266. Octavos. Pictorial covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps, photographic plates, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound bindings; near fine.

Old Age [First U.K. Edition]

Beauvoir, Simone de; Patrick O'Brian (Trans.) · 1972

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

London André Deutsch and Weidenfeld and Nicolson First U.K. Edition pp. 585. Thick 8vo. Original lilac boards, silver lettering to the spine. Light bumping to the spine ends, every slight slant to spine. Neat ink name to the corner of the ffep, else, contents without blemish w...

Tent Town: 1898-1979; A History of Minitonas and District

Adamchuk, Jean; Ruth Iwanchuk, et al. · 1973

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Minitonas, MB Community Centre Committee First Edition, First Printing pp. ii, 348. 4to. Illustrated stiff card covers. Rich with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Light general shelfwear, else, bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sou...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Smith, Betty (1896-1972) · 1944

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Toronto The Musson Book Company Ltd. | Printed by the Copp Clark Co. Limited (Toronto, Canada) First Edition, Third Printing pp. 443. Octavo (8vo.), measuring 5.5" x 8". Publisher's original black cloth over boards, with red rules and lettering to the spine. Lightest bumping t...

Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph

Bosworth, A.B. · 1996

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Oxford Clarendon Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xvi, 218. Octavo. Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved: bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in its origin...

Luther

Lau, Franz; Robert H. Fischer (Trans.) · 1963

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

London SCM Press Ltd. 1st UK edition pp. 178. Small octavo. Pebbled red paper boards with black rules and lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved: bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in its original, unclipped, very good dust...

The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto [First American Edition]

Llosa, Mario Vargas; Edith Grossman (Trans.) · 1998

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York Farrar, Straus & Giroux First American Edition pp. 259. Octavo. Publisher's quarter black-and-blue boards. Negligible wear to the boards, text-block without blemish with firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in its original, unclipped, first state dustjacket show...

A Moveable Feast ; Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties

Hemingway, Ernest · 1964

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons Book Club Edition pp. [1-2], 3-211. Small octavo. Publisher's quarter orange cloth over patterned emerald-green paper boards with gilt lettering to the spine, and facsimile of Hemingway's signature to the centre of the front board. Exceptional...

The Pale King An Unfinished Novel

Wallace, David Foster · 2011

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Little, Brown and Company First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 548. Thick octavo. Black boards with silver lettering to the spine. Lightest edgewear, contents without blemish; very good+ and housed in its original, unclipped, dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar...

Collages

Nin, Anais · 1964

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Chicago The Swallow Press, Inc. pp. 122. Slim 8vo. Pictorial covers. Light rubbing to covers, contents without blemish; very good. Uncommon softcover edition of the author's last novel.

On Beyond Zebra!

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1955

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light wear to head and tail of spine, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. A lovely example of a later printing of this illustrated alphabet title which presen...