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Baron at the Ballet
1951
$18.00 (€16.03 | £13.38 | ¥2,844)
New York William Morrow & Company 2nd Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 222pp. Orange cloth, gilt decoration, gilt lettering to spine. Book is in very sound, unworn condition inside and out. Spine slightly faded. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and8 colo...
Ballet Impromptu; Variations on a Theme
Ambrose, Kay · 1948
$25.00 (€22.26 | £18.59 | ¥3,950)
London Golden Galley Press, Ltd. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 94pp. White textured boards, purple and gilt lettering and decoration. Cover and contents are clean and sound with very light wear. Publisher has pasted a cancel slip showing publisher date, 1948, to title page. ( ...
Paintings of the Ballet
Lee-Elliott, Theyre · 1947
$12.50 (€11.13 | £9.29 | ¥1,975)
London Collins 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Unpaginated. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Corner lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, contents are clean and unmarked. Contains 91 full page illustrations in black and white, and color. Introduction by Arnold Hask...
In The Wake Of Diaghilev
Buckle, Richard · 1983
$12.50 (€11.13 | £9.29 | ¥1,975)
New York Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 367pp. Maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition, unworn. Very Good Very Good
Fonteyn ; Impressions of a Ballerina
Chappell, William · 1950
$12.00 (€10.69 | £8.92 | ¥1,896)
London Spring Books 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Chappell, William 136pp. Brick cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cover is clean and unworn contents mildly age-toned, text block is tight and sound. Intriguing drawings by Chappell and full page photos of Fonteyn. Very Good ...
Prindle's Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1837
Charles Prindle · 1837
$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)
New Haven A.H. Maltby 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 27 pages, string bound. Moderate wear and soil, corners trimmed, dampstaining. Measures 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Good
Middlebrook's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1813.
Elijah Middlebrook · 1813
$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)
New Haven Printed for I. Cooke & Co. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall complete.''24 pages including cover. Almanac is age-darkened, cover soil, dog eared, text although age- toned, is mainly clean, and the text is complete. A very early year of publication of Middlebrook's Almana...
Prindle's Almanac, For the Year of Our Lord 1835
Charles Prindle · 1836
$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)
New Haven A.H. Maltby 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 26pp. ( pagination error shows 28), Stitched, light soiling, dampstaining, dogeared and slightly rounded corners, test and front and rear covers complete, and all very readable. Almanac measures 8 x 4 1/4 inches. Good
États-Unis d' Amerique; Histoire et description de tous les peuples
Roux de Rochellle, M. · 1838
$50.00 (€44.52 | £37.17 | ¥7,900)
Paris Firmin Didot Frères 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 400pp, 96 plates, 1 folding map. Green decorative boards. Wear to cover,spine label chipped with slight loss to text, binding is sound, contents are age-toned and foxed. Text is in French. Howes R-473. Good
A Grammatical Institute of the Latin Language .Intended for the Use of LatinSchools, in the United States
Alexander, Caleb · 1794
$450.00 (€400.71 | £334.56 | ¥71,100)
Worcester, Massachusetts Isaiah Thomas 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 132pp. Full calf. Cover is heavily scuffed but intact, text is age-toned and foxed, binding is tight, former owner's name in elaborate script in front end paper. Scattered notations throughout the ...
An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy, in Lectures Read to the Youth of the University of Leyden.
s'Gravesande, William-James · 1735
$650.00 (€578.80 | £483.25 | ¥102,700)
London W. Inny's and R. Manby 4th Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Netter, Frank H. [16], 435,[13] pp, 17 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Covers detached and worn but present, spine worn. Contents tanned and occasional light margin soil, endpapers and title page edge-da...
Harry Bradford's Crusade
Mathews, Joanna H. · 1886
$20.00 (€17.81 | £14.87 | ¥3,160)
New York Cassell & Company, Limited 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 256pp+ads. Illustrated chromolithograph covers and spine, black and white illustrations accompany text. Date on copyright page is 1883, but date on front illustration is 1886. Some chipping to spine ends and edge...
The Idle Thoughts of and Idle Fellow
Jerome K. Jerome · 1910
$20.00 (€17.81 | £14.87 | ¥3,160)
Chicago210pp. Donohue, Henneberry & Co. Cooney, Barbara 210pp. Half floral decorated tan boards, half small design, silver lettering to spine. Corner chip to rear board, light wear to cover, contents age-tanned. Very Good No Jacket
Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819
Silliman, Benjamin · 1824
$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)
New Haven S. Converse Second Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Netter, Frank H. 443pp. Full leather. Spine rebacked, some splitting to rear hinge but boards holding firmly, contents age-toned and occasionall foxed, endpapers soiled, binding is tight. The author's report of...
The Golden Lion of Granpere
Trollope, Anthony · 1872
$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)
New York" Harper & Brothers First Edition 124pp + ads. Rust cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, frontispiece with tissue-guard. illustrated with full page and in-text illustrations. Extremities lightly rubbed, contents mildly age-toned but clean except for a small sp...
Description du Musée de Versailles, de tout l'intérieur du château......
1837
$25.00 (€22.26 | £18.59 | ¥3,950)
Versailles J. Angé 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 60pp. A rare 1837 original printing of a French language guide to the Museum of Versailles. A booklet of 60 pages with brief descriptions of the rooms in the palace with English translations of the description heading...
A Picture of New York in 1848
(Ruggles, Edward) · 1848
$50.00 (€44.52 | £37.17 | ¥7,900)
New York C.S. Francis & Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 172pp. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Cover is faded, worn at extremities, spliting along spine, gilt lettering still fairly bright, contents are age-toned and foxing to first and last few pages, some signatures l...
François Villon
Lewis, D.B. Wyndham · 1928
$45.00 (€40.07 | £33.46 | ¥7,110)
New York and Hartford Coward-McCann, Inc. And Edwin V. Mitchell, Inc. First American Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 407pp. Brown embossed boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is clean and unworn, mil...
Burke's Descriptive Guide; or, the Visitors' Companion to Niagara Falls: Its Strange and Wonderful Localities.
(Burke, Andrew) · 1850
$175.00 (€155.83 | £130.11 | ¥27,650)
Buffalo Edson C. Eastman and Company 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 107pp. Printed wraps, engraved frontispiece, folding map, numerous engravings throughout text. Front wrapper missing, rear wrapper present, text is lightly foxed, rear cover spotted, folding map is in very goo...
The Truth About Corporate Accounting
Briloff, Abraham J. · 1981
$95.00 (€84.59 | £70.63 | ¥15,010)
New York Harper & Row First Edition 64mo - up to 3" tall Signed by Author(s) 285pp. Black cloth, silver lettering. SIGNED. Book is clean inside and out, rear panel of dust jacket has a crease and 2 short clean tears along top, otherwise in very good condition. Author has...