Old Bookshelf

Fonteyn ; Impressions of a Ballerina

Chappell, William · 1950

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

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 ...

François Villon

Lewis, D.B. Wyndham · 1928

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

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...

Dante's "New Life" (Boethius and Dante in Two Volumes) With Commentary of Henry Howard Harper

1930

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Boston The Bibliophile Society Limited Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 148, 208pp. Two Volumes. Blue boards, ivory spine, gilt spine lettering, deckle edges. A Limited Edition of 433 copies. A handsome set in very good condition. Very Good No Jacket

The Life of Sir Martin Frobisher

McFee, William · 1928

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York Harper & Brothers 2nd Printing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 276pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. Light rubbing and soiling to cover, spine sunned, contents toned but clean, pages 79-80 have vertical ...

Adolf Hitler

John Toland · 1976

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company, Inc. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, conten...

Washington (2 Volumes) SIGNED

Sawyer, Joseph Dillaway · 1927

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York The Macmillan Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Netter, Frank H. Signed by Author(s) 640, 619pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Very light wear to extremities, contents age- toned (mainly endpapers), bindings are tight. Volume I is INSCRI...

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band: In Their Own Words & with Contributions from the People Who Were There

Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko · 2020

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Weldon Owen Folio - over 12 - 15" tall 286pp. Clean and unworn bok both interior and exterior. As New No Jacket

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Rushdie, Salman · 2024

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York Random House 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 209pp. First Edition. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Very Good Very Good

Rob Roy and the Story of the Clan Alpine

Smeaton, Oliphant · 1920

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Edinburgh Andersons 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall 216pp. Miniature book measures 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches, red tartan plaid cover, all edges gilt. Plaid covering is moderately faded (spine a bit more), text is clean and unmarked, gilt edges very bright, binding is sound. A publication...

Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

Dallek, Robert · 2008

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Times Books 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 208pp. A very good copy with a very good dust jacket. Near Fine

Life of the Duke of Wellington. To Which are Added Memoirs of Duke of Marlborough

1847

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

St. Louis, MO Nafis & Cornish 1st Edition 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 256pp. FIRST EDITION. Green stamped boards, gilt stamped design to cover and spine. color title page and frontispiece plus 11 full-page black and white illustrations, text pages have ruled frame borders. Corn...

Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer by John Dryden. With a Memoir o the Author

1845

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

New York Calvin Blanchard 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 227pp. No date c1840s. Brown blind-stamped boards, gilt motif to front and gilt spine decoration, engraved title page and engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Very good copy with very little wear both inside and out, fai...

Presente amistoso dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas

Cumplido, Ignacio · 1847

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)

Mexico I. Cumplido 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor...

Serge Diaghilev; His Life, HIs Work, His Legend

Lifar, Serge · 1940

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

399pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 399pp. Red buckram boards. Good copy virtually unworn, spine is faded, text is clean, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good No Jacket

Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev; An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason

Lifar, Serge · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York and Cleveland The World PUblishing Company 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 332pp. Yellow cloth, gilt lettering to spiine. Spotting to upper portion of boards and top edges, book is otherwise clean and sound, inside and out, with no apparent wear, unclipped du...

The Queen: Her Life

Morton, Andrew · 2022

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York Grand Central 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 427pp. Blue boards, white spine backing, black lettering to spne. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Near Fine Near Fine

The King: The Life of Charles III

Andersen, Christopher · 2022

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York Gallery Books 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 468pp. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book is in clean, unused condition. As New As New

Saml. Pepys and the MInxes

Freeman, R.M. · 1939

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Wood Signed by Author(s) 288pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering lean andnearly unworn. to spine. Short tears to head of spine, otherwise clean and unworn, slight internal separation, no loose pages, former owner's name pencilled on front free endpap...

Sketches of the Life of William Stuart, the First and Most Celebrated Counterfeiter of Connecticut

Stuart, William · 1932

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New Milford, Connecticut Times Print Shop 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 171pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light edgewear, spint slightly darkened, dampstain to lower rear cover, text is clean and sound. A reprint of the first edition published in1854. Good No...

Mark Twain's Autobiography; With an Introduction by Albert Bgelow Paine - 2 Volumes in Slipcase

Twain, Mark · 1924

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York and London Harper & Brothers Eduard Manet 368, 365pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edges gilt, includes slipcase, frontispiece in both volumes. Both volumes in very good condition, publisher's spine lettering worn. Slipcase is moderately worn and damstained, bu...