Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Little Dorrit

Dickens, Charles · 1857

$236.00 (€214.12 | £178.60 | ¥37,691)

Whitefriars, London, Bradbury & Evans, Printers, 1857. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Little Dorrit was originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857, and this is the first edition bound thus in book form. Amy Dorrit is the youngest child ...

The Couture Accessory

Rennolds Milbank, Caroline · 2002

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 2" in the "number" line denotes that this is a second printing of the First Edition, and in superior condition inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips...

Darkness of Evil: A Karen Vail Novel

Jacobson, Alan · 2017

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Tualatin, Oregon, Norwood Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies in this state and condition available on-line currently. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present...

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories, Volume One, Volume Two

L'Amour, Louis · 2003

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Bantam, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcovers, clean, unmarked, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, not price-clipped. Volume One (2003, stated 12th printing of the First Edition, ...

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories, Volume Seven

L'Amour, Louis · 2009

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Bantam, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, some rear panel wear and a short, closed tear there, but not pric...

The Quest for Theseus

Ward, Anne, W.R. Connor, Ruth B. Edwards and Simon Tidworth · 1970

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, Praeger Publishers, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clean of interior, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Gilt-stamp...

The Demes of Attica: 508/7-Ca. 250 B.C. : A Political and Social Study

Whitehead, David · 1986

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A magnificently well-researched nad attractively presented historical study that updates the then definitive study of such from 1884 by Haussoullier. Fine-looking, stru...

Thucydides on the Nature of Power

Woodhead, A. Geoffrey · 1970

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oberlin College, by Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean but for previous owner's ink-stamp inside front flap, lightly toned at worst,...

Nero: Reality and Legend

Warmington, B.H. · 1969

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

London, England, Chatto & Windus, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Ancient Culture and Society series. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, blue cloth over boards, generally clean, unmarked interior, li...

The Tragedies of Euripides

Webster, T.B.L. · 1967

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

London, England, Methuen & Co., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyon...

The Peloponnesian War Book I-II, Ch. 65

Thucydides; Rex Warner, translator · 1993

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Bristol, England, Bristol Classical Press, 1993. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Toning to front cover of the lamin...

An Inquiry, Whether Crime and Misery Are Produced or Prevented, by Our Present System of Prison Discipline. Illustrated by Descriptions of the Borough Compter, Totbill Fields. The Jails at St. Albans, and at Guildford. The Jail at Bury. The Maison de Force at Ghent. The Philadelphia Prison. The Penitentiary at Millbank. And the Proceedings of the Ladies' Committee at Newgate

Buxton, Thomas Fowell · 1818

$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.49 | ¥35,135)

London, Printed for John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill; Butterworth and Sons, Fleet Street; and John Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Particularly nice-looking exemplar of a truly scarce item in the trade, only being available in a sma...

My Name Is Resolute

Turner, Nancy E. · 2014

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the exterior, bright interior, unmarked, but a short range of waffly pages at book's...

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

Hillerman, Tony, ed.; Otto Penzler, series editor · 2000

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny printed wrapper. Edited by Tony Hillerman, a fine collection of nearly...

The Jews of East Central Europe between the World Wars

Mendelsohn, Ezra · 1984

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1984. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent second printing of this fine social history, the copyright page saying "2" and lowest number of date being "1984." Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover,...

Valhalla Rising: A Dirk Pitt Novel

Cussler, Clive · 2001

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Gray paper over boards, green cloth-backed, sharp and distinct lettering to spine, "CC" in a gold-stamped border. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but along top edge. ...

The Spy: An Isaac Bell Adventure

Cussler, Clive and Justin Scott · 2010

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brilliant red paper over boards, red cloth-backed, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but along top edge. A solid reading copy of yet another fi...

Winter of the World

Follett, Ken · 2012

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, E.P. Dutton, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Massively heavy, oversized volume, a big, fat, sprawling novel in Imperial octavo hardcover format. Another stellar novel of historical fiction by the author of Pillars of the Earth, the novel of ...

Fall of Giants

Follett, Ken · 2010

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, E.P. Dutton, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Massively heavy, oversized volume, a big, fat, sprawling novel in Imperial octavo hardcover format. Another stellar novel of historical fiction by the author of Pillars of the Earth, the novel of ...

The Living

Dillard, Annie · 1992

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A sturdy condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, though with slight dampstaining along bottom edge for a ...