Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Life and Work of Kate Greenaway

Spielman, M.H. and G.S. Layard · 1986

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, Bracken Books, 1986. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 1986 reprint of the original 1905 First Edition, this edition being in facsimile. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, mostly at endpape...

Laien-Buddhismus in China: Das Lung Shu Ching T'u Wen Des Wang Jih Hsiu Aus Dem Chinesischen Ubersetzt, Erlautert Und Beurteilt

Hackmann, H. · 1924

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Gotha / Stuttgart, Germany, Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1924. First Edition. . . German language throughout, a fine and accessible study of ancient China and Buddhism. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Illustrated, printe black and ...

The Dyaloge Called Funus: A Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1534); a Very Pleasant & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure: Gerard's Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1545)

Erasmus; Robert R. Allen, ed. · 1969

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, Illinois, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Because of the presence of the original publisher's glassine dust wrapper, this examplar of the First Edition Thus is particu...

The Renaissance of Wonder in Children's Literature

Lochhead, Marion · 1977

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Edinburgh, Scotland, Canongate Publishing, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, and augmented greatly by the illustrations of James Hutcheson. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, ligh...

The Story of Lucky Strike

Flannagan, Roy C. · 1938

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Richmond, Virginia, Self-published, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. An effective hagiography of tobacco farming and the presence of the Lucky Strike Corporation at a recent World's Fair, complete with plentiful duotone illustrations of the entire pro...

The Challenge of the Green Knight

Serraillier, Ian · 1967

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Henry ZX. Walck, Incorporated, 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. Green cloth over boards, sharp and distinct letteri...

A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter: Including Unpublished Work

Linder, Leslie · 1971

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1971. . 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, protected by a pla...

Chaucer and the Medieval Book

Boyd, Beverly · 1973

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

San Marino, California, The Huntington Library, 1973. 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. Bound handsomely in teal linen cloth, with b...

Asien Als Erzieher

Cohen-Portheim, Paul · 1920

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Leipzig, Germany, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound handsomely in the original title-blocked, decorated yellow paper over boards with dark blue l...

A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter: Including Unpublished Work

Linder, Leslie, ed. · 1971

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Comprised of several score letters written to family members and friends, "Picture letters" and "Miniature letters," published books and articles, painting books, fairy tales and others, a ...

The Navajo Blanket

Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and Anthony Berlant · 1972

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Praeger Publishing Company, in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine exhibition catalog from a show sponsored at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated with about 100 full c...

The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume IX, Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift

Ward, A.W. and A.R. Waller · 1939

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1939. 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, pro...

Le Vie Della Liberta

Dos Passos, John · 1948

$21.60 (€19.60 | £16.35 | ¥3,449)

Verona, Italy, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1948. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Prefazione di Giorgio Monicelli, being the First Edition Thus, an Italian language John Dos Passos novel. Simple printed, pictorial dust wrapper, complete but front flap det...

Winnie Ille Pu

A.A. Milnei (A.A. Milne); Translated by Alexandro Lenardo · 1962

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Sumptibus Duttonis, 1962. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. The title page continues: Liber Celeberrimus Omnibus Fere Pueris Puellisque Notus Nunc Primum De Anglico Sermone in Latinum Conversus Auctore Alexandr lenardo. Not many beloved children's boo...

Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Second Quarto 1604

Shakespeare, William; Oscar James Campbell, ed. · 1938

$25.60 (€23.23 | £19.38 | ¥4,088)

San Marino, California, Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This volume contains a collotype reprint of the so-called Devonshire copy of the second quarto of Hamlet, now in the Huntington Library. Sturdy, attractive, tigh...

Old Plate, Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic; Its Makers and Marks

Buck, J.H. · 1888

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

, Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine, readable and in-depth study of makers (including their marks) of ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic plate from all over the world. Special focus on the United States, especia...

A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets

Menzel, Donald H. · 1964

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine addition to the Petersen Field Guide series. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in green cloth over boards, black illustr...

The History of Our World Beyond the Wave

Klein, R.E. · 1998

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author to the previous owner, the bookman, Robert R. Allen, inscribed in pen at the first free endpaper. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, gene...

Virginia Woolf

Nicolson, Nigel · 2000

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, A Lipper / Viking Book, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. 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. Firs...

Conversation Piece: A Romantic Comedy

Coward, Noel · 1934

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Dust wrapper is present, not price-clipped, protected by Brodart, but dampstained along edges, soiled a bit and ...