Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Literary Career of James Boswell, Esq.

POTTLE, Frederick Albert · 1929

$76.00 (€68.96 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Oxford, England, Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. unopened top and soem fore-edges show that this fine exemplar has not been read or even used. Bound in black cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Simple printed ...

The Circus from Rome to Ringling

May, Earl Chapin · 1932

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

New York, Duffield and Green, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A fine and compelling "inside story" of life in the circus by a man born into it; raised by a father in the circus. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and s...

An Iceland Fisherman

Loti, Pierre; Guy Endore, translator · 1957

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

, The Limited Editions Club, 1957. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Translated from the original French of Pierre Loti by Guy Endore and with gorgeous illustrations by Joe Mugnaini. Bound handsomely in decorated paper over boards, light-blue leather-bac...

The $300 Man

Sanford, John · 1967

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by "John Sanford," being the name of the protagonist of the novel published in 1933 in The Water Wheel, by Julian L. Shapiro, and Shapiro took on the pseudonym then and...

Mr. Nicholas

Hyde, Thomas · 1953

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. . 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 ...

In a Fast Coach with a Pretty Woman: Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson

Gross, Gloria Sybil · 2001

$156.00 (€141.54 | £118.09 | ¥24,911)

New York, AMS Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Another fine addition to the series, AMS Studies in the Eighteenth Century. Volume contains sc...

From Journey's End to Hardscrabble: A Guide Tour of the Cemeteries and Burying-Grounds of Chesterfield, New Hampshire

The Cemeteries Committee of The Chesterfield Historical Society · 1982

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Chesterfield, New Hampshire, The Cemeteries Committee of The Chesterfield Historical Society, 1982. Second Printing. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of simple printed covers, tape-residue along spine, revealing st...

Master Prints of Japan: Ukiyo-E Hanga

Harold P. Stern · 1969

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of glossy pictorial covers, in gate-fold, even less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, us...

A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure, Gerrard's Translation of Erasmus's Colloguy: Text and Commentary

Allen, Robert Randolph · 1963

$68.00 (€61.70 | £51.47 | ¥10,859)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University , 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen, the author, being his Master's Thesis, as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted ...

Animals and Men: Studies in Comparative Psychology

David Katz · 1937

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Longmans, Green & Co, 1937. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. No edition stated, but the First Edition was published in 1937, and no additional editions are stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at wo...

Here We Are Again Reflections of an Old Circus Clown

Sherwood, Robert Edmund · 1926

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Indianapolis, Indiana, Bobbs Merrill, 1926. 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 in red cloth, bumping to spine head and foot, ru...

The Lost Upland

Merwin, W.S. · 1992

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, a collection of three stories, "Fois Gras," "Shepherds," and "Blackbird Summer." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at w...

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

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Chicago, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, the working copy of the editor, and from the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen a...

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; Allen, Robert R., ed. · 1969

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Chicago, Illinois, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, unmarked, bright interior, minimal rubbing to extremitie...

King Panto: The Story of Pantomime

Wilson, A.E. · 1935

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fascinating account of this English musical comedy style and the performers who did it proud; social history of the art form. 37 plates. The author, A.E. Wilson, was the drama critic of the London...

Freedom Road

Fast, Howard · 1944

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Book Find Club, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A novel from American author Howard Fast set in The South during The Reconstruction Period post-Civil War, a novel of voting and race relations. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover fo...

The Queen's English: A Manual of Idiom and Usage

Alford, Henry · 1900

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, England, George Bell and Sons, 1900. Reprint of the Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Stated reprint of the seventh edition of this uber-popular The author was then the Dean of Canterbury. Short hardcover format, blue cloth over boards, black and red lett...

The Freer Gallery of Art II Japan

1981

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Washington, D.C., Kodansha Ltd., for the Freer Gallery of Art, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, folio format ...

Haiku Painting

Zolbrod, Leon M. · 1983

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, bound in a big, tall, folio format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, bright an...

Travels in the Congo

Gide, Andre · 1937

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Red Seal Books, by Modern Age Books, 1937. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Andre Gide first published his account of his travels throughout Equatorial Africa in 1927, 1928 under the titles Voyage au Congo and Le Retour du Tchad. A rare and wonder...