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Great Tales of the American West (Modern Library #238. 1)

MAULE, HARRY E. (EDITOR) · 1946 · Bluebird Books

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1946]. Hardcover. A collection of 18 exciting stories from the Old West by noted authors such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain and Zane Grey in this Modern Library edition. Edited, and with an introduction by Harry E. Maule. Jacket featur…

The Poems of Robert Frost, with an Introductory Essay "the Constant Symbol" by the Author (Modern Library #242. 1)

FROST, ROBERT · 1955 · Bluebird Books

$24.50 (€22.23 | £18.54 | ¥3,913)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1955]. Hardcover. A Modern Library hardcover edition in jacket offering 230 of Robert Frost's poems, chosen for this volume by Mr. Frost and including his 'personal credo' in essay form, "The Constant Symbol". --- In Toledano spine…

Thomas Jones and His Nine Lives

WATKIN, LAWRENCE E. (TEXT); HOLLAND, JANICE (ILLUSTRATIONS) · 1941 · Bluebird Books

$55.50 (€50.35 | £42.00 | ¥8,864)

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of this charming children's story about a young girl named "Sister" and her big black cat. Per the jacket flap, Thomas the cat had several ".appalling adventures in which he lost eight of his …

The Late George Apley: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (Modern Library #182. 2)

MARQUAND, JOHN P. · 1948 · Bluebird Books

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.97 | ¥2,316)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1948]. Hardcover. The author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in a Modern Library reprint edition. With a new introduction by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red top…

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise. Truisms and essays

Jenny Holzer 49628 · 1983 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€495.00 ($545.59 | £412.90 | ¥87,134)

The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1983, Paperback, 156, Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist, whose work focuses on the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on …

Our Village in Two Volumes

Mary Russell Mitford · 1853 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Boston, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Leather. An insightful collection of social and cultural illustrated literary sketches, in half calf and marbled boards. A charming collection of literary skteches from English essayist, novelist, poet and dramatist Mary Russell Mitford. …

Collection Des Goncourt Dessins Aquarelle Et Pastels Du XVIII Siã¨Cle

Anon · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

Paris, May & Motteroz, 1897. Paperback. The 1897 auction catalogue of Edmond de Goncourt. Edmond de Goncourt , 1822 – 1896, was a French writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. He bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of…

Aristotle's Politics: In the Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation; (Modern Library #228. 1)

ARISTOTLE · 1944 · Bluebird Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1944]. Hardcover. The essential tenets of the science and art of government are described by the famous philosopher of ancient Greece. In this work Aristotle presents his basic principles of order in society in 8 books, each subdiv…

The Complete Writings of Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, (with Fold-out Color Map); (Modern Library #58. 2)

THUCYDIDES · 1944 · Bluebird Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1944]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of the famed account of the 5th and 4th Century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens. With an introduction by Joseph Gavorse, in an unabridged translation from the Greek by Richard Crawley. …

The War in Outline, 1914-1918; (Modern Library #16. 2)

HART, LIDDELL · 1942 · Bluebird Books

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,229)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1942]. Hardcover. British military historian Liddell Hart's acclaimed summation of World War I in a Modern Library reprint edition. The author provides insight into the looming Second World War as well. With a brief biographical no…

Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Milton; (Modern Library #132. 3)

MILTON, JOHN · 1959 · Bluebird Books

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1959-60]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting of all of the poetry and some of the more important prose works by the noted 17th Century British poet and advocate of free speech and freedom of the press. Includes "Paradis…

The Best American Humorous Short Stories, an Anthology; (Modern Library #87. 1)

JESSUP, ALEXANDER (EDITOR) · 1962 · Bluebird Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. A collection of 18 humorous stories by noted American authors such as Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henry in a Modern Library edition. These stories first appeared between the years 1839 and 1914 and were fol…

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume One: The Birth of Britain, Vol. Two: The New World, Vol. Three: The Age of Revolution, Vol. Four: The Great Democracies; (4 Volume Set in Shared Slipcase)

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. · 1990 · Bluebird Books

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.60 | ¥14,054)

New York: Dorset Press, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0880294272. A 1990 reprint edition of the complete set of Sir Winston Churchill's definitive history of Britain and her language-sharing offspring. Originally published in the U.S. by Dodd, Mead & Co. between the years of 1956 and 1…

Numero Marion Bataille

Bataille, Marion · 2013 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2013 pictorial cardboard in stiff paper slipcase, 24 pages, slight sunfading, 11 x 17 cm. *good condition. ISBN 9781452125855. Synopsis: From the imaginative designer behind the bestselling alphabet book ABC 3D, this visually dazzling explorati…

40 by Studio Piet Boon

Studio Piet Boon , Herbert Ypma 27696 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

Terra, Hardback, 500, Pioneering for forty years in an industry where long-term success is rare, Studio Piet Boon stands as a beacon of innovation and excellence. This book serves as a testament to their accomplishments, featuring 40 design ideas. It is complete with mesmerizing…

Painting Book, A.

GREENAWAY, Kate · 1884 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1884. Rare Variant Issue GREENAWAY, Kate. A Painting Book. With Outlines from her Various Works for Girls & Boys to Paint. London: George Routledge & Sons, [n.d.1884]. Later edition, a rare variant unrecorded in Schuster and Engen. Octavo (9 x 6 …

The Decameron (Two Volumes, Complete)

BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI · 1925 · Round Table Books, LLC

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1925. 0688064345. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0688064345. Illustrated by Clara Tice. Limited edition, signed by the publisher on the Limitation Page (this is number 1,753 of only 2,000). Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on…

Siân Bowen and Nova Zembla: Suspending the Ephemeral

Bowen, Sian · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

RGAP 150, illus. 195x250mm. HB. Vg in d/w (short tear to edge of d/w).. This book contextualizes the new body of drawings, artist books and video works made by Siân Bowen over a two-year period working as Guest Artist in Drawing at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The Nova Zembla collecti…

A History of British Birds. Vol. I-VI [with] A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. Vol. I-III

Morris, F.O. · 1857 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£3,000.00 (€3,596.50 | $3,964.08 | ¥633,089)

Groombridge and Sons London , 358 + 225 col plates. . HB. 9 vols, roy. 8vo, uniformally and finely bound in cont. full calf by J.O. Sandford, Shrewsbury, double-ruled gilt borders, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments and leather title pieces, marbled endpapers …

Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany (First Edition, Two Volumes, Complete)

PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH · 1789 · Round Table Books, LLC

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Two 8vo. Volumes. First Edition. Contemporary tree calf, the spines with gilt ruled bands and a red morocco label gilt tooled and lettered. A first edition of an importand literary work by one of the f…