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The Old Wives' Tale (Modern Library #184. 1)
BENNETT, ARNOLD · 1945 · Bluebird Books
$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.24 | ¥2,795)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1945]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Arnold Bennett's novel, which traces the lives of two sisters, from childhood to old age. "The Old Wives' Tale" was first published in 1908, and ranks #87 on the Modern Library …
Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys' Diary) (Modern Library #103. 1)
PEPYS, SAMUEL · 1954 · Bluebird Books
$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1954]. Hardcover. The diary of Englishman Samuel Pepys was begun in 1660 and has been described as Britain's most celebrated diary. From the jacket cover: "Intelligently condensed into one volume and with an introduction by Richard…
The Portrait of a Lady (Modern Library #107. 3)
JAMES, HENRY · 1949 · Bluebird Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1949]. Hardcover. A Modern Library hardcover reprint edition in jacket of the highly regarded novel by Henry James which first appeared in serial form in 1880-1881. The story is centered around an independent-minded American heires…
Linotype Matrix - Volume II No. 3, Spring 1949. "A Journal Published from Time to Time by Linotype and Machinery Limited"
Linotype and Machinery Ltd. · 1949 · Bailgate Books Ltd
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
Journal Linotype and Machinery Ltd. London, 1949. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Staple bound journal or paper. Page size 44cm by 27cm, 8 pages. Journal has been stored folded and all pages have resulting horizontal creases. Folds are a little worn…
The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, The Library, Fifth Series, Volume XII, Number 2, June 1967
edited by R J Roberts · 1967 · Bailgate Books Ltd
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
The Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Contributors include: Leicester Bradner; Julia G Ebel; Arthur Freeman; T J D Allott; J A Lavin; Giles Barber; A T Tolley. Contents include: Musae Anglicanae - A Supplemental List; A …
Le Morte D'Arthur: The Story of King Arthur & of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, First Printed by Wm Caxton, Now Modernized, As to Spelling and Punctuation, by A.W. Pollard
MALORY, SIR THOMAS · 1955 · Round Table Books, LLC
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)
NY: The Heritage Press, 1955. Limited Edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Quarter bound in publisher's navy blue cloth over decorated boards. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Gibbings designed nearly one hundred wood blocks, to…
Le Morte Darthur: The Story of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table
MALORY, SIR THOMAS · 1955 · Round Table Books, LLC
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)
NY: The Heritage Press, 1955. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Quarter bound in publisher's navy blue cloth over printed boards, gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with B&W woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. This edition was ori…
New Voices in the American Theatre (Modern Library #258. 3)
ATKINSON, BROOKS (FOREWORD) · 1962 · Bluebird Books
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering six plays which debuted in the late 1940s-early 1950s and gained widespread popularity. The collection includes: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; Death of a Salesma…
The Rigger's Locker : Tools, Tips and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
TOSS, BRION · 1992 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$129.95 (€117.90 | £98.35 | ¥20,754)
USA: International Marine/McGraw-Hill Trade, 1992. First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0877429618. Illustrated by Shetterly, Rob. 210 pages including index. "An all-new collection of useful ideas, undeservedly obscure knots and splices, and tips on everything from working safely al…
The Philosophy of William James: Selected from His Chief Works (Modern Library #114. 1)
JAMES, WILLIAM · 1945 · Bluebird Books
$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1945]. Hardcover. Selections from the principal works of William James (1842-1910), the prominent American philosopher. Selected by, and with a preface and lengthy introduction by Horace M. Kallen, and with appendix at rear of volu…
The Big Divide
LAVENDER, DAVID · 1949 · Bluebird Books
$41.50 (€37.65 | £31.41 | ¥6,628)
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949. Hardcover. David Lavender's second published non-fiction work is a story of the people and places in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming along the Continental Divide. In a series of essays, the auth…
The Praise of Folly (Modern Library #331. 1)
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS · 1962 · Bluebird Books
$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.97 | ¥2,316)
New York: The Modern Library, [c.1962]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated first printing, in an undated copy. Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch theologian who wrote in Latin. This work is one of his most admired series of essays, presented in a Modern Library editio…
Representative Painters of the Xixth Century
Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers) · 1899 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London & New York, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and richly illustrated history of painters of the 1800s, including the likes of Constable, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Turner. Written by Nancy Bell (1844-1933), a British translator and a…
The Daisy: Or, Cautionary Stories in Verse. Adapted to the Ideas of Children from Four to Eight Years Old
1899 · Rooke Books
£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)
London, Printed for J Harris [The Leadenhall Press], 1899. Hardback. The uncommon facsimile edition on original text block of this anthology of children's verses from the Leadenhall Press. An uncommon copy of this little children's book, containing a series of cautiona…
The Masters of Wood-Engraving
W. J. Linton · 1889 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
New Haven; London, For the Author, B. F. Stevens, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition study of the history of wood-engraving and its most important practitioners, beautifully illustrated throughout with examples of the art form. The first edition of this limit…
The Common Book of Prayer with Hymns Ancient and Modern for Use in the Services of the Church
0 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Eyre & Spottiswood; William Clowes and Sons, c1920 . Hardback. A lovely leatherette bound two volume set of Hymns and Common Prayer books, in a leatherette slipcase. A lovely set of two volumes.In a black leatherette binding, with gilt to for edges. In a lovely black lea…
The Unfortunate Traveller
Thomas Nash · 1930 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London , The Verona Society , 1930. Cloth. An illustrated re-print of the adventurous and enthralling novel The Unfortunate Traveller. This is a reprinted copy of Thomas Nash's novel The Unfortunate Traveller: Or the Life of Jack Wilton first published in 1594. The text has…
The Birth of Britain: A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume 1
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S · 1956 · Bluebird Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. BCE. Hardcover. An American book club edition. Sir Winston Churchill's definitive history of Britain and her language-sharing offspring was begun in the 1930s but had to be delayed until the 1950s as the author was fully engaged in his dutie…
The Tragedies of Shakespeare in Two Volumes, Volumes One and Two; (Modern Library #2. 7 & 3. 6)
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. · 1960 · Bluebird Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1960 & 1961]. Hardcover. A complete Modern Library 2-volume hardcover set, presenting all 13 of Shakespeare's tragedies. These are two of six volumes of Shakespeare's complete works, as published by the Modern Library. Complete and…
The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being a Collection of Essays Written in Support of the Constitution Agreed Upon September 17, 1787, by the Federal Convention; (Modern Library #139. 3)
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER; JAY, JOHN; MADISON, JAMES · 1945 · Bluebird Books
$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1945]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition offering the text of the "The Federalist" papers; a series of 85 essays by American founders Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison. The Federalist was influential in persu…