New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth, lettered in yellow on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 245pp. Tight, clean, VG or better copy in the original dustwrapper, lightly soiled and edge-worn, with a few closed nicks and tears, Very Good. The acclaimed Welsh author's first..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, lettered in yellow on spine and front cover; 245pp. Corners bumped with brief exposure, spine a shade sunned, else Very Good, internally fine. The acclaimed Welsh author's first book, a story collection. Includes the proletarian..... More
Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1818. Octavo (22cm.); contemporary tree sheep, red gilt-lettered spine label; [2],ix,[10]-306pp. Boards scuffed with shallow biopredation to bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, textblock rather signficantly foxed, else Very Good and sound. Posthumously published collection of lectures by the British clergyman, better known a William Jones of..... More
[London: no imprint, n.d.]. 12mo. Printed stiff card wrappers; 7pp. Published as "Christian Left Pamphlet, No. 1." Signed in print at end of text, "Miss J. Jordan, 172 Russell Court, London." Mild cover soil; Very Good to Near Fine. A brief introduction to Christian Socialism, by a writer unknown to..... More
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1995. First Edition. An important contribution to 18th century economic history, in which the author demonstrates "that there was not only a symbiotic economic relationship between Russi and Great Britain, but also that Russia contributed greatly to Britain's industria revolution and its imperial strategic military and..... More
Oakland: Green Knight Publishing, 2001. Second Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper boards, stamped in gilt (spine), in color pictorial dustwrapper; 591pp. Dustwrapper shows mild wear, soiling and scuffing, with an abrasion/tear on front top edge; leading corners chipped; interiors clean and unmarked. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. First published in..... More
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New York: Berkley Books, 1985. Later edition. Octavo (17cm); pictorial paper wrappers; bright yellow edgestains; 341pp. Rear wrapper creased along lower corner; mild scuffs and wear, some bumps to extremities. Textblock edges have light scratches; top edge sunned, light toning to page margins; author signature on title page. Overall Very..... More
New York: International Publishers, [1954]. First Edition. Wrapper issue. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's yellow card wrappers lettered in red; vii,[3],99pp. Wrappers slightly worn and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Account of "the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa in the face of terrible repressions." More
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New York: International Publishers, [1954]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in yellow dust jacket (minor dust soiling) printed in red; vii,[3],99pp. Jacket spine a bit faded, else About Fine. Account of "the struggle for freedom throughout British colonial Africa in the face of terrible repressions." More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in red and grey dust jacket; [6],375pp.; pictorial endpapers. Jacket extremities rubbed and worn with a few shallow losses, some touching text without loss of meaing, spine faded. Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Forms..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1951]. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth-backed boards, black and blue pictorial dust jacket; [6],310pp. Jacket a bit shelf-worn with a couple short closed tears and tiny chips, none affecting text, jacket spine lettering toned; Fine in Very Good jacket. NCBEL III, p. 626..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First American Edition. Forms part of the author's novels following the Alard family saga, here set during the sixteenth century's Reformation persecutions of Roman Catholics in England. NCBEL III, p. 626. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket printed in green..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1920]. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original green cloth lettered and ruled in dark green; v,[1],393pp. Light edge wear, else Near Fine, albeit lacking dust jacket. A "study of the human toll of all-consuming ambition" (Mary R. Reichardt, Catholic Women Writers, p. 193). NCBEL..... More
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original blue pictorial cloth embossed in orange; 306pp.; frontispiece. Light rubbing to extremities, spine lettering partially perished, else Very Good. First published in Great Britain the same year as Three Against the World. NCBEL III, p. 625. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, (1944). Seventh edition. 12mo; red cloth boards; 286pp. Straigt, tight and unmarked with a bit of external wear; Very Good. A sound and attractive reading copy. A lively and diverting series of essays on Austen, by two of the leading English popular novelists of their..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in white dust jacket illustrated by the author, grey topstain; [2],xvii,[1],195pp.; map endpapers by the author. Minor wear to jacket and cloth extremities, corners gently bumped, spine a bit toned and lightly dampstained, else Very Good or better. Autobiography by..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1930]. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [8],328pp. Four rather large losses to extremities of jacket, including at spine ends and upper panel with loss of "MILY" in "FAMILY"; corners bumped, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good to..... More
[New York: Abrams, 1999]. First American Edition. Thick folio (31.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 613pp.; chiefly illus. Small tear towards top inch of upper jacket panel fore-edge, brief soil spot to rear panel, else Very Good or better. Selections from the Saatchi Gallery. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First American Edition. Posthumous collection of Kettle's writings on the Great War, including his major essay, "Why Ireland Fought." Kettle (1880-1916), reputedly considered by James Joyce to be his closest friend in Ireland (see David Pierce, Joyce and Company, Lon: 2006; p152), was hailed..... More
New York: B.W. Dodge, 1909. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm). Pictorial deep blue textured cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 360pp. Publisher's presentation copy, inscribed on front endpaper: "Best wishes of the publisher (see title page) and his wife / Xmas 1909." First issue, with gilt..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original printed wrappers in custom blue cloth double slipcase, gilt-lettered spine; xii,182,[2](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Wrappers chipped and worn along extremities with several shallow losses, not affecting text, contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper, spine quite darkened and cracked with..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First American Edition. Quarto (25.75cm.); original blue gilt-lettered cloth, top edge gilt; xi,[1],99pp.; color illus. throughout. Extremities slightly rubbed, cloth sunned along spine and fore-edges, else Very Good and sound. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original grey blind-ruled cloth lettered in gilt, color plate mounted to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut; [6],80pp.; color frontispiece, 14 tissue-guarded plates. Cloth a bit soiled, extremities toned, light rubbing to spine ends, else Very Good..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. New Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in grey dust jacket, color plate mounted to upper panel, top edge gilt; vi,[2],60,73pp.; color frontispiece, 26 plates. A hint of shelf-wear to jacket extremities, spine a bit faded, else Very Good and sound. Contemporary gift inscription..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., n.d. [circa early 1900s]. Reprint. Octavo (18.5cm); red diagonally ribbed publisher's cloth, titles stamped in gilt; xxvi,268pp,frontispiece. AEG; spine sunned, bumping to crown and heel; boards mildly soiled and rubbed; ffeps partially sprung, with gift inscription on first ffep. Light foxing and soiling throughout..... More
