Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Company, n.d. (circa 1880's). Reprint. Octavo (19cm); red decorative cloth, stamped in black and gilt; yellow patterned endpapers; 432pp. Spine sunned, heel and crown bumped; mild soiling and rubbing to boards. Textblock toned; hinges cracked at title page and throughout. Else Very Good..... More

Edinburgh: Wheeler, King & Co., n.d., ca. 1880s. First Edition. Uncommon oration by the highly prolific classical and Scottish Gaelic scholar. OCLC locates one copy in North America as of June, 2020, at Yale. Not in the NUC. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 16pp. Faint vertical fold, light toning and a hint..... More

Milwaukee: Verlag des "Vorwärts" 1899. First Thus. German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published in a series of articles in The Clarion. This edition has been adapted for a German-American readership. Wrapper issue. Octavo (21.75cm.); original red decorative wrappers; xxiv,188pp. Lacking rear wrapper, upper wrapper..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. First American Edition. Large octavo (24.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in drab printed dust jacket; viii,[2],64,[1]pp. A few short closed tears to top edge of rear jacket panel, jacket spine toned; Very Good. First published in England in 1929. Includes new Great War poems..... More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Reprint. Crown octavo. Green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; 452pp; frontispiece portrait. Spine a little darkened; ownership signature to front endpaper; Very Good. Later printing. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. First American Edition. Classic work on the sociology of rural villages and the changes wrought by advancing technology. Sturt (1863-1927) was a wheelwright by trade, and wrote from a rather unusual perspective - a sensitive, self-educated tradesman, documenting and eulogizing the passing of..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in green decorative dust jacket; [10],372,[2]pp. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Signed by the author on limitation page. More

Toronto: 21st Century Book, 1970. First Edition. Brathwaite, a Barbadian immigrant to Brixton and East London, describes his encounters with white racism, both direct and systemic, culminating in his radicalization and adoption of militant Black nationalism. Sequel to his "A Black British Soldier," published a year earlier. A remarkable account..... More

London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced £6.95 at base of front flap). The ninth novel featuring Brett's fictional detective Charles Paris. More

London: Gollancz, 1976. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. Brett's second novel and the second appearance of his fictional detective Charles Paris. An especially clean copy. More

London: National Minority Movement, 1928. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 66pp. Pencil marginalia throughout; minor aging to wrappers; stamp of the Labor Research Ass'n (New York) to front cover. Very Good. More

London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1898. First Edition. 12mo. Sewn pamphlet; original printed paper wrappers; 16pp. Slight chipping to wrapper edges; Very Good. A speech on foreign trade by a leading exponent of Gladstonian liberalism. More

London: Conservative Political Centre, 1966. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 14pp. Fine. On legal rights and responsibilities of British citizens below the age of majority. Brittan went on to serve as Home Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's government. More