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First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (18s price intact). Published by Macmmillan, 1956. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends and light offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and spine darkening. A very good copy of this philosophical discussion by A. J. Ayer. 258 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

First edition stated. Hard-cover, Die Schweiz und die Fluechtlinge 1933-45German text, near fine/VG DJ Free of any markings and no writing. Minor shelf-wear. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

The uncommon first edition of A M Burrage's collection of posthumously published tales of suspense and the supernatural. The uncommon first edition, first impression. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. An impressive collection of fourteen posthumously published short stories, including 'The Oak Saplings', 'The Green Scarf', and 'One Who Saw'. In his lifetime Burrage was best known for fiction for boys, but subsequently he has become better known for his ghost stories. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Age toned adhesive tape running the length of the dust wrapper head and tail. Small loss to back strip tail, with closed tear and two minor chips to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine.

Limited, numbered first edition of 1000 copies, this being copy 933, signed by Lloyd Reynold. Covers show some light soiling and very mild waviness. Interior is clean and unmarked. ix + 86 pages. 12 x 12 inches. A tribute to the master-calligrapher and Reed College professor, Lloyd J. Reynolds (1902-1978), with contributions from an exceptional array of calligraphers, poets, artists, and scholars, including Alfred Fairbank, Gary Snyder, John Cage, William Stafford, James Dickey, Philip Whalen, Lew Welch, Mary Barnard, Edward Catich, Raymond DaBoll, Jaki Svaren, William Dickey, Lou Harrison, Carolyn Kizer, Lucien Stryk, Vern Rutsala, and Jonathan Williams. Preface by Philip Whalen, who helped originate this volume along with the Reed senior (and author of the introduction), Mark Loeb. Additional contributors include: Jacob Avshalomov, Lois Baker, Arnold Bank, Ben Barzman, Yvonne Bianco, Robert Boardwell, Frank Paul Bowman, Bong Wai Chen, V.L.O. Chittick, Curtiss Cowan, Robert D. Crowley, Dorothy Dehn, Mark DeVoto, Jesse Green, Anne Gregory, Erik Gronborg, Kenneth O. Hanson, James Hayes, Jenny Hunter, Dell Hymes, Manuel Izquierdo, Frank Jones, Charles Leong, Mark Loeb, Sister Loyola Mary, Byron J. MacDonald, Edward Martin, James McGarrell, Monica Moseley-Pincus, Phiz Mozesson, Charles Munch, Maury Nemoy, Norman Paasche, Cindy Parker, Alton Pickens, David Ray, M.C. (Mary Caroline) Richards, Robert Ross, Sister Grace Taylor, Joshua C. Taylor, Ralph James Turner, and Clyde Van Cleve.

First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (18s price intact). Published by Macmmillan, 1956. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends and light offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and spine darkening. A very good copy of this philosophical discussion by A. J. Ayer. 258 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

8vo., 330pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this uncommon earlier Crime Club titlePublished by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK earlier the same year. Bound in black cloth with titles in red on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting to gutters. No interior toning or foxing. Some softness to spine ends and a small, gentle bump to the top rear board. Still well preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has a couple of tiny chips to the spine ends. Some rubbing to hinges and a couple of short closed edge-tears. Tiny tape mend on the reverse. Still bright and fresh and scarce in any condition. A very pretty collectable copy. (Hubin, p.278).

An attractive example of Arthur A. Stevens's record of 'thirty-three years with three famous book-houses, and some account of noted books'. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further plates. Collated, complete. A fascinating autobiographical work in which self-identified 'bookman' Alfred Arthur Stevens describes his knowledge about books, gained from working in 'three famous book-houses'. Chapters discuss 'public men and their love of books', 'American bookmen and the lure of the first edition', and 'English literature in Japan'. Loosely inserted is an undated two leaf letter from Mabel of Manchester to her close friend May, inviting her to come and visit. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with small ink marks to head of rear wrap. Two small closed tears to dust wrapper back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed.

Hardcover with DJ. 1ST EDITION. INCLUDES A TYPED SIGNED LETTER (dated March 23, 1966) TO PREVIOUS OWNER BY ALFRED KNOPF. Dust jacket shows very minor shelving wear...slight shelving tan on spine, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; A three volume set of first edition books published by Museum Press of Sir Alfred Munnings, President of the Royal Academy 1944-1949. No names or soil within, volume II has a light crease on the front board but text is fine. All books are well bound and clean. B/w line illustrated endpapers in all vols, hinge papers fine, bright gilt titles on red cloth. Volume I: An Artists Life, published 1950 in photo-reprod dj with slight loss at tips and spine ends. Volume II: The Second burst, published 1951 in photo-reprod dj with loss at head taking most of the title on backstrip of dj. Volume III: The Finish in original dj with loss at head published 1952. A complete set with over 180 illustrations by the author.

Hardcover with DJ. 1ST EDITION. INCLUDES A TYPED SIGNED LETTER (dated March 23, 1966) TO PREVIOUS OWNER BY ALFRED KNOPF. Dust jacket shows very minor shelving wear...slight shelving tan on spine, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!