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First edition; 206 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Two volumes. First edition, 1965. 8vos, cloth hardcovers in slipcase, 297 + 301 pp., illustrated in b & w. Books are Fine, pages are clean and unmarked and cloth is bright. Dust jackets are Near Fine, with light tanning to spines. Very small closed tear to Vol. I, corner where rear panel meets flap. Faint edgewear to front flap on Vol. II, including mild rubbing to corner where front panel meets flap. Slipcase is Very Good+, with mild rubbing to edges and top, and mild edgewear to title label.

First Edition. Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, London, 1930 1st Edition. Large 4to. Numerous full page plates, some in colour. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. Faint stain to back board. Light tanning to ep's. Binding firm, text and images bright. Heavy item which may require additional postage. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.

1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xii & 153 & vi pp. Some shelf wear, heavy chipping & tearing, and extreme toning to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Pages moderately toned. Penciled margin notes to text. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Economics & Business History).

First edition; 206 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

First edition. Illustrated. Bookplate of Yale art historian Theodore Sizer & Caroline Foster Sizer (with a small remnant of dust jacket stuck to the edge). Corners and spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed, boards with modest edgewear, very good in an about very good dust jacket with a few chips and tears to the spine and along the edges, and modest tanning to the spine and extremities. Issued as a holiday gift by Geo. A. Zabriskie with "Mr Sizer" addressed in an unknown hand at the top of a printed greeting. Contributions by John Masefield, Alfred Noyes, William H. Davies, Wm. Henry Drummond, Walter de la Mare and more.

First Edition. Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, London, 1930 1st Edition. Large 4to. Numerous full page plates, some in colour. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. Faint stain to back board. Light tanning to ep's. Binding firm, text and images bright. Heavy item which may require additional postage. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.

Pub by Henry Carey Baird, 1872, NAP, presumed 1st Edition. NOT exLib. Good cond. hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth over bds, all lettering faded to nothing. heavy exterior wear. Front hinge starting but holding. Textblock clean, sound & VG+ cond. Illus in b&w. 495pp + 23pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall Good cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Rear hinge cracked. Writing inside. (Vintage Mystery and Adventure)

1st Edition. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Folio with 537 pages. The book is in good condition with some slight bumping to the covers edges and foxing to the top pages edges. There is some foxing to the front title page and several pages in the back (pages 528 to the back pastedown). The interior is tight. The spine is sage/black.

First edition. Two volumes. 12mo. 297; 301pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Fine in very good dust jackets with toned spines, and a small tear on both volumes tape mended on the verso and housed in an about very good cardboard slipcase with several large chips mostly on the spine and top edge. Typophiles Chap Books 42. One of 2000 copies.

Light blue decorated cloth with titles and decorations in white and black; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear with some hand-soiling. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates. 7.5 inches tall; [6], 189 pages, followed by 4 pages of publisher's adverts. First Edition in novel form. This novel is an adaption founded on the popular play of the same title produced under the management of Wm. A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer. A Gentleman from Mississippi is a 1908 comedic play by Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. It was popular when released, debuting on Broadway on September 28, 1908, and playing for 407 performances at the Bijou Theatre, and on the roof garden of the New Amsterdam Theatre during the summer of 1909. Douglas Fairbanks played the leading role of Bud Haines. The play was also made into a silent film in 1914, where Wise reprised his role, and a young Evelyn Brent was also in the cast. A plan to make another film based on the play in 1936 was never completed.

Two volumes. First edition, 1965. 8vos, cloth hardcovers in slipcase, 297 + 301 pp., illustrated in b & w. Books are Fine, pages are clean and unmarked and cloth is bright. Dust jackets are Near Fine, with light tanning to spines. Very small closed tear to Vol. I, corner where rear panel meets flap. Faint edgewear to front flap on Vol. II, including mild rubbing to corner where front panel meets flap. Slipcase is Very Good+, with mild rubbing to edges and top, and mild edgewear to title label.

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Nice first printing abridgement by Readers Union for sale to its members only in 1955, previously published by Museum Press, London in three vols. No names, closed tears or soil seen in the fine 261pp text. Only one micro chip out of half title page fore edge. Original orange/cream printed dust wrapper is unclipped, darkened on spine, shows short chips on spine ends and a 1" bit of cello tape over a like sized claw scratch in the frt gutter/spine corner of dj and mylar. Autobiography of Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (8 October 1878-17 July 1959), who was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism (when inebriated), also past president of the Royal Academy. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund, he earned several prestigious commissions after the Great War that made him wealthy.

Hardbound, no dust jacket. Limited 1st edition. #116/2500. Boards show fading & minor bumps & wear, otherwise very good.

Signed and numbered [55/285] first edition, which is also inscribed by Manhood on the ffep. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, nude pictorial on front cover. Cloth shows light soiling. A tad bit of foxing; minor soiling on endmatter. 20 leaves. Dust jacket has small chips at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed and made by The Garden city Press, Letchworth. A warped little story by Harold Alfred Manhood (1904-1991) about a randy, young man in Dublin, his uncle's printing shop, a bucket of prawns, and a mysterious room decorated with lusty tapestries which contains a hideous girl holding a revolver.

1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xii & 153 & vi pp. Some shelf wear, heavy chipping & tearing, and extreme toning to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Pages moderately toned. Penciled margin notes to text. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Economics & Business History).

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 59. Original publishers brown cloth over papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine with gilt decoration on the front cover. Privately printed". Printing done at the Plimption press. Articles by Carl Van Vechten, Pendleton Dudley, B.W. Huebsch, John Hersy, W.A. Dwiggins, H.L. Mencken. 250 copies for presentation only Clean, very good.

First edition. Illustrated. Bookplate of Yale art historian Theodore Sizer & Caroline Foster Sizer (with a small remnant of dust jacket stuck to the edge). Corners and spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed, boards with modest edgewear, very good in an about very good dust jacket with a few chips and tears to the spine and along the edges, and modest tanning to the spine and extremities. Issued as a holiday gift by Geo. A. Zabriskie with "Mr Sizer" addressed in an unknown hand at the top of a printed greeting. Contributions by John Masefield, Alfred Noyes, William H. Davies, Wm. Henry Drummond, Walter de la Mare and more.

Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration. Foxing along the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 59. Original publishers brown cloth over papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine with gilt decoration on the front cover. Privately printed". Printing done at the Plimption press. Articles by Carl Van Vechten, Pendleton Dudley, B.W. Huebsch, John Hersy, W.A. Dwiggins, H.L. Mencken. 250 copies for presentation only Clean, very good.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on front. pp 47. Uncut. Colour frontispiece, 14 illustrations. Report and brief biographies of professors and class of 1886-90, with updates on the class at the time of publishing. Very good.

Pub by Henry Carey Baird, 1872, NAP, presumed 1st Edition. NOT exLib. Good cond. hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth over bds, all lettering faded to nothing. heavy exterior wear. Front hinge starting but holding. Textblock clean, sound & VG+ cond. Illus in b&w. 495pp + 23pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall Good cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Rear hinge cracked. Writing inside. (Vintage Mystery and Adventure)

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.

1st Edition. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Folio with 537 pages. The book is in good condition with some slight bumping to the covers edges and foxing to the top pages edges. There is some foxing to the front title page and several pages in the back (pages 528 to the back pastedown). The interior is tight. The spine is sage/black.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on front. pp 47. Uncut. Colour frontispiece, 14 illustrations. Report and brief biographies of professors and class of 1886-90, with updates on the class at the time of publishing. Very good.

First edition. Two volumes. 12mo. 297; 301pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Fine in very good dust jackets with toned spines, and a small tear on both volumes tape mended on the verso and housed in an about very good cardboard slipcase with several large chips mostly on the spine and top edge. Typophiles Chap Books 42. One of 2000 copies.

Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows moderate signs of shelf wear with scuffing and heavy tearing along the corners. DJ is now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation. Boards show light scuffing and bumping to the corners. Binding is sound. Endpages are lightly scuffed. Page edges are lightly age-toned with light scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Light blue decorated cloth with titles and decorations in white and black; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear with some hand-soiling. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates. 7.5 inches tall; [6], 189 pages, followed by 4 pages of publisher's adverts. First Edition in novel form. This novel is an adaption founded on the popular play of the same title produced under the management of Wm. A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer. A Gentleman from Mississippi is a 1908 comedic play by Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. It was popular when released, debuting on Broadway on September 28, 1908, and playing for 407 performances at the Bijou Theatre, and on the roof garden of the New Amsterdam Theatre during the summer of 1909. Douglas Fairbanks played the leading role of Bud Haines. The play was also made into a silent film in 1914, where Wise reprised his role, and a young Evelyn Brent was also in the cast. A plan to make another film based on the play in 1936 was never completed.

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Nice first printing abridgement by Readers Union for sale to its members only in 1955, previously published by Museum Press, London in three vols. No names, closed tears or soil seen in the fine 261pp text. Only one micro chip out of half title page fore edge. Original orange/cream printed dust wrapper is unclipped, darkened on spine, shows short chips on spine ends and a 1" bit of cello tape over a like sized claw scratch in the frt gutter/spine corner of dj and mylar. Autobiography of Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (8 October 1878-17 July 1959), who was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism (when inebriated), also past president of the Royal Academy. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund, he earned several prestigious commissions after the Great War that made him wealthy.

Signed and numbered [55/285] first edition, which is also inscribed by Manhood on the ffep. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, nude pictorial on front cover. Cloth shows light soiling. A tad bit of foxing; minor soiling on endmatter. 20 leaves. Dust jacket has small chips at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed and made by The Garden city Press, Letchworth. A warped little story by Harold Alfred Manhood (1904-1991) about a randy, young man in Dublin, his uncle's printing shop, a bucket of prawns, and a mysterious room decorated with lusty tapestries which contains a hideous girl holding a revolver.

Hardbound, no dust jacket. Limited 1st edition. #116/2500. Boards show fading & minor bumps & wear, otherwise very good.

A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on tennis from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C. M. Newton and photographs with a frontispiece, headpieces, vignettes and 12 monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes' is a sporting project edited by the 8th Duke of Beaufort which intended to cover all sports in a collection of works. This work discusses Tennis and other racket sports and was written by J. M. Heathcote, C. G. Heathcote, E. O. P. -Bouverie and A. C. Ainger. Publisher's advertisements to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities resulting in light rubbing, minor marks to the boards, heavier to the back, and light rubbing to the joints. Front hinge starting but very firm. Internally firmly bound with bright pages. Scattered spotting heavier to the front and rear. Very minor creasing and the odd chip to the rear. The odd page unopened. Age toning and light spotting to the fore edge. Very Good.

Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration. Foxing along the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on tennis from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C. M. Newton and photographs with a frontispiece, headpieces, vignettes and 12 monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes' is a sporting project edited by the 8th Duke of Beaufort which intended to cover all sports in a collection of works. This work discusses Tennis and other racket sports and was written by J. M. Heathcote, C. G. Heathcote, E. O. P. -Bouverie and A. C. Ainger. Publisher's advertisements to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities resulting in light rubbing, minor marks to the boards, heavier to the back, and light rubbing to the joints. Front hinge starting but very firm. Internally firmly bound with bright pages. Scattered spotting heavier to the front and rear. Very minor creasing and the odd chip to the rear. The odd page unopened. Age toning and light spotting to the fore edge. Very Good.

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.

Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows moderate signs of shelf wear with scuffing and heavy tearing along the corners. DJ is now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation. Boards show light scuffing and bumping to the corners. Binding is sound. Endpages are lightly scuffed. Page edges are lightly age-toned with light scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp x, 243; 311. Original publisher's dark green cloth, lettered gilt on spines. Initialled presentation from the translator on the half title page, "A. E. from his old friend, A. D. C. -July 1893." Slightly bumped at spine ends, with faint rubbing at spines and corners, otherwise sound, clean, very good+.