London and N.Y. Unit Library, 1902. First Thus. 3/4 Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thick 12mo [ca. 800]pp Survey of royalty (principally kings and emperors) throughout ancient and modern Europe; coverage of Britain, France, Corsica, Holland, the German Empire, Bohemia, Hungary, Bavaria, Poland, Rome (ancient, including the..... More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION IN JACKET. [10], 179 pages. Portrait of the noted Black American jazz pianist; notable for the discussion of his 5 years imprisonment and his grant of executive clemency by President John..... More
New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2015. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed By Author with initials on title page. A very good to fine copy. More
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2013. Color Photographs. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by the author (has a small inked-out name on half title). Very good used copy. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original black cloth stamped in silver (cloth and corners rubbed; ink name; some browning to edges). First edition (stated) of this scarce biography of a pioneering American inventor (FM radio, etc.). More
NP [Los Angeles?]: N. Bishop / C. Garlovsky, 1989. 16 b/w Photographs (including Plates & Upper wrapper). First Edition. Plastic Sheet. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight scuffing and rubbing to upper wrapper (clear plastic; chiefly at upper right corner); slight browning to leaves (chiefly at spine edges);..... More
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London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Extra-Illustrated Copy in Beautiful 'Cosway' Binding by Bayntun-Riviere This stunning, extra-illustrated book on celebrated courtesan and author Ninon de Lenclos is housed in a stunning, Cosway-style binding by Bayntun Riviere. Bound in full..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. B/w Illustations. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes (a third was issued later), bound in 3/4 crimson morocco over matching cloth, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, spines with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments, covers ruled in gilt..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 14-308; [5], 14-378, [2]pp. Two volumes complete; bound in full purple cloth, gilt-stamped and ruled spines, embossed patterned covers, plain endpapers, all edges trimmed. Contains 22 chapters in all, covering the lives of..... More
Washington, D. C. Government Printing Office, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good in cloth (spine worn; rubbing/fraying to cloth). 74 pages. Upper cover title: Memorial Addresses: Life and Character of John B. Rice [et al]: February 20 1875. 4 sets of speeches, each with..... More
