Great Men and Famous Women (4 Volumes) by Horne, Charles F - 1894: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing; SIGNED by author, also signed & inscribed by author's daughter. Black & white tweed boards with unfaded black cloth spine, red title box on spine. Slight browning to to edges on tweed cloth portions of boards. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed by Richard Powell on front free endpaper; inscribed on rear free endpaper by Powell's daughter Dorothy: "For Cathy, I hope you enjoy reading my Dad's book. - Dorothy Powell Quigley." Dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap); slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, slight browning at front flap fold. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar… Read More

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Hutchinson, 1961. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/No Dj cover. VGC plus.Hutchinson,1961.First UK edition-first impression.Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine)in VGC, no Dj cover.Nice and clean pages with a couple of small foxing marks and nick on the outer edges,two small foxing marks and a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC plus for its age with light shelf wear.487pp including Author's note.A collectable and scarce first edition but without the Dj cover.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 254 pages. The story of a young country man and his adventures in college. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear and fading, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped with slight reading crease in spine, spine a little cocked, interior pages very lightly tanned with no obvious markings and a little spotting, a few page edges miscut, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Nice hard to find collectible!

This set of four books was privately printed for members of London's Casanova Society in 1923. The Casanova Society's brief existence lasted from 1922 - 1926, and this was their second publication.This is a Limited Edition. Sets numbered 1 to 750 were of sixteen volumes, and sets numbered 751 to 2250 were of four volumes. The set being offered for sale here is Set #844, complete in four volumes. The set is in good condition with some rubbing at the edges, corners and hinges, and occasional spotting. Each volume is numbered - 844 - which shows a complete original set. Each of the volumes is signed on the title page by Ellsworth Fleming of the Casanova Society, and each is also signed by Fleming again on the following page which describes the publication of the volumes. This set will provide many long evenings of enjoyable reading, and will make a fine addition to your library of classic literature. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.

Row, Peterson, and Company ILLINOIS, 1935. . and several corner creases and short tears. B&W illustrations are generally clean throughout, though.HB NODJ,1935, 1st edition, GOOD+/GOOD-, NO JACKET, SOLD AS-IS, Interior Some rub, Wear, Light FoX stains some pencil mrks, Few cuts, chips Tears some pages EDGES, Tan Beige & Dark Green ? Pictorial Cloth cover shows light Soil, Stains, Rub & tiny Chips Pieces Extremities, Cloth Spine Tears along Edges, chips Spine Engs, 304 pgs, No Additional Printings On Copyright Page, heavy edgewear and some scuffing to green-printed cover illustration. Fraying to corners and split to cloth along rear spine edge; some loss to spine ends. Still, a fairly tight copy with solid text and hinges.. This is an exceptionally rare book to find in any condition!. First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Random House, 1955. Bound in the publishers fine weave black cloth with gilt title lettering on blue and green title blocks to front panel and spine. The 406 pages remain in fresh, clean condition and are tightly bound. Discreet ownership inscription to front paste down otherwise interior of book is very clean. Book sits solid and square with all hinges strong. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Light wear, creasing and signs of handling mainly to head and heel of spine otherwise dustwrapper is in very good condition. Colours remain fresh and vibrant with no fading. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph supplied is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request. A very presentable copy of this most interesting Paul Bowles title.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition Charles Scribner's Sons; New York; 1931 "A" 8vo size tan clothbound hardcover with blue title and decorations and dust jacket; 314 toned pages. The back of the dust jacket features a small photograph of the author and his biography. From jacket flap: "His stories concern love in the springtime, courting, jealousy, an accident, a lynching, old age, a death. Some of them are very short, yet the reader finds within their brevity all the flavor and mood of some American incident which, in Caldwell's hands, becomes a story - interesting, individual, authentic." Price sticker on fep. Jacket is separated into two pieces on front spine seam with edgewear and chipping, particularly to head and heel and edges; small abrasion on fep from sticker. Top and bottom of spine are bumped and the bottom of spine is frayed. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for… Read More

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 254 pages. The story of a young country man and his adventures in college. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear and fading, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped with slight reading crease in spine, spine a little cocked, interior pages very lightly tanned with no obvious markings and a little spotting, a few page edges miscut, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Nice hard to find collectible!

Boston: Printed for the Booksellers. Good+. 1832. Hardcover. Clean blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Complete in three volumes . 216pp, 220pp and 216pp. Interiors of the three texts are tight, clean and intact. Each volume with a frontispiece. German literature, a Corsican bandit uprising against French domination. Small piece of blue paper missing from #1's rear cover. Lightly rubbed on front corners. Prior owner's signature on top edge and frontispiece. Vol. 1 & 3 have a small narrow damp stain on bottom margin. Novel, German Literature, Fiction; Thin 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 652 pages .