The Life Of The Prince Consort (in 5 Vol.) by Theodore Martin - 1878

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Van Gennep, 1965. 70 pages. Photos and text by gisele Freund. Preface by Richard Ellmann. Translated by Peter St. John Ginna. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust Jacket intact and NOT price clipped. Both book and jacket in fine condition. Scarce.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Approx. 7 1/2" x 8 1/2".

London: J& R Tonson and S Draper, 1747. First edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Hardcover Publisher: 1747 Printed for J& R Tonson and S Draper, London, 1747 A small book, as was usual in those days, convenient for a man to keep in a pocket. This is written like a diary, recording events of the day and Addisons thoughts on fundamental matters, letters he received after the publication of his other volumes, reports of other men's ideas, advice, and poems he heard (Solomon's Song), etc. Beginning with Monday March 10th 1712 (entry 322) it continues to June 2nd (entry 394). An invaluable work for anyone interested or studying this period as it is so... (Georgian Diary Record 17* Poems Advice Spectator) 8 volumes. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, London n.d. [1747]. First edition. The 8 volumes running from Thursday, March 1, 1710-11 till Monday, December 20, 1714. Each volume with engraved frontispiece by C. Grignion after… Read More

London: HarperCollins, 1993. Deluxe Edition. One in an unspecified limitation issued signed by Thatcher on the title page. Chronology. Index. Black and white photographs. Satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Grey cloth spine with gilt title, blue cloth-covered boards and blue cloth-covered hard slipcase. Rub with some loss on the spine label; an unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Fine slipcase.. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Liberal Publication Department, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This Bound volume contains Liberal Leaflet No. 1923 entitled "Tory M.P.s on Mr. Brodrick's Army Corps Scheme. The pamphlet is 4 pages in length and contains two excerpts from Churchill's House of Commons Speech of 24 February 1903 - the last of his famous six oratorical assaults on Brodrick's plan to expand the Army. In 1903 Winston Churchill was a brash new member of Parliament. Then Secretary of State for War, John Brodrick, had introduced a plan for expanding the peacetime Army. Brodrick was a fellow Conservative and Cabinet member. Churchill had been an Army officer and had partaken in four wars on three continents before election to Parliament in 1900. Nonetheless, Churchill vehemently assaulted Brodrick's plan. Fascinatingly, this was the same fight upon which Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, had gambled and lost his own political career in 1886. Unlike that of his father, Churchill's opposition ultimately… Read More

Houlston & Stoneman; Nicholson & Rayner, London; Hull, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Rebound in green covers with gilt lettering on the spine with replacement end-papers. Clean pages, sound binding. Includes: Clean and intact fold-out map at front dated 1852 showing "A new Plan of Hull" with an inset engraving of "New Railway Station & Hotel" and retaining light impressions of plate edges but with taped repair on the reverse; Frontis plate of Birthplace of Wilberforse, High-Street, Hull; Advertisements at rear, one with illustration of the Marine Family Hotel, Hornsea. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50317021022. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustjacket protected in Brodart clear archival cover. Small triangle missing on front free endpaper. Penned name on same page. 223 pages no foxing. Tight and square binding.

London : Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808 A fair to good copy of the second revised edition of Dr Barry's comprehensive account of the Orkney Islands in contemporary full leather binding. With folding map and 11 full page plates. The binding has gilt-lined raised bands, decorative gilt compartments and title label to spine, with titles and gilt border to front board. It is clean, but with wear to corners (with leather loss), and the top and bottom of the spine. There is splitting at the front spine joint. The endpapers are marbled, with the armorial bookplate of F Monteith Ogilvie to the front pastedown, and the decorative bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson, a noted Orcadian book collection to the fep. There are some loose newspaper cuttings relevant to Orkney at the front endpapers. large fold out map of the Orkney Islands; title with signatures to top; dedication, preface to 2nd edition and contents listing pp xvi; text pp 1-398 withh 11 plates; appendix pp 401-498; Index 499-513. The… Read More

Easton Press, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 148x16x168. Signed. JANE GOODALL SIGNED LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION! Includes ironclad Easton Certificate of Authenticity. Book is like new and unread. Expedited shipping is welcome; international please request a shipping quote before purchase. Signed by author.

SUMPTUOUS LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION SIGNED BY JANE GOODALL! Brand new and still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Will include publisher's notes and certificate of authenticity inside. Expedited and international shipping are welcome, but international buyers are asked to obtain shipping quote before purchase. Inv 14, signed by author.

1959. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Good. 80 pages. Novelist Alison Lurie's first book, self-published in Munich in a limited edition of 300 copies, is a memoir of her friend V.R. "Bunny" Lang, the Poets' Theater, and other parts of cultural life in and around Cambridge, Massachusetts in the early post-War years. Paperback, 6-3/4" x 9-1/2", white card wraps quite clean under original paper French-fold dust jacket with cover drawing by Lurie's friend Ted Gorey. The jacket is slightly soiled and age-toned, lacking the outer glassine layer. The text block is detached from the wraps (but pages remain bound together) and we have left to a future owner any decision on repair. Faint foxing to edges and end papers. Inscribed by the author on half-title, "For Warner and Ann with love Alison" - to Lurie's friends Profs. Warner and Ann Berthoff. No other marks within. From the library of Ann E. Berthoff.