The Rudder by Cummings, D

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932, later printing. (Hardcover) 347pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Blue grey cloth with red spine lettering. A previous owner's name markered out and a stamp on the front free endpaper, the spine is lightly soiled. Contributors include Arnold Bennett, J.D. Beresford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Arthur Jones, Compton MacKenzie, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. de Vere Stackpoole, Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West, Israel Zangwill. (Religion, Alcoholics Anonymous, Oxford Group).

London: J. Torbuck and C. Corbett 1736. (Leather binding) xxxvi, 253, [7], [4]pp publisher's ads. Very good. Brown leather with ribbed spine and gilt rules. 16.9x10.5cm, the edges have been spackled with red stain. A sound copy, lacking the spine label, with some cracking on the hinges and some edgewear. The frontispiece has two small torn holes (the flaps of which have been pressed back into position, leaving the damage barely discernable. Issued with Kenelm Digby (Observations upon Religio Medici). (Religion).

New York: Boni and Liveright 1920, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 388pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Navy cloth. The ends of the spine and the corners are very slightly turned-in, a minor bump on the top corner of the back cover, a small nick at the top of the spine, the lettering on the spine is dulled, the front endpapers are age-toned, and there is a crack in the text block at p. 184. In a mylar wrapper. Includes Ernest Fenollosa (An Essay on the Chinese Written Character). (Ideas, Ideas, Literary Criticism).

NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1955. Signed hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1955. 8vo., xi+306pp. Gray cloth with gilt titles and designs. Inscribed by Niebuhr on the half title: "to Susan & Bob on their wedding day, Best wishes, Reinhold Niebuhr". Some rubbing to the gilt titles, offsetting from NY Times Book Review clipping on Niebuhr laid in, else very good, clean, bright in very good dust jacket with a small chip off the rear panel and wear at the extremities. . Signed by Author. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company [90-277-0765-0] 1976. (Trade paperback) 410pp. Very good. Notes, indices. The spine has a small bump and there is a previous owner's name on the half-title page and on the dedication page. Publisher series: Pallas Paperbacks 1. (Philosophy).

London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932, later printing. (Hardcover) 347pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Blue grey cloth with red spine lettering. A previous owner's name markered out and a stamp on the front free endpaper, the spine is lightly soiled. Contributors include Arnold Bennett, J.D. Beresford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Arthur Jones, Compton MacKenzie, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. de Vere Stackpoole, Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West, Israel Zangwill. (Religion, Alcoholics Anonymous, Oxford Group).

London: J. Torbuck and C. Corbett 1736. (Leather binding) xxxvi, 253, [7], [4]pp publisher's ads. Very good. Brown leather with ribbed spine and gilt rules. 16.9x10.5cm, the edges have been spackled with red stain. A sound copy, lacking the spine label, with some cracking on the hinges and some edgewear. The frontispiece has two small torn holes (the flaps of which have been pressed back into position, leaving the damage barely discernable. Issued with Kenelm Digby (Observations upon Religio Medici). (Religion).

Nurnberg: George Peter Monath, 1780 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey paper boards. A listing and description of several early editions of the Holy Bible, beginning with that of Johann Bamler in 1466, in Latin. Text is in German. Condition of this book is fragile. The front cover is detached but present. Light tanning throughout. Small labels of two previous owners. 148 pp..

Valentiae Edetanorum (Valencia Spain): Ex Praelo Josephi et Thomae de Orga, 1786. Second Edition. Leather. Acceptable. 0x0x0. VINNIUS CASTIGATUS, atque ad usum tironum Hispanorum accomodatus: in quorum gratiam Hispaniae leges opportunioribus locis traduntur. Volume 1 (Tomus Primus) Only. Opera Joannis Sala Presbyteri, in Valentina Metropolitana praepositi. Editio secunda. Text in Latin. Hardcover bound book. Full Leather, 568 pages. Vintage fountain pen ink notes and marginalia (also in Latin). frontis engraving. front cover detached. The rear hinge (the inside portion of the flexible fold where book cover meets the book spine) is split (loose or open) the rear cover is still attached by the joint (the exterior flexible fold where book cover meets book spine). Leather on Leather paste on spine title, gold gilt designs on spine. There is rub-through to the corners of the boards, but the text block is surprisingly sharp. [Punishment of Vinnius; and accommodated for the use of Spanish recruits: in… Read More

New York: Boni and Liveright 1920, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 388pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Navy cloth. The ends of the spine and the corners are very slightly turned-in, a minor bump on the top corner of the back cover, a small nick at the top of the spine, the lettering on the spine is dulled, the front endpapers are age-toned, and there is a crack in the text block at p. 184. In a mylar wrapper. Includes Ernest Fenollosa (An Essay on the Chinese Written Character). (Ideas, Ideas, Literary Criticism).