Search Results: BIOGRAPHIES from Luis Porretta Fine Arts

London: Trubner and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in crimson half calf with red linen-grained boards, gilt titles, five raised panels, light rubbing to edges, uncut page edges. Previous owners bookplate, (Frederick William Brown). A lovely copy showing minimal usage only.; 7.5" x 5.25"; 180 pages .

London: Martin Hopkinson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth, edges lightly rubbed, spine a little sunned, gilt titles, previous owners signature. A lovely clean tight copy. Scarce. ; 8" x 6"; 306 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth, light shelf wear only, with a similar dust wrapper. ; 9.5" x 6.5"; 967 pages .

London: Richards Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in orange grained cloth, edges a little rubbed, spine slightly sunned, a lovely clean tight copy. ; 8" x 5"; 202 pages .

Nanaimo: Deane Finlayson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A lovely clean unread copy, with similar dust jacket, signed by Donna Dash, Deane Finlayson and Joan Finlayson. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317. pages .

New York: Swallow Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Softcover. Four volume set bound in stiff glossy wraps, a lovely clean tight set showing minimal if any usage only. ; 8" x 6.5" .

London: British Council. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1967. Pamphlet. Yellow wraps, as new. ; 8vo; 36. pages .

London: John Lane. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in marroon linen grained buckram, edges a little rubbed, repaired at the head, gilt decoration, 468pp, of which 194 are black and white plates. Contents very good, clean and tight. ; 8" x 5.5"; 468 pages .

Munchen: Zentralverlag Der NSDAP. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in blue linen-grained cloth, gilg titles and decoration, boards soiled, spine rubbed, edges rubbed, some repairs to edges, gilt Eagle and Swastika motif, text block very good, clean and tight. Signed in ink by German anarchist/archeologist and Nazi opponent, Rudolf Michaelis and also has his stamp on the rear board. Scarce.; 8" x 6.5"; 345 pages .

Toronto: Swan Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. A photo biography of Winston Churchill including 5 full-page portraits (published to be framed) by Karsh, shows lighty shelf wear only. ; 11" x 8.5" .

Toronto: Stoddart. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. New, with similar dust wrapper. ; 8" x 6.5"; 360 pages .

London: MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in maroon linen grained buckram, edges lightly rubbed a lovely clean, tight 2 volume set. ; 9" x 6.5" .

London: For J. Dodsley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Second Edition. Hardcover. Four volume set, full calf, some hinges in need of repair, edges rubbed, title blocks missing. This set is in need of a binders help but is very scarce indeed. ; 8vo .

London: Walter Scott, Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. ca1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt titles, edges lightly rubbed, owners name obscured on half-title, a lovely clean, tight copy. Scarce. Photograph of Bright laid on frontis. ; 8vo; 304. pages .

London: Saunders and Otley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1826. Hardcover. Full calf, hinges professionaly replaced, title in gilt to leather on spine, gilt decoration on compartments to spine, leather a littlke rubbed and scuffed, text block very tight, marbled page edges and end papers, previous owners calling card pasted to front endpaper, engraved frontispiece lightly foxed and off set onto title page, contents very clean and fresh. A scarce item. ; 8vo; 360. pages .

London: Burnes, Oates & Washbourne. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Ound in ubff buckram, gilt titles & decoration, edges lightly rubbed, a lovely clean copy, untrimmed, top edges gilt, some light foxing to first few pages. .

London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1830. Hardcover. Dark brown 1/2 calf & brown marbled boards, bookplate ( Julia Sharp - Highbury Crescent ) , owners sig. , front hinge tastefully repaired, edges lightly rubbed, a lovely clean, tight copy. ; Small 12mo; 352. pages .

London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Lithograph. This charming original Vanity Fair 'Spy' lithograph is in very good condition, full borders as published, original color. Images available. ; 16" x 10" .

London: Edward Arnold. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in green embossed cloth, gilt titles, light shelf wear only, previous owners signature, a lovely clean tight 2 volume set. ; 9" x 6" .

Hamburg: Duetsche Grammophonon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in maroon pebble grained cloth, gilt titles, a lovely clean tight copy showing minimal usage. A huge tome which will require additional shipping costs. ; 13" x 13"; 276 pages .