Recent Arrivals from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

New York: Library of America. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "For two centuries, George Washington has stood first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, universally acknowledged as the one indispensable founder of the American republic. This Library of America volume is the most extensive and authoritative one-volume collection ever… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 1991. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fijne. From the publisher: "The author reviews his life as a Nobel laureate in economics and his role as the father of artificial intelligence and asks himself how his life as a scientist helps explain his own behavior" Herbert A. Simon (1916 - 2001) was an… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1937. First. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Godfrey Winn (1906 - 1971) was an English journalist known as a columnist, and also a writer and actor.    He wrote a number of novels and biographical works and became a star columnist for the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Express newspapers, where he wrote "Dear Abby" articles for… Read more about this item

Privately Published, 2005. First. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fascinating memoir of a Canadian bomber pilot in WWII, who was shot down and captured by the Germans, held as a POW until the end of the war, and then a few years later, became an artillery officer in the US Army during the Korean War, and was awarded the Bronze… Read more about this item

London: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1932. First. Hardcover. Very Good. A fascinating survey of the state of the art of aviation, focused on military aviation, in Britain between the wars.  Lots of black and white photos, along with 32 pages of aviation ads in the front. Very good in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine… Read more about this item

London: The Daily News, 1920. An Entirley New Edition. Softcover. Poor. A collection of mostly humorous and sometimes poignant cartoons of important events in British history, from cave-man days to WWI. Poor to fair in green paper wrappers.  The paper spine has deteriorated and thus the outer wrappers and a few adjacent pages have come detached, but… Read more about this item

London: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1875. First. Hardcover. Very Good. A very scarce work on conic sections.   This copy is very good in green library clothe with a leather spine and gilt titles on the spine.  The spine is faded but the binding is quite sound.  A blindstamped library crest is on the front cover.  Otherwise just… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1951. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good +. An early survey of television in the UK.  Interestingly, the UK actually began television broadcasts before WWII, but the war effort derailed those early efforts, and it took several years after the war for the industry to establish itself. This copy is near fine in… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: The Bancroft Library, 2023. First. Softcover. Fine. Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807 - 1890) was a California general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the transition of Alta California from a territory of Mexico to the U.S.… Read more about this item

Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 2004. 1st printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "The Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress is an expertly prepared history of the Library of Congress that also provides users with official, current information about Library of Congress collections, services, and administrative units. The Encyclopedia provides researchers of all levels with insights into the historical… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. First. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia.… Read more about this item

London: J.F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Cadell and S. Bladon, 1789. 7th. Hardcover. Good+. Written by Sarah Fielding, the sister of the author Henry Fielding, The Governess is a collection of stories all taking place in a school run by Miss Teachum. The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. First US. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "An "exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "ingenious" (Hilary Mantel) story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life. In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First printing. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. An interesting introduction to the state-of-the-art (as of 1957) of guided weapons, i.e. guided missiles in their early days. Fair only in black cloth, with silver titles on the spine and front cover.  Exposure to damp has caused the cloth on the covers to wrinkle, and there… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. First. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. From the publisher" "Elizabeth I--the Virgin Queen--refused to commit herself to any man, although one illustrious suitor after another endeavored to ally himself with her in the most intimate of treaties. In the only history available on this ever-fascinating subject, meet the many men who competed fruitlessly for Elizabeth's… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1968. Reprint in same year as initial pubication. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the publisher on the occasion of a 50th anniversary edition of this important work: "The book was a great success, Hartley and Ingilby's masterpiece, their best-known and best-loved work, written in an accessible style which connected directly with their… Read more about this item

Glas: Privately Published, 2017. Reprint of 2010 original. Hardcover. FIne/Fine. Bill Hamilton is a Well-respected BBC journalist who reported from both UK and international locations over a long career.  Interestingly, after he retired from his journalistic career, he became a referee for Scottish professional football. This copy is fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2013. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. From the Publisher: "Joanna Trollope's much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of the year. Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all.… Read more about this item

London: W.W. Norton & Co, 1891. Thire. Hardcover. From Wikipedia: "Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838 - 1901) was an English cleric and writer. He was the husband of author Mary Eliza Haweis and the father of painter Stephen Haweis. He was much interested in music, and wrote books on violins and church bells, besides contributing an article to the 9th… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1997. Both UK Firsts. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (1920 - 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. These… Read more about this item