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London: G. Bell & Sons, 1911 & 1914. Hardcover. in exceptionally good condition. Demy octavo, [18cm/7inches], full gilt-embossed half-bound calf-backed hose-coloured linen boards, pp. vi, 467; iv, 538. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Table-Talk is a collection of essays and was originally published as two volumes, the first of which appeared in April 1821. The essays deal with topics such as art, literature and philosophy. The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, (1826) is a posthumous collection of essays by Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that hadn't been previously published in book format. Duncan Wu, -whose William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man, was published by Oxford in 2008-, has described the essays as the "pinnacle of [Hazlitt's] achievement", and argues that Table-Talk and The Plain Speaker represent Hazlitt's… Read More

London: Her Majest's Stationary Office, 1961. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [20cm/8inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp.18. Fully illustrated w/ 53 annotated b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], full gilt-embossed oxford-blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xxvi, pp. 146, indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Eugène Vinaver was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and studied at the Sorbonne, concentrating on French and English Arthurian romances. In 1928, he founded the Arthurian Society in Oxford, which later became the International Arthurian Society. Vinaver is best known for his seminal edition of the Winchester Malory. Until 1934, all versions of MaloryÂ’s Morte were based on the text published by English printer William Caxton in 1485.  For over 400 years, it was unclear what, if any, alterations Caxton had made to MaloryÂ’s original text.  This all changed with the 1934 discovery of the Winchester manuscript, a hand-written (rather than printed) text untouched by Caxton, and therefore deemed closer to… Read More

New York: The Easton Press, 1973. Collector's Edition. Full Calf. VG Very Good. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full gilt-embossed Irish-green calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. xii, 375. Eight colour plates and numerous textual vignettes by Charles Raymond. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Twenty-three short stories selected by Bernard Bergonzi from an archive of 75 Kipling stories. Bergonzi's title is a take-off on Kipling's 1889 poem "The Ballad of East and West". To wit: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!"

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1961. First Impression. Paperbound. In quite good condition./No Dust Jacket. Royal octavo [25cm/10 inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. x, 493. Illustrated with 5 maps. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. ... Ulithi Atoll,is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific ... Lessa's obituary notes, (in part): "William A. “Bill” Lessa, 89, Professor, Emeritus of anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles, and a major contributor both to Micronesian studies and the anthropology of religion, died in Los Angeles on October 14, 1997, after a long illness.. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1928 and worked as a Research Associate at the University of Hawaii. Bill was fascinated in folklore and, in 1961, published Tales from Ulithi Atoll, a magisterial work that is often held to be a model of the genre. A few years earlier, in 1956, he published a paper entitled… Read More

San Diego : R. W. Austin, 1989. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. vii, 112. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo, [26cm/10.25inches], full blue-embossed royal blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. viii, 228. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones and pen & ink sketches. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots "Tales of the Angler's El Dorado, New Zealand", helped establish the Bay of Islands in New Zealand as a premier game fishing area. Several of his later writings were based in Australia. Grey's son Loren claims in the introduction to Tales of Tahitian Waters that Zane Grey fished on average 300 days a year through his adult life. Grey and his brother R.C. were frequent visitors to Long Key, Florida, where they helped to establish the Long Key Fishing Club, built by Henry Morrison Flagler. Zane Grey was its president from 1917 to 1920. He pioneered the fishing of Boohoo fish (sailfish). Zane Grey Creek was named for him. Grey indulged his… Read More

San Diego, California: McCosker Press, 2008. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition.. Demy folio, [28cm/11inches], Full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 55. Illustrated with colour sketches by Betty McCosker. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots (20512)

Phoenix, &tc. : Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1985. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, unpaginated. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Bloomington, Indiana : Xlibris Corporation, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cloth w/ dust jacket, pp. 475, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... One reviewer noted: "Based on a manuscript written by Harry Butterfield, a Californian devoted to California plants and enthralled by its home gardens, this book owes its existence to the spade-work of Dr. Judith M. Taylor. Taylor found the manuscript by accident, while researching her earlier book on the California olive. While respecting the original record in Butterfield's manuscript, Taylor expands and illuminates it, providing a detailed record of specific California locations, immigrant gardeners and the plants and gardens they cultivated. Taylor's enthusiasm for her subject, fine research and good writing combine in a valuable account of a defining and precious part of California's history."

New York: Chartwell Books, 2010. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cmcm/12inches], full gilt embossed pine-green calf sans dust jacket, pp. 319, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International MBI, 1996 . First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], full pictorial cloth with matching mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 96. Illustrated with colour plates, b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

London: Ted Smart Orion, 1998. First English Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/Lightly rubbed at base of spine. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full pictorial cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 499. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... It is the story of two women, one from Ireland and one from America, who trade houses without ever having met. They're both looking for an escape from their problems, but by running away, both come to discover a great deal about themselves. The book mostly concentrates on the life of Ria Lynch, the Irish woman, who has met her future husband Danny Lynch. The two end up getting married, much to Ria's shock and delight, and start a family together while Danny's career takes off. Many years into their marriage, Danny begins spending less and less time at home with his wife and children. Ria believes another baby is the solution, and is shocked to find out that indeed her husband is going to… Read More

Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., 1974. Paperbound. In quite good condition./In quite good condition. Folded pictorial chart measuring 148.25cm by 98.25cm,, (39.5 x 59,5inches), sheafed in a heavy paper jacket. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. was established in 1826 by John Bartholomew (1805–61). It originally published such diverse items as checkbooks, election literature, and maps. In 1856 his son John Bartholomew (1831–93), the well-known Scottish cartographer, assumed control of the management, and the company developed into a larger, more prosperous business and acquired its own printing press (1860). He was succeeded by his son John George Bartholomew (1860–1920). After 1890 production was devoted mainly to cartographical publications. The companyÂ’s much-acclaimed Environmental Map Programme for Education, using satellite photography to study the EarthÂ’s environment and physical features, was… Read More

Edinburgh & London: W. & A. K. Johnston & G. W. Bacon, 1958. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. VG Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full embossed yellow cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 298, indexed. Illustrated with colour plates, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Innes of Learney's writings contain a number of theories which, at a time when English armorial law had come to dominate even Scottish heraldry, may have seemed quite novel, despite his claims that they were grounded in Scotland's feudal past. As a jurist, in 'Scots Heraldry' and in his revision of Adam's The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands as well as in The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland he offers evidence from ancient legal documents as well as more recent parliament and court decisions to support his position

San Bernardino, California: Tracy Smith Studio, 1915. First Impression. Paperbound. As New/No Dust Jacket. Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 109, indexed. Fully Illustrated with colour plates, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The publisher notes: "A collection of ‘small plates’, celebrating harvests that grow plentifully here in the Ojai Valley. Small and usually shared dishes based on tapas in Spain, Mezze, in both Turkey and Greece, Italian Antipasti, as well as Moroccan and Middle Eastern flavors, with the emphasis on savory and spice. The thought behind this book presents ideas of foods that can be served as small plates for any time of day, just one plate or a selection of a few."

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed Chinese-red cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 256, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... William Seale was an American historian and author whose work focused on historical writing and the restoration of historic American buildings, notably state capitols. He attended Southwestern University in Texas and completed his Ph.D. at Duke University in North Carolina. An independent author since 1965, he wrote extensively on the White House and participated in the restoration of many state capitols. He was the founding editor of White House History Quarterly, the award-winning quarterly journal of the White House Historical Association, and author of The Imperial Season; The Tasteful Interlude: American Interiors Through the CameraÂ’s… Read More

Taxco, Guerrero Mexico: Leslie C. de Figueroa, 1965. Third Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [21.25cm/8.5inches], full gilt/green-embossed maize-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 127. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc.. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. For most of the colonial period, the area was sparsely populated, including the town of Taxco itself.which was governed as a dependency of Mexico City. When the modern state of Guerrero was created in 1850, Taxco was chosen to be the seat of the municipality.. Silversmithing and tourism were reinvigorated in Taxco by American William Spratling, who settled there in the 1920s, creating silver design workshops and exported items, mostly to the United States. With its fame for silversmithing, tourism became a major economic force in Taxco.

New York: Early Childhood Education Council, c. 1970. Paperbound. VG Very Good; however underlined/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [21.25cm/8,5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. , indexed. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Her NY Times Obituary noted: Mrs. Bacmeister taught at the Manhasset Bay School in Port Washington, L.I., in the 1930's. In World War II she set up day-care centers in Philadelphia for children of women working in war plants. After the war she was director of the Manhattanville Nursery School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was a native of Northampton, Mass., and a graduate of Vassar College and the University of Chicago, where she earned a master's degree. Mrs. Bacmeister wrote four books on early childhood education and four on literature for children.

Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1945. Revised Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full spearmint-green cloth w/ title laid-on front cover and sans dust jacket, pp. 82. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Rupert Hughes notes in the Forward: "It is somewhat late for me to be wishing that I might have the privilege of ging to school as a teacher of English who writes it so well and has such profound wisdom and tenderness. Lacking that privilege, I feel it a privilege to have the book to read. Icommend it to parents, teachers, children and all others. ,,, Rupert Hughes (1872 –1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes, Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes, Jr. His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground… Read More