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hard cover, glossy pictorial boards, 30 pages plus glossary, 7 3/4 x 10 inches, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile non-fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hard cover, reinforced binding, green cloth, lots of notes written in pen on end papers, pencil marks throughout the book, reinforced binding, 162 pages, 4 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, The Arden Shakespeare edition, good book condition, no dust jacket, non-fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First American Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated boards/VG; strong & sound w/light surface wear & lifting laminate. Illustrated endpapers. Brief history of the approach to cooking of the British Isle precedes traditional recipes adapted to modern cooking styles. Bryce Atwood (Photographer); Rosemarijn van Limburg Stirum (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. John Donne by Frank Kermode; George Herbert by T. S. Eliot; Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Traherne by Margaret Willy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Orange wraps with brown-outlined white title panel, clean and unmarked with slight wear around all edges, one crease mark down spine; binding tight, solid and square; former owner name inside front cover. Pages very clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. Includes Select Bibliography of General Studies of James, Conrad, Lawrence, and the Modern Novel. 138 pages. 5.6 x 8 inches. 1966, Uiversity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 11th edition. 433pp., (vii). Bound in original soft covers. Exterior quite worn, including to covers and edges of pages. Binding a little shaken, with some spacing to area near hinges. Pages don't quite line-up squarely with each other, anymore, though this isn't terribly offensive. A short gift inscription in ink in a nice hand to front inside cover; else, text clean. Some tanning to paper. With an Imprimatur by John Cardinal McCloskey. This book will need to be handled somewhat gently to preserve it. SCARCE.…

hardcover no dustjacket. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery Good hardcover no dustjacket; slight bump top front tip; SM4to; very slight spine slant from previous owner; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Volume II in series. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good. Intriguing historical insight on Thomas Henry Huxley, father of Aldous Huxley - writer of the Doors of Perception. And, John Stuart Mill, originator of seemingly sensible concept of utilitarianism. Intellectual forefathers of modern futurist globalism. Also, Matthew Arnold. 120 pages. Few bookstore marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Dust jacket is wrapped in its original mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First American edition. Introduction to the American edition by Richard Griffith. This history is divided into three sections: the beginnings, 1904-1930, by Ferdinando Palmieri; transition period, 1930-1942. by Ettore Margadonna; and the post war period, 1942-1954 by Mario Groma. Among the directors discussed are Antonini, Fellini, Comencini, Tellini, and many others. The text for each section is followed by many pages of black and white photographs mostly of stills from the films. There are a total 76 pages of text and 217 pages of photos, usually with multiple photos on each page. Large format. Near fine in purple cloth (usual toning to the pages, and fading to the spine), no dust jacket.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Oversized paperback, later printing thus, x + 499 pages; very gently used with only tiny traces of shelf wear, one light spine crease but tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. [this copy priced low, priced to go to a good home as bookseller is nearing retirement, but extra S & H at cost will be requested] See also our listings for the extremely scarce Second (1936) Edition listed as Architectural Graphic Standards, for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders and Draftsmen, Second [2nd] Edition [1937, Later Printing thus], and an equally scarce Architectural Graphic Standards, for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders and Draftsmen [1932 First Edition, 10/35 Printing].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [12], 307, [1] pages. Illustrations. For Further Reading. , Ex-library with usual library markings. Partial DJ present. Name in ink on fep. Some front board weakness. This was translated from Du wirst die Edre sehn als Stern. One of Germany's top science writers probes the beginnings. progress and prospects of man's imminent first venture into space. His up-to-date and highly readable study gives a full, detailed picture of this newest frontier of science - and what it may mean to our society. "The science fiction of a few years ago has become scientific fat, and our pioneering instincts have turned to new horizons. Space conscious thinkers are haunted by the psychological, religious and social problems that will arise from man's new freedom in space. " Presumed first U.S. Edition, first printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. dust jacket not issued. First American Edition. First American Edition. Brown half leather cover with marbleized boards. Marbled edges. Marbled end-papers. Illustrated. 1058pp. Covers and spine are rubbed in places. Back cover almost detached, but holding. Foxing throughout. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. 4to, 26cm, 6,1058,[2]p., printed in double columns, many portrait text illustrations, bound in half brown morocco, blind ruled raised bands, gilt spine titles, brown cloth boards, some wear on the spine and top and bottom spine edge chipped but a very good sound clean copy (ds1).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1856 EDITION. First American Edition. A to Z in single volume. (7 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 2 5/8" thick) Brown Morocco leather spine and corners with blind ruled raised bands and bright gilt lettering. Some wear to the heavy leather with one deeply dinged corner but in excellent shape with wonderful patina. Decorative marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers and curved page edges on all sides. Some fading and light rubbing wear to the sturdy boards but in remarkable shape. Endpapers and page edges are bright and colorful. Lightly signed and dated by the original owner in 1859. Text is printed in double columns with B&W portrait illustrations sprinkled throughout. Pages are very lightly tanned, clean and unmarked. Binding is strong and tight. What an elegant book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. full leather boards with gilt border, pretty marbled edges, marbled endpages, 1058 pages, spine bright withgilt design, clean, tight, unmarked, well kept, minimal shelf wear to bards. Woodruff Booksellers, Tuscaloosa Alabama bookstore stamp on inside front cover. One book A - Z. will require additional overseas or priority postage.pictures upon request.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Handsome two volume set with raised gilt bands, full leather textured boards, pretty marbled edges, marbled endpages, boards tight, spines minor bumped. Engraved frontispiece of Franklin vol 1. Washington vol. 2. 1058 pgs. scarce. With Numerous Illustrations (illustrator). Owner's Bookplate.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong octavo, [unpaginated]. Red cloth boards, black cloth spine. Title and illustration in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Dust remnant along top of text block, internally clean. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $9.95 retail price on the front flap, two archival repairs on verso at the spine, bright illustrations, a near fine example. Inscribed on the half title: "For Merrill / who had the good sense to use my drawings and help me have meat with my potatoes. Affectionately, Al Hirschfeld / Oct 18 '61." From the personal library of Merrill Panitt (1918-1994), the founder and editorial director of TV Guide. During World War II, Panitt served on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he came to the attention of Walter Annenberg, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Panitt joined The Inquirer in 1945 and worked with Annenberg to found TV Guide in 1953. He later became the director of Triangle Publications, the publisher of TV Guide, Seventeen Magazine, and many more. The first edition of The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld, inscribed Al Hirschfeld to Merrill Panitt, the editor of TV Guide. (illustrator). Signed. …

First Edition. Philadelphia, 1805. 2nd & final American edition. Final American Edition of a Landmark Treatise on Evidence Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. Sedgwick, James [1775-1851], Editor. The Law of Evidence. With Notes and Additional References to Contemporary Writers and Later Cases, And a Complete Table to the Whole, By James Sedgwick. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1805. [viii], 246, [56] pp. Octavo (8" x 4-3/4"). Later library buckram, gilt title, location number and library name to spine. Light browning, light foxing in places, library stamp to head of title page, a few library markings to verso. $200. * Seventh (stated) edition, the second and final American edition, star-paged to Volume I of the sixth London edition, 1801. Derived from a manuscript and originally published anonymously, this was the first treatise devoted exclusively to evidence. As Holdsworth notes, "[i]t long held its place as the chief book on this topic; and Blackstone is loud in its praises." Indeed, Blackstone recommends it in the section on evidence in the Commentaries for a fuller treatment of the subject. The first American edition was published in 1788. The 1805 Philadelphia edition is drawn from a three-volume work. The two omitted volumes contain additional material by Capel Lofft. Holdsworth, Sources and Literature of English Law 120. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 5056. Philadelphia, 1805. 2nd & final American edition (illustrator).…