Ah Well, Nobody's Perfect; The untold stories
Allen and Unwin, 2018. Paperback. This is a comic memoir by Australian rock musician Molly. More
Allen and Unwin, 2018. Paperback. This is a comic memoir by Australian rock musician Molly. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 223 pp. Minor nicks and scuff to edges. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of Melville's critical biography of Thackeray. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 244 pp. Price-clipped. Shelf wear to jacket edges and some sunning and discoloration. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a first edition memoir by British..... More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1956. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. 257 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine and cover, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on front free endpaper. This is a limited edition..... More
New York: Praeger, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates and illustrations throughout. 238 pp. Jacket price-clipped. Ursus Books sticker inside rear cover. Otherwise fine. This is a comprehensive biography and retrospective of the works of Constructivist/Bauhaus artist Moholo-Nagy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple boards over quarter purple cloth with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Several photographic plates. 348 pp. Jacket scuffed around edges. 3/4" closed tear on top front jacket cover. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Typed note laid in. This..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with text and decorations in gilt, red, green, and white. Deckle edges. 4 removable color folding maps in front and rear pockets of Vol. I. Many photographic plates throughout. Vol. I: 587 pp. Vol. II: 729 pp..... More
New York: Ecco, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Tour edition. Blue and black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 240 pp. 1" closed tear and crease bottom right corner of front jacket cover. Minor wear to jacket edges. Dark scuff on right block edge. Signed title page bound in by..... More
London: Gollancz, 1983. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 207 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's memoir of growing up in Sri Lanka, by the author of The English Patient. More
New York: Dutton, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Red and cream boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 284 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name written on first free endpaper. Inscribed by the author on title page. This is a signed first printing memoir by the author of A Child Called "It"..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.5". Olive cloth gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on cover. Illustrated plates by J. Ley Pethybridge. 303 pp. plus advertisements. Minor edge wear. Top right corner of front cover bent. Pages somewhat roughly cut, resulting in 1/2" loss top of p. 131..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1904. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedown. Illustrated plates throughout. 190 pp. Minor edge wear. 1904 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Infrequent, marginal foxing to interior, text unaffected. Tight and clean. This is an antique biography of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1976. Hardcover. 4to. Brown quarter cloth over tan boards. Pictorial dust jacket. With several maps and photographic plates. 507 pp. Jacket is rather worn, with numerous chips and closed tears around edges. Previous owner has taped jacket to book itself. Gift inscription on verso of half title..... More
New York: Century Co., 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on cover. Decorative endpapers. Many photographic plates. 332 pp. No jacket as usual. Light staining to covers. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper and rear endpaper..... More
Harper and Brothers, 1852. Cloth. This is an early edition of the great American historian's essay collection. Binding is nice and tight, but leather spine covering has come away, and there is some further loss on corners and covers. Significant foxing present throughout. A handsome and affordable old volume that..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1877. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Frontispiece and full-page illustrations. 368 pp. Very minor shelf wear and a few speckles of water stain on covers. Hinges overopened but firmly attached. An excellent copy. This is a scarce first edition of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece, several illustrated plates, and a folding map. 185 pp. No dust jacket. Minor scuffing and toning to covers. Ex-library with mark on spine and bookplate inside front cover. 2 closed tears at top..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 2nd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth. Deckle edge. Numerous photographic illustrations. 208 pp. No jacket. Ex-library with stickers on spine and front cover, card pocket pasted inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of the memoirs of Sioux indigenous rights activist Chief Red..... More
New York: Dial, 1960. Leather bound. 4to. Original slipcase. Soft calf with gilt lettering on spine and cover, blind-tooled design on cover. Gilt top edge. Illustrated plates throughout. 254 pp. Slipcase has some minor sunning and a few chips to edges. Book is fine. Signed on colophon by McCracken. Rice paper..... More
Guthrie, OK: Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s illustrated cloth. Numerous photographs, illustrations and a folding map. 591 pp. No jacket. Some minor scuffing to rear board. 2 page publisher's prospectus laid in. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon first edition history of the infamous Chisholm Trail, featuring..... More
RIGGS, Bobby. Tennis Is My Racket. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1949, 1st edition. 8vo. 8.25"x5.75". Green boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 245 pp. Several significant chips around jacket edges. Front flap detached but included in mylar wrap. Rectangular sunning inside rear cover where newspaper clipping about this book..... More
New York: Norton, 1945. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth. Deckle edge. 400 pp. Ex library. No jacket. Edges a bit worn and corners bumped. Sunning to spine. 1" discoloration on front cover. Library card pocket pasted inside rear cover. Dickinson College Library stamp inside front cover and embossed on title page. Tight..... More
T.P. Tarcher Inc., 1974. Page, Frank. Hardcover. Inscribed by Joan Rivers on flyleaf: "To Tony & Danny - good luck. XXX. Joan Rivers, 1976." Ms. Rivers drew a smiley face as well. Pages are bright and crisp, but dust jacket is missing and cover has noticeable wear and tear. Book..... More
New York: Syndicate, 1910. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth. Many photographs and color illustrated plates throughout. 583 pp. Large 4" tear on left edge of spine. Scuffing to cloth. Hinges are overopened and tender, though firmly attached. Some soiling to endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. This..... More