The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church...
by [Babworth Church]
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847. Full-Leather. Very Good. Large folio (17 3/8" x 11 1/4"), printed in red and black; the Babworth Church copy, with "Babworth Church, 1849" stamped in gilt on front panel; bound in full black morocco, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. "According to the use of the United Church of England and... Read More
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THE WAR BY LAND AND AIR AND SEA In The Outlook, Published Weekly, Wednesday, January 31, 1917, Pp.196-197
by Churchill, Winston Spencer
New York: Outlook Company, 1917. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Offered is a Very Good+ entire Wednesday, January 31, 1917 issue of The Outlook in original printed wrappers with short closed tear spine tip, vertical crease, minimal soil covers. 4to. Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 to 1915 and was an officer in the British army... Read More
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Their Finest Hour. Speeches, Broadcasts and Messages of Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill Since he Became Prime Minister
by Churchill, Winston S.
Regina (1941): Regina Free Post. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Near Fine. first and only printing of this scarce booklet. These speeches are UNEDITED, when compared to "WSC His Complete Speeches." Octavo, 80 pages, yellow and green printed wrappers. Contains 21 of WSC's most important and most historic, wartime speeches, some of which do not appear in "Into Battle"... Read More
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MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times
by Churchill, Winston S.
London;1933-38: George C. Harrap & Co. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Royal Octavo. first impressions of Churchill's biography of his ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough. Four volumes in very good first issue dust jackets, showing the price of 25' on the front flaps. Publisher's original maroon cloth over beveled boards, armorial gilt crest on front boards, spine... Read More
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Poland, Germany and European Peace. Official Documents 1944 - 1948
by Churchill, Winston S., Roosevelt, Franklin D., Molotov, M. V. M. And Others
London (1944 - 1948): The Polish Embassy. First Edition. Very Good. octavo, 116 pages, original printed beige wrappers, staple bound. Part One, "A Programme for European Peace" contains The Warsaw Communique and notes concerning the Six Power Conference in 1948. Part Two, "A Warning Voice," contains Notes of the Polish Government on The Marshall Plan and Germany, and... Read More
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THE RISE AND FALL OF SIR ANTHONY EDEN
by Churchill, Randolph S.
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with sunning spine, minimal edge wear. 327 pp.
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Dunkirk to Berlin. A Map of the Historic Wartime Journeys Undertaken By The Right Hon. Sir Winston Churchill
by Churchill, Sir Winston
Great Britain: George Philip & Son Ltd. In Association with "Time and Tide, 1947. Fine. Large folding color map (44 1/2" x 36") on heavy paper, showing the historic wartime journeys of Winston Churchill, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Great Britain. A fine copy of the map, showing color illustrations of the ships, King George V,... Read More
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Correspondence Between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. And the Presidents of the U.S.A. And the Prime Ministers of Great Britain During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
by Churchill, Winston S., Attlee, Clement R., Roosevelt, Franklin D., Truman, Harry S.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Pubishing House, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine. Octavo, 2 volumes, 401 pp., 302 pp. publisher's green cloth, printed in gilt. Volume One is Correspondence with Winston S. Churchill and Clement R. Attlee (July 1941 - November 1945); Volume Two, Correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin (August 1941 - December 1945).... Read More
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THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo. Advance Reading Copy. 309pp. Bound in blue and black pictorial dust jacket over wrappers, with edge wear. A story of the West in 1885, which was later made into the classic film starring Henry Fonda. A very good copy.
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'Vanity Fair' In Southern Africa, 1869 to 1914
by Clarke, Sonia
South Africa: The Brenthurst Press, 1991. Fine/About Fine. folio, 223 pages; publisher's maroon cloth, spine printed in black and gilt; pictorial dust jacket. One of 850 copies; illustrated in color and black and white. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on South African politics, and he delivered... Read More
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Inscribed, with Signed Poem Laid in)
by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg (SIGNED)
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED THUS ON FEP: "To Marguerite Dunsmore - /The friendly antagonist - in hopes / of more such intriguing duels / Cordially / Walter V. T. Clark / December 14, 1940. TOGETHER WITH CARBON TYPSCRIPT, ONE PAGE, SIGNED, WRITTEN TO... Read More
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THE BOOK OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. A Lyrical Drama in Two Parts
by CLAUDEL,Paul. Decorations By Jean Charlot
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good-. Quarto. Bound in original blue cloth with silver ship design front cover, silver lettering spine, blue striped endpapers. A near fine copy in very good- sliver illustrated dust jacket with short closed tears, small piece missing tip of dust jacket spine, mild... Read More
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GOD IN SHAKSPEARE
by (William Shakespeare) CLELIA
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Octavo, 424pp., errata; original blue cloth printed in gilt, black coated end papers. Fore-edge of cloth a little spotted. A portrait of Shakespeare is mounted to verso of half title with mild staining. Armorial bookplate of Charles Parkhurst. A very good copy.
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COTTAGE ECONOMY. Information Relative to The Brewing of Beer, Making of Bread, Keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry and Rabbits, and Relative to Other Matters Deemed Useful in the Conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family
by Cobbett, William
London: By the Author, 1826. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo. Early printing. No pagination, numbered by paragraphs with an index, (8)pp. list of author's publications. Bound in half black polished calf over marbled paper covered bards, spine ruled in gilt, red leather label gilt with compartments stamped in blind, lightly scattered foxing to endleaves; a very nice... Read More
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SPECIMENS OF THE TABLE TALK OF THE LATE SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. Two Volumes
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
London: John Murray, 1835. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. TWO VOLUMES. Vol. I. 267pp. 12pp. of ads at front dated April, 1835. Vol. II. 364pp. 4 pp. ads at rear, half-titles in both volumes. Bookplate on front pastedown of volume I and owner's gift inscription on half title dated 1835; owner name on front pastedown of... Read More
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LETTERS, Conversations and Recollections
by Coleridge, S.T.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 266pp. Bound in publisher's original plum-colored cloth, paper spine label. First American Edition. Light scattered foxing on endpapers; Internally clean and bright. A very good handsome copy.
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LETTERS, Conversations and Recollections
by Coleridge, S.T.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 266pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth, paper spine label. First American Edition. Early owner's name ffep, light scattered foxing on a few leaves. Minimal cover edge wear, minor soiling to cloth binding. Internally clean and bright. A very good handsome copy.
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THREATENED BIRDS OF AFRICA AND RELATED ISLANDS The icbp/iucn Red Data Book, Part I.
by Collar, N.J. And S.N. Stuart
Cambridge, U.K.: International Council for Bird Preservation, 1985. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine. Thick Octavo. Third edition, 761pp., illustrated with 12 color plates by Norman Arlott, bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt; a fine, as new copy in like dust jacket and in the original publisher's box.
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True Detective (Inscribed)
by Collins, Max Allan
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 358 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $14.95 on front flap. INSCRIBED on ffep thus: "To Art - / with all the best / from Nate Heller's / Chicago! / Max" - additionally signed on the title page "Max Allen Collins" - Illustrated with black and white... Read More
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Primary Target (Signed)
by Collins, Max Allan
Woodstock: Foul Play Press/The Countryman Press, 1987. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 190 pages; SIGNED by the author, on the title page; additionally inscribed on FFEP to mystery collector Arthur Parson. Pictorial dust jacket, with price of $14.95 on front flap. First edition stated.
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LETTERS AND MEMORIALS OF STATE, in the Reigns of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles the First
by Collins, Arthur; Sydney, Sir Philip
London; 1746: For T. Osborne. Half-Leather. Very Good. Folio. In two volumes, portrait frontispiece, (2)pp. subscriber's list, 400pp.; xii, 733pp. errata. Bound in 3/4 contemporary calf over marbled paper covered boards with matching marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. raised bands ruled in gilt, lettering gilt; light wear at extremities, some fading at leather spines; light occasional age-toning, mostly... Read More
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COLTON'S MAP OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
by Colton, C.W.
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co, 1883. Fine. (13" x 16 1/2"). Hand- colored, laid into original embossed cloth case stamped in gilt as issued, front pastedown with advertisements. Case is very good, map is fine and crisp with no tears. Very nice.
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LETTERS TO MARIANNE
by Combe, William
London: Thomas Boys, 1823. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. xiv, 85pp. Bound in original blue paper covered boards, paper spine label. William Combe's most popular work was the Dr. Syntax books; the present work was published by the editor after the author's death. Now quite rare on the market, "Letters to Marianne" does not appear in... Read More
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Possible Violation or Circumvention of the Clark Amendment. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa...100th Congress, First Session. Wednesday, July 1, 1987
by Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1987. First Edition. Very Good. octavo, 155 pages; staple bound, original wrappers. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his name on top margin of front wrapper. Professor Dale was author, expert on South Africa and gave lectures before the United Nations. Issued without dust jacket.
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Packard Clipper. Your Guide to Motoring Pleasure for 1954
by Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Owner's Manual and Warranty Book for the 1954 Packard Clipper; octavo, 52 pages, original pictorial wrappers, stapled; a fine copy, without the removable Owner Identification Card.
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