History of Black Americans: From Africa to the Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom
by Philip S. Foner
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975. Very Good. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 680 pp. Blue cloth stamped in silver. No dust jacket. Light edgewear and scuffing with a few minor smudges and spots. Binding sound. Dust soiling to top edge of text block; mild staining to endpapers; interior unmarked and legible throughout. Overall a Very... Read More
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Castelli Romani: An Account of Certain Towns and Villages in Latium
by Edoardo De Fonseca
Florence: Alinari Brothers, 1904. Good/No Jacket. Florence: Alinari Brothers, 1904. Quarto; 158pp. Monochrome plates throughout. Blind-embossed cream cloth-covered boards with red lettering. Covers bumped at corners, with concave bow to front board and both bowing outward at fore-edge. Opens easily to between a few gatherings, but binding is still holding soundly. Pages a bit toned but unmarked. ... Read More
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Il Parrocchetto, Poema del Celebre Sig. Gresset tradotto dal verso franzese nel toscano
by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset; Jean de La Fontaine
Parigi: Nella Stamperia Italiana, 1789. Very Good. Parigi: Nella Stamperia Italiana, 1789. Edizione Quarta. Octavo (19cm.); contemporary stitched paste-paper wrappers, contemporary manuscript titling to upper cover; 70,[2]pp. (collated, presumed complete); engraved frontispiece. Faint damp staining to rear cover, title page verso a bit finger-soiled, a few leaves wrinkled, else a Very Good and sound copy. Italian translation... Read More
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Pratica delle Missioni del Padre Pauolo Segneri della Compagnia di Gesù Predicatore Pontificio
by Paolo Segneri and Fulvio Fontana
Venezia [Venice]: Presso Andrea Poletti, 1739. Very Good. Venezia [Venice]: Presso Andrea Poletti, 1739. Later Edition. Two parts in one volume (continuous pagination); quarto (24.5cm.); modern paper-covered boards, new endpapers; [16],170pp. (lacking final blank, otherwise collated complete); woodcut vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout, music on final leaves of text. Ex-Bibliothek Hennef with their rather dark interior rubber-stamps... Read More
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Clifford en Espana: Un Fotografo en la Corte de Isabel II
by [Charles Clifford] Lee Fontanella
Madrid: Iberdrola, 1997. Very Good+/Very Good. Madrid? Iberdrola, [1997]. First Edition. Large square quarto; publisher's cloth in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; 335pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear, corners nudged, else a Very Good or better copy.
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The 1st Infantry Division and the US Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991
by Gregory Fontenot
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2017. Near Fine/Very Good. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2017. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxxiii,[1],526pp.; thirteen (13) leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional text illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, most notably at spine foot; overall a Near Fine copy in Very Good... Read More
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Sinfully Rich
by Hulbert Footner
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition, stated, with A-P code. Octavo; [vi], 348pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; book in green cloth with blue lettering. Jacket chipped and torn along edges and spine ends (with no loss to text) and cracking down flap folds, showing some... Read More
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Paradise [Signed]
by Esther Forbes
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Stated First Edition. Signed by Forbes on front free endpaper with inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 556 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Navy boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket worn along edges with some slight chipping.... Read More
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Studios and Workspaces of Black American Artists [Signed]
by Dennis L. Forbes
Washington, DC: Dennis L. Forbes, 2008. Very Good/Very Good. [Washington, DC]: Dennis L. Forbes, 2008. First Edition. Signed by Forbes without inscription on full title. Quarto (12.25" x 9.25"); 328 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding... Read More
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No Questions Asked
by Forbes Rydell [pseud.]
New York: Doubleday & Co. / Crime Club, 1963. Very Good -/Very Good +. New York: Doubleday & Co. / Crime Club, 1963. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 178pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; boards bound in red cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped; superficial scratches at rear panel; verso toned. Dust... Read More
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Picture of Washington and Its Vicinity for 1845 [Engraved title page: Force's Picture of the City of Washington and Its Vicinity]
by William Q. Force
Washington, DC: William Q. Force, 1845. Very Good -. Washington, DC: William Q. Force, 1845. First Edition. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,146pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page + thirty-nine (39) leaves of plates, three of them folding (collated complete). Cloth scuffed at margins with brief exposure at corners, boards neatly reattached though joints... Read More
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The Berlin Sentinel Volume I, Number 1: Tuesday Sept. 25, 1945 & Number 2: Friday October 5, 1945 [Two volume set]
by [World War II] United States Armed Forces
Berlin: Information and Education Section, G-3 / U.S. Headquarters Berlin District and Headquarters First Airborne Army, 1945. Very Good. Berlin: Information and Education Section, G-3 / U.S. Headquarters Berlin District and Headquarters First Airborne Army, 1945. First Edition. Two folio volumes. 6 & 8 pp. Light chipping and a few tears to edges; toned and brittle. ... Read More
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Collected Poems
by Ford Madox Hueffer [a.k.a. Ford Madox Ford]
London: Max Goschen Limited, 1914. Very Good-. London: Max Goschen Limited, 1914. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's dark blue-green paper-covered boards, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; 227pp. Boards worn at margins with exposure at corners and shallow loss at spine crown, binding recased, textblock uniformly brittle and toned, occasional contemporary pencil and ink marginalia; a Good... Read More
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A Man Could Stand Up
by Ford Madox Ford
London: Duckworth, 1926. Very Good -/Good +. London: Duckworth, 1926. First UK Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 275pp. Boards in dark green cloth with gilt stamping, wrapped in publisher's pictorial jacket. Jacket rubbed and bumped at margins and darkened at spine and joints with general light soiling. Tear to middle of spine and to top of front joint have... Read More
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A Man Could Stand Up
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Very Good/Good +. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First American Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 347pp. Boards in black cloth with green stamping, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ($2.50). Jacket generally sunned and toned, most significantly at margins and darkened at spine. Extremities chipped, rubbed, and creased with a few... Read More
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The Rash Act: A Novel
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, yellow topstain, in orange pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Biala retaining original price ($2.50); [4],380pp. Moderate wear and tiny chips to dust jacket margins, spine panel a shade sunned, light toning and... Read More
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The March of Literature from Confucius' Day to Our Own
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Dial Press, 1938. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Dial Press, 1938. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.75); vii,[3],878pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine a bit toned, dark staining along bottom edge of rear panel and spine foot, old tape repair to verso not showing... Read More
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The Last Post
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Literary Guild of America, 1928. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Literary Guild of America, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); publisher's dust jacket over two-toned cloth with paper title cards to front and spine; ix,[10]-285pp. Jacket chipped along top edge and over head of spine, with shallow tears at corners and some general toning and smudging to... Read More
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A Little Less Than Gods
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Viking Press, 1928. Very Good/Good. New York: Viking Press, 1928. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, black topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); x,361pp. Dust jacket significantly chipped and worn with losses at spine ends and top fore-edge corner of upper panel, large loss to rear panel with crude tape repair to verso, tape... Read More
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Julia Margaret Cameron: A Critical Biography [Signed]
by [Julia Margaret Cameron] Colin Ford
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. Very Good/Very Good. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. First Edition. Signed by Colin Ford to photography historian Larry Schaaf and his wife Elizabeth with brief inscription at title page. Quarto. 212 pp. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbed and creased along edges with... Read More
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Collected Poems
by Ford Madox Ford; William Rose Benet [intro.]
New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket printed in green retaining original price ($3.00); xvi,348pp. Light wear and a few tiny chips to dust jacket margins, corners nudged, uneven toning to endpapers, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. ... Read More
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Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford; Robie Macauley [intro.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Omnibus Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 836pp. Boards in dark blue cloth with blind, red, and gilt stamping, wrapped in publisher's price-clipped jacket. Jacket generally scuffed, chipped, and creased with toning to margins and back panel; minor closed tears to top margin. Minor... Read More
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A Piece of My Heart [Inscribed and Signed]
by Richard Ford
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Fine/Fine. New York: Harper & Row, [1976]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($8.95), reddish-brown topstain; [6],297pp. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed by Ford on half title page. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book.
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The Gun: A Novel
by C.S. Forester
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. First American Edition. Octavo. 296 pp. Cream boards stamped in dark blue; maps endpapers; lacks dust jacket. Staining and soiling to boards, with mild edgewear. Spine darkened and nudged at head and tail. Smudging to top edge of textblock with foxing to bottom and... Read More
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Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy
by C.S. Forester
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1927. Very Good -. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1927. First Edition, second issue in green cloth with ads dated 1932. Octavo (22.5cm); [viii],245pp+8ads; 12 plates including frontis, all present; map endpapers and genealogical table. Publisher's light green cloth with dark green rules and lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards rather edgeworn with bumping... Read More
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