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New York: Basic Books, 2006. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2006). Very good. More
New York: Basic Books, 2006. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2006). Very good. More
New York: Free Press, 1996. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. New York: Free Press, (1996). Fine Signed by the author. More
New York: Free Press, 1996. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Free Press, (1996). Presentation copy. More
New York: Free Press, 1996. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Free Press, (1996). Book Club Edition. More
New York: Free Press, 1991. 171 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, d.w.; page 3/4 wrinkled. New York: Free Press, (1991). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1980. Volume VI, Part 3 ONLY. 658pp. 8vo, blue cloth. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1980). Slightly edge-worn still a very good(+) copy. More
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1968. Volume IV Supplement ONLY. xxiv + 283pp. 8vo, blue cloth. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1968). First edition. Slightly edge-worn, still a very good(+) copy. More
London: w.w. norton & company, 2015. color illustrated all throughout, 150 pages, signed by authors, folio, 3/4 blue boards with gold embossed letters on the spine, d.w. London: W.W. Norton & Company, (2015). A very fine copy. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1989. Profusely illustrated with full-page color photographs of gardens, 143 pages. Slim 4to, cloth, d.w.: (price- clipped). Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1989). Near fine. More
New York: A Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. NUMBERS 1-6. 8vo, pictorial wrappers; No. 2 is dampstained throughout in the outer margins. New York: A Harvest/HBJ Book, 1985-1986. Books are very good(+) excepting No. 2 which is dampstained. Features pieces by John Le Carre, Raymond Chandler, Georges Simenon, and others. More
London: Longmans, 1900. Many black & white illustrations. 382 pages, 8vo, rebound in burgundy cloth. Lodnon: Longmans, Green, 1900. Very good (+). More
New York: Viking, 1978. Illustrated with humorous b/w drawings. 116 pages. Slim 12mo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Viking/Debrett's Peerage, (1978). First American edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Cleveland: World, 1963. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. Thick 4to, gray cloth with red spine label; previous owners name, front free endpaper.Cleveland: World Publishing, (1963). First American edition. A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Norton, 1985. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Norton, (1985). Near Fine. More
London: Privately Printed, 1897. Rubricated title. 326 pages, unopened. Small 4to, linen backed boards, paper label (slightly rubbed). (London): Printed for Private Circulation, 1897. Near fine. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Illustrated in color and in black and white. viii, 230 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2004). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: GVC Designs, 2002. Illustrated (b/w). 61 pages. Square 8vo, stamped blue boards, dust wrapper. New York: GVC Designs, (2002). First edition. A fine copy. Signed by both authors on limitation page, and inscribed by Vanderbilt on flyleaf: "To Louis and Al [Hirschfeld] with all my love Gloria" More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: St. Martin's, (1992). vg. More
Dover: Eliphalet, 1891. viii, 484pp. [2]pp. 12mo, contemporary calf; (spine and front cover worn, first 2 blank leaves, title page, and last 3 leaves chipped in margin, light foxing throughout). Dover; (New-hampshire): Eliphalet Ladd, 1792. "He (Richard Burn) was a justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland (in England)... It (this work) is the most useful book ever published on the law relating to justices of the peace." Dictionary of National Biography III, p. 377. This..... More
Dover: Eliphalet, 1792. viii, 484pp. [2]pp. Small worm hole at bottom front fly-leaf and title page 12mo, full contemporary calf; (spine and front cover worn). Dover; (New-hampshire): Eliphalet Ladd, 1792. Early American Imprint. Very good (+). "He (Richard Burn) was a justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland (in England)... It (this work) is the most useful book ever published on the law relating to justices of the peace." Dictionary of National Biography III, p. 377..... More
London: Woodfall and Strahan, 1762. 82 pages. 12mo, early plain gray sewn wrappers, worn, pages uncut and margins of different sizes as issued, one page torn with no loss of text. London: Woodfall and Strahan, 1762. A tattered but nice copy of a scarce book. Good. Issued during the final two years of the French and Indian Wars. More
Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1888. Frontispiece portrait and numerous other illustrations. 445 pages. Thick 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth (spine ends and corners worn). Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1888. First edition. A very good copy -- internally bright and clean. Both authors were veterans of the Civil War. More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 2 volumes, large 8vos, vellum spines and tips (vellum a bit dust soiled), faux parchment boards, top edges gilt, housed in tan cloth slipcase. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. A very good(+) set. Limited edition; number 246 of 500 copies. The first edition in an all English text. More
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1977. Illustrated with ornamental medallions and color Persian miniatures. 770 pages. Very thick 8vo, gilt and blue-stamped crimson leather, all edges gilt. Franklin Library, (1977). A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More
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