(1951).. (1951).. Very good. - sc The 9 inch high by 7-1/8 inch wide black & white photograph depicts the young Prince Charles posing for a photograph to celebrate his birthday. Distributed by the Associated Press News Photo with their stamp on the verso. There is a tiny piece of the image near the prince's hand which is rubbed away. Very good.Intended for publication in newspapers of the period with text for a press realease accompanying the photograph printed in type on paper mounted to the the bottom of the photo from the verso. The text of the press release reads as follows: PRINCE CHARLES... View More...
(1954).. (1954).. Very good. - The 9 inch high by 7-1/8 inch wide black & white photograph by Marcus Adams depicts the young Prince Charles posing for a photograph to celebrate his birthday. Distributed by the International News Photo with their stamp on the verso. There is a small crease to the top left corner and edges are curling in. The top edge of the verso is darkened. Very good. Intended for publication in newspapers of the period with text for a press release accompanying the photograph printed in type on paper mounted to the the bottom of the photo from the verso. The text of the pres... View More...
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861.. 1861.. Good. - 8vo, brown cloth (bumped & rubbed; spine faded; small dent to top edge of front cover) titled in gilt (somewhat faded) with frames & decorations stamped in blind on both covers. xix & 424 pp. (pencil name & white ink name on front endpaper with offsetting to pastedown; scattered foxing; small stains to fore-edge with tiny stains to front edges of a number of pages). Good. In his first chapter, the author writes that Spedding's new edition of Bacon's work "has drawn men's thoughts to the character of Bacon as painted by his foes; and the ins... View More...
- An original holograph document attractively penned in an unknown hand on 13-1/4 inch high by 15-5/8 inch wide cream paper. Fifteen lines boldly penned with several flourishes, signed "Christophorus Popel Barro a Lobcowicz" by Christoph Popel, Baron of Lobkowicz who was Chief Steward of Bohemia under the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. The document is further annotated with 8 lines penned across the center of the verso with an unidentified signature and another 8 lines penned vertically on the verso above the center panel, also with an unidentified signature. The faint remnants and outline of a... View More...
Circa [1790].. [1790].. Very good. - sc A 7-7/8 inch high by 6-7/8 inch wide oval mezzotint portrait of the 1st Viscount Torrington, mounted with glue from the verso on 7-7/8 inch high by 6-7/8 inch wide rectangular heavy cream paper stock. Though cropped & mounted, the mezzotint is in very good condition. British Admiral and Statesman, George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1668-1733) served as First Lord of the Admiralty under King George II. He began his naval career as a King's Letter Boy and, as a Lieutenant in 1683 shipped for the East Indies. A supporter of William III, Prince of Orange,... View More...
- Folio, 19-3/4 inches high by 13 inches wide. Softcover, creamy tan wraps bound with black cotton cord, titled in black & red on the front cover. 8 pages, including the covers, printed in red and black on Linweave's early American paper stock with facsimiles of the 2 pages of the original proclamation tipped-in at the center. The facsimile of the proclamation is illustrated with King Charles' crest and a decorated initial. A diagram, and a decorated initial and tail-piece, all printed in red, enhance the text of the book. There are minor creases to the corners. Near fine. "Composed, printed a... View More...
- Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 7 inches wide], blue paper covered boards titled in gilt. The spine & extremities are faded & the head of the spine is lightly chipped. the covers are bumped. 48 pages plus colophon. Full-page and textual illustrations in color and black & white. The contents are near fine.
The Williamsburg Award is made to a person who in the course of contemporary events has made an outstanding contribution to the historic struggle of men to live free and self-respecting in a just society. View More...
NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995).. (1995).. Very good. - 8vo, black cloth backed black boards titled in red, in dw (rubbed). xv & 427 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Very good.
First American edition.
Churchill carried on the war because of his misguided faith that U.S. help could be enlisted to save the British Empire, contends Charmley. President Roosevelt, however, sought an end to imperialism and thus entered the war only belatedly, ensuring that Britain would end the war weak and dependent on America.--From the dw. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
DOCUMENT AWARDING CAMPBELL CLARKE THE HIGHEST HONOR OF GREECE - Document printed on the first side of a sheet of cream-colored paper folded once to form 4 sides, each 13-34 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide. The document is filled in in a secretarial hand and is signed A. Skouzes. The document is folded once & there is creasing around the fold with a short tear at the right edge. The bottom edge is lightly creased with a stain at the bottom right corner. Good. The Order of the Redeemer is a Greek order of merit, the oldest and highest decoration awarded by the Greek state. The Cross of the Comm... View More...
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1884.. 1884.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with a pictorial vignette in gilt & black on the front cover & in gilt with a vignette in black on the spine.The binding is lightly rubbed & the covers are bumped. iv & 428 pages. Illustrated with 8 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. The title page is lightly chipped with a short tear & there is a contemporary owner's inscription above the title. There is scattered foxing, including to the margins of the plates. Good.
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, (1967).. (1967).. Very good. - Small quarto, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly chipped with a short tear. 491 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.
First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Octavo, printed self-wraps. 16 pages. There is foxing to the first 3 leaves & the last page with tiny black stains to the lower halves of pages 2-8. The edges of the title page & the bottom corner of the 2nd leaf are chipped. Good. First edition. Sir Charles was Custodian of the Brighton Museum for many years. When he lost that post he sunk into poverty. One of his ancestors, Sir William Dick, espoused the Royalist cause during the reign of Charles I, losing a fortune of about 200,000 pounds sterling, including a loan to the King of more than 50,000 pounds. An act was passed, making this a p... View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps & titled within a decorative frame in black on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly bumped & the rear wrap is soiled & is darkened along the spine. There is light creasing to the top edge of the front wrap & the tail of the spine is lightly chipped. Half-title, title & 88 pages plus colophon. The contents are bright and fine. The publisher's cover title is Collection de Pieces Fugitives / Pour servir a l'Histoire de France. The introduction is by Alfred Franklin. The text is in French. The colophon reads: Cette Edition a ete imprimee avec les c... View More...
- Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped. xviii & 541 pages. 4 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. The bottom edge is slightly soiled. The contents are very good.
First English edition. First Edition. View More...
- Octavo, softcover, unbound, removed. 15 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. The title & last page are somewhat darkened around the edges. There is some very light foxing to the title page with a tiny chip to its front edge. Very good. National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations publication No. 22. Described in the National Union catalog as A Sequel to 'The Gladstone Administration,' No. 17. A negative account of Gladstone's Liberal administration. Uncommon. View More...
Kobenhavn: (S.L. Mollers Bogtrykkeri), 1950.. 1950.. Very good. - Octavo, softcovers. Six parts in nine volumes bound printed dark blue wraps titled in white on the front covers and the spines. The books are housed in a tan kraft cardboard slipcase with folding lip and a printed title label on the spine. The covers are very slightly creased and rubbed. The slipcase is rubbed with some slight wear to the edges. Includes 8 text volumes and a book illustrated with 14 full-page and folding maps and plans, some of which are in color. Very good. The text of this work on Greenland's economy, politics... View More...
Budapest, [Hungary]: Published by the State Publishing House, 1951.. 1951.. Good. - Octavo, original light green and white printed wraps. Titled in black on the front cover. The covers are quite soiled and stained with, as one might well expect, several chips to the overlapping edges. 411 pages with illustrations from photographs. The front hinge is cracked. A good copy.
Jozsef Grosz conspired to restore the monarchy to Communist Hungary. View More...
Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: H. R. Moulton, 1930.. 1930.. Good. - Quarto, 12-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide. Hardcover with the original wraps bound in buckram titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed, soiled & stained. 341 pages. Scattered foxing. A suite of 12 pages of illustrations, with its own wrappers, is bound in at the front. A good, tight copy. An ALS by Herbert Moulton to the recipient of the catalogue, a Dr. Gordon Ward, is tipped in. Also tipped in are three prospectuses for the catalogue.Described in the catalogue are approximately 10,000 ancient deeds, from the 12th to the early 19th ... View More...
Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: H. R. Moulton, 1930.. 1930.. Good. - sc Quarto, original printed wraps. The spine is chipped & torn with pieces out; the rear wrap & last 3 leaves are detached. 341 pp. Page edges slightly darkened. 1 facsimile. A good working copy, well worth repairing.Together with a suite of 6 leaves of plates (dampstained), and a general index [121 pages with 11 pp. of facsimiles] both bound in printed wraps. The facsimiles included with the index are dampstained with 2 of the pages stuck together & the page edges are darkened. Thousands of deeds are catalogued. "The present Ca... View More...
- 16mo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Tan boards titled in black on the front cover and the spine. The covers are bumped, soiled and darkened. 389 deckle-edged pages plus a 6-page publisher's catalog, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece portrait of Ch. Maurice de Talleyrand and a folding genealogical chart. There is occasional minor staining. Good. First American edition. "Harper's Family Library No. XXIX". First Edition. View More...
