- Octavo, unbound, as published. Two sheets of paper are folded once to form 8 pages, including 7 pages of text & a rear blank. The page edges are darkened with the front edges of the last 2 leaves chipped. The corners of the pages are creased & the top edges lightly chipped. The rear blank is soiled. Good. First edition. No place of publication or printer are indicated. James G. Blaine [1830-1893] was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876 and served as Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875. Blaine led the... View More...
Paris: Guillaumin et Cie., 1897.. 1897.. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed tan wraps. The front cover of the first volume is deatched. The spines and covers are quite chipped with early tape reinforcing the spine. 679 pages; and 581 pages respectively. The volumes are shaken with some pulled signatures. Possible ex-library with the following statement "Dokumentatie A.C.W. / Documentation L.N.T.C", stamped in red on the title page of the first volume and half- title of the second volume and a number taped to the bottom of the spines. Despite the bindings, the pages are bright ... View More...
- Over 60 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide Delafield, Thorne and Burleigh law office stationery. Addressed to James B. Pond, Burleigh regrets that he'll be out of town and thus will not be able to serve on the Honorary Reception Committee at M. Maeterlinck's opening lecture at Carnegie Hall on that evening. Signed George W. Burleigh in black ink. The letter is folded horizontally and vertically for mailing with minor chipping near the top left corner. Very good. A director of the Lackawanna Steel Company, George William Burleigh (1870-1940) served as a Colonel in the New York Nat... View More...
Firenze: Fratelli Alinari, (200l).. (200l).. Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed with some minor rubbing & creasing at the corners. 175 pages. Illustrated by the author with profuse photographic illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine.
Introductory essays by Rainer Stefano Masera and Valerio Castronovo. The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present. View More...
Cambridge, U.K.: Bowes & Bowes, (1952).. (1952).. Good. - Square octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped & lightly soiled with a stain to the rear cover; the spine & gilt titling are faded. xvi & 184 pp. The endpapers & page edges are slightly darkened. Good.
The first volume in a series of works on the subject. View More...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Charles Scribner's Sosn, Ltd., 1937.. 1937.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped & the spine is faded. xvii & 373 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with 7 folding color diagrams. Good.
First edition.Inscribed by Cromwell on the front endpaper and signed "Jim".
Laid in is a 16-page prospectus for the book, bound in printed yellow wraps, and containing a summary of the contents. First Edition. View More...
(Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.: Glasgow & West of Scotland Guardian Society Ltd., (1934).. (1934).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], dark blue cloth titled in gilt with a vignette in red & gilt on the front cover. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with a few small stains & with dampstaining to the top edge of the front cover. There is a tiny chip to the head of the spine. Unpaginated. Illustrated with a few pictorial ads in black & white. The top edges & top corners of the front pastedown & the first 13 pages are dampstained. Good. 'Seventeenth Year... View More...
Madrid: En la Imprenta Real, 1818.. 1818.. Very good. - Small folio [approximately 12 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in grayish blue wraps sewn with tan cord. The wraps are lightly stained & creased with their corners bumped. There is a 2-inch tear to the tail of the spine & the lower end of each wrap is detached. Title & 33 pages. The endpapers are creased with some light creasing to the remaining leaves. The page corners are bumped. Very good. First edition.Martin de Garay [1771-1822] was an eminent economist who was appointed Minister of Finance by Fernando VII in 1816 to he... View More...
- Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Marbled boards backed with a green leather spine, titled and decorated in gilt on the spine. The leather is splitting along the joints and pieces are chipped away from the head and tail of the spine. 493 pages. Good. First edition. The text is in French. First Edition. View More...
London: The Fabian Society/George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1920 and 1927.. 1920 and 1927.. Good. - Octavo, softcover. "What to Read" is bound in printed brown wrappers. The wraps are rubbed, bumped & chipped around the edges with some light creasing. The spine is heavily chipped with a piece out of the head & the front wrap is detached. xii & 80 pages, including 4 blank pages headed "Space for Additions". There is an owner's pencil signature on the title. The top page corners are bumped & there is occasional minor foxing. Supplement: printed self-wraps. 30 pages plus 1-page publish... View More...
Washington, DC: 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, softcover, stapled cream self wraps. 8 pages, including wraps & 4-1/2 pages of text. The pamphlet has been folded twice & there is a tiny pinhole in the last leaf. Together with a mailing envelope with the title page information printed in the top left corner and a facsimile of George W. Fairchild's signature in the top right corner. The envelope is soiled, stained & foxed with a piece out of the top edge. Very good in a fair mailing envelope. A Republican Congressman from an agricultural district of New York State speaks out, on behalf of his far... View More...
Toulouse [France]: December 13, 1930.. 1930.. Very good. - 79 words penned in black ink on the 1st side of a sheet of cream paper folded once to form 4 sides 8-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Signed A Favre. There is some very light soiling & some tiny marks to the blank 4th side. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. In this letter, written in French, Favre presents a copy of his book advocating the spread of the metric system [Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France, 1930] to the president of an institution. He hopes that it will be of particular interest to the Americans. J'ai l'honneu... View More...
- Octavo, cream boards backed with black cloth. The binding is soiled & there is a tiny 1938 label on the front cover & some staining to the bottom edge of the rear cover. 141 pages. There is a small stain to the fore-edge with some tiny marks to the top edge. There is a bookseller's stamp on the title page. The rear endpaper is lightly stained & rippled. Good.
First published edition of a 1933 University of Frankfurt am Main dissertation.
London: Privately printed by Rixon and Arnold, 29 Poultry, 1895.. 1895.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide], soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are soiled & lightly chipped with staining to the rear wrap & the corners of the front wrap. The spine is perished with large pieces out. Title, [1] leaf & 47 pages with manuscript corrections. There is an owner's ink note on the front endpaper & there are several pencil markings in the margins of the pages. Good.
First edition. Scarce. First Edition. View More...
London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with the extremities spotted. xiii & 288 pages. There is very light staining & foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers, else the contents are very good. First edition.Laid into this work about economic instability and the gold standard is a four-page autograph letter signed from Gayer to economist Michael Heilperin, who was in favor of an international gold standard . The letter, dated November 14, 1935 is written on Gayer's personalized letterhead and is signed... View More...
Journal of the History of Ideas, 1957.. 1957.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped with some small stains to the top edge of the front wrap. There are small stains to the wraps around the staples. Pages [455]-474. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the front wrap: To a fellow student of a fascinating subject / Charles H. George.Laid in is an autograph letter signed in full by the author and penned on University of Pittsburgh Department of History letterhead. George writes to a Mr. Bromberg: I very ... View More...
New York: Charles Webster & Company, 1892.. 1892.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with some light staining. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. Half-title, iii & 319 pages plus an 8-page publisher's catalog. The hinges are cracked & the endpapers & front & rear blanks are darkened with a piece out of the corner of the front endpaper. Good working copy.
Manila: The Bureau of Forestry, May 1953.. May 1953.. Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial green & white wraps. The rear wrap is soiled & spotted with its bottom corner chipped. There is some very light spotting to the front wrap. The spine is creased, chipped & slightly darkened. 160 mechanically reproduced pages with an errata sheet tipped onto the title page. Black- and-white illustrations & tables. The front edge of the last leaf is chipped & the bottom corners of a number of rear leaves are chipped, else very good. A Cooperativ... View More...
London: The Financial Book Co., 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Small octavo, red cloth. The binding is bumped & soiled with a small stain to the bottom edge of the rear cover. The spine is faded with the head chipped. xxxii & 272 pages, There is a tiny stain to the fore-edge & to the front edge of 1 page. Good.
First edition.
From the library of Roland Redmond, counsel to the law firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn. The firm's stamp is on the pastedowns and endpapers & on the bottom edge of the book.
(New York: Something Else Press, 1969).. 1969).. Very good. - Quarto, teal cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. There is a small area of staining to the bottom edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed with the top edge chipped. xi, [i] & pages [13]-142, printed in 2 columns. Small areas of the front endpapers are rubbed & there is a tear to the top corner of the endpaper. Illustrated in color & black & white. Very good. First edition. The illustrations document the non-Wall Street activities of security analyst and former art critic and painter Gutman, his love of nu... View More...
