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Hardbound, no dust jacket. Limited 1st edition. #116/2500. Boards show fading & minor bumps & wear, otherwise very good.

A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on tennis from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C. M. Newton and photographs with a frontispiece, headpieces, vignettes and 12 monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes' is a sporting project edited by the 8th Duke of Beaufort which intended to cover all sports in a collection of works. This work discusses Tennis and other racket sports and was written by J. M. Heathcote, C. G. Heathcote, E. O. P. -Bouverie and A. C. Ainger. Publisher's advertisements to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities resulting in light rubbing, minor marks to the boards, heavier to the back, and light rubbing to the joints. Front hinge starting but very firm. Internally firmly bound with bright pages. Scattered spotting heavier to the front and rear. Very minor creasing and the odd chip to the rear. The odd page unopened. Age toning and light spotting to the fore edge. Very Good.

A beautifully illustrated first edition of this work on tennis from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes'. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Lucien Davis, C. M. Newton and photographs with a frontispiece, headpieces, vignettes and 12 monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work from 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes' is a sporting project edited by the 8th Duke of Beaufort which intended to cover all sports in a collection of works. This work discusses Tennis and other racket sports and was written by J. M. Heathcote, C. G. Heathcote, E. O. P. -Bouverie and A. C. Ainger. Publisher's advertisements to the front. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities resulting in light rubbing, minor marks to the boards, heavier to the back, and light rubbing to the joints. Front hinge starting but very firm. Internally firmly bound with bright pages. Scattered spotting heavier to the front and rear. Very minor creasing and the odd chip to the rear. The odd page unopened. Age toning and light spotting to the fore edge. Very Good.

First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (18s price intact). Published by Macmmillan, 1956. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends and light offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and spine darkening. A very good copy of this philosophical discussion by A. J. Ayer. 258 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

The uncommon first edition of A M Burrage's collection of posthumously published tales of suspense and the supernatural. The uncommon first edition, first impression. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. An impressive collection of fourteen posthumously published short stories, including 'The Oak Saplings', 'The Green Scarf', and 'One Who Saw'. In his lifetime Burrage was best known for fiction for boys, but subsequently he has become better known for his ghost stories. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Age toned adhesive tape running the length of the dust wrapper head and tail. Small loss to back strip tail, with closed tear and two minor chips to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine.

Limited, numbered first edition of 1000 copies, this being copy 933, signed by Lloyd Reynold. Covers show some light soiling and very mild waviness. Interior is clean and unmarked. ix + 86 pages. 12 x 12 inches. A tribute to the master-calligrapher and Reed College professor, Lloyd J. Reynolds (1902-1978), with contributions from an exceptional array of calligraphers, poets, artists, and scholars, including Alfred Fairbank, Gary Snyder, John Cage, William Stafford, James Dickey, Philip Whalen, Lew Welch, Mary Barnard, Edward Catich, Raymond DaBoll, Jaki Svaren, William Dickey, Lou Harrison, Carolyn Kizer, Lucien Stryk, Vern Rutsala, and Jonathan Williams. Preface by Philip Whalen, who helped originate this volume along with the Reed senior (and author of the introduction), Mark Loeb. Additional contributors include: Jacob Avshalomov, Lois Baker, Arnold Bank, Ben Barzman, Yvonne Bianco, Robert Boardwell, Frank Paul Bowman, Bong Wai Chen, V.L.O. Chittick, Curtiss Cowan, Robert D. Crowley, Dorothy Dehn, Mark DeVoto, Jesse Green, Anne Gregory, Erik Gronborg, Kenneth O. Hanson, James Hayes, Jenny Hunter, Dell Hymes, Manuel Izquierdo, Frank Jones, Charles Leong, Mark Loeb, Sister Loyola Mary, Byron J. MacDonald, Edward Martin, James McGarrell, Monica Moseley-Pincus, Phiz Mozesson, Charles Munch, Maury Nemoy, Norman Paasche, Cindy Parker, Alton Pickens, David Ray, M.C. (Mary Caroline) Richards, Robert Ross, Sister Grace Taylor, Joshua C. Taylor, Ralph James Turner, and Clyde Van Cleve.

The uncommon first edition of A M Burrage's collection of posthumously published tales of suspense and the supernatural. The uncommon first edition, first impression. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. An impressive collection of fourteen posthumously published short stories, including 'The Oak Saplings', 'The Green Scarf', and 'One Who Saw'. In his lifetime Burrage was best known for fiction for boys, but subsequently he has become better known for his ghost stories. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Age toned adhesive tape running the length of the dust wrapper head and tail. Small loss to back strip tail, with closed tear and two minor chips to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine.

First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. S. Stacey and a map of the Grecian Archipelago. In very good condition. A desirable Henty title. Prolific English novelist and war correspondent George Alfred Henty is best known for his historical adventure stories that were very popular and commercially successful in the late 19th century. Henty wrote 122 works of historical fiction throughout his career, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885) and was considered the most popular boy's author of his day. His publisher, Blackie and Son, estimated in February 1952 that they were producing nearly 150, 000 Henty books a year at the height of his popularity, and stated that their records showed they had produced over three and a half million Henty books to date (Feather, The Age of the Novel, 2006).

An attractive example of Arthur A. Stevens's record of 'thirty-three years with three famous book-houses, and some account of noted books'. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further plates. Collated, complete. A fascinating autobiographical work in which self-identified 'bookman' Alfred Arthur Stevens describes his knowledge about books, gained from working in 'three famous book-houses'. Chapters discuss 'public men and their love of books', 'American bookmen and the lure of the first edition', and 'English literature in Japan'. Loosely inserted is an undated two leaf letter from Mabel of Manchester to her close friend May, inviting her to come and visit. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with small ink marks to head of rear wrap. Two small closed tears to dust wrapper back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed.

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; A three volume set of first edition books published by Museum Press of Sir Alfred Munnings, President of the Royal Academy 1944-1949. No names or soil within, volume II has a light crease on the front board but text is fine. All books are well bound and clean. B/w line illustrated endpapers in all vols, hinge papers fine, bright gilt titles on red cloth. Volume I: An Artists Life, published 1950 in photo-reprod dj with slight loss at tips and spine ends. Volume II: The Second burst, published 1951 in photo-reprod dj with loss at head taking most of the title on backstrip of dj. Volume III: The Finish in original dj with loss at head published 1952. A complete set with over 180 illustrations by the author.