Maiden's Fury
H. A. [Harold Alfred] Manhood
Maiden's Fury
H. A. [Harold Alfred] Manhood
- Publisher: Grayson & Grayson
- Date published: 1935
- Format: Hardcover
Signed and numbered [55/285] first edition, which is also inscribed by Manhood on the ffep. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, nude pictorial on front cover. Cloth shows light soiling. A tad bit of foxing; minor soiling on endmatter. 20 leaves. Dust jacket has small chips at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed and made by The Garden city Press, Letchworth. A warped little story by Harold Alfred Manhood (1904-1991) about a randy, young man in Dublin, his uncle's printing shop, a bucket of prawns, and a mysterious room decorated with lusty tapestries which contains a hideous girl holding a revolver.
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Distilled Wisdom: an Encyclopedia of Wisdom in Condensed Form
Alfred Armand Montapert
Distilled Wisdom: an Encyclopedia of Wisdom in Condensed Form
Alfred Armand Montapert
- Publisher: PRENTICE-HALL, INC
- Format: Hardcover
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration. Foxing along the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Alfred a. Knopf at 60
Knopf, Alfred A.
Alfred a. Knopf at 60
Knopf, Alfred A.
- Publisher: A. A. Knopf
- Date published: 1952
- Format: Hardcover
First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 59. Original publishers brown cloth over papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine with gilt decoration on the front cover. Privately printed". Printing done at the Plimption press. Articles by Carl Van Vechten, Pendleton Dudley, B.W. Huebsch, John Hersy, W.A. Dwiggins, H.L. Mencken. 250 copies for presentation only Clean, very good.
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A Tourist in Spite of Himself [Signed & Insc By Author]
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward)
A Tourist in Spite of Himself [Signed & Insc By Author]
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward)
- Publisher: Little Brown & Company
- Date published: 1930
- Format: Hardcover
1st printing; green c w/black titles, lite wear at extremties; 252 clean, unmarked pages.
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Record of the Arts Class of 1886-90
Jobberns, Joseph B. And Alfred A. Prosser (Edit).
Record of the Arts Class of 1886-90
Jobberns, Joseph B. And Alfred A. Prosser (Edit).
- Publisher: University Of Aberdeen
- Date published: 1924
- Format: Hardcover
First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on front. pp 47. Uncut. Colour frontispiece, 14 illustrations. Report and brief biographies of professors and class of 1886-90, with updates on the class at the time of publishing. Very good.
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Whitehead's American Essays in Social Philosophy
Alfred North Whitehead. A. H. Johnson, Editor
Whitehead's American Essays in Social Philosophy
Alfred North Whitehead. A. H. Johnson, Editor
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Date published: 1959
*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, May 20 (sale item)* first edition; 206 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Galvanoplastic Manipulations, a Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver Electroplater and the Galvanoplastic Operator, With 127 Figures in the Text (1872 Hc)
Alfred Roseleur, Trans By A. A. Fesquet
Galvanoplastic Manipulations, a Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver Electroplater and the Galvanoplastic Operator, With 127 Figures in the Text (1872 Hc)
Alfred Roseleur, Trans By A. A. Fesquet
- Publisher: Henry Carey Baird
- Date published: 1872
- Format: Hardcover
Pub by Henry Carey Baird, 1872, NAP, presumed 1st Edition. NOT exLib. Good cond. hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth over bds, all lettering faded to nothing. heavy exterior wear. Front hinge starting but holding. Textblock clean, sound & VG+ cond. Illus in b&w. 495pp + 23pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall Good cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
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Das Boot Ist Voll By Alfred a. H? Sler Die Schweiz Und Die Fluechtlinge 1933-45 By By Alfred a. H? Sler
By Alfred A. H? Sler
Das Boot Ist Voll By Alfred a. H? Sler Die Schweiz Und Die Fluechtlinge 1933-45 By By Alfred a. H? Sler
By Alfred A. H? Sler
- Publisher: Fretz & Wasmuth
First edition stated. Hard-cover, Die Schweiz und die Fluechtlinge 1933-45German text, near fine/VG DJ Free of any markings and no writing. Minor shelf-wear. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.
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The Howitzer of 1947
Stewart, Charles C; Smith, James E.; McNeil, Robert J.; Shook, Charles H.; Pabst, Alfred A.
The Howitzer of 1947
Stewart, Charles C; Smith, James E.; McNeil, Robert J.; Shook, Charles H.; Pabst, Alfred A.
- Publisher: United States Military Academy
- Date published: 1947
- Format: Boards
1st Edition. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Folio with 537 pages. The book is in good condition with some slight bumping to the covers edges and foxing to the top pages edges. There is some foxing to the front title page and several pages in the back (pages 528 to the back pastedown). The interior is tight. The spine is sage/black.
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They Wouldn't Be Chessmen: a M. Hanaud Mystery Novel
A. E. W Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
They Wouldn't Be Chessmen: a M. Hanaud Mystery Novel
A. E. W Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Rear hinge cracked. Writing inside. (Vintage Mystery and Adventure)
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Record of the Arts Class of 1886-90
Jobberns, Joseph B. And Alfred A. Prosser (Edit).
Record of the Arts Class of 1886-90
Jobberns, Joseph B. And Alfred A. Prosser (Edit).
- Publisher: University Of Aberdeen
- Date published: 1924
- Format: Hardcover
First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt on front. pp 47. Uncut. Colour frontispiece, 14 illustrations. Report and brief biographies of professors and class of 1886-90, with updates on the class at the time of publishing. Very good.
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Portrait of a Publisher 1915-1965. I: Reminiscences and Reflections. II: Alfred a Knopf and the Borzoi Imprint: Recollections and Appreciations
Knopf, Alfred A.
Portrait of a Publisher 1915-1965. I: Reminiscences and Reflections. II: Alfred a Knopf and the Borzoi Imprint: Recollections and Appreciations
Knopf, Alfred A.
- Publisher: The Typophiles
- Date published: 1965
- Format: Hardcover
First edition. Two volumes. 12mo. 297; 301pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Fine in very good dust jackets with toned spines, and a small tear on both volumes tape mended on the verso and housed in an about very good cardboard slipcase with several large chips mostly on the spine and top edge. Typophiles Chap Books 42. One of 2000 copies.
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Life & Letters at Bath in the Xviijth (18th) Century
Barbeau, A. (Alfred) Dobson, Austin (Preface)
Life & Letters at Bath in the Xviijth (18th) Century
Barbeau, A. (Alfred) Dobson, Austin (Preface)
- Publisher: William Heinemann
- Date published: 1904
- Format: Hardcover
1st printing; olive green w/gilt spinetitles; lite wear at extremities; owner's plate; 328 clean, unmarked pages/index/bibliography.
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A Gentleman From Mississippi
Wm. A. Brady And Jos. R. Grismer; [Wise, Thomas A. 1865-1928. (Thomas Alfred); Toombs, Frederick R., 1879-Rhodes; Harrison,...
A Gentleman From Mississippi
Wm. A. Brady And Jos. R. Grismer; [Wise, Thomas A. 1865-1928. (Thomas Alfred); Toombs, Frederick R., 1879-Rhodes; Harrison,...
- Publisher: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
- Date published: 1909
- Format: A Very Good Hardcover
Light blue decorated cloth with titles and decorations in white and black; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear with some hand-soiling. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates. 7.5 inches tall; [6], 189 pages, followed by 4 pages of publisher's adverts. First Edition in novel form. This novel is an adaption founded on the popular play of the same title produced under the management of Wm. A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer. A Gentleman from Mississippi is a 1908 comedic play by Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. It was popular when released, debuting on Broadway on September 28, 1908, and playing for 407 performances at the Bijou Theatre, and on the roof garden of the New Amsterdam Theatre during the summer of 1909. Douglas Fairbanks played the leading role of Bud Haines. The play was also made into a silent film in 1914, where Wise reprised his role, and a young Evelyn Brent was also in the cast. A plan to make another film based on the play in 1936 was never completed.
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An Artist's Life. the Second Burst. the Finish: the Autobiography of Sir Alfred Munnings
Munnings, Alfred (Sir); Abridged And With A Foreword By W. G. Luscombe
An Artist's Life. the Second Burst. the Finish: the Autobiography of Sir Alfred Munnings
Munnings, Alfred (Sir); Abridged And With A Foreword By W. G. Luscombe
- Publisher: Readers Union
- Date published: 1955
- Format: Hardcover
Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Nice first printing abridgement by Readers Union for sale to its members only in 1955, previously published by Museum Press, London in three vols. No names, closed tears or soil seen in the fine 261pp text. Only one micro chip out of half title page fore edge. Original orange/cream printed dust wrapper is unclipped, darkened on spine, shows short chips on spine ends and a 1" bit of cello tape over a like sized claw scratch in the frt gutter/spine corner of dj and mylar. Autobiography of Sir Alfred James Munnings KCVO, PRA (8 October 1878-17 July 1959), who was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism (when inebriated), also past president of the Royal Academy. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund, he earned several prestigious commissions after the Great War that made him wealthy.
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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Tennis: Lawn Tennis: Rackets: Fives
J. M. Heathcote; C. G. Heathcote; E. O. P. -Bouverie; A. C. Ainger; Duke Of Beaufort [Ed]; Alfred E. T. Watson [Ed]
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Tennis: Lawn Tennis: Rackets: Fives
J. M. Heathcote; C. G. Heathcote; E. O. P. -Bouverie; A. C. Ainger; Duke Of Beaufort [Ed]; Alfred E. T. Watson [Ed]
- Publisher: Longmans
- Date published: 1890
- Format: Cloth
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.
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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
Alfred A. Knopf
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
Alfred A. Knopf
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Date published: 1954
- Format: Hardcover
Hardbound, no dust jacket. Limited 1st edition. #116/2500. Boards show fading & minor bumps & wear, otherwise very good.
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Maiden's Fury
H. A. [Harold Alfred] Manhood
Maiden's Fury
H. A. [Harold Alfred] Manhood
- Publisher: Grayson & Grayson
- Date published: 1935
- Format: Hardcover
Signed and numbered [55/285] first edition, which is also inscribed by Manhood on the ffep. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, nude pictorial on front cover. Cloth shows light soiling. A tad bit of foxing; minor soiling on endmatter. 20 leaves. Dust jacket has small chips at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed and made by The Garden city Press, Letchworth. A warped little story by Harold Alfred Manhood (1904-1991) about a randy, young man in Dublin, his uncle's printing shop, a bucket of prawns, and a mysterious room decorated with lusty tapestries which contains a hideous girl holding a revolver.
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Distilled Wisdom: an Encyclopedia of Wisdom in Condensed Form
Alfred Armand Montapert
Distilled Wisdom: an Encyclopedia of Wisdom in Condensed Form
Alfred Armand Montapert
- Publisher: PRENTICE-HALL, INC
- Format: Hardcover
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration. Foxing along the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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A Tourist in Spite of Himself [Signed & Insc By Author]
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward)
A Tourist in Spite of Himself [Signed & Insc By Author]
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward)
- Publisher: Little Brown & Company
- Date published: 1930
- Format: Hardcover
1st printing; green c w/black titles, lite wear at extremties; 252 clean, unmarked pages.
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