Archive for March 8th, 2006
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Ian Fleming
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Jonathan CapeLondon
First Published in 1963
Hardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket
Book has curvy silver line embossed on front cover
Edges a bit dusty
Jacket:
DJ artwork by Richard Chopping
Price clipped
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$170.00
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Thousand Nights and a Night
Details: Richard F. Burton: Thousand Nights and a Night, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entitluled “The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.” with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem Men and a terminal essay upon the history of the nights. Printed by the Burton Club for private subscribers only, Limited to one thousand numbered sets of which this is Number 520. Dedicated to John Payne Esq. Volumes II, 341 pages,4 plates; III, 356 p, 5 plates; IV,308 p, 5 plates; V, 406 p, 8 plates; VI, 301 p, 8 plates, VII, 382 p, 7 plates,VIII, 359, 5 plates; IX, 357 p, 5 plates; X, 532, 5 plates, Conclusion, Terminal Essay, Appendix; plus Supplemental Nights Volume I, 370, 5 plates; II, 392 p, 6 plates; III, 304 p, 6 plates; IV, 307-662, 5 plates; V, 381 p, 5 plates; VI, 515 p, 5 plates; VII, 500 p, 5 plates. Grey- Green Boards, Paper spine labels, T.E.G. Many uncut pages, Some pages roughly cut. In original shipping crate. From “The Wyman-Fogg Company Publishers”, 208 Summer St., Boston 9, Massachusetts. Note there is not a volume 1. Generally a clean set in very good condition. Scarce.
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Little Children. By William Saroyan
Details: Little Children. By William Saroyan. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1937. First edition stated. Typography by Robert Josephy. Printed in the United States by Quinn & Boden Company. In very good condition, with some darkening to end pages. In very good jacket, price clipped, short tears and tiny chips. Book number 18032.
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
The Shorebirds of North America
Details: Matthiessen, Peter: The Shorebirds of North America. Gardner D. Stout Editor, Special Accounts by Ralph S. Palmer. Paintings by Robert Verity Clem. The Viking Press, New York. Copyright 1967. First Edition. Folio >13″. One volume trade edition. In very good condition, with former owners name, in very good jacket, chipped across front foot and heal. Book Number 6028.
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945.
Details: United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1955. Department of State Publication 6199. “This volume of documents on the conferences at Malta and Yalta is the first to appear in a special series of Foreign Relations volumes on World War II conferences attended by President Roosevelt or President Truman, along with Prime Minister Churchill or Marshall Stalin, or both of the latter.†Chapter titles: Preconference Documents: 1. Arrangements for the Conference 2. Negotiations and Recommendations on Principle Subjects 3. The Stettinius “Recordâ€, December 1, 1944-January 23, 1945. 4. Survey Reports on Soviet Attitudes and Policies. II. The Malta Conference: 5. The President’s Log at Malta 6. Minutes and Related Documents 7. The President’s Log at Yalta 8. Minutes and Related Documents 9. Other Conference Documents 10. Signed Agreements 11. Post-Conference Documents Index. 1032 pages. In very good condition, no jacket as issuedÂ
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Without Rhyme or Reason Details: Without Rhyme or Reason, by L. Wolfe Gilbert. The Story of One of America’s Great Song Writers. Vantage Press, New York,First edition stated. Copyright 1956. In very good condition, in good jacket. Jacket is chipped at crown. This book is inscribed to Carl Sandburg, and Signed by Rosie and L Wolfe. Book number 4320
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Smyth, Henry DeWolf, ATOMIC ENERGY for MILITARY PURPOSES, The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States
Government, 1940-1945. Henry DeWolf Smyth, Chairman, Department of Physics, Princeton Universiry, Consultant, Manhattan District, U.S. Engineers. Written at the
REquest of Maj. Gen. L.R. Groves, U.S.A., Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1945.
This book is a republication, with the modifications detailed in the author’s preface, of the official report issued by the “Manhattan District”, U.S. Corps of Engineers (the name
given by the War Department to the Atomic Bomb Project.)
Hardback, no jacket. In very good condition, former owner name. Book number 25405.
$100.00
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Concordance of the Poems of Robert Browning
Details:Concordance of the Poems of Robert Browning: By Broughton, Leslie N. and Benjamin F. Stelter in Four Volumes. Haskell House Publishers, New York. 1970. Volume 1: A-F, 811 pages. Volume 2: G-L, pages 812-1269. Volume 3: M-R, 571 pages, front end page creased at the printers. Volume 4: S-Z, pages 572-1388.Â
From the Publisher :
A long-awaited reissue of this monumental reference tool. Complete, except in the case of 70 very common words which are either omitted altogether or represented by selected references. Based upon the text of the Globe edition with references to page and line of that edition, but can be used quickly with any edition which numbers the lines of each poem. This title is cited and recommended by Guide to Reference Books; Books for College Libraries; Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature; Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.
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$325.00
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
The Ink Truck
Details: Kennedy, William:
 The Dial Press, Inc. New York.
1969.Stated first printing, not price clipped. In very good condition, in good jacket. Author’s first book.
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
HISTORY OF IDAHO
Details: Hailey, John. The History of Idaho. Syms-York Company, Boise, Idaho. 1910. Hardcover. Very good condition, no jacket. Front board Gilt lettering- 8vo 7 3/4″ x 9 3/4″ Tall. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait. 395pp. Clean and tight. Rare
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