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1903. Hardcover, 8vo., light blue cloth with gilt design and gilt upper text-block. 379 pp. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Light soiling, including a few small, faint water-stains to covers; outer hinges rubbed; light wear to spine ends. Double frontis with tissue cover; printed in black and red. Clean, unmarked contents. Sound binding. Scarce. Digital images available upon request. The High History of the Holy Graal
Evans, Sebastian; King, Jessie M. (illus.)
London: Dent, 1903. 1903. Hardcover, 8vo., light blue cloth with gilt design and gilt upper text-block. 379 pp. Very Good copy, no dust.. more
Price: $450.00
Inscribed by the author. 384 pp. + errata. Hardcover. First Edition, and according to an old bookseller's pencil notation, first issue. Rebacked and re-cornered, with original calf boards retained, late 19th century endpapers. Has the bookplate of David Garrick (1717-1779), an English actor, playwright, theater manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century and was a pupil and friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Mounted on the second blank is a clipped inscription, measuring 1x3.5", "To Mr. Garrick, from the author," probably in Johnson's hand. Also, the ownership inscription of Sophie Patton, 1847, and Thomas Patton, 1859 to one of the blanks. Text is clean and unmarked. Sound, stiff binding. Housed in cloth chemise and half calf and cloth slipcase that states on spine, "First Issue / Original Board / Wholly Uncut." Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Johnson, Samuel
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. Inscribed by the author. 384 pp. + errata. Hardcover. First Edition, and according to an old bookseller's pencil notation, first.. more
Price: $8,500.00
Clipped signature of Harriet Beacher Stowe (signed H B Stowe) mounted on fly leaf. 333 pp. A very good- copy in blue embossed cloth. No dust jacket. Rubbing and soil of boards. Some edge and cornerwear, shallow tearing at head and foot of spine. Spine is ever so slightly cocked. Binding strong. Some fading and discoloration of pages and page outsides, text is bright and unmarked. Minor wear at endpapers, small sticker on front pastedown. House and Home Papers
Crowfield, Christopher; Stowe, Harriet Beacher
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. Clipped signature of Harriet Beacher Stowe (signed H B Stowe) mounted on fly leaf. 333 pp. A very good- copy.. more
Price: $125.00
Catalog of the Polish art exhibit from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. 1939, Polish text, 505 pp. Plates, a few in color. Hardcover, green cloth, square 8vo. Very Good+ copy, no dust jacket. Minor soil to covers; spine sunned; Clean, unmarked contents. Scarce. Title on front cover: Polska. Digital images available upon request. Katalog Oficjalny Dzialu Polskiego na Miedzynarodowej Wystawie w Nowym Jorku, 1939
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Warszawa (Warsaw): Introligatornia Artystyczna, 1939. Catalog of the Polish art exhibit from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. 1939, Polish text, 505 pp. Plates,.. more
Price: $250.00
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