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Octavo; vg/vg; dj, black spine with red and white text; HB, black spine with no text; ex libris, BOOKPLATE OF CASPAR WEINBERGER; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 1995, ffep; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; illus., maps; 256 pp.; else very good. This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. 1148845. FP New Rockville Stock.
VG+/no DJ Octavo in red cloth over boards with Victorian filigree and borders, gilt lettering on spine. Ex libris, name stamp on verso of portrait page. Minor shelf wear and bumping; text clean; 602 pp. Small florette wallpaper endpapers. Spider marbling on edges of text block. In exceptional condition. ---TEXT IN GERMAN. Shelved upstairs, in shelves near copier. 1149626. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
VG. 8vo in brown buckram, title on spine in gilt. Wear to boards; boards rubbed and lightly scratched, edges rubbed, corners lightly bumped, light general wear otherwise. Spine bowed, binding strong and intact. Foxing to edges of textblock, foxing to endpages, light scattered foxing otherwise. Prev. owner's signature on front endpage. 448 pp. Shelved locked-LAFCADIO. 1165654. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Ballantyne and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, and William Miller, Edinburgh and London
Date published: 1810
Description: G+/no DJ Large Crown Quarto in full dark brown calf with gilt text in red title boxes on spine. Contemporary rebinding with additional endpapers and new endbands. 290 pp. Notes: cxxix. Frontispiece, title page, inscription, and argument page all present. Three of the four possible watermarks present [1807, 1809 and Balston 1810]. Evident shelfwear; boards rubbed and scuffed, corners a bit bumped, leather in excellent shape. Interior age toned with some foxing, scattered light pencil marginalia. ... Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Children's Theatre/Anchorage Press, New Orleans
Date published: 1954
Description: 12mo, 40pp in light blue wraps. Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2-New Ephemera Box #1. 1173296. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Read More
Edition: Reprint of 1788-1805 Editions
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. Asher & Co, Amsterdam
Date published: 1974
ISBN-13:9789061235002ISBN:9061235006
Description: Three quartos (10" tall) in blue cloth boards, all volumes VG/No DJ. The following characterizes all volumes: minor shelfwear, light bumping to head and tail of spine, light handling wear to exterior, previous owner's name written in ink on ffep. Binding strong and text clean in all volumes. Includes numerous black-and-white illustrations, all of which are clean. This is a three-volume set reprinting the 1788-1805 editions. Volume I is titled, simply, De Fructibus Et Seminibus Plantarum; ISBN ... Read More
Edition: First UK Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780571106820ISBN:057110682X
Description: Newsletter Text: Tom Stoppard TRAVESTIES London: Faber and Faber, 1975. First UK Edition. From an obscure footnote in Ulysses, Stoppard spins a fantastically elaborate scenario: A minor British consular official named Henry Carr reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce (when he was writing Ulysses), Tristan Tzara (during the rise of Dada), and Lenin (before the Russian Revolution). CONDITION NOTES: Approx. 5" x 8" VG hardcover in VG ... Read More
Description: Quarto; good+/wraps; gray marbling on spine and wraps with no text; front panel, black text on white label; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; light age-toning; [4], 22 pp.; edges, corners and spine, chipping; else very good. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2-New Ephemera Box #1. 1181277. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Read More
Edition: First edition, first printing [SIGNED]
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books; HarperCollins, USA
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780060262969ISBN:0060262966
Description: Oblong quarto; vg+/vg; dj, yellow spine with black text; HB, same; [SIGNED BY AUTHOR, opp. title-page; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; unpaginated, 32 pp.; full page plates and color; else very good. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. ... Read More
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date published: 1929
Description: Book. Small Octavo in Red Cloth Boards, without scarce dust jacket, Good-/none. A very rare first edition of Hammett's first book. Boards bumped at corner's revealing underlying boards, bumping to head and tail of spine where cloth is frayed, cloth fraying on both joints between spine and boards, some scuffing to surface of boards, gold image of scull and crossbones on front board. Front hinge on inside has split start, top corner of ffep bears small open tear, binding a little loose, light age ... Read More
Description: Book. Large square quarto; VG; Housed in publisher's original dark blue slipcase; All prints present and bright and clean. Slipcase soiled and somewhat bowed; From the colophon page: "OWL FEATHERS is a handmade book of fifty-three original silkscreen prints by William Crutchfield, including cover design, title page, introduction, text and colophon page. All of the silkscreen prints were handpainted at the workshop of Edition Domberger Stuttgart, Bonlanden bei Stuttgart, Germany. This edition is ... Read More
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co, New York
Date published: 1953
Description: Octavo; vg/good+; dj, yellow spine with white text on black cloud amidst a battle scene; ex libris, name stamp; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 280 pp.; dj, [BRO-DART]; sunned; minor chipping; else very good. CONSIGNMENT. Shelved Case #8. 1195975. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Read More
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