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The Beautiful Life of Frances E. Willard a Memorial Volume

GORDON, ANNA A. · 1898 · S. Howlett-West Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Chicago, IL: Women's Temperance Publishing Association, 1898. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This copy has a leather spine and joints with embossed with decorations. The spine of the bo...

Dictionary of Catholic Biography

John J. Delaney and James Edward Tobin · 1961 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1245p. Ex-library hardcover book in original cloth. Boards warped, tape stain at top of spine, and call number at bottom of spine. Stamp and card pocket inside. Otherwise a clean, tight copy in good reading c...

Teilhard de Chardin

Bernard Towers · 1969 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Richmond, Virginia, John Knox Press, 1969. Fifth Printing. Paperback. A softcover book in very good condition. Mild edgewear and rubbing to covers; text clean and binding tight. Very Good .

Her Name Is Mercy

Sr. Maria del Rey · 1957 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 184p. Ex-library hardcover book in original cloth. Edges heavily worn, especially along the spine, which is partly reinforced with tape. Cloth is sunfaded and spine is marked with a call number. Stamp on title pa...

The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse

Charteris, The Hon. Evan · 1931 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, William Heinemann, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 525 + frontis and 20pp b&w plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy without dust jacket. Cloth at the head and tail of the spine a littl...

Fuhrer-Ex. Memoirs of a Former Neo-Naz.

HASSELBACH, INGO. (WITH REISS, TOM). · 1996 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. 0701165367. 1st edition. "Hasselbach founded the first neo-Nazi party in East Germany, and preached racism, anti-Semitism and anti-government terrorism. Now his mission is to prevent others from following the path of hate..It exposes the ramifica...

Letters to Nobody. 1908-1913 .

WILSON, SIR GUY FLEETWOOD (SIGNED COPY) · 1921 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1921 . 0. First edition. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters by the Right Honorable Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson. "Sophia Westwater from Guy Fleetwood Wilson January 1937"A very good red half calf binding over red cloth board...

Letters to Somebody: A Retrospect.

WILSON, SIR GUY FLEETWOOD (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR) · 1922 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1922 . 0. First edition. A scarce first edition of this collection of letters by the Right Honorable Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson. Signed dedication to half-title: "Sophia Westwater from Guy Fleetwood Wilson January 1937". A very good red half c...

The Life of John Sell Cotman.

KITSON, SYDNEY D. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

London: Rodart Reproductions, 1982. 095033071X. Reprint of the original 1937 edition. "John Sell Coman (1782-1842) was an outstanding and innovative watercolour artist and etcher. Born in Norwich, he was a leading member of the Norwich School of Artists.." Pp.xx/394, 156 black...

Sergey Prokofiev. Diaries 1915-1923. Behind the Mask.

PHILLIPS, ANTHONY. · 2008 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London: Faber & Faber,2008. 9780571226306. 1st edition. The second volume of Prokofiev's 'Diaries' extends from 1915-1923. Descibes in detai the genesis and, all too often, theproblematical path to performance of major works in the canon, including the Third Piano Concerto, th...

Some Further Recollections Of A Happy Life: Selected from the journals of Marianne North, chiefly between the years 1859 and 1869 / edited by her sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds .

NORTH, MARIANNE 1830-1890 · 1893 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Macmillan And Co, 1893 . 0. A very good original green cloth binding. Reprint of the first edition; August 1893. 8vo. pp.viii./pp.316 + one plate (2 missing). Green cloth with gilt illustration to front cover: "Papyrus Cyane", and gilt titles to spine. Boards lightly r...

Black Dog of Fate a Memoir

BALAKIAN, PETER · 1997 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, NY: Basic Books, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 046500704X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bot...

Father and Son Biographical Recollections

ANONYMOUS (EDMUND GOSSE) · 1907 · S. Howlett-West Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of th...

The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra

KOZLOV, VLADIMIR A & VLADIMIR M. KHRUSTALEV (EDITED BY) (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT K. MASSIE) · 1997 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0300072120. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and br...

The Last Manchu the Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China

KRAMER, PAUL (EDITOR) , HENRY PU YI (OR PUYI) (TRANSLATED BY KUO YING PAUL TSAI) · 1967 · S. Howlett-West Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbin...

Singing My Him Song

MCCOURT, MALACHY · 2000 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York, NY: Harper, 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060195932. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright con...

Glimpses of the Wonderful : The Life of Philip Henry Gosse 1810-1888

Thwaite, Ann · 2002 · The Glass Key

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

London, Faber & Faber, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xx + 387 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in cream on the spine. Name of ownership in pencil on the half-title else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacke...

The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli

Origo, Iris · 2000 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

US, Books & Co / Helen Marx Books, 2000. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this vo paperback edition. Foreword by Jonathan Galassi. Pp xxviii + 544. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good + .

A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939-1940

Origo, Iris · 2017 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

London, Pushkin Press, 2017. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. First impression. Pp 184. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good ...

Kiss Me, Chudleigh: The World According to Auberon Waugh

Cook, William · 2010 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Coronet, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xiv + 366. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good/very good.