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Presente amistoso dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas

Cumplido, Ignacio · 1847 · Old Bookshelf

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Mexico I. Cumplido 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor...

Serge Diaghilev; His Life, HIs Work, His Legend

Lifar, Serge · 1940 · Old Bookshelf

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

399pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 399pp. Red buckram boards. Good copy virtually unworn, spine is faded, text is clean, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good No Jacket

Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev; An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason

Lifar, Serge · 1970 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York and Cleveland The World PUblishing Company 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 332pp. Yellow cloth, gilt lettering to spiine. Spotting to upper portion of boards and top edges, book is otherwise clean and sound, inside and out, with no apparent wear, unclipped du...

The Queen: Her Life

Morton, Andrew · 2022 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Grand Central 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 427pp. Blue boards, white spine backing, black lettering to spne. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Near Fine Near Fine

The King: The Life of Charles III

Andersen, Christopher · 2022 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Gallery Books 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 468pp. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book is in clean, unused condition. As New As New

Saml. Pepys and the MInxes

Freeman, R.M. · 1939 · Old Bookshelf

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Wood Signed by Author(s) 288pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering lean andnearly unworn. to spine. Short tears to head of spine, otherwise clean and unworn, slight internal separation, no loose pages, former owner's name pencilled on front free endpap...

Sketches of the Life of William Stuart, the First and Most Celebrated Counterfeiter of Connecticut

Stuart, William · 1932 · Old Bookshelf

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New Milford, Connecticut Times Print Shop 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 171pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light edgewear, spint slightly darkened, dampstain to lower rear cover, text is clean and sound. A reprint of the first edition published in1854. Good No...

Mark Twain's Autobiography; With an Introduction by Albert Bgelow Paine - 2 Volumes in Slipcase

Twain, Mark · 1924 · Old Bookshelf

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York and London Harper & Brothers Eduard Manet 368, 365pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edges gilt, includes slipcase, frontispiece in both volumes. Both volumes in very good condition, publisher's spine lettering worn. Slipcase is moderately worn and damstained, bu...

Matgot Fonteyn Autobiography

Fonteyn, Margot · 1976 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New YOrk Alfred A. Knopf First American Edition 266, ixpp. Black cloth, gilt lettering, SIGNED by author on title page. Book is in unworn, like-new condition. Unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition. Near Fine Very Good

Doctors Made in America

Bauer, Edward Louis · 1963 · Old Bookshelf

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 370pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Blue decorative boards, black backing, gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, slight fading to edges, interior is clean an...

United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years

Crane, John and Kieley, James F. · 1945 · Old Bookshelf

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Whittlesey House 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an ex...

The Steinway Collection of Paintings by American Artists Together With Prose Portraits of the Great Composers

Huneker, James · 1919 · Old Bookshelf

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

(New York) Steinway & Sons Limited Edition Brown boards, gilt lettering and gilt scroll design to cove. Tipped-in presentation card on front endpaper states this edition is limited to 5,000 copies of which this is No. 1010. Twelve tipped-in illuustrated color plates with tis...

Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.

McCoy Amasa · 1856 · Old Bookshelf

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Boston C.C.P. Moody 3rd Edition Signed by Author(s) 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Rear cover taped with archival tape, light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at front are 5 pages of endorsements fro...

Margot Fonteyn

Beaumont, Cyril W. · 1948 · Old Bookshelf

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London C.W. Beaumont First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 20pp. Blue cloth, paper label to front board. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on copyright page. Very good condition with mild age-toning. Dust jacket is chipped, soiled, missing large piece along bottom re...

Fulbright; Dissenter

Johnson, Haynes and Gwertzman, Bernard M. · 1968 · Old Bookshelf

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Garden City,NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Subject 321pp. Blue cloth. Book is clean and unworn. Clipped dust jacket is edgechipped and darkened along spine and folds. INSCRIBED to Elmo Roper and SIGNED "Bill Fulbright July 197...

Creed of a Congressman

Hébert, F. Edward · 1970 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Lafayette, Louisiana The University of Southwestern Louisiana First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 216pp. Grey cloth, blue trim and gilt lettering, inscribed and SIGNED by author. Book is clean and unmarked. The author inscribed the book,dated June 27...

The Russian Journal and Other Selections from the Works of Lewis Carroll

McDermott, John Francis (editor) · 1935 · Old Bookshelf

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York E.P. Dutton & Co. First Edition 252pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering, grey spine. Very light wear, spine darkened, binding is tight and text is clean and unmarked. Very Good No Jacket

My Life - Volume I

Harris, Frank · 1925 · Old Bookshelf

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Frank Harris Publishing Co. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 294pp. Brown boards, green cloth backing. Light wear to edges, abrasion to front pastedown from bookplate removal, interior otherwis clean and sound, binding is tight. Good

Antony (Viscount Knebworth) A Record of His Youth (Association Copy)

Lytton, The Earl of · 1936 · Old Bookshelf

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 368pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Book is sound, light wear and slight fading of spine. Laid-in are 3 letters addressed to the book's owner, Alexander William Armour with references...

Life of Benjamin F. Butler

Bland, T.A. · 1879 · Old Bookshelf

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York and Boston Lee and Shepard and Charles T. Dillingham First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 202pp. Green boards, gilt bust of Butler on front board, gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library label on front pastedown, inner hinges cracked but holding, lengthy writing on r...