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By: Ainsworth, William Harrison
Price: $225.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons: 1856
Seller ID: 011759
Condition: Fine
Originally published as a serial in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, It is a historical romance and a Newgate novel based on the real-life of the 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard. Jack Sheppard developed into one of the most popular and controversial of Ainsworth's 'Newgate' novels, complemented by some of Cruikshank's superlative illustrative work. The novel became so popular that by the end of 1839 nine different theatrical versions of it had appeared on the London stage. Ainsworth's description of illicit life also provoked criticism. The work was attacked it in T... View more info
By: Ainsworth, William Harrison
Price: $225.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons: 1880
Seller ID: 011760
Condition: Fine
A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will when the courts could or would not do so. As the mix of fact and fiction unfolds in this tale, the court is beginning to lose favor during the reign of James I as the church once again increased its power, while Parliament's power decreased as the monarch tried to rule without them. [Thompson] William Harrison Ainsworth, (1805 -1882), English author of popular historical romances. Ai... View more info
By: Angelou, Maya
Price: $125.00
Publisher: USA, The Franklin Library: 1986
Edition: Limited First Edition
Seller ID: 009744
Condition: Near Fine
As an American author, poet, and memoirist, Maya Angelou was an impactful civil rights leader who collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights movement. She is best known for her series of biographies and even recited her poem, “On the Pulse of the Morning,” at President Bill Clinton's making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, is the fifth book in African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou's seven-volume autobiography series... View more info
By: Bradbury, Ray
Price: $75.00
Publisher: USA, The Franklin Library: 1985
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 009745
Condition: Near Fine
Limited First Edition; SIGNED; Includes publisher's letter laid-in. Unread. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling to boards, gilt edges fine. Double page frontispiece by Gary Kelly. View more info
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By: Burgess, Anthony
Price: $35.00
Publisher: USA, The Franklin Library: 1985
Edition: Limited First Edition
Seller ID: 009743
Condition: Fine
Limited First Edition; SIGNED; No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Includes publisher's letter laid-in. Illustrations by Richard DeFlice.A Roman saga, taking in the excesses of Tiberius, Caligula and Nero and an irreverent account of the early days of Christianity. Sadoc, a dying shipping clerk, sets down for future generations a tale of epic proportions: he is charged with recounting no less an event than the birth of Christianity. View more info
By: Butler, Samuel
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, Cheshire House: 1931
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 011867
Condition: Very Good
Limited Edition of 1200 this is Number 50. Quarter leather to decorated paper over boards. Top edge gilt; others rough. 4to; 9.75 inches tall; 359 pages. Four Illustrations. Illustrations by H. Charles Tomlinson. Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson. Designed by Richard W. Ellis View more info
By: By Award Winning Photographers and Writers of the Boston Globe.
Price: $49.95
Publisher: USA, Easton Press / Simon and Schuster: 2009
Seller ID: 010961
ISBN: 1439138060
Condition: Fine
Green leather with stamped gilt titles and decorations. Paste-on photographs front cover. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. A bit of dust dulling on the top edge; Easton Bookplate attached but not written on. First Edition, thus. 4to; 10inches tall. View more info
By: Daniell, William ; Introduction C. J. Sheperd ; Preface Robert Macfarlane
Price: $49.95
Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2008
Seller ID: 011874
Condition: New
William Daniell's "Voyage Round Great Britain" was published in eight volumes between 1814 and 1825 and included 308 hand-colored aquatints. This edition features a selection of 114 of Daniell's best and most representative aquatints. The extracts have been strung together with brief passages of editorial commentary which retrace the route Daniell purported to follow. Edited and Introduced by C.J. Shepherd. Preface by Robert Macfarlane.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. View more info
By: Darwin, Charles ; Introduction by Richard Keynes
Price: $75.00
Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2006
Seller ID: 011871
Condition: New
No book has revolutionized our view of life on earth more than Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Yet its enduring popularity is a testament to the immense energy and startling simplicity with which Darwin makes his revelations. Bound in buckram printed and blocked with a design by David Eccles; Set in Baskerville; Frontispiece and 24 pages of colour plates. 4to; 10 inches tall; 415 pages with index.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. View more info
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By: Dick, Phillip K.
Price: $145.00
Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, Easton Press: 1995
Seller ID: 010192
Condition: Fine
Fine, No flaws; Unread Unopened. Leather hardcover book with gilt designs and lettering on the front. Spine has three raised ribs and gilt lettering and designs. Satin endpapers. Green ribbon attached to head of spine as a bookmark. All gilt edges. 239 pages. - Philip Kindred Dick (1928 -1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction. The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternate history television series, produced by Amazon Studios, Scott Free Productions, Headline Pictures, Electric Shepherd Productions, and Big Light Productions. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Norwalk Connecticut:, Heritage Press,: 1955.
Seller ID: 003961
Blue boards and spine are covered with a blue patterned cloth; on the spine is a burgundy-red panel stamped with the title in gold leaf; Paper for this book, was made by the Chillicothe Paper Co.Book is fine, unopened unread no flaws but gentle sun-fading to spine; slip case is cream colored intact with some age spotting to extremities.Includes the Sandglass brochure. View more info
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By: Eliot, George
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, The John C.Winston Company: 1910
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 011601
Condition: Near Fine
One of George Eliot's most ambitious and imaginative novels. Described by Eliot as 'written with my best blood', the story of Romola's intellectual and spiritual awakening is a compelling portrayal of a Utopian heroine, played out against a turbulent historical backdrop of Renaissance Florence during the turbulent years following the expulsion of the powerful Medici family. Mary Anne (alternatively Mary Ann or Marian) Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Beautifu... View more info
By: Faulkner, William; Introduction by Robert Penn Warren
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1979
Seller ID: 010564
Condition: Fine
Green faux-leather raised spine bands decorated and titles in gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear. A hint of rub on lower text block. Illustrated by Kenneth Francis Dewey View more info
Price: $19.95
Publisher: Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1979
Seller ID: 007844
Condition: Fine
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Translation of Francis Steegmuller; Illustrated by Malcolm Liepke. Gustave Flaubert was an influential French novelist who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provin... View more info
By: G. K. Chesterton ; Selected and Introduced by Kenneth Baker
Price: $19.95
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2007
Seller ID: 011869
Condition: New
G.K. Chesterton better known for his novels, especially the Father Brown stories, also wrote many poems. Kenneth Baker has selected about 120 of his favorites, including three that had not previously been published and written the introduction including an essay on how to read poetry.Unread; unopened minimal shelf handling to the slip case and a bit of sun-fading on the spine. View more info
Price: $16.45
Publisher: New York, Heritage Press: 1962
Seller ID: 006811
Condition: Very Good
Hardcover in slipcase. Bindings tight and square. Text clean with gift inscription. Light handling wear to slipcase. Sandglass notes included. Illustrations in color. View more info
By: Grahame, Kenneth ; Introduction by Alan Bennett
Price: $19.95
Publisher: London, Folio Society: 1995
Seller ID: 011878
Condition: Near Fine
The stories of Ratty, Toad and Badger. "One of the central classics of children's fiction, was Grahame's fourth book It began life as a series of bedtime stories told to his son Alastair, known as Mouse the first of these was told on Mouse's fourth birthday.Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Unread. Slipcase has light sun-fading on top edge. Minor spine tip fraying. View more info
By: Hart, William S. ; Edited by Martin Ridge
Price: $19.95
Publisher: Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company / The Lakeside Press: 1994
Seller ID: 011791
Condition: New
My Life East and West is the autobiography of Williams S. Hart which was originally published in 1929. This is the first reprinting of the book. William S. Hart lived for a while in the Dakota Territory, then worked as a postal clerk in New York City. In 1888 he began to study acting. In 1899 he created the role of Messala in Ben-Hur, and received excellent reviews for his lead part in The Virginian (1907). The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 92. First Edition, Thus. 12mo; 17.5 cm tall; 417 pages with original illustrations; index and publisher's list of title. Top edge gilt. No F... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut:, Heritage Press,: 1966.
Seller ID: 003965
Book is unread no flaws but for a hint of dampstain textblock near spine. Slipcase has light handling wear with a trace of damp-stain on top/bottom spine. Includes Sandglass collector notes. View more info
Price: $49.95
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1997
Seller ID: 010375
Condition: Fine
This beautiful three-volume set, is part history, part guidebook, and part chronology of Venice, Florence, and Rome. 3 volumes, xviii+398pp, xiv+435pp, xiii+387pp, colour & b/w illustrations in each volume, indexes.No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Still Gift Quality. View more info
