AUDEN, W.H.
Selected Poems.
London: Faber & Faber, (1938). First edition. Bookplate, name on front pastedown o/w a near fine in a d/w with light wear but certainly very good.
London: Faber & Faber, (1938). First edition. Bookplate, name on front pastedown o/w a near fine in a d/w with light wear but certainly very good.
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AUDEN, W.H.
The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden.
New York: Random House, (1967). Later printing. Signed by Auden on the title. Near fine in a d/w which is darkened at the spine and has some wear to the spine ends and corners.
New York: Random House, (1967). Later printing. Signed by Auden on the title. Near fine in a d/w which is darkened at the spine and has some wear to the spine ends and corners.
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AUROUSSEAU, M. (editor).
The Letters Of F. W. Ludwig Heichhardt Collected and Newly Translated by....
Cambridge: At the University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. In three volumes. Second Series ,Vol. CXXXIII, CXXXIV, CXXXCV. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xv, 423; v 425-819; v, 821-1175pp. Spines faded o/w fine.
Cambridge: At the University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. In three volumes. Second Series ,Vol. CXXXIII, CXXXIV, CXXXCV. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xv, 423; v 425-819; v, 821-1175pp. Spines faded o/w fine.
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AYTOUN, William Edmondstone.
The Ballads of Scotland. Edited by.......
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, xc, 288; viii, 389pp. Spines slightly darkened, some rubbing but certainly very good.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, xc, 288; viii, 389pp. Spines slightly darkened, some rubbing but certainly very good.
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BACKHOUSE, E. and J.O.P. Bland.
Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking. (From the 16th to the 20th Century).
London: William Heinemann, (1914). First edition. Sm.4to., orig. rust cloth, x, 531pp. Name o/w a fine copy.
London: William Heinemann, (1914). First edition. Sm.4to., orig. rust cloth, x, 531pp. Name o/w a fine copy.
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BACKHOUSE, Sally.
Singapore. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, (1972). First edition. Cloth, 238pp. A near fine copy in d/w. History of Singapore from the time of the Japanese occupation.
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BACON, Edgar Mayhew and Eugene Murray Aaron.
The New Jamaica Describing the Island, Explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussing its mercantile relations and potential importance: adding somewhat in relation to those matters which directly interest the tourist and the health seeker.
New York/Kingston: Walbridge & Co., /Aston W. Gardiner & Co., 1890. First edition. 8vo., orig. light brown/tan cloth stamped in black, (xii), 243pp. Cheap paper a bit browned, inner front hinge starting, spine ends rubbed but o/w a very nice copy.
"We have tried especially to give a fair, comprehensive, though condensed, account of Jamaica as it is; its present life, its means of communication and travel, its growing commercial outlook and its intrinsic wealth......"
New York/Kingston: Walbridge & Co., /Aston W. Gardiner & Co., 1890. First edition. 8vo., orig. light brown/tan cloth stamped in black, (xii), 243pp. Cheap paper a bit browned, inner front hinge starting, spine ends rubbed but o/w a very nice copy.
"We have tried especially to give a fair, comprehensive, though condensed, account of Jamaica as it is; its present life, its means of communication and travel, its growing commercial outlook and its intrinsic wealth......"
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BAEDEKER, (Karl).
Belgium and Holland Including the Grand-Duch of Luxembourg. Handbook for Travellers......
Leipsic: Karl Bedeker, 1901. Thirteenth edition, revised and augmented. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, lxvi, 442pp. Bookplate o/w a fine, bright copy in the d/w which has light wear to the spine ends but is o/w very nice.
Leipsic: Karl Bedeker, 1901. Thirteenth edition, revised and augmented. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, lxvi, 442pp. Bookplate o/w a fine, bright copy in the d/w which has light wear to the spine ends but is o/w very nice.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Austria Together With Budapest, Prague Karlsbad, Marienbad. Handbook for Travellers.
Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Twelfth revised edition. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, lxiv, 518pp. Spine slightly faded o/w near fine.
Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Twelfth revised edition. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, lxiv, 518pp. Spine slightly faded o/w near fine.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Austria-Hungary With Excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade and Bucharest....With 77 Maps, 77 Plans and 2 Panoramas. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker.... 1911. Eleventh edition, revised and augmented. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, xxii, (16), (1)-602pp. Lower corner of upper board bumped o/w near fine in the scarce d/w which has a chip out at the top of the spine and a 1" X 2" piece out of the lower front panel, and lacking the front flap but is still very good.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Die Rheinlande Schwarzwald, Vogesen.....
Leipzig: Verlag Von Karl Baedeker, 1909. Sm.8vo., orig. red flexible cloth, xxxii, 560pp. Near fine.
Leipzig: Verlag Von Karl Baedeker, 1909. Sm.8vo., orig. red flexible cloth, xxxii, 560pp. Near fine.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire Excluding Paris and Its Environs. Handbook for Travellers......
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Fifthedition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, xxxvi, 454 pp. About fine.
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Fifthedition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, xxxvi, 454 pp. About fine.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire Excluding Paris and Its Environs. Handbook for Travellers......
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Fifthedition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, xxxvi, 454 pp. About fine in d/w which has chipping to the spine ends and a water stain but is o/w very good.
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Fifthedition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, xxxvi, 454 pp. About fine in d/w which has chipping to the spine ends and a water stain but is o/w very good.
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BAEDEKER, Karl.
Switzerland Together With Chamonix and the Italian Lakes. Handbook for Travellers.
Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1928. Twenty-seventh edition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, liv, 618pp. A bit of wear to the spine ends o/w very good.
Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1928. Twenty-seventh edition. 12mo., orig. red cloth, liv, 618pp. A bit of wear to the spine ends o/w very good.
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BAIN, F.W.
The Indian Stories of F.W. Bain. In The Great God's Hair.
London: Riccardi Press, 1914. First of this edition. "Volume 4 in the Indian Stories." Tall 8vo., cloth backed boards, 73pp. Near fine in a nice d/w.
London: Riccardi Press, 1914. First of this edition. "Volume 4 in the Indian Stories." Tall 8vo., cloth backed boards, 73pp. Near fine in a nice d/w.
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BAIRD, John S.
Transplanetd Flowers, Or Memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff.....and the Duchess De Broglie, Daughter of Madame De Stael. With An Appendix by...... New York: John S. Taylor, 1839. First edition. Sm.8vo., orig. cloth, 159pp. Scattered foxing, spine faded with a small hole in the spine but still a very nice copy. The memoirs of the Duchess de Broglie runs from p.92 to the end.
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BAKER, Samuel W.
Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. London: Macmillan & Co,. 1874. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green with pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper covers and spines, viii, 447, 55pp.ads dated "October 1874;" viii, 588pp. There is a two inch tear in the folding map (no loss), bookplates, spines slightly cocked with some wear to the ends, but certainly a very good copy. "In 1869, at the request of the khedive Ismail, Baker undertook the command of a military expedition to the equatorial regions of the Nile, with the object of suppressing the slave-trade there and opening the way to commerce and civilization. Before starting from Cairo with a force of 1700 Egyptian troops, many of them discharged convicts, he was given the rank of pasha and major-general in the Ottoman army. Lady Baker, as before, accompanied him. The khedive appointed him Governor-General of the new territory of Equatoria for four years at a salary of £10,000 a year; and it was not until the expiration of that time that Baker returned to Cairo, leaving his work to be carried on by the new governor, Colonel Charles George Gordon. He had to contend with innumerable difficulties - the blocking of the river in the Sudd, the bitter hostility of officials interested in the slave-trade, the armed opposition of the natives - but he succeeded in planting in the new territory the foundations upon which others could build up an administration.He returned to England with his wife in 1874...He published his narrative of the central African expedition under the title of Ismailia (1874)."
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BAKER, Samuel.
The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia, And The Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. A New Edition. 8vo., brown calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather labels, school crest on upper board, inner dentelles gilt, (a prize binding), (xx), 413pp. Piece torn off title (approx. 1/2" deep by 2 1/2" long) affecting the tops of the letters in "Tributaries", outer hinges rubbed and tender (not cracked) o/w a very nice copy.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. A New Edition. 8vo., brown calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather labels, school crest on upper board, inner dentelles gilt, (a prize binding), (xx), 413pp. Piece torn off title (approx. 1/2" deep by 2 1/2" long) affecting the tops of the letters in "Tributaries", outer hinges rubbed and tender (not cracked) o/w a very nice copy.
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BAKER, Samuel.
The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia, And the Sword Hunters of The Hamran Arabs.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1868. Fourth edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, xx, 413pp. Fine.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1868. Fourth edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, xx, 413pp. Fine.
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BALDERSTON, John L.
Berkeley Square A Play In Three Acts. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. With a presentation inscription dated 'Nov. 11, 1929' from the author to the Welsh-born actress, 'Miss Alice John'(1881-1956), who played opposite Leslie Howard in the 1929 Broadway production of the play of the same name Tipped on the front pastedown the original Western Union telegram that John received from Balderston on opening night: 'Alice John. Lyceum Theatre. Good luck you give a beautiful performance. John Balderston.' With two Christmas cards from Ruth and Leslie Howard to Alice John laid in, each with a printed message and greeting from the Howards, with one card bearing a short holograph inscription reading 'to you & all your family', in an unknown hand. Some offsetting from the telegram on the front e/paper, some slight darkening to the spine but o/w the book is near fine. The paper of the telegram is somewhat browned and slightly brittle, the Christmas cards are near fine. A lovely association copy. John L. Balderston (1889-1954) began his career as a journalist in 1912 while still a student at Columbia, he acted as the New York correspondent for the Philadelphia Record. From 1914 to 1918 he was the foreign correspondent for the McClure News Syndicate, and then worked for the New York World, becoming the head of its London Bureau. While still a journalist Balderston became a successful playwright, achieving success with the 1926 play, Berkeley Square, which premiered in London that same year. The author suggests that the plot of the play was 'suggested by James posthumous fragment Sense of the Past.' The play relates the story of a young American transported back to London at the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors, with one contemporary critic describing it as 'a velvety play, unfolding gently, skillfully a sympathetic tale of an American... who fell in love with a girl of 1784 and had to leave her to come back to the age in which he belonged.' The 1929 Broadway production, which starred Leslie Howard (who also acted as the co-producer) as 'Peter Standish', Valerie Taylor as 'Kate Pettigrew' and Alice John as 'Lady Ann Pettigrew' was extremely successful, running for 229 performances at the Lyceum Theatre. Howard would later reprise his role in the 1933 American film of the same name, with the screenplay co-written by Balderston, but Alice John did not repeat her performance as Lady Pettigrew, as the part was played in the film by Irene Browne. Balderstone continued to work as a screen writer, adapting several novels for the screen, including, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) for which he won his first Academy Award The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), and Gaslight (1944).
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