A Deadly Shade of Gold by John D. MacDonald - 1974

Hutchinson, 1961. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/No Dj cover. VGC plus.Hutchinson,1961.First UK edition-first impression.Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine)in VGC, no Dj cover.Nice and clean pages with a couple of small foxing marks and nick on the outer edges,two small foxing marks and a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC plus for its age with light shelf wear.487pp including Author's note.A collectable and scarce first edition but without the Dj cover.

ROMA: PER IGNATIO DE LAZARI, 1660. In 12. Dim. 15x8,5 cm. Pp. (12)+86+(4)+48. Prima edizione del 1660 di questa rarissima opera letteraria di Mario Cevoli (1621-1690). L'opera è formata da due parti legate insieme ed è completa. All'interno una serie di sonetti a tema religioso ma non solo: la fontana di Piazza Navona, letteratura classica, filosofia, in onore di Pallavicino Sforza, alle donne romane, numerosi sugli amanti. Alla fine della seconda parte dell'opera diversi componimenti poetici in lode di Cevoli e della sua Testudine scritti da diversi autori: Gio. Pietro Monesio, Honorio Savelli, Francesco Tonti, Francesco Saliti, Fracisco de Pan y Roccaverti, Tomas de Aversa, Berardo de conti Berardi Capotio, Pietro Antonio Ridolfi, Cesare Colonna, Giuseppe Bontempi, Francesco Maria Sereni, Giacomo Pignatelli, Francesco Sinibaldi, Paolo Ranieri, Filippo Maggalussi, Carlo Marcheselli, Paolo Tesaurati ecc... Legatura in piena pergamena coeva. In buone condizioni. Raro,… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

STAMPATO A SPESE DI G. POLIDORI E CO., 1796. Edizione del 1796 di questa raccolta di opere del poeta Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). Vita del poeta nella prima parte e annotazioni. Incoronazione di M. Francesco Petrarca descritta da Sennuccio del Bene fiorentino (1275-1349). Dedicato al magnifico signore Can della Scala. Sennuccio del Bene fu al servizio del Cardinale Giovanni Colonna e lì ebbe modo di conoscere Petrarca e stringere amicizia con lui. All'interno: sonetti, canzoni, ballate e madrigali, sestine ecc... In buone condizioni e completo di tutte le pagine. Copertina in piena pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rotture alle cerniere. Piatto anteriore staccato al primo tomo. Legatura in ottime condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 16 cm. 15x10. Pp. 253+(1), XXIV+237+(1) Edition of 1796 of this collection of works by the poet Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). Life of the… Read More

Row, Peterson, and Company ILLINOIS, 1935. . and several corner creases and short tears. B&W illustrations are generally clean throughout, though.HB NODJ,1935, 1st edition, GOOD+/GOOD-, NO JACKET, SOLD AS-IS, Interior Some rub, Wear, Light FoX stains some pencil mrks, Few cuts, chips Tears some pages EDGES, Tan Beige & Dark Green ? Pictorial Cloth cover shows light Soil, Stains, Rub & tiny Chips Pieces Extremities, Cloth Spine Tears along Edges, chips Spine Engs, 304 pgs, No Additional Printings On Copyright Page, heavy edgewear and some scuffing to green-printed cover illustration. Fraying to corners and split to cloth along rear spine edge; some loss to spine ends. Still, a fairly tight copy with solid text and hinges.. This is an exceptionally rare book to find in any condition!. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy of this title! Author's first novel.

Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION, 1965 HBDJ, 1965, Early Reprint, 253 PGs, Book VG Condition and Dust Jacket in VG- Condition with minor wear around the edges DJ & Tiny Chips , Light Soil Back DJ , Interior NiCE tight Clean. Beige Grey Cloth Lettered in Black on SPine light Wear, Publishers RedDye Stain on Top Pgs Edges . Gothic Mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day, which includes the classic elements of the Genre; murder, and haunting from a phantom.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited. Very Good. 1892. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 256 pages: 4.75 x 7.5 in.: 1: KB#011155: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are original Dark Blue with wear at corners and gilt lettering on spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright (except for endpapers being lightly age-darkened), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Raffles Haw is a millionaire, or billionaire, thanks to his possession of a secret which furnishes him with an inexhaustible supply of money. " and "The attempts by Raffles Haw, a rich eccentric, to help the poor only backfire, as his wealth brings out the worst in those around him." .

Boston: Printed for the Booksellers. Good+. 1832. Hardcover. Clean blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Complete in three volumes . 216pp, 220pp and 216pp. Interiors of the three texts are tight, clean and intact. Each volume with a frontispiece. German literature, a Corsican bandit uprising against French domination. Small piece of blue paper missing from #1's rear cover. Lightly rubbed on front corners. Prior owner's signature on top edge and frontispiece. Vol. 1 & 3 have a small narrow damp stain on bottom margin. Novel, German Literature, Fiction; Thin 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 652 pages .