A Pioneer Geologist by Heiman Monica - 1963: Biography of JOHAN AUGUST UDDEN.

London: Aylott and Co., 1854. Book. Good +. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2nd edition, revised, with additions. with autobiographical sketch of her brother, J.J. Gurney by Rev. Thomas Timpson. blindstamped full leather binding with ribbed spine and gilt spine title. all page edges gilt with light rubs to gilding. leather edges and corners rubbed, with small chip at top of spine. engraved frontispiece portrait with light foxing. 357pp..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, first printing (full number line on copyright page) in clean bright unclipped dust jacket. Lovely book in collectible condition. Clean unfaded green cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright with clean gold endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 329 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Memorable story of a fifty-three year old white American, an ex-Peace Corps Volunteer, who keeps a promise he made to a poor, uneducated black friend twenty years his junior. A year after leaving the Peace Corps, Moritz Thomsen returned to Ecuador to join Ramon Prado in hacking a farm out of the… Read More

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK… Read More

SUMPTUOUS LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION SIGNED BY FAYE DUNAWAY. Brand new and still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap; one of only 1400 made. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First edition. Introduction by O. O. McIntyre. Biography of the 1920's sex symbol and silent film star written by his closest friend and business manager. Valentino's sudden death at the age of 31 set off a media frenzy and prompted much speculation surrounding both his life and death. 12mo quarter black cloth stamped in green on spine with off-white decorated paper boards; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; 218 pages. Small hole in cloth at front spine gutter, offset to p. 28 and pp.160-1 (from items previously laid in); otherwise near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket showing a few small chips and tears but still quite crisp and attractive. Scarce to rare in dust jacket.

Savannah Georgia: Beehive Press Book Library of Georgia, 1980. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. VF/F/1st. ed. Some of Savannah's most beautiful historic homes and public buildings were designed by John Norris including Williams- Mercer House (wasn't that in some book a few years back.), the Andrew Low House(childhood home of Juliet Low), the beautiful Unites States Custom House on East Bay, and the first home of the Georgia Historical Society on East Bryan Street. This beautiful and informative book was published by Beehive Press in 1980, does a lovely job of showcasing his work. Book Condition is Very Fine; gray cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine. 62pp. First Edition. Clean, with no marking or soiling. Tight binding with sharp corners. Black and white photographs of buildings, with many interior pictures. Appendices, notes, bibliography and secondary sources. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; matte navy jacket with very light touches at the very ends of corners and top… Read More

A exceptional copy of this rare book. Very Good condition and very attractive. No foxing. Bound in wine coloured pebbled cloth. Clean and excellent binding. No dust jacket as published.There are 14 chapters and 15 B & W glossy portraits. This book weighs 4 pounds or 1.8 kg. Shipping will be expensive but I will cover the additional shipping costs for regular mail to Canada and the Continental United States. If you want expedited shipping please email for a quote. I will ship only to Canada and the United States. Very RARE in this condition.

London, John Murray, 1993, hardcover, xi-276 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine sleeve. The intrepid traveler and author of Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle and an astounding 25 other books of travel and discovery tells the story of her 1992 bicycle trip from Kenya to Zimbabwe via Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia and her interactions with the local people centered around the devastating effects of AIDS, drought, and economic collapse, and the African scepticism for western 'development projects' and 'aid schemes' which promise so much but deliver so little except to the administrators. Illustrated with two maps detailing the route taken. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780719552502

Random House, 1974. First Edition with requisite Random House number line (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ) for being a First printing. Lacks First Edition under number line so later printing. Very good book with author's name embossed on front. Red boards, black end papers and with black lettering to spine showing some edge wear. Good unclipped ($8.95) jacket shows shelf wear consistent with age of book and several chips to edge(s) and one closed tear on jacket back. Prior owner "ghost" on front flap and ink on half title page.
An American Marxist, feminist political activist and philosopher her involvement in the Communist Party USA led to her being fired in 1969 as an assistant professor at UCLA. The courts ruled that was illegal so she was fired by the Board of Regents for using inflammatory language. In 1970 guns found belonging to Davis were used in an armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, CA. Four people were killed and Davis was prosecuted and jailed for over a year before being acquitted of all… Read More

New York, Exposition Press, 1950, hardcover, x-132 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Poor dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the front endpaper "Fred; Somehow I managed to get this in print at last. Your encouragement was helpful. Geo." Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, foxing to edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price although a line has been drawn through it, rubs, scuffs, chips and soiling, stabilized in new Brodart sleeve. The story of the Taylor family farm near the town of Stamford in Schoharie County NY, from its founding by the author's great-grandfather in 1814 to the date in 1949 when it was designated as a Century Farm. Laid-in are photocopies of two newspaper articles from 1974 and 1979 relating the story of the final family owners of the property and their eventual sale of the farm and liquidation of the stock and machinery.