The Scarlet Dawn by Hickey, R.M. Rev - 1950

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The Rose Tattoo. !950, New Directions, NY. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Used. Very Good/ Good- Condition Original Lustig pink rose dust jacket. Front flap Price $3.00. Nice. Summary: A drama with comedic elements. Set in the 20th Century American South. About an Italian family. 144 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8

Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn 1936 First Edition. Doubleday Doran & Co. RARE. Title page states 1936. Used. Good-/ New Fax Whistler Dust Jacket. Condition: Front board was cracked in half in shipment and has now been taped from inside. Fabric is intact. Other than this damage the book is in good overall condition. Priced accordingly. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne de Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"

Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn Copyright 1936, states 1937 on the title page. Doubleday Doran & Co. QUITE RARE. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne du Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"

UK: BATH UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Hardcover. GOOD TO VERY GOOD./Very Good. 1996. HARDBACK. A GOOD TO VERY GOOD BOOK IN A CLEAN BRIGHT DUST JACKET. OUTER SIDE EDGE OF BOOK LIGHTLY FOXED, TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS LIKE NEW WITH NICE BRIGHT PAGES. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.

The Land Of Mist. A Professor Challenger Adventure. By A. Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes books. First edition of the third novel in the author's Professor Challenger series. 1926 Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, original publishers cloth. USED. Good- Condition/ No DJ Included. 286 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 5/8. Does not include publishers Spring flyer.

Hugh Rees, Ltd, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Presentation bookplate on front inner cover to Officers Training Corps, Manchester University Contingent, Presented by W J Riley Esq JP (of Brierfield, Lancs) In Memory of His Son Captain H D Riley, 11th Service Battalion, East Lancashire Regt. who was killed in action in France on 1st July, 1916. Red covers with gilt lettering are darkened, more heavily on spine and at edges, remains of pasted label on spine and corners are worn, binding is sound but a little skewed, endpapers are darkened, pages are a little darkened but clean except very occasional brief penciled not in margin. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65010090149. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1888. This is the original 1888 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. Original paper wrappers a little rubbed/chipped. SEE PHOTOS. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. "Published by Order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with Law." Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Lists all Army officers as of 1888 with their service records briefly detailed, e. g. Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan; Major General John M. Schofield; etc. Information is arranged by career field -- quartermaster; medical; corps of engineers; signal corps; cavalry; artillery, infantry, general and staff officers, medical, pay and purchasing officers, chaplains, etc. Also lists officers retired from active service and their service records, e. g. General William T. Sherman. Lists brevet commissions and the service for which brevetted. Officers commissioned for distinguished service. Includes… Read More

Antiquarian Bookstore stamp on flyleaf. Corner is torn and missing from the front end page and title page beneath. There is a wide piece of binding tape attached to the inside cover, front and back, which looks like it used to hold something. No dj. HC is soiled and worn alongs edges and corners. Edges are bumples. Paper on binding is split inside back cover. Interesting and rare book begins with a history of sanitation in battle from the 13th century and a letter from the Surgeon General's Office September 7, 1862 to the Secretary of War. Several pages have tears along the top edge and some pages have tiny creased corners. Contains PLATE MAPS.

New in new dust jacket and signed by author. SHINING BOOKS IN SHINING JACKETS AND IN their ORIGINAL BLACK SLIP-CASE. UNTOUCHED, UNREAD, AND PERHAPS ONLY OPENED BY AUTHOR WHEN HE SIGNED IT AS A GIFT. BETWEEN THE TWO VOLUMES IS THE MAP VOLUME, ALSO UNOPENED, UNMARKED, CONTAINING MAPS OF THE BATTLES. Would be expensive to ship outside North America.

London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. 1857. Hardcover. 8vo, 21cm, 2nd edition, with considerable additions, in 2 volumes, xxiv,496 & xiii,[i],573pp., with 17 hand coloured lithograph plates, indexes, bound in contemporary middle brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, blind borders in the panels, gilt spine titles, brown cloth boards, a fine set attractively bound. (Mt) Major W.A. McDill's copy with his signature on the front endpaper, co-author of "The History of the Royal Canadian Engineers. A very detailed Corps history from 1772 to 1855, covering service in all parts of the world, from the American Revolution to the Crimean War. Thomas Connolly, Quartermaster-Sergeant of the Corps, has included extensive information and biographies of not only officers but also other ranks. Service in Canada is described throughout, particularly the building of the Rideau Canal (1827-1832) by two companies of the Corps under the command of Colonel By. The illustrations are a series of uniform plates,… Read More