Alibris from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: St. Martins Griffen, 1998. Large, oversize trade paperback. 624pp., Bibliography, Notes, Index. First paper back edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. Remainder stripe along lower edge of bulked sheets. A clean. square, tightly bound copy with minimal wear at tips. No spine crease, appears unread. Very good+.. First… Read more about this item

New York: Gramercy Books, 2008. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 208pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with maps and photographs. The War journals of two American adversaries. No previous ownership marks. No price on dust-jacket flap, possible book club issue. A very clean, square copy, near as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. Re-issue. Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo… Read more about this item

Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999. Tall, slim trade paperback. 127pp., Bibliography. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs. A title in the Postcard History series. No previous ownership marks. A near as new copy with no faults. Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 2005. Hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 404pp., index. First edition, second impression. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, as new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. Second Printing. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1996. Trade paperback. 188pp., Selected Bibliography, Index. Third printing of the first paperback edition. A very clean, square, tightly bound copy. An unread, as new copy.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Bath: The Library Association, 1967. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold, in original white dust-jacket. 357pp., Notes and Index. Illustrated with portrait plates and 2 maps, one being fold-out. Original white dust-jacket protected by mylar covers. No previous ownership marks. This is the first printing of the Library Association re-issue of the title, first published… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 396pp., Sources, Index. Illustrtated with photographs. Private gift inscription on front end-paper, else a clean, tight, square copy. Very good+ in a very good+ dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Gramercy Books, 1979. Hardcover in original glossy pictorial dust-jacket. 531pp., Illustrated By Kevin Reilly. Includes maps, charts, genealogical tables, and various Elvish writing systems. Contents arranged in alphabetical order. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, tightly bound copy. The indispensable guide to the wondrouis legends, history, languages, and peoples of… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. Hardcover, red cloth spine over red paper covered boards, in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 437pp., First edition, first printing with number line intact. An as new, apparently unread copy. Book and dust-jacket as new.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1991. Hardcover, bright blue boards in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 212pp., Illustrated with color and monochrome photographs. Foreword by Billy Pate. The challenge and adventure of offshore and flats fishing with a fly. A very clean, square, tightly bound copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine. Elephant Folio… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold and with top edge gilt. 203pp., Former owner's inscription inside front cover dated 1913. Only date printed on book is copyright date of 1888. Early printing of this book of poems by Riley, one the more popular and prolific American poets of the late nineteenth century.… Read more about this item

Deluxe Editions, 1931. Hardcover, mock white vellum spine and tips over blue paper covered boards. Top edge gilt. 182pp., Illustrated with several drawings. Glue residue from removed book-plate on front free endpaper. Mild age toning to covers. Else a clean. square, tightly bound copy. Good+.. First Thus. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, 2002. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. First edition, first printing. 270pp. Illustrated with photographs. No previous ownership marks. The story, in his own words, of Bob Kerry's journey from heartland America to the cauldron of Viet Nam. A sqaure, clean, tightly bound copy, Fine in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824. First edition thus, translated by J.H. Wiffen and limited to 250 copies. Two volume set [complete], Royal Octavo bound in later nineteenth century full forest green pebbled leather, raised spines with gilt lettering and decoratiion. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers bound-in each volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Tasso… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. Hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. First edition, first printing. 206pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs and holograph documents. Previous owner's name on front fly, else clean, square, tight copy with no faults. Intersting thesis that holds that Emilia Earhart survived her crash in the South Pacific, along with her… Read more about this item

Australia: Lloyd O'Neil, 1970. Hardcover, deep maroon ckloth in original dust-jacket. 454pp, Index to stories. Book contians 56 short stories from the prtose work of Henry Lawson, A title in the Australian Classics series. A clean, sqaure, tightly bound copy. Neat private inscription dated 1974 across top of blank free front endpaper. A near… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1975. Hardcover, teal cloth lacking dust-jacket. 252pp., Index. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with photographs. No previous ownership marks. Mild age soiling to cloth, else a square, clean, tightly bound copy. Very good sans dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Free Press, 2006. Brand new hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with photographs. An examination of how, in the perceptioon of almost every ordinary Iraqi today, the Ameiricans in their country have gone from being viewed as liberators [tabrir] to being hated as occupiers [ihtilal]. Important reading for anyone… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. Hardcover in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. First Ameriocan edition, first printing. 221pp. Illustrated with drawings and color photographs. A collection of incisive essays by several experts in the new field of Chaos Theory, ably edited by Nina Hall. A square, clean, tightly bound copy. No previois ownership… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1916. Hardcover, original dark green cloth with front cover stamped in gold with arms of Altrincham County High School, as prize binding for the year 1921-22. First edition. 264pp., Index. Illustrated with 24 photographic plates and vignette drawings, and one map [in color]. Prize label inside front cover, else no… Read more about this item