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New York: Harper Collins, 1990. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author Harper Collins, 1990. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Scarce Signed by Author with a heartfelt note of thanks to his doctor. Dust jacket and cover have negligible shelfwear, a few white dots on the rear jacket panel.. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Beautiful condition.

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.Third Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear, corners and edges rubbed, darkened-more so on spine, frayed spine ends. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading copy.

Richard R. Smith, 1930. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Richard R. Smith, 1930. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Cover has moderate shelfwear/soiling, white spotting, faded spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, mild foxing. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading copy. Very scarce.

London: John Slark, 1886. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. John Slark,1886. The Temple Edition. Six volume set about the great essayist ranging from good to fair. Hard Cover. . Half leather with marbled boards and four raised spine-bands. Spines are decorated and lettered with gilt. Inside covers are marbled. Top edges gilt. Bindings are all slightly shaken but good. Hinges are all perfect. All volumes exhibit moderate edgewear and corners that are rubbed, some rubbed through. Some foxing on all end papers. All pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Volume I: VERY slight warp to boards, moderate edgewear. Leather of spine is cracking and chipping over spine bands and is chipping along exterior hinges. Some foxing to fly leafs (front and rear) and half-title page. Frontispiece with intact tissue. 'Inscription' from Lamb below frontispiece is printed, not signed.Volume II: Leather on spine is off, but binding is still together; hinges are perfect, and the book is still bound. Moderate edgewear. Two… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co., 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Macmillan & Co., London, 1947. Printed in the USA. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has very slight shelfwear, small scuff on top spine end, and very slight soiling on bottom front. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf,1964. Hard Cover. Fourth Printing. Teal cloth over boards with gilt titles. Dust jacket has very slight shelfwear, two tiny closed tears at bottom edge, slightly darkened spine. Not price-clipped. Cover is is in pristine condition. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Beautiful condition.

London: Folio Society, 1988. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +. Folio Society,1988. Hard Cover. 252 pp. Octavo. Red cloth spine with gilt titles, Marbled beige boards with eleborate black border design. Paper label on slipcase states 'With the Editor's compliments. Your 1989 Presentation Volume'. Pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated. Slipcase and cover have negligible shelfwear. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Beautiful condition.

Harcourt, Brace and World, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good +. Harcourt, Brace and World, 1963. First Edition, stated. Biography of renowned Renaissance art historian. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, worn edges, several small chips/tears, taped inside cover of book with small strips of brown tape. Cover has very slight shelfwear, one small scratch on front. Underlining on a few pages in the first chapter, remaining text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy.

Libraries Stock - Delamain et Boutelleau, 1929. Paperback. Good. TEXT IN FRENCH / EN FRAN�AIS. Soft-Cover. Slight warping to whole book.Cover has mild shelfwear, little dirt. Spine is heavily creased. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked, though endpapers have slight staining from cover jacket. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Beautiful condition. Broch� avec jaquette. Bon condition, Les pages sont propres et sans marque.

Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket and cover have negligible shelfwear. Very light foxing on top edge of textblock and endpapers. Otherwise, pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not price-clipped. Beautiful condition.

Harper and Row, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Harper and Row, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, several small chips/tears at edges. Not price-clipped. Cover has very slight shelfwear. Pages are clean and unmarked, toned endpapers. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. NY Times review of this book and another article from the NY Times, written by Rowse, are laid-in to the front of the book.