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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1979. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full burgundy leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt tooling on covers, a.e.g., silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W drawings by Edy Legrand. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. B&W Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 682 pp .

Brussels: Antoine Sabatier de Castres. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1790. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First edition, first printing. Quarter bound by William Lewis of Cardiff, in brown calf over marbled boards, spine in seven compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment on red label, date, gilt, in bottom compartment, blind-stamped tools in remainder, blind-staamped borders on covers, fore-edge deckle, marbled endpapers. This volume consists of 24 issues of the Journal, published between about September of 1789 and January of 1790. Antoine Sabatier de Castres (1742 – 1817) was a French journalist and man of letters. He published this Journal in 1789-1790, beginning immediately after the storming of the Bastille in July of 1789. He was a Royalist, leaving Paris right after the beginning of the Revolution, and returning only after the restoration of the king. Because of its Royalist slant, the Journal was printed in Brussels, instead… Read More

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. c. 1930. Reprint. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, black lettering on spine and cover.. Spine sunned and worn with small closed tears, wear at head and heel, gift inscription on ffep dated July 16, 1930. GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xii, 268, (8-adverts) pp .

New York: Bonanza Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Translated by Bessie Schonberg. Quarter bound in tan cloth over red boards, red medallion on front cover, reverse lettering on red panel on spine. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, fore-edge lightly soiled, else fine. Price-clipped dust jacket, now wrapped in Mylar, is mildly chipped and worn. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xii, 469 pp .

NY: The Dial Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. Book Club Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black, silver gilt lettering on spine, play based on the biography of Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first Negro heavyweight champion of the world. Playbill included from the 1968 production at starring James Earl Jones in the role of Jack Johnson. . Head and heel of spine gently bumped, pages yellowed with some yelloed spots at hings, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has tears to spine and top edge, hinge and creases sunned. VERY GOOD/GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 186 pp .

London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 91 black and white color plates in good condition, 36 page biography of Daumier. . Spine is torn and lower half is missing, all corners and edges are worn, former owner and seller's stamps on endpapers and title page, most pages are yellowed. . B&W , color plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Oxford and Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers. New in New dust jacket. 2016. First Printing. Hard Cover. 1612004059 . Publisher's full blue cloth, silber lettering on spine. Illustrated with color photographs and maps. The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal kingdoms could resist the might of Rome. Failure would have been a total defeat for Julius Caesar, not just in Gaul but in the Senate. His career would have been over, his enemies would have pulled him down, civil war would have ensued, no dictatorship, no liaison with Cleopatra. Rome would not have become an empire beyond the Mediterranean. European, and therefore world history might have been a very different story. Caesar's campaign of 52 BC frequently hung in the balance. Vercingetorix was a far more formidable opponent… Read More

London: Taschen. As New with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Softcover. 3822834742 . Publisher's full glossy binding, white lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with color photographs.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 303 pp .

San Francisco: Chronicle Books. As New with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Softcover. 3822841846 . Publisher's full paper binding, black lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with color photographs by Joe Vaughan.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Color Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 204 pp .

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. -. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0517556545 . Publisher's blue boards, white lettering on spine, small medallion blind-stamped on front cover, light green endpapers. Illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear. FINE/NEAR FINE. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (vi), 170 pp .

NY: Clarkson N. Potter. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Printing. Hard Cover. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 154 pp .

Garden City: Doubleday. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 0385121156 . Quarter bound in black cloth over beige boards, black lettering on pink panel on spine, decorated endpapers, fore-edge deckle. . Very slight wear to head and heel of spine, else fine.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 525 pp .

NY: Simon & Schuster. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0684867192 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over ivory boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W in-text illustrations. A Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist offers a fictional exploration of America's early political scandals as James Thomson Callander, a muckraking journalist secretly working for Thomas Jefferson, becomes unhappy with Jefferson and reveals his affair with the enslaved Sally Hemings.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket, except for a tiny closed tear on the front panel, are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/NEAR FINE.. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 496 pp .

NY: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. 0393033686 . Half bound in publisher's black cloth over light gray boards, silver lettering on spine.. Front hinge starting, else fine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 957 pp .

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. As New with no dust jacket. 1977. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Full Leather. Stated First Edition (preceding the Doubleday trade edition). Includes a special author's message to subscribers not found in the trade edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in compartments, gilt decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, a.e.g., silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-page plates by George Jones.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. B&W Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 535 pp .

NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 0394502949 . This is a true first edition, first printing, with "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" and "First Editiion" stated on the copyright page.. Former owner's color printed and signed (David R. Beam) bookplate on ffep, otherwise both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket with the original publisher's price of $19.95 (now in Mylar) are in very good condition; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD.. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xvi, 365 pp .

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. As New with no dust jacket. 1977. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Limited First Edition. Full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in each compartment, gilt decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. This limited first edition was published by special arrangement with Delacorte Press (the publisher of the first trade edition) exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society. Translated from the French by Abigail Israel. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The Franklin Library Series. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 280 pp .

New York: E P Dutton and Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1955. First American Edition. Eighth Printing. Hard Cover. First American edition, eighth printing (1955). Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, author's initials blind-stamped on cover. Translated from the French by Irene Ash. A sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classic. Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.. Gilt on spine faded, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, fresh, and clean. NEAR FINE.. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 128 pp .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 0300044402 . Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine.. Unclipped dust jacket shows some minor shelf-wear and rubbing. A few small marks on endpapers and fore-edge, else fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. x, 322 pp .

Washington, DC: The Charioteer Press. 1980. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 2nd Printing Second Printing (One of a Set of only 12 published by Charioteer Press). .