AMBLER, ERIC

A Coffin for Dimitrios (a Black Widow Thriller)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. A 1945 later American edition of Eric Ambler's thrilling spy story, set in Turkey and elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. A stated first edition in publisher's "Black Widow Thriller" series. This work first published in England under the title "The Mask of Dimitrios" in 1939. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with spider and 'BWT' in blind to front cover; gilt spine titling. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With considerable wear to back cover cloth, prior owner's inked notation has been scraped off front paste-down, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (6), 281 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 85613

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature

AMBLER, ERIC

Journey Into Fear

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover. A possible book club edition of Eric Ambler's thrilling spy story, set in Turkey and featuring the author's Colonel Haki character, who made his first appearance in Ambler's earlier "The Mask of Dimitrios". --- In leatherette-look red and blue paper-covered boards with titling and horizontal rules in gilt and blue. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With chafing and indentations to cover edges, prior owner's inked signature to front paste-down, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, sound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 184 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 85614

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature

AMBLER, ERIC

The Schirmer Inheritance

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. A stated first American edition of Eric Ambler's gripping eighth novel. This is a story about a fortune in bonds left when Amelia Schneider Johnson died, and the search for her heir which leads from Pennsylvania to Nazi Germany, Yugoslavia and an ".unexpected end". --- In patterned yellow paper-covered boards with black spine titling; black topstain. Dust jacket features Elliott Erwitt photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, sound copy, but with somewhat cocked spine. Unclipped ($3.00 net) jacket with chipping and chafing to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (8), 246 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 85611

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0743202759. A first printing of an examination of major events and individuals in U.S. history by the acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose. Though wide-ranging, this work does not go in depth into the various notable moments in history. Rather, Mr. Ambrose touches on lots of topics, offering criticism as well as praise. Published in 2002, this work appeared shortly before Mr. Ambrose's passing in the same year. --- In red and blue paper-covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Dust jacket features image of a flag draped red building to cover. --- With a small bump to lower corner cover, otherwise a bright and undamaged copy. Unclipped jacket in great shape.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvi, 265 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 71133

Keywords: 0743202759 >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>American History & Politics

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

The Victors, Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 068485628X. A first printing of Stephen Ambrose's profile of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the soldiers who served under him from D-Day through the liberation of Europe. With a couple of maps and three sections of plates bearing black & white photos of people and scenes referenced in the book. --- In full black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with image of Eisenhower greeting marching troops. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Unclipped jacket also in great shape; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 396 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 86424

Keywords: 068485628x >>World War II >>Military and Military Leaders

AMIS, MARTIN

Night Train: A Novel

New York: Harmony Books / Crown Publishers, 1997. Hardcover. ISBN: 0609601288. Possible book club edition (though stated First American Edition). This highly-readable, gripping story is narrated by a female homicide detective who tells of an apparent suicide of the daughter of a police higher-up and friend. The author has employed police slang and insider lingo to tell the story. --- In red and blue paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Jacket features Quina Fonseca photographic portrait of the author to back flap. --- A clean, bright, newish copy in similar jacket.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 175 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 83311

Keywords: 0609601288 >>Fiction

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN (AUTHOR); OWENS, LILY (EDITOR)

The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Illustrated Edition)

Avenel, New Jersey: Gramercy Books, 1984. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517092913. A presentation of the complete fairy tales of Denmark's Hans Christian Andersen. The stories are accompanied by 60 black & white illustrations by six illustrators. Translated from the Danish by Mrs. H. B. Paull, and others. Edited, with an introduction, by Lily Owens. --- A hefty book, in cream paper-covered boards backed in burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling; wrapped in simple white dust jacket. --- The leaves show conspicuous tanning to edges, else a clean, tightly-bound, sound copy. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket is in very good shape, lacking damages worthy of mention. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 803 pages. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 87666

Keywords: 0517092913 >>Juvenile and Children's >>Illustrated Classics

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN (AUTHOR); LO GRIPPO, ROBERT (ILLUSTRATIONS)

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0375414959. A deluxe leatherbound edition offering 74 of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tales. Includes "The Little Mermaid," "The Princess and Pea," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling" and 70 others. With color illustrations by Robert Lo Grippo on about 20 pages (at least one illustration spans two pages). Translated from the Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard. Includes a painted portrait of Andersen by George H. Jones near front of volume. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet is included. --- Bound in rich full orange-brown bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Orange silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Near Fine, gift-worthy copy with faint scratching to gilding at textblock fore-edge, otherwise lacking damages or evidence of having been read. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); [12], 543 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 87928

Keywords: >>Juvenile and Children's >>Illustrated Classics >>Fine Bindings

ANDERSON, ROBERT

Getting Up and Going Home (Franklin Library First Edition Society Series)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. Leather. ISBN: 0394528360. A first edition of Robert Anderson's novel, a story of an affair between a man and a woman, each of whom love their spouses. With a special introductory note by the author and illustrations by Barnett Plotkin. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series which preceded the Simon & Schuster trade edition. One of an unspecified limited number in the series. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Text presented on quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Orange silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Near Fine copy with four small white marks to front cover fore-edge and creases to the corner of a leaf near front of book; otherwise bright, newish and probably unread.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (14), 257 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 87131

Keywords: >>Fiction >>Fine Bindings

ANDERSON, SHERWOOD

Winesburg, Ohio (Modern Library Isbn Series, Spine 17)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679601465. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) wrote this collection of 22 short stories from 1915 to 1916 and published them as "Winesburg, Ohio" in 1919. All stories are set in the mythical town, and they detail the life of his George Willard character. Includes a brief biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine 17 / grey cloth / blindstamped torchbearer device to cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / Bernhard endpapers / jacket style r with author photographic portrait in purplish tones on cover and spine, verso blank. --- With prior owner's circular embossed stamp to half-title page, else a bright, clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket ($13.50) with few scratches to front panel & mild back panel rubbing, otherwise undamaged and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xiv, 231, [4] pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 88087

Keywords: 0679601465 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions

ANDREWS, RALPH W.

Redwood Classic

Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. The daunting job of felling, milling and transporting the magnificent redwood trees of Northern California is described in this work. With numerous historic black & white photos of the men, railroads, saws, sawmills and ships used in this effort. --- In grey cloth-covered boards with woody titling in red to cover and spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair only copy, with a near-complete split at rear hinge and retailer's rubberstampings to front endpapers, else binding is rather tight and leaves are clean.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 174 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 82805

Keywords: >>American History & Politics >>Railroads, Aviation & Transportation

ANDREWS, JANE

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1897. Hardcover. An 1897 edition of the author's illustrated book telling the stories of boys from diverse backgrounds who might have existed in history. Jane Andrews taught school in Newburyport, Massachusetts. --- In dark maroon cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in black on cover & spine, w/gilt-stamped spine titling. --- With plenty of soiling and foxing to leaves, loosened front cover; overall volume is sound and intact.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xviii, 243 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 80832

Keywords: >>Juvenile and Children's

ANG, TOM

Digital Photographer's Handbook

New York: DK Publishing, Inc, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 0789489074. In pictorial covers (with photos that match the dust jacket). Stated first American edition, 2002. High-quality interior pages with many color and b&w photos; along with tables, charts and other illustrations. A very sharp copy; with inked gift info. on front free endpaper and with a slightly rounded top front cover. Jacket with a few creases, otherwise in great shape.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 408 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 74120

Keywords: 0789489074 >>Photography

ANGELO, VALENTI (DECORATIONS); GORDIS, ROBERT (INTRODUCTION)

The Book of Proverbs from the Authorized King James Version

New York: The Heritage Press, 1963. Hardcover. An attractive edition presenting these often-cited Biblical passages, taken from the Authorized King James Version. With decorations on most every page by Valenti Angelo and an introduction by Robert Gordis. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. vii: 29). --- The volume is bound in the double fold technique (sometimes called Japanese fold or French fold) in which the tops of the pages are not severed by the knife from adjoining leaves and all printing is on the outsides of these uncut leaves. In full navy leatherette-covered boards with Angelo illustration in gilt on cover, gilt-stamped titling on spine. In gold paper-covered slipcase. Unpaginated (about 110 pages). --- The leatherette covering on the spine has been torn away at various spots, leaving a covering on about 85% of the spine; otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy. Structurally sound slipcase with small tears and scratches, else in good shape.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [c.110 pp] pages. Good+ .

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Book number: 84893

Keywords: >>Religion and Spirituality >>Illustrated Classics

ANGLE, PAUL M. (EDITOR)

The Lincoln Reader

New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press, 1947. BCE. Hard Cover. Book club edition. A look at Abraham Lincoln's life in the form of letters, essays & biographical sketches by a host of authors, including Mr. Lincoln himself. With numerous b&w photos. B-O-M-C flyer specific to this work laid in. --- In grey full cloth on board covers w/maroon and gilt decorations & lettering, spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owners' signature to front free endpaper, else interior clean and unmarked. Minor soiling and wear to cloth.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; xii, 564 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 80776

Keywords: >>Us Presidents >>American History & Politics >>Abraham Lincoln