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Act of Courage. signed. 1st UK in dj.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bantam Press, London, 2005, ISBN:0593053400

Seller ID: 75996

MALLINSON, Allan. An Act of Courage . London: Bantam Press, (2005). First UK Printing. Pp. [i]-xii,(2),1-366,(4). Map endpapers. 8vo, purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "Christmas 1826 finds Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons alone and a prisoner. Captured by the Spanish, he is locked up in the notorious fortress of Badajoz, with little means of outside communication, his Prayer Book his only mental sustenance. He must escape, but as Hervey lays his plans his thoughts return to 1812, when as a young cornethe was here with Wellington's Peninsular Army. Having survived the terr...
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Admiral George Dewey : A Sketch of the Man

By: BARRETT, John DEWEY, George, Admiral)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harper, 1899,

Seller ID: 32657

BARRETT, John. Admiral George Dewey : A Sketch of the Man. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1899. Pp 279. 23 leaves of plates. Small 8vo, blue cloth, gilt anddec. to front, gilt to spine. Something of an instant book whose publicati on was occasioned by the ongoing war with Spain; nevertheless, the author has the proper credentials as former United States Minister to Siam and Special Correspondent with Dewey at Manila. While the focus is on the Admiral'srecent feats, there is also considerable analysis of his early history and character. Vg. A remarkably clean copy. 50.00
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Adrift Among Geniuses : Robert McAlmon, Writer and Publisher of the Twenties. First Edition in dustjacket

By: SMOLLER, Sanford J. McALMON, Robert).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London, 1975, ISBN:0271011734

Seller ID: 106285

SMOLLER, Sanford J. Adrift Among Geniuses : Robert McAlmon, Writer and Publisher of the Twenties. University Park and London : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1975). First Edition. Pp (14),[1]-389,(3). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering to spine. "The Kansas-born son ofa Presbyterian minister, Robert Menzies McAlmon became a central figure of the Lost Generation. After marrying the English poet and novelist Bryher, McAlmon expatriated to Paris, where his friendship with Joyce, Stein, Hemingway, and other young Left Bank writers led him to begin publishing Cont...
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Adventurer in Spain. ex Grenfell lib

By: CROCKETT, S.R. GRENFELL, Wilfred (bookplate)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, 1903,

Seller ID: 45722

CROCKETT, S.R. The Adventurer in Spain. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, (1903). Pp. 338 with [31] pp. plates. 8vo, pressed navy cloth, highly decorative red, blue and gilt decoration to front and spine. Ex library of Wilfred Grenfell (bookplate, inkstamps), missing free end papers, front hinge starting, short tears to pastedowns, spine ends worn, corners bumped, rear board rubbed, else vg. 75.00
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Age of Drake. Fifth Edition in dustjacket

By: WILLIAMSON, James A. DRAKE, Francis, Sir HAWKINS, John, Sir OXENHAM, John

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Adam and Charles Black / A. & C. Black , London, 1965,

Seller ID: 105988

WILLIAMSON, James A. The Age of Drake. Fifth Edition. London : Adam and Charles Black, (1965). Pp (4),v-viii,1-[400]. Maps in text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In The Pioneer Histories series. Includes Sir Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Richard Grenville, Sebastian Cabot, &c. Chapters : 1. The Prelude to the Age; 2. First Attempts at Expansion; 3. The First Years of Elizabeth; 4. John Hawkins and His Project; 5. The Third Voyage of John Hawkins; 6. The Elizabethan Period Takes Shape; 7. Drake in the Caribbean; 8. John Oxenham; 9. The Project of Cathay and...
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Album of Selected Bookbindings. First Edition in dustjacket

By: PENNEY, Clara Louisa. Hispanic Notes & Monographs, Catalogue Series. JACKSON, Margaret Elizabeth. SIEBERT, Ann Lister.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hispanic Society of America, New York, 1967,

Seller ID: 111692

PENNEY, Clara Louisa. An Album of Selected Bookbindings. Photography by Margaret Elizabeth Jackson and Ann Lister Siebert. New York : The Hispanic So0ciety of America, 1967. First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xv,(1),1-18,(2), colour frontispiece + 60 full-page black-and-white plates. Large 8vo, maroon cloth,glt lettering to spine, gilt Hispanic Society of America crest to front bo ard. "These sixty-one plates, including a frontispiece in color, offer examples of the binder' craft in Spain through sx centuries. The craftsmen wereMoors living under Christian domination until they were exiled by Phili...
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Alejandro Malaspina : Portrait of a Visionary

By: KENDRICK, John. MALASPINA, Alejandro

Price: $20.00

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston, 1999, ISBN:0773518304

Seller ID: 81886

KENDRICK, John. Alejandro Malaspina : Portrait of a Visionary. Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, (1999). First Edition. Pp [i]-xi,(1),[1]-200,(4). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, red cloth, copper lettering to spine. “Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary chronicles the life of an eighteenth-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain where thirst for knowledge and adventure took him on a five-year voyage throughout Spain's Pacific possessions. On his return he was imprisoned because his ideasfor establishing a modern enlightened state in Spain ran counter to those o...
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America's Road to Empire. 2nd US card covers

By: MORGAN, H. Wayne

Price: $14.00

Publisher: John Wiley, 1966,

Seller ID: 19171

MORGAN, H. Wayne. America's Road to Empire : The War with Spain and Overseas Expansion. N.Y.: John Wiley and Sons, (June 1966). Second Printing. Pp 124. Maps. 8vo, card covers. Pen underlining on some pages, else vg. 14.00
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American Commissar. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: VOROS, Sandor.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chilton Company, Book Division, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1961,

Seller ID: 113646

VOROS, Sandor. American Commissar. Philadelphia and New York : Chilton Company, Book Division, Publishers, (1961). First Printing. Pp. (10),3-477,(3).8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Sandor Voros, b. July 1, 19 00, Hungary; lived in Hamilton, ON, for a time. He was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America, and fought in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. "'American Commissar' is the unembroidered story of one who left first for the political Right, thenfro teh Left. He came to know long before most of his contemporaries th...
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American Indian Languages and American Linguistics : Papers of The Second Golden Anniversary Symposium of the Linguistic Society of America, Held at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 8 and 9, 1974

By: CHAFE, Wallace L. (ed.)

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Peter de Ridder Press, Lisse, 1976, ISBN:9031600865

Seller ID: 102545

CHAFE, Wallace L. (ed.). American Indian Languages and American Linguistics: Papers of The Second Golden Anniversary Symposium of the Linguistic Soci ety of America, Held at the University of California, Berkeley, on November8 and 9, 1974. Lisse : The Peter de Ridder Press, 1976. Pp (4),[5]-133,(3) . 8vo, yellow card covers, lettered in black. Contents : Wallace L. Chafe's"Preface"; Einar Haugen's "Introductory Remarks"; Dell Hymes's "The Americ anist Tradition" and Discussion by Bruce Rigsby; Kanneth Hale's "Theoretical Linguistics in Relation to American Indian Co...
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An Ancient Castle. First Edition in dustjacket

By: GRAVES, Robert

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Peter Owen Limited : 1981

Seller ID: 116685

ISBN-13: 9780720605679

GRAVES, Robert. An Ancient Castle. Illustrated by Elizabeth Graves. With an Afterword by William David Thomas. (New York) : Peter Owen, (1981). First Edition. Pp (4),7–69,[1]. Illustrated. 8vo (140 x 221 mm), cinnamon cloth, with silver lettering to spine. Higginson & Williams, Robert Graves: A Bibliography A142. Robert Graves (b. July 24, 1895, Wimbledon, England – December 7, 1985, Majorca, Spain) was a British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists...
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An Unfinished Journey. First Edition in dustjacket

By: NAIPAUL, Shiva SMART, Douglas (foreword)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1986, ISBN:024111943x : 1986

Seller ID: 70365

ISBN-13: 9780241119433

NAIPAUL, Shiva. An Unfinished Journey. [Introduction by Douglas Smart]. London : Hamish Hamilton, (1986). First British Edition. Pp. (8),1-136. 8vo [140 x 220 mm], black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Shiva Naipaul (b. February 25, 1945 – d. August 13, 1985), born Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, was a Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. An unfinished collection of essays by the Trinidad-born writer, published posthumously. "He buries his hands in his pockets. "Is it like that in your island as well?" Those were the last words ...
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Ancient Greek France. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: HODGE, A. Trevor

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999, ISBN:0812234820

Seller ID: 114987

HODGE, A. Trevor. Ancient Greek France. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, (1999). First American Edition. Pp (4),v-viii,1-312. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "As far back as 600 B.C., long before the Romans, cities such as Marseilles, Antibes, Nice, and Monte Carlo were founded by settlers who emigrated from mainland Greece and the older Greek colonies of the Ionian coast in Asia Minor. Tracing the history of Provence and the French Riviera back to its earliest roots, Trevor Hodge gathers together the evidence for this far-flung outpost of ancie...
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Annals of the Propagation of the Faith. Volume 19, Number 3, June and July 1942.

By: Society for the Propagation of the Faith) HUGHES, H.B.L

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Toronto, 1942,

Seller ID: 84887

(Society for the Propagation of the Faith). The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith. Volume XIX, Number 3, June and July 1942. Toronto : (Society for the Propagation of the Faith), 1942. Pp (1),42-59,(1). Illustrated. Double Column. Large 8vo, illustrated blue stapled wrappers. Contents : “Thy Kingdom Come”; France: The Church in France, Hard Ht by War, Faces Up to its Big Task; Wartime Economies In The Missions; Spain: Having So Few Priests, is Becoming Like a Missionary Land; Poland is Carrying Religion into RussiaAgain; Portuguese Catholic Tradition in Ceylon (by Rev. Father H.B.L. Hugh ...
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Antoni Tapies : Exposition Retrospective, 1946/1973 : Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 25 Mai/2 Septembre 1973

By: TAPIES, Antoni) LASSAIGNE, Jacques RAILLARD, Edmond TAPIES, Antoni)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, 1973,

Seller ID: 100787

(TAPIES, Antoni). Antoni Tàpies : Exposition Rétrospective, 1946/1973 : Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 25 Mai/2 Septembre 1973. Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, 1973. First Printing. Pp. (4),[5]-83,(1). Illustrated, largely in colour. 4to, illustrated greyish card covers with red titles to front cover and blank spine. Text in French. A catalogue of an exhibition of the graphical works of Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies (b. December 13 1923, d. February 6 2012). Includes an introductory essay by Jacques Lassaigne, as well as a translation of Tàpies's essay "Comunicació s...
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Antoni Tapies : Paintings, Sculpture and Prints, 1 July - 29 August, 1992

By: TAPIES, Antoni) TAPIES, Antoni)

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1992, ISBN:1870280342

Seller ID: 105488

(TAPIES, Antoni). Antoni Tàpies : Paintings, Sculpture and Prints, 1 July -29 August, 1992. Lodon : Annely Juda Fine Art, (1992). Pp (32). Illustrated in colour. Large 8vo, illustrated stapled card covers.

A catalogue of an exhibition of works of Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies (b. December 13 1923, d. February 6 2012).

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Antoni Tàpies : Pocta Ceskoslovenska : Graphica a sochy, Micovna, Prazskyhrad. 4 Cervna - 7 Cervence 1991

By: TAPIES, Antoni) TAPIES, Antoni

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Generalitat de Catalunya, Baracelona, 1991,

Seller ID: 105649

(TAPIES, Antoni). Antoni Tàpies : Pocta Ceskoslovenska : Graphica a sochy, Micovna, Prazskyhrad. 4 Cervna - 7 Cervence 1991. (Barcelona) : Generalitatde Catalunya, (1991). Pp (3),4-79,(1). Illustrated. 4to, illustrated white card covers, French flaps, blank spine. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ball Room of Prague Castle from June 4 to July 7, 1991. Text in Czech, Catalan, and English. Contents : Z "Praxe Umeni" (1970) (fragment) = "Lapràctica de l'art" (1970) (fragment) = "The practice of art (1970) (fragment) / Antoni Tàpies -- "Osobní Vzpomínky. Úryvek ze zivotopisu" (19...
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Anza Conquers the Desert : The Anza Expeditions from Mexico to California and the Founding of San Francisc 1774 to 1776. in dj

By: ANZA, Juan Bautista de]. POURADE, Richard F. POURADE, Richard F.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Copley Press, 1971, ISBN:0378028510 : 1971

Seller ID: 64804

ISBN-13: 9780378028516

[ANZA, Juan Bautista de]. POURADE, Richard F. Anza Conquers the Desert : The Anza Expeditions from Mexico to California and the Founding of San Francisco 1774 to 1776. San Diego : The Copley Press, (1971). First Edition. Pp. (6),vii-viii,(2),3-216. Illustrated throughout. Large 8vo, rose cloth with small pictoral onlay to front, gilt lettering to front and spine. With map end-papers. Richard (Frederick?) Pourade (b. ca 1909, Mexico), historian, editor emeritus of The San Diego Union. Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (b. July 6/7, 1736, Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico - d. December 19, 1788, A...
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Applied Modeling Encyclopaedia : Airplanes Volume.

By: Modeling - Airplanes

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Squadron Signal, Euro Modelismo, Carrollton, TX, 1996 : 1996

Seller ID: 91256

ISBN-13: 9780897474665

(Modeling – Airplanes). Applied Modeling Encyclopaedia : Airplanes Volume. (Carrollton, Texas) : Squadron Signal, Euro Modelismo, (1996). "Printed in Spain". Pp (6),1-200,(2). Illustrated throughout with colour photos. Large 8vo (220 x 285 mm), photo-illustrated purple glossy card covers, with yellow lettering to spine. 1. Aviation Basic Techniques. 2. Airbrush Painting Techniques. 3. Metalized Effects and Camouflage. 4. Interior Detailing. 5. Varnish Effects. 6. The First Jets. 7. Modern Fighters. 8. Modern Jets. 9. Special Painting. 10. Aircraft Super-Detailing. S...
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Armada : The Novel. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: GIDLEY, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1987, ISBN:0297790749

Seller ID: 116136

GIDLEY, Charles. Armada : The Novel. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1987). First UK Printing. Pp. [i]-ix,(1),[1]-437,(1). Map. 8vo [145 x 227 mm], orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Charles Gidley Wheeler (b. August 21, 1938 - d. April 15, 2010, Krempsford, Gloucestershire, England), alsoknown as Charles Gidley, was a television screenwriter and historical nove list. He served in the Royal Navy from 1954 to 1979. "The brutal robbery and murder of two Catholic castaways in an open boat sets up Harry Pascoe forlife, but it also starts him on a downward path that turns the girl he ...
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