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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vii, 344 Pp. Dark Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated, 1927. Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Worn At Corners With A Little Fraying. Ownership Signature And Extensive Marginalia Dated At Christ Church College In 1932 [Of Particular Interest] By Bentley Powell Conyers Bridgewater,1911-1996, Secretary Of The British Museum 1948-73. Sources Indicate That Bentley Bridgewater Was Considered By Many To Be The Incarnation Of British Museum Man: Civilized, Urbane, Articulate, A Member Of The Athenaeum. Sir John Wolfenden Admired Him As A Walking Encyclopedia Of The Museum, Its Personalities, History, Traditions And Mythologies Which He Related With Almost Continental Fluency. Bridgewater Spent His Entire Working Life There, Except For His Wartime Service At Bletchley Park, And Was Its Secretary For 25 Years, From 1948 To 1973. For Many Years Bridgewater's Tall, Dark, Distinguished, Slightly Portly, Figure Would Be… Leer más

Los Angeles: Mankind United, 1943. Original Mimeograph . Single Sheet. Near Fine. 1 page, 83 line single spaced. text presents the general position of this semi-secret organization, 16 members of whom were prosecuted and twelve convicted MAy 7, 1943 in Los Angeles for violation of the wartime sedition laws.

Los Angeles Ca: Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences / Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, 1976. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8 Pp. For The Program With A Talk By Powers, Plus The Dramatization Starring Lee Majors, Noah Beery, Nehemiah Persoff, Lew Ayres, Etc. Inscribed By Powers.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Fair. Front Endpaper Lacking; 3 Pp Of Ads, Blank Verso; Half Title, With Printed Quotation From By The Fireside On Verso; Title, Verso Blank; Dedication Page, With Publishing History Of These Stories, Two First Published Here; Contents, Verso Blank; [1}, 2-306; 64 P Blackwood's Catalogue At Rear. Edmund Candler [1874-1926] Was An English Journalist, Novelist, Educator, And Served For Two Years As Director Of Publicity For The Government Of The Punjab 1919-1921 Until Retiring To England. Candler Was An Acquaintance Of E M Forster In India. Candler Was Also A Long Time Correspondent And Friend Of Joseph Conrad; In October 1918 He Wrote To His Brother Henry Candler "I Lunched With Conrad Yesterday. He Is A Real Friend. He Knows And Remembers Every Story In 'The General Plan.' !" His Second Novel, Abdication, 1922, Was Praised In The Edinburgh Review As One Of Two Novels Published That Year That Opened Up A… Leer más

Saigon: Government Of Viet Nam Circa 1965-1971, 1968. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. Photographs And Color Flags. Safe Conduct Pass, Yellow Front With Multi-Colored Flags, Reverse With Photograph Of President Nguyen Van Thieu And Another Of A Vietnamese Government Soldier And A Defecting Rebel Fighter. Fine; From Un-Issued Stock Of A Us District Officer In The Military Assistance Program.

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 255 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing (1945 Date On Title Page). Near Fine In Very Good Dust Jacket Priced $2.50 With Minute Losses At Corners. The First Greek-American Novel, About Cretan Immigrants In Massachusetts. The Author Was Educated At Wellesley, Did Field Work As An Anthropologist, Worked For O.S.S. In Washington During Wwii, And, Her Later Biography Apparently Completely Obliterated, Was Likely Picked Up By The C.I.A. After The O.S.S. Was Closed And Continued Working For Them As A Career Officer.

University of California Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Philadelphia / New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 250 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Printed In Salmon, Green Boards Printed In Black. First Edition Stated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $4.95

London Uk: Jarrold And Sons, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Xvi,360 Pp. Black Cloth Lettered In Red. First Printing (Uk) With Us Copyright Information Blacked Out By Publisher. Lightly Used, Red Lettering Very Strong, No Marks, No Foxing Or Stains.

Boston and Tokyo 1901 and 1902: J. B. Millet, 1901. First Edition Thus . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 9 3/8" Tall. Photographs Throughout. Red Cloth, Gilt, Top Edges Gilt. 12 Volumes: Eight Volumes On Japan, Copyright 1901, And 4 Volumes On China, Copyright 1902, In Original Matching Red Cloth Bindings. #59 Of 1000 Of The "Author's Edition", In Very Sturdy And Long-Lasting Red Cloth. Brinkley Was A Military Attached For The British Legation Circa 1867-1871, Then An Advisor To The Meiji Government And An Instructor At The Naval Gunnery School. He Owned And Edited The Japan Mail From 1881, Which Later Merged With The Japan Times, And Was Foreign Correspondent Of The Times Of London. Very Light Signs Of Wear, Light Bumping To Head And Foot Of Spines, No Marks Or Names Or Bookplates, Not Ex-Library, A Well-Preserved Set. Volume I Has Fading In A Section At Top Of Rear Board, Where It Was Exposed To Light, But Spines Are Not Noticeably Faded. [Later Editions Of This Work Include Additions On Other Countries By… Leer más

Reader's Digest Assoc, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xiv, 462 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine, Thin Line Of Fading Along Upper And Lower Edges Of Covers. Dust Jacket Priced $10.95, Light Usage, Slight Fading To Spine Panel, Short Tears At Top And Bottom Of Spine Panel.

Hong Kong: Wide World Press, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. (Xiv), 13 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers, In Similar Illustrated Dust Jacket. First Edition. Slight Wear, But Faint Damp Staining Along Top Edges Of Book, Pages And Dust Jacket. Inscribed By The Author In 1947 To American Social Artist William Gropper And His Wife Sophie, "Two More Internationalists", And Dated 1 May 1947. Charles Fenn (1907-2004) Was Born In England And Emigrated To The U.S.A. As A Young Man, Eventually Becoming A Naturalized U.S. Citizen At The Time Of His Marriage. He Began Working As A Freelance Photographer, And In 1941 Was Assigned By A Magazine Called Friday To Cover The Long-Running War In China, Which Had Been Invaded By Japan Several Years Previously. Friday Folded While Fenn Was In China; He Then Began Working For The Associated Press, Filing Photographs From China And Subsequently Also From Burma As The War Widened In Scope. On His Return To The Us In 1943, Fenn Became An Officer In… Leer más

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1965. First American Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. First American Printing, Burgundy Boards. Clean, No Damage, Touch Of Wear. Dj Complete, No Tears Or Chips, Price Clipped. Nephew Of General George S Patton, Educated At Hill School And Harvard, Fbi Agent, Head Of A Counter-Intelligence Unit In Europe, And Chief Security Officer For The Us Mission In Greece.

New York City Ny: Martha Dodd & Alfred Stern, 1938. Original Document . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Pencil Caricature. Invitation Decorated With Christmas Poinsettia. Original Pencil Drawing On Reverse, A Caricature Of Alfred Sloan, Jr. By Social Artist William Gropper. Martha Eccles Dodd (1908 -1990) Was An American Journalist And Novelist Who Studied At The University Of Chicago And Also For A Time In Washington, D.C., And Paris. Martha And Her Brother, William E. Dodd, Jr., Accompanied Their Parents To Berlin When Her Father Took Up The Post Of U.S. Ambassador In 1933. She Later Wrote That She "Became Temporarily An Ardent Defender Of Everything Going On". She Made A Number Of Friends In High Circles, Including Ernst Hanfstaengl, Sometime Lover And An Aide To Adolf Hitler. She Had Numerous Relationships While In Berlin, Including With Ernst Udet And With French Diplomat Armand Berard, Later France's Ambassador To The United Nations. Other Lovers Included Nobelist Max Delbrück And Rudolf… Leer más

Scribner, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xi, 260 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Lettered In Red. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Dust Jacket Priced $14.95, No Wear But 1/4" Tear At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold.

Washington: Government Printing Office 1894 1895, 1894. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Xvii, 303 Pp., 306 Pp. Both Issues Of This Congressional Directory, Bound Together In Full Calf With Red And Black Morocco Spine Labels. This Is A Standard [But Deluxe] Binding For Members Of The Senate, This Copy For Senator George L. (Laird) Shoup. An Essential Reference For The Study Of The U. S. Government Activity In 1896-1897. Light Wear, Gilt Brilliant, Hinges Tight; Stamp Of San Diego County Law Library On Top And Bottom Of Page Block, One Stamp On Front White Endpaper And Another On Rear White Endpaper, No Other Marks.

Washington: Journal Of Rational Mechanics And Analysis / Indiana University, 1891. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Xviii, 406 Pp., 277 Pp., 317 Pp. All Three Issues Of This Congressional Directory, Bound Together In Full Calf With Red And Black Morocco Spine Labels. This Is A Standard [But Deluxe] Binding For Members Of The Senate, This Copy For Senator George L. (Laird) Shoup. An Essential Reference For The Study Of The U. S. Government Activity In 1896-1897. Light Wear, A Few Small Areas Of Fraying At Tips And Fore-Edges, Gilt Brilliant, Hinges Tight; Stamp Of San Diego County Law Library On Top And Bottom Of Page Block, One Stamp On Front White Endpaper And Another On Rear White Endpaper, No Other Marks.

New York: Mcgraw-Hill, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xiii, 259 Pp. Grey Cloth, Gilt On Red. Stated First Edition. Very Near Fine, No Names Or Marks, Gilt Brilliant. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Some Wear, Minute Losses At Corners, 1/2" Chip To 38" Depth At Right Side Of Top Of Spine, A Few Small Clear Tape Reinforcements Along Top Edges.

Washington: [United States] Government Printing Office 1900, 1901, 1900. First Edition Thus . Three Quarter Morocco. Very Good. 345 Pp., 348 Pp. Both Issues Of This Congressional Directory, Bound Together In Three Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges With Matching Marbling, Spine Lettered In Gilt, With Shoup's Name On Accession Stamp At Front. This Is A Standard [But Deluxe] Binding For Members Of The Senate. An Essential Reference For The Study Of The U. S. Government Activity In 1900-1901. Wear At Edges, A Few Small Areas Of Fraying At Tips And Fore Edges, Gilt Brilliant, Hinges Tight; Stamp Of San Diego County Law Library On Top And Bottom Of Page Block, One Stamp On Front White Endpaper And Another On Rear White Endpaper, No Other Marks.

Washington: [United States] Government Printing Office , 1908. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good +. 331 Pp + Folding Map At Rear. Original Blue Cloth, Gilt, With Henderson's Name In Gilt On Front Cover. This Is A Standard Binding For Members Of The Government. An Essential Reference For The Study Of The U. S. Government Activity In 1908. Light Wear At Corners, Hinges Tight, All Gilt Brilliant, No Names Or Marks.