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[Miami]: Eastern Maintenance Training, 1981. First Edition Thus. Stiff boards. Near fine. L-1011 Maintenance Reference Guide for Eastern Airlines Maintenance Training, originally published and printed in 1981.. Housed in blue three-ring binder. Measures 8.25" x 9" x 2.5". Title in white on front cover and spine. Light toning to edges of text block, a near fine example. Faint scratches to outside covers. Includes information on ground handling, fire protection, pneumatics, auto flight, hydraulics, and flight controls. Revisions included up through 1984. Eastern Air Lines, formerly one of the "Big Four" domestic groups by the Spoils Conference of 1930, was founded and led by Eddie Rickenbacker, WWII fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1871. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. Signed first edition of L'Abandonnée by François Coppée.. Small octavo, 61pp. Original brown paper wraps, title printed in black on spine and front cover. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, chipping to corners, wear to spine, a very good example. Housed in in a custom half-morocco slipcase with matching chemise. Five decorative bands, title in gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the half-title.

Paris: Florentin Delaulne, 1719. First Edition. Full calf. Very good. First edition of L'Antiquité Expliquée, et Représentée en Figures by Bernard de Montfaucon, published in Paris in 1719, with supplements published in 1724. This set contains the first three volumes in six, with supplements. Folio, [8 volumes]. All bound in full calf, title in gilt over red morocco spine labels, raised bands, decorative gilt compartments. Marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks. All volumes with some archival reinforcement to hinges, cracking to outer joints, rubbing to boards. All volumes with a few points of foxing, generally clean plates. Dampstain to fore edge of Volume III, Part II, minimal impact to text. Includes an engraved frontispiece portrait by J. Audran after N. Largilliere in Volume I, Part I. This work Includes hundreds of engravings, all numbered, with a few bound out of order. Volume I contains 224 plates, 88 plates in Supplement; 193 plates in Volume II (including large fold-out); and 197 in Volume… Leer más

Paris: Jules Rouff & Cie, Editeurs, 1881. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Signed first edition of L'Invasion Allemande by Général Georges Ernest Boulanger, inscribed to the future Prime Minister of Great Britain, Arthur Balfour.. Quarto, 384pp. The first of three volumes. Publisher's original wrappers bound in, with numerous maps and illustrated plates. Red pebbled cloth, title in gilt on spine. Red speckled edges. Solid text block, sunned spine, bumped corners, faint foxing throughout. Endpapers are foxed with light transference. The first volume only, featuring an inscription from Boulanger on the half-title. Inscription reads: "Monsieur Balfour / membre de parlement / cordial souvenir / Gnl Boulanger." General Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (1837-1891) was a charismatic leader who rose rapidly in the ranks of the French Army, eventually becoming Minister of War in 1886. The general attracted public admiration for his reformist stance and his tough posture on foreign policy, especially… Leer más

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920. First French Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First French edition of La Belle Au Bois Dormant [The Sleeping Beauty] illustrated by Arthur Rackham.. Octavo, 98pp. Original hardcover, title printed in black on spine and front cover. Solid text block, slight bowing to covers, sunning to spine, light soiling to covers. A near fine example. Full-color illustrated plate of title character opposite page 9. Multiple full-page and in-text silhouettes throughout, all by Rackham.

New York: Knopf, 1995. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first trade edition of Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler.. Octavo, 326pp. Teal cloth spine with title in gilt. Stated "First Trade Edition" on copyright page. In the publisher's dust jacket, retail price listed, a fine example. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Ladders to Fire by Anais Nin with engravings by Ian Hugo.. Octavo, 213pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration on front board in gilt. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block. Foxing to edges, endpapers, and some leaves. Finger marks to front board, illustrations intact, a very good example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, chipping to top edge, vibrant coloring, a very good example.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter in the publisher's first state dust jacket.. Octavo, [8], 602pp. Blue cloth, title in white on spine and front cover. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a touch of wear to edges and corners, dust remnants to top edge. In the publisher's dust jacket, $1.35 retail price listed on spine, faint soiling to covers, chipping and wear to top edge and spine, some wear to flap folds. A very good example of a scarce first state jacket. Complete with three in-text illustrations and frontispiece.

London: H.G. Clarke and Co, 1842. Miniature Book. Cloth. Very good. From the library of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Ladies' Hand-Book of Knitting, Netting, and Crochet, received by FDR in the White House in 1934.. Miniature book, 60pp, [4pp ads]. Publisher's brown cloth, title in gilt on cover, yellow endpapers. Front hinge starting, solid text block. All edges gilt. Measures 9cm x 13cm. Initialed in pencil on front endpaper: "FDR / The White House / 1934." Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt bookplate, numbered M45 (No. 1282). President Franklin Roosevelt was an avid collector of miniature books, a hobby which began in the 1890s and continued throughout his presidency. A complete list of his collection does not exist, since the books were located at the White House, Hyde Park and Campobello Island. After his death in 1945, his collection was divided up between members of the family and the National Park Service at Hyde Park. The first part of the collection was sold at auction in 1951 by Hammer… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler.. Octavo, 216pp. Green cloth boards, title stamped in green on spine and front cover. Stated "first edition" with no additional printings listed on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, touch of wear to cloth at top edge of spine, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, closed tear along front flap fold, chip to rear flap, faint toning to spine, light soiling to rear panel. Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell case. (Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 64) An attractive example. Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was a popular American-British crime and mystery writer. Six of his seven novels have been adapted into films, including The Lady in the Lake in 1947. Jacques Barzun, co-author of A Catalogue of Crime, called this novel "Chandler's masterpiece.

Anderson, Indiana: Buckeye Manufacturing Co, 1910. First Edition Thus. Original wraps. Very good. Advertisement for The Lambert for 1910, The Famous Friction-Driven Car by Buckeye Manufacturing Company.. Original brown paper wraps, 23pp. Title stamped in black on front cover. Short closed tears and wear to edges. Foxing to endpapers. Six full-page plates detailing models of the Lambert, with pricing details included. Special two page center spread of Model 36, priced at $1,275.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of Lancelot by Walker Percy.. Octavo, 257pp. Full red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing, 1977" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint dust remnants to top edge. In the publisher's dust jacket, $8.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. A near fine example.

New York: Whiting & Watson / J. Watts & Co, 1813. First American Edition. Full leather. Very good. First American edition of The Larger Catechism, revised by Alexander M'Leod, in a custom slipcase.. Small octavo, [2], 142pp. Original brown leather, title in gilt over red leather spine label, gilt-ruled bands. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to joints. Small chip at bottom of spine. Toning to endpapers and text, occasional foxing. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. Housed in a brown cloth chemise and slipcase, title in gilt on brown morocco spine. (American Imprints 30520) (Sabin 39032). The title page claims this book to be "The first book ever stereotyped in America." This is untrue, however, due to a printing of the Bible by the Philadelphia Bible Society with plates imported from London in 1812.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Quarto, viii, 425pp. In publishers cloth, title in gilt on spine, inserted picture on front cover. Complete with 9 full page color illustrations, plus illustrated title page. Ownership inscription opposite half title. In scarce publishers dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, color illustration affixed to front panel, some wear at edges, but overall an exceptional copy. Part of the Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Last Plane to Shanghai by Richard Tregaskis, inscribed to Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.. Octavo, 249pp. Blue hardcover, cream spine. Title in orange on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to front cover, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, light wear along spine and flap folds, short closed tear along top edge, a near fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Admiral John S. and Roberta McCain - Outstanding among all Navy family heads as representing the best of the Navy traditions - (like Full Speed Ahead and Damn the Torpedoes!) Much Aloha Rich Tregaskis - March 13, 1971." Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) served in the United States Navy for 45 years. He was the son of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., a four-star admiral who commanded South Pacific aircraft operations in… Leer más

New York: St. Martin's, 1976. First American Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First American edition of Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.. Octavo, 287pp, [1]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First published in the United States of America in 1976" on copyright page. Solid text block, label remnant on front free endpaper, bumped top edge of spine, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $7.95 retail price on front flap, light wear and toning to top edge. Vibrantly illustrated near fine jacket.

New York: Horizon Press, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First edition of Laughter from the Hip by Leonard Feather and Jack Tracy.. Octavo, [10], 175pp. Green hardcover, title stamped in blue on yellow cloth spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, lightly bumped corners, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, small chips to corners and spine, shelf wear, a very good example. In text illustrations by A. Birnbaum.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Laura by Vera Caspary, in the publisher's scarce first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 237pp. Blue cloth, title in red on spine and front cover. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Title page features "1943" publishing date, removed for later printings. Solid text block, bookseller's label on rear pastedown, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, a touch of rubbing to corners, a near fine example. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, archivally repaired with tissue on verso, light wear to flap folds, toning to spine. First state points include $2.50 retail price on front flap, rear flap with advertisement for "PSYCHOTHRILLERS," and rear panel with piece about author and "Buy War Bonds" ad. A scarce, very good example. Housed in custom cloth clamshell with dust jacket reproduction mounted to front panel. (Johnson, The Dark Page, p.… Leer más

London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Signed first edition of The Laws Regulating the Relation of Employer and Workman in England by Alfred Henry Ruegg.. Octavo, viii, 199pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, border stamped in blind. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, bumped corners, wear to spine, toning to top edge. From the University of Cincinnati Robert S. Marx Law Library, with library label remnants on spine and stamps to title page. Signed by the author on the half title "Richard Harris... with the author's best regards. March 1905." Alfred Henry Ruegg (1854-1941) was a judge in the Birmingham and North Staffordshire County Courts for over thirty years. Ruegg was also a well-known antiquarian, favoring legal volumes and detective fiction.

West Stockbridge: Thornwillow Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. Fine. From the Thornwillow Press, Le Bateau Ivre, illustrated and signed by Thierry W. Despont.. Folio, [29 folded leaves]. Housed in the publisher's quarter black morocco clamshell, title in gilt on spine, raised bands. This work includes 28 original prints by Thierry W. Despont, all with tissue covers. Bumped fore edge to clamshell case, light shelf wear, faint sunning along upper quarter, point of rubbing to raised bands on spine. Includes the publisher's prospectus. English translation by Louise Varese. From a limited edition of 250 copies, this being number XI, with the limitation page signed by the publisher, Luke Ives Pontifell. A beautiful work from the Thornwillow Press. Thierry W. Despont is a designer, architect, and artist based in Manhattan. His notable projects include restoration work on the Statue of Liberty and the Clayton Mansion (historic home of the Frick Family of Pittsburgh) and design work for the J.… Leer más