A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Signed Limited Edition de Mandela, Nelson - 1994

London, England: Chas. J. Sawyer, Grafton House. Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 70 pages: 7 x 8.75 in.: 1: KB#010252: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. This edition was limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this copy is no. 337. Published in "MCMXXVII" (1927). Contains a Portrait of Hardy by Alvin Coburn as the tissue-protected frontispiece. Binding is dark red spine and boards with gilt lettering. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

New York: Random House, 2006. Signed on the title page by the author, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. First edition / First printing. Red paper-covered spine, light blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2006.

U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 283, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED in blue ink by Jackson on the free end page. Possibly signed and inscribed by Michael Jackson on half title page

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 640, 619pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Very light wear to extremities, contents age- toned (mainly endpapers), bindings are tight. Volume I is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED to E.T.I. Thygesen. Laid-in are also 2 letters addressed to Mr.Thygesen, also SIGNED by Sawyer. One of the letters includes a personal handwritten postcript to Mr. Thygesen, and a list of page references in the 2 volumes for Mr. Thygesen to look-up. A warm asscociation copy with 2 interesting associated letters. One of the letters is partially darkened (but clearly readable) by offsetting of a newpaper clipping which is also laid-in.

London printed L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh.: R. Ackermann, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hand-coloured plates (81) + uncoloured portrait of the dedicatee by Westall, Pugin, Nash, Mackenzie, Turner & Sir J. Reynolds costume plates by Unwins.. Large quarto (36x28.5cm page size/binding height 38cm) contemporary sugar paper covered boards rebacked with printed labels (tips worn & lower edge somewhat shelf worn/corners a bit bumped). Half title + coloured frontisplate + title + uncoloured Grenville portrait + dedication leaf + [vi]-xiv (subscribers & plate list) +1-xxv (the city) +275pp +[6]p index; Vol.II half title + colour frontisplate + title +262pp +[6]pp index. Without the Founders' portraits which are not called for in the plate list and which Tooley notes were 'not issued till a later date' so the book is complete without these. Some off-setting of plates to adjacent text leaves but not affecting legibility. More than a dozen plates carry the watermark of WHATMAN 1812 and most plates are uncut (ie… Leer más

Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers, 1978. Very rare title. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 332 pages. From jacket: "Dr. Edwin Presley Hall typifies the successful physician's dedication and opportunities. From jail physician to ship's surgeon; from coal mine doctor to army medical officer; from veterans hospital chief surgeon to private practice; his medical career has spanned a full life and encompasses much of the world... The Alabama native is the son of an early 'doctor on horseback' in Albertville... The reader surveys the life of a young intern and resident physician as Dr. Hall recounts his experiences at Louisiana State Charity Hospital at Shreveport and at hospitals in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Washington, DC and New York City... (and in) the army during World War II, serving in North Africa, Italy and Germany." Dr. Hall died in 2002. Jacket is rubbed and has some wear and a couple of quarter inch tears; slightly bumped corners under jacket; inside… Leer más

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1977. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in brown cloth with butter yellow endpapers in pale yellow and brick wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Collection of essays by Chandler scholars and associates with emphasis on his writing. Introduction by Patricia Highsmith. Includes black and white photos and film stills.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 283, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED in blue ink by Jackson on the free end page. Possibly signed and inscribed by Michael Jackson on half title page

London printed L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh.: R. Ackermann, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hand-coloured plates (81) + uncoloured portrait of the dedicatee by Westall, Pugin, Nash, Mackenzie, Turner & Sir J. Reynolds costume plates by Unwins.. Large quarto (36x28.5cm page size/binding height 38cm) contemporary sugar paper covered boards rebacked with printed labels (tips worn & lower edge somewhat shelf worn/corners a bit bumped). Half title + coloured frontisplate + title + uncoloured Grenville portrait + dedication leaf + [vi]-xiv (subscribers & plate list) +1-xxv (the city) +275pp +[6]p index; Vol.II half title + colour frontisplate + title +262pp +[6]pp index. Without the Founders' portraits which are not called for in the plate list and which Tooley notes were 'not issued till a later date' so the book is complete without these. Some off-setting of plates to adjacent text leaves but not affecting legibility. More than a dozen plates carry the watermark of WHATMAN 1812 and most plates are uncut (ie… Leer más

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Ediouro, 2007. Tough Choices: Carly Fiorina's Most Important Business Memoir First Thus - Portuguese translation by Jose Gradel 8vo size trade paperback with color photo illustrated front cover and interior flaps like a dust jacket; 335 pages. Text is in Portuguese. De trás: "Como uma jovem, filhna de uma familia tripcamenta norte-american e de classe media, acaba se torando uma das executivas mais poderosas do mundo? E possivel consiliar tantas reponsabiliidades sem descuidar-se da vida pessoal? Como vencer as resistencis e enfrantar os preconceitos num meio tao machinsta?" From back: "As a young woman, the daughter of a middle-class American family, is she becoming one of the most powerful executives in the world? Is it possible to conserve so many responsibilities without neglecting personal life? How do we overcome the resistance and face prejudice in such a machinatory environment?" Light wear to covers, bumped back corners. Inside… Leer más