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By: Bard, William (1778-1853),
Price: $150.00
Publisher: New York: Print of William Van Norden, 1832.: 1832.
Seller ID: 13180
Condition: Very good
New York: Print of William Van Norden, 1832.. 1832.. Very good. - Small octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover, printed self-wraps. Disbound, removed in the distant past from a larger collection of pamphlets. 17 & [3] pages. Illustrated with 3 full-page tables. There is a small stain to the title with offsetting to the following leaf. Very good. First edition.Bard was a pioneer in life insurance and his company was the first to make it a specialty. In this pamphlet, he replied to public suspicion and current criticism of insurance and predicted a rapid development for... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918.: 1918.
Seller ID: 95272
Condition: Good
- Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The top edge is gilt. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The spine & its gilt titling are faded. xvi, [1] leaf & 311 pages. Illustrated with 24 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard. There is a strip out of the front edge of the illustrations list. The front edges of a few other leaves are chipped where they have been roughly opened. Good. First edition. The previous owner's name, John V. Jewel, is stamped in gilt on the front cover. He was elected to membership in... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Belfast: The Queen's University, 1969.: 1969.
Seller ID: 7078
Condition: Very good
Belfast: The Queen's University, 1969.. 1969.. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in dw. Bumped, cocked & slightly dusty; dw soiled, lightly chipped & slightly darkened with small stains & a tear to the front panel. 632 pp. Very good in a good dw. First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
By: Blaine, James G.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: [Washington, DC?]: 1876.: 1876.
Seller ID: 36822
Condition: Fair
- Octavo, unbound, as published. Two sheets of paper are folded once to form 8 pages, including 7 pages of text & a rear blank. The page edges are darkened with the front edges of the last 2 leaves chipped. The corners of the pages are creased & the top edges lightly chipped. The rear blank is soiled. Good. First edition. No place of publication or printer are indicated. James G. Blaine [1830-1893] was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876 and served as Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875. Blaine led the... View more info
By: Block, Maurice
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Paris: Guillaumin et Cie., 1897.: 1897.
Seller ID: 11914
Condition: Good
Paris: Guillaumin et Cie., 1897.. 1897.. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed tan wraps. The front cover of the first volume is deatched. The spines and covers are quite chipped with early tape reinforcing the spine. 679 pages; and 581 pages respectively. The volumes are shaken with some pulled signatures. Possible ex-library with the following statement "Dokumentatie A.C.W. / Documentation L.N.T.C", stamped in red on the title page of the first volume and half- title of the second volume and a number taped to the bottom of the spines. Despite the bindings, the pages are bright ... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, December 29th, 1919.: 1919.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 94931
Condition: Very good
- Over 60 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "Delafield, Thorne and Burleigh" law office stationery. Addressed to James B. Pond, Burleigh regrets that he'll be out of town and thus "will not be able to serve on the Honorary Reception Committee at M. Maeterlinck's opening lecture at Carnegie Hall on that evening". Signed "George W. Burleigh" in black ink. The letter is folded horizontally and vertically for mailing with minor chipping near the top left corner. Very good. A director of the Lackawanna Steel Company, George William Burleigh (1870-1940) served as... View more info
By: Colombo, Cesare
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Firenze: Fratelli Alinari, (200l).: (200l).
Seller ID: 23358
ISBN: 8872923441
Condition: Very good
Firenze: Fratelli Alinari, (200l).. (200l).. Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed with some minor rubbing & creasing at the corners. 175 pages. Illustrated by the author with profuse photographic illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine. Introductory essays by Rainer Stefano Masera and Valerio Castronovo. The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K.: Bowes & Bowes, (1952).: (1952).
Seller ID: 6976
Condition: Good
Cambridge, U.K.: Bowes & Bowes, (1952).. (1952).. Good. - Square octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped & lightly soiled with a stain to the rear cover; the spine & gilt titling are faded. xvi & 184 pp. The endpapers & page edges are slightly darkened. Good. The first volume in a series of works on the subject. View more info
By: Cromwell, James H. R.; and Czerwonky, Hugo E
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Charles Scribner's Sosn, Ltd., 1937.: 1937.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 11922
Condition: Good
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Charles Scribner's Sosn, Ltd., 1937.. 1937.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped & the spine is faded. xvii & 373 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with 7 folding color diagrams. Good. First edition.Inscribed by Cromwell on the front endpaper and signed "Jim".Laid in is a 16-page prospectus for the book, bound in printed yellow wraps, and containing a summary of the contents. First Edition. View more info
By: Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip
Price: $75.00
Publisher: (Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.: Glasgow & West of Scotland Guardian Society Ltd., (1934).: (1934).
Seller ID: 31818
Condition: Good
(Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.: Glasgow & West of Scotland Guardian Society Ltd., (1934).. (1934).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], dark blue cloth titled in gilt with a vignette in red & gilt on the front cover. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with a few small stains & with dampstaining to the top edge of the front cover. There is a tiny chip to the head of the spine. Unpaginated. Illustrated with a few pictorial ads in black & white. The top edges & top corners of the front pastedown & the first 13 pages are dampstained. Good. 'Seventeenth Y... View more info
By: de Garay, Martin
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Madrid: En la Imprenta Real, 1818.: 1818.
Seller ID: 16221
Condition: Very good
Madrid: En la Imprenta Real, 1818.. 1818.. Very good. - Small folio [approximately 12 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in grayish blue wraps sewn with tan cord. The wraps are lightly stained & creased with their corners bumped. There is a 2-inch tear to the tail of the spine & the lower end of each wrap is detached. Title & 33 pages. The endpapers are creased with some light creasing to the remaining leaves. The page corners are bumped. Very good. First edition.Martin de Garay [1771-1822] was an eminent economist who was appointed Minister of Finance by Fernando VII in 1816... View more info
By: de Laveleye, Emile Louis Victor. (1822-1892). Important Belgian economist.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Circa [1870].: [1870].
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 33957
Condition: Good
Circa [1870].. [1870].. Good. - Octavo. The concluding section of a letter penned on one-and-a-half sides of a sheet of paper, 8-1/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Signed "Laveleye". There is a paper-clip mark & soiling to the top edge of both sides of the letter. There is a short tear to the top edge. Folded twice for mailing. Good. The letter, which is in French, evidently deals with economic or personal financial matters.Emile Louis Victor de Laveleye [1822-1892] was one of a group of young lawyers, doctors and critics, all old pupils of philosopher Francois Huet, who met w... View more info
By: Everett, Edward.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York: Van Norden and Mason, 1931.: 1931.
Seller ID: 35145
Condition: Fair
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed light brown wraps sewn with cream cord. The wraps are lightly soiled & the front wrap is lightly chipped with a piece out of its bottom inner corner. The head & tail of the spine are torn & the upper & lower sections of the wraps are detached. 50 pages. Illustrated with a chart [census for 10-year periods 1790-1830]. The contents are very good. Fair. First edition.The American Institute was an association of inventors. It organized exhibitions, lecture series and radio broadcasts to inform the public about new technologies, and served as a center for ... View more info
By: Fabian Society
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London: The Fabian Society/George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1920 and 1927.: 1920 and 1927.
Seller ID: 17287
Condition: Good
London: The Fabian Society/George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1920 and 1927.. 1920 and 1927.. Good. - Octavo, softcover. "What to Read" is bound in printed brown wrappers. The wraps are rubbed, bumped & chipped around the edges with some light creasing. The spine is heavily chipped with a piece out of the head & the front wrap is detached. xii & 80 pages, including 4 blank pages headed "Space for Additions". There is an owner's pencil signature on the title. The top page corners are bumped & there is occasional minor foxing. Supplement: printed self-wraps. 30 pages plus 1-page publish... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Washington, DC: 1911.: 1911.
Seller ID: 22490
Condition: Good
Washington, DC: 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, softcover, stapled cream self wraps. 8 pages, including wraps & 4-1/2 pages of text. The pamphlet has been folded twice & there is a tiny pinhole in the last leaf. Together with a mailing envelope with the title page information printed in the top left corner and a facsimile of George W. Fairchild's signature in the top right corner. The envelope is soiled, stained & foxed with a piece out of the top edge. Very good in a fair mailing envelope. A Republican Congressman from an agricultural district of New York State speaks out, on behalf of his ... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Toulouse [France]: December 13, 1930.: 1930.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 34087
Condition: Very good
Toulouse [France]: December 13, 1930.. 1930.. Very good. - 79 words penned in black ink on the 1st side of a sheet of cream paper folded once to form 4 sides 8-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Signed "A Favre". There is some very light soiling & some tiny marks to the blank 4th side. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. In this letter, written in French, Favre presents a copy of his book advocating the spread of the metric system [Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France, 1930] to the president of an institution. He hopes that it will be of particular interest to the Americans. ... View more info
By: Fey, Alfred.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Limburg an der Lahn: Limburger Vereinsdruckerei, 1936.: 1936.
Seller ID: 35931
Condition: Good
- Octavo, cream boards backed with black cloth. The binding is soiled & there is a tiny 1938 label on the front cover & some staining to the bottom edge of the rear cover. 141 pages. There is a small stain to the fore-edge with some tiny marks to the top edge. There is a bookseller's stamp on the title page. The rear endpaper is lightly stained & rippled. Good. First published edition of a 1933 University of Frankfurt am Main dissertation.The text is in German. View more info
By: Freshfield, Edward; editor
Price: $75.00
Publisher: London: Privately printed by Rixon and Arnold, 29 Poultry, 1895.: 1895.
Seller ID: 10308
Condition: Good
London: Privately printed by Rixon and Arnold, 29 Poultry, 1895.. 1895.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide], soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are soiled & lightly chipped with staining to the rear wrap & the corners of the front wrap. The spine is perished with large pieces out. Title, [1] leaf & 47 pages with manuscript corrections. There is an owner's ink note on the front endpaper & there are several pencil markings in the margins of the pages. Good. First edition. Scarce. First Edition. View more info
By: Gayer, Arthur D
Price: $125.00
Publisher: London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1935.: 1935.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 16063
Condition: Very good
London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with the extremities spotted. xiii & 288 pages. There is very light staining & foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers, else the contents are very good. First edition.Laid into this work about economic instability and the gold standard is a four-page autograph letter signed from Gayer to economist Michael Heilperin, who was in favor of an international gold standard . The letter, dated November 14, 1935 is written on Gayer's personalized letterhead and is ... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Journal of the History of Ideas, 1957.: 1957.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 16957
Condition: Very good
Journal of the History of Ideas, 1957.. 1957.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped with some small stains to the top edge of the front wrap. There are small stains to the wraps around the staples. Pages [455]-474. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the front wrap: "To a fellow student of a fascinating subject / Charles H. George".Laid in is an autograph letter signed in full by the author and penned on University of Pittsburgh Department of History letterhead. George writes to a Mr. B... View more info