Search Results: Authors starting with A from LaCelle Rare Books

New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Photographs. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1916.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 263 pages. Illustrated with Photographs. Good. Tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; pages generally clean; covers worn; lacking the very scarce dust jacket.  First edition of an early manual for women, illustrated with photographs famous women golfers. .

New York: The John Day Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: The John Day Company, (1967). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING         with FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1967 stated, etc. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; a few tape marks on endpapers else clean pages; a few bumps and moderate wear; dust jacket is clean with light wear and slight rippling; spine a bit sunned; flaps have small tape marks; price not clipped ($5.50). Achebe's prize-winning book. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Cleveland, Ohio: John T. Zubal, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Cleveland, Ohio: John T. Zubal, (1982).  463 pages.   Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; slight wear; dust jacket is clean with moderate wear. .

New York: Reliance Newspaper Syndicate, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: Reliance Newspaper Syndicate, (1913). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; light foxing to pages; more to endpapers; only slight wear; dust jacket has slight foxing and moderate wear; a nice example. First edition of an early book on movie acting, filled with photographs and instructions for actresses and actors. Quite scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers, 1904. Hardcover. Good+. Illustrated. Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Original binding, lettered in gilt. 408 pages. Size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" Illustrated with portraits.   Good+. Hinges cracked else tight binding; clean pages; bookplate on front endpaper; some wear. A scarce Rhode Island regimental. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1885. Wraps. Fair. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1885. First Edition. Original wraps.  20 pages.  Frontispiece. Size: 10" x 6 1/2". Fair. Front wrap in several pieces and detached; lacking rear wrap; chipping to front wrap; a few notes and stains; worn. Scarce sketch of the life of an important jurist.  Lemuel Shaw (January 9, 1781 - March 30, 1861) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator. In 1847, Shaw became the father-in-law of author Herman Melville. He ruled on prominent cases involving slavery, segregation, and religion. Admitted to the bar in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in September 1804, and in Plymouth County, Massachusetts that November, Shaw began practice in Boston. When his associate left Boston after being acquitted of murder in a… Read More

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1903). Early Printing. 306 pages + ads. Good. Tight binding; a little yellowing else clean pages; some wear. Scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1903). Early Printing. 306 pages. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; a few small silverfish holes along gutter of front cover; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with moderate chipping at spine ends.  Extremely scarce in dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1906. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1901). First Edition with this only title in ads but also has circle around publisher name on spine so apparent second issue.  Good. Hinges slightly cracked else tight binding; clean pages; name and address on front endpaper; some wear; no jacket. Extremely scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

LONDON: TRUBNER & CO, 1865. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. LONDON: TRUBNER & CO., 1865. First Edition, First Printing. Frontispiece and in text illustrations. 183 pages. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Good. Tight binding; rebound; pages are riddled with small holes from silverfish; title page and frontispiece backed in paper; some wear. A very scarce volume on the history of the Indian sect of the maharajas. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

London: Heath, Cranton & Ouseley, 1913. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. London: Heath, Cranton & Ouseley, [1913].  First Edition. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 494 pages. 8 3/4" x 6". Includes foldout map. Fair. Hinges cracked else tight binding; a few light stains and foxing; covers very worn with chips to spine. Czech: "Pester, an officer in the British East India Company, arrived in the subcontinent in 1801, and saw service in the Mahratta Wars of the early nineteenth century. His diaries...reveal numerous military engagements and marches through India. While in cantonment near Bareilly, he enjoyed hunting buffalo, wild boar, and numerous deer species, but tiger shooting tended to be his preferred sport." SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS..

Boston: Printed for the Author by E.P. Whitcomb, 1887. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Boston: Printed for the Author by E.P. Whitcomb, 1887.  FIRST EDITION. Original wraps. Frontispiece portrait. 88 pages. Size: 9" x 5 3/4". Fair. Binding reinforced with tape; tape along one edges of front wrap; ownership stamps and label on front endpapers; pages fairly clean; covers creased, worned and chipped. Account of a long life spanning the war of 1812, the civil war and beyond. Author was a Confederate surgeon on Gardner's battery during the civil war. References:  Dornbusch II, 863. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE SCARCE CIVIL WAR TITLES..

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good+/Poor. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with First Edition stated on copyright page, "(I)" on last page of text, correct jacket blurbs, etc. Good+ in Poor or better Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear; dust jacket is very worn with chips and tears; extreme tape repairs on reverse; price not clipped ($2.00). Very scarce mystery. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Hardcover. No Jacket/Good+. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. DUST JACKET ONLY - NO BOOK. Good+ Dust Jacket. Some wear and a couple of small tears. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .