Alibris4 from Great Expectations Rare Books

New Arrivals

No image available

King Leopold's Dream Travels in the Shadow of the African Elephant

by Gavron, Jeremy

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679419983
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€3.71

Show Details

Description:
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 288pp. No name, no book-plate, etc. Small closed tear to lower edge of dust-jacket and some soiling to outer joints of cloth, else a clean, sound very good or better copy.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
Item Price
€3.71
No image available

Edgar Rice Burroughs The Man Who Created Tarzan 2 Vols

by Porges, Irwin

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Thus
Published
1976
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
0345251318100
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€23.49

Show Details

Description:
New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. Oversize trade paperbacks. 1,310pp., Index. Illustrated. Housed in original publishers cardboard slipcase illustrated with cover of "Tarzan of the Apes" on one side and "The Synthetic Men of Mars" on the other. No name, no book-plate, etc. Books are clean, square and show only a hint of edgewear. Slipcase is… Read more about this item
Item Price
€23.49
No image available

A Spider and a Pig

by Morley, Carol

Condition
Used - Very Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€7.52

Show Details

Description:
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards in matching pictorial dustjacket. Dustjacket retains original price. First American edition. Color illustrations throughout by author. The adventures of a young spider and a champion truffle-snuffling pig on the island of Silkythread in the Sasparilla Sea. Very fine in fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Pictorial Laminated… Read more about this item
Item Price
€7.52
No image available

Poetry of Byron

by Arnold, Matthew [ed.]

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€7.52

Show Details

Description:
Londion: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1981. Light beige linen covers with paper spine label. Backstrip age darkened and spine label toned and slightly chipped. Indentation on front board extending approxiam tely 3 1/4" down from top of cover. Cloth is dented, not torn. Preface and several poems show pencil underlining and marginalia. Else a tightly bound, internally clean copy. Good..… Read more about this item
Item Price
€7.52
No image available

Tidewater Maryland Its History, Its Tradition, Its Romantic Plantation Mansions and the Celebrated Personages Who Give it Glamour

by Wilstach, Paul

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1945
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€9.40

Show Details

Description:
New York: Tudor Publishing Co, 1945. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth in dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs. Map endpapers. Dustjacket moderately worn and lacking 2" peice at bottom of backstrip. Very good in good jacke t.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€9.40
No image available

The Historical Importance of Nassau County

by Merritt, Jesse

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Limited
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€70.48

Show Details

Description:
Farmingdale, Nassau: At the Sign of the Turf and Twig A slim volume bound in black cloth. Illustrated with twp photographic plates. Signed by author on titlepage. The Clamdiggers Edition, one of 80 copies on rag paper. Number obscrued on limitation page. Small news clipping concerning author laid-in. Very good+.. Signed by Author. Limited. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item
Item Price
€70.48
No image available

Kathrina A Poem

by Holland, J.G

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
1892
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€5.64

Show Details

Description:
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1892. Small 12mo, green cloth ruled in gold, with small cameo head in white on front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with an etching by A.M. Turner. Mild shelf-wear to rear board. A nice, tight, very good copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Item Price
€5.64
No image available

Revolt in the Desert

by Lawrence, T.E

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1927
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€32.89

Show Details

Description:
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover, terra cotta cloth stamped in black. Illustrated with portraits and pictorial endpapers. Fold-out map at rear. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€32.89
No image available

The Home of Fadeless Splendor or the Diary of a Pilgrimage to Palestine

by Whittingham, George Napier, Illustrated by B.C. Boulter

Condition
Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€7.52

Show Details

Description:
New York: E.P. Dutton No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth. Foreword by Major General Sir Arthur Wigram Money. Illustrated with 16 etchings and maps by B.C. Boulter. Spine lightly faded, else very good.. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Item Price
€7.52
No image available

Stories in Stone: Telling of Some of the Wonderlands of Western Americana and Some of the Curious Incidents in the History of Geology

by Lee, Willis T

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Reprint
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€9.40

Show Details

Description:
New York: D.Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1928. Dark blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. Owners name and date [1929] written on front fly. Cloth slightly dusty else a very good copy. Much on the geology found in the newly established National Parks of the United States.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€9.40
No image available

The Queen of the Pirate Isle

by Harte, Bret, Illustrated by Kate Greenaway

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
Reprint
Published
1955
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€18.79

Show Details

Description:
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1955. White cloth stamped in black with pictorial color pastedown, in original pictorial dustjacket. Jacket shows wear and is stained, especially on rear panel. Original 75pence sticker still affixed to inner dust-jacjet flap. Illustrated throughout with lovely color vignettte drawings by Kate Greenaway. Warne re-issued this title in 1955, though this edition is somewhat… Read more about this item
Item Price
€18.79
No image available

Spain A Study of Her Life and Arts

by Tyler, Royall

Condition
Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1909
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€28.19

Show Details

Description:
London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. Red cloth stamped with gold lettering, sans dustjacket. Ilustrated with plans and with many reproductions from photographs, plus a large map in color on rear endpapers. Top edge gilt. Mild age soiling and corners bumped. else a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
Item Price
€28.19
No image available

Where it All Comes True in Scandinavia the Experiences and Observations of Betty and Mary as Related By Their Aunt

by Laughlin, Clara E

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€9.40

Show Details

Description:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1929. Hardcover, red cloth sans dust-jacket. Illustrated with boldly colored frontispiece, vignette drawings throughout text and map endpapers. A travel book divided into three sections, each examining the customs, history, attractions and people of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. No name, no book-plate, etc. Light mottling to cloth, especially along fore-edge of… Read more about this item
Item Price
€9.40
No image available

Samuel Johnson

by Wain, John

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€7.52

Show Details

Description:
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrated. A very good+ clean copy in lightly edgeworn good dustjacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€7.52
No image available

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

by Gray, Thomas

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Reprint
Published
1884
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€18.79

Show Details

Description:
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Stiff color printed wrappers lacking paper backstrip. Illustrated with drawings by Harry Fenn on nearly every page. Onion skin tissue guard for frontispiece has toned both title-page and frontis. Printed on stiff card stock. All edges gilt. A sound copy, even lacking backstrip. All pages firmly attached and very little… Read more about this item
Item Price
€18.79
No image available

Queen Victoria

by Strachey, Lytton

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Reprint
Published
1921
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€3.76

Show Details

Description:
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1921. Later printing of Strachey's biography of Queen Victoria. Hardcover,. Illustrated with 9 plates. A good, clean reading copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€3.76
No image available

Cromwell and Other Poems

by Drinkwater, John

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1913
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€9.40

Show Details

Description:
London: David Nutt, 1913. Red cloth sans dust-jacket. 110pp. 2 pages of adverts appended at rear. Quite small book-plate inside front cover, with smaller booksellers label at bottom of page. Cloth finger soiled and end-papers toned. else near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Item Price
€9.40
No image available

Paddington Takes the Air

by Bond, Michael

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€14.05

Show Details

Description:
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1971. Bright redish-orange cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with vignette drawings by Peggy Fortnum. Small retail price sticker on rear dustjacket panel, faded to white. Fine in very good jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€14.05
No image available

Joe Dimaggio the Hero's Life

by Cramer, Richard Ben

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780684853918
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€9.40

Show Details

Description:
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. First printing with number line intact. Hardcover in non-price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else no name, no book-plate, no other marks. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
€9.40
No image available

Toledo: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the "City of Generations"

by Calvert, Albert F

Condition
Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Published
1907
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Staten Island, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€89.27

Show Details

Description:
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. Full brown coarse grain publisher's leather, decorated in gilt on backstrip to imitate raised spine. Marbled endpapers. Book consists of 169 pages of text followed by 511 numbered plates, some containing more than one image. All edges gilt. A title in the 'Spanish Series', published at the Bodley Head.… Read more about this item
Item Price
€89.27