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JOHN ADAMS: REVOLUTIONARY WRITINGS

1775-1783

By: John Adams

…exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute….

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Being an Account of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

By: Ephesian (C.E Bechhofer Roberts)

…This is a very good copy of the First English edition. The contents are fine, with an inked former owner’s name on the front free endpaper and scattered foxing throughout….

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OTHER FAMOUS AMERICANS

-First American Edition-

By: Miguel Covarrubias

…corners and edges, some minor fading to the paper-covered boards and darkening to the spine, with an ink gift inscription on the front free endpaper and moderate, scattered foxing throughout….

BECH: A BOOK

By: John Updike

A very good copy of the Seventh Printing in an unclipped dust jacket with light toning to the pastedowns and front free endpaper. The contents are fine, with a former…

THE CENTAUR

By: John Updike

As-new copy of the Ninth Printing in a price-clipped dust jacket. The contents are fine, with a faint price-sticker shadow on the front free endpaper..

THE COUP

-First American Edition-

By: John Updike

…toned on the flaps, with a faint price-sticker shadow on the front pastedown and discreet remainder stamps on both the front free endpaper and lower fore-edge. The contents are fine….

THE WAR SPEECHES

-First English Edition Set

By: Winston S. Churchill

…fine. The book is virtually mint, save for a lovely bookplate from The Book Society on the front pastedown. THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE is the First State of the First Printing,…

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL

-First English Edition Set Signed and Inscribed in the Month of Publication-

By: Winston S. Churchill

This is a very good First English edition set signed and inscribed in ink on the first free endpaper of Volume I: “F. Smith from Winston S. Churchill, 13 Jan….

MAKING CERTAIN IT GOES ON

The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo

By: Richard Hugo

…an unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the edges and corners. The book contains a dated ownership inscription on the front free endpaper in ink. The contents are fine….

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

-Wartime Presentation Copy Signed to Mary Churchill from “Mummie”-

By: Henry James (Illustrated by Mariette Lydis)

A beautiful book with a very significant gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper: “For my darling Mary from Mummie, Christmas 1943.” MARY CHURCHILL (nee Soames), Winston and…

ISLAND LIFE

-From the Library of Winston Churchill’s brother, Jack Churchill-

By: Alfred Russel Wallace

This very good First English edition copy was formerly owned by Winston Churchill’s younger brother, Jack Spencer-Churchill, whose bookplate is affixed to the front free endpaper. Subtitled,“The Phenomena and Causes…

THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE

A History

By: Reserve Officer of Public Affairs Unit 4-1

Official History, 1916-1966. A very good ex-library copy, corners a bit worn, pocket on front free endpaper, the usual library marking, published without dust jacket (311 pages, 93 illustrations, appendices,…