…ink on the upper edge of the front free endpaper. Robert Benchley and Douglas Fairbanks were close friends and drinking buddies. Fairbanks’ library contained copies of most of Benchley’s books….
…free endpaper.The book is virtually mint and the contents are fine, with transfer toning to the front pastedown from Faribanks’ bookplate. There is a charming vintage bookshop sticker affixed to…
…frontis photo tissue guard is missing from Volume I (present in Volume II). The tissue guard is also missing from the photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill after page 72. The…
This unique mint copy of the First One-Volume English Edition in the extraordinarily rare dust jacket is inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: “To R. Randolph Bruce from…
…marker. There are professionally repaired breaks to the outer joints, front and rear. The contents are fine, with an elaborate ink gift inscription and drawing on the front free endpaper….
…the Third Printing of the First American edition, without dust jacket. There is a former-owner’s name ink-stamped on the front free endpaper and again on the rear pastedown. Else fine….
…spine, else fine. The contents are fine, with a pencil erasure on the front free endpaper. STEMMING THE TIDE is virtually mint, with light chipping to the spine head. A…
…head and a hint of light foxing. The contents are fine, with a former-owner’s dated bookplate on the front free endpaper. EUROPE UNITE jacket is price-clipped but quite well-preserved, save…
…is not through-cut; the printed price remains. The book is similarly mint, inside and out, with a tiny vintage bookshop sticker on the lower corner of the front free endpaper….
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint. The jacket is preserved in removable acid-free mylar protective wrap.
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint. The jacket is preserved in removable acid-free mylar protective wrap.
A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint. The jacket is preserved in removable acid-free mylar protective wrap.