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PLUCK AND LUCK
-From the Library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.-
…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….
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First American Edition Set in Dust Jackets with Original Slipcase-
…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….
THE POST-WAR SPEECHES
-First English Edition Set-
…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…
THE POST-WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set without Dust Jackets Complete in Four Volumes-
…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…
SUICIDE
A Study in Sociology
…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….
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (Selections From)
-International Collectors Library Edition-
…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….
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
-Signed First One-Volume Unabridged English Edition in the Rare Dust Jacket-
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…
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
-First English Edition Set-
…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…
NO POEMS, Or Around The World Backwards And Sideways
-From the Library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.-
…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…
THE TREASURER’S REPORT & Other Aspects of Community Singing
-Signed First Edition Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks-
…star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate is affixed to the second front free endpaper, opposite the title page. Save for some light fraying to the cloth at the spine head…
RABBLE IN ARMS
-International Collectors Library Edition-
…in red leatherette, with ribbon marker. The contents are fine, with a previous owner’s bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. The publisher’ original prospectus for this title is laid-in….
GREAT CONTEMPORARIES
-First English Edition (Sixth Impression) in Dust Jacket-
…save for ink inscriptions on the front free endpaper. Published three months after the First Edition. Laid-in is an original “Home University Library” bookmark mailer from the publisher Thornton Butterworth….