Collection of 6 Alexandre Dumas Novels 1865

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Fiction Pre 1900: item #623177
#2767

A beautiful Collection of 6 Alexandre Dumas Novels from 1865. In French, Navy Blue Leather binding with Marbelized sides, gold tooling. A beautiful set! Each book is approximately 7 1/4" tall. In very nice condition...some one took good care of their books! Now you can continue for them!

1871 Italian Prayer Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Religious Pre 1900: item #621867
R0004

Obviously worn, otherwise remarkable interior condition, dark green velveteen with brass framed edges, medallion,and clasp , and gold gilt edged pages. Perhaps this dear missal was carried in a pocket, the brass has beautiful patina as found,but I'm sure will polish if you prefer. As shown in photos, St. Guiseppe with child,makes me think this might be for a first Communion.Published in Milano. 2 1/2"x 4 1/2"

Robert T Elson's PRELUDE TO WAR ~ WW II ~Time-Life Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1980: item #620808
467

This is a History Book titled PRELUDE TO WAR ~ World War II by Robert T Elson, a Life Magazine's deputy managing editor, Washington DC and London correspondent for Time - Life News Service. The book was edited in 1976 in New York, NY. The book has 7 Chapters: "A Peace Resting on Quicksand", The Soviet Spectre, A New Breed of Caesars, Convulsion in the Far East, Downfall of a Feeble League, Dress Rehearsal in Spain, and One Minute to Midnight. The Picture Essays include: When Shooting Stoppe... Click for details

Robert E Herzstein THE NAZIS WW II Time - Life Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1980: item #620800
466

This is a History Book titled The Nazis ~ World War II ~ by Robert Edwin Herzstein, a professor of European History at the University of South Carolina. It was edited in 1980 by Time - Life Books, in Alexandria, Virginia. The books has 6 Chapters: The New Men of Power, All the "Little Hitlers", The Dark Empire of the SS, A Rule of Plunder, The "Final Solution", and The Enslavement of the Army. The Picture Essays include: Hitler's Armful Spectacles, Nazifying a Nation, The Fuhrer's Private Wo... Click for details

Robert Wernick ~ BLITZKRIEG WW II ~ Time - Life Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1980: item #620757
465

This is a History Book about World War II titled BLITZKRIEG by Robert Wernick, 1976, edited by Time - Life Books, New York, NY. Blitzkrieg literally means Lightning War or Flash War. The author was a former member of Life and now is a freelance writer living part-time in Paris where he pursues his interest in the European Campaigns of World War II. The book contains 6 Chapters: Hitler Weather, A Season of Blunders, Iron Hands on Scandinavia, First Blood in the West, Deliverance at Dunkirk, a... Click for details

The Lives of the Queens of Scotland

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #620440

Five(5)volume work by Agnes Strickland. Third Edition, Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1859. Riviera bindings:Brown leather raised spine with gilt lettering, blue leather boards, gilt paper edges. H. 8" 1 board off Volume One.

"With Star and Crescent" by A. Locher, 1889

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #614049
8338

With Star and Crescent: A Full and Authentic Account of a Recent Journey with a Caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, Comprising a Description of the Country, the People, and Interesting Adventures with the Natives, by A. Locher

First edition. 8vo. pp. 634; 15 steel- or wood-engraved plates; a very good bright copy in the original cloth, image of city, palm trees, star within crescent and incense burner blocke... Click for details

Range Rider Book ca 1956

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1960: item #609732

The Adventures of Range Rider by Felix Sutton illustrated by Louis Glanzman. Wonder Books, New York 1956.

Henny Penny, Children's book 1931

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1940: item #605187

Henny Penny, McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1931. No illustrator is named however, the illustrator might be Hildegard Lupprian. Though not stated, I believe this is a first edition. The book is clean inside, no marks at all. The cover shows wear. The pages of the book are stapled together but have come away from the cover.

BOOK. AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING. HEWARD/PEARSE. 1st ED.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1950: item #599650

AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING. Told by Constance Heward. Pictured by S. B. Pearse. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1941). FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty-nine color illustrations by Susan Beatrice Pearse. Each page of text features a black and white vignette at the top and bottom. Unobtrusive brown stain on front cover otherwise a very good copy. A scarce item produced during World War II.