Two Books on Chagall, First Editions

Two books on trade tokens. 1.) U.S. Merchant Tokens 1845-1860 by Russell Rulau. Iola: Krause Publications, Inc., 1985. Softcover. 192 pp. A catalogue of the unofficial coinage of Ame...

1. Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs by Colin Wilson. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1964. 1st Ed and Printing hardcover with no dust jacket. 2. ...

1. The Rommel Papers edited by B.H. Liddell Hart, with the assistance of Lucie-Maria Rommel, Manfred Rommel and Fritz Bayerlein. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1953. Stated First American Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 22 maps, 2 large folding maps and colored front and rear endpaper reproductions of sketch-maps by Rommel. "No commander in history has written an account of his campaigns to match the vividness and value of Rommel's." 2" D x 6" W x 8.5" H 2. Rommel in Normandy: Reminiscences by Friedrich Ruge. Presidio, San Rafael, California, 1979. Friedrich Ruge was Rommel's naval adviser, making him to be qualified to bring out the man behind the legend. In the months before the Normandy invasion the author accompanied Rommel on his tours of the French coast. He was a first-hand witness to the frustration and despair that frequently overcame German officers at the impossibility of the task imposed on them by Hitler's irrational optimism. Defeat was certain yet Rommel did his best to defend the coast against imminent invasion. Implicated in the assassination attempt against Hitler, Rommel was secretly murdered, then given the mockery of a state funeral. The author recalls how Rommel carried a heavy emotional burden: "He felt responsible for the fate of the whole nation." 1" D x 6.5" W x 9.25" H. 3. Attacks by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...

Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables by Simon Yates and Sofas by Constance King. The Wellfleet Press, London, 1989. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. A pair of great historical re...

How to Buy Rare Books, A Practical Guide to the Antiquarian Book Market by William Rees-Mogg. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacke...

Suppressed books a history of the conception of literary obscenity by Alec Craig. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1963. Stated first edition hardcover with dust...

'American Notes for General Circulation' by Charles Dickens. First Edition. Vol 1 and 2 London: Chapman and Hall 1842 Bradbury and Evans, Printers,...

'The Life of Nelson" books by Robert Southey. First edition. Vol 1 and 2 London: Printed for John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty and to the Board of Longitude 1813 J. Moyes,...

AUTHOR: CHAGALL, Marc. TITLE: Marc Chagall My Life. NY: Orion Press, 1960. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., illustrated, inscribed by Chagall the year of ...

A set of three first edition books by David Hicks, the legendary designer. This set of out-of-print books focuses on garden design and flower arranging. All in very good condition with dust jackets. Includes the following three titles. The David Hicks Book...

A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759. 299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31/32, 41/42, 83/84, 85/86) all corresp...

A first American edition copy of the eponymous "David Hicks on Home Decoration" book. In very good condition. Hardcover with dust jacket.