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192926015637Boston: Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company 1929. 36 unnumbered pages. Litho on board. Charming end paper design depicting the various named characters at work. Profusely illustrated throughout by Arthur Henderson. Chapters include SpringTime in Twinkie Town The Twinkies Build an Airship The Twinkies Sail to Sacapacapoo and The Twinkies Meet Mother Nature. Measures 8 1/2" x 6 1/4". Edge chips on spine; cove wear <br/><br/> Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company unknown books
140050N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A cab driver in Mexico is devoutly dedicated to his daughter which causes a great change in his life. <br/><br/>Joe Raciti was an actor best known for his work in "The Firebrand" 1962 in which he portrayed Jack Garcia. <br/><br/>Set in Mexico City. <br/><br/>Green titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Joseph A. Raciti-Carlyle. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1950046031Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1950. 6 volumes complete lightly chipped dj. All from the 3d impression except the first volume 4th impression and the six volume 2d impression. Contents: v. 1 The second century to the ninth. v. 2 The political theory of the Roman lawyers and the canonists from the tenth century to the thirteenth century. v. 3 Political theory from the tenth century to the thirteenth. v. 4 The theories of the relation of the Empire and the Papacy from the tenth century to the twelfth. v. 5 The political theory of the thirteenth century. v. 6 Political theory from 1300 to 1600. William Blackwood & Sons unknown books
1955319664London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1955. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco a.e.g.for Aspreys. Fine. 8vo. Rupert Hart-Davis unknown books
184308418London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Octavo. A very good- copy bound in original brown cloth with pale yellow endpapers. Rear inner hinge cracked. Wear slight loss to spine tips. Scattered foxing. vi 399 pp. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1916403787Los Angeles: The Phillips Publishing Company 1916. Thick 4to. 16 448 pp. Frontispiece numerous photographic plates. Original maroon limp morocco top edges gilt. Some wear and discreet repair to fragile binding internally fine. DELUXE EDITION number 234 of an unspecified edition signed by the author. The numerous photographs include portraits and scenes of pioneer life in Colorado. Graff 1014; Howes D105; Wilcox p. 36 "recollections of early days in Leadville Colorado Springs and other towns by a pioneer journalist"; Wynar 334. <br/><br/> The Phillips Publishing Company unknown books
197210487New York: New York Botanical Garden 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition. 293 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Superb monograph on the orchid with text by Luer. Illustrated prospectus laid in to front of book. A bright near fine oversized hardbound book in near fine clipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
197510488New York: New York Botanical Garden 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition. 361 pp illustrated monograph on the orchid. This is the companion volume to the 1972 The Native Orchids of Florida by Luer. Near fine in near fine clipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
18386489Boston: James Munroe and Company 1838. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. In original green cloth stamped in gilt. The first two of four volumes only 1000 copies were issued. As fine a pair as we have seen; occasional light foxing throughout cloth showing very light wear; small wax seal FEP of volume I. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Company hardcover books
187740799Boston: James R. Osgood and Company Late Ticknor & Fields 1877. 1st edition thus Tarr A24.3.a. Green cloth binding black and gilt stamping to front board black lettering to spine. Printed endpapers. Moderate wear to binding some rubbing to edges light soiling puffing to cloth binding. A VG example. 94 pp. A couple small woodcut engravings in text. 4-7/8" x 3-3/8" <br/><br/>Only 6 institutional holdings recorded on OCLC Buffalo & Erie Public Notre Dame UMich UWash U of Waterloo & the British Library. This edition rare in the trade. James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
175923900London: printed for M. Cooper 1759. Octavo. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches. 51 1pp. Uncut. Stitched.<br/> <br/>Scarce.<br/> <br/>Carlyle charges the Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder with being too favourable towards France. The discontent amongst army officers in America and the various failed expeditions were all blamed on Pitt's perceived failure to support the military.<br/> <br/>Sabin 42915; ESTC T93350. printed for M. Cooper unknown books
18691341036London: Chapman and Hall c. 1869. Reprinted. Hardcover. 12mo; VG-; dark green/red spine with gilt text; gilt embossed designs to spine; raised bands to spine; reprinted; no jacket; leather binding shows slight scratches to exterior; some rubbing wear to edges and joints; gilt borders to panels; strong straight boards; text block edges marbled; ex-library plates to front pastedown; cracked front hinge; partial crack to rear hinge; marbled endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep; light pencil to facing page; interior clean; pp 234;. 1341036. FP New Rockville Stock. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1893015834London: Chapman & Hall 1893. Small Octavo. Three volumes in one 252 260 and 300pp. with 7 books: Book 1: Death of Louis XV. Book II: The Paper Age. Book III: The Parlement of Paris. Book IV: States General. Book V: The Third Estate. Book VI: Consolidation and Book VII: The Insurrection of Women. bound in olive polished calf boards triple ruled in gilt raised bands red morocco spine label gilt other compartments fully gilt decorated al edges marbled with matching endpapers inner gilt dentelles. A lovely copy from a Wedgwood family library with bookplate and a gift inscription with a sentiment in Greek. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1883Embry 174972James R. Osgood 1883. Second edition. Bookplates to each front pastedown spines sunned a shade boards and corners with some scuffing very good to near fine and handsome in custom mylar covers. One-half dark brown calf over marbled boards spines decoratively gilt. James R. Osgood, 1883. Second edition. hardcover books
185048226Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company 1850. 1st US book edition 1st printing Tarr A21.2.b. Original publisher's vertically ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards blocked in blind. Spine gilt bright. Square & tight. Light extremity wear. Prior owner pencil signature to ffep. Smattering of foxing. A VG copy. Divers paginations. Stab holes present. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Contents: 1. The Present Time 46 pp. 2. Model Prisons 47 pp. 3. Downing Street 51 pp. 4. The New Downing Street 57 pp. 5. Stump Orator 54 pp. 6. Parliaments 50 pp. 7. Hudson's Statue 48 pp. 8. Jesuitism 57 pp. Phillips, Sampson, and Company hardcover books
188229983London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1882. Small 8vo. vii 263 pp. <br><br>First edition; a posthumous publication. The preface is signed by James Anthony Froude Carlyle's biographer. The manuscript left at Carlyle's death was not a formal piece of writing but notes and jottings made during the trip he did not wish to make but felt compelled that he must make to view the ravages of the famine. His observations are often chilling and lacking empathy.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Previous owners' signatures; bookplate of Francis Massey O'Brien Portland Maine bibliophile and bookseller. Publisher's green cloth blind-ruled covers; spine lettered in gilt. Volume a little cocked. Interior clean. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover books
197510190The New York Botanical Garden 1975. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean very sharp copy of the 1975 1st edition of Volume II. Near Fine with light foxing at the fore-edge in a bright Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto 361 pgs. crisp color photographs thruout. <br/><br/> The New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
1965147218Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1965. First Draft script for the 14th and final episode of the first and only season of "Blue Light" originally aired on ABC on May 18 1966. With holograph ink annotations to the cast list noting the names of prospective actors for each role.<br/><br/>An American spy living in Germany during World War II receives orders to kill a scientist who appears to be completing an atomic bomb for the SS but soon realizes the man may be working against the Nazis after all.<br/> <br/>Set in Germany. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated DECEMBER 22 1965. Title page present dated December 22 1965 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harold Livingstone. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Mimeographed on eye-rest green stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
19726208New York: The New York Botanical Garden 1972; 1975. First editions. Very Good Good. Two separate volumes. 32cm; 293 361 pages illustrated with line drawings and color photographs by the author. Both volumes printed at Ipswich England by W. S. Cowell Butter Market. Original cloth in dust jackets. Dust jackets a bit yellowed and text block edges speckled with dust. Otherwise apparently unread copies in very good condition! The New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
1889139595Boston: Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company 1889. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-234 235-236: blank note: last leaf is a blank flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front panel stamped in black and gold white endpapers with floral pattern printed in gold. First edition. "Fantasy of the afterlife set mainly in Heaven . A couple of chapters towards the end carry the protagonist's spirit accompanied by angels to the physical planet Jupiter and contain a description of the advanced civilization there." - Locke Voyages in Space 107. "One of the few spiritualist utopias." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 187. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 220. Kopp 929. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 909. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 82. Bleiler 1978 p. 100. Reginald 11413. Wright III 4203. Some rubbing and light wear to cloth along edges and at spine ends and corner tips a very good copy. #139595 Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company unknown books
188989866Boston: Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company 1889. Octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-234 235-236: blank note: last leaf is a blank flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front panel stamped in black and gold white endpapers with floral pattern printed in gold. First edition. "Fantasy of the afterlife set mainly in Heaven . A couple of chapters towards the end carry the protagonist's spirit accompanied by angels to the physical planet Jupiter and contain a description of the advanced civilization there." - Locke Voyages in Space 107. "One of the few spiritualist utopias." - Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 187. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 220. Kopp 929. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 909. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 82. Bleiler 1978 p. 100. Reginald 11413. Wright III 4203. Early owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some wear to cloth and head and tail of spine panel and corner tips a very good copy. #89866 Ernst von Himmel Publishing Company unknown books
184957716Philadelphia: Horatio N. Joy & Co 1849. 12mo pp. 84; original printed tan wrappers; tear in front wrapper neatly closed on verso spine partially perished; all else very good. We have been unable to identify the American editor. Not in NUC. LSU Rutgers and Penn State in OCLC. <br/><br/> Horatio N. Joy & Co unknown books
18837325London: Longmans Green 1883. First Edition. 8vo Pp. 397 399 341 24pp of adv. Sl. nick to top of spine on vol. 1 o/w a fine copy. CBEL III p. 152. Carlyle 1801-1866 married Thomas Carlyle in 1826 and had been a writer from a very early age. "Insulating Carlyle from the daily activities of the world occupied much of Jane Carlyle's time and these efforts form the subject of many of her letters." She bore the stress of living with Carlyle and never published the novel that was urged on her. Longmans, Green unknown books
1883036683London: Longmans Green and Co 1883. Prepared for publication by Thomas Carlyle; edited by James Anthony Froude. 3 vols. vi 397; 399; 341p. original green cloth lightly mottled and bit of cloth chiipping at head and foot of the spines. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
18673566London: Chapman and Hall 1867. Sm. 8vo. 256pp. Orig. green printed wrappers minor chips at extremities. A Carlyle diatribe lamenting the "imminent" collapse of British civilization. Chapman and Hall unknown books