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1871928New York: Scribner Welford and Company 1871. History of Friedrich. 1872-73. 10 vols.<br /> Essays. 1872. 7 vols.<br /> Oliver Cromwell. 1871. 5 vols.<br /> Wilhelm Meister. 1874 3 vols.<br /> French Revolution. 1872. 2 vols.<br /> Tales by Musaeus. 1874. 3 vols.<br /> Latter-day Pamphlets. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Heroes Hero-Worship. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Life of John Sterling. 1871. 1 vol.<br /> Sartor Resartus. 1873. 1 vol. <br /> Friedrich Schiller. 1873. 1 vol.<br /> Past and Present. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Choice of Books. London: John Camden Hotton n.d.<br /> General Index. London: Chapman and Hall 1874. 1 vol.<br /> <br /> All Scribner titles except 2. Bound in uniform 3/4 calf. Light wear and occasional foxing. 38 volumes. Scribner, Welford, and Company unknown
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hypnotist Detective - Dr. Leopold Thoma of Vienna is a new kind of detective; Knocking at the Cannibals Door - a very dramatic story of the "white man's burden" near the Kunimaipa River in British New Guinea; My Misadventures in Finistere - an amusing account of a holiday sojourn on a little island off the northern coast of Brittany; Through the East by Air - Part III - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; The Tiger Calls - an account of what befell two Indian teaplanters; Our Little Outing - An exciting story from a P. Burns and Co. beef camp southeast of Olds, Alberta; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part III - the remarkable story of a man who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever occur in America; The Ship That Disappeared - The perilous adventure of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer "Canadian Importer"; The "Human Leopards" - A Terrible secret society in Sierra Leone, West Africa; The Blue Spot Theory - a funny story about checking for birthmarks on Burmese babies; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part I - Oscar Olsson's aim was to shoot big game with a film camera; My Fishing Trip - a British Officer's touch and go experience in Sopor, a village in Kashmir; and more. 86 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 7 plates, a little light and occasional spotting; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.
An authoritative portrait of the literary and aesthetic tastes - the 'temper' - of Victorian England. 282 pages.
179370147Edinburgh: William Creech 1793. First Edition. A Presentation Copy from the Author to Robert Chalmers Esq. 8vo original wraps bound into antique paper covered card binding. 2 45 pp. A fine clean and crisp copy of this rare work. Some wear and age to the card binding the text-block in excellent condition. VERY RARE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. ".with his mind expanded to explore the works of God our pupil may venture to look within himself; to study the science of mind or spirit; to investigate the intellectual the active and moral powers of man the most mysterious and difficult of all the sciences; tha with faculties enlarged and more infallible sagacity he may be able to search to the bottom the principles of ethics and politics as they are displayed with such boundless diversity in the history of man either as an individual or in society." This erudite sermon represents an important contribution to the literature of the age as it pertains to the usefulness of a rich education and deep reading and study by the clergy. William Creech paperback
pp. viii, 576 + Portrait Frontis of Charles Butler. XLib from the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. Penciled ownership of William K. Hall, Newburgh, (NY) Feb. 1900 on title page. Top edge gilt. Large 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Extremities rubbed. Remnants of library call letters on spine. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 7
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1914043754New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1914 Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st US Edition. "Ramona" is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican-American War it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scots-Native American orphan girl who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis the novel became immensely popular. "In this volume is related for the first time the true story of Helen Hunt Jacksons great American Novel Ramona." The facts and fictions of the romance are distinctively designated and its inspiration and purpose disclosed. The originals of the characters of the novel are identified and their true names given." Dedication page reads: "To the memory of Helen Hunt Jackson the most brilliant impetuous and thoroughly individual woman of American literature" Illustrated with contemporary photographs. 255p. plates frontis. glossary of Spanish terms. Blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Some shelf wear to edges and head and foot of spine front hinge starting and a few pages with water stains at front and rear otherwise a neat copy. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover
1914RDAVTRU00ZMDodge Publishing 1914. Fine. Davis Carlyle Channing. The True Story of Ramona. Signed copy. Alderson William A. New York: Dodge Publishing 1914. 1st edition. 265pp. 8vo. Brown illustrated cloth with gilt lettering T.E.G. Book condition: Very good with slightly rubbed edges and faded spine. Stenographic letter from the desk of William A. Alderson is mounted to rear pastedown. Gift inscription to contemporary owner by Davis and Alderson on front free endsheet. Dodge Publishing hardcover
191433864New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1914. First edition. Hardcover. g. Inscribed by William A. Alderson. 4to. xx 265pp. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Inscription by author in black ink on free front endpaper: "To Mr. Mrs. C. H. Crane With Compliments and Appreciation of Courtesies from W. A. Alderson One of the Authors October First 1914 Los Angeles." Frontispiece b/w reproduction of a photograph showing the author's with Dona Mariana de Coronel. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Captivating study by Davis & Alderson of Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona." Jackson was an American writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. "Ramona" dramatizes the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California. In 1886 one year after the author's death the "North American Review" called Ramona "unquestionably the best novel yet produced by an American woman" and named it along with Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin one of the two most ethical novels of the 19th century. Printed dedication page reads: "To the memory of Helen Hunt Jackson the most brilliant impetuous and thoroughly individual woman of American literature." Illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions of photographs.<br /> <br /> Age wear scuffing and staining on binding. Slight chipping to tail of spine wear on corners. Binding in fair interior in overall very good condition. Unique copy inscribed by one of the author's. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover
18822210532New York: Edition De Luxe 1882. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover original 19th century publication limited to just 50 copies. Full title reads as follows: "The Trial of Carlyle W. Harris A transcript in narrative form from the Official Stenographer's Minutes taken at the trial before Recorder Smyth in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace January Term 1882". Published by Edition De Luxe and limited to 50 copies. Brown cloth exterior shows moderate to heavy wear/bumps to edges and corners boards are soiled and spine is lumpy with remnants of a paper label at the top. Interior pages are tone due to age and scattered foxing and spotting is present. No signatures or bookplates though scattered pages have minor penciling mainly check marks the one page showed a word written. These are very lightly done in pencil and could easily be erased if desired. Front hinge is good but rear hinge is cracked. Other areas in the book show some pulling to the binding. The book contains numerous illustrations as well as a large foldout drawing showing the court scene. Page edges are uncut with rough edges some pages have chips and small tears because of this. An extremely rare publication with last known copy coming up for auction in 1908 under the George M. Williamson Collection: Catalogue of the Extremely Choice Collection of First Editions of English and American Authors and Association Books. <br/> <br/> Edition De Luxe hardcover
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A9781433176807Paperback / softback. New. <p>The new edition of <i>The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination </i>offers a fresh perspective on this trail blazing scholarship and the singular importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's <i>The Great Gatsby</i>as a challenge to the racial hegemony of biological white supremacy.</p> paperback
2020__1433176807Peter Lang Pub Inc 2020. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 231 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Peter Lang Pub Inc paperback
500323676Wild Side 13 76x1 48x18 03cm. Sans date. blu_ray.
1767at076.056GB: James Dickson Edinburgh 1767. DISBOUND PAPMPHLET of 48 pages. Clean unspotted copy but some corner creasing. . VG-. James Dickson (Edinburgh) unknown
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1970040030United Kingdom: Regency Press Ltd 1970. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Covers each of the Major Arcana in detail with some divinatory aspects of the Minor Arcana and with appendices on Karma Maya and the Hebrew Alphabet. Preface by Douglas Baker. Signed by the Author. Third Edition. Regency Press Ltd London 1970. line illus 112pp hb No Dust-wrapper pict blue boards fine <br/> <br/> Regency Press Ltd hardcover
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