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1842002488Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 1 2-63; removed; very minor age-toning to margins; illustrated with tables; very good condition. The document which contains abstracts from well-known early-19th century names including Daniel Webster John Tyler and others documents the charges against one Isaac Clarke Warden of the Penitentiary of Washington DC which include letting prisoners outside the walls of the facility and forcing them to work for his own benefits thus allowing several of them to steal from unsuspected businesses and even escape taking prison property and selling it for his own profit to none other but inspectors of the said penitentiary as well as being tyrannical and oppresive towards his charges among other things. The paper also includes testimonies and resolutions. s. n. unknown books
008555Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Pravda 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316 pp. Russian text. One of the earliest books on the Russian satellite program. Cover bright. Stories and articles on Sputnik and the prospects for satellite technology. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Pravda, 1958 unknown books
1961001194Houston TX: The Cookbook Committee 1961. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1961; 8 1/2 x 11; pp. 42; illustrated mimeographed wraps; small chip to upper left corner of front wrap; minor creasing to edges and corners; pages clean; illustrated with drawings; very good or better. An unrecorded Texas cookbook compiled by the women of the "Graduate Wives Club" of Rice University and featuring recipes for salads deserts and 'genuine jail house' Texas chili. Houston, TX: The Cookbook Committee paperback books
18831232194New York: P.J. Kenedy 1883. first edition. octavo in dark green and black illustrated hard covers with gold gilt; VG; spine shows some shelf wear and tear; boards with moderate soiling and corner bumps; binding loosening; previous owner's name inside front cover; paper faded; no marks on text; external edges dusty; pp. 407; contains speeches by 14 contributors; shelved by Front Door. 1232194. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. P.J. Kenedy unknown books
1939001617Oakland CA: Tribune Press 1939. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 31; illustrated wraps; small chip to upper right corner and a pen scribble to front wrap; a bit of wear along spine; illustrated with maps diagrams tables photographs and drawings; good to very good condition. Compliments of the Oakland Tribune the pamphlet was a fragile survivor of a time when skiing was picking up speed in California and the California Ski Association established as a direct result of losing the 1932 Winter Olympic Games to Lake Placid NY was still in its infancy. Though titled with the somewhat generic "Winter Sports" it was largely devoted to skiing and featured several drawn maps of ski trails and ski tows in Northern and Central California 11 lessons in downhill skiing jumping turning etc. ice skating tips and more. Oakland, CA: Tribune Press paperback books
272294Clearmont.: Clearmont Historical Group. . Red cloth gilt decorations. . A very good copy with no dustjacket. . 4to. Heavy book requires extra postage. Numerous illustrations. Clearmont Historical Group. hardcover books
200535262New Haven: Yale University Press 2005. First Edition. Quarto. Red cloth boards hardcover; dustjacket; 376pp; illus. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper; near-new. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title at the Bard Graduate Center 2005-2006. Yale University Press unknown books
193313658Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1933. Hardcover. VG- some wear to corners and soiling to covers. and old mositure marks on rear cover. Inside is very clean. Blue boards. 109 pp. 48 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "English Church Monuments 1536-1625" "Notes on the Life of John Wooton with a List of Engravings After his Pictures" "English Embroideries Belonging to Sir John Carew Pole Bart" "Notes on a Collection of Portrait Drawings Formed by Dawson Turner" and many additional notes to prior articles. Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
OG1114-0811928-1955. Good. Harcourt Brace and Company Pantheon Casa Editrice Firenze; Wellerisms Roxburghe Club SF Cloister House Press William B. Partmann 1955; Harvest Press Gelber-Lilienthal Books SF; Peregrine Press Henry Evans 1950 for his second book; Golden Cockerell Press Glory of Life 1928. 1928-1955 unknown books
198713679Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1987. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth. xv 254 pp. 230 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "Nathaniel Marchant Gem-Engraver 1739-1816" "Bury St. Edmunds: A Seventeenth-Century Art Centre" "Notes on Egbert van Heemskerck and the English Taste for Genre" "The Derby Collection 1721-1735" "A Notebook of Portrait Compositions by Thomas Bardwell" "Christopher Steele 1733-1767" and "The 'Diffusion of Knowlege and Taste' : John Flaxman and the Improvement of the Study Facilities at the Royal Academy". Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
192113648Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1921. Hardcover. Good- bookplates inside front cover cover worn along edges spine very worn with tears and minor losses. Blue boards. 95 pp. 36 mostly bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains these chapters: "Queen Elizabeth's Visit to Blackfriars June 16 1600" "Canaletto in England" "Documents Relating to an Action Brought Against Joseph Goupy in 1738" and "An Authentic Portrait by Robert Peake." Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
1868165612New York: G. P. Putnam 1868. Hardcover. Good leather is dry and front hinge getting weak. All plates exhibit significant foxing. Stamped brown leather hardcover with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Red marbled end papers. Gilt edge interior. pages 108 pp. 16 engravings on card with tissue. Includes steel engravings after works by H. Beckwith J. Talbot 2 D. Huntington J.F. Kensett A.B. Durand 2 J.F. Cropsey T.A. Richards F.E. Church R.W. Weir R. Gignoux T. Cole Smillie 2 and Miller. Essays relating to American art and it's influences from writers such as J. Fenimore Cooper Washington Irving Bayard Taylor 3 H.T. Tuckerman Mary E. Field William C. Bryant 3 Whittier Alfred B. Street and G.S. Hillard. Scarce. Internally VG. This is a later publication with some variations and additions of Home Book of The Picturesque which was published in 1852. G. P. Putnam hardcover books
2163San Francisco: Army Strategic Air Forces 9 issues of Brief Magazine dated from 1944 to 1945. Bound in printed wrappers. Copies faded covers chipped and creased. A very good set. Nine issues of the weekly publication "Brief" published for the men of the United States Strategic Air Forces USASTAF. The issues being offered are as follows: Vol. 1 No. 22 May 2 1944 Vol. 1 No 34 July 25 1944 Vol. 1 No. 39 August 29 1944 Vol. 2 No. 3 December 19 1944 Vol. 2 No. 4 December 26 1944 Vol. 2 No. 16 March 20 1945 Vol. 2 No. 31 July 3 1945 Vol. 2 No 34 July 24 1945 Vol. 2 No. 36 August 7 1945. Army Strategic Air Forces unknown books
1938046470Paris: Pour les Membres de la Societé 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Softcover wear to wraps folder for the plate volume worn and torn plates fine. 49 plates 316pp plus index. Cover states 21e année but it is the 19th. Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046470. Pour les Membres de la Societé unknown books
1922CAT000435Los Angeles: Times-Mirror 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Boards worn and discolored paper spine torn with partial old tape repair; very clean internally. 296pp with 40 pages of ads at rear - one ad paper torn with no real loss. Glozer 56.<br/><br/>Like many Los Angeles cook books in the early 20th century this is a potpourri of recipes from back east including many English German and even a few Italian recipes but a few Mexican ingredients have crept in and a final section at the rear of the cookbook has "Spanish Recipes" including Tortilla Soup Chilpotles Aztec Patties Enchiladas Tacos Chile Sauce Tamales Frigol Guisado and a few more. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000435. Times-Mirror hardcover books
1936044949Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils 1936. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain. One rubbed spot on the front cover mild browning to pages. A collection of stories and fables by Hoffmann Robert Stahl Grimm Segur Kipling others. Size: Quarto 4to. Illustrator: Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 044949. <br/><br/> Maison Alfred Mame et Fils hardcover books
040669Mexico: Editorial Nueva Espana. Hardcover. Good Condition. undated ca. 1930. An attractively designed collection of children's stories with woodcuts and 3 tipped in color illustrations. Wear at the corners with some mild loss to boards. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 040669. <br/><br/> Editorial Nueva Espana hardcover books
1934216689Madrid: Camara Oficial del Libro de Madrid 1934. Limited. hardcover. near fine. 88 leaves. Illustrated throughout with 124 woodcuts in the Gothic text. A facsimile reprint of George Coci's 1531 Zaragoza edition. Short 4to handsomely bound in publisher's leather-backed cloth. Madrid: Camara Oficial del Libro de Madrid 1934.<br/><br/> Limited edition -- one of 2000 numbered copies. Printed in commemoration of the Fiesta del Libro del Ano 1934.<br/><br/> Camara Oficial del Libro de Madrid unknown books
1992427677William B. Ewert 1992. Soft Cover. Very Good. A festschrift for May Sarton on the occasion of her 80th birthday with contributions from Gwendolyn Brooks Seamus Heaney Barbara Kingsolver Maxine Kumin Madeleine L'Engle Burgess Meredith Marge Piercy Fred Rogers Stephen Spender William Stafford Anne Tyler and many more. Limited to 150 copies. 8vo. Wine-colored wraps with gold lettering to spine and front. Unpaginated. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Sarton with an additional handwritten note to one of the contributors Robert Hale. Slight wear to edges. A touch of foxing to fore-edges and some slight foxing to top of textblock. Very good plus. William B. Ewert paperback books
1965001964Canton Ohio: The Stark County Young Republican Club 1965. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/2 x 7; pp. 1-47; illustrated card stock wraps; plastic comb binding; very light wear to corners; small spot to bottom edge; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. An apparently unrecorded and quite current in these times of pre-election debates the cookbook contains numerous recipes sent in by leading Republicans of the mid-20th century including Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower's Sugar Cookies Senator Strom Thurmond's Pecan Pie Senator Margaret Margaret Chase Smith's Maine Clam Chowder and many more. Canton, Ohio: The Stark County Young Republican Club paperback books
1859147145New York: Harper & Brothers 1859. Hardcover. Good clean and tight interior but leather brittle cloth lifting from front cover cover edges worn and front hinge loosening. Blue cloth/boards; quarter leather with gilt spine lettering. 864 pp. with 426 bw illus. Table of Contents listed in alphabetical order. Each issue included the Editor's Easy Chair Editor's Foreign Bureau Editor's Table Editor's Drawer Fashions. Interesting articles among many include Christian Martyrs of Madagascar Dining Considered As A Fine Art Ethan Allen and His Daughter Mount Vernon all sorts of fiction and. With literary notices and a monthly record of current events. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1992019556Belarus: MIHCK Belarus 1992. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 231 pages of text. Hardcover binding in excellent condition except there is staining on the front board near the bottom of the spine and there are a few tiny spots of discoloration. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar with minor staining near the bottom of the spine. Illustrated with 139 color plates. The rear endpaper has a few small spots of discoloration. Introductory text is in Russian and Belorussian English French and German. Russian Religious Ceremonial Church Architecture Ornament Decoration. MIHCK Belarus Hardcover books
1992006518Belarus: MIHCK Belarus 1992. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 231 pages of text. Hardcover binding in excellent condition though several spots of staining are scattered over boards. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar with a few tiny spots of staining. Illustrated with 139 color plates. First few and last several pages of text affected by small spots of staining; not foxing. There is no unpleasant odor and the spotting does not affect the plates. Previous owner's lengthy gift inscription on front endpaper. Introductory text is in Russian and Belorussian English French and German. Russian Religious Ceremonial Church Architecture Ornament Decoration. MIHCK Belarus Hardcover books
18490463561849. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. Quarter leather spine rubbed and worn endpapers foxed otherwise quite clean with a few small old private library marks. Pages 1-174 of the 456 in Tome 1. Scarce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046356. hardcover books
1837291295New York: Theodore Forster 1837. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Five issues bound in full sheep with a morocco label. Very Good binding. Theodore Forster unknown books
