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1891831511891. BROWN Abram English. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BEDFORD MIDDLESEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1891.with a genealogical register of old families. Bedford MA: Published by the Author 1891. Memorial edition. 110 pp. 48 pp. genealogical register b/w photo reproduction plates. Thick 4to. half brown morocco with gilt spinelettering cover vignettes and rules gilt top edge. Fair spine split dow the middle front board through p. 20 detached laid in; spine shaken loose signatures; rear board through index detached. Moderate foxing to plates front edges and rear. Sold as is with all faults. Good rebinding copy. unknown books
19202306716Denver: The War Society of the 89th Division 1920. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Binding repaired by previous owner still showing split in cloth along front joint front and end matter foxed minor ink notes on front endpaper. Related article and photocopies of documents laid in. 1920 Large Hardcover. 511 pp. A complete history of the 89th Division during World War I including several fold-out maps numerous black-and-white photographs reports casualty lists etc. The War Society of the 89th Division hardcover books
1920Embry 160430The War Society of the 89th Division 1920. First edition first printing. Binding darkened and with some insect surfacing to rear joint still a very good solid copy. Brown cloth stamped in black no dust jacket. The War Society of the 89th Division, 1920. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1868011680Rutland VT: No publisher 1868. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A clipped piece of the engraved letterhead of the Connecticut Executive Department from the 1860's measuring 4.5 inches by 3.75 inches signed in ink "I am yours truly signed James E. English." James Edward English 1812-1890 was Governor of Connecticut 1867-1869. No publisher unknown books
194944776London: Routledge 1949. hardcover. very good. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum May 5th - June 20th 1948. 3 color plates. 120pp. of monochrome illustrations. 94pp. of text. 4to beige cloth d.w. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1949. Very good .<br/><br/> One of 1000 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
1939212522New York: Workmen's Circle 1939. 9p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left very good. Not found in OCLC as of 9/2020. Guide for individual branches to conduct programs. Includes instructions for a Halloween social proposed topics of discussion such as "Do you think it is desirable to stimulate the development of a Jewish culture in America Should a Jewish radical be interested in Jewish culture" debate themes such as "Food or freedom: the conflict between economic security and civil rights" and more. Workmen's Circle unknown books
1940263480New York: Workmen's Circle 1940. 14p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left horizontal crease front cover has a small piece torn from edge by the bottom staple. Guide for individual branches to conduct programs. Includes instructions for leap year games advice on publishing a paper for the local branch and debate about the Dies Committee the "pro" side notes that fascists were being outed. Workmen's Circle unknown books
1939212521New York: Workmen's Circle 1939. 12p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left very good. Not found in OCLC as of 9/2020. Guide for individual branches to discuss youth issues. Includes instructions for an "Information please" program on what is being done about the needs of youth the script for a short play by Harold Coy "Risen from the ranks" originally from Commonwealth College Labor Skits and a symposium and conference to determine actions to undertake. Workmen's Circle unknown books
197474517London: The Enitharmon Press 1974. Hardcover. xx 11p. two sketch illutrations by Jullian introduction texts in French and English one of 200 numbered copies printed by Daedalus Press for The Enitharmon Press on Glastonbury Antique Laid paper corners of boards minutely blunted otherwise very good in black cloth-backed lavender boards and original-issue acetate dustwrapper a little chipped. The Enitharmon Press hardcover books
200332812NY: Cambridge University Press. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 0521820065 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
19751334843Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf 1975. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 1453; G/G-; yellow/black spines with black text; 2 volumes; dust jackets have moderate sunning to exteriors; several chips to edges; cloths show modest wear to exteriors; light buckling toward head and tail edges; some rubbing to edges; text blocks have green marbled exterior edges; interiors clean; good bindings; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1334843. FP New Rockville Stock. Sh. Muhammad Ashraf hardcover books
200233369Newark: University of Delaware Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0874137756 . First edition. Remainder mark on top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Delaware Press hardcover books
19502546Madras 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards. Very good. 332 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First published in 1933 by the Friends In Need Society assisting the aged infirm and destitute European and Anglo-Indian Christians this Anglo-Indian cookbook was written for British women in India who wanted to recreate their home environs while living in the colony. Written in two languages - English and Urdu side by side. Last 12 pages filled with local ads. Some pencil annotations covers rubbed. <br /> hardcover books
15905TUILERIES BROCHURES ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. London: Ludowici-Celadon 1930. 4to. Cloth. vi 200 pages. Being a reprint of the first 12 brochures first issued in 1929-1930 all deal with English architecture. With photographs and measured drawings. Very goo spine worn. unknown books
190850018NY: Doubleday Page 1908. First American edn. 8vo pp. xviii 476. Appendix bibliographic note index. Illustrated. with photographs. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley with her ownership signature. Green cloth stamped in gilt on spine TEG. Owner's name on flyleaf. Cover bumped at corners and scuffed at corners and ends of spine o/w VG. FK. "I appeal rather to those seriously interested in the Russian revolutionary movement for the light it sheds on that all-inclusive problem: the future of human society. Doubleday, Page unknown books
18912165Madras: Higginbotham and Co. 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Plain cream boards gray linen spine. Good. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India the Colonel's directives furnished to local staff to create the Victorian haute cuisine desired by the Anglo-Indian elite illustrate the transformations occurring throughout the British empire. Chapters cover every aspect of the kitchen the storeroom model menus and of course curries. This edition the sixth contains all preceding prefaces illustrating the changes in taste and style during the mid to later 1800's in Anglo-Indian culture. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed closed tears to cloth spine. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Higginbotham and Co. hardcover books
181819770New York: G. Long 1818. 16mo 11.4 cm 4.5". 618 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 43328. Contemporary sheep with modest gilt tooling on covers spine ornately gilt with gilt-stamped leather label. Leather rubbed and slightly creased over spine with a few black stains on covers otherwise clean. Some foxing and brown spotting throught. A little loss of paper on right edge of pp. 599602 but no loss of text. Several page corners folded. G. Long hardcover books
19282222108First edition thus. Octavo. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Yellow cloth backed marbled boards. Dust jacket short tear. Very good. 57 pages. No signatures or bookplates.#63 of 600 numbered copies. Author Zane Grey's copy with his blindstamp on front free endpaper.Chanticleer 57. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
19052222079<p>First edition. Octavo. Multi colored pictorial title page. Illustrations with numerous b/w designs and vignettes by Adolfo De'Nesti. Pictorial endpapers. Original vellum spine over grey boards t.e.g. uncut. No dust jacket. Very good light rubbing. 123 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed by Turnbull & Spears Edinburgh.</p> Alfred Bartlett hardcover books
19282221759<p>First edition. 11 3/4" x 7 3/4". Original black gilt stamped cloth. Uncut and mostly unopened. No dust jacket. Very good. 93 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Number 204 of 350 copies.</p> Shakespeare Head Press hardcover books
1850WRCLIT80585Leicester England: Published by Winks and Son 1850. 8pp. 16mo. 10.5 x 7cm. Pictorial upper wrapper. Woodcut in text. Small chip near toe of spine from the blank margin of the front wrapper otherwise very good. The tale itself "the Fly-Catcher or Cherry- Sucker" occupies the first three pages headed by an image of a bird. Both the wrapper and interior image are by Elijah Whymper and are so noted in the OCLC entry based on the copyies at the V&A Museum. The tale is then followed by two poems "The Angel's Errand" and "The Departed Child in Heaven to Its Parents." OCLC: 913301395. Published by Winks and Son unknown books
1805M10849London:: n.p. 1805. 1805. Small 4to. 27 pp. Original blue wrappers. Housed in a modern quarter morocco clamshell box. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Containing "An outline of a plan to prevent the Spreading of the Plague or other contagious Diseases presented by the Board of Health agreeably to the Instructions of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council." The article gives a brief account of how an outbreak of the plague was dealt with in Queen Elizabeth's time and then presents the then-current practices to prevent the spread of an outbreak. "If the sick die the Body should be wrapped in oiled Cloth or tarred Cloth and soon buried. It must be remembered that everything that tends to secure those about the Sick from Infection is of the greatest Importance both by checking the Progress of the Disease and by giving Confidence to those whose Busines sic it is to help and assist the Afflicted." p. 8-9. n.p., 1805. hardcover books
1642EPL71London 1642. Paperback. Good. Published between 1628-1642. Based on the Common Debates of 1628. Including An act to prevent Extortions in Sheriffes Under-Sheriffes and Bayliffes of Franchises and Liberties in cases of Execution and An act for the better suppressing of unlicensed alehouse keepers. Upon question passed. Some contemporary inscriptions in English. Some pages remargined intermittent browning or chipping but a rare piece. Size: 260 x 180mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1954294818Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha 1954. hardcover. near fine/good. Beautifully illustrated with 56 large photogravure plates by Dogon. Slim 4to natural cloth chipped d.w. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan- Sha 1954. A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha unknown books
18088633Baltimore: Henry S. Keatinge 1808. 12mo. 458 pp. <br><br>Compiled from the writings of the most eminent historians divines and commentators. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 15257. Contemporary sheep spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; binding worn and abraded with leather cracking over spine. Some offsetting to endpapers; pages age-toned. Henry S. Keatinge hardcover books