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190023703New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bernard Partridge. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gold red and green pictorial stamping. vi 509pp 2pp ads. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. First U.S. edition of the "Peter Pan" playwright's novel -- tight clean attractive. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
193211012New York: Cheshire Press 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leather spine and marbled paper over boards. viii 147pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Spine a bit scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight handsome copy. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies this #967. Cheshire Press hardcover
76-0094U.K.: Thomas Bewick circa 1789. Wood engraving. 5 x 8 cm sheet. Very Good minor surface soiling. [U.K.: Thomas Bewick, circa 1789]. unknown
19711254136Chicago: Good Counsel Publishers 1971. Leather_bound. Over 1300 pages. Large family Bible approx. 8 1/2 x 11 inches Bound in full white bonded leather decorated in gilt Fine condition with little sign of ever having been read or used Family and genealogy pages are all blank and not filled out. Very attractive and most suitable as a gift. Catholic Bible with imprimatur granted in 1970. Color illustrated with Biblical scenes and photographs of the Mass of Pope Paul VI Good Counsel Publishers unknown
1989bluyDie Kaaplandse Onderwysdepartement / The Cape Education Department 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 303 pages complete. In Afrikaans and English throughout. A most agreeable copy of this history of the Cape Education Department. The dustjacket has wear and creasing and mildly sunned from storage. The boards are handsome and neat. Within the pages are very clean clear very certain and fresh - as if almost new. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Die Kaaplandse Onderwysdepartement / The Cape Education Department hardcover
63-4906Davis CA: Brom Weber 1978. Signed Typed Letter 11" x 8.5" Single Page on University of California at Davis letterhead Good with marginal tears. Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Davis, CA: Brom Weber, 1978. unknown
63-4904Davis CA: Brom Weber 1978. Signed Typed Letter 11" x 8.5" Single Page on University of California at Davis letterhead Good with marginal tears. Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Davis, CA: Brom Weber, 1978. unknown
1900DEMO014234IPortland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1900. First Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Ex libris Herbert Carlton Wright. 12mo 4 xxii 85 pages. An unusual production with both boards in decorative French wrappers with a plain thin dust jacket with only the title on the spine chipped; dec French wraps unopened; dj chipped flap separated <br/><br/>The 100th book from this press. Limited to only 400 copies. As a poet who died young Gray has been compared to Keats. Thomas B. Mosher hardcover
186896738Torquay United Kingdom March 7 1868. 1868. Good. - 13 words penned on 3-1/4 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper which is mounted on heavier stock. Bulwer-Lytton writes "You do me the honour to wish for my autograph; here it is" and he signs "Lytton/ Torquay/ March 7 1868". The paper was folded once before having been mounted. Good. <p>Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873 was an English writer who is now largely forgotten. He was the creator of the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night". It first appeared in his 1830 novel "Paul Clifford". He coined the phrases "the great unwashed" "pursuit of the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword". Torquay, United Kingdom, March 7, 1868. unknown
42192Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth over bevelled boards with elaborate black lettering decorations and pictorial stamping. 431pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear with outer page edges a bit spotted. Undated but a tight and attractive 1880-ish edition of the 1678 religious allegory. Ex-Bryan Memorial Hospital Library with that name lightly inkstamped several places and NO spine marking. American Baptist Publication Society hardcover
1976012813Warszawa Poland: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Translation. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Green cloth covers with Olympic games emblem on the front cover. Laminated dust jacket with some bubbling in the laminate on the front panel corner crease on the front flap and minor edge wear otherwise.Measures 11 X 11 inches square. 143 pages illustrated. English language edition. Prepared at the initiative of the Polish Olympic Committee with the original title "Polska Kronika Olimpijska W Filatelistyce." This book chronicles the history of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as featured in Polish philately specifically through stamps postcards and postmarks. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Hardcover
1825230105London: John Murray 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo 319 pages 19thC full tree calf extra-gitl covers and spine edge and inner dentelles marbled endpapers lower right corner bumped; ex libris Eliza Bush <br/><br/>Contains "Sardanapalus" with Notes and "The Two Foscari" with an Appendix. John Murray hardcover
63-4905Davis CA: Warner Berthoff 1978. Signed Typed Letter 11" x 8.5" Single Page on Ohio University letterhead Very Good. And Photocopy of Typed Letter Signed 11" x 8.5" 6 pp. Stapled VG.Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Davis, CA: Warner Berthoff, 1978. unknown
63-4917Athens Ohio: Calvin Hernton ca. 1978. Signed Typed Letter 11" x 8.5" Single Page on Ohio University letterhead Very Good. Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Athens, Ohio: Calvin Hernton, [ca. 1978?]. unknown
1108963706<p>New. Never used book</p>
200075240Buffalo NY: Firefly Books 2000. First English Language Edition. First Printing stated. Trade paperback. Very good. 213 3 pages. Illustrations most in color. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11 inches. This work was first published in Italian as Abitare Io Spazio in 1998. Cover has slight wear and soiling. "Living in Space" tells the story of the orbital pioneers of the past and the fascinating future that now lies open before us. It narrates this century old story that combines science fiction stories scientific and technological breakthroughs political intrigue and imaginative ideas where fantasy imagination and adventure are basic ingredients for every past and future endeavor. With the aide of numerous pictures some published for the first time we have the full story of the successes and disasters of how courageous astronauts lived and above all what future living conditions will be like in the near future. International cooperation between the United States Russia Europe Japan Canada and Brazil has resulted in man's first successful attempt to live in space. And after many projects and some experimental space stations like the Russian Salyut and Mir or the American Skylab. At the time this was written the world was almost ready to launch the International Space Station a stable space station geared towards the future. As large as a football field this engineering masterpiece was scheduled for completion in 2002. It will host six people and astronauts of every nationality were expected to do extensive traveling to and from the station in orbit. Many scientific studies will be conducted on board and even more eagerly anticipated are the preparations for the great journey back to the Moon and later to Mars and beyond. Firefly Books paperback
196620981New York: St. Marrtin's Press Inc. 1966. First Editiion Assumed . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/4" X 8 1/4. Brodney Richard - Jacket Design. 135 Pages. Red boards with gold lettering to spine and black decoration consisting of two fat men on front board. No defects noted to book. No marks of any sort. Illustrated with black and white illustration and the endpapers and throughout the book. Front flap is price clipped. Book was designed by Sir John Tenniel. This and other similar other problems amused Lewis Carroll. In this book he depicts the characters and their situations and practices as acting backwards and contrariwise. Yet at the same time several of the characters are engaged in a reasonably normal game of chess. Amid the general confusion and unexpected happenings Alice still shows herself charming innocent and undismayed. <br/> <br/> St. Marrtin's Press Inc. hardcover
9650519th Century. . Good. - Sir Edwin Chadwick's closing sentiments "to education. Yours truly E. Chadwick" penned on 1-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide creamy white paper. The letter "s" in "yours" is smudged. Once folded the corners are clipped and the edges are darkened. The autograph was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants adhering to the edges of the verso. Good. <p>The English social reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick 1800-1890 was a leader in reforming England's Poor Laws. A follower of the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham Chadwick instituted major reforms in urban sanitation and public health and pioneered the use of scientific surveys to identify all phases of social problems. 19th Century. unknown
1899269702Chicago: The Caxton Club. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Front inner hinge is mostly split. ; Limited to 210 copies. Parallel text in English and Italian. . The Caxton Club hardcover
18270006101London & Oxford: William Pickering / D. A. Talboys 1827. First edition thus. Hardcover. poor. 16mo x 208 pages three-quarters morocco marbled boards marbled edges scuffed top cover detached. <br/><br/>This handsome edition includes a List of the Chief Editions of the Works of Collins as well as a last-minute addition of "Additional Notes" by Rev. J. Mitford the learned editor of the poems of Thomas Gray which he had intended for his own edition of William Collins. This is the second work by Alexander Dyce who later edited Shakespeare in 1857. William Pickering / D. A. Talboys hardcover
63-4846Grinnell Iowa: Curtis Bradford 1964. Typed Signed Letter. 10.5" x 7.5" Two Pages on Grinnell College letterhead with inked corrections & emendations. Very Good. Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley. Grinnell, Iowa: Curtis Bradford, 1964. unknown
63-4872Rochester NY: Daniel Albright 1978. Typed letter signed 8.5" x 11" Very Good.Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Rochester, NY: Daniel Albright, 1978. unknown
1946078891North Carolina: The JunaluskaWoman's Club 1946. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed by the Author. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt title on the cover and spine. A 1927 novel by David English Camak set in Southern Appalachia with Lake Junaluska North Carolina as its central location. The book offers a "vivid portrait" of mountain life featuring characters such as a local school teacher the son of a New York millionaire an African medical missionary and a "Moonshine King". The novel explores the culture and history of the region surrounding Lake Junaluska a prominent summer colony associated with the Methodist Church. 252pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are lightly rubbed and have some discoloration blemishes. Corners are lightly bumped. Spine is lightly sunned. News clippings of the author at a book signing are pasted on the endpapers front and back. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding is a little shaken and loose but is holding. Text block is sound. Full refund if not satisfied. The JunaluskaWoman's Club hardcover
96449London January 8th. . Very good. - Over 30 words boldly penned on 6-1/2 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide "18 St. John's Wood Road" embossed stationery. In his brief letter addressed to T.H. Hills Davis asks if he would "kindly add the address of Miss Leslie to the enclosed & then post it." apologizing in a postscript that "I have no means of knowing her address". Signed "H.W.B. Davis". Folded for mailing with a couple of smudges there are glue stains to the top corners of the verso. Very good. <p>The popular English landscape & animal painter Henry William Banks Davis 1833-1914 was noted for his pastoral scenes. His landscapes often featured cattle and farm animals. A student at the Royal Academy he exhibited there and was made an associate and later named Royal Academician. Initially influenced by the Preraphaelites he developed his own style working on a large scale. London, January 8th. unknown
1930DEMO013374ILondon: The Franfrolico Press 1930. First Limited edition. Hardcover. good . 8vo clothbacked decorative paper over boards <br/><br/>Limited to 175 signed copies for sale. The Franfrolico Press hardcover
