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1772100721Pamphlet 8vo half title 51 pp. Removed dbd half title detached last two pages detached trimmed but no impact on text normal aging; otherwise very good. Samuel Locke 1731-1778 was a Congregational clergyman and after being a pastor in Sherborn Massachusetts he was made president of Harvard College 1770-1773. After he left that post he returned to Sherborn where he died a few years later. Shipton & Mooney 12436 Richard Draper unknown books
190235422Cincinnati / New York: Jennings & Pye / Eaton & Mains 1902. 8vo 19 cm 7.5". Frontis. 37 3 2 adv. pp. <br><br>First edition of this entry in the "Hero" series: Account of the moral qualities and general accomplishments of William Ewart Gladstone Great Britain's "Grand Old Man." The biography is followed by "The Last Anglo-Saxon Invasion" an essay on "the mission of England and America to the world" specifically to Asia.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's green cloth front cover with white- and gilt-stamped Art Nouveau floral design framing title. Binding as above minimal shelfwear only. Pages clean. A crisp and pretty copy. Jennings & Pye / Eaton & Mains hardcover books
194521277No Place: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill Book Company 1945. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Elaborately illustrated clothbound book. A 482 pp novel with similar themes to Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Prior owner name. A very good copy overall with light cover wear and faint toning to spine colors. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A book seldom found signed or inscribed. Basis for the film of the same name. <br/><br/> Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill Book Company) hardcover books
1945013078New York: Whittley House / McGraw Hill 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Signed by the Author with an Inscription ------------ A backwoods salesman's rise to the presidency and ultimate downfall. James Cagney played the role of a clever and ruthless Southern politician in the in the 1953 Raoul Walsh film. Based on the life of the flamboyant former governor of Louisiana Huey Long. --------- Bindings are tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve and has age-toned; the white of the rear panel is darkened. First Edition First Printing. California Book Award for General Literature Silver 1945 . Whittley House / McGraw Hill Hardcover books
58039NY: Editions for the Armed Services. Horizontal 12mo pp. 511. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat worn o/w a VG tight copy. Editions for the Armed Services unknown books
1697016932London: Printed for H. Clark A. and J. Churchill; and Edward Castle 1697. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First edition second printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. iv 227 pages of text including errata followed by i page of publisher's advertisement. Original panelled calf boards moderately rubbed on the extemities with heavy wear to the spine including a chip to the bottom. New attractive leather spine labels have been applied. Both hinges are weakened with the original sewing/cords remaining attached but reinfoced along the inside hinge with Japanese tissue. There is a small stain in the margin of most pages at one edge. Previous owner's name "Ri: Richard Haworth" on the title page and another on the inside front cover "C. L. Prince 1878." There is a tiny annotation on the half-title page but otherwise the text is quite clean and unmarked. First edition second issue. Printed for H. Clark, A. and J. Churchill; and Edward Castle Hardcover books
169726429London: Printed by H. Clark for A. and J. Churchill and Edw. Castle 1697 both titles 1697. First editions. Wing L-2749 & L-2753; Yolton 248 second issue state 2 & Yolton 249; NCBEL II 1837. Edges rubbed; front hinge starting but holding soundly; very good copy in the original state. 8vo 2 vols in 1 contemporary black panelled morocco brown morocco label gilt decorations and lettering a.e.g. Half-titles present. ¶ Locke's first published responses to criticism of his Essay Concerning Human Understanding; these two were written in reply first to Edward Stillingfleet's Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity London 1696 which accused Locke of unorthodox religious beliefs and the second was to Stillingfleet's response to Locke's first letter. There was one further exchange between the two in 1699. <br/><br/> London: Printed by H. Clark, for A. and J. Churchill and Edw. Castle, 1697 [both titles] unknown books
1950000660New York: The Liberal Arts Press 1950. Book. Good condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. 62 pages of text. Slight browning to paperback binding. A few pencil notations in text. The Liberal Arts Press Paperback books
199778562New York: Paradox Press 1997. First Edition. First Edition a trade softcover original. "First printing" stated on the copyright page as called for. <br/><br/>A graphic novel that is the basis for the notable 2005 film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen Maria Bello Ed Harris and William Hurt. <br/><br/>Fine and unread in wrappers softcover. A pristine copy. Paradox Press unknown books
192229002London: John Lane 1922. First Edition. W. W. Lendon. Large 8vo pp. 35. Illustrated in color by W.W. Lendon. Cover little soiled and worn o/w VG. A Christmas story set in Cornwall. John Lane unknown books
19102955New York: John Lane Company 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Minor shelf wear touch of foxing at rear endpages small soil spot at front board author inscription on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements green and red ink lettering frontispiece green ink decorative borders throughout. Small 8vo. 54pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Overall a rather handsome copy inscribed by author. John Lane Company hardcover books
1910854New York: John Lane Company 1910. First Thus. First Thus. Green cloth with green white gilt cover design. Five full-page black and white illustrations by Blendon Campbell. One page slightly gouged else near fine. <br/><br/> John Lane Company hardcover books
188648123New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1886. Edition unstated see note below. Small quarto; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth boards; floral endpapers; 256pp. Slight rubbing of gilt to front cover else a tight attractive copy with text clean and unmarked internal hinges uncharacteristically sound and un-stressed. Very Good or better. Illustrations by Herbert A. Bone Charles Trevor Garland and James Henry Moser. A quite attractive Victorian juvenile in pictorial publisher's cloth. <br/><br/>Undated but presumably this McLoughlin edition is a ca. 1890s reprint. The title was originally published by Cassell New York per OCLC and Annual American Catalogue for 1887. Not noted in Baumgarten 2004; nor curiously are any other titles by Locke who published at least three works for juvenile audiences between 1886 and 1895. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
194835436.15New York 1948. 1st printing. Color illustrated paper wrappers with red title lettering printed to front wrapper. Wear to extremities light chipping. Withal a VG copy. 162 pp. Intratextural illustrations. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
194835436.24New York 1948. 1st printing. Color illustrated wrappers with white title lettering printed to front wrapper. Small open tear to front wrapper. Withal a VG copy. 162 pp. Intratextural illustrations. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
18674402Boston lee and Shepard 1867. 1867. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated by Thomas Nast. Original gilt and blindstamped terra-cotta cloth slight rubbing light foxing; small marginal stain on top foredge of some pages. Very good. 299 pages. Ink signature of J. M. Howard 1867 on the front free endpaper. BAL 11820. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, lee and Shepard, 1867. hardcover books
194935436.1New York 1949. 1st printing. Color illustrated paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Light wear and chipping. Withal a VG copy. 162 pp. Intratextural illustrations. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
194835436.16New York 1948. 1st printing. Color illustrated paper wrappers with yellow title lettering printed to front wrapper. Wear to extremities pages 86 and 87 improperly opened therefore margins are slightly torn. Withal an About VG copy. 162 pp. Intratextural illustrations. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books