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1896218368Boston: Little Brown 1896. First. hardcover. very good-. x 186 pages. Short 8vo gilt-lettered green cloth. Boston: Little Brown 1896. First Edition. Pages are toned and with small dents to margins on some pages otherwise very good.<br/><br/> Author was a leading Boston lawyer and later a professor at Harvard Law School. ".Thayer's reputation rests on his work in constitutional law and in the law of evidence. On both subjects he became recognized as the leading scholar in the United States." Dictionary of American Biography Vol. XVIII p. 406.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
1893WRCLIT64163London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head 1893. 83-482141pp. Large octavo. Medium green cloth lettered in red. Cloth a bit soiled and edgeworn one corner bumped otherwise a good copy with the bookplates of William S. Argent and Herbert Boyce Satcher. First edition public issue. One of 120 copies bound thus. The implication of both the authors' note and the physical make-up of the book is that the sheets less the publisher's prelims a substantial errata the 'Note' and the adverts are from an edition "roughly printed for our own and the actors' use." The text of the play was considerably revised when republished in 1918. Laid-in is a printed announcement for a production of "A Question of Memory" to take place at the "Opera Comique Strand W.C." under the direction of J.T. Grein on 27 October 1893 a bit stained along lower margin. COLBECK I:248. NCBEL III:626. NELSON 66. Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Bodley Head hardcover books
007360Np 1923: The Poetry Bookshop. First Edition. Octavo. 142 pp. Introduction by T. Sturge Moore. Michael Field was the pseudonym both of these ladies used to publish their poetry. Bound in green paper covered boards lettered in black fading to edges and spine previous owner's name. A good copy. The Poetry Bookshop unknown books
19512311534New York: Henry And Holt 1951. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Hinges broken. 1951 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xix 618 pp. "Autobiography of General Omar N. Bradley. D-Day the Battle of the Bulge the liberation of Paris the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley the "GI General" was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our century: the tremendous manpower at work the unprecedented stakes the snafus that almost led to defeat the larger-than-life personalities and brilliant generals Patton Eisenhower Montgomery who masterminded it all. One of the two books on which the movie Patton was based A Soldier's Story is a compelling and vivid memoir from the greatest military tactician of our time. Henry And Holt hardcover books
19512312642New York: Henry And Holt 1951. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Light general wear. 1951 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xix 618 pp. "Autobiography of General Omar N. Bradley. D-Day the Battle of the Bulge the liberation of Paris the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley the "GI General" was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our century: the tremendous manpower at work the unprecedented stakes the snafus that almost led to defeat the larger-than-life personalities and brilliant generals Patton Eisenhower Montgomery who masterminded it all. One of the two books on which the movie Patton was based A Soldier's Story is a compelling and vivid memoir from the greatest military tactician of our time. Henry And Holt hardcover books
1951015184Henry Holt and Company 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Very Good Plus Jacket Stated First Edition.$5.00 On Flap. Rare Presentation in Year & Month of Publication."Best Regards To Terry Kelly Omar N. Bradley Sept 8 1951." Excellent Fresh Copy. Very Scarce In This Condition and Especially Signed. Henry Holt and Company Hardcover books
181512358Windsor Vermont: Printed by Oliver Farnsworth 1815. First Edition. 1 vols. Small Square 8vo. Wonderful original printed steel blue paper over wooden boards. Spine nearly gone wear to boards but internally good with some darkening and mostly marginal dampstaining. In pale blue-green cloth case with black spine label gilt. First Edition. 1 vols. Small Square 8vo. In referring to Bradley's "An Improved Spelling Book" similar in format to this one and published the same year Nietz informs us that "this book was different from many others in several respects. First Bradley frankly acknowledged that 'the extracts have been taken from Webster Wood Picket Alden Bingham Flint Murray Hubbard Fordyce Walker the American Gentleman's Pronouncing Dictionary Dr. Johnson Dr. Morse and Dr. Blair all authors of spellers.' A second different feature was that all of the content other than the spelling words was presented in catechetical form" Nietz. McCorison Vermont Imprints #1717; American Imprints 34198; Not in Welch; Nietz Old Textbooks p. 20 Printed by Oliver Farnsworth unknown books
20182008122Warner Brothers 2018. wrappers. fine. Screenplay in wrappers. Fine condition. Only publication. Warner Brothers unknown books
1988UBRASTE00JKNT.F.H. Publications 1988. Very Good. Bradley Patrick. A Step-by-step Book About Gerbils. Pence Heather. Neptune City NJ: T.F.H. Publications 1988. 64pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Slight sticker residue on title page. T.F.H. Publications paperback books
192915255Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Original green cloth. Mild wear at edges. Contemporary owner's signature to front endpaper. Pharmacy bookplate tipped to copyright page. Else clean and bright throughout. <br/><br/>Uncommon first edition of this work which was issued in multiple subsequent editions until the late 1950s. 196pp. with index. Lea & Febiger hardcover books
19805662San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1980 Limited to 600 copies. Includes a foreword and notes by Shirley Sargent. 110 pp. Numerous plates from early photographs. Cloth-backed decorated boards gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy. Thayer accompanied the aging Ralph Waldo Emerson to California via rail on their cross-country 1871 trek stopping briefly at Salt Lake City thence to San Francisco and Yosemite Valley. Thayer scrupulously recorded everything that came from the old sage's lips including the circumstances of his meeting with Brigham Young etc. Many of the illustrations are views of Yosemite. Original announcement laid in. The Book Club of California hardcover books
166265hardcover. Ed. by Shirley Sargent. illus. 8vo cloth. N.p.: Book Club of California 1980. vg Author travelled with Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of 600 copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
198035107Los Angeles: The Book Club of California 1980. Hardcover. VG. Green patterned boards. 110 pp. No ills. Recollections from Thayer who traveled with Emerson. The Book Club of California hardcover books
188446228Boston: Little Brown and Company 1884. First Edition. 12mo 16.5cm.; publisher's card wrappers in grey printed dust jacket; 141pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled and extremities toned and rather brittle due to inferior paper stock flap folds starting to split two small chips at top edge of rear panel else a Very Good or better copy in a Very Good copy of the rare jacket. Travel diary kept by Thayer during a journey by rail from Boston to California with a group that included Emerson. With an early chapter devoted to Salt Lake City and its LDS citizens. FLAKE 8890. Little, Brown, and Company unknown books
198040414San Francisco: Book Club of California 1980. First edition. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards gilt title. Small bookplate on front pastedown else a very fine copy in the original somewhat sunned plain white dust jacket. 110 pp. Illus. with 8 duotone plates and 1 map. 8vo. Publication No. 163. One of 600 copies. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill with his bookplate. Book Club of California hardcover books
1986006621Winterthur DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1986. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto 4to. viii155 pages of text including bibliography and index of makers manufacturers and retailers. Stiff paperback binding with minimal shelfwear almost in near fine condition; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. This is a 207 item exhibition catalogue illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. Includes facsimiles of pages from trade catalogues. No underlining or highlighting. Advertising Advertisement Marketing Souvenirs. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Paperback books
37155Berkeley: University of California Press 2012. Hardcover. 10" x 7". xv 1 319 1 pp. Few b&w illustrations among text. Blue quarter-cloth boards in photographic DJ. Small dent to DJ front panel minor edge wear to DJ. Fine in Very Good DJ. ISBN 9780520227835 . LikeNew. Hardcover . University of California Press 2012 hardcover books
134834hardcover. very good. Map & some other illustrations. Small 8vo brown cloth. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand 1963. Private library stamp on title page else a very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/><br/> The Asia Library.<br/><br/> unknown books
1994234993San Francisco: UCSF AIDS Health Project 1994. 8p. includes covers 7x8.5 inches profiles photos news services and resources events very good newsletter in stapled pictorial tan wraps. UCSF AIDS Health Project unknown books
1915301542Oakland Board of Supervisors 1915. 1915. First edition. 8vo 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Illustrated with 39 halftone photographs. 64 pages original stiff pictorial wrappers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oakland, Board of Supervisors, 1915. paperback books
191539329Oakland: Published by the Board of Supervisors 1915. 1st edition Rocq 46 41 & 42. Bound in reddish-brown pebbled leather with gilt stamped title to front cover. Red marbled paper eps. Binding extremities rubbed with spine sun darkened. Rear joint separated top 2-3/4". An About VG copy. 1st two works unpaginated though 64 pp each; 3rd - 64 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout primarily from photographs. Maps. 8vo. 8-9/16" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Published by the Board of Supervisors, hardcover books
2007158609Edinburgh: The Fruitmarket Gallery 2007. Hardcover. VG-; clean and tight but with light shelf wear; art school ex-lib. copy with usual marks. Bw photogaphic boards with bw lettering. 128 pp. with mostly color images throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition held July to October 2007. Includes essays by Fiona Bradley Martin Caiger-Smith and Richard Williams. With a list of works biography etc. and photographs of Hartley's works. "Comprehensive survey of Alex Hartley's practice. Alex Hartley is a British artist whose work confronts our experience and understanding of the built and natural environments. Working primarily with photography though often incorporating it into sculpture and installation Hartley assumes a shifting set of roles from photographer and architectural historian to builderer rambler mountaineer and explorer offering an original analysis of architecture and its relationship to landscape." - from the gallery web site. The Fruitmarket Gallery hardcover books
29125Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Allendale Press Lake Villa Illinois 1926 . 204 pages hardbound binding a little soiled else very good condition. . Other hardcover books
196820158New York: Basic Books 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 251pp. Fine unread copy in barely edge-rubbed jacket. A new-appearing copy. Basic Books unknown books
190442001Jersey City NJ: American Type Founders Co. 1904. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Jersey City NJ: American Type Founders Co. 1904. Several b/w illustrations. 14 pp. Hardcover. 12mo size. Gray & black paper covered boards. Paper separating at rear hinge; some glue gloss along spine where former own probably glued at tear at head of spine; corners bumped; else a very nice copy. Very good-/No dust jacket. American Type Founders Co. hardcover books