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195675237New York: Exposition Press 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. . 71p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Jacket has some soiling and a couple of minor brown stains. Contains six short plays for children by this African American playwright. <br/><br/> Exposition Press hardcover books
1928006960North Tonawanda NY: Richardson Boat Company 1928. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 4 page catalogue advertising the 28-foot trunk cabin cruiser. Illustrated with seven photographs and several drawings. Designed by Eldridge-McInnis powered by a six cylinder Gray "6-40." Several minor creases to extremities and a showroom stamp on the front cover. Richardson Boat Company Paperback books
20849New York: William Helburn Nd. Hardcover. Orig. marbled board and cloth portfolio lacking ties. Good/Very good. Folio 35 x 30. cm. Ninety-two tinted plates from "Studies from Old English Mansions Their Furniture Gold & Silver Plate Ec by An Architect." Originally published by T. McLean June 1841. Plates generally clean portfolio interior spine reinforced spine worn and chipped. William Helburn hardcover books
2009165161New York: Gagosian Gallery 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG some light pencil notations in text otherwise clean and tight. Red cloth boards with stamped lettering. BW-photographic dust jacket with red and white lettering on spine. 319 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and BW. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Picasso Mosqueteros" held March 26 - June 6 2009 at the Gagosian Gallery. Gagosian Gallery hardcover books
192548825New York: William Helburn 1925. First American edition; 4to pp. ix 1 286; frontispiece numerous black & white photogravure plates plans index errata tipped in; full dark green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt green dust jacket printed in black; very good and sound in a rather chipped dust jacket. <br/><br/> William Helburn hardcover books
187656632Woonsocket: S. S. Foss printer 1876. First edition 8vo pp. 264; original green cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; covers very lightly spotted else very good and sound. The appendix contains some Woonsocket genealogy: The Descendants of William Arnold; The Mowry family; The Descendants of Walter Cook or Cooke; and The Harris family. <br/><br/> S. S. Foss, printer hardcover books
185157768New York: Dewitt & Davenport publishers. Tribune Buildings 1851. 8vo pp. viii 1 10-223 1; removed from binding; very good. First published as a triple decker in London in 1832 and in the U.S. the following year in two volumes. A sequel was also published in Montreal in 1840: Matilda Montgomerie; or the Prophecy Fulfilled. A tale of the late War. "Fiction; but it gives a good account of Pontiac's attempt at Detroit" Howes. The introduction recounts how the author came to write the story: his grandfather was a participant in the events depicted and Richardson heard of them at his grandmother's knee. Richardson spent his early life in Detroit while his father served with Simcoe's Rangers and later served there during the War of 1812. Howes R-257 overlooking this revised edition despite the new introduction; Lande 2128; Sabin 71043; Staton & Tremaine 1737; Streeter 5971. <br/><br/> Dewitt & Davenport, publishers. Tribune Buildings unknown books
199554943Hay-on-Wye: Richardson Romilly Brilley 1995. Edition limited to 100 copies set in 12-point Old Style by Claire Bolton at the Alembic Press; text paper is hand-made from kozo fibre; this is one of 90 regular copies with a full page map and 10 tipped-in paper samples; oblong 8vo pp. 28; in the original paper portfolio case; fine. Five in OCLC only Iowa Brigham Young and Wisconsin in the U.S. <br/><br/> Richardson, Romilly, Brilley unknown books
201291104Farnham:: Ashgate. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 9780754666370 . Third printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 342 pages . Ashgate, hardcover books
186016938New York: Charles B. Richardson 1860 1860. First edition cloth issue. BAL vol. 5 page 94. Fine copy. 8vo original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt lettering. Frontis portrait and manuscript facsimile. ¶ A collection of over 30 tributes to Irving from contemporaries and literary colleagues including Lowell Curtis Cozzens Willis Duyckinck Longfellow Tuckerman etc. Contemporary stenciled ink ownership markings on the front free endpaper and title-page. <br/><br/> New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1860 hardcover books
196113699Oldbourne Press 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JOHN RICHARDSON on the title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1961 1st English language edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket. Folio 34 tipped-in plates in color 43 plates in black-and-white. Also includes the publisher's unprinted cardboard slipcase which shows just a touch of staining at the panel edges. <br/><br/> Oldbourne Press hardcover books
1953163478Philadelphia Toronto: The John C. Winston Company 1953. Octavo cloth. First edition. A hundred years after the members of the first expedition to the dreaded planet Saturn vanished one by one the second expedition's spaceship lands on its moon Titan. "Subsequently the crew is exposed to a series of terrifying incidents and members disappear. Gradually it becomes apparent that Saturn is inhabited and both the Saturnians an old civilized race and the descendants of Captain Dearborn first explorer of Saturn who disappeared mysteriously do not want any interlopers. The crew however is set free as the Saturnians decide rapprochement is inevitable. Suspenseful well-written mystery for two-thirds of the book; then speculation about the possibility of life on Saturn intrudes." - Anatomy of Wonder 1995 5-90. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 5-55. A fine copy in very good plus first printing dust jacket 20 titles listed on rear panel with light wear along top and bottom edges faded spine panel and clipped price. Jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg. Overall a decent example of the jacket. #163478 The John C. Winston Company unknown books
19114651911. LUCAS June Richardson. THE CHILDREN OF FRANCE AND THE RED CROSS. With Seventeen Illustrations From Photographs. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1918. Small 8vo. blue cloth stamped in red white blue & gilt. First Edition. Dr. William Palmer Lucas was chief of the Red Cross Children's Bureau of the Department of Civic Affairs in France in 1917 and this book is his wife's daily journal account of the activities there during World War One. Signed presentation from Mrs. Lucas on the front endpaper: "R. B. Richardson Oct 1918 from his pal June Richardson Lucas." The R. B. Richardson name appears to be written in another hand and may be a relative of the author. I have been unable to locate any other examples of her signature and thus quite uncommon! Very Good condition minor wear. $150.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
200826694New York: JMc & GHB Editions 2008. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Cover photo by Richard Prince. Interior photos by Terry Richardson. A fine clothbound copy in glossy photo-illustrated dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Frey Richardson and Prince to the same recipient. JMc & GHB Editions unknown books
185665549Philadelphia PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1856. Single sheet folded printed on grey paper. 23 cm. 3 1 pp. Old fold lines a bit of spotting else very good. The editors of the publication The North American Medico-Chirurgical Review issue "on the first day of every alternate month a Medical Periodical of one hundred and sixty pages to which they take especial pleasure in calling the attention of the Profession in all parts of the country." The format of this national medical journal "which shall reflect the existing state of medical science in the United States" was to include four parts: I. Analytical and Critical Reviews; II. Original Communications; III. Bi-Monthly Periscope; IV. Editors' Table. Subscription terms were $4 per annum payable in advance or $5 at the end of the year. Signed in type by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Publishers No. 20 North Fourth Street Philadelphia. The 4th page prints a list of new and standard medical books available from the publishers. The North American Medico-Chirurgical Review was published from Jan. 1857 to Nov. 1861. No listings found on OCLC for this prospectus. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1837394London: John Weale 1837. Hardcover. Good . Small folio. Foldout frontispiece slightly torn & foxed. Gilt color decorative 1/2 title page. First few prelims foxed. 59 plates. 1st Series. Edges of plates darkened at edges. Last few plates also foxed. 3/4 leather with leather label in gilt tipped onto cover. Gilt spine lettering. Tips rubbed. <br/><br/> John Weale hardcover books
1900WRCLIT37615New York: William Helburn Inc. 1900. Folio. Cloth and printed boards. Forty-eight plates including double-spread final plate. Binding a bit soiled with old stains at corners internally very good. A monochrome facsimile of the London 1774 original edition. William Helburn Inc. hardcover books
184731606NY: D. Appleton 1847. Hardcover. Very good. Frontis 127pp. Rebound in modern black cloth with new endpapers. Two small spots of loss at the top of the frontis light scattered foxing else internally very good. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
1931WRCLIT28604London: The Ulysses Press 1931. Decorated paper wrappers printed label. First edition. One of only two hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. The Ulysses Press unknown books
17921380941792. A New Edition Corrected with the Additions of An Essay on the Knowledge of Prints and Cautions to Collectors. Hardcover. G Marks from a variety of previous owners; some foxing to select pages; book block must have been rebound once and only 9 of the 12 original plates on pink paper were stitched in as part of that process. Comparing this copy to a scanned one shows that the missing images are of Pietro da Cortona Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck. Three-quarters brown & white paper boards with brown leather corners and spine gilt letters on spine gilt top edges 287 pp. 9 of expected 12 BW plates. Title on spine: Richardson on Painting. A later reprint of essays first written by Jonathan Richardson 1667-1745 in the early 1700s and considered to be the first such writings in English which addressed artistic theory. Enhanced by occasional BW plates of representative artists. A classic. hardcover books
197433453Beaverton OR: Touchstone Press 1974. First edition 1/1200 copies. 8vo. 195pp. Illustrated color plates. Signed by the author on the dedication leaf. Green imitation leather-backed tan cloth. Gift inscription else fine. <br/><br/> Touchstone Press hardcover books
180035808Boston 1800. 19 1 blank pp. With the half title. Light to moderate foxing disbound Good.<br/><br/> Unlike most countries we assemble "not to pay the servile homage of adulation for the birth of kings and despots." Our revolution was not the "demon of anarchy"-- as in France-- and there are "no provinces defolated to mark the flaming path of Equality." <br/>Evans 38402. unknown books
1822286019New York 1822. unbound. very good. Partly-printed DS a Marriage License 6.25" x 4" New York Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church certifying that "James Macbeath and Charlotte Oakley were joined together in Holy Matrimony on the 1st day of April in the year of our Lord one-thousand eight hundred twenty two 1822 in the County of New York and state of New York." Richardson has boldly signed at the conclusion. Fine condition.<br/><br/> Prominent Methodist minister of the Episcopal Church who was recognized as a member of eight successive General Conferences 1820-1852.<br/><br/> unknown books
1965115084Paris: Bibliophiles de la Société des Océanistes 1965. stiff paper wrappers with Japanese style sewn binding loose in marbled paper-covered boards slipcase. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with Japanese style sewn binding loose in marbled paper-covered boards slipcase. 63 5 pages. Text in English and French. Limited to 125 numbered copies. Introduction by Phyllis Mander Jones. French translation and notice to readers by Denise Jean Simon. Author was the barber on board and wrote an account of a voyage that reflected European interest in exploring the Southern Hemisphere in the mid- to late 18th century. Printed from the original manuscript held by the Mitchell Library Sydney Australia. Original sepia-toned woodcut illustration signed by artist Rene Dessirier. Boards and slipcase very lightly worn. Bibliophiles de la Société des Océanistes unknown books
19266670London. William Clowes and Sons. 1926. Gilt titled royal blue cloth. Thick 8vo. Hugely illustrated with monochrome plates maps charts tables wonderful period advertising and a huge colour world map to rear pocket. Hinges have been repaired resulting in lack of continuity to endsheets at hinges with some minor residue apparent else a Fine crisp copy. William Clowes and Sons. hardcover books
