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193220336New York: Horace Liveright Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. spine just a bit turned small dent in top edge of front cover minor fraying at spine ends; jacket bright and attractive in spite of a bit of irregular fading along the spine and a touch of creasing at top of spine. The first novel by this English journalist and short-story writer a rather self-consciously "madcap" satire: the jacket blurb promises "amazing swoops of cuckoo fun and general insanities and at the same time grand satire and a healthy if absurd romance." The wackiness centers around the Cadwallows who in addition to being "one of the noblest and nuttiest families in England" also happen to be teetering on the brink of impoverishment. Potential salvation from their financial plight arrives in the person of Miss Wilhelmina Harkaway known as "Bill" a nine-foot-tall giantess who has been brought from Australia by the family's youngest son. She is readily adopted by the Cadwallow clan and with the patronage of a wealthy and even more eccentric friend a scheme is hatched to launch her on a prizefighting career and thereby reap a fortune. This isn't due to any discernible skill on her part in that regard or even to any inherent combativeness in her nature -- she's really quite a nice young lady of nineteen -- but simply because well it's that kind of book. Not surprisingly her enormous size and commensurate strength permits her to defeat all challengers and in no time at all she becomes a somewhat freakish celebrity even at one point going on an American tour. The human-freak-boxing angle is of interest as the author did a little amateur boxing himself as a young man and later garnered praise for a series of short fantasy stories about a "dwarf surrealist boxer" named Engelbrecht. This item is featured in ReadInk's E-Catalog 3.1 which can be perused in full at our website. Not everything in that catalog is listed on whatever site you're seeing this. . Horace Liveright, Inc. hardcover books
1878256289Edinburgh 1878. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. VG. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Robert Richardson was an Australian poet. Mark Twain adapted from his poem called Annette: "Warm summer sun shine kindly here Warm southern wind blow softly here Green sod above lie light lie light -- Good night dear heart Good night good night." as the headstone for his daughter Susy. unknown books
200694133Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0618433252 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 622 pages . Houghton Mifflin Company, hardcover books
1870171003003New York: The Macmillan Company 1870. First THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing thus. Dated 1870 on title page with no additional printings indicated on copyright page. Gietz et al. Epic and Puranic Bibliography 5850. xix 315pp. Contemporary half green leather with patterned paper over boards. A Very Good copy. Rubbed along edges exposing upper tips former owner's bookplate on paste down name penned on ffep; uncommon for not being an institutional copy. An important English translation of the Hindu epic The Ramayana. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
187889327N.P.: Printed for Private Distribution 1878. original cloth. 8vo. original cloth. xi 9-59 pages. B 1-1333. John Richardson settled in New Castle Delaware in 1682. With a four page addendum loosely inserted in the back. Spine faded. Printed for Private Distribution unknown books
18671004748vo original cloth illustrated 572 pp. Binding shows some moderate wear and top hinge is weak. Also some moderate toning and foxing. One illustration is detached. Many illustrations including an illuminated title page by Thomas Nast. Text and illustrations try and give a feel for life on the prairies mountains and the Pacific Coast. Richardson presents views of Indians trappers pioneers and some of the curiosities of the western territories in his work. American Publishing Company, books
1991008895BTAbilene TX: Hardin-Simmons University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. One of 225 copies of this limited edition. Mylar cover over red cloth boards and half leather binding with gilt lettering. Sunning on front board. Light soil on top edge. Signature of editor Kenneth Jacobs on the editor's note page. Interior otherwise clean and free of markings. Reprint of 1933. The editor explains that he has put in some of Richardson's text intended for the original edition but cut due to cost constraints during the Depression. Introduction by A. C. Greene. The classic history of the Comanches through the 1870s. Rader 2783.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 260 pp . Hardin-Simmons University hardcover books
184730338<p>quarto two page illustrated printed promotional circular letter describing and illustrating William H. Richardson's Patent Walking Cane Umbrellas formerly folded very good clean condition.</p> The printed letter from Richardson lithographed on the first page of the circular describes and promotes Richardson's umbrellas particularly his "Patent Walking Cane Umbrella." Richardson describes his manufactory which ran on steam power enabling him to make 1200 umbrellas a day or "between 7 and 8000 umbrellas per week". This enabled him to keep his costs low and ensure a low price for prospective purchasers. Richardson claimed his was "the only manufacturer in the United States using steam I have no fear that any can or will undersell me…" The circular states that umbrellas and parasols were 25 cents each. The illustration instructs the potential customer how to use the patent walking cane umbrella. books
182955432N.p.: no publisher given 1829. 12mo pp. 23 1; uncut and partially unopened; removed from binding; very good. OCLC notes: "American Antiquarian Society copy has note in manuscript on verso of p. 23: "These Letters are supposed to have been written by the Hon. Mr. Richardson member of Congress from Norfolk County Mass. Worcester Dec. 22 1829. Chris: C: Baldwin." Attributed to Richardson by Library of Congress in the National Union Catalog. Letters I-V signed "S.P."; letter VI signed "Spirit of the People" and dated October 31 1829. American Imprints 40274; Sabin 71058. <br/><br/> no publisher given unknown books
1947018070London: Cassell 1947. First Edition. 12 38 plates three of which are colored. The cloth cover of St. Paul's through the ruins of Bow Church Windows which are all that survived in that raid. The drawings include the destruction of the such buildings as the Royal College of Surgeons St. Thomas Hospital Charterhouse color the ruins of St. James Piccadilly The Record Office and many others. Cassell unknown books
22486RICHARDSON A.E. and H.D. Eberlein. THE SMALLER ENGLISH HOUSE OF THE LATER RENAISSANCE 1660-1830. New York: Helburn 1925. Folio. Cloth. ix 286 pages 250 illustrations mostly from photographs. First edition. Includes chapters on "Materials and Craftsmanship" and "Varieties in Composition." The lightest wear to the extremities of the spine else a brigh very good copy. 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
