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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
2016296914New York: Idea 2016. Limited. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with color photographs some nudes all of the same model. Small slim 4to pictorial boards. New York: Idea 2016. Fine.<br/><br/> One of 1000 copies.<br/><br/> Idea unknown books
1961140940N.p.: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1961. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1961 film. Based on William Faulkner's novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun." <br/><br/>A harsh film with frank dialogue throughout regarding rape female sensuality and sexual brutality. The final version of the film suffered from the changes made an attempt to make something "literary" and "respectable" from a novel where disrespect and ill repute were at the center of a grim story. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light toning overall wrinkling and a graphite holograph notation to the verso of one image. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions unknown 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
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
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
1983WRCLIT61144Los Angeles: Woodfall America 1983. 1120 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in stiff wrapper. Title lettered on spine otherwise very good. An unspecified but pre-production draft of this adaptation to the screen of Irving's novel. Richardson also directed the March 1984 release which starred Rob Lowe Jodie Foster Nastassia Kinski et al. Woodfall America unknown books
195252214Philadelphia: John C. Winston 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; red boards stamped in black on spine; illustrated endpaper art by Alex Schomburg; dustjacket by Virgil Finlay; 214pp. some soiling mostly to upper textblock; a few minor bumps to board edge; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $200; nicks and edgewear to the extremities; small chips at spine ends; Very Good.<br/><br/>This is an intergalactic desert island story described as "a Venusian Robinsonade" CLUTE and NICHOLLS 1275. John C. Winston unknown books
1816294720Boston: James Loring and West & Richardson 1816. hardcover. very good. 264 pages. 16mo leather-backed marbled boards; boards considerably rubbed corners bumped leather worn at hinges pages toned and foxed throughout some contemporary notations in ink on a few blank pages. Boston: James Loring and West & Richardson 1816. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Early American imprint.<br/><br/> James Loring and West & Richardson unknown books
19964639Bellevue WA: Family Research and Development 1996. First Edition. 939pp. Quarto 28 cm Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. This publication names nearly 10000 descendants of John D. Lee the only person charged and convicted of the atrocities of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. This work by a Lee descendant is an updated version of Manetta Henrie's 1960 publication 'Descendants of John Doyle Lee.' Color frontispiece of Lee.<br/><br/>"Sometimes in moments of discouragement we may feel like a leaf floating on an ocean. Actually each of us is a figure woven into an intricate tapestry that extends forward and back through the eternities. We are not alone. This present work is meant to give Lee descendants a sense of this eternal pattern an identity perhaps even a feeling of understanding and closeness with their ancestors." - from the Introduction. Family Research and Development unknown books
1919016412San Francisco: Sierra Club. Very Good. 1919. Softcover. Original buff wraps with black lettering on spine front and rear wraps; yapp edges; illustrated with beautiful b&w plates; leaves are uncut. Paginated 391- 496pp. Also includes advertisements from businesses and the publisher and an index listing all articles and illustrations found in Volume X 1916-1919 issues of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Wraps have light soiling and light chipping to all edges; first half of text block has minor dampstaining to fore edge. "The Sierra Club Bulletin was first published in January 1893 with an initial emphasis on first-hand reports about the Sierra Nevada as well as reports about members' outings to the mountains" Sierra Club online. This issue contains tributes to G. K. Gilbert articles written by C. Hart Merriman and Joseph Barrell. Also features articles by John Muir "Studies in the Sierra V. Post-Glacial Denudation" "Some Sierran Chipmunks" by Harry S. Swarth and "Professor Joe" by D. S. Richardson. Also includes sections titled "National Park Notes" and "War Service Letters." ; Publications of the Sierra Club Number 54; B&W Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . Sierra Club paperback books
1925413London: B.T. Batsford 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth decorated in gilt. Near fine. 286 pages. 4to 250 plates include photographs measured drawings and plans arranged for comparative purposes. Index. "The purpose of this book is to classify the smaller types of houses of the Later Renaissance in England and to present a series of examples many of which have hitherto been unknown." Owner inscription. Fresh copy with front cover gilt designs and lettering bright. B.T. Batsford hardcover books
1870275305London: Hotten 1870. hardcover. very good. Color frontis many text illustrations. viii 504pp. plus ads thick 12mo decorative green cloth; scattered foxing corners rubbed and with neat repairs to spine ends. London: John Camden Hotten 1870. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Hotten unknown books
1847WRCAM41623London 1847. 2v376pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Modern three-quarter red morocco over cloth spine gilt. Lightly rubbed at extremities. Very minor foxing to portrait. Minor soiling to titlepage. Very good. A biography of Queen Louise of Prussia 1776- 1810 considered both beautiful and beloved by her people written by a lady. A good portion of the book relates Louise's experiences during the Napoleonic Wars. hardcover books
1812012933London: Printed for Samuel Bagster 1812. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Octavo 8vo. x 448 pages of text. Hardcover: leather spine and corners are moderately rubbed and worn; decorative cloth covered boards. Attractive leather spine label. Minor foxing to first and final pages of text. Previous owner's stamp neatly on a front endpaper. Minor pencil marginalia. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Printed for Samuel Bagster Hardcover books
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
1934WRCAM14884Glendale Ca 1934. 506pp. Maps. Cloth t.e.g. Cloth bit soiled and rubbed ownership signature. Internally fine partly unopened. An Arthur Clark Co. production. Settlement of the West including material on the Mormons Indians prospectors etc. ADAMS HERD 1890. HOWES R261. hardcover books
182456315Concord: Isaac Hill 1824. First edition 12mo pp. 320; contemporary full sheep red morocco label on spine; the sheep with the usual peeling flyleaves excised a couple leaves with closed tears large ink stain across pages 272 and 273 and permeating into adjacent pages but remarkably the text can still mostly be read; bookplate of Julius Arthur Brown and Helen Connor. American imprints 17823. <br/><br/> Isaac Hill unknown books
19339027363London: Batsford 1933. Hardcover. Very good. A reissue of the 1925 edition. Former non-circulating library copy with numbers on spine and perforation on title page. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt Top edge dark green. Moderate overall wear. Text block is tight. Profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout. <br/><br/> Batsford hardcover books
