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188221975Wash. DC: Watershed Tapes 1882. Cassette tape. Illustrated insert signed by Gallagher. Readings recorded at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Fiolger Guest House in Feb. 1982. Insert with beginning toning and tape label with few foxed spots. Very Good condition in original plastic case. . Signed by Author. Unbound. Very Good. Watershed Tapes Paperback books
1869900612Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. 1869. First edition first prnt. Earliest state binding. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Minimal shelfwear mostly at spine ends and corners beginning foxing on endpages lightly toned pages and pencilled owner name on front fee endpage . Very Good condition. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fields, Osgood & Co. Hardcover books
1875WRCLIT23197Milwaukee: Druck und verlag des "Freidenker" 1875. 62pp. 16mo. Printed wrappers. First edition. One signature loose coated wrappers a bit soiled two old German library stamps and shelf label otherwise a good copy. Druck und verlag des "Freidenker," unknown books
1872900613Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1872. First edition first prnt. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Unbroken lettering on p 114. Tissue insert for frontispiece as issued. Minimal rubbing and edgewear mostly at spine ends pages lightly toned and contemporary pencil notation on front free endpage and title page. Very Good condition. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover books
183619119Philadelphia: Desilver Thomas & Co. 1836. First edition. Cloth somewhat sunned and a bit spotted; some light foxing; light but moderately large and persistent damp-stain to the last third or so of the leaves; in good condition. 12mo original green cloth gilt lettered leather spine label 153 1 pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses written while the author was a student at West Point including an anecdote of a classmate with a dislocated jaw where he graduated in 1831. Desilver, Thomas & Co., unknown books
1847D17859London: John Murray 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. Twenty-first Edition. 3/4 red calf and cloth; quite worn and rubbed externally. Internally a very nice copy. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
18216505London: T. Boys 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice little books with engraved titles. A three volume set bound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Bindings worn and dry. Contents very good. <br/><br/> London: T. Boys hardcover books
1900006645No Place: Liquid Peptonoids Co. 1900. RARE advertising ephemera for Liquid Peptonoids a patent medicine.No date circa 1900. Near Fine in stapled fold-over handmade paper wrappers 6 pp. with lithographic scene and poem printed recto advertising for product printed verso. The poem "The Country Doctor" is excerpted from Carleton's book RHYMES OF OUR PLANRT Harper & Brothers 1895. . First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 5" x 8". Liquid Peptonoids Co. Paperback books
1892004558Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin 1892. Association Copy inscribed on front endpage -"Presented to Willie H. Hays on his graduation May 29th 1896 by his friends Dr. and Mrs. Mathis Carlisle Indiana". Will Willie H. Hays was born in 1879 making this a high school graduation gift. Hays went on to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. A unique bit of Hollywood history from the estate of "the most feared man in Hollywood" ! Book is Very Good Plus with tiny rubs at tips of cloth. Decorative red cloth all edges gilt. . Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
183419118Providence: Marshall Brown and Company 1834. First edition. Some soiling and sunning to the cloth; a few closed large tears across leaves from the gutter perhaps in production; in good condition. 8vo original rose diaper grain cloth gilt lettering 48 pages. A Phi Beta Kappa poem delivered in Rhode Island. Neat contemporary gift inscription to the lovely lilac endpapers "E. C. Sigourney from the attached & devoted Self. Marshall, Brown and Company, unknown books
1884006620Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. One of 275 small-paper copies printed for subscribers. Very Good in the original red cloth light soiling to cloth ribbon marker the usual offsetting to endpapers spine label with complete lettering the label with small chip and darkened and a bit rubbed. Overall a handsome copy. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
185115036Boston: Ticknor Reed and Fields 1851 1851. First edition. BAL 20660 state A of the title-page. Edges repaired; slight stain in the lower corner of the rear board; very good copy. 8vo original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt lettering. Four page of publisher's advertisements dated March 1851 between the front endpapers. ¶ The first collection of poetry from H. T. Tuckerman 1813-1871 the prolific and popular American essayist and critic. Neat signature of "Thomas M. Brewer / Boston 1851" on the title-page. <br/><br/> Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 unknown books
184720010Montreal: Lovell & Gibson Printers St. Nicholas Street 1847. Original wrappers. First edition in English. <br /><br />The edition in French <i>Manuel de la société de Tempérance</i> was published the same year—and published while Chiniquy was a leading force for Canadian temperance and indeed while he was still both a Roman Catholic priest and a Canadian. He later emigrated to Illinois left the church and became an anti-Catholic Protestant activist. Besides a wealth of anecdotal content on the antics of Canadian drunkards and those who had reformed the rear wrapper also includes a typographical-graphic concrete prose poem "The Drunkard's Tree" a characteristic piece that to the squinting optimist anticipates perhaps Apollinaire.<br /><br />Modern bookplate on the inside front wrapper with that owner's modern ink signature on the title page. Upper wrapper and first four leaves stained; some light wear and soiling; a good copy. Lovell & Gibson, Printers, St. Nicholas Street books
1848012471Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackstone 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. In decorative binding typical of the period - green cloth elabaortaley decorated in gilt all over - front rear and spine aeg 8vo xiv 532 10. Covers modestly soiled moderately faded gilt dulled at spine lacking ffe lightly foxed prelims and rears internals fine solid binidng. WOMEN. POETRY. Lindsay & Blackstone hardcover books
18898382Groton NY: Published by the Compiler 1889. 1st edition. Original green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration in the form of a 'grip'. Fine. A very nice bright copy. 72 pp frontis of Streeter 12mo. <br/><br/>The author compiled these 'gems' in response to requests from fellow traveling salesmen met on the road. Published by the Compiler hardcover books
1882008755Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. SCARCE in collectible condition. Near Fine light soiling to boards. Decorative paper covered boards with illustrations front and back covers all edges gilt dark brown end papers. 20 leaves including front. illustrations written in verse. Elizabeth Akers Allen who also used the pen name Florence Percy 1832 - 1911 was an American poet and journalist best known for this poem which was popular during the Civil War. After it was published as a song she was forced to fight a series of court battles over her authorship which she was finally able to establish. . Illustrated Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover books
189020304Boston: Roberts Brothers 1890 1890. First edition. BAL 14664. Cloth a little soiled; one corner slightly bumped; very good copy. 8vo original decorated green cloth spine and white cloth boards gilt lettering t.e.g. 13 illustrations and vignettes. ¶ A collection of over 100 poems lyrics and sonnets by Louise Chandler Moulton 1835-1908 the prolific and influential writer who was at the center of the post-Civil War New England literary scene. See Wikipedia for an excellent brief biography. <br/><br/> Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890 hardcover books
183619445New-York: George Dearborn Publisher 1836. Second edition. Spine a few portions of the boards a little sunned; a few small spots of foxing; a very good copy. Large 8vo original ribbon embossed blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt 98 1 pages. With an autograph ink gift inscription dated January 1836 on the front paste-down "B. M. Mumford Esqr. from his son J. Jones Mumford Jan'y 1836." An early reader presumably Mumford pËre has here exposed himself as a Halleck aficionado marking striking passages on nearly every page. An attractive early American publisher's cloth case binding. American Imprints 37878; BAL 6971: "Reprint of the 1827 first edition save for the following three poems which are here first collected. . . . George Dearborn, Publisher, unknown books
1893006197London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1893. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Very Good bound in ornately decorated leather with gilt inlays of cherubs with trailing vines and rose-filled vases. All edges gilt decorative silk endpapers and marbled end pages 5 raised bands at spine. Includes a First Lines Index and 7 illustrations all present. Front end page loose rear marbled endpage with 1/3 of page paper loss leather rubbed at spine folds white end pages darkened. A quite lovely example of turn-of-the-century binding. . Later Edition. Decorative Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. Hardcover books
1881008294England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1881. In signed fine binding of full tree calf "Bound by Baker & Son Clifton". With crest of Clifton College tooled in gilt front cover and Clifton College award bookplate front paste down dated July 25 1882 "A Williams Class Prize" and signed by the Head Master. The back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label. marbled end papers and edges. Very Good Plus wear to joints near top edge corners a bit rubbed. . First Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
1857008374Edinburgh: James Nichol 1857. Bound in contemporary full green morocco the back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label end papers and edges marbled. With presentation inscription "Edward M. Hennicker-Major with the best wishes of his friend George Wyndham Kennion on his leaving Eton Easter 1864". Near Fine moderate toning at end papers only . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Nichol Hardcover books
18992222015<p>First edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped olive green cloth t.e.g. Bookplate. No dust jacket. Good. 227 pages. No signatures.</p><p>BAL 4925</p> Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
188733009London: Houlston & Sons 1887. 1st edition. INSCRIBED to John MacCarthy in the year of publication. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Boards beveled. AEG. Hinges starting otherwise a VG copy. 217 1 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Author's second book. Accompanied by 4 2p. ALs 1889 - 1920 other associated ephemera. Houlston & Sons hardcover books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover books
1893008392New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co. 1893. A lovely example of late 19th century fine American binding. Bound in half white and half baby blue linen inticately tooled in gilt front cover and spine patterned floral end papers top edge gilt. Illustrated. Very Good Plus small chips at top edge front end paper light soiling to linen covers. prior owner name in ink front end page a few spots of toning to frontis illustration. The two blank front end pages each with full page manuscript in pencil the firtst dated Dec. 2nd 1894 the 2nd Dec. 2nd 1944. The first speaks of the value of these poems "to stretch to suit a great grief and shrink to fit a small one" and the 2nd a poem by an unknown author that clearly relates to a WW II loss. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Thomas Y Crowell & Co. Hardcover books