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193827435Hartford: Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Brown cloth spine over boards. Housed in original slipcase and publisher's box. 27 pp history of the famed Charter Oak tree in Hartford Connecticut. One of fifteen hundred numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator. All elements in near fine or better condition. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company hardcover books
19571999glsNew York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company Inc. 1957. Two volumes. Quarto xix 507 pp; 632 pp. Good with former-library stamp and light speckling to covers. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. unknown books
1852007773London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. Finely rebound in signed Riviere & Son caramel morocco back ornately gilt top edge gilt marbled end pages. Original cloth covers and back bound in at rear. Near Fine light foxing to end pages. scattered light toning. Illustrated. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bradbury & Evans Hardcover books
191718962Pasadena CA: Radiant Life Press 1917. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo pp. 48 7 b/w plates in original stapled pictorial wrappers. Some chipping and tiny tears to wrappers;contents clean. James first saw Captain a performing horse owned by W.A. Sigsbee of Chicago at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Amazed by the horse's apparent ability to count add and subtract; play "Nearer My God to Thee" on the chimes; and perform a variety of tricks in response to verbal commands James resolved to learn more about the horse and his trainer. Here their story is told in full from Captain's point of view "There are some people who think I don't like to give performances. I don't know why except that I do get tired a little once in a while and sometimes my master wants me to be quiet and good when I feel frisky and frolicsome and want to kick up my heels. I always feel better the busier I am." and Sigsbee has his say as well. After conducting his own "scientific investigation" of Captain's abilities James concludes that there is no explicit trickery involved in their show but that the horse may pick up on cues of which the audience--and likely even the trainer--is unaware. This leads to his more general observation that there is still much to learn about animal intelligence. "There is too much assumption in human beings about most things animal instinct and human reason not excluded. What I wish to protest against with emphasis and vigor is the assumption that we know all there is to know about intelligence that we know the limits Nature herself has placed upon its development and that all efforts to foster further development are useless. I affirm that we do not know; that we have never as yet even tried to know; and that until men with loving devoted sympathetic singleness of heart and purpose seek to develop all there is in the mentality of all the lower animals dogs cats deer as well as horses shall we begin to have a real foundation for our assumptions upon the subject." Radiant Life Press paperback books
188143184London: E. and F. N. Spon 1881. 1st separate printing. Printed grey paper wrappers lacks rear wrapper. Browning & chipping to front wrapper. Paper repair along spine & to front wrapper edges. Wiht a nod to the missing rear wrapper an About VG copy. 19 1 blank pp. Text double column. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>OCLC records 3 holdings none in the US. Rare pamphlet on the subject. E. and F. N. Spon unknown books
188319962Boston: Deland and Barto Printers 1883. Softcover. Very good. John L. Stoddard 1850-1931 was a popular American traveler photographer and lecturer. Although the 10-volume set of his lectures is ubiquitous OCLC records no copies of this booklet which announces that he "will give his fully illustrated series entitled The Capitals of Europe at Carll's Opera House" New Haven CT over five nights in January and February. Detailed information is provided about each of five lectures: I Madrid and Lisbon; II Paris The Capital of Pleasure; III Berlin and Sans-Souci; IV St. Petersburg; and V Constantinople The Portal of the Orient. The back panel gives a rather unsatisfactory explanation for the item's shape: "This circular has been printed in this form to enable the holder to detach the pages referring to the different evenings and use as an evening program if desired." Six-panel accordion-folded booklet cut into an unusual shape a rectangle with two corners cut off. One short closed tear minor foxing at the folds. John L. Stoddard 1850-1931 was a popular American traveler photographer and lecturer. Although the 10-volume set of his lectures is ubiquitous OCLC records no copies of this booklet which announces that he "will give his fully illustrated series entitled The Capitals of Europe at Carll's Opera House" New Haven CT over five nights in January and February. Detailed information is provided about each of five lectures: I Madrid and Lisbon; II Paris The Capital of Pleasure; III Berlin and Sans-Souci; IV St. Petersburg; and V Constantinople The Portal of the Orient. The back panel gives a rather unsatisfactory explanation for the item's shape: "This circular has been printed in this form to enable the holder to detach the pages referring to the different evenings and use as an evening program if desired.". Deland and Barto, Printers paperback books
185738926San Francisco / Sacramento: Henry G. Langley & Samuel A. Mathews / James Queen 1857. 1st edition Cowan p 610; Greenwood CALIF IMPRINTS 882; Sabin 10044. Period maroon quarter leather binding with brown cloth boards. Flat back. Gilt spine lettering. Imperfect copy lacking title leaf. Ex-lib though with few indications of prior library service. Faint evidence of bookplate to front paste-down. Square & tight. With a nod to the missing leaf VG. viii 384 pp. Preliminary 4 pp are adverts at front as are pp. 353 - 384. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Henry G. Langley & Samuel A. Mathews / James Queen hardcover books
1931008940Chapel Hill North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press 1931. Presentation Copy with slip pasted to front end page -"With the Compliments of The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill" above which the ownership signature of Joseph Hyde Pratt noted North Carolina geologist conservationist civic and state leader and activist in the North Carolina Good Roads Association. Near Fine no jacket one fold-out flow chart Fine one folded state map in pocket at rear Near Fine slight toning from pocket a handsome copy with distinguished North Carolina provenance. SCARCE in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. The University of North Carolina Press Hardcover books
20172623Knoxville: Newfound Press 2017. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Fine. The Spot Marked Alpine from the University of Tennessee Press. Octavo 21pp 1. Illustrated wraps title on label affixed to front cover bound at spine. Fully illustrated with numerous photographs bi-fold photograph of the Smoky Mountains foldout letter and color map of Tennessee. From a limited edition of 1000 copies bound by the Arion Press of San Francisco. A beautiful historical production. Newfound Press unknown books
1930222591<p>Octavo. Illustrations from the engravings in the original editions. Original blue cloth with spines stamped in gilt with black printed spine labels t.e.g. Fine fresh copies. 4 volumes. Enclosed in blue cloth slipcase worn. #417/750 numbered sets printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press. Handsome printing of Herbert’s four major sporting novels: "My Shooting Box"; "The Dearstalkers"; "The Warwick Woodlands"; and "The Quorndon Hounds." This is an exceptional set for as noted by Frazier in Recognizing Derrydale Press Books "The black printed spine labels are most frequently chipped and sometimes are chipped away altogether even with the slipcase in present it is rare to find the spine labels in fine condition. Siegel 43. BAL 8182. This is Jeffrey Norton's copy with his small bookplate and bookplates of Walter Rutherford Peterson in each volume.</p> Derrydale Press hardcover books
1815008295London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. Six volumes rebound in later Nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards black morocco labels with gilt lettering back plain peach end papers. The small binder's ticket of Lawrence Ridge Grantham front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges. SCARCE in lovely binding. Charles James Fox 1749-1806 was a contemporary and friend of William Burke and the arch-rival of William Pitt the younger. A noted anti-slavery politician and a supporter of the American and FrenchRevolutions he rose to prominence in the House of Commons due to his forceful speech and eloquence. This 6 volume set will require additional postage charges for priority and international orders- please inquire. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Hardcover books
1892007811London: Longmans Green & Co. 1892. SCARCE in the First Edition and in a fine contemporary binding. Handsomely bound in half calf over marbled boards the back with five raised bands and richly gilt page edges marbled to match boards the binding unsigned. Armorial bookplate and 1892 Christmas gift bookplate of Henley front paste down. Near Fine tiny rubs at top corners end pages only are lightly foxed interior quite clean and fresh. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1935003309Baton Rouge LA: The Journal of Southern History 1935. Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History Vol.1 No.2 May 1935. 12 pages in tan paper wrappers Near Fine wrappers lightly soiled and faint corner crease front wrapper. . Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. The Journal of Southern History Paperback books
194824608Patchogue Long Island: The South Shore Community Chorus 1948. Folding flyer for this event printed purple on cream white 4 sides. With the program listings titles of various pieces & composers performers. Soloists included John Gurney Bass of the Metropolitan Opera Company. List of officers of the South Shore Community Chorus Eugene Romeo president and list of directors active members honorary members patrons associates. Printed at the Ayelli Press Patchogue New York. Approx. 6" x 9" size. Some light wear in very good condition and interesting Long Island culture & entertainment history ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The South Shore Community Chorus Paperback books
195347331New York: The Blue Heron Press 1953. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. One of an unstated number of copies signed by the author on a decorative plate tipped onto the front pastedown this being copy no.497. Octavo 21cm; publisher's mauve and white patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; publisher's original glassine overlay; xviii2646pp. Trivial wear to lower corners tiny tear with attendant crease to right margin of half-title page else very Near Fine in a glassine with numerous tears creases and small losses. Handsome edition of this cornerstone sociological work by Du Bois first published by A.C. McClurg in 1903. "Souls Of Black Folk was written beautifully in a style which Du Bois labored to perfect. It is one of the noteworthy books not merely of the period but of the epoch. The monumental work was the opening salvo in the struggle that has dominated the century for black and white Americans: the quest for dignity justice and equality.Every page is filled with spirituality and with spontaneity" Blockson 52. This edition bears a new foreword by Du Bois titled "Fifty Years After" and introductory matter by his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois. The Blue Heron Press unknown books
1999209542White Caps Press 1999. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. No marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. White Caps Press unknown books
1892201762New York: The Office of the Daily Investigator 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards soiled; corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Small bump at bottom of rear board near corner. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. The Office of the Daily Investigator unknown books
190339161Oakland Calif: Oakland Blue Book Company Publishers. Issued from the Press of the Oakland Enquirer 1903. 1st edition. Not found in Rocq nor on OCLC. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gold stamping to front board. Cloth dull. Age toning to eps. A VG copy. 3 - 163 5 pp. Includes 2 seating charts for the MacDonough Theatre at rear. Printed on blue paper. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/> Oakland Blue Book Company, Publishers. Issued from the Press of the Oakland Enquirer hardcover books
004045London: Propaganda Committee of the Church Socialist League No Date circa 1910. 16 pages in stapled card covers. RARE bit of ephemera from the Church Socialist League. Near Fine pages very lightly browning. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Propaganda Committee of the Church Socialist League Paperback books
195721188Oxford: Clarendon Press 1957. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Second edition revised by P.M. Fraser. Two volumes in original green cloth illustrated with b/w plates indexed. A few corners lightly bumped else a fine set in very nice dust jackets with some very minor creasing. Clarendon Press hardcover books
195321187Oxford: Clarendon Press 1953. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. From the corrected sheets of the first edition." Three volumes in original green cloth illustrated with b/w plates indexed. Minor rubbing to extremities offsetting from the dust jacket flaps to the endpapers; else a fine set. Dust jackets have some chipping to the lower edges and spine ends and there is some spotting to the front panel of Volume II and spine of Volume I. Overall still a very attractive set of this comprehensive and influential work. Rostovtzeff defines the "Hellenistic World" as that "created by Alexander's conquest of the East which existed as long as the States into which it disintegrated retained their political independence and the Greeks in those states held the leading role in all spheres of life; that is to say approximately from the time of Alexander to Augustus." Additional shipping charges will be requested for priority or international orders. Clarendon Press hardcover books
1958875New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1958. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by Joseph Buttinger on the half title. An early classic study of Vietnam published after the division of Vietnam into two separate countries. 8vo. 533 pages. Very Good with some pencil lines in the margins of numerous pages in a Very Good dust jacket with multiple small chips and some toning. An important book on Vietnam not often found signed by the author. SCARCE signed. <br/><br/> Frederick A. Praeger unknown books
187721006New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 221 pp with folding map Hyposometric Map of the South West or New Spain with Lines of Railways West of the Mississippi River in Operation 1877 also The Ocean Warm Streams. Publisher's green cloth with map printed on cover. Some very mild soiling to boards rubbing to extremities a few small tears to the map. Binding tight text clean. According to the Preface "this is a book of facts not theories. It describes the land of silver and shows that the Southwest is producing each year two-thirds of the silver of the whole world; but it does not attempt to discuss the merits of a double-standard of gold and silver. It treats of railways generally and gives facts and figures showing how these great civilizers have neglected the Southwest." In addition to considerable detail on the mineral wealth of the region there are chapters on other natural resources topography and climate and an extensive bibliography of "the authorities" on New Spain Mexico California. Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Nevada and Utah. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1943004522New York: Academy of Political Science 1943. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on verso of front wrapper -"To Prof. Winther with my respectful compliments. Naamani Tarkow". Oscar Winther a noted scholar of Western U.S. history was longtime editor of the Missippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. Near Fine scant soiling to front wrapper. SCARCE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Academy of Political Science Paperback books
193119347Peking: Chinese Painting Association of Peking 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 18 leaves 10 x 13.25 inches oblong in original string-tied brocade boards with mounted paper label. A few spots of loss to the brocade offsetting from silver paint to adjacent pages light soiling to title page all else very good. Printed in an edition of just 100 copies this volume contains 101 hand-colored illustrations with captions in English and Chinese translating the purely pictorial signs into written form. Historically Chinese shops used pictorial signs due to low literacy rates in the local population. Although certain aspects of the signs were fairly universal depicting the articles for sale as the author explains in the preface "the shop signs of different parts of China varied according to the customs of the people" especially when the items being sold were not easily represented by pictures. In these cases centuries-old local traditions prevailed. Fung writes: "The wine flag can be recognized from a great distance when one wants to satisfy his thirst he will not have to strain his optic nerves to get what he wants; they are as conspicuous as the barber poles in Western Countries.The only explanation that I can give for the existence of these pictorial signs is that in the former times the percentage of illiteracy among the people was very low. I am sure with the establishment of the new public school system that most of the Chinese people can read the written language of the country. Therefore it is plain to see that these signs will gradually disappear as they are no longer necessary. Eventually they will become nothing but relics of the ancient Chinese Customs. So it is very advisable for those who are interested in things Chinese to add a copy of this album to their collection in Orientalia.". Chinese Painting Association of Peking hardcover books
