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1966WN29112New York: The Viking Press 1966. Blue cloth spine slightly sunned. Some slight shelfwear on bottom edges. Stain on top edge not affecting text. Book is clean and tight. Furniture pictured is from the Winterthur Museum whose founder Henry Francis du Pont authored the foreword. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gilbert Ask. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1966104956New York: Viking 1966. First. hardcover. very good/very good. 491 illustrations many in color. 497pp. Thick 4to blue cloth d.w. N.Y.: Viking 1966. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
197046870New York: Viking 1970 . First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: Viking 1970 . First edition. Copious b/w illustrations with a few in color. 379 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Coral cloth. A production mistake has resulted in the frontispiece being laid-down as the front pastedown else a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper with a touch of wear to the head of the spine. Very good/Very good. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Viking hardcover books
1905156309New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1905. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A charming book from the author of the Billy Whiskers series. Includes 90 black and white images by La Marche & Shaw Everett L. Shaw M.J. Steffens Bernard La Marche Henshel Johns Bros G.W. Varney Gardiner R. Bitterlich The Matzene Co. Jameson Fred A. Elliott T.W. Hamil and Ellsworth Gross. A near fine copy in decorated and illustrated boards that are very lightly soiled but internally a clean copy. No dust jacket. A very nice copy. The Saalfield Publishing Company unknown books
70481hardcover. 160pp. tall 16mo cl.-backed orig. bds. inner hinge strengthened slight dampstain on first 3pp. London 1818.<br/><br/> "Written to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade. The title piece sketches the history of the islands the misery of the blacks the work of the missionaries and abolitionists and the ending of the slave traffic." Ragatz p. 530.<br/><br/> unknown books
1970005618Fresno: Giligia Press 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 200 clothbound copies of this memoir by a friend of Jack Kerouac who appeared in several of his books including Dharma Bums and Desolation Angels. As new condition. Giligia Press hardcover books
1923123187Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited 1923. The Cavendish Library edition of Montgomery's children's classic. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley focuses on Anne Shirley's six children and their interactions with the children of Anne's new neighbor Presbyterian minister John Meredith. The work draws heavily on Montgomery's own life in the Leaskdale Manse where she wrote a large number of books. McClelland and Stewart, Limited hardcover books
189830089Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co 1898. 8vo. 96 pp. illustrated from engravings. Decorative paper wrappers. The wrappers are worn spine cover lacking; old tape has been applied to the spine to secure the detached wrappers. This comprehensive well-illustrated priced catalog has detailed descriptions. At the time this catalogue was issued Montgomery Ward was marketing an Aristotype paper. <br/><br/> Montgomery Ward & Co unknown books
19382391New York: The Ronald Press Company 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A nice copy of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and VG in its original green cloth with bright gilt-lettering alomg the spine. Thick octavo 511 pgs. <br/><br/> The Ronald Press Company hardcover books
18646015baONew York: James G. Gregory 1864. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Civil War; slavery; U. S. constitutional history; 315p.; 19.4cm; embossed brown cloth water damaged; owner marks; not in Broadfoot Seagrave. James G. Gregory Hardcover books
1956265249Los Angeles: Bruce of Los Angeles 1956. Magazine. 52p including covers 5.25x7.5 inches digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Very first issue of Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Some early issues were clearly marked with season and year but this and later issues left off the dates identified only by volume number in this case volume actually meant issue. Bruce of Los Angeles unknown books
196541447San Francisco: Illuminations Press 1965. 1st printing. Leaves housed inside stiff printed folder Color illustrated printed paper title label to front cover. Sheets of blue and beige. Modest wear to folder and papers some rubbing to edges. Withal a VG example. 11 leaves printed recto only. Intratextual b/w illustrations and images. 17-1/2" x 11-1/2" <br/><br/>"Most of the writers and artists whose work fills out this inaugural edition of Illuminations would not be considered publishable by professional magazines that make up what has elsewhere been called the Establishment. Many have yet to reach thirty. Most do not I gather consider themselves Beat. Many are simply acquaintances with whom I read on the weekly series at the Blue Unicorn coffeehouse in San Francisco. Some of you may be dead not excluding established artists and editors. We are not. We are all growing. We are intensely alive as people and hopefully as artists." This the first publication of a 1960s poetry and art magazine of a post- "Beat Generation" San Francisco crowd. Illuminations Press unknown books
1912134237NY: George H. Doran Company 1912. Hardcover. Good ex-library. small dampstain on lower right corner. some foxing on half title. perforation stamp on title page final page and plate 6. Tan library buckram. Approx 68 pp many bw illustrations. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
183447788New York: Harper & Brothers 82 Cliff-Street 1834. 1st Edition in English American Imprints 25805. Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. General binding wear. Slight cock. Period poi to ffep. Foxing & staining throughout. Withal a VG copy. 192 3 - 28 pp. Publisher adverts double column last 26 pages. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff-Street hardcover books
185420857New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. 12mo. lvi 390 pp. 5 ff. <br><br>Sole edition of these hymns without the music. James Montgomery 17771854 wrote these hymns possibly while in residence at Sheffield England "where he had come to be accounted a local hero and grew more and more in the respect of his fellow-townsmen by his exemplary life and activity in furthering every good work whether philanthropic or religious." DNB asserts that Montgomery was as a poet "only eminent in descriptive passages for which he is usually indebted to books rather than his own observation of nature. . . . On the whole he may be characterised as something less than a genius and something more than a mediocrity. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2M33990. Publisher's red cloth. Small areas of spine rubbed slight loss of cloth at head and foot. Covers with just a bit of soiling. Light foxing on initial and final leaves. Ex-library with paper shelf label on spine bookplate on front pastedown and call number in pencil on verso of title-page. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover books
197075205Fresno:: Giligia Press. Near Fine. 1970. Hardcover. 087791012X . First edition 200 copies. About fine in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. No dust jacket as issued. ; 16 pages . Giligia Press, hardcover books
1938009333New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. Limited. Tan Cloth. Near Fine. 939 of 950 copies. Spine and top and bottom cover edges very slightly faded corners gently bumped. B&w photographs throughout. Binding tight text clean. The Derrydale Press unknown books
196523977New York: Kauri 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7th issue of Will Inman's innovative poetry newsletter. The July - August 1965 issue. Not paginated. A very good example. Paper somewhat brittle. All issues of this magazine were published on inexpensive paper that has in many cases brittled to the point that one cannot really handle them. This issue is in better than typical condition with only a couple of small chips to the cover edges. Kauri paperback books
1819002208London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1819. 12mo. 253 1pp. The title poem in 5 cantos with appendix. Spine bound in green Morocco with gilt floral trim and red gilt-lettered panel. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled paper covered boards all edges marbled with matching endpapers. Minor light rubbing to joints contemporary owner's bookplate. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown books
199420782Hanover NH: Hood Museum of Art 1994. VG. Grey wraps. 40 pp. 5 bw 9 color plates. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Hanover NH: Hood Museum of Art July 2 to Sept. 18 1994. Catalogue lists a whopping 128 items from the collection which were in the exhibition. Quite uncommon. Hood Museum of Art paperback books
192816321928. FIELD R.M. With E.B. Bailey & L.W. Collet. PALEOZOIC SUBMARINE LANDSLIPS NEAR QUEBEC CITY. Reprinted for private circulation from "The Journal Of Geology" Vol. XXXVI No. 7 Oct.-Nov. 1928. 8vo. printed tan wraps; 38 pages. Illustrated. A reinterpretation of the Quebec and Levis submarine landslips in the earlier stages of the development and deformation of a geosyncline. Richard Montgomery Field was a charter member of the Academy of Arts and Science and was an internationally acknowledged geologist. He taught at Princeton University from 1923 to 1950 and was chairman of the Special Committee on Geophysical and Geological Study of Ocean Basins from 1932 to 1941. Signed presentation from Field to a fellow geologist on the front cover: "E.R. Barnsley with pleasant memories of 1928- R.M. Field." He has also penned "Princeton" beneath the subtitle. A scarce geological reprint! Very Good very tiny burn hole on front cover. $85.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
194811054ELondon: William Hodge & Co 1948. First Edition. Illustrated. Very good copy with some slight fading to the spine and with two tiny tears at the top and bottom of the spine without dust jacket. The detailed story of the three trials in which author Oscar Wilde was the principle figure at the Central Criminal Court in London in 1895 who was as is noted in the introduction: “A well-known dramatic author prosecuted an eccentric and pugnacious peer for criminally libelling him the libel having been uttered by the Marquess of Queensbury in an alleged attempt to save his son Lord Alfred Douglas from the author’s evil communications. This proceeding in turn led to the author’s own prosecution and ultimate conviction on a serious charge under a recent criminal statute.†William Hodge & Co unknown books
1814289295New York: Eastburn Kirk & Co 1814. First American Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Epic poem of historical reconstruction by the Scottish poet and hymnist. The First American Edition in black half morocco over marbled boards. There is the beginning of separation at the top of the front joint but overall a sturdy copy if a bit worn. Shaw & Shoemaker 32156. Very Good binding. Eastburn, Kirk & Co unknown books
197066165Fresno: The Giligia Press 1970. First edition. 16 pp. Fine in gilt-stamped buckram. No dust jacket as issued. One of 200 copies the entire hardbound edition. A memoir in two “takes†by a correspondant and sometime friend of Kerouac's whose letters and person inspired characters in several of Kerouac's novels including Henry Morley in DHARMA BUMS. Fresno: The Giligia Press hardcover books
1987WRCLIT45100London: Constable 1987. Pictorial wrappers. Portrait and illustrations. Crown of spine and tips of upper wrapper lightly bumped wrappers faintly rubbed else very good or better. With the recipient's booklabel. First trade paperbound edition. With the author's lengthy signed presentation inscription in the year of publication to George and Beryl Sims: ".This is an advance copy since it is to be published in 1988 to coincide with the centenary of Lawrence's birth." Constable paperback books