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1997181428New York: Rizzoli 1997. Hardcover. Good. rough shelf-wear to lower cover edges & corners; indentions & rubbing. covers have light spotting. corners edges & spine rubbed. lower textblock edge scuffed/shelfwear. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering; decorative end papers. 272 pp. with more than 300 color photos. no dustjacket. Presents 26 historic castles and manors in the land of ancient legene that inspired Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare's Macbeth. The selection of houses reflects the development of architectural style in Scotland from old tower houses such as Cawdor and Traquair to the spectacular baroque of Drumlanrig and the pioneering classicism of Kinross by Sir William Bruce. A timely chronicle of the living history of these great houses beautifully photographed by Christopher Simon Sykes with interiors that invite to sit and enjoy a cup of tea. Rizzoli hardcover books
1997150933New York: Rizzoli 1997. Hardcover. Good/G. rough shelf-wear to lower cover edges & corners; indentions & rubbing. covers have light spotting. corners edges & spine rubbed. lower textblock edge scuffed/shelfwear. dustjacket has shelf & edge-wear; scuffs & scratches; foxing to interior. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering; decorative end papers. 272 pp. with more than 300 color photos. glossy pictorial dustjacket w/ blue spine; white printing. Presents 26 historic castles and manors in the land of ancient legene that inspired Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare's Macbeth. The selection of houses reflects the development of architectural style in Scotland from old tower houses such as Cawdor and Traquair to the spectacular baroque of Drumlanrig and the pioneering classicism of Kinross by Sir William Bruce. A timely chronicle of the living history of these great houses beautifully photographed by Christopher Simon Sykes with interiors that invite to sit and enjoy a cup of tea. Rizzoli hardcover books
1947134384London: Duckworth 1947. Octavo 238 pp. original orange cloth stamped in black. First edition. Fifteen short stories set in Co. Down. "The stories are humorous both in the manner of telling and in the incidents related from shooting a circus tiger to women and marriage." - Brown and Clarke Ireland in Fiction 2 #414. A fine copy. #134384 Duckworth unknown 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
1969113419Athens: University of Georgia Press 1969. cloth-backed boards plastic jacket. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards plastic jacket. viii 69 pages. First edition. Southern author. Fine in plastic dust jacket with printed flaps. University of Georgia Press unknown books
1960ess2915New York NY: The Asia Society Inc. 1960. Square octavo white boards hardcover unpaginated fold-out map 55 Plates. Very Good with slight sunning to spine; in a Very Good slipcase with darkened edges. From Foreword: This book was produced as the catalogue for the largest exhibition of prehistoric Japanese sculpture ever to be sent abroad. Chosen by Mr. Seiroku Noma from among the best extant examples of ancient clay art the collection was sent to the United States in October 1959 to be displayed at the National Gallery of Art Asia House the Art Institute of Chicago and the Seattle Art Museum in 1960. Aside from being an artistic display of the first water it is also an outstanding example of international cooperation in the field of art as the names mentioned on the credit page of this book clearly indicate. The Asia Society, Inc., (1960). hardcover books
2019168036London and Torino: Mazzoleni 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 1 2019 through January 18 2020 in London and October 25 2019 through January 18 2020 in Torino. Text in English and Italian with a preface by Davide & Luigi Mazzoleni. essay by Alan Montgomery. Includes numerous color illustrations biographical chronology and list of previous exhibitions. A clean and tight very near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. An attractive catalog. Mazzoleni unknown books
183568522Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1835. original brown cloth paper spine labels. 8vo. original brown cloth paper spine labels. 8 256 pages. Volume Two of two. First edition. BAL 1155. State B of the paper spine label with text printed in all capitals. Also has an eight page section at the beginning describing new books issued by Carey Lea & Blanchard which is not noted by BAL. These ads refer to the second edition of both CAVALAR and THE INFIDEL. BAL notes a second edition of CALAVAR in 1847 but does not note a second edition of THE INFIDEL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in New Castle. "Fun fact: my parents bought Robert Montgomery Bird's home in New Castle DE at 212 Delaware Street. My mother actually still lives there today!" -Rob Fleck Director Oak Knoll Books. <br /> <br /> Covers worn and exlibris marking near head of spine. Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown books
1940133073Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1940. Final Draft script for the 1940 film. Script belonging to actress Dorris Bowdon best known for her role as Rosasharn in "The Grapes of Wrath" who had a key supporting role in this film. From the actor's estate. <br/><br/>A drama about the clash between a stern German immigrant Montgomery and his eldest son's modern American wife Jennie Gilmore. After he kicks out one of his daughters Bowden for going on a date Jennie rallies the rest of the family to resist his authoritarian ways and convince him to let them pursue their dreams. <br/><br/>Light blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 34 and production No. 556 dated July 19 1940. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 19 1940 noted as Final Draft with credit for screenwriter Buchman. 124 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated between 7-24-40 and 7-29-40. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19779019974Waitsfield: Vermont Crossroads 1977. Paperback. Near fine. First paperback edition bound in the publisher's original illustrated wraps. Spine is sunned. <br/><br/> Vermont Crossroads paperback books
1970173706Portland ME: Anthoensen Press 1970. Paperback. VG. Gray stapled paper wraps with black lettering. 11 pp. BW portrait. "Two hundred copies have been reprinted from the Walpole Society Note Book by The Anthoensen Press Portland Maine." Anthoensen Press paperback books
1969224565New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1969. hardcover. very good/very good. Frontis portrait and black and white photographs. 322pp. 8vo cloth d.w. a few small chips and tears New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1969. Very good in very good d.w.<br/><br/> Farrar Straus & Giroux unknown books
1969WRCLIT80666London: Methuen & Co. 1969. Large octavo. Gilt-lettered cloth-textured boards. Photos and plates. Offset from now absent clipping to front endsheets small spot on fore-edge otherwise near fine in like dust jacket with short creased tear at toe of front panel. First edition. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet in the area affected by the offset: "To Lew and Sally. With the author's nicest wishes and friendly memories of their visits to Rye and Tenterden from Harford 24th April 1969." The recipients bookseller Lew David Feldman and his wife were likely visiting to lay the groundwork for the sale of a segment of Hyde's papers to the HRC including the dead matter for this book. Methuen & Co. hardcover books
1985218883London: Willow Collins 1985. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Photographs throughout. 256pp. 4to blue cloth d.w. London: Willow Collins 1985. A near fine copy in a near fine d.w.<br/><br/> Willow Collins unknown books
193028761Galion OH: Bradford-Brown Educational Co. 1930-1932. Reprints. Softcover. Wraps very good to very good copies. We offer seven volumes of the Quarterly Lectures as follows there were 13 issued: Number II The Pope's Crusade against the Soviet Union very good; Number IV The Godly Bishops and The Godless Bolsheviks very good short tear on front wrap; Number V The Bishops' Belief in God and Their Disbelief in Birth Control very good; Number VI The War Vampire and the Churches very good; Number VII The Vindication of My Heresies very good; VIII Can the Old Church Adapt Itself to the New World very good; Number X Aliens and Criminals very good. The young Willy Brown promised God he would follow him forever if he could only recover from his Typhoid infection and he kept his promise. He rose to the rank of Archbishop of Arkansas but he began to espouse positions that angered the church. These were hardly liberal ideas--rather the opposite--but ultimately he was tried for heresy and deposed the first such Episcopalian heresy deposal since the Reformation. He began to read Marx Darwin and other scientific thinkers and remarked. "Darwin is my Moses and Marx my Christ!" ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 40 60 44 40 61 58 pp . Bradford-Brown Educational Co. paperback books
192521110Galion Ohio: Bradford-Brown Educational Company Inc. 1925. 4to. 53 pp. <br><br>Issue printed at head of title: "Vol. I. The Bishop Brown Case. III. Between the Trials. No. III." Bishop Brown was tried for heresy for publishing a book called "Communism and Christianism. Original printed wrappers with moderate amount of staining and spotting a few shallow tears and chipped corners. Leaves age-toned and waterstained throughout. Shallow chips at fore-margin and small closed tear within text but without costing any letters. Ex-library with penciled call number on inside of front wrapper. Bradford-Brown Educational Company, Inc. unknown books
193862305New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown coarse-weave cloth brown leather labels on spine and upper cover. Spine very slightly faded else near fine unopened copy. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 132; Frazier M-8-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
19389001334New York: Derrydale Press 1938. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with photographs. One of 950 numbered copies. Front inner hinge beginning to separate spine label missing cover worn interior condition good. <br/><br/> Derrydale Press hardcover books
19388318New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good. Minor shelf/edge wear spine label missing owner plate at front pastedown else tight bright and unmarred. Beige buckram boards leather label gilt lettering frontispiece. 8vo. xx 248pp 2. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 330 of 950. <br/><br/>"Those who hunt after the fashion of a philosopher seeking to live for a while as a child of nature will be blessed by the wind and the sun and will know a great peace nothing can upset or disturb." R. G. Montgomery Noted flaw notwithstanding a very presentable copy. The Derrydale 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
193860056New York: Derrydale Press 1938. First edition 1/950 copies. 8vo. 14 248 pp. Plates. Siegl 132. Biscotti p. 300: "Fictionalized account of hunting in the Rockies for mule deer cougar etc." Gee "Sportsman's Library" p. 78. Wegner p. 191. Very good. Tan cloth spine faded leather labels on upper board and spine. 7398. <br/><br/> Derrydale Press hardcover books
183921764London: Whittaker & Co. 1839. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Montgomery Martin issued this small format edition of his "History" in the 1830s - by the 1850s he collaborated with John Tallis and his history series of Australasia and the British colonies were accompanied by John Tallis' handsome maps with vignette views. With the bookplate of Charles R. J. Glover 1870-1936 who was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1917 to 1919. Ferguson 2801. Enlarged from the London 1836 edition in some areas . Lg.12mo vii 1 416pp 2 folding colour maps New South Wales & Van Diemens Land & frontispiece Sydney. Original purple blind & gilt stamped cloth spine and board edges faded . Light foxing of tissue paper at fronticepiece. <br/><br/> Whittaker & Co. hardcover books
1896TB31842Danbury Conn.: Burr Printing House and Danbury Relief Society 1896. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 6 3/4 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The first 15 pages has minor chips to the margin of the lower edges of the pages. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 583 pages including an index chronology and text. Illustrated from facsimiles of historical documents and images from black and white photographs. There is a significant section of the text devoted to the British raid on Danbury which occurred in April of 1777 during the American Revolution. Burr Printing House and Danbury Relief Society hardcover books
1896TB31322Danbury Conn.: Danbury Relief Society 1896. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 6 3/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a former owner's name pasted on a strip of paper on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 583 pages including an index chronology and text. Illustrated from facsimiles of historical documents and images from black and white photographs. There is a significant section of the text devoted to the British raid on Danbury which occured in April of 1777 during the American Revolution. Danbury Relief Society hardcover books
