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1829246398London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished brown calf with single gilt fillet borders spine gilt with urns t.e.g. by Morrell successors to Hayday. Cruikshank George. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Interesting note from binders. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
1829314145London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition with ads at end. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 2 ads pp. Printed by Anne Maurice Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full mottled brown calf gilt spine a.e.g. with original printed wrappers bound in by Bayntun Binders Bath. Myer & Co booklabel. Fine. Cruikshank George. First edition with ads at end. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 2 ads pp. Printed by Anne Maurice Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
1930260715New York: Derrydale Press. Printed at The Harbor Press with typography by John S. Fass 1930. No. 258 of 490 copies. Hand-colored Illustrations from engravings after the designs of George Cruikshank. 33 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 12mo. White parchment spine over peach colored boards spine and cover labels unopened. Fine. Half crimson morocco dropbox with leather label on upper cover. Cruikshank George. No. 258 of 490 copies. Hand-colored Illustrations from engravings after the designs of George Cruikshank. 33 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 12mo. "A truly delightful little book." Frazier. Siegel 36; Frazier H-19-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Derrydale Press. Printed at The Harbor Press with typography by John S. Fass unknown books
1829021033Londn: Charles Tilt 1829. First Edition. 12moin 6s. 29pp. illustrated with six full page wood engraved plates after George Cruikshank by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams. Bound in 3/4 tan polished calf two raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated red morocco spine lablel gilt top edge gilt gray endpapers. A poem by Thomas Hood who was a poet humorist and wrote for several magazines including Punch. A very nice copy. Charles Tilt unknown books
1927245698Washington DC: npub 1927. pp 221-244 stapled wraps 7 x 10 inches lightly worn ex-library with ownership stamp on rear wrap and pencil notation on front wrap else good condition. Peteet and Hood were both employed by the National Council of Farmer's Cooperative Marketing Associations. Peteet is best known for defending fellow farming cooperative organizer Aaron Sapiro against anti-Semitic attacks by Henry Ford's Dearborn Independentt following Sapiro's libel lawsuit against the paper. This issue consists of articles presented at the recent sessions of the American Institute of Cooperation. npub unknown books
1927245696Washington DC: npub 1927. pp 197-220 stapled wraps 7 x 10 inches evenly toned lightly worn ex-library with ownership stamp on rear wrap and pencil notation on front wrap else good condition. Peteet and Hood were both employed by the National Council of Farmer's Cooperative Marketing Associations. Peteet is best known for defending fellow farming cooperative organizer Aaron Sapiro against anti-Semitic attacks by Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent following Sapiro's libel lawsuit against the paper. npub unknown books
1927245694Washington DC: npub 1927. pp 33-64 stapled wraps 7 x 10 inches evenly toned lightly worn ex-library with ownership stamp on rear wrap and pencil notations and "Sample Copy" stamp on front wrap else good condition. Peteet and Hood were both employed by the National Council of Farmer's Cooperative Marketing Associations. Peteet is best known for defending fellow farming cooperative organizer Aaron Sapiro against anti-Semitic attacks by Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent following Sapiro's libel lawsuit against the paper. npub unknown books
1982161961New York: William Morrow and Company 1982. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. The author's first SF book and the first book of a projected trilogy. Aliens come to earth in the thirteenth century and change human history. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #161961 William Morrow and Company unknown books
1982237190New York: Morrow 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Morrow hardcover books
1982108651New York: William Morrow and Company 1982. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. The author's first SF book and the first book of a projected trilogy. Aliens come to earth in the thirteenth century and change human history. Top edge of text block dusty a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with 12 mm closed tear at top edge of rear panel which is also just a bit tanned at top edge. #108651 William Morrow and Company unknown books
1842239544London: Henry Colburn 1842. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Jo Leech. Previous owner's name written on ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red embossed cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations. Light to moderate edge wear to extremities. Archival repair to top of spine. Rear hinge re-inforced. Text block edges are gilded. Very Good binding. Henry Colburn unknown books
18769021198London: Chatto & Windus 1876. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in half leather and marbled boards. Gilt ruled covers. Five raised bands gilt stamped & decorated on the spine. Top edge gilt. Silk placement ribbon bound in at the head. Edges and extremities are rubbed. All pages tight and bright few with for-edge chipping. Frontis portrait and over 200 illustrations throughout <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19774278Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press 1977. 1977. First edition thus. Small 4to. Editor's introduction and notes. 8 color autolithographic plates and over 30 b/w text illustrations and vignettes by David Gentleman. Original 1/2 green cloth over gray floral patterned boards silver stamped spine. Fine. Original publisher's green board slipcase stamped in silver on the spine. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 437 of 1600 numbered copies printed under the direction of Harry Myers at the University Press and signed by David Gentleman on the limitation page. Signed by Illustrators. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1977. hardcover books
194081581Hollywood: The Theatre Arts Committee and the Hollywood League for Democratic Action 1940. 52p. wraps slightly soiled else very good condition. Anti-war piece done during the Hitler-Stalin pact. The Theatre Arts Committee and the Hollywood League for Democratic Action unknown books
1931009726U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii Guam Philippines China Hong Kong Japan Borneo Siam Singapore Java Ceylon etc. 1931. Album. Very good. This archive consists of an 8" x 14" 300-page scrapbook filled with articles clippings photographs cartoons newsletters assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a daily journal. The archive also includes more than 100 loose photographs and another 20 loose documents letters certificates and membership cards as well as five 90-minute cassette tapes in which Hood provides an oral history of his naval service. Everything is in nice shape. The scrapbook includes a promotion to "Student Petty Officer First Class" an Independence Day dinner menu a machinist's mate's test a duty roster pages of printed and manuscript naval related poems and photographs of facilities and ships at Hampton Roads and the railroad trip that took him to California and eventual service on the U.S.S. Pittsburgh. The remainder of the album includes mementos of his service on the ship including an invitation to a reception Governor of the Philippines Dwight F. Davis and a program published by the ship describing his retirement cruise naval related clippings and cartoons about life in Asia business cards cafes bars tea houses advertisements dance hall cabaret eating houses a label for Asahi Beer an advertising handbill for a ship's party an initiation ‘subpoena' from Neptunus Rex a Singapore hotel brochure and theater ticket a colorful multipage timetable for the Royal Dutch Indian Airways and much more.<br/>Hood's well-written three-year diary begins with his departure from Norfolk on a five-day train trip to California where he and 5000 other sailors boarded an old transport ship for duty in the Pacific. In addition to commentary about daily ship-board life and duty as machinist's mate it includes many other lively observations events and happenings during his time on-board. Some excerpts include: "Battle manouvers . . . chasing torpedoes. . . Speed speed speed all the time. . . Thirty one knots and no smoke. Dropped a depth bomb and then . . . picked up dead fish . . . for dinner. . . Had target practice . . . fired the torpedoes and raised Hell. . . We put out 14 shells on the #4 gun 82 on #3 all star shells and 32 small star shells on #5 anti aircraft gun. Fired a torpedo also. Pretty sight. Star shells breaking over the target and four ships all firing at once. . . And oh! What a surprise I was appointed to mess cooking . . . three months of washing dishes and peeling spuds." Subsequently for days Hood "peeled spuds . . . spuds and onions . . . more spuds . . . and more onions. . . Lost a man overboard . . . never found. Sharks got him I guess." On another " In February Hood "Got a ‘shot' . . . Every body is getting them some kind of preparation for the Southern cruise. . . Going to the fights tonight. . A typhoon is just ahead of us. . . Got woke up about 3:30 this morning drenched to the hide. The hatch was open and we shipped about 50 gallons of ocean not so hot. . . Kobe all kinds of Japanese merchants aboard selling souvenirs. . . Walked around all day. . . I like it very much. The people are polite and clean and they will do anything for an American gob. . . Proceeded up the Yangtze River . . . very pretty scenery coming up the river and there are English Japanese and Chinese men-o-war here in Yanking. . . . Well I can say I've been ashore in Shanghai and Tsing-Tao. . . Made the rounds of the cabarets and did some dancing. Also drank a few. . . Went to the ‘Marine's Café'. . . Lots of Russians here. . . Made the cabarets again. Very pretty. The girls all in native costume. . . The Exec says no more liberty until further notice as a couple of fellows made an ass of themselves in Chefoo . . . Underway at daylight for . . . Hainan just off the French-Indo-China coast to protect the American interests and missionaries. During the 1920s-1930s Hainan was a hotbed of early Communist Chinese activity. This place is held by the rebel army now and the Nationalist are trying to take it over. Some excitement perhaps. . . The battle of Haihow was fought today and the town was taken over by the Nationalists. Very few killed. Not a shot fired in the town." There over 100 loose photos showing shipmates casual and posed images in various uniforms; including a Filipino mess steward and laundryman recreation soccer team and race-boat equator ceremony with Davy Jones Neptunus Rex etc. the bridge running torpedoes an officer's gig and bum boats. About 45 show sailors on liberty in the Bali Borneo Ceylon China French Indo-China Java Philippines Singapore Sumatra Thailand Villafranca Naples and Pompeii. Documents within the archive include Hood's Birth Certificate his 1927 Discharge a Statement of Service from 1938 a post-WWII certificate recognizing his service in the Office of Scientific Research and Development a post-WWII discharge certificate as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts National Guard and a 1992 Certification of Military Service. The ephemera includes membership cards in the Ancient Order of the Deep and Domain of Neptunus Rex a coupon for the Osaka Bazar a drink/dance ticket for the Japanese Bar Tokyo advertisements for a tailor in Shanghai and a silk and curio dealer in Colombo an invitation for a dance aboard the U.S.S. Macleish a Luncheon menu for the Adelphi Hotel in Shanghai and a U.S.S. Pittsburg "Happy Hour" program in honor of Governor Davis. One of the best between-the-wars U.S. Navy scrapbooks we have handled with a desirable accompanying oral history. unknown books
1981UPARTEN00CGMThomas Nelson 1981. Very Good. Parker Barry. Tennesseans: A People and Their Land. Alexander Lamar; Hood Robin. Nashville: Thomas Nelson 1981. 174pp. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Cloth. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good with lightly soiled bottom edges and slight bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with rubbing and bumping and a few short tears. Thomas Nelson hardcover books
19991607131U.S.A.: Reader's Digest Young Families 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition as stated on copyright page with numbers 10-1. Fine book light wear. U.S.A.: Reader's Digest Young Families hardcover books
198329586Glasgow: Collins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0004356756 . Color photographs throughout by Douglas Corrance et al. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Collins hardcover books
1857808841857. HOOD P. THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER: ALSO OBSERVATIONS ON THE PATHOLOGY & TREATMENT OF CROWING INSPIRATION IN INFANTS. London: John Churchill 1857. iv 2 200 pp. 2 pp. publisher's catalogue. Ex-library with usual markings. Fair to good backstrip detached chipped laid in. Slight thumbing to a few pages. A few pages have been roughly opened at the fore-edge. Text complete. Indexed. unknown books
1986162085New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Hood's second novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy. W.W. Norton & Company unknown books
1987915148NY: Bantam. 1987. Her first novel published as a trade paperback original. Mild age toning to pages; else fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Bantam paperback books
2015171167Kanona NY: FootHills Publishing 2015. First edition. Softcover. 34 pages. A collection of poems from this former poet laureate of Pensacola Florida. A fine copy in stapled wrappers with ribbon. Signed and inscribed by Hood to poet Marie Ponsot on the title page in the year of publication. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. FootHills Publishing unknown books
19781329220Oberon Press 1978. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; Ex-library; DJ spine grey and black with tan print; DJ has slight tears at spine ends and flap corners but is clean and bright; Boards in black cloth with gold print slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has slight stain on top edge tanning to endpapers library stamps on front flyleaf and title page verso clean text; 232 pages. 1329220. FP New Rockville Stock. Oberon Press hardcover books
197030806Los Angeles: Univ. California 1970. First edition. Paper wrappers. Chip to rear wrapper else a very good clean unmarked copy. 210 pp. Illus. with 2 folding scores 1 laid in loose 2 folding charts 1 laid in loose; one b/w photo additional charts and scores. Sm. 4to. Includes: An historical and comparative approach to the classification of ragas; rGya-gLing Hymns of the Karma-Kagyu. The Rhythmitonal Architecture of Some Tibetan Instrumental Airs; Analysis and Notation of West African Drum EnsembleMusic; The Effect of Medieval Technology on Musical Style in the Orient; Toward a Unitary Field Theory for Musicology. Univ. California unknown books
19485486London: Grey Walls Press 1948. 1st edition illustrated boards w/illustrated dj. A long introduction by Clifford Dyment who also made the selections for the contents which include both the poet's humorous poetry and his serious work. Issued in the publisher's "Crown Classics" series. Fine condition. Grey Walls Press unknown books
