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1935144630New York: Horace Liveright 1935. Fifteenth printing published in 1935. In the uncommon dust jacket.<br/><br/>An important book originally published in 1930 from the underside of the Jazz Age and anticipating the socialist and labor-oriented fiction of the Depression. Gold whose real name was Irwin Granich also wrote for the radical magazine "The Liberator." <br/><br/>Small contemporary owner name dated 1938 on the half title page else Near Fine in a Good to Very Good and very bright dust jacket with separation along the front flap fold and a few triangular chips to the top edge see images with listing. Horace Liveright unknown books
1905019291Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company 1905. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 379 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately shelfworn and discolored with minor sunning to the spine and is overall somewhat dulled. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. Contains six illustrations and facsimiles. Separate Publication from "Early Western Travels: 1746 - 1846" in which this work appeared as Volume XVIII as one of 713 copies published as sets. This copy is one of 459 separates. . Arthur H. Clark Company Hardcover books
1688WRCLIT56757London: Impensis B. Griffin & Sam keble 1688. 82pp. Small quarto. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Small loss at blank corner of title at gutter else very good and crisp. First London printing of this work by the Bishop of Winchester first printed in Strasburg in 1557. Lowndes alludes to this printing but describes it as a translation into English which of course it is not. WING P2804A. ESTC R10516. Impensis B. Griffin & Sam keble unknown books
1719LV2044Lugduni Batavorum Leiden Netherlands:: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1719. 1719. 8vo. xl 748 118 pp. Engraved half title plate by F. Bleyswyk Bleyswyck red and black title with printer’s device woodcut decorative initials and tailpieces index; occasional light foxing. Original gilt and blind-stamped full calf five raised bands with gilt-stamped maroon spine piece; worn joints cracked but reinforced with painted Kozo paper. Ownership blind emboss stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Binding worn internally very good. This Compendium of Roman History by Velleius is an early edition of Dutch classical scholar Pieter Burman the elder. His history written in a rhetorical style covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to the death of Livia in 29 A.D. and most useful for the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the death of Augustus in 14 A.D. Bryan Michael. Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Volume 1. G. Bell 1903. p. 145. "Velleius Paterculus’ short work is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins to his own times. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives in more than meagre fragments Velleius’ work is uniquely important. It is a critical counter to the later accounts of Tacitus Suetonius and Cassius Dio not simply because it offers a different view of Tiberius but because Velleius saw continuity where later authors saw only radical change which destroyed the Republic and put monarchy in its place. For other reasons too Velleius occupies a unique position in Roman historiography." – See: Eleanor Cowan ed. Velleius Paterculus: Making History Classical Press of Wales 2011. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1719. hardcover books
1905JR1018-049Cleveland OH: The Arthur H. Clark Company 1905. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None. SEPARATE EDITIONS of 336 and 324 copies respectively printed at the Lakeside Press Chicago; title pages state that these volumes are separate publications from the Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Series Vols. XIX and XX. Two Volumes. Large 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 349 1 ads; 356 10 ads pp. 16 illustrations on plates including 1 map 1 folding map 1 figure glossary; text clean unmarked. Burgundy cloth gilt spines top edge gilt; binding square and tight inner hinges cracked but holding firm shelf wear rubbed. Very Good. Reprints 3 of the most important and rarest contemporary publications about Western travel. The 3 volumes anthologized in these 2 volumes are: George W. Ogden's Ogden's Letters from the West 1821-1823 first published in New Bedford in 1823; William Bullock's fl. 1808-1828 Sketch of a Journey through the Western States London 1827; and Josiah Gregg's 1806-1850 Commerce of the Prairies New York 1844. REFERENCE: Clark & Brunet Arthur H. Clark Company No. 282. The Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
1973S9238Ottawa:: Royal Society of Canada 1973. 1973. Tall 8vo. xiii 403 pp. Figs. refs. index. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine title; sine sun-faded corners bumped. Ink stamps of Stanley L. Miller on all three edges. Scarce. Very good. Royal Society of Canada, 1973. hardcover books
176626741Paris: La Compagnie des Libraires Associés 1766. Octavo. 1f. title 3 preface 4 named cast list 5-34 pp. With decorative woodcut head- and tailpieces to pp. 5 and 33.<br/><br/>Disbound. Very light foxing and mottled browning title and p. 34. Rare. Not in Sonneck. Worldcat 3 copies only at Cornell Southern Methodist University and the National Library of Australia. This edition contains the one-page preface which appeared in the 1765 edition published by Duchesne.<br/><br/>Le petit-maître was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris on October 7 1865. "The opera which exposed the morals of 18th-century society was performed 12 times in the first month and was praised by the Mercure de France for being in the French taste." Barry S. Brook et. al. in Grove Music Online. La Compagnie des Libraires Associés unknown books
173048567London: Printed for J. Peele at Locke's Head in Pater-Noster-Row 1730. 1st printing. Disbound with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning a VG copy. 35 1 blank pp. Signed at end: "R. M." Headpiece & decorative initial capital letter p. 3. Headpiece p. 34. 8vo signed in 4s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-Noster-Row unknown books
188228712California 1882. 62 2 blank pp. Original printed wrappers lightly dustsoiled stitched. Rubberstamp at head of front wrap: "McKee J. Filed Feb. 25 1882." Text clean. Very Good. <br/> offered with NO. 8072. . POINTS AND AUTHORITIES FOR APPELLANT. MASTICK BELCHER & MASTICK ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT. 41 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers lightly dustsoiled stitched. Ink correction on front wrapper changing "Appellant" to "Respondent." A few question marks in ink written in margins. Very Good. <br/> offered with NO. 8072. . RESPONDENT'S REPLY TO APPELLANT'S BRIEF. ESTEE & BOALT AND RAMON E. WILSON ATTORNEYS FOR RESPONDENT. 23 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers lightly dustsoiled stitched. Light creasing of a few later leaves. Very Good. <br/> offered with NO. 8072. . RESPONDENT'S POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. ESTEE & BOALT AND RAMON E. WILSON ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT. 42pp. Original printed wrappers lightly dustsoiled stitched. Text clean. Very Good. <br/><br/> The complaint charged that the plaintiff and defendant were owners of adjoining gold quartz mines near Plymouth California in Amador County the birthplace of the California Gold Rush; and that Defendant Empire had unlawfully entered Plaintiff Pacific Gold Mining Company's mine and taken ores of the value of $250000. Plaintiff brought suit in the Superior Court of Amador County for compensation. unknown books
1924300696<p>Tall octavo. Over 500 b/w illustrations. 172 pages original stiff color pictorial wrappers small chip lower right corner; small nibble to bottom edge of several pages. Good. Includes: flatware scent bottles watches jewelry fountain pens leather goods stationery silver belt buckles cuff links bookends.</p> Daniel Low & Company, Inc. paperback books
193030480London: Noel Douglas. 1930. 1st UK edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good with a trace of wear to sunned spine ends in very good dust jacket with small chips and tears at spine ends and spine folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pp . Noel Douglas hardcover books
1857WRCLIT18302New York & London: Samuel French & Son 1857. 36pp. Printed orange wrappers. Near fine. First edition of this playlet based on Delano's own experiences in the diggings in 1850. Ascribing priority of printings to French plays is usually tentative at best; however this copy bears an advertisement for the play version of TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM as a new publication so it seems certain that this is at least a very early printing if not the first. EBERSTADT 134:123. Samuel French & Son unknown books
16843938Amsterdam: Apud Henricum Wetstenium 1684. 2 parts in 1. 4852595;11218pp. Indices at end of each part. Added engraved title. Title-page printed in red & black. Cont. speckled calf some rubbing small chip at head of spine & label lacking but quite sound. Apud Henricum Wetstenium unknown books
199166405New York: HarperCollins 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. This autobiography by the creative force of the Beach Boys follows Wilson's quick rise to worldwide fame his descent into drug-assisted psychosis and his subsequent yet shaky recovery. Signed by Wilson on the half-title. Octavo. Light bump to the bottom corner of the rear board; else near fine in a clean and bright dust jacket. HarperCollins hardcover books
197463448London:: Octagon Press. Very Good. 1974. Hardcover. 0900860189 . Two volumes bound as one. Translated from the Persian into English prose with critical and explanatory remarks with an introductory preface with a note on Sufism and with a life of the author by H. Wilberforce Clarke. First impression thus. Thick quarto in blue leatherette binding with gilt lettering and design. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a good patch of white paint on back side minor edge wear slipcase. ; 1011 pages . Octagon Press, hardcover books
18542657London: Saunders and Otley 1854. First edition. First edition. Octavo. Original blue embossed cloth with gilt design on cover. A very scarce book cited in Quarterly Review: "The book called 'Morbiida'- and which needs no second title- is the production of one who has evidently received his inspiration at second hand. Unable to elaborate it for himself he freely dilutes some of the finest of English poetry." And then in the Eclectic Review "It is sickly and feeble. The author has evidently mistaken his vocation. He might make as times go a creditable man in various professions but Nature in endowing him with a polished mediocrity evidently intended him for anything rather than a poet.". 168 pages. <br/><br/> Saunders and Otley hardcover books
1932WRCLIT73415New York: Vandamm Studio 1932. Original 10 x 8" double weight sepia toned portrait photograph. Vandamm studio stamp and identifying text on verso small Vandamm blindstamp in lower right corner. Fine. A superb meditative character portrait of Judith Anderson in the role of Lavinia Mannon in the Theatre Guild revival of O'Neill's play staged by Philip Moeller which ran for 16 performances in May 1932 at the Alvin Theatre. The Vandamm Studio were the Broadway photographers of record for nearly four decades. While it is not possible to absolutely credit this photo to Florence she specialized in the character portraits while Tommy covered the photographs of staged productions. Vandamm Studio unknown books
186034567New York: H. De Marsan Publisher. 38 & 60 Chatam Street 1860. Ca 1860. Not in Wolf nor recorded on OCLC. VG light wear & age toning. Single sheet printed recto only. 3 verses each of 8 lines. No music. Hand-colored wood-engraved "The Fountain" decorative border. Just inside lower right border signed "Sparks". 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> H. De Marsan, Publisher. 38 & 60 Chatam Street unknown books
310997-3/4" x 5-3/8" 200 x 137 mm. <br/><br/>Worn and somewhat silvered; some cracking to upper and outer margins; laid down to card stock. Gudenian was "one of the most original. virtuosos of the violin of the first half of the 20th century. His works include a rich variety of popular songs dances religious melodies and poetic pieces. for violin with accompaniment of piano or Oriental instruments." Viquipèdia. unknown books
185246494Vassalboro Maine 1852. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Fold lines. Age-toning along some exterior folds. Red sealing wax remnants. Penciled "Grandma Keith" above address. Very Good. Biofolium of blue paper with 2-1/3 pages of manuscript writing containing 2 letters 53 8 lines ~660 100 words respectively. One panel hand addressed to South Braintree Mass with stamped No. Vassalboro ME postmark Mar 15 & "Paid 3" circular stamp. Unfolded: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Folded: 3" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Ms Keith begins as most mothers do. relating her regrets for not writing sooner followed by health news of divers relations. Page 2 starts with the news that "There is a great many men in this region gone to California it is thought Maine must suffer a good deal in consequence of so many of her Citizens going to that Country the loss of the men is not all the State is injured by having so much money carried out of it. Since the sufferings of those gone there have been made known & likewise how small the chance of making money enough to fetch them back even many who were calculating to go have given it up at least for the present." The second letter by Keith to affirm to Miss Marcy that she wishes good relations between the two of them expressing appreciation of the "complimentary manner in which you mentioned my son." An intimate look at the allure of California's the 1850s myth tempered with the reality relayed back by some of those who succumbed. unknown books
18756056031875. "Faithfully yr friend Joaquin Miller Nov. 2 1875" in black ink on small leaf 4 7/8" x 2 1/2". Very good old tape in top margin from previous mounting. Together with a vintage sepia photograph. 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1750002388Venezia: Giammaria Lazaroni e Domenico Tabacco 1750. Pebbled Half Cloth Faux Leather over Paper Pastedown on Boards. Good Minus. 8vo. 20 568 pp. With fifteen woodcut plates with frontis one for each canto of the Aenied and one for the Bucolica and Georgica respectively. Some soiling throughout. All leaves of the Bucolica and a few of the Georgica have severe wormholing in the lower corner with only trivial touching of text. A few other leaves have corners overtrimmed or with loss. Still an uncommon edition with only three copies located on OCLC. <br /><br /> Giammaria Lazaroni, e Domenico Tabacco hardcover books
1906134811Cleveland OH: Arthur H. Clark Company 1906. Hardcover. good ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamp on half title title page and facsimile title. front hinge loose. wear to exterior including fraying to cloth at spine ends. Burgundy library buckram. 311 pp advertisements. Reprint of Palmer's Journal of Travels 1847 with new preface. Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
179865755Philadelphia: Printed at the Aurora Office 1798. First edition issue with the type ornament at the foot of p. 12. 8vo. 4 12 pp. Sabin 97270: "Probably written by William Duane . in the prefatory remarks the sentiments of the ‘Editor' are given throughout in the third person and as Duane was associated with Bache on the ‘Aurora' either of them might be the author." Evans 33648. Disbound pamphlet. Very good unopened copy. <br/><br/> Printed at the Aurora Office unknown books
188768676San Francisco: The History Company Publicadores 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Scarce Spanish language schoolbook with lessons modeled after those in early American primers. Bancroft 1832-1918 is best known for his monumental 39-volume history of the Pacific Coast region from Central America to Alaska. Numerous textual illustrations. Small octavo. Original printed brown paper-covered boards. Pencil marginalia to a few pages. Period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf with a pencil inscription to the front pastedown. The corners are showing with some general shelfwer and minor spotting to the boards. The History Company, Publicadores hardcover books