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245610London: G. Bqalne. Hard Cover. Good binding. Previous owner name; no pencil or ink markings in text; one-half leather and marbled boards; binding is cocked; light to moderate edgewear to extremities; digital images can be made available upon request. Good binding. G. Bqalne unknown books
245611London: G. Balne. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Previous owner name; no pencil or ink markings in text; light scattered foxing in text and on endpapers; one-half leather and marbled boards; light edgewear to extremities; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. G. Balne unknown books
197118176New York: Random House 1971. First edition 8vo. fine in like jacket. <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
186740706London: T. Cautley Newy 1867. 324 pp. Sepia toned lithos. <br /><br />Narrative of a Journal of a Yachting Expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands and a pedestrian tour in a new district of New Zealand bush. Scarce yachting narrative. Not in Toy. "A slight account of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners is found at pp. 73-95." - Hocken p. 250. Fergusson 12963. Bagnall 3578. Worldcat shows only six libraries holding copies - none in the US. Bound in publisher's blindstamped cloth. T. Cautley Newy hardcover books
1954151131New York 1954. hardcover. very good-/very good-. 188 pages 8vo cloth d.w. spine faded page edges slightly ruffled. New York: 1954. Very good-.<br/><br/> Inscribed on the flyleaf: "Salut! Michael Gold."<br/><br/> unknown books
1954233331New York: International Publishers 1954. Hardcover. 188p. inscribed and signed by Gold "To Katie Johnson. 'In our time!' Mike Gold" previous owners stamp on front and rear blank end papers else very good condition in good dj with an abrasion and small holes in the rear dj panel. International Publishers hardcover books
1954176335New York: International Publishers 1954. Hardcover. 188p. glue remnants on front bland end paper else very good condition in a poor shelf worn and chipped dj with rear panel heavily abraded. International Publishers hardcover books
1954153716New York: International Publishers 1954. Hardcover. 188p. very good condition in a shelf worn and price-clipped dj. International Publishers hardcover books
6549Fine woodcut vignette on title see below. 32 pp. Small 4to early 20th-cent. calf double gilt fillet round sides a.e.g. London: P. Short 1600. First edition and of the greatest rarity this is the first of three issues as described by ESTC which locates only two copies of all the issues in North America. "Sir Hugh Platt 1552-1608 held by Richard Weston to be 'the most ingenious husbandman of the age he lived in'.was admitted at Lincoln's Inn. Much of his life was devoted to literary work and to the study of husbandry and gardening. He was also interested in all kinds of inventions and experiments.In 1600 appeared Platt's New and admirable arte of setting of corne a treatise in which this author advocates growing corn by setting the seed at regular distances apart the usual method of sowing corn at that time being by broadcast. On the title-page of this small quarto volume is a woodcut of a growing plant of corn over which is a spade lying in a scroll bearing the words 'Adam's toole revived'."-Henrey I p. 155 & no. 301. The book is divided into eight chapters and is signed by Plat at end. Fine copy. Natural marginal paper flaw to D2 carefully repaired. ❧ ESTC S122434. Fussell I p. 15-"Deals with the then new idea of setting corn seed at equal distances apart both in the row and between the rows so that seed might be conserved and the crop enhanced." McDonald Agricultural Writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young 1200-1800 p. 58. unknown books
185128441New York: Nagel & Weingaertner 1851. Hand-coloured lithograph after Hanson titled below the image. Expert restoration closing tears into the image. The first America's Cup: a scarce hand coloured lithographed view of the winning yacht which gave its name to the cup.<br/> <br/>In 1851 the Royal Yacht Squadron proposed a race around the Isle of Wight. A group of New York Yacht Club members led by Commodore John Cox Stevens built a yacht designed to compete in such races. Designed by Steers and Co. and captained by Richard Brown the yacht America would win the race by eighteen minutes giving its name to one of the oldest and best-known trophies of the sport: the America's Cup. This lithograph and lithographer are unrecorded by Harry T. Peters; we find no other extant examples of this rare print.<br/> <br/>On Nagel and Weingaertner see Peters America on Stone pp. 291-294. Nagel & Weingaertner unknown books
1957303021957. GOLD Herbert. "The Not Nice Guy." In Playboy magazine May 1957. Near fine minor wear. $45.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1955145951New York: Crown Publishers 1955. Octavo cloth. First edition. Twelve stories with Gold's working notes and analysis of each. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-450. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 701. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faded spine panel and light spill over on spine and top edges of front panel. A nice copy overall. #145951 Crown Publishers unknown books
181719934New York: W.B. Gilley 1817. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 13 cm 180 pp. Contemporary marbled boards; spine recovered in black cloth tape. Some peeling to marbled paper one crack at center of binding where signature is partly sprung otherwise sound and clean. On oft-reprinted moral tale for children the "ornaments" are good manners and a well-regulated mind first published in London in 1815 by William Darnton Jr. This edition is scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker; 41095. W.B. Gilley hardcover 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
198815103Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining highlighting or notes. <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press paperback books
1954WRCLIT67490Cleveland & New York: World 1954. Gilt decorated cloth. First edition second book. Inscribed "for Peggy from her colleague Herb." Fine in spine sunned lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a few short edge tears. World hardcover books
195469162Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. Very Good-. 1954. Hardcover. First Edition. 266 pages maroon cloth with black and gilt stamping. The endpages are slightly toned- otherwise about Very Good in an edge-chipped dust jacket. . The World Publishing Company hardcover books
195468119Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company. Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. First Edition. 266 pages red cloth with black and gilt stamping. Inscribed by Gold on the half title page Very Good in an edge-chipped dust jacket. . World Publishing Company hardcover books
1954138012Cleveland: The World Publishing Co 1954. 266p. very good first edition stated in original gilt-decorated cloth and unclipped dj with a faint color-fade to spine and a tiny chip to rear panel. Lengthy personal inscription signed by Gold and date-lined year of publication in Port-au-Prince Haiti where he was at work on his next novel. Main character Harry Bowers allows a black woman to rent a room in his Cleveland motel and is hounded by whites. The World Publishing Co unknown books
195439470Cleveland: World 1954. First Edition. 8vo pp. 266. A VG tight copy; no dj. A novel. World unknown books
6509Title within typographical border shaved at foot. 2 p.l. 14 pp. one blank leaf. Small 4to attractive antique panelled calf some shaving to bottom line or catchwords on several pages spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by J.C. 1651. First edition. "The Reformed Husbandman.is sometimes attributed to Speed although it was probably written by Cressy Dymock.It is a pamphlet of some 16 pages and full of moral reflections a melodious exhortation to industry."-Fussell I p. 45. "The most visible impact of Hartlib's circle lay in the numerous pamphlets that he published.They comprised letters and treatises solicited or received from individuals in his circle upon a particular subject which had then been circulated for additional comments the results edited and then launched upon the public often without the express consent of the original author anticipating utility and inviting comment and amendment.His treatises spread a solvent of new ideas in a variety of contexts but they were particularly successful in husbandry. He publicized the advantages of planting new leguminous crops experimenting with fertilizers and manures and using seed drills and new ploughs and advocated the possibilities of apiculture rabbit farming fruit-tree propagation and silk cultivation in Virginia. His network included a group of innovative farmers willing to experiment. But his pamphlets should also be read as ideas models or patterns as to how the processes of reformation would occur. "-ODNB. Very good copy. Small rust-hole on one leaf. unknown books
1988126530New York: Universe Books 1988. Oversized Paperback. 160p. 8.5x11 inches essays illustrated with b&w and color art and photographs lightly-worn first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Catalog for the exhibit: Unknown secrets art and the Rosenberg era. Universe Books paperback books
2016160042Berlin: Sternberg Press 2016. Softcover. VG. Fluorescent green and illus. wraps with intentionally glued spine; 18 text pp. plus many illustrated pages. Issued in conjunction with a 2015 exhibition of installation art by German contemporary artist Olaf Holzapfel b. 1967 and Israeli sculptor Nahum Tevet b. 1946. With an essay by Galia Bar Or and many views from the exhibition. Rare. Sternberg Press paperback books
173848531London: Printed and sold by J. Huggonson in Chancer - lane 1738. The Second Edition. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Faint evidence of damping in pamphlet's lower margin otherwise VG. 2 29 1 blank pp. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 8vo in 4s. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> Printed and sold by J. Huggonson, in Chancer - lane unknown books
16933937London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. Folio 12-3/4" x 8-3/4". 2 parts in 1 each with a title-page. Each of the satires is preceded by its own half-title and followed by explanatory notes. Orig. speckled calf worn rebacked orig. brown morocco spine label laid back down. Repair to the fore-margin of the title affecting the ruled border and one letter. Tiny bookplate on front pastedown. The first edition of the John Dryden 1631-1700 translation. Wing J1288. Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
