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1897313895Manchester: The Labour Press 1897. First edition. 192 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Hinges cracked some minor wear to board extremities scattered light foxing contemporary ownership signature to f.f.e.p. First edition. 192 pp. 8vo. An anthology of writings on "the changes going on in the social and industrial situation . the Land Question the questions of Trade-Unionism Co-operation Parliamentary Action Education Art Literature and the Status of Women together with the general positionsof Socialism and Anarchism have all been dealt with in some degree" preface. Contributors includ Alfred Russell Wallace Tom Mann H. Russell Smart William Morris H.S. Salt Enid Stacy Grant Allen Margaret McMillan Bernard Shaw and Edward Carpenter. The Labour Press unknown books
1897108143Manchester: The Labour Press Limited 1897. First edition. Hardcover. An anthology that includes contributions by: Tom Mann William Morris Enid Stacy Grant Allen Bernard Shaw and several others. An about near fine copy in decorated cloth binding with some bumping to the top corners and a little fraying to the spine crown but internally a clean copy. A very nice copy of this important and uncommon collection. The Labour Press Limited unknown books
1962266147Port Canaveral FL 1962. unbound. 3.5 x 6.5-inch First Day Cover commemorating "Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter 2nd American in Orbit" and the "Capsule - Aurora 7." Signed in full with a red pen by Carpenter and postmarked in Port Canaveral Florida on May 24 1962. The envelope features a bust portrait of Carpenter in his space suit beside a photo of the rocket along with a cancelled four-cent "Project Mercury U.S. Man in Space" stamp. Float mounted matted in white and set in a silver frame measuring 9 x 11.75 inches. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1990JC2899Minneapolis: Lerner Publications 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and inscribed to him by the authors on the FFEP. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an iconic American actor from Hollywoods Golden Era his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Lerner Publications hardcover books
29858WRIGHT MASON Grant Carpenter. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TO 1910 THE FIRST GOLD AGE. New York: Reinhold 1958. 4to. Cloth. x ii 228 pages. First edition. With a Foreward by Henry-Russell Hitchcock Mason discusses the formation of Wright's architecture through 1910. Spine and upper edge of front board sunn else very good. unknown books
19585106New York: Reinhold 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Very good in nicked dust wrapper. Wright Frank Lloyd. 228 pages 26 1/2 x 21 cm. Foreword by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Voluminously illustrated with photographs plans and drawings -- 280 in all. Bibliography. Index. FREITAG 10383. SWEENEY 1206. Reinhold hardcover books
1958005726New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation 1958. Fine in the original red cloth in a Near Fine dust jacket 1/8" paper loss at spine tips price in pencil of $10.00 front flap top corner. 228 pp. with numerous photographs and illustrations map end pages. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reinhold Publishing Corporation Hardcover books
2008115527Minneapolis Minnesota: Walker Art Center 2008. Softcover. VG. White illus. stapled wraps; 23 pp.; 12 color plates 4 duotone photos 1 color photo. Text in Spanish; Accompanied a 2008 exhibition; This is not the accompanying exhibition catalogue but rather a small museum guide to the exhibition; Includes 12 works with annotations as well as general information about the exhibition. Walker Art Center unknown books
1892316964London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. New York: Macmillan & Co 1892. First edition. Illus. 363pp. 8vo. Bound in modern polished three quarters green calf and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. Illus. 363pp. 8vo. Carpenter a gay icon was drawn to Hinduiasm andd tarveled to India nad Ceylon in 1890. His account of the travel was published herein The book's spiritual explorations would subsequently influence the Russian author Peter Ouspensky who discusses it extensively in his own book Tertium Organum 1912. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. New York: Macmillan & Co unknown books
188130762St. Louis 1881. First separate edition 8vo pp. 22; withdrawn stamp on title-p. otherwise very good in original drab printed wrappers. Inscribed "From the author Highland NY" at the top of the front wrapper. "Reprinted with the kind permission of Mr. Hinton Rowan Helper from his volume entitled "The Three Americas Railway" a collection of letters prize essays and other material advocating railway communication with South America" from the title-p. <br/><br/> unknown books
1985240793Paris: Ministere de la Culture 1985. paperback. very good. Galle Emil. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 302pp. Short & square 4to stiff pictorial boards. Paris: Ministere de la Culture / Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux 1985. Slightly edge-worn still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Catalog for an exhibition at the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris November 29 1985 - February 2 1986.<br/><br/> Ministere de la Culture unknown books
19401019978vo blue linen lettered in gilt Illustrated with black and white photographs 43 pp. Spine a bit yellowed edges a little rubbed slight aging; otherwise very good. This is a limited edition number 351 of 400 and is signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Carpenter 1877-1949 was born in Wiles-Barr Pennsylvania and would become prominent industrialist. As an executive for DuPont helped turn the company into a modern scientific company and diversify from gunpowder and explosives. He was also an avid hunter and big game hunter and a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. As a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences he went on many trips to Africa to collect big game animals for the museum's dioramas. This work is essentially a sequel to Game Trails from Alaska to Africa which was published a couple of years earlier. In this volume Carpenter gives details about hunting trips in 1939 and 1940 to Alaska and Idaho. This title contains some great black and white photographs including one of Carpenter with a Grizzly bear he shot. Article by Theodore J. Holsten Boone & Crockett Club. Privately Printed, books
193856453N.p.: Privately Printed 1938. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original blue cloth with brown gilt-lettered label on upper cover. Fine copy. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The author Ruly Carpenter was a gentleman sportsman from Wilmington and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. There is much on Wyoming including Chapters II IV & X as well as Alaska. Chapters include: I. Southeastern Alaska 1933; II. Expedition to Wyoming for Pronghorn Antelope and Wapiti for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1934; III. Southeastern Alaska Again 1935; IV. A Second Expedition Into Pronghorn Antelope Country 1935; V. Hunting the Mountain Lion in Arizona 1936; VI. Hunting in Kenya Colony East Africa 1936; VII. A Cruise to Andros Island 1937; VIII. Northern British Columbia. "The Cassiar" 1937; IX. Jaguar Hunting in Sinaloa Mexico 1938; X. Wyoming for Big Horn 1938. Biscotti p. 75; Czech Africa p. 56 Privately Printed unknown books
19381019968vo blue linen lettered in gilt Illustrated with black and white photographs 180 pp. Spine a bit yellowed light edge wear slight aging; otherwise very good.This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Carpenter 1877-1949 was born in Wiles-Barr Pennsylvania and would become prominent industrialist. As an executive for DuPont helped turn the company into a modern scientific company and diversify from gunpowder and explosives. He was also an avid hunter and big game hunter and a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. As a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences he went on many trips to Africa to collect big game animals for the museum's dioramas. Game Trails from Alaska to Africa covers Carpenter's hunting trips from 1933 to 1938. He discussion includes hunting Pronghorn in Wyoming Mountain Lion in Arizona and Jaguar in Mexico. He also provides considerable detail about the places he hunted. Article by Theodore J. Holsten Boone & Crockett Club. Privately Printed, books
1938Embry 118948Privately published 1938. First edition. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Board edges and spine darkened else fine. Light blue cloth with red title panel to front. No dust jacket. Privately published, 1938. First edition. hardcover books
194043180N.P.: n.p. 1940. blue-green cloth brown title panel on front cover. 8vo. blue-green cloth brown title panel on front cover. vi 43 pages. Limited to 400 numbered copies Heller 51. Illustrated. Sequal to Game Trails from Alaska to Africa. Only a touch of sunning to the spine else near fine. n.p. unknown books
2000260206Palm Springs: Uptown Pub 2000. Magazine. 68p. includes covers 8x10.5 inches news events articles ads services and resources very good LGBTQ magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Palm Springs LGBTQ magazine with cover story on Waters and a special on the AIDS Candlelight Vigil. Uptown Pub unknown books
1971109066San Francisco: Gay Sunshine 1971. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper illustrations poetry essays reviews news very good on newsprint. With the first part of an article on gays in prison gays and the antiwar movement and poetry by Barber Congdon Wieners and others. Gay Sunshine unknown books
19079593Springfield Il. 1907. First edition. 242pp. Illus. 20 ports maps views. facs. Original decorated cloth. One of 500 copies printed. Unknown to Howes Dornbusch Nicholson and Nevins. Chapters VII - IX deal with his life in the Civil War as a doctor with a Iowa Regiment. He saw the Battle of Prairie Grove in Arkansas surrender of Vicksburgh Shelby's raid repulsed and discusses Quantrill's Raid and the burning and massacre of Lawrence Kansas. He also reports on Pilot Knob released prisoners from Andersonville and his commissions from Lincoln. A rare and virtually unknown Civil War personal narrative. hardcover books
1987277558London: Unwin Hyman 1987. First. hardcover. very good-/very good-. With a few b/w photographic illustrations. 246 pages. 8vo black cloth d.w. wrapper and cloth chipped at foot of spine. London: Unwin Hyman 1987.<br/><br/> Unwin Hyman unknown books
198865603Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1988. First edition. 246 pp w/notes & index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
198758220London: Unwin Hyman 1987. First UK edition. x 246 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. London: Unwin Hyman unknown books
198819328Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1988. First edition. x 246 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a smudge to the front flap and some light tanning to spine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
1988700943Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
1988030009Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. 1st American Edition. x 246p. b/w illus. dj. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
