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193427532Savannah: Review Printing Company 1934. Hardcover. Very good. Number 202 of an unspecified edition signed by the author. Souvenir Edition First Book Printed on Newsprint Made From Georgia Pine Pulp. Boards lightly rubbed else a very good copy. <br/><br/> Review Printing Company hardcover books
193441286Savannah GA: Review Printing Co 1934. Oblong 4to. 43 pp. printed double-page Chinese style. Original cloth-backed printed boards; paper browned else very good. First edition "souvenir edition" #35 of an unspecified limited edition. An alphabet book of Georgia history told in rhyme it is the "first book printed on newsprint made from Georgia Pine Pulp; cover printed on paper made from Georgia cypress." OCLC locates 12 copies but only three outside Georgia Library of Congress Brown Virginia. <br/><br/> Review Printing Co hardcover books
1625D14119Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and William Turner. for Henry Cripps 1625. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full contemporary calf gilt-stamped lettering in second spine compartment 4 raised bands; two parts bound in one volume 8vo 185x142mm; pp. 14 274; 14 286; with separate title-page to second book 3 folding tables and numerous woodcut illustrations in text including mariner's compasses diagrams showing moon eclipses terrestrial spheres the solar system and more. Table at p. 229 appears to be a high-quality facsimile. Spine chipped and tips perished; some scuffing to boards. Light dampstaining to second book but overall internally nice and clean. <br/><br/>First edition of "the most important early geography written by an Englishman" Carpenter was the first to write on theoretical geography as distinuished from mathematical treatises on navigation or the repetition of narratives of travel. "The great merit of the treatise is Carpenter's blending of the solid part of the work of Aristotle and Ptolemy with that of the explorers and investigators of his own generation. He mentions the magnetical observation of Gilbert Wright Ridley and Norman and the cartographical improvements of Mercator and Wright" Rosenbach 19:110. California is mentioned as an island -- a fifth continent. "California heretofore supposed to be a parte of the Westerne Continent is since by a Spanish chart taken by the Hollanders found to be a great Iland" II:130. Printed by John Lichfield and William Turner... for Henry Cripps hardcover books
1987246452New York: Simon & Schuster 1987. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 304 pages 8vo purple cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster 1987. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Inscribed in red ink on the front free endpaper: "July 1987 To Joyce - who gets better all the time. With the affection of the author and appreciation for all she has done by having faith in budding authors - Liz Carpenter."<br/><br/> Simon & Schuster unknown books
1987166978New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 304 pages. A clean and tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some sunning to the spine. Signed and nicely inscribed by Carpenter on the front free endpaper: "To Lois- a fellow traveler from the Lady Birdy trails - Liz Carpenter. A nice association copy as the recipient Loise Wille was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Simon and Schuster unknown books
32075Boston: Ditson. Sheet music. 4to pp. 5 including front. Cover printed in black with lithograph of Gianetta standing by a stairway looking down the canal at a gondolier. Fold chipped where this was disbound some slight yellowing in places o/w a VG clean copy. Ditson unknown books
2014UCARGON00JKNThe Penguin Press 2014. Fine. Carpenter Novella. Gone Feral: tracking My Dad Through the Wild. New York City: The Penguin Press 2014. 212pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. In protective cover. The Penguin Press hardcover books
2014UCARGON00LRThe Penguin Press 2014. Fine. Carpenter Novella. Gone Feral: tracking My Dad Through the Wild. New York City: The Penguin Press 2014. 212pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The Penguin Press hardcover books
198244524NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1982. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1982. Numerous b/w photographs with some photographs in full color. 332 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. Heel bumped. Else a very nice copy in lightly edge rubbed dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1982105090New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1982. Hardbound. VG in a poor dustjacket but inscribed by the author. Black cloth with dark color-illustrated dustjacket. xii 332 pp. 8 color and 295 bw plates in addition to 40 photographs of marks and marks of 313 flatware patterns. A classic reference on the largest maker of sterling silverware in the world. Profusely illustrated with some color but mostly crisp black and white photographs. Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
200043375NY:: PublicAffairs. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1586480812 . First printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. . PublicAffairs, hardcover books
118208Chicago Illinois: University of Chicago Press 1960. Softcover. VG- Spine creased; Minor wear to extremities of wraps. Yellow pictorial wraps; 274 pp. plus plates; 47 bw plates. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1960Embry 35309U. of Chicago Press 1960. 1st Edition. Glue remnants to rear pastdown else fine in near fine dust jacket. U. of Chicago Press, 1960. 1st Edition. unknown books
191336361Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1913. Softcover. USGS 1913. Wrappers very good condition. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
19229022354New York: D. Appleton 1922. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt which has faded but is legilble. Rubbed at the edges and extemities spine and front board chipped at the heel. From the library of R.S. Crane with his signature in pen on the ffep. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
1966WRCLIT29417New York: Harcourt 1966. Printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly darkened with a couple stray marks but very good. Advance reading copy of the first edition of the author's first novel. Harcourt unknown books
19665482New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1966. First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Books signed by Carpenter are rare. Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out but never down for good--a Dostoyevskian tale of crime punishment and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. "Hard Rain Falling is a unique read; violent tender inexorable and melancholic; a beat-era book of disaffected young men devoid of On the Road euphoria but more poignant and gripping for its fatalistic grounding. The small lives contained herein are indelible" Richard Price. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc hardcover books
1991102464Cambridge: Harvard University Library 1991. stiff paper wrappers. Harvard. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 84 pages. New Series Fall 1191 Volume 2 Number 3. Included are: "Looking at Books Learning From It Passing It Along" by Roger E. Stoddard "Librarian on the Road To Morocco and Beyond" by Fawzi Abdulrazak and "The Authorship and Purpose of the Histoire Naturelle et morale des iles Antilles an Early Huguenot Emigration Guide" by Everett C. Wilkie Jr. Pencil markings on front cover. Harvard University Library unknown books
1997147858Cambridge MA: Harvard University Library 1997. Softcover. Clean and tight interior but with fading to covers and bump to lower right corner. Canteloupe wraps with black lettering. 74 pp. with occasional bw illus. This entire issue features the formation of Harvard's Collection of Incunabula by James E. Walsh. Harvard University Library unknown books
305588Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1963. 8vo. 14 pages of illustrations. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 332 pages. Previous owner's rubberstamp on the front free endpaper. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1963]. hardcover books
1853013845Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo 1853. Small Octavo. 336p. frontispiece Hendrick Hudson. History from the earliest times with Indian troubles Dutch and Revolutionary War to DeWitt Clinton and Tammany Hall. Verrazzani's voyage treaty with the five nations Washington commissioned negro pot and more.Bound in gray embossed cloth spine lettered and decroated in gilt some spotting to cloth one bump to edge of bottom board plate from Wales' library to front pastedown with rules listed. A very good copy. Lippincott, Grambo unknown books
188672651Boston: Press of Deland & Barta. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Disbound copy of HISTORY OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT VERMONT VOLUNTEERS 1861-1865 By Geo. N. Carpenter Issued By The Committee of Publication; Press of Deland & Barta. Boston MA. 1886. This book has been dis-bound from the original binding. The F.F.E.P. and the Frontis Portrait are loose but laid on top. The frontis portrait has damp-staining to the lower right corner and is detached but present. The faded purple dampstaining affects the page margins; and some areas of the inner hinge and in the latter part of the book 335 there is some faint staining as well BUT there are many many black and white portrait illustrations and overall the text is clean.great for reading or reference. . Press of Deland & Barta hardcover books
195887389NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. B0011TR836 . Black and white photographs. Stated first edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good in a very good moderate edge wear with a few small chips tape repairs on verso age toning dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1905WRCAM55252Mansfield Oh.: Melville A. Pollock 1905. 56pp. including ten full-page illustrations. Modern tan morocco gilt silk pastedowns lacks original wrappers. Recent bookseller's ticket on verso of rear free endpaper. Slight residue on endpapers from rubbing from pastedowns. Fine. An uncommon account of a two-week hunting excursion in the Sierras of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Carpenter from Ohio was primarily hunting deer and his small group departed El Paso Texas on October 23 1905 headed for their base at Casas Grandes some 165 miles to the south. Carpenter's companions were brothers from El Paso: J.F. Bennett referred to as "the Treasurer" and Hilario F. Bennett "the Photographer". Carpenter describes their hunting experiences the deer and other animals that they shot life in camp an awful meal at a Chinese restaurant their first night in Chihuahua and the Mexican landscape and people he encountered. He devotes much space to the habits and abilities of his Mexican guide called Valentine and the final chapter is an appreciation of the Mexican people. The text was edited by Melville Pollock who is also the publisher. OCLC locates eight copies at Colorado State University Library of Congress New Mexico State University Mansfield-Richland County Public Library in Ohio DeGolyer Library Autry Museum and two at Yale. PHILLIPS SPORTING BOOKS p.71. HELLER 49. OCLC 22550271 166503162. Melville A. Pollock unknown books
1927290448Washington.: Government Printing Office. 1927. Red cloth silver titles. . Very good titles a little faded pencil name to ffep. 26x18 cm. . weight: 1.9 lb. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
