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1925109886New York: Chelsea House 1925. Octavo pp. 1-11 12-249 250: blank 251: ad 252-256: blank note: first two and last two leaves used as front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers original dark green cloth front panel and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A race around the world in futuristic space going aircraft. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 479. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 189. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03449. Gold lettering on spine panel dull else a fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with light edge wear shallow chipping along bottom edge of front panel mostly at corner and several short closed tears along flap folds. An attractive example of this colorful and fairly uncommon jacket. #109886 Chelsea House unknown books
185435948London: John W. Parker and Son 1854. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the 3rd person on the ffep. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. Slight lean. Average wear. Old unobtrusive paper reinforcement to hinges. A Very Good copy. xii 552 pp including Index. 8vo. 8" x 5" <br/><br/> John W. Parker and Son hardcover books
19201560Evanston: Mumm Print Shop 1920. Very good. 1197pp. Original green cloth cover stamped in black. Spine and corners rubbed. Internally clean. A handsome little cook book compiled by the PTA of the Oakton School in Evanston Illinois. "This is not intended to be a cook book.This is simply a collection of favorite recipes offered by good cooks who have used them -- and who know them to be practical and delicious." The introduction also notes that recipes "suited particularly for children" have been marked with a star. The book includes a wide variety of cakes pies and others desserts as well as meat dishes and luncheons. Something simply titled "Appetizer" calls for a spread of Rocquefort cheese on toast topped with chili sauce and bacon. Blank pages have been included in the pagination to provide space for the cook's notes and recipes. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Illinois the Evanston Public Library and the University of Michigan. Mumm Print Shop unknown books
282531John Cranmer Cook. Privately Printed. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. A clean copy of a silk bound book of original verse hand written and privately printed by the John Cranmer Cook a native of Springfield Illinois and son of Union Brigadier General John Pope Cook. Christmas card in the author's hand is tipped in to the final leaf -- perhaps a unique Christmas gift to a special family member. Includes a frontispiece and two tipped in photographs of the author as well as six additional printed photographs bound in. The fragile silk spine has been repaired with small amounts of loss. There is minor wear but the binding is still quite beautiful in blue and yellow floral patterned silk covers. Patterned yellow endpapers and slight loss to the front endpaper. Laid in is a disbound booklet with a separate handwritten poem by the same author. The booklet's covers are patterned white and blue paper originally bound with the Japanese stab method. near Very Good binding. John Cranmer Cook unknown books
1929317959London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1929. First UK edition. Photographs. 249pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters crimson morocco and marbled boaards green leather label and gilt spine. Fine. First UK edition. Photographs. 249pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A trip to non-Christian or so-called headhuning tribes of the Phillipines chronicled by the wife of Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole who spent 4 years there. George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd unknown books
194775931New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1947. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. x 180p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. Backstrip faded. Corners bumped. Small brown stain on a few pages. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Hughes to Amy Spingarn "For Amy Spingarn Sincerely Langston New York June 1947". An English translation of Roumain's posthumously-published novel "Gouverneurs de la rosee." Roumain a Haitian author born into privilege allied himself with the Communist movement before his early death. <br/><br/> Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1988244185Oxford: Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club 1988. First edition. 120 pp 11 pp of plates. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter red morocco and cloth t.e.g. Bookplate of John Sparrow a member with his name in red on member's page. Bookplate of Helmut Friedlander. Fine. First edition. 120 pp 11 pp of plates. 1 vols. Folio. Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club unknown books
261343New York: M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Company. Original poster. Color lithograph. 21.5 x 14 inches.<br/><br/> WWI era slogan. This poster is vivid blue with white text. Good condition with collection inventory number in margin.<br/><br/> M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Company unknown books
18979026651Denver: W. F Robinson 1897. Hardcover. Very good. Compiled by John W. Cook. A Condensed Criminal History of te Far West. Both inner hinges cracked but holding. Revised and enlarged from 1882 edition. Howes C728. Adams 6 Guns 483 <br/><br/> W. F Robinson hardcover books
186025726London 6 June 1860. 12mo 7.25" x. 4.5". 1 p. <br><br>Cook 181889 was a Chartist poet author and proponent of political and sexual freedom for women. She writes "I am again here for a few days . . . and want to know if you can receive me on Friday about eleven. I am anxious you should do a writing portrait to see which will afford you most satisfaction. I will bring the proofs of the sonnet with me."<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Residue of the stock of Seven Gables Bookshop 193079 via the son of Michael Papantonio 2009. Very good condition. Tipped onto a slightly larger sheet. With the integral blank. unknown books
1826638351826. COOK Colonel John. OBSERVATIONS ON FOX HUNTING and the management of hounds in the kennel and field. Addressed to a young sportsman about to undertake a hunting establishment. London: Printed for the author by William Nicol. 1826. First edition. Three lithographed plates. Large 8vo.: xvi 292 pp. Original paper boards skillfully rebacked with the original paper spine and printed label laid-down; new endpapers. Book label at final free endpaper. Sunning to spine and label with some rubbing to label; boards are edgeworn and show overall moderate foxing and soiling. Light foxing to frontispiece and title-page with some occasional very light foxing throughout the text leaves but generally quite fresh. One signature is partially detached. This is a pleasing copy whose condition is very good plus. unknown books
187230787Chicago 1872. Original printed wrappers lightly worn stitched. 1 1 blank 3 1 blank 4 pp. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Company was incorporated in 1867 as the Land Improvement and Irrigation Company. "The Company owns very valuable central real estate in the City of Chicago Illinois part of which is improved and producing income and part is unimproved; also owns large tracts of land in the city and adjacent to the city within Cook County. All of these lands are fairly and satisfactorily appreciating in value with the rapid growth of the city in commerce and population." <br/> Its offices were on Dearborn Street. Charles A. Gregory was President and Franklin H. Watriss Secretary. The incorporators were Erastus Bailey John C. Haines James H. Kinyon Francis B. Tobey and R.K. Swift. The pamphlet is scarce. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker NUC. OCLC 34052748 2- Chicago Pub. Lib. U IL 656453063 1- AAS as of December 2013. unknown books
1977008976New York: Vantage Press 1977. Native American author's first book SCARCE in current commerce. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny rubs at corners and spine ends. Laid in is a single sheel folded with the typed poem "Standing Rock Reservation" pencil signed lower right Elaine Jahner. Elaine Jahner 1924-2003 was a professor of English and Native American studies best known for her field work on the Standing Rock Reservation and her publications on American Indian culture literature and linguistics. Apparently an unpublished poem her published works were Lakota Belief and Ritual. 1980. coedited with Raymond J. DeMallie and Spaces of the Mind: Narrative and Community in the American West. 2004. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Thin 8vo. Vantage Press hardcover books
17171Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. Light brown film adhered to large portions of front and back cover. Else in good to very good condition. unknown books
186048337Cambridge Mass 1860. 8vo 56 leaves; contemporary half red straight-grain morocco over marbled boards; spine a bit rubbed and a few small worm holes at joint of mid-spine else very good. Identification number in a later hand on title page and lower paste down. A collection of poems written in a neat hand mostly from known poets but with a number of original poems provided by the compiler Mallory and a lady named Marie. There is a momentary change of hand for one poem but all other poems appear to be in Mallory's hand. Dated poems indicate Mallory worked on his collection from 1859-1862. A note at the end indicates a continuing volume though we're unsure if it exists. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1888223752New York: Selmar Press 1888. Illustrated with many full-page steel engravings after Doré Gerôme etc. 3 vols. Folio. Bound in three quarters Publisher's morocco and cloth gilt stamped edges red. Binding dry and splitting at the joints. Internally very fine. Illustrated with many full-page steel engravings after Doré Gerôme etc. 3 vols. Folio. Selmar Press unknown books
1897Embry 176428Robinson 1897. Revised edition. Near Fine with previous owners name and brief pencilled bibliographic references rear inner hinge starting and light wear to edges and corners. B&W illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt titles now in protective mylar. Signed and dated by author. Robinson, 1897. Revised edition. hardcover books
260697London. Chart. Uncolored. Page measures 15 1/4" x 9 1/4".<br/><br/> Unique chart of Typa and Macao and surrounding islands from the voyages of James Cook. This chart has much clarity in its rendering of soundings topography and written observations about the tides and navigational lines around the islands which have a conversational or journal-like tone. Good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1785291039Paris 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left folded as issued.<br/><br/> Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage.<br/><br/> unknown books
40571COOK Clarence. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. ESSAYS ON BEDS AND TABLES STOOLS AND CANDLESTICKS. New York: Scribner Armstrong and Company 1881. 4to. Publisher's embossed cloth. Color frontispiece 336 pages illustrations in text throughout. Holzenberg # 69. With its full-color frontispiece "My Lady's Chamber" by Walter Crane Claren Cook's best seller was one of the most popular American books to proselytize new aesthetic decoration of the home. It was modeled after Charles Locke Eastlake's Hints on Household Taste first published a decade before but Coo adds a distinctively American flavor. All the attention to form and function beauty and utility are observed creating a middle class ideal for home decoration that heavily influenced popular taste. The cover design is by Dan Cottier the proprietor of an international chain of decorating firms and a seminal figure in the transmission of Aesthetic ideas from England to America Binding sturdy and tight; covers lightly soiled; contents clean else good. unknown books
190257336London: Horace Cox 1902. Second Edition Revised Edition. Signed presentation from Bickerdyke Cook on the verso of the front endpaper to his son: "To Barry Cook from his loving father the Author. Aug. 27 1902." John Bickerdyke real name is Charles Henry Cook: 1858-1933 was considered much like today's angler Jeremy Wade star of the "River Monsters" television series. Bickerdyke was far from gullible and more often intent to disprove rather than corroborate unusual fishing tales but his angling travels provided a wealth of extraordinary tales. He searched hard for a giant Irish pike and though a true monster eluded him he found enough fish and rumors to fill many books. This title is a comprehensive book on sea angling from boat and shore covering all of the usual disciplines plus chapters on ocean fishing modern improvements in fishing tackle flyfishing in the sea and similar topics. Bickerdyke' signature is uncommon and this is a wonderful association copy!. 8vo. blue cloth with large pictorial fishing plate on front cover stamped in gilt; 342 pages plus extensive catalogue at rear. Illustrated. Very Good covers bright; contents clean & tight. Horace Cox unknown books
19051356Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Co 1905. Good plus. 1051pp. Original printed cloth boards. Light wear to spine and edges; boards slightly rubbed with minor soiling; front hinge. Title page somewhat browned; light tanning and soiling elsewhere. First edition first issue with "Price 25 Cents" printed on the front board of this early 20th-century compendium of recipes "brought out by the 1905 series of prize recipe contests in the Los Angeles Times." The recipes all submitted by female readers of the newspaper form an initial section of nearly eighty Americanized Mexican "Spanish" dishes including "tamale pie" and "Spanish sweet potato pone" as well as many subsequent sections for soups salads cakes etc. and nine menus for picnic lunches. Oddly there are ninety recipes for marmalade but only twenty-four "ways of preparing vegetables." In nearly every instance the name and address of the contributor is listed alongside her recipe. Times-Mirror Co unknown books
19211218Brighton Co: Brighton Printing Co 1921. About very good. 951pp. plus one leaf of color ads. Original printed wrappers stapled. Lightly soiled spine rubbed manuscript ink doodle on cover. Title page torn slightly at upper staple. Minor soiling internally. Second edition revised. This work first published in 1912 this edition was printed in a run of 2000 copies. Each recipe is attributed to a specific contributor and the contents skew heavily toward desserts with sections on pastry candies breads cakes and cookies. Scarce -- we find copies two in OCLC at History Colorado and the National Agriculture Library. We do not find any copies of the first edition under this title. Brighton Printing Co unknown books
1868BOOKS003840x627 pages with diagrams. Octavo 8 7/8" x 6 ¼" bound in half leather. This edition was published in the same year as the first but is the expanded and preferred edition. The first edition consisted of 72 pages. Betts: 32-7 Second edition.<br /><br />PROSPECTUS: Provided a subscription list can be obtained sufficient to pay the expense of publication it is in contemplation to issue during the present year a large collection of Chess Problems by American Composers. The book will be under the editorship of Eugene B Cook and W R Henry; it will contain one thousand positions upon diagrams two and a half inches square and the price will not exceed two dollars. The names of subscribers should be sent to W R Henry Box 1129 New York City. Composers who wish their production to appear to the best advantage are requested to forward the latest versions to the same address. The editors would like also to publish the real name of the composer in every case and to give the proper credit to the periodical in which each problem originally appeared.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Hinges rubbed boards chipped pages 510-526 edge pages damaged pages 524/25 stained previous owner's name on front end paper. Overall about a good copy. Adelmour W King hardcover books
1988138578New York & London: Garland Publishing 1988. Octavo two volumes: pp. i-iv v-xvi xvii-xviii 1-692 693 694: blank; 1-8 695-1183 1184-1190: blank note: last three leaves are blanks cloth. First edition. An index to over 58000 stories published in nearly 9000 issues of 360 mystery detective and espionage pulp magazines. It is a companion volume to Cook's MONTHLY MURDERS which indexed the mystery and crime digest magazines. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #138578 Garland Publishing unknown books
