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1807001185London: Richard Phillips; T. Gillet printer 1807. 1st Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xvii 2 468 pp. With map and 20 aquatint plates uncolored based on drawings by Sir John Carr. Abbey 216. Carr was a veteran of travel writing and art. Abbey writes that Carr was knighted in 1806 by the Duke of Bedford. Title page foxed. Otherwise some occasional foxing and soilage but overall rather clean and attractive. Binding is tight. One plate was overly trimmed with no loss to pictorial. Light offsetting of plates as to be expected. Calf over marbled boards. Calf appears later. Some light wear along edges and corners. A very good or better copy. <br/><br/> Richard Phillips; T. Gillet, printer unknown books
18028128<p>First American edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait large folding map of Russian empire. Appendixes index. 3/4 green morocco over green cloth by Zucker spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral designs within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. spines faded to brown. Fine. 2 volumes. Conestogawagon Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham designed by D. Stoffer on the front free endpaper of each volume.</p> William Fry hardcover books
191310823New York: The Inner-Life Publishing Companmy 1913. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A REMARKABLE ASSOCIATION COPY: INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY THE AUTHOR C.H.A. BJERREGAARD TO HIS DAUGHTER "To Lulu: I consider it an eternal glory to be a woman. Father --Dec. 2nd 1913". BELOW THIS INSCRIPTION IS A 1954 INSCRIPTION FROM "LULU" BJERREGAARD'S DAUGHTER: "Rev. Frank Curtis Williams: Ownership of this book the last work of my father I am pleased to transfer to you. Marie Bjerregaard Erdmann". This copy while solid and bright has been annotated thruout by Reverend Willams with underlining and perceptive margin notes and detailed lists to the rear endpapers. A tight VG copy in its navy-blue cloth with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Light spotting at the front panel's lower-edge and very light wear along the spine base. Still though very presentable. Octavo 330 pgs. Also includes a laid-in 1916 Bulletin from New York's "Society of the Inner Life" one of whose members has issued a handwritten invitation on the back to Mr. Bjerregaard inviting him to the new quarters and asking him to "become one of us" Signed by Author. <br/><br/> The Inner-Life Publishing Companmy hardcover books
18307134Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee 1830. Octavo 19 x 12 cm. 128 pages. Second edition second printing styled "Third Edition" with substantial revisions and enlargement. In 1832 the title was changed to The American Frugal Housewife so as to avoid confusion with a Susannah Carter's work of the same name and with an earlier imprint note Bitting states incorrectly that the name was changed with this second edition. In soiled and edge-rubbed publisher's printed grey paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine; some wear to spine ends. Some soiling and foxing throughout otherwise very good. Early inscription to front endpages. OCLC locates twenty-one copies; Bitting page 86; Cagle 148; Lowenstein 131. Published by Carter and Hendee hardcover books
18658794London. The Hakluyt Society. 1865. Bound in pictorial gilt titled and decorated blue cloth. Blind embossed decorations to front and rear covers. 8vo. 6" x 9 The First Edition. Report of the Hakluyt Society for 1865 bound in to front. Illustrated by one hand colored folding map of The Isthmus of Panama. Very mild sunning to spine. Tiny short marginal tear and very light crease to edge of map. Previous owners ink signature to front pastedown. Pages uncut. Light foxing to rear of free endsheet. The Hakluyt Society. hardcover books
18658796London. The Hakluyt Society. 1865 Bound in pictorial gilt titled and decorated blue cloth. Blind embossed decorations to front and rear covers. 8vo. 6" x 9 The First Edition. Illustrated by one hand colored folding map of The Isthmus of Panama. Several small patches of light foxing to map. Short tear to title page at gutter. Previous owners stamp to front-free endsheet. Pages uncut. Light foxing to rear of free endsheet. The Hakluyt Society. hardcover books
1937014356Washington D.C.: General Land Office 1937. Large folding map 36 3/4" x 25 1/2' cloth-backed routes in many different colors. Folds into black cloth cover. Engraved by R.F. Bartle and Company Washington D.C. First issued in 1907. This edition was issued under the direction of Harold L.Ickes. Inserts along bottom of the map of Hawaiian Islands Philippines Alaska Porto Rico and the Canal Zone. Just the slightest toning around edges map and backing are in excellent condition. Gilt lettering on front of map cover is rubbed but easily readable. See photos. . Fourth Edition. Black Cloth. Minor Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo. General Land Office hardcover books
1864694531864. A Curious 1864 Case Involving Murder and Insanity Editors of the Journal of Mental Science. Insanity and Crime: A Medico-Legal Commentary on the Case of George Victor Townley. London: John Churchill and Sons 1864. 47 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent cloth printed paper title labels to front board and spine endpapers added. Moderate toning to text faint vertical crease through center small inkspots to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. In this unusual trial Townley was found sane and guilty of the murder of his fiancee but insane afterwards and thus incapable of execution. The discussion of this case in the interesting pamphlets examines among other related topics partial impulsive and "moral" insanity. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 1 in a law library U.S. Supreme Court. unknown books
1938BOOKS003822146 pages with diagrams tables and 8 plates of the participants. Octavo 8 7/8" x 6". bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with red boards with a black and white pictorial cover. signed by Max Euwe Dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Max Euwe Chess Club of Amsterdam tipped on front paste down. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5574 First edition.<br /><br />The A.V.R.O. 1938 was a double-round tournament held in November 1938 under the sponsorship of the Dutch wireless company Algemene Verenigde Radio Omroep. The participants Alekhine Botvinnik Capablanca Euwe Fine Flohr Keres and Reshevsky included the reigning World Champion and all his potential challengers. The sponsors intended the event to be regarded as an unofficial Candidates tournament and the winner or the runner-up in the case of a victory by Alekhine was promised financial backing for a World Championship match. For a tournament of such importance the playing conditions were appalling. The players traveled through Holland ten venues in different towns were used and on playing days the competitors were often forced to miss dinner. These circumstances naturally favored the younger grandmasters at the expense of Alekhine and Capablanca. The final scores were: Keres and Fine 8 1/2 Botvinnik 7 1/2 Alekhine Reshevsky and Euwe 7 Capablanca 6 Flohr 4 1/2. The tie for first place was broken in favor of Keres who had the superior Sonneborn-Berger rating. The projected match between Alekhine and Keres did not take place since Alekhine had already contracted to defend his title first against Flohr who was the official FIDE World Championship challenger. Alekhine did promise to play a subsequent match against Keres if he retained the title but the start of the Second World War terminated all negations. One of the best possibly the best of the tournament was Bottvinnik's game v Capablanca Golombek: p20.<br /><br /><b>Condition</b><br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed sunning to heal edges. A very good copy issued without a dust jacket. Algemeene Vereeniging Radio hardcover books
19215128Lafayette Ala: The Church 1921. Octavo 22.5 x 15 cm. 44 xvi pages. Advertisements. Title from cover. Evident FIRST EDITION. A church cookbook with more than 250 recipes many attributed. Most entries adhere to the reliable conventions promised by the title but there are also such glimpses of the geography as Pecan Cake requiring two and a quarter pounds of pecans a custardy Burnt Almond Cream Banana Fritters and Squash Cakes. ~ Though not the earliest congregations in Alabama the so-called Primitive Baptists - the "church of the people" who eschewed hierarchy and claimed personal experience of the spirit as ultimate authority - dominated among the Christian communities by the middle of the nineteenth century. Since the decade when True and Tried Recipes appeared the First Baptist Church of Lafayette in Chambers County a stone's throw from the Georgia border has been remembered as a bastion of the Southern Convention the spiritual home of several Alabamians who served as representatives of their state in Washington not the least of whom was Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black 1886-1971. ~ Stapled in brown wrappers titled in black. Owner's name in pencil on cover: "Bess." One recipe corrected in ink. Near fine. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Brown Cagle or Cather. The Church unknown books
19097574Minneapolis Minn: New Hotel Dyckman 1909. Duodecimo-sized booklet single-stapled in wrappers 11 x 6.5 cm. 44 pages. FIRST EDITION. A promotional drink manual promoting Minneapolis' very fine Dyckman Hotel. One hundred-one recipes for cocktails are listed including some lesser-known gems: American Beauty Careless Love Bijou Charlie Horse Opalescent and the Electric Eel. Pages a bit age-toned and staples somewhat oxidized; a few small dog ears. In publisher's black wrappers titled in silver. Very good. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Noling. New Hotel Dyckman unknown books
1909004633London: Heinemann 1909. pagination: i-vii viii 1-3 4-136. Beautifully rebound in contemporary crushed red morocco with gilt titles and rules 5 raised bands at spine marbled endpages. Includes all fifteen tipped in Arthur Rackham color plates all free from creases or other faults with titled tissue guards one tissue guard with horizontal crease one tissue guard loose Near Fine the loose tissue guard overall a quite lovely book indeed ! . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heinemann hardcover books
196015673JLos Angeles: Triton Pictures 1960. First Edition. Original 155 page shooting script dated August 26 1960 for the film Francis of Assisi screenplay by Eugene Vale and Jack Thomas based on the novel ‘The Joyful Beggar’ by Louis de Wohl. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Bradford Dillman in the title role Dolores Hart and Stuart Whitman. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Some edge wear and spotting to the covers and a few minor interior repairs not affecting the interior. Rare screenplay which was not published in book form. The film tells the story of the life and work of the great Catholic saint Francis of Assisi. Triton Pictures unknown books
73705A collection of five humorously written annual reports dating from 1914 to 1917 for the Friendship Club of The Northfield a loose knit group of young adult men and women from Massachusetts and New York who met for an annual winter outing at The Northfield a popular Massachusetts hotel. The members braved bitter winter temperatures in February each year for their week-long outing highlighted by tobogganing skiing skating brisk picnics songs and friendship.<br/><br/>The typed annual reports are illustrated with black and white photographs of young people sledding snow shoeing and enjoying the outdoors. The Club took over the inn with nightly story-telling sessions songs charades and other events including a Dutch breakfast hosted by the chaperones of the group who were celebrating their wedding anniversary. A photograph in the 1914 report shows the women in the group wearing Dutch caps: "At each place we found facsimiles of ourselves in our Dutch costume and in some cases a comrade also was beautifully represented. Suitable sentiments were superscribed on each card and on the reverse side were written practical rules on 'How to Behave at a Dutch Breakfast'."<br/><br/>Beyond what is reported in these less-than-serious accounts which range in length from 13 to 31 pages little is known about the Club which was founded in August 1910. For the years of the reports present here the group was headed by Herbert S. Stone who was also the assistant general manager of The Northfield. The 1915 report states that the social club had 25 active members and 10 honorary members.<br/><br/>The hotel was located in Northfield Massachusetts a town which achieved prominence after one of its residents D.L. Moody gained worldwide fame as a Christian evangelist and founded the Moody Church. Closer to home Moody opened the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in 1879 which created an increase in demand for services such as hotels. The Moody family opened the 125-bedroom Northfield in 1887 just a short distance away from the seminary. Its guests were most often in town visiting the women's seminary students or students at the Mount Hermon School for Boys which consolidated to become Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1971.<br/><br/>In the annual reports for The Friendship Club the secretary wrote that girls from the seminary visited the hotel to entertain the members of The Friendship Club. According to the 1915 report Mrs. Ambert Moody was the official chaperone and "has won the distinction of being the first one courageous enough to undertake to chaperone a Friendship Club house-party single handed. She did not seem at all dismayed at the prospect." Mrs. Moody was the wife of the hotel manager Ambert Moody grandnephew of the famous evangelist.<br/><br/>From the reports all of the actions of the Club appear to focus on enjoying one another's company and having a good time. The only note of somberness was introduced at the end of the 1917 report in which Bertha Chamberlain secretary pro tem wrote: "Nothing can blot from our memory the many good times enjoyed by the faithful "Friendshippers' during this famous re-union. With was and rumors of war hanging over our heads our brave little band though sadly depleted in numbers rallied around our banner responded faithfully to our Treasurer's call. When the bugle rings out next year may we all be ready to heed its note."<br/><br/>It is unknown whether Friendship Club met again in 1918 or thereafter. Facing dwindling guests The Northfield closed in the 1970s and was demolished although its well-landscaped grounds became home of the Northfield Golf Club. A few reminders of the old hotel still exist including the pond in the foreground the stone wall and the footbridge across the stream.<br/><br/>The reports are generally in very good condition. Each are bound with a small ribbon or string. The color construction paper covers are chipped with a few closed tears and a bit of fading. unknown books
193543401935. 1 pg. TLS from F.V. du Pont to Edward T. Stotesbury senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house of Philadelphia associate of J.P.Morgan and one of the wealthiest men in the nation. Dated July 2nd 1935 du Pont discusses in the letter to Stotesbury arcane Pennsylvania tax law "the four mills tax". Clean and bright and well-preserved du Pont's signature strong and legible. <br/><br/> unknown books
1731662071731. London 1731. Only edition. London 1731. Only edition. A Handy Digest of Cases of Criminal Law with References for Justices Great Britain. Justices of the Peace. The Justice's Case Law: Being a Concise Abridgment of All the Cases of Crown Law Relating to Justices of Peace And Their Business and Proceedings With References to the Books of Reports And Other Law Treatises on the Subject. Digested In a New Alphabetical Method And Very Necessary to be Perused by All Justices As an Immediate Direction to Them How to Proceed in Their Offices. And Likewise Of Use to Barristers at Law Clerks of the Peace Coroners &c. London: Printed by E. And R. Nutt And R. Gosling 1731. iv 302 14 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints which have neat recent repairs raised bands and recent lettering piece to spine gilt tooling to board edges hinges mended. A few minor nicks and scratches to boards some rubbing to extremities small chip to head of spine corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to text occasional very faint dampstaining light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500. Only edition. This book is organized alphabetically by topic and has a detailed index. Each heading contains a list of general statements each supported by a list of citations from case reports legislative acts and treatises. English Short-Title Catalogue T145554. unknown books
1867002675London: George Routledge and Sons 1867. First Edition. Decorated and Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. A quintessential work by the absurdist illustrator Ernest Griset and a copy heightened by hand-coloring. 4to. 6 151 5 pp. With 100 or so hand-colored illustrations including frontis. Note that most copies of this lack the coloring of the images. Clean and tight within with newer endpapers. Wear to spine tips and along the edges with cloth rubbed in corners. Spine tear repaired with trace of it still visible. Soil marks on the boards. The centerpiece of a gilt diaper and raised figures may have the faintest of fading but nonetheless remains bright and and eye pop. <br/><br/> George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
1836295637London: John Murray 1836. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes frontispiece portrait. 8vo 307 pp 302pp with 2pp of advertisements original blue blind-stamped cloth. London: John Murray 1836. First Edition. Near Fine.<br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
1836314699London: Valpy 1836. 7 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown contemporary polished calf gilt spines red and brown leather title labels. Bookplate of Edward Taylor MassyFine. 7 vols. 8vo. Valpy unknown books
1874151735London: Richard Bentley & Son 1874. xvii 378p. 10x12.5 inches preface hundreds of in-text illustrations many full-page faded previous owner's gift inscription on half-title some light soiling to text and several professional repairs to pages leaving text still readable 1st UK English edition rebound in quarter black leather with 5 raised bands and wine-colored leather panels with gilt titles over wine cloth. Humbert was stationed in Japan for two years and his book recounts his observations of Japanese society customs arts culinary habits etc. in the mid-nineteenth century. Originally published in French this is the First English-language edition. Richard Bentley & Son unknown books
176553988London: Printed by W. Bowyer for A. Millar in the Strand 1765. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf gilt spine. Very good. Third Edition. Frontispiece in Volume I by Hoare of Ralph Allen on engraved t.p. 204; 331; 338 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Printed by W. Bowyer, for A. Millar, in the Strand unknown books
1708217289Milan: M.A.P. Malatesta 1708. 6 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Samll folio. Old stab-marks visible. Very good. 6 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Samll folio. The Austrians Rule Milan. Issued during the Wars of Spanish Succession when Archduke Charles the future Emperor 1711-40 claimed the Spanish throne as Charles III. In 1706 the Austrians invaded Northern Italy and entered Milan ending he Spanish rule there. This edict of 31 August 1708 is an attempt to regulate the currency eliminate the flight of Milanese gold and silver coins through black market foreign exchange and set the rate of the new Milanese money against seventeen other foreign currencies. M.A.P. Malatesta unknown books
1860317638London: Trübner and Co 1860. First Edition in English. Portrait two maps and twelve coloured plates. li 566pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters red morocco marbled boards leather title label. Lacking 2 sheets: XXIII-XXIV and pages 555-556. Fine. First Edition in English. Portrait two maps and twelve coloured plates. li 566pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Very Scarce. Krapf went to East Africa in the service of the English Church Missionary Society arriving at Mombasa in 1844 and staying in East Africa until 1853. While stationed there he was the first to report the existence of Lake Baringo and a sighting of the snow-clad Kilimanjaro. Krapf besides being famed with this important work is also known for his English Swahili Dictionary the first of its kind and the standard text book for many years. Trübner and Co unknown books
1935121922Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company 1935. First trade edition of Lawrence's classic work. Quarto original cloth illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a biographical account of T.E. Lawrence's experiences during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18 when he was based in Wadi Rum now a part of Jordan as a member of the British Forces of North Africa. With the support of Emir Faisal and his tribesmen he helped organize and carry out attacks on the Ottoman forces from Aqaba in the south to Damascus in the north. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover books
1892308272London: Reeves and Turner 1892. First edition. xi i 127 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original cloth spine sunned. Faint paste staining to endsheets. Very good. With Clouds Hill and National Trust stamp on front pastedown. First edition. xi i 127 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. First edition of this noted translation of an Arabic verse romance.<br/><br/>A.W. Lawrence's "probably complete" inventory Books at Clouds Hill lists only a copy of the Gregynog Press edition of 1930 given him by Edward Garnett but Lawrence clearly knew the work long before then<br/><br/>With a few clean pencil annotations in the hand of Shea Johnson long-time U.S. representative of the T.E. Lawrence Society identifying passages from this book which find an echo in 'To S.A.' Lawrence's dedicatory poem to the 1926 edition of Seven Pillars. These are discussed in her article Discoveries in Journal of the T.E. Lawrence Society XII:2 2003 pp. 34-64. Reeves and Turner unknown books
