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19836337Published Edinburgh: Tragara Press 1983. 12 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. 12 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Weeks discusses Lawrence's role in reading proofs of Wilfred Ewart's Scots Guard 1934 with notes on John Gawsworth's association with Lawrence. <br/>Inscribed to Bruce Tovee from the author. <br/><br/>Accompanied by the marked set of unbound proof sheets of Weeks's book printed rectos only also inscribed to Tovee and a short typed note from the publisher to the author. Cf. O'Brien E393 Tragara Press unknown books
1935276178London: Cape 1935. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 672pp. tan polished buckram; uncut. London: Cape 1935. First edition for General Circulation.<br/><br/> Fine copy with a very lightly sunned spine; bookplate.<br/><br/> Cape unknown books
1938236342Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1938. First American editions each no. 429 one of 500 copies signed by Graves and Liddell-Hart. Frontispiece in each volume. viii ii 187; viii ii 233 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Very good set toning to spines. First American editions each no. 429 one of 500 copies signed by Graves and Liddell-Hart. Frontispiece in each volume. viii ii 187; viii ii 233 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. O'Brien A214 & A215 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
1920308283London: Macmillan 1920. Vol. X pp. 756-772. 1 vols. 8vo. Later red cloth. Minor exterior rubbing internally fine. Vol. X pp. 756-772. 1 vols. 8vo. O'Brien B0009 Macmillan unknown books
18583217Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1858. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First issue with the ads dated October 1858 215pp 111pp. ads at rear and a one page ad tipped in at front advertising The Waverly novels. Together with an autograph note signed by Longfellow and a 4" x 6" photo of the author laid in. Bound in publishers brown blind stamped cloth brown coated end papers; spine lettered in gilt. SIGNED BY M. G. SLEEPER and from his library. M.G. Sleeper was the author of The Vintage in Southern France an article for the Riverside Magazine For Young People. A very near fine copy showing virtually no wear. <br/><br/> Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
181539958London: Printed for John Murray 1815. Third edition. 47 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound with paper strip on spine pale dampstain to upper margin throughout not affecting text. Third edition. 47 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Malthus on the Corn Laws. Kress B 6539; Goldsmith 21179 Printed for John Murray unknown books
178136322Boston: Nathaniel Willis 1781. Folio. 53 1 blank pp. Disbound untrimmed occasional fox mark; small holes at leaf 23-24 affect several letters. Good.<br/><br/> The Resolves focus on many Revolutionary war matters: Resolve on the petition of Col. Josiah Brewer and of Orana and other chiefs of the Penobscot tribe that the Commissary- General provide for the person whom the French Consul has sent as an instructor including a list of articles to be presented to the Indians for their use; resolves on funding furnishing the troops enlistments currency fraud and depreciation; establishing wages for a company of matrosses artillery soldiers under the command of Paul Revere; a resolve printing the form of enlistment for persons entering into "the service of the United States." <br/>Evans 16850. ESTC W33232 AAS Boston Public Harvard HSP. Nathaniel Willis unknown books
186437085Pembroke MA 1864. Manuscript Broadside 7-3/4" x 9-3/4." Written in ink on lined paper many words underlined. Old folds a couple of short tears. Docketed on verso "War Meeting Notice." Good.<br/> offered with TWO OTHER MANUSCRIPT BROADSIDES IN SIMILAR CONDITION. One headed "Notice!" and dated June 7 1864; the other headed "Escape the Draft!" and dated July 26 1864. Worn but complete. Good.<br/><br/> These are probably unique survivals of Civil War recruiting efforts in this Massachusetts town. unknown books
1913240542London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1913. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated with 6 photogravure plates 7 full-page color plates and 56 monochrome and half-tone illustrations in the text. xii 413 pp. Printed by the Arden Press Letchworth. 1 vols. Folio 12-1/2 x 10 inches. Bound in green buckram and green cloth. Very good spine sunned a little. Bookplate of H. Stanton. Unusual in anything but the standard brown morocco binding. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated with 6 photogravure plates 7 full-page color plates and 56 monochrome and half-tone illustrations in the text. xii 413 pp. Printed by the Arden Press Letchworth. 1 vols. Folio 12-1/2 x 10 inches. Dedicated to His Majesty King George V printed on handmade paper and lavishly illustrated Sir Herbert Maxwell's book is perhaps the most distinguished single volume publication of its kind and successfully realizes the author's goal of providing "in a single work information about fishing in all parts of the world" Preface p. v. With chapters on salmon trout sea fishing fishing techniques fly patterns local angling peculiarities etc. and Theodore Gordon's contribution "American Trout Fishing". The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown books
194019102n.p.: n.p. 1940. Fine. Signed with her name along the bottom left-center. 3½ by 5 inches mounted on card 9 by 11 inches with a recent mat of the same size. A brightly colored charming illustration depicting an elf astride a small bird another child mounting his and the third child falling off a bird with plants and mushrooms in a green vale with puffy clouds in the sky<br/> <br/>We have not been able to authenticate this as being by Outhwaite nor find a book in which it appeared and so we list it as "in her style" as it may be by an imitator. n.p. unknown books
1982182900Cambridge Mass: Peabody Museum Press 1982. Hardcover. VG light soiling here and there to covers but very clean and solid. Cream colored embpossed cloth. Each volume is 18" x 14" and the six volumes are 5.5" side-by-side. A wonderful set copiously illustrated with very large plates. V.1. Introduction. -- v. 2-3. The Braden school. -- v. 4-6. The Craig School.Includes Errata sheets in Volume 6. Peabody Museum Press hardcover books
186114609Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1861. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . An exceptionally bright copy of the 1861 1st edition. Tight and VG in its bevelled dark-green cloth with crisp completely unflecked gilt-titling and insignia along the spine. Light foxing at the pastedowns and endsheets faint staining to the front inner hinge and continuing very lightly thru the preliminaries. 15 fold-out plates all intact and very clean except the frontispiece plate the left half of which has been neatly excised and 77 additional plates thruout the text. Thick 64mo 450 pgs. plus Lippincott's list of recent publications "McClellan's Bayonet Exercises" etc. at the rear. This copy bears the ownership blindstamp of William Buell Sprague 1795-1876 of Albany NY noted Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of the 9 volume set "Annals of the American Pulpit" <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1799009013Neuveville Switzerland : De L'Imprimerie de Fred. Reuner 1799. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf backs gilt the book plates of Henry Drummond Albury Park Surrey front paste downs. Henry Drummond 1786-1860 was an English author banker and politician best known as a founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church also known as the Irvingian Church. The set Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges and corners toning at end pages only interiors quite clean and bright. A handsome set with distinguished and relevant provenance Worldcat notes 8 library holdings worldwide. . First Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. De L'Imprimerie de Fred. Reuner hardcover books
201922747ELos Angeles: Netflix 2019. Beautiful hardbound script bound in full black leather. The complete screenplay for the film The Irishman which is signed by screenwriter Steven Zaillian and director Martin Scorsese. 145 pages. Fine. This special script was one of a small number of specially made copies given to members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Golden Globes Awards consideration with just a few signed by Scorsese and Zaillian. There are only about 90 members of the association. The Irishman stars Robert De Niro Al Pacino Joe Pesci Harvey Keitel Ray Romano Bobby Cannavale and Anna Paquin and tells the story of an aging hitman De Niro as he recalls his time with the mob and his complex relationship with Jimmy Hoffa Pacino during the 1950s - 70s. The film received 10 Oscar nominations including Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Picture Best Supporting Actor Pacino and Pesci. It was also nominated for 5 Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Director Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Pacino and Pesci. Netflix hardcover books
18209914.1Edinburgh: Archibald Constable et al. 1820. 1st edition Todd & Bowden A144Aa. Bound in period tree calf with modern respining to style. Period ownership signature of William Lynd Smythe. A VG set. 3 volumes 2 331 1; 2 333 1; 2 351 1 pp. Lacks half-title in Vol I; in Vols II & III such found after the t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4" <br/><br/> Archibald Constable, et al. unknown books
1892A0818265-480 pages with 2 plates illustrations tables. Quarto 11 1/2" x 8 3/4" bound in quarter red leather marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Pagination follows its publication in a volume of the Anales del Museo Nacional de Mexico. First edition.<br /><br />Jacinto de la Serna was a 17th-century priest who recorded extensive information regarding the survival of native religious customs. Born in Mexico he gained a doctorate in theology at the University of Mexico of which he was later rector three times. As a young priest he served for 14 years in parishes of the Indians during the same time that Ruiz de Alarcon was making his investigations. He spent most of his later career in Mexico City where he was one of the curates of the cathedral during three periods. He held important offices in the administrations of the archdiocese. He served as visitor general of the archdiocese under two archbishops. In 1656 he composed a work entitled Manual de ministros de indios para el conocimiento de sus idolatrias y extirpacion de ellas first published in 1892 in which he drew together the fruits of his own experience and the results of his studies. The purpose of the work was to acquaint the religious ministers with the superstitions of the Indians so that they could better instruct their Indian charges. The work may be divided into four parts. In chapters 1-5 he traces the history of the efforts to put an end native religious practices. In this section he gives valuable details of his own activities and of those of his predecessors such as Pedro Ponce de Leon and Hernando Ruiz de Alarcon. Chapters 6-11 are a study of the Aztec calendar for which he drew heavily on Martin de Leon. Boturini later used some of his material. Chapters 12-27 treat of religious beliefs and practices of the Indians. Large sections were take directly or in paraphrase from Ruiz de Alarcon including the latter's translations of Indian chants and prayers. Chapters 28-33 propose remedies against the continued practice of the native religions.<br /><br />George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Foster's stamp to title. Some extremity rubbing boards slightly bowed else a very good copy. Imprenta del Museo Nacional hardcover books
184425849Charleston 1844. 40 pp. Bound in modern quarter red morocco and marbled paper over boards. Minor scattered foxing Very Good plus.<br/><br/> A rare Southern Nationalist tract opposing the election of Henry Clay in 1844 warning of the imminent threat to the South's cherished institution of slavery supporting the Texas annexation and denouncing the North's imposition of protective tariffs. <br/> It begins with Langdon Cheves's Letter opposing separate State secession by South Carolina. Though Northern aggressions-- including the recent rejection of the Treaty to Annex Texas-- and the Tariff are an "insufferable and insulting oppression.I do not think one State ought to resist alone." He urges grass-roots organization to ready the South for mass secession. For this stance Cheves was harshly criticized by Carolinians who urged a go-it-alone policy. His Letter is followed by an early Daniel Webster speech embracing the South's opposition to protective tariffs and support of free trade. John Quincy Adams's Letter illustrates northern "fanaticism" on the slavery issue; Andrew Jackson's Letter of August 1844 supports the annexation of Texas; and James Towles's tract 'The South in Danger' warns against the election of Henry Clay who opposes annexation. <br/>Howes S790 AI 44-5791 and Streeter 1535 each recording a variant issue only. unknown books
197535301Amsterdam n.d. ca. 1975. Original pictorial poster 73.5x61cm. printed offset in black on white newsprint; previous folds with some shallow splitting a few additional short closed tears to extremities none approaching text or image stock a bit toned else About Very Good. Squatters movement protest poster against the number of riot police employed to clear squatters out of condemned buildings. The poster coincides with the Nieuwmarkt protests against tearing down much of the neighborhood to make way for a subway station and a highway. We find no copies in OCLC as of September 2017. unknown books
56544in a series of 37 typed letters signed by Stackpole from Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Edwards in Chicago Illinois 30 April 1951-1 April 1953. 4to. 53 pages single-spaced on Stackpole letterhead approximately 10000 words. Accompanied by 46 retained carbon-copies of Edwards's replies and prompts to Stackpole's letters 4to 78 pages single-spaced approximately 20000 words; seven typed letters to Edwards from Charles K. Fox who edited the Colt book for Stackpole; ten typed letters from other Stackpole employees concerning the book; three letters discussing copyright concerns at the Connecticut Historical Society; 13 typed and autograph letters to Edwards from friends expressing congratulations on the publication of the book including one from John E. Parsons author of several books on American firearms; and several other related items. A number of Stackpole's letters with notes and drawings by Edwards on versos. Some staining and soiling to a few letters but a very good lot of more than 100 pieces of correspondence relating to the publication of an important American firearms book perhaps the basis for another book or paper exploring the creation of the first. 2931. A revealing correspondence between publisher and author discussing in minute detail the evolution of a book from an initial manuscript rejected out of hand through negotiation over content design and other details to the editing and publishing of an important title covering a seminal aspect of the American arms industry.<br/>Edwards 9 March 1952: "Colt has been a forgotten man in American history. Professor Morse has been published a dozen times while Polk Zach Taylor Old Hickory Sam Houston Whistler and all the dozens of men that moulded mid-nineteenth century America from the dry dust of the West and the blood-wet mud of Manassas have found their chroniclers often. It is in an effort to show in some measure just where Samuel Colt fits in this scene this burnt-oil hum of the late Industrial Revolution and the real West more wild than any movie that I am doing this work. To place him in context among the guns that were his life-work and to give him again a spirit of reality that once he had as alive is my purpose and design."<br/>Stackpole 18 March 1852: "We believe that the technical and detailed part of the Colt Revolver should be accented with the biographical material secondary. We should like to see the details and particulars of the many early Colt revolvers to settle in the minds of collectors just what is what and why. We feel that this sort of technical work would also sell to the average shooter who of course greatly exceed collectors in numbers."<br/>The ensuing letters chronicle the debate between author and publisher author and editor and author and publisher's employees as they refined each others needs discussing in detail every facet of the book's content design production and marketing eventually producing a work of lasting value still regarded as the best book on the subject. <br/><br/> unknown books
1989694571989. Slip Opinion Signed by Anthony Kennedy. Slip Opinion Signed by Anthony Kennedy. A Notable Supreme Court Racial Discrimination Case Signed by Justice Kennedy Supreme Court of the United States. Kennedy Anthony. Slip Opinion Patterson v McLean Credit Union Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1989. iv 21 1 31 1 4 pp. Complete. Signature of Justice Kennedy to head of first page. Fine. $500. This decision concerned a case of racial discrimination at a Virginia credit union after she lost a promotion to a less-qualified white colleague and was later fired. The case was affirmed in part and reversed in part; this was the first in a series of events that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1985691541985. Slip Opinion. Signed by John Paul Stevens. Slip Opinion. Signed by John Paul Stevens. Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Case Concerning Prayer in Public Schools Signed by Justice Stevens Supreme Court of the United States. Stevens John Paul. Slip Opinion Wallace Governor of Alabama Et al. v. Jaffree Et al. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1985. ii 23 1 6 19 1 7 1 2 24 pp. Complete. Signature of Justice Stevens to head of first page. Light finger smudges to a few leaves otherwise fine. $500. In this notable case the Supreme Court ruled that an Alabama statute authorizing a one-minute period of silence in all public schools "for meditation or voluntary prayer" violated the First Amendment's establishment clause. Stevens wrote the majority opinion which was joined by Justices Brennan Marshall Blackmun and Powell. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1986693961986. Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Privacy Case Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. White Byron 1917-2002. Slip Opinion New York v. Class. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals of New York. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1986. ii 13 1 3 1 10 2 pp. Complete. Signature of Justice White to head of first page. Fine. $500. This decision determined that police officers are allowed to search an automobile. Holding there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in an automobile it reversed a conviction by the New York State Court of Appeals. Justice O'Connor wrote the opinion of the Court; Justice White filed a dissent which was joined by Justice Stevens. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1984693971984. Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Slip Opinion Signed by Byron White. Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Case Concerning Evidence and Search Warrants Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. White Byron 1917-2002. Slip Opinion New York v. Leon et Al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1984. iii i 27 1 2 32 21 pp. Complete. Signature of Justice White to head of first page. Fine. $500. This decision determined that evidence obtained by police with search warrant that is later found deficient may nevertheless be used in a criminal trial. Justice White wrote the opinion of the Court which was joined by Chief Justice Burger abd Justices Blackmun Powell Rehnquist and O'Connor. Bench opinions are issued by the U.S. Supreme Court immediately after the announcement of a decision. Slip opinions are issued afterwards. Often incorporating corrections they are the first printings of a decision intended for wide dissemination and review. After that stage the revised slip opinions are added to the latest paperback volume of U.S. Reports. A year later that volume is printed in its final authoritative hardcover form. unknown books
1806184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover books
1857136Two Maine Bank Notes from the Atlantic Bank. One showing women Textile Workers 1857. Edges worn creasing and cancelled with a hole in each bill. A rare pair of Maine bank notes. books
