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1978153631Duxbury Massachusetts: The Art Complex Museum 1978. Hardcover. G DJ has substantial soiling or aging and some tears; pages with text and illus. are clean. Orange paper boards with canvas cloth spine color illus. laid on front cover tan paper dust jacket with die-cut rectangle 135 pp. BW and color illus. "An Appraisal by Will Barnet and Commentaries by Richard C. Bartlett; Recollections of My Father by Lanci Valentine and Tributes by His Friends." A tribute to the life and work of Finnish-born American artist and teacher Ture Bengtz 1907-1973. Includes a variety of recollections from others in the main front text portion of the book. The annotated and illustrated catalogue takes up the final two-thirds of the volume. A nice treatment. The Art Complex Museum hardcover books
18532307276Auburn: Derby & Miller 1853. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition second thousand. Corners slightly pushed front and end matter and edges faintly foxed. 1853 Hard Cover. xii 13-298 pp. Brown stamped cloth gilt titles. Frontispiece of Lady Jane Grey which has a few points of resemblance to the Streatham portrait. English noblewoman Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. Her short nine-day rule was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule. This challenge cost her the throne and her head. Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537 in Leicester England. Her life began with promise and high expectations but ended tragically due in part to the ambitions of her father and the religious strife of the times. The great-granddaughter of Henry VII Grey was named the successor to Edward VI during a tumultuous competition for the throne. She was deposed as Queen of England by Mary Tudor Derby & Miller unknown books
186057986New York: Derby & Jackson publishers no. 498 Broadway 1860. 12mo pp. iii-vi 216-354 4 ads paginated 29 6 5 4; ads on recto of rear free endpaper; frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Brady; original brown blindstamped cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine faded small hole in front free endpaper all else very good. Eugene Field's copy with his signature dated Dec. 6th 1893 at the top of the title page; his forged signature of "A. Lincoln" on the front pastedown an ink certification on the verso of the rear free endpaper by Sonya Garfield a notary public for Cook County Illinois attesting to a statement on the rear pastedown by Eugene Field II viz.: "This 'Life' of A. Lincoln came from the library of my father Eugene Field. It is a first edition and bears the original manuscript signature of A. Lincoln. This volume was presented to my father by H. H. Kohlsaat publisher of the Times Herald who was a very dear friend of my father and was prized by him very highly as a very rare Lincoln item. Eugene Field II June 18 1935." With the pressure stamp of Sonya Garfield signatures of two witnesses one Gillespie and a W. Maxwell and the ownership signature of H. H. Kohlsaat crossed out presumably by Field on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a 5" x 4" photograph of Eugene Field by S. L. Stein Milwaukee inscribed at the top "With very much love to H. H. Kohlsaat from Eugene Field 1894." <br/><br/> Derby & Jackson, publishers, no. 498 Broadway hardcover books
1860248063New York 1860. 8vo. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine faded corners rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing. About very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase spine gilt. 8vo. Advertising itself as the "Authorized edition" on the titlepage this biography covers Lincoln's life from early days through the election and the road to the Presidency including publication of several of his speeches. Sabin 3724; Monaghan 77 unknown books
20011319116Bowie: Heritage Books Inc 2001. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. Octavo; pp 313; VG-/paperback; yellow spine with black text; covers show slight sun fading to spine; mild wear to edges; intact panels; text block has light shelf wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece folded in at title page; map tipped in at and page 99; illustrated; interior clean;. 1319116. FP New Rockville Stock. Heritage Books, Inc unknown books
1856182308New York: George Virtue & Co 1856. Hardcover. VG All covers show wear. Most interior pages show age toning and foxing. Several pages are loose from the spine especially vol 1. Spines have internal damage where they connect with pages. Vol 1 and 3 have water damage to lower part of pages. Red leather boards with gilt lettering and design. All edge gilt. All volumes with 5 raised bands on spine. All volumes with b/w frontace piece w/ protecive guard. B/w illustrated half title page in all volumes. Majority of illustrated plates have protective guard. Pagination of each volume respectively: 698 720 and 726 pages with 8 pages of publisher's advertisements following volume 3 at the end of division 7./ Includes folded facsimile of the signatures at the end of the Declaration of Independence in division 2. The most common engravers of plates are J.C. Armytage W.J. Edwards T. Knight R. Wallis Chas. Hall T.W. Hunt and J. Stephenson. Some of the portraits are based on daguerrotypes by Mathew Brady. Contents: v. 1. From the earliest period to the installation of Washington as first president -- v. 2. From the administration of Washington to that of Madison -- v. 3. From "the second war" to the present times. George Virtue & Co hardcover books
184231980Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1842. First edition. Publisher's cloth mild marginal stain on title page otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
SKU1015198Classics of Medicine Library. LEATHER BOUND. Very Good. B0008ACVTU Full purple leather binding clean has a very good binding no marks or notations personalized publisher bookplate attached behind the front fly leaf includes publisher supplemental pamphlet. Classics of Medicine Library hardcover books
1852134306Philadelphia 1852. hardcover. very good. 595pp. advertisements. Tall 8vo full sheep a bit rubbed. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1852. Third Edition Revised. Very good .<br/><br/> "Classic account of typhus and typhoid" Krumbhaar. "It will be seen by those who have read the first edition of my book that the present is in some respects rather a new work than a new edition of the former." "It remains one of the most notable contributions of American physicians to the subject." Osler. Copy at A-87 1852 full sheep;<br/><br/> unknown books
1990003589Birmingham AL: The Classics of Medicine Library 1990. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo 8vo. xxi 547 pages including an index. Hardcover blue full leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. A facsimile of the Philadelphia 1847 Second Edition. No bookplate or previous owner's marks. Includes the publisher's pamphlet "Notes from the Editors.". The Classics of Medicine Library Hardcover books
19909002381Birmingham : Classics of Medicine Library 1990. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Facsimile of the Philadelphia 1847 edition. Bound in the publisher's original blue composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down end paper. <br/><br/> Classics of Medicine Library hardcover books
1856289914Philadelphia. : Blanchard and Lea. 1856 . Fourth edition. . Publisher’s brown blindstamped cloth. Good cover extremities worn small chips at spine mostly marginal dampstains front hinge repaired. 8vo. 24x16 cm. . weigth: 2.2 lb. Blanchard and Lea. hardcover books
1995261953Brighton: Millivres Books 1995. Paperback. 300p. foreword afterword bio toning to edges else very good first printing thus new edition with introduction etc. trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Young 1355 Gunn page 147. First published in 1953. Pre-Wolfenden Report UK Gay novel. "London surrogate sleuth Anthony Tony Page 32 MD psychiatrist narrator of a mystery-" " . historic milestone probably the first mystery with and openly gay sleuth." Gunn page 147. Millivres Books paperback books
186742760London: James Nisbet & Co. 1867. Twenty-Sixth Thousand cf. BAL 21266. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. Shaken with a few loose gatherings & rear hinge cracked. Poi to ffep with abrasion mark underneath. Occasional spot & smudge. A Good copy of an uncommon title. vii 1 blank 479 1 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Frontis & 7 inserted chromolithographed plates by Evans. 12mo. <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co. hardcover books
1975241463New York: Stein and Day 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. "Family Bookshelf Edition". Reprint. 189pp. Near fine with spine ends bumped in a very good lightly scuffed dustwrapper with spine ends chipped. Stein and Day hardcover books
1966044385Princeton: Princeton University Press 1966. x 374p. dj. Princeton University Press unknown books
1872246457Cambridge MA: Printed at the Riverside Press 1872. Soft Cover. Good binding. 27pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; paper binding with light to moderate edge wear to covers and spine. Good binding. Printed at the Riverside Press unknown books
2014248202New York: Bloomsbury 2014. Hardcover. 282p. very good first US edition stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Novel of a magician's assistant who ends up at the Brighton Grand at the time of the Coronation. Bloomsbury hardcover books
11416pamphlet. 46 pages. Slim 16mo original printed wrappers; ex-lib. London 1877.<br/><br/> unknown books
110647London: George Virtue Ivy Lane 1844. Thick 4to 236 pp. t.e.g. a wide margined copy. With vignette title page frontispiece portrait map 78 full page steel engravings woodcut engravings in text by W. H. Bartlett. Original blue cloth gilt very skillfully recased. § First edition of this collection of beautifully engraved views along the Danube from Ulm 5 Regensburg 5 Budapest Passau 4 Linz Grein Melk Aggstein Greifenstein Wien 10 Pressburg Melk Belgrad Ruschtschuk Sulina etc. and maps of the Danube from Brigach to the Black Sea. George Virtue hardcover books
1904272245Philadelphia: George Barrie 1904. First. hardcover. very good. Plates. xxii 428pp. 8vo publisher's 3/4 brown morocco margins uncut spine lightly rubbed and lightly sunned. Philadelphia: George Barrie 1904. First Edition. Very good<br/><br/> One of 100 numbered copies. The History of North America Volume V. Edited by Guy Carlton Lee.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1946008538Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce first issue of this long running literary journal. Edited by Carolyn Dillard and Radcliffe Squires. A clean very good copy in stapled wrappers. <br/><br/> University of Chicago Press paperback books
198756690Portsmouth NH: Peter E. Randall 1987. First Edition with a signed presentation to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney: "To Secretary Richard Cheney in appreciation of your services of our country. Robert M. Bartlett. May 1 1989." Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney was the 46th vice president of the United States 2001-09 in the Republican administration of Pres. George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense 1989-93 in the administration of Pres. George H. W. Bush. He has just started his new position when this book was inscribed to him. An interesting association copy. A book examining the People's Republic of China. Tall 8vo. gilt-stamped cloth in dust jacket; 144 pages. Illustrations by Jan Norton. Near fine; very tiny tear d/j. <br/><br/> Peter E. Randall hardcover books
193744800Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company 1937. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xvi128pp with photographic frontispiece and 17 black and white plates. Trivial wear to spine ends and corners else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 on rear flap showing light wear to extremities and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Dramatic narrative of the 15000 strong "Bonus Army" who in May of 1932 descended on Washington DC to demand immediate payment of their bonuses for serving in World War I. "This book was written by former Governor John Henry Bartlett of New Hampshire who was the donor of "Camp Barlett" given to aid the veterans and a participant in these tragic scenes which shocked the world" from rear flap. M.A. Donohue & Company unknown books
183831686London: Published for the proprietors by George Virtue 1838. First edition. Three quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards boards ruled in gilt five raised bands ruled in gilt four compartments with floral gilt decorations two with gilt titles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Very good boards and extremities rubbed owner's bookplate to free front end paper small faint semicircular stain to fore edge of first two preliminary leaves tissue guard and engraved title foxed and offset faint dampstain to lower inner corner marginal only scattered foxing to plates nearly all marginal or on blank backs otherwise plates are crisp text clean binding sold. A very handsome copy. 164 pp. 81 lvs. Illus. with 81 steel engravings: port. frontis title page vignette 78 view plates and 1 map. Sm. 4to. "This work had much influence in terms of increasing popular appreciation of its subject" Blackmer Lib. p. 405. Atabey 922; CBEL 3rd IV: 1378; Blackmer Coll. 1254; Blackmer Lib. 888. Published for the proprietors by George Virtue hardcover books
