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1958138556London: Maurice Cowan / Rank Productions 1958. Original program for the 1958 UK film. Illustrated throughout with both black and white and color stills from the film as well as reproductions of watercolor illustrations showing scenes from the film. <br/><br/>8.25 x 11.75 inches. 10 pages. Very Good plus in saddle stapled wrappers. Lightly soiled overall with a faint diagonal crease to the upper corner else bright and without loss. Maurice Cowan / Rank Productions unknown books
605753"Ellen Olney Kirk" in black ink on bifold leaf 4 1'2" x 6 7/8" 1 1/4 pages. Germantown June 6 n.y. Very good old tape on top of page 3 from pervious mounting. To Miss Swift: In part: "Your note reaches me just as I am on the point of leaving. . .for a week - but in order to allow your request. . .I seize a moment to sign myself. . .". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
2009294354Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2009. hardcover. near fine/very good. David Lynch. Exhibition catalog illustrated in color and black & white. Oblong 4to black boards dust wrapper. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2009. Wrapper slightly shelf worn at back; a fine copy in a very good wrapper.<br/><br/> Hatje Cantz unknown books
18742288750American Publishing Company / F.G. Gilman & Co 1874. Reprint. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Hoppin; Stephens; Williams; White; et al. Early printing of BAL 3357. Rebacked with original black morocco spine labels laid down new gilt rules. Edges rubbed corners exposed. Includes fold-out with tear along one panel repaired with Japanese tissue. 1874 Full-Leather. xvi 17-574 2 pp. 8vo. First published in 1873 The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America -- an age of corruption when crooked land speculators ruthless bankers and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception Mark Twain and his collaborator Charles Dudley Warner attack the greed lust and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels. American Publishing Company / F.G. Gilman & Co hardcover books
1905404611905. WARNER Anne. THE REJUVENATION OF AUNT MARY. Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1905. Small 8vo pictorial brown cloth stamped in green black & white. Lengthy signed presentation from Warner on three front pages about the origin of the book dated July 5 1906- quite interesting!! Very Good bookplate on front pastedown; some wear & soil; hinges cracked but still tight. $175.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
162888hardcover. Foreward by Alan Lomax. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. 501pp. Small thick oblong 4to red cloth d.w. Syracuse UP 1984. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> unknown books
194065683New York NY: Friendship Press 1940. First edition. 8vo. 95pp. Rust brown cloth with illustration of children gathering beans on front cover. Corners worn covers slightly soiled. Birthday inscription. Signed by the author and dated March 1940. On the verso of the title page it states: "Plans and procedures for using Children of the Harvest will be found in 'A Primary Teacher's Guide on Migrants' by Armilda B. Keiser." Gertrude Warner in her introduction to the book directed to her young readers asks them to think about how food their family buys gets onto their pantry shelf: "When you eat these things next time just stop a minute and think about the people who picked them." She suggests it might be children just about their age and that if they would like to do something to thank those children they can write to the Council of Women for Home Missions in New York City for instructions on how to send thank-you presents to the children who work in the fields. <br/><br/> Friendship Press hardcover books
194068889New Haven: Yale University Press for the Institute of Human Relations 1940. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. frontis photos maps index xiv 309p. dj. 23cm. Jacket backstrip darkened. Jacket also has some browning and light chipping around edges and some minor soiling. Thorough well-done and still quite useful. The first edition is scarce with or without a jacket. <br/><br/> Yale University Press for the Institute of Human Relations hardcover books
1930044864London: Cresset Press 1930. With illustrations in dry point by I. R. Hodgkins. vii 107p. 4 b/w dry point illus. original half-vellum with marbled boards engraved front. t.e.g. deckle edges. "This edition is limited to 350 copies on mould-made paper numbered 1-350. This copy is number 149" SIGNED by the author. Cresset Press unknown books
192529021London: Chatto & Wndus 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Wide hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 102 pp. First edition of the poet's first book. A near fine hardbound book with paper label at spine in an exceptionally nice example of the printed paper dustwrapper. Excellent copy. Chatto & Wndus hardcover books
1996002559Great Britain: Rebel Inc 1996. First U.K. Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition of this collection of writings from some of Scotland's best young authors. This copy is near fine tight and bright with a faint stain to page block. This is the very scarce monocolor edition. Wraps. Strangely uncommon. Works by Irvine Welsh Alan Warner Gordon Legge James Meek Laura J. Hird and Paul Reekie. <br/><br/> Rebel, Inc paperback books
185610301NY: Appleton 1856. First US edn. 8vo Pp. 516 adv. A nice tight copy. Wright II. 2646 BAL 21263 BAL printing A no sequence established; Binding 2 no sequence established. Appleton unknown books
1837TB27239New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in a recent dark blue cloth binding with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The pages are uniformly lightly foxed throughout and the preliminaries and through page 36 the upper fore corners are nibbled in the margins. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is lacking by 2/3rds. With some minor foxing throughout. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1829184027New Haven: J.W. Barber 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Fair heavy wear to leather boards expected age toning foxing spots throughout water staining hinges internally have heavy wear. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington bw folded map bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber. J.W. Barber unknown books
193744935New York: D. Appleton 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a slight printing flaw to the silvered dustwrapper and some wear at the extremities. Happy Shannon the daughter of an old-fashioned country doctor comes to New York City and dazzles and is bedazzled by the glittering night life. Bellah an aviator and war hero in both World Wars is inextricably linked to John Ford who filmed his stories and novels as Fort Apache She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande and for whom he wrote the screenplays The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Sergeant Rutledge. Very scarce. D. Appleton hardcover books
1980112986Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1980. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Presentation copy with brief signed inscription by Munn to influential F&SF editor and publisher David G. Hartwell. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #112986 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1958135616Providence Rhode Island: The Grandon Company 1958. Octavo boards. First edition. One of 350 copies. Signed by Munn. The title story first published in WEIRD TALES July 1925 was inspired by and dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft. Also collected here is the sequel "The Werewolf's Daughter" first published as a three-part serial in WEIRD TALES October-December 1928. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-151. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1214. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of dust soiling. #135616 The Grandon Company unknown books
195882494Providence Rhode Island: The Grandon Company 1958. Octavo boards. First edition. Limited to 350 copies. Signed by Munn. The title story first published in WEIRD TALES July 1925 was inspired by and dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft. Also collected here is the sequel "The Werewolf's Daughter" first published as a three-part serial in WEIRD TALES October-December 1928. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-151. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1214. Tymn ed Horror Literature 4-183. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some soiling to white areas of front panel and rear panel. #82494 The Grandon Company unknown books
1899254261Cambridge: Riverside Press 1899. Limited. hardcover. fine/good. Garrett. With Illlustrations by Edmund H. Garrett. Large 8vo cloth backed boards paper spine label. Cambridge: Riverside Press 1899. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Special large-paper edition. One of 250 signed copies. As new in a plain brown wrapper lettered on the spine. The wrapper is dust soiled and chipped at the edges.<br/><br/> Riverside Press unknown books
1877160569Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1877. 1877. First edition first issue with leaf facing title page blank. 8vo. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; dark brown endpapers. Very good a trifle rubbed. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 21134 - account of author’s visit to Jerusalem Damascus Lebanon Cyprus et.al. F. Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. hardcover books
36947NY: Fowlers and Wells 1853. First edition. 7.25" x 4.5". 2 175 1 4pp inserted ads. With frontis and 3 additional wood engravings in text. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth gilt-stamped spine titles yellow endpapers flyleaves. Boards show light wear and soiling; endpapers offset scattered light foxing. A Very Good copy of this popular guide an attempt to establish standards for dental practice ranging from daily cleanliness to medical intervention. Crowley 1886; Weinberger p. 141 . VeryGood. Hardcover . Fowlers and Wells 1853 hardcover books
195865680Chicago: Scott Foresman and Company 1958. Eighth printing. 8vo. 182pp. Green cloth lightly soiled in illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket rumbled and edgeworn. Dust jacket says Albert Whitman & Company Trade Distributor. Copy bears a previous owner's signature and is signed by the author on the half-title. <br/><br/> Scott, Foresman and Company hardcover books
196765682Grand Rapids MI: Zondervan Publishing House 1967. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. Blue cloth in white dustjacket illustrated with parakeet on front cover. Very good. Signed by the author Gertrude Warner on the flyleaf. Peter Piper was a companion to the Rev. Leila W. Anderson for over 200000 miles. He grew to have a vocabulary of over 800 words and was a help with shy children in her missionary work. <br/><br/> Zondervan Publishing House hardcover books
17977606London: J. Johnson 1797. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 2xii2120pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Later marbled wrappers. J. Johnson paperback books
19360682New York: The Viking Press 1936. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. MILTON MERLIN'S copy with his name and date in pencil 421pp. bound in red and black pictorial cloth depicting a guitar flag and flower in gilt black and red spine lettering gilt top edge stained black. Nearly fine in unclipped fine dust jacket. Milton Merlin 1905-1996 was a screenwriter during the 1930s and 1940s. In the early 1950s he was blacklist after he refused to tesitfy before the House Un-American Activites Committee. Merlin returned to writing in the early 1960s focusing on television where he penned scripts for such shows as The Millionaire which he also produced and episodes of Bonanza and I Spy. <br/><br/> The Viking Press hardcover books
