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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
1961128785New York: Limited Editions Club 1961. N. 107 of 1500 limited edition copies signed by artist. Hardcover. VG glassine dj torn along mose of lower hinge but copy is bright clean and crisp. Slipcase shows very minor signs of wear. Ayrton Michael. Burgundy cloth on boards with red leather spine and glued cloth title label gilt titling matching cloth slipcase publisher's glassine protective dj. xviv 177 pp. 12 1- or 2-color black and brown plates. A large-print version of this classic with lovely and dramatic illustrations by Michael Ayrton. Beautifully preserved a magnificent copy. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
2274057The Heritage Press 1961. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ayrton Michael. Includes publisher's slipcase lacks Sandglass insert. Spine faded slipcase edges toned. 1961 Large Hardcover. In the "Oresteia" - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light from rage to self-governance from primitive ritual to civilized institution its spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1927131640Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1927. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1927 film. <br/><br/>The first talking picture to be in wide release. Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations men in the family have been Cantors in the synagogue but Jakie is more interested in jazz and ragtime music. One day they have such a bitter argument that Jakie leaves home for good. After a few years on his own now calling himself Jack Robin he gets an important opportunity through the help of well-known stage performer Mary Dale. But Jakie finds that in order to balance his career his relationship with Mary and his memories of his family he will be forced to make some difficult choices. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a small chip at one corner and a small bruise at another corner. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn The Hollywood Musical. Warner Brothers unknown books
1948132759London: J. Arthur Rank Organisation 1948. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1948 UK film. Features Susan Shaw who stars as "Beryl." <br/><br/>An ex-war hero escapes from prison handcuffed to a naive young crook. They devise a way to board the railway but with the police and the press on their tails they need to find a way to free themselves of each other. <br/><br/>Shot at Gainsborough Studios and on location in England. <br/><br/>7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus with slight faint creases overall and pinholes at the corners. J. Arthur Rank Organisation unknown books
1983UMORPHO00JGUniversity Presses of Florida 1983. Very Good. and Lee H. Warner Joan Perry Morris. Photographs of Alvan S. Harper:Tallahassee 1885-1910. Harper Alvan S. Tallahassee: University Presses of Florida 1983. 140pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: VG/VG. Dust Jacket Condition: . Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Gentle bumping to corners of dust jacket. University Presses of Florida hardcover books
198513097Boston: Photographic Resource Center Boston University 1985. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folio. Collaboration between these two video artists on the subject of Northern Ireland. A very good copy in tall stapled illustrated wrappers. Only three cc found in world institutions. <br/><br/> Photographic Resource Center Boston University paperback books
192306Simon & Schuster 1960-06-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. First Printing stated. Dust jacket and book are clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor overall wear. Dust jacket price not clipped. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
197945376NY: Knopf 1979. First Edition. 8vo pp. ix 499. Map on endpapers illustrated throughout with photographs. Donor's presentation at top of front flyleaf. A VG tight copy. Memoir of the New Zealand teacher. Knopf unknown books
127382hardcover. very good/very good. b/w illus. 499pp. Tall 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1979. Small remainder mark otherwise a very good copy.<br/><br/> unknown books
196046334NY: Simon and Schuster 1960. First printing. 8vo pp. 312. Paper over boards with pink cloth spine. Edges of cover very slightly worn o/w a VG tight copy in worn and stained dj. A novel. Simon and Schuster unknown books
196038000NY: Simon and Schuster 1960. First printing. 8vo pp. 312. VG in somewhat torn dj. Simon and Schuster unknown books
19672463NY: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else about fine in a very near fine dust jacket that has a tiny closed tear at the top of the rear panel. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
197239210NY: Knopf 1972. First Edition. 8vo pp. 224. Owner's name and address on flyleaf o/w a nice copy in little stained dj. Knopf unknown books
1967UASHTEA00NJBantam Books 1967. Good. Ashton-Warner Sylvia. Teacher. New York: Bantam Books 1967. 191pp. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Light rubbing to extremities. Creasing to spine. Former owner's name on front endsheet. Bantam Books paperback books
19603688NY: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. First printing. Near fine in a near fine a bit age darkened about the spine and edges dust jacket. . Simon and Schuster hardcover books
19591104928vo. New York: Simon and Schuster 1959. 8vo vi 242 1 pp. Original quarter cloth with blue boards lettered in gilt a few light marks to the backstrip. Original unclipped dust-jacket spine panel faded some worming largely to the rear panel. § First US edition. Based on the New Zealand novelist’s own experience of teaching Maori children. It was made into the film Two Loves 1961 starring Shirley MacLaine. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
199125566Hastings-on-Hudson NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano 1991. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS:<br/><br/>Baird Associates's Commercial Three-Meter Grating Spectrograph and the Transformation of Analytical Chemistry by DAVIS BAIRD. <br/>Everything from Watch to Locomotive by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER.<br/><br/>The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication and a total of 70 issues the journal covered areas including mathematical optical and philosophical instruments chemical physical and electrical apparatus sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions collectors and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano unknown books
1837TB31667New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name Lynda Brownell Sherman Conn. written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography U.S. Iana the first edition of this title was published in 1836. 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
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
1836010043New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1836. Second Edition. Old Calf. Good -. Covers detached but all plates extant. Hand colored fold out map of old Massachussets. Great breaker for the map and the woodcuts. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber unknown 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
1844TB31669Worcester Mass.: Warren Lazell 1844. Reprint of 1844. Good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt text on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather worn through over the front and rear joints the lower edges of the boards and the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name written in ink at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are generally foxed on the margins and the fold-out hand-colored map is partially tanned it is in undamaged condition. 624 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr Howland of Worcester in 1839. Armstrong Bibliographies of New England History 103; Howes B-123 Warren Lazell hardcover books
1839TB29065Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Very good in full brown leather covered boards with a rebacked spine of leather with a gilt stamped dark brown leather spine label. The rebacking retained the original marbled paper end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. The leather is worn through at the tips of the boards and the front and rear hinges have been reinforced with modern cloth. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and small engraved vignettes throughout within the text. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in perfect undamaged condition. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
1839TB28746Worcester Mass.: Dorr Howland & Co. 1839. First Edition. Near fine in a recent 1/2 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt black leather text block with gilt text stamping on the spine and new end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. The contents are in excellent condition with 624 pages of text with occasional spots of foxing to the pages throughout. The hand-colored four-color fold-out map is in place following the front index and is in near fine condition with a tiny 1/4" closed tear at the lower margin. Illustrated throughout by the author's 200 line drawings and wood cut engravings. Howes B-123 Dorr, Howland & Co. hardcover books
