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194811162New York: Bride's House Inc 1948. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. A lovely copy of the 1948 1st edition. Clean and VG in its patterned boards with very light wear at the edges. And including a Near Fine example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Quarto 174 pgs. Charming look into the late 40s world of wedding etiquette. <br/><br/> Bride's House, Inc hardcover books
19999015551New York: St. Martin's Press November 23 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover books
34921WILLIAMSBURG THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1771. London: D. Henry 1771. 8vo. Disbound. 381-428 pages. First edition. Including a news account of a resolution by clergy in Williamsburg to petitio the King for an American Episcopate--one of many failed attempts to create a bishop for the new world. unknown books
1757263153London: The London Magazine 1757. unbound. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 4.75" x 6.75".<br/><br/> This unusual plan of Prague was published by The London Magazine just a few months following the 1757 Battle of Prague. Oriented with north facing left it depicts the position of the two armies with a key in the bottom margin locating the positions of the artillery reserves batteries and mortars of the Prussian Army on the map. The Battle of Prague part of the Seven Years' War was fought between the Prussians and the Austrians for control of Prague and its surroundings. Although Frederick The Great from Prussia eventually succeeded in forcing the Austrians to retreat he was unable to take the city due to the heavy losses. A beautiful title cartouche adorns the bottom right corner. Most likely engraved by Thomas Kitchin. The map is in very good condition with narrow bottom margin. "The London Magazine or Gentleman%u2019s Monthly Intelligencer" was founded in 1732 as a rival to the popular Gentleman's Magazine. It is England's oldest cultural and literary journal. The magazine has published a wide range of writers from Wordsworth Shelley Keats T.S. Eliot W. H. Auden Evelyn Waugh among others. The first two installments of Thomas De Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" appeared in the 1820 edition of the journal. Today after nearly three centuries The London Magazine continues to publish some of the best writings from London and beyond.<br/><br/> The London Magazine unknown books
2009108339Danbury Connecticut U.S.A.: Granta Books 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine in wrappers. Includes writings from Paul Aster and John Banville. Original price of $16.99 printed on back cover. Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Granta Books unknown books
191220972Denver Colorado: Western Federation of Miners 1912. 16 pages; John M. O'Neill editor; first page with short pieces of importance to the general union movement n the U.S. & abroad political commentary; especially interesting is a pre-cursor to a following article urging laborers to stay away from the anti-union state of California and especially to not bother to apply for work at the upcoming San Francisco Exposition in 1915; followed by articles about a prison flogging in Delaware 'Dire Poverty and Great Wealth' 'W.R. Hearst Denounced' 'School Funds for Military Purposes' by John Tierney a piece on revolution by E. Moyle others; an open letter to Senator Borah by Tom Corra Organizer for the W.F.M regarding tariffs and employment; opinions on the Socialist Party trade unions 'News from Washington D.C.'; more; mining union news as in "Stay away from Tonopah Nevada" due to high unemployment and dismal future prospects for workers; also with a couple of pro-union anti-capitalist poetry pieces; a couple of memorials for passed union brothers; with a directory of local unions and offices of the Federation listed by state giving useful information with number name location meeting night president & secretary number of members address; with also the state and district listings and the womens' auxiliaries; with a few advertisements for union made materials and products and a warning "Don't be a Scab" in the mining camps of So. Dakota where the Homestake Mining Company required prospective employees to sign a non-union affiliation pledge - this paper has a facsimile printed of the pledge card on the 3rd page in; small old original subscription label on front cover of the American Association for Labor Legislation New York; large format 15 ½" x 11" size; printed on thin slightly glossy-stock paper original illustrated cover; some edgewear and chipping to paper old fold line at middle cover with a bit of loss along that line which splits the pages almost to the end of the issue no loss of text; overall in good condition and a fragile survival from this period of great unrest in the mining regions of the American West. . Soft Cover. Good. Western Federation of Miners Paperback books
192670Random House 2015-10-27. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket has minimal wear. Black boards and binding are good. Top right front corner of board has bumping. Pages are clean and unmarked. LO Random House hardcover books
40252AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE THE RAMBLER MAGAZINE. Number Twenty-nine. Kenosha Wisconsin: Thomas B. Jeffrey & Co. 1906. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers pages 726-750 6 pages. Early auto magazine which began publication in 1905 and came out monthly. Th issue is complete. Articles of interest include "a Family Tour in a Rambler from Fresno City to Monterrey" and "Through Illinois in a Rambler." With man in-text half-tone photographs of the automobiles and travel. With six pages auto based advertisements in back. unknown books
1851229495London and New York: John Tallis & Co 1851. First edition. 17 engravings. 1 vols. 4to. Three-quarter black morocco maroon boards. Spine and extremities rubbed internally Fine. First edition. 17 engravings. 1 vols. 4to. John Tallis & Co unknown books
197556636NY: Time 1975. Periodical. Small 4to article pp. 32-43. Illustrated. A VG tight copy. Time unknown books
196528508New York: Time Magazine 1965. First and Only edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Brown leather with the initials R.M.C. on the upper cover. First and Only edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Richard Clurman's Copy. This copy belonged to Richard Clurman and has his initials on the upper cover. He led this group of 28 business and professional leaders and a group of editorial and publishing executives from Time Inc on this trip. He was then Chief of Time-Life News Service. Time Magazine unknown books
197176210Milwaukee:: Kalmbach Publishing Company. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. B007CMVOFY . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout including fold-outs at rear. First edition paperback. Previous owner's stamp on title page else very good in oversize pictorial wraps. . Kalmbach Publishing Company, paperback books
192911761929. TRENTON MAGAZINE. TRENTON 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF TRENTON. Official Number October 1929. Large quarto printed wraps; 159 pages. This special printing is actually a special edition of "Trenton Magazine." The issue was funded to celebrate the anniversary by the manufacturers and merchants in the Trenton area. Contains various articles on Trenton with some magnificent full-page photographs- more than than half of the book contains many interesting advertisements. A rather uncommon publication on Trenton. Very Good few short tears. $75.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
196731484Toronto: Satyrday 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled newsprint. Volume 2 Number 3 of this underground newspaper / magazine documenting the hippie scene in the Yorkville area of Toronto in the late 60's. 30 pp including covers. Great Human Be-In advertisement on the rear panel. Article on Gathering of the Tribes and formation of the Yorkville Diggers included in this issue. Printed on inexpensive newspaper stock. Paper is a bit toned with age as might be expected otherwise in unmarked very good condition. Uncommon as are all the issues of this magazine. Satyrday paperback books
183753662Washington D.C.: Langtree & O'Sullivan March 4 1837. Folio broadside approx. 14" x 8" double column text beneath a running head; stained and toned and with two paper repairs on the verso and several small chips in the left margin affecting a few words and letters. With promotional blurbs by Andrew Jackson and a reviewer for the Richmond Enquirer. Not in American Imprints. OCLC locates the Trinity Newberry Virginia and the AAS copies only. There was also a quarto bifolium version of the same. <br/><br/> Langtree & O'Sullivan, March 4 unknown books
190034834San Francisco: A.M. Robertson 1901 ©1900. 12mo 19 cm 7.25". Frontis. 2 ff. 227 1 pp. <br><br>Not many student publications are listed in the Bibliography of American Literature but this one is. And that is because the lead-off entry in this anthology of stories is Frank Norris' "Travis Hallett's Half-back." Norris 18701902 was class of '94.<br>Â Â Â Â => It may interest the reader to know that half of the writings in this volume are by women.<br>Â Â Â Â Sole edition. The volume was a fund-raising effort: "The principal reason that these stories have been gathered together and given to the public is to start a fund wherewith to erect a fountain on the Campus of the University of California to be in harmony with the great Hearst architectural plan."<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt with title and a scene of a rolling hill with trees on it. Binding signed "Kales. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â BAL 15035. Binding as above: gilt a little rubbed or dulled. Overall very good. A.M. Robertson hardcover books
1996SKU1019272Little Brown & Co 1996-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0316553530 First Edition book has only light wear clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. No jacket wrapper. Little Brown & Co hardcover books
1987017748New York NY: Random House 1987. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 303 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and minor sunning to the edges. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with over 250 full color photographs. Decoration Architecture. Random House Hardcover books
1998406933New York: Three Rivers Press 1998. A near fine copy with some light wear to extremities. 11 x 8.5 inches. 160 pages. profusely illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition. <br/><br/> Three Rivers Press unknown books
19251259530Ohio: Crowell Publishing 1925. Reprint Collection of facsimiles. Reprint; Quarto; VG-/no-DJ; Spine is thick and brown with gold text; Covers have edge wear rubbing to corners and head/tail of spine some light scratches and scuffs joints and hinges are strong; Text block has general signs of handling age-toning small amount of pen on title page binding is strong content is clear; Pages not numbered; Additional shipping cost may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions. 1259530. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Crowell Publishing unknown books
19651332576New York; New York & Evanston: Esquire Inc.; Harper & Row 1965. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 314; G; black spine with silver text; no jacket; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows slight foxing to lightly toned edges; previous owner's name to ffep; some inked writings to endpapers; tight binding; illustrated. 1332576. FP New Rockville Stock. Esquire, Inc.; Harper & Row hardcover books
44772An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. London: S. W. Partridge & Co. nd. Numerous b/w illustrations with one chromolith of ÒThe Death of NelsonÓ. 188 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt stamping to front board. Head heel and corners lightly bumped and rubbed; boards lightly soiled; edges lightly foxed; preliminaries moderately foxed. Scattered light foxing to interior. Very good-/No dust jacket. S. W. Partridge & Co. hardcover books
182867917Cincinnati: Western Magazine and Review. Very Good. 1828-1829. Hardcover. Western Magazine and Review Volume 2 June 1828- May 1829 lacks October and April. rebound in black buckram last page of text is torn. The contents are soiled and foxed but solid. . Western Magazine and Review hardcover books
1927367Chicago: Woman's World magazine Co. Inc. 1927-28. Black boards color illustrated wraps. Good. A full run of all 11 recipe books compiled and laid in boards. Includes: Cakes and Desserts - 1927 The Candy Calendar - 1927 Salads and Sandwiches - 1927 The Fifty Two Sunday Dinners - 1927 The Cookery Calendar - 1927 The Fish Book - 1928 The Menu Book - 1929 The Book of Can Cookery - 1928 The Vegetable Book - 1928 Children's Party Book - 1928 The Fruit Book - 1928. Moderate wear to pamphlets. <br/><br/> Woman's World magazine Co. Inc. hardcover books
16261H. Frances Petersen. "The Belief in Innate Rights" reprinted from the "Law Magazine and Review." Published by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies 1913. No. 58. Paper wrappers 12 pages 7.25 x 5 in. In this pamphlet H. Frances Petersen debates the rhetorical moral of Professor Dicey an opponent of women's suffrage who argued that "the belief in innate rights.was expelled from England by.Burke and.Bentham." Petersen goes on to parse Dicey's statements dispute his reasoning and comes to the conclusion that "If there is no such thing as 'innate right' what meaning have the words justice and injustice" Paper wrappers with string binding. Thumb-soiling to front and back cover; light horizontal crease. Good condition. An extremely rare pamphlet of one convincing woman's argument against a leading legal scholar. Rare with only copy recorded in any institution worldwide as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
