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022244London: 1928: William Heineman. First Edition. Octavo. First issue. Limited to 2000 copies. 228pp. illustrated with twelve wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. The story of Doll Bilby a beautiful and sensitive girl whom popular superstition regards as a witch. A book of horror in which we see witchcraft from the witch's point of view and also from the standpoint of the narrator who implicitly believes in her guilt. A very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with some finger soiling and rubbing chipping to head and corners. Kirkus 35. William Heineman unknown books
2001165309Bogotá Colombia: Convenio Andrés Bello 2001. Hardcover. As New. Still in plastic wrap. Color pictorial boards with orange cloth spine red lettering. 207 pp. Many illustrations. Text in Spanish. Historical background and cookbook; discusses Bolivia Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Spain Pamana Peru and Venezuela. Convenio Andrés Bello hardcover books
190926188New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter cloth over decorated boards. 360 pp including index. Illustrated with photographs. Covers are a bit worn but the book is clean and still well-bound. Small sticker afixed to the inside front pastedown else no other plates or markings other than a wonderful FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION by the author dated in New York in 1911 "My idea in writing this book was to set forth a true picture of the manners and customs framing the joys and sorrows beliefs and superstitions and toils and pleasures of the Dutch who founded New Amsterdam; and to whom though not a trace of their little city can be found the second greatest city in the world owes its origin. Esther Singleton Dodd, Mead hardcover books
502895half-length seated pose in gown ca. 1940 signed and inscribed at a later date to L. Allan Smith "To Larry in memory of a delightful evening.". 10" x 8". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1994005970Philadelphia: Brethren Encyclopedia Inc. 1994. SCARCE. Fine. No Jacket As Issued . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. Hardcover books
1909278433New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1909. First. hardcover. very good-. Many plates. 8vo 1/2 tan cloth with blue decorated boards page margins uncut edges of corners lightly worn cloth spine rubbed otherwise very good. New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First Edition.<br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
1940488161940. BRAZER Esther Stevens. EARLY AMERICAN DECORATION: A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE: REVEALING THE TECHNIQUE INVOLVED IN THE ART OF EARLY AMERICAN DECORATION OF FURNITURE WALLS TINWARE ETC. Illustrated from drawings and natural-color photographs by the Author. Springfield Mass.: The Pond-Ekberg Co. 1940. Small 4to. cloth in dust jacket. Limited Edition of 1200 numbered copies. Signed by the editor Clarence W. Brazer on the title page and with an autograph letter signed from him tipped to the front endpaper regarding obtaining this copy of the book. Postcard from Brazer also laid in. Very Good; little edgewear & soil d/j. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1926152277Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1926. Vintage pressbook for the 1926 silent film. Laid in with the pressbook is a small bifold program from the film's showing at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. <br/><br/>In the 18th century a US merchant ship is forced to battle a band of Barbary pirates on the Mediterranean high seas. <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Eight leaves side stapled with illustrated wrappers. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947304815Berkeley University of California Press 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Introduction "Robert Frost and the Mertins Collection" by Fulmer Mood. Frontispiece b/w portrait photograph with facsimile autograph 1 facsimile reproduction. Dust jacket price clipped; few nicks. Very good. 91 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Chronology of the composition of Frost's poems with an annotated bibliography. Signed and inscribed by Louis Mertins to Florence Fisk White on front free endpaper; also signed and dated by Esther Mertins on front free endpaper August 7 1947. With a one-page TLS of Louis Mertins Riverside CA August 6 1947 laid in loose. Crane p.261; one of 1500 unnumbered copies. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1947. hardcover books
1956140109Burbank CA: MS Productions 1956. Final Draft script for season six episode 30 of the 1956 television show originally broadcast May 1 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to Mason Curry who played Grady with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations additions and changes to his scenes throughout. <br/><br/>Episode 30 of season six of the television show "Big Town" a series focused on the adventures of Steve Wilson and his staff at "The Illustrated Press" newspaper as they cover the hard hitting stories and social issues of the day. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers production no. 537. Title page present dated February 3 1956 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter William L. Stuart. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 30B. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated February 10 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. MS Productions unknown books
190114178New York: Dodd Mead 1901. 289 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white; the author ".endeavoured to include as great a variety as possible of mood and expression in love.the moods of love being innumerable."; contributions from Theocritus Malory de Reimes Lyly Peele Spenser Shakespeare Marlowe Fletcher Fielding Dickens Gautier Thackeray Longfellow Austen Balzac Bede more; bound in marbled paper covered boards endpapers to match dark turquoise morocco leather spine and corners decorative gilt spine & title top edge gilt; light edge tips wear rubbing to binding spine sunned to brown; good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
1985117046Green Valley AZ: Desert Press 1985. red cloth with front cover with drawing in black. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.6 X 5 cm. red cloth with front cover with drawing in black. 37 3 pages. Limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author / publisher Bradbury Desert 2. Printed for Beamer by the Tabula Rasa Press. Desert Press unknown books
200062693Santiago de Chile: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile 2000. 29.5 x 30.5 cm. Traducción al inglés: Joseph Strain H. 194p b/w frontis. b/w and color plates map pict. boards. Survey of rural churches in Chile with photographs by prominent Chilean fine arts photographer Luis Poirot. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile hardcover books
1976118112Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1976. leather title gilt-stamped on spine all edges silvered. Miniature Books. miniature book 7.5 x 5.4 cm. leather title gilt-stamped on spine all edges silvered. 631 pages. Limited to 1000 copies Bradbury St. Onge 45. Recollections of life in Aspen Colorado. Explanatory comments after text. Epilogue by Elmer Beamer. Achille J. St. Onge unknown books
19493001Pittsburg KS: Kansas St. Teachers Col 1949. Hardbound. VG internally ex art library with label bookplate never used. Grey buckram. 182 pp. 1 bw plate. The introduction states that Part 2 a geographical index to the location of these murals would be published at a later date. Karpel states that this volume has yet to be published but that the author's notes are available for study at The Library of The Kansas State Teachers College. Volume 1 lists a whopping 1544 artists covering the period from 1800 to 1927. Printed reproductions for each artist are listed. An essential reference since a: many artists are included even though they might not be generally thought of as muralists; and b: periodical literature is thoroughly indexed with respect to these artists. Kansas St. Teachers Col hardcover books
2011287168Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2011. paperback. very good. 8vo pr. wrs. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2011. Very good<br/><br/> Europa Law Publishing unknown books
197466529Lexington: University Press of Kentucky 1974. First US edition. 77 pp w/bibliography & notes. Fine in fine dust jacket that is slightly mis-folded. Translated from the original Spanish and edited by L. Clark Keating and Robert O. Evans. Borges offers a thorough and concise view of England’s literature from afar. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky unknown books
194021422Springfield MA: Pond-Ekberg Co. 1940. #702 of an edition limited to 1200 copies. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. the author. Revealing the technique involved in the art of early American decoration of furniture walls tinware etc. Springfield MA: Pond-Ekberg Co. 1940. #702 of an edition limited to 1200 copies. Numerous full color and b/w photographs and illustrations. Illustrated by the author. 273 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Blue cloth. Gilt labels to spine and front board. Extremities and front board rubbed; head and heel rubbed; label to spine damaged; spine slightly cocked; very light scattered interior foxing. Else interior bright; sound. Very good-/No dust jacket. Pond-Ekberg Co. hardcover books
36820Leiden The Netherlands: E. J. Brill 1993. Hardcover. 9.75" x 6.5". xiii 231pp 2. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles in cream and illustrated DJ. Some light toning to edges of DJ else Fine. ISBN 9004095691 . LikeNew. Hardcover . E. J. Brill 1993 hardcover books
199948015Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. xviii 674pp index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's silver boards and issued without a jacket. <br/><br/> General Society of Mayflower Descendants hardcover books
194365515Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. Newbery Medal winner. Color frontispiece by Lynd Ward. An early printing no statement. Very good in a very good four inch long thin scuff line across the front panel light age toning along the spine price clipped dust jacket with no Newbery Medal emblem on the front panel. ; 256 pages . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
1943RFORJOH00MELHoughton Mifflin Co. c1943. Very Good. Forbes Esther. Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. c1943. 256pp. 8vo. Gray cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly rubbed bumped and chipped edges and a couple of short creased tears. In plastic protector. Early edition. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
199859912Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0395900115 . Newbery Medal winner. First printing thus. SIGNED by the illustrator. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the Newbery Medal emblem on the front panel. ; 293 pages . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
1990011917Cambridge: MIT Press 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Ownership copy of Argentinian-born American architect Cesar Pelli 1926-2019 inscribed by editor Goldstein to him and his wife landscape architect Diana Balmori on the ffe: "To Cesar and Diana with much love and thanks for your friendship and suppoty. Barbara 9/90" Fine copy apparently unused. MIT Press unknown books
2010045655Leiden Boston: Brill 2010. xi 224p. map original stiff printed wrappers Studies in Central European histories 51. Brill unknown books
