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186437372New York: Hurd & Houghton 1864. "A New Edition". Original publisher's tan half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards eps & edges. Gilt decorated spines. Average wear. Armorial bookplate of Henry T. Babcock. A VG set. 2 volumes: viii 9 - 419 3 blank; iv 5 - 453 5 blank pp. Index Vol II. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Hurd & Houghton hardcover books
189228277Milwaukee Wisconsin 1892. 1st thus and 3rd edition overall. INSCRIBED by Duward on the blank front flyleaf. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Red edge stain. VG mild soil & wear to boards. 84 pp. Pt. 1. The Departure; Pt. 2. The Gloomy Ocean Sea; Pt. 3. San Salvador. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> hardcover books
193732039Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. 1st edition thus Broadfoot p. 634 incorrectly listing this edtion as 2 vols; Howes W-598; Kurutz 691b; Mintz 501; cf Cowan II p. 692 & Graff 4724 for the 2v 1914 edition. Blue buckram cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Printed blue paper dust jacket. NF/VG spine sunned a bit/pc. vii 1 blank 528 pp including Index. Unopened. Fronts portrait. 8 internal illustrations/plates. Folding map at rear. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>An affordable alternative to the 2v limited edition issued in 1914 also by the Wistar Institute. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology hardcover books
1931WRCLIT85189New York: Panurge Press 1931. Decorated cloth. Some tanning at edges and at gutters of endsheets cloth a bit handsoiled but a good copy without dust jacket. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies. In this copy the limitation number has been overwritten with the inscription "Complimentary copy for Ben Abramson." A fitting association copy of a collection of short stories by the critic / biographer / musicologist / linguist relegated to the dim realm of biblio-obscurity by reason of its having appeared under the imprint of a publisher more at home with softcore pseudo- porn and "anthropological" studies. It was not included in the list of his works in Kunitz & Haycraft. Abramson's catalogues and lists often included offerings of titles published by Panurge and Falstaff presses. Panurge Press hardcover books
1887011671Indianapolis IN: No publisher 1887. Book. Near fine condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A small thick card measuring 4.5 inches by 2.5 inches signed in ink "Indianapolis Ind March 21 1887 Very Respectfully signed Issac P. Gray." Isaac Pusey Gray 1828-1895 was Governor of Indiana 1880-81 and 1885-89 and a Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. No publisher unknown books
1974139903Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Vintage still photographs from the 1974 film. Featuring Yaphet Kotto and two of his compatriots. <br/><br/>A constant barrage of car chases and bloody shootouts Isaac Hayes plays a pimp-killing bounty hunter on whom the tables are turned when one of his mark's girlfriends puts a hit out on him. He must outsmart Yaphet Kotto's intimidating gangster or be killed himself. Hayes provides the soundtrack and "Star Trek's" Nichelle Nichols makes her only 1970s feature appearance as a foul-mouthed whorehouse madam. Released as a double feature with the inimitable "Foxy Brown." Shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill US. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
009866Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1853. First Edition. Cloth. Poor. Octavo 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 562 pp. George M. Grant's article on the sanitary conditions in Memphis Tennessee in the early 1850's open piles of excrement left as food for dogs and hogs; He has also contributed an article on a new obstetric forcebs with a folding plate Lower right front board gnawed with damage to corners of opening pages not affecting text. Otherwise volume is clean and good. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1853 unknown books
009865Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1851. A good copy with some rubbing. J. Mason Warren's "Occlusion of the Vagina" with wood cut. William Maxwell Wood Navy Surgeon's account of two suits of malpractice in Erie County PA; Henry H. Smith on Molluscum and Medullary cancer. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1851 unknown books
190089162New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1900. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos 1057p. Original illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. 22 cm. Edges heavily rubbed. Other moderate cover wear. Front free endpaper has an old name stamp and an unrelated gift inscription "To . from Grandma in China Xmas 1929". Contents sound. No jacket. <br/><br/> Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover books
1909253974New York: Fleming H. Revell Company 1909. 372p. hardcover minor shelfwear spine ends rubbed. Headland went to China in 1890 as an American Methodist Episcopal missionary. He worked as a professor of science at Peking University and later served as president of the Anglo-Chinese College in Fuzhou. Fleming H. Revell Company unknown books
1883WRCLIT81596Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1883. 23pp. Octavo. printed wrapper sewn into later plain wrapper. Small deaccession stamps in corner of upper wrapper title and upper wrapper neatly detached from sewing; just a good copy. First edition of this somewhat idiosyncratic out of genre work by the prominent Philadelphia architect known for his devotion to many of the most excessive aspects of Victorian style. Rare: OCLC locates only three copies in the BL and at Yale and Univ. of Kentucky. OCLC: 560840805 & 12609381 Printed for the Author by J.B. Lippincott & Co. unknown books
195130836Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press 1951. 86p. front. 5p. illus. press release laid in ribbed red cloth gilt in dj untrimmed edges printed on Strathmore Pastelle; slightest shelfwear jacket faintly browned about fine. University of Virginia Press unknown books
1976015152Doubleday 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket.$7.95 on Flap. First Edition Stated Excellent Biblio-Mystery by The Master. Doubleday Hardcover books
1972WN590255Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. 1972. Yellow spine cloth with lettering on blue background and black cloth boards. Birght yellow endpapers. Book somewhat canted mild foxing on edges. Unpriceclipped dust jacket with author photo on rear panel in very good condition. A classic of Asimov's science fiction genre. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover books
198319303New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1983. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Antonio Frasconi. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ANTONIO FRASCONI on the title page. A clean very sharp copy to boot of the 1983 stated 1st trade edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp price-intact Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Quarto wonderfully illustrated in woodblocks a number of them in color by the maestro Frasconi. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1839280988Philadelphia: J. G. Auner 1839. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. There is worming to the top of the first half of the textblock not affecting text except for a small bit of titling. In speckled calf binding with morocco label. Very Good binding. J. G. Auner unknown books
183928870New York: Office of the New York Express 1839. 32pp disbound uncut. Lacking the original printed wrappers else Very Good. <br/><br/> This standard campaign biography was printed in numerous places in 1836 1839 and 1840. It emphasizes Harrison's distinguished military career and his service as Senator and as Governor of Indiana. <br/>Howes J20. Miles 123. AI 56535 5. Office of the New York Express unknown books
1840WRCAM50993Philadelphia: W. Marshall & Co. 1840. 218pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities worn. Contemporary ownership stamp on flyleaves. Moderate foxing. Good. Second edition published a year after the first. An updated version of Jackson's biography of Harrison used as campaign literature for his 1840 bid for president. With emphasis on his military career and achievements. SABIN 35422 ref. FIELD 768 ref. W. Marshall & Co. hardcover books
1961119333New York: Macmillan 1961. First Edition. First Edition. <br/><br/>Basis for the 1962 film "David and Lisa" directed by the underrated Frank Perry and starring Keir Dullea Janet Margolin and Howard Da Silva. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good plus price-clipped dust jacket. Lightly soiled endpapers. Jacket spine lightly faded with small tears and accompanying creasing to the heel and bottom front flap fold repaired with cello tape on the inside. Macmillan unknown books
101460hardcover. An American Tale. By Daniel Jackson Jr. 256pp. 24mo leather-backed bds. Boston 1839. vg<br/><br/> Love story of a Yale student and a young lady who lives in a Gothic castle somewhere near the Long Island Sound 1760-85. Wright I 1889.<br/><br/> unknown books
1985BL4409Paris:: Les Belles Lettres 1985. 1985. At head of title: Science et Humanisme. 8vo. 191 1 pp. Frontis. figs. index. Printed wrappers. Very good. Latin and French translation facing text. Les Belles Lettres, 1985. unknown books
1904729361904. PLATT Isaac Hull. WALT WHITMAN. From the series Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans edited M.A. DeWolfe Howe. Boston: Small Maynard & Co. 1904. 12mo. blue cloth over limp boards spine in gilt t.e.g. frontisportrait untrimmed. Two ink names to ffep one "M. De W. Howe" in Howe's hand. Slightly skewed sunned touch of soil and minimal surface wear to cloth. About very good. unknown books
1953003785Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Early science fiction and fantasy anthology edited by Garret Ford illustrated by Arnold and Lorraine Walter. Contributions by Asimov Bradbury Cordwainer Smith Stanton Coblentz among others. Very good to near fine in green boards with tanning to pages tight binding. Unclipped dustwrapper has inked price notation to front flap some light wear to edges. A nice copy of an increasingly uncommon collection. <br/><br/> Fantasy Publishing hardcover books
188037361Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1880s. 16mo 17.5 cm 6.875". 2 vols. I: xxxviii 841 pp. II: 919 1 pp. <br><br>Two-volume set of Shakespeare's complete works edited by Samuel Johnson George Steevens and Isaac Reed with a biographical sketch by Mary Cowden Clarke. The three editors were notable Shakespearean scholars; Steevens and Johnson edited a collection of Shakespeare's works together in 1773 an edition that Reed would later re-edit in 1803. Cowden Clarke in addition to working on Shakespearean studies with her husband published an invaluable Shakespeare concordance.<br>Â Â Â Â The first volume begins with a 16-page index to the characters in the plays and includes => an engraved frontispiece of Shakespeare with additional small engravings on the title-pages and at the end of each work. The title-page vignette in vol. I is signed by J.M. Corner.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Brown vol. I and red vol. II morocco with beveled boards five raised bands to spines and gilt lettering/devices in compartments; front covers with gilt tripled-rule borders gilt lettering blind-stamped corner decorations and within central oval frames defined by beaded gilt swags compound recessed medallions each composed of a faux tortoise shell oval surrounding and securing an inlaid silk panel embroidered with a => differently colored colorful wreath of flowers. Rear boards bear same borders and corner devices in blind with a blind-stamped central quatrefoil medallion; all edges of both volumes gilt with bookmarks of purple vol. I and green vol. II silk ribbon present. => While the bindings are clearly intended as a pair the differing colors of the leather bookmarks and flowers in the insets make this an interesting sort of set.<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of Readership: On verso of front fly-leaf of vol. I a previous owner's neat pencil notes on purchase history. Small marginal pencil marks throughout the middle section of vol. I. Bound as above rubbed; vol. II lacking tortoise frame on front board leaving board underneath exposed and embroidery slightly soiled although usefully this shows some of the area's underlying construction. Minor foxing throughout with more severe foxing to title-page and frontispiece of vol. I; bookmarks with fading and loss at ends. Charmingly bound set; blemished still pleasant and sturdy. William P. Nimmo hardcover books
1709WRCLIT65867London: Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1709. 824pp. Quarto. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Title dusty at edges with small snag in blank corner small discoloration at extreme fore- margins else a good copy. First quarto edition. A 16pp. printing in octavo appeared the same year with the same imprint. A pencil note suggests Sharpe was curate of Stepney. ESTC N5149. Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster unknown books
