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1916106753New York: The H. K. Fly Company Publishers 1916. Octavo pp. 1-8 9-350 351-352: blank note: last leaf is a blank five inserted plates with illustrations by John Sloan note: title page states "Frontispiece by C. D. Williams" but all illustrations including frontispiece are signed by Sloan original terra cotta cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A representative example of the SF novel as political propaganda. "More lively and better written than most of England's socially oriented fiction but with many long essay sections on war and the munitions industry." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 677. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-69 and 2004 II-384. Clareson The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915 p. 240. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 285. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 79. Bleiler 1978 p. 69. Reginald 04906. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-197. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 1098. Rideout The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954 p. 294. Some patchy fading to cloth as is usually the case with this book a very good copy with fairly bright cover stamping and clean interior. One of England's more uncommon titles. #106753 The H. K. Fly Company Publishers unknown books
1973162199Cambridge Massachusetts: NESFA Press 1973. Large octavo twelve volumes double columns pictorial wrappers stapled as issued. First editions. A nearly complete run lacking 1988 the final volume. The annuals for 1984 and 1985 have not been published. Annual supplements Intended as a continuation of the association's Index to the SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES 1966-1970 1971. Commencing with the 1971-1972 supplement coverage was expanded to include original anthologies. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 14-11. Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 129. A fine set. #162199 NESFA Press unknown books
1903558671903. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. New York: M. Walter Dunne 1903. First American edition thus. 4to. violet cloth stamped decoratively in pink periwinkle and gilt 386 pp. Sunned and worn at the spine and edges corners bumped binding lightly shaken. Somewhat soiled and rubbed at the boards with two patches of damsptaining to the fron board. A good copy overall very good internally. Religion. unknown books
191923253Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1919. First Edition. Octavo 19.25cm.; publisher's blue decorative cloth embossed in black; 8349pp.; color frontispiece. Light edge wear mostly at spine ends else Near Fine. Socialist author's fantastical adventure novel set in Malaysia. BLEILER 1972 p. 109. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
1980RENGBRO00fpBookcraft 1980. Very Good. England Eugene. Brother Brigham. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft 1980. 1st edition. 256pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and both ends of spine bumped. Large gift card with letter affixed on front free end sheet. Signed by author on title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Price clipped. Edges rubbed and chipped with several short closed tears and some faint creasing along back top edge. Bookcraft hardcover books
1910118159N.p.: n.d. circa 1910. 1910. Oblong octavo brown cloth stamped in gold on front and spine panels. Ten black and white photographs reproduced by photogravure each measuring approximately 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches 14.6 x 20 mm all captioned most with stock number and imprint "F. F. & Co." on the image. Tipped onto the first leaf is an envelope containing a handwritten letter on Haddon Hall letterhead signed by R. W. Hand extending an invitation to a Mr. Berolzheimer to visit the house. Haddon Hall is a medieval manor house the most complete and interesting of its period in England. Fine. #118159 n.d. [circa 1910]. unknown books
198220404Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema 1982. Cloth. Very Good. x 2 421-996 pages. Publisher's cloth. Volume 2 of the proceedings ONLY. A sound working copy. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cloth. A. A. Balkema unknown books
198015592Malta: M. R. S. M. Ltd. Near Fine. 1980. Paperback. First edition paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . M. R. S. M. Ltd. paperback books
197589685London: Published for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society 1975. Paperback. Near Fine. illustrations xix 373p. plus 39 plates printed on one side on plain paper. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Fading on backstrip and adjacent ares of front cover. Consists almost entirely of communications/papers each restricted to 6 pages of typescript in English French German and Spanish. Graeco-Roman Memoirs No. 61. <br/><br/> Published for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society paperback books
1901WRCLIT27253Westminster: Constable 1901. Folio. Parchment backed gilt boards t.e.g. Portrait and facsimiles. First edition edited from the manuscript by Robert S. Rait. One of 275 numbered copies. Endsheets quite tanned light dust soiling and bumping to boards else a good copy. Twelve of the nineteen poems in the ms. were hitherto unpublished. Constable hardcover books
1995005889Baltimore Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company 1995. Near Fine two tiny spots of soiling to the edges of page block contents are clean tight and unmarked. 968 pp. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Genealogical Publishing Company Hardcover books
1937287417Oxford London: Oxford University Press William Clowes and Sons 1937. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An early 1937 edition of the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer with the Forms of Prayer used at the Accession of George VI to the throne in the prior year. Most likely a rushed early reprint after the abdication of King Edward VIII with most mentions of the King as 'King GEORGE' but also with at least one misprint see p. xxxx where "in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth" is not corrected. Dated 1936 in pencil on the copyright page by a contemporary owner but also with "GIVEN at Our Court at Sandringham the Twenty-second day of January 1937; In the First Year of Our Reign." on p. 627 the end of the accession service. Bound together with Hymns Ancient and Modern. With previous owner's names and inscriptions on the front flyleaf. Wear to the front joint and edges of the boards. Full brown morocco with gilt lettering and raised bands. All edges gilt. Very Good. Very Good binding. Oxford University Press | William Clowes and Sons unknown books
19462561Boston: The Somerset Hotel 1946. Cards. Green illustrated cards with yellow string tassel. Near fine. Unpaginated 4 pages. 30.5 x 21.5 Dinner dancing and music at this 1940's Boston social event hosted by the who's who of Boston's upper class - including Miss Katherine Winthrop a top-ranked American tennis player. Full page listing the Girls' Clubs of Boston's Board of Directors Dinner Dance Committee and office holders - all filled out by the wives of privileged class. Music by Ranny Weeks and his Orchestra. Menu highlights a choice of Lobster Newburg or broiled tenderloin. Last page describes the Island of Bali highlights religious customs government and various facts or most likely fiction. Clean crisp copy. <br /> The Somerset Hotel books
1968137424London: Jonathan Cape 1968. Octavo First edition. The author's first novel. Acclaimed adventure story about two POWs who escape from their captors who track them in the African wilderness to subdue them not destroy them. Basis of a film starring Malcom McDowell. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #137424 Jonathan Cape unknown books
1927106411<p>Brochure folded 4to illustrated 62 pp. Minor edgewear normal aging; otherwise very good plus. Promotional brochure sponsored by The New Haven and Hartford Railroad and New England Steamship companies. Includes a directory of hotels boarding cottages camps and golf courses. The brochure also includes write-ups for some of the destinations like Nantucket Martha's Vineyard Block Island and Newport. Contains a map of the route of the New Haven and Hartford Railroad.<br /></p> Rand McNally & Co., books
191623254New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1916. First Edition. Octavo 19.75cm.; original tan gilt-lettered cloth; 10382pp. Some light shelf wear corners bumped spine gilt rather dulled else Very Good and sound albeit lacking jacket. Socialist author's collection of short stories following the antics of crooks Pod and Bender. HUBIN p. 136. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
19871334635Boulder CO: Paladin Press 1987. Softcover. Larger Octavo; pp 319; VG-/paperback; dark green spine with white text; covers have mild wear to exterior; intact panels; text block edges lightly foxed; interior clean; profusely illustrated. 1334635. FP New Rockville Stock. Paladin Press unknown books
1922M09820Philadelphia:: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science 1922. 1922. 8vo. 728 pp. Photo illus. Modern black cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Scarce. Fine. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1922. hardcover books
1985152068Boston Massachusetts: The Research Laboratory Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1985. Hardcover. VG Binding may have a stray soil mark; pages may have tanned lightly; text and illus are clear. Burgundy cloth 261 pp. many BW illus. rear pocket contains 2 microfiche sheets. Contains the texts of 23 papers and 18 poster sessions held at the fifth international seminar 1983 in this series which began in 1958. Many include illustrations charts and/or graphs. Scarce. The Research Laboratory, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston hardcover books
19168373New York: Small Maynard & Co 1916. First Edition. Green cloth boards stamped in white; 363pp; frontis. Light wear to tips of corners and spine ends; brief splits to front hinge internal; bit of offsetting to title page from color frontispiece. A solidly Very Good copy. HANNA 1096: ".young bank employee falsely convicted of embezzlement spends two years in Sing Sing before being cleared." Octavo. Small, Maynard & Co unknown books
19396316London: His MajestyÕs Stationary Office 1939. Hardcover. Very good-/Good. London: His MajestyÕs Stationary Office 1939. Copious b/w photographs line drawings plans and folded map in rear pocket. 244 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Gray cloth. Extremities bumped and rubbed with small spots of fraying to heel and bottom edge of front board. Light foxing throughout heavier at endpapers. Former ownerÕs gift notation to front free endpaper. Else very good in a worn and chipped dust jacket. A thorough work. Very good-/Good. His MajestyÕs Stationary Office hardcover books
1922BL3281Philadelphia:: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science 1922. 1922. 8vo. 728 pp. Illus. index. Gilt-stamped double-ruled blue cloth; head and tail lightly chipped corner showing. Burndy and Joseph Nathan Kane 1899-2002 Kane's bookplate was designed by Ismael Smith bookplates rubber ink stamped "Phila. College of Pharmacy & Science. . ." proceeded by ink hand written note "With the compliments of'". Very good. Interesting provenance! Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1922. hardcover books
19626497San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for the Bohemian Club 1962. 8vo original cloth. Fine. Grabhorn Press for the Bohemian Club] unknown books
1985205901985. Softcover. VG Ex-lib. small sticker at bottom of spine pocket inside back cover; Otherwise very clean and tight. Black wraps. 80 pp. Numerous bw plates. Profiles four Japanese photographers-Eikoh Hosoe Shomei Tomatsu Masahisa Fukase and Daido Moriyama. paperback books
193614630New York: Macmillan 1936. First American Edition. Octavo 20cm. Original red cloth boards lettered in black on front cover and spine; 316pp. Clean tight copy Very Good or better in the original pictorial dustwrapper severely sun-darkened on spine but still legible and with a few marginal chips; only Good. Novel of Irish dockworkers in the Liverpool slums based largely on Hanley's own experience growing up in an Anglo-Irish immigrant family during the early years of the 20th century. This was just the second of the remarkable Hanley's many novels to be published in the U.S. following The Furys 1935. Macmillan unknown books