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1911WRCLIT28575New York: Macmillan 1911. Dark olive cloth decorated in red and lighter olive and lettered in gilt. Frontis and plates. First edition. As with all copies examined by BAL the title leaf is a cancel. A very good tight bright copy with a bit of rubbing affecting the imprint at the toe of the spine. BAL 11926. Macmillan hardcover books
1941WRCLIT68279Burbank: Warner Brothers 1941. Vintage one sheet 27 x 41" lithographed in shades of blue red and black. Folded with some small breaks at the junctions of folds mended on verso small area of smudging pinholes at corners from intended use some small marginal losses and breaks at edges of folds; a good unrestored example. A dramatic color lithographed one sheet promoting the fourth film adaptation of London's novel based on a screenplay by master screenwriter/director Robert Rossen directed by Michael Curitz and starring Edward G. Robinson Ida Lupino John Garfield and Barry Fitzgerald et al. London's novel had been filmed three previous times: silent versions in 1913 and 1920 and a sound version in 1930. Curiously enough London had a part in the 1913 version. An uncommon and fragile poster. Warner Brothers unknown books
191336857London: Probsthain and Company 1913. Softbound. Good small fold to lower right front cover. Brown printed wraps. 2 color 12 bw plates. Three pages of introductory text by Arthur Probsthain followed by listings of objects. Quite unusual and very early very scarce. Probsthain and Company paperback books
182722538London: S.W. Fores 1827. Pictorial Boards. Mat and illustration. Near fine. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15 x 17 inches. Wellington flourishing a document inscribed "Corn Bill" leads Whig blocks against the Ministry represented by Canning and Goderich who stand on the left. The Duke kicks at his opponents stating the Corn Bill must be carried. The two tilted blocks toward Wellington represent Lansdowne and Grey. Goderich pointing to Wellington says "This Opposition is mot appalling -- your squibs will not even singe their whiskers. You'd better make Field-marshals of them. - I oppose the third reading." Canning with a mocking smile. says: "That's a good and rich idea; they'll make excellent Marshals - their head will need little protection." A few small spots at right margin. S.W. Fores unknown books
179322537London: S.W. Fores 1793. Pictorial Boards. Mat and illustration. Fine. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15.5 x 20 inches. One of many prints as Fox as a Jacobin. Here the Devil offers Fox a choice of dagger pistol halter poison. His hair rises in horror as he listens to words that dart at him in the guise of flashes of lightening. A few examples: "the Sans Coulots admire thee" "The Wigs forsake thee" All true friends to their King & Constitution Abhor thee" The Poissards French fish wives who led the riots during the French Revolution Love thee etc. Bright very clean colors and text. S.W. Fores unknown books
1913126841913. New York: The Century Company 1913. 1 page undated ads. Original blue-grey cloth decorated in black. First Edition of this collection of ten short stories. In addition to the title story the volume includes "The Madness of John Harned" "Bunches of Knuckles" and "To Kill a Man." This was the second of four books in a row published by Century after Jack had strayed from Macmillan on his trip to New York a year earlier. He had business in New York with the Millergraph investment he had bought into the invention of a new lithographic process which promptly went awry and he took Charmian there in the winter of 1911. It was the worst time of her marriage. He abandoned her most of the time in an apartment on Morningside Heights while he roistered night and day round the city with. a pack of friends. He stopped writing and drank heavily unable to resist the lure of being a literary lion. He went to boxing matches he spent the nights on Broadway or with chorus girls. Sinclair It was in this frame of mind that Jack marched into Macmillan and demanded that his royalty be increased from 15% to 20% -- and wound up with Century instead. This copy is in the primary binding lettering in gilt with totem poles in black; it has only one blank leaf at the rear other than the endpaper which is "presumed" by bibliographers to indicate the first state. It is an unusually bright copy fine except for minor natural wrinkling of the spine cloth; this is a Decorative Designers binding. Sisson & Martens p. 68; Blanck 11942. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1860008436London; Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten 1860. Second Edition Revised 1860 with two thousand additional words. xvi 300 pp including frontis titled A Canter's Map of a Begging District. Bound in publisher's original pebbled brown cloth gilt lettering at spine blind tooled rules and publisher's blind tooled initials center of front and rear covers dark brown end papers. Very Good contemporary ownership signature of R.N. Payne Sheffield 1860 top of title page later owners inked notations top of title page and verso of front end page pencil note bottom verso front end page 2" closed tear fore edge frontis map 1" fore edge tear p. 169 internally clean and bright. SCARCE in today's market in either the 1859 1st or 1860 2nd Editions. One of the most important works on English slang. . Second Edition Revised. Pebbled Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Camden Hotten Hardcover books
191029008553Paris: Etablissements Bacholet c1910. Fading on cover. Else fine. 16 unnumbered pp. Large format color trade catalogue for baby bottles bottle nipples teats pacifiers sterilizers b breast pumps and tubing. The bottles are in various shapes with different embossing in the glass of each; one even has a built in air release valve. It includes a wide variety of bottle nipples including beige red and black; those made of molded or seamed rubber. Also includes a variety of glass breast pumps with extension tubing as necessary. Text block held in place with silk string tie. Measures 13" x 10". <br/><br/> Etablissements Bacholet unknown books
17487583London: Sold in May's buildings 1748. 12mo 17.3 cm 6.75". 2 ff. 55 1 pp. <br><br>In this short pamphlet the author criticizes Pelham the other ministers and parliament for their handling of the War of the Austrian Succession between Great Britain and France and of the peace of 1748 especially for their commitments to Hanover. This is one of two editions both printed in 1748.<br>Â Â Â Â Rare: ESTC locates three copies in Britain and only one in the U.S. but we know of two others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T71519. Self-wrappers; spine rebacked with paper; rubber-stamp on first page. A few closed tears or instances of shallow chipping not affecting impression with paper repair on the verso of the first leaf. Outer pages lightly foxed and soiled interior pages with occasional spots of foxing or soiling. [Sold in May's buildings] unknown books
191027583New York: Macmillan 1910. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.i-viii 1-361; blank p. 362; ads pp. 363-365 blank p. 366. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in yellow and white. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.i-viii 1-361; blank p. 362; ads pp. 363-365 blank p. 366. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL notes two printings; this copy corresponds to BAL's first in collation by signature but has the three final blank leaves which normally denote the second printing in which however the signatures are unsigned. Possibly an intermediate state. BAL 11918 Macmillan unknown books
4717The document is a check written out by London on "The Bank of Hawaii Ld." for $29.25. The author signed in full in dark black pen faded to gray. The bank's cancellation mark shows in red dated Aug. 15 1907. London and his wife visited Hawaii for the first time in 1907. Exceptional condition. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction London was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. unknown books
1916RLONACO00MELMacmillan 1916. Very Good. London Jack. The Acorn-Planter: A California Forest Play. New York: Macmillan 1916. First edition. vi 84pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges spine is soiled with numerical inscription and ends chipped fading to gilt edge and lettering on cover and front free endsheet has remains on an old label. Text clean. Very scarce. Macmillan unknown books
19038677New York. Macmillan. 1903. 1st Issue binding. Gilt and black lettered pictorial blue-grey cloth. t.e.g. 8vo. 1st Printing. Illustrated with photographs. BALL 11877: Sisson & Martens 15. Slight lean. Head and tailpieces rubbed. Corners bumped. A Very Good bright copy of this scarce title. Macmillan. hardcover books
1915WRCLIT29454New York: Macmillan 1915. Brown cloth with pictorial stamping in shades of orange. Frontis and illus. by Gordon Grant. Very minor sunning to spine otherwise a near fine bright copy. First published edition preceded by a printing presumably intended for copyright purposes. "Undoubtedly London's best fantastic story told with considerable artistry and with less tub-thumping and breast-beating than usual" - Bleiler. BLEILER SF 1358. BAL 11960. Macmillan hardcover books
190419183New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; publisher's light blue vertical-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in white on spine Blanck's 'B' binding and decorations stamped in ivory orange and navy blue on front panel; top edge gilt; 366 3pp ads; illustrated frontispiece with 5 black and white plates inserted. Hinges neatly repaired cloth lightly rubbed and soiled at extremities with gilt at top edge dulled and final plate present but detached; faint thumb-sized dampstain to lower edge of final 30pp; just Very Good. One of London's best-known adventure novels basis for numerous film adaptations including the classic 1941 Michael Curtiz film starring Edward G. Robinson John Garfield and Ida Lupino. BAL 11882. The Macmillan Company unknown books
190842911New York: Macmillan Co. 1908. FIRST EDITION February 1908 . Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New York: Macmillan Co. 1908. FIRST EDITION February 1908 . 354 4 ads pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Pictorially stamped blue cloth. Light wear to cloth at extremities else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Macmillan Co. hardcover books
1905128821905. New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. 3 pp undated ads. Original maroon cloth. First Edition which consisted of only 2530 copies -- fewer copies than any known printing of all earlier Jack London books except his first book THE SON OF THE WOLF 2028 copies. By contrast THE CALL OF THE WILD consisted of 71584 copies and THE SEA-WOLF consisted of 63337 copies. The book consists of seven essays on socialism. Much of the content derived from London's earlier trip to Europe after hanging around the London slums London had sallied off to Paris and Rome where he hobnobbed with the socialists in each city. To quote from London's preface: It is the hope of the writer that the socialistic studies in this volume may in some slight degree enlighten a few capitalistic minds. The capitalist must learn first and for always that socialism is based not upon the equality but upon the inequality of men. This is a near-fine copy slightly faded on the spine as usual but otherwise just a little rubbing at the very tips. Quite an uncommon London title. Sisson & Martens p. 22; Blanck 11885. <br/><br/> hardcover books
191334647New York: The Century Co 1913. 1st edition 1st printing BAL 11942; Sisson p. 38; Smith L-454. Blue-grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & black stamped totem polls to front board with "DD" monogram. Square & tight. A VG copy. 6 290 4 pp. Publisher adverts penultimate leaf; last leaf blank. Inserted color frontispiece. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
18297807London: Balue Printer 38 Gracechurch Street 1829. Tall broadside bill of fare 42 x 12.5 cm. printed recto only. A printed bill of fare for Vauxhall Royal Gardens a dining establishment within the walls of Vauxhall Gardens the London pleasure garden founded in the mid-17th Century and originally named New Spring Garden. For two centuries it was one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London and featured tightrope walkers hot-air balloon ascents concerts and fireworks. The bill of fare features refreshments a chicken plate of collared beef tart cheesecake heart cake Shrewsbury cake plate of olives pot of stout and a pair of wax lights. Salads seem to have been a thing but elements lemon lettuce cucumber cruet of oilwere offered separately. "The Pastry and Confectionery are furnished by Mr. Farrance." The wine list offers Port Sherry Bucellas Lisbon Moselle Teneriffe Madeira Sauterne Barsac Claret Old Hock Champagne Burgundy etc. Handwritten on the bill is the specific date the Box No. or table and waiter's name and the costs and total of the meal. Creases and one professional paper repair toward the bottom of the leaf; light age-toning. Very good. Balue Printer, 38, Gracechurch Street unknown books
186453725London: Day & Son 1864. First Edition. Large octavo 26cm. Publisher's embossed cloth-covered boards decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xxiv447pp; 431 wood-engraved text-figures; 39 inserted leaves of engraved plates most folding. Neatly rebacked; some spotting and soiling to boards spine cloth slightly dulled. Endpapers soiled with faint marginal tidemark to preliminary leaves but in all a tight complete Very Good copy. Ownership signature on front endpaper of a William John Lafferty Belfast dated 1866. <br/><br/>A significant work infrequent in commerce. Especially valuable for its coverage of early railway technology an area in which the author was himself expert as he had served as a Consulting Engineer for the Great North of Scotland Railway as early as 1853. The book's four divisions - Railways; Textile Machinery; Metal and Wood Manufacturing Machinery; and "Machinery in General" are each profusely illustrated with both text figures and folding plates. The final plate at end of text is a "General Plan of the Western Annex" where mechanical exhibits were housed. Day & Son unknown books
1911015240The Macmillan Company 1911. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Green Decorative Cloth With Pictorial of The Snark First Edition June 1911 Ink Large Inscription on Front Paste Down on a Boat Trip August 18 1911 by the Owner of the Book. Excellent Fresh Copy. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
1902WRCLIT29455Philadelphia: Lippincott 1902. Red cloth with lettering and pictorial stamping in white green and gilt. Frontis and plates by Frederick C. Yohn. First edition. Spine sunned with faint discoloration at toe Tabbard Inn bookplate on pastedown with offset opposite otherwise a very good copy. BAL 11874. Lippincott hardcover books
1907830911907. LONDON Jack. THE CALL OF THE WILD. Illustrated by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. New York: Grosset & Dunlap June 1907. Fourteenth printing. 231 pp. 8vo. green cloth stamped in lighter green with pastedown illustration on front cover. Near fine a few pages roughly opened bright clean and tight. In good dust jacket with two 3 inch tears to froint panel edgwear tiny chips and nicks and publisher's advertisment on rear panel. unknown books
195007boldly accomplished entirely in his hand; cancellation perforations through "Jack" which is still legible San Francisco October 17 1911. 2 3/4" x 6 1/2". Check No. 460 in the amount of $25.00 drawn on the Merchants National Bank of San Francisco . Western Union Company Sonoma. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
190727577New York: Macmillan 1907. First edition. v i 265 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gold. Some faint spotting to fore-edge else near fine. First edition. v i 265 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 11904 Macmillan unknown books