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189831928London & NY: Neely 1898. 12mo pp. 294. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover little faded and stained o/w VG. A novel. Neely unknown books
188536751New York: F. M. Lupton Publisher 1885. 1st printing of this edition of which OCLC records just one holding institution. Printed self wrappers. Age toning to wrappers. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG - VG copy. 16 pp. Text triple column. Wood engraved masthead. 11-3/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton, Publisher unknown books
1900133570New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company 1900. Octavo inserted frontispiece original pictorial yellow green cloth stamped in black white and gold. First edition. Nine stories most if not all set in Virginia. Three stories are original to this collection the remainder appeared in GODEY'S MAGAZINE and other periodicals. Wright III 6033. Early owner's signature on front paste-down. Cloth lightly worn at edges several faint stains to spine panel partial hairline crack to inner front hinge still a tight good copy. #133570 The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company unknown books
189329413.1New York: F. M. Lupton 1893. Early printing of this edition ca 1894 cf. Hubin p. 552 for the 1st edition of 1890. Not in Sadleir nor Wolff. Printed buff paper wrappers stapled. Advert to rear wrapper which lists through #61 of the series. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & wear to wrappers. Unobtrusive tide-line to right side of text block. A Gd copy. 64 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1874244148Boston. : Lea & Shepard. 1874. . Blue cloth gilt decorations. . A good plus copy with moderate shelfwear spine slightly cocked rear endpaper torn. . 12mo. Lea & Shepard. hardcover books
1861019421Cincinnati OH: A. C. Peters & Bro. Good. 1861. Sheet music. Disbound sheet music with typical foxing and light soiling. Words by Florence Perry and music by A. Von Smit. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 5 pp . A. C. Peters & Bro. unknown books
1887035807Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1887. x 332p. t.e.g. deckle edges original blue cloth. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
1899164203Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press 1899. Hardcover. VG-. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library with usual marks stickers stamps bookplate. Pages tanned with age but clean and tightly bound. Brown cloth over boards with mauve lettering. 171 pp. An interesting look at the lives of early Mormons in Utah through the eyes of Florence Merriam discussing their religious doctrines and practices. Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press hardcover books
189236796New York: F. M. Lupton Publisher 1892. 1st printing of this edition of which OCLC shows no holding institutions. Printed self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning to paper which is becoming fragile. Two stab holes in margin along spine. Minor edge rash. A VG copy. 16 pp. Last page "The Engineer." Text triple column. Wood engraved masthead. Wood engraved illustrations p. 13 & p. 15. 11-3/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton, Publisher unknown books
188926328Firenze: A cura del Municipio 1889. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards. Binding cracked some tape repairs to spine and interior small tear to map about good. 133 pp. Illus. with 4 of 6 plates some folding. 26 cm. Contains the maps including the large 29 x 27 inches colored map of central Florence. A cura del Municipio hardcover books
189849987Berlin: Carl Heymann 1898. German Edition. 8vo pp. 193-216. An offprint bound in printed wraps. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. FK. A German translation of Kelley's work on the free public libraries of the State of Illinois. Carl Heymann unknown books
188549992Berlin: Carl Heymann 1885. German Edition. 8vo pp. 208-232. An offprint bound in printed wraps. From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. FK. A German translation of Kelley's work on the sweatshop system in the Chicago. It is unclear if this was issued in the US. Carl Heymann unknown books
189230865New York: Hurst & Company 1892. An early US edition of a work which first appeared in 1888. Not in Sadleir nor Wolff. Yellow printed wrappers stapled. VG age toning to paper/chip to upper corner of front wrapper/lacking spine paper lower 1.5". 3 - 194 =192 pp. 8vo. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This edition apparently issued without a title leaf correspondes to the OCLC entry; publisher inferred from rear advert & publication date from OCLC cover chip having removed date. [Hurst & Company] unknown books
1894366London: Field and Tuer The Leadenhall Press 1894. First edition. First edition. Beige paper covered boards gilt lettering. Presentation Copy: "A.W. Benson with the authoress's kind regards in deep appreciation o fhis music New Year 1894" Covers rubbed anc corners bumped internally very good. <br/><br/> Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press hardcover books
185947323Philadelphia: G.G. Evans 1859. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; red cloth decoratively stamped in blind and gilt; 240pp. Boards comprehensively soiled rubbed and worn; leading corners bumped; spine gilt dulled heel and crown chipped. Foxing and dampstains throughout textblock else bindings sound a Good and complete copy.<br/><br/>Those craftier bibliophiles might be interested in trying their hands at the really retro patterns and projects in this 1859 needlework handbook. Compiled by Florence Hartley the text assumes a basic level of skill with a needle and thread and includes patterns/ideas in bead work knitting and crochet quilting tatting/guipure/lace work embroidery braiding netting feather flowers and more. Hartley advocated needlework as essential to a woman's overall happiness and usefulness to society making this craft guide an interesting look back at 19th century values and mores. G.G. Evans unknown books
189945333London: Cassell and Company Limited 1899. 2nd printing of the Revised edition. First published in 1892. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. General wear & soiling to cloth. Rear board with faint vertical crease. Very Good. 154 12 publisher catalogue pp. Index concludes text. Illustratedw with a few cuts. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Cassell and Company, Limited hardcover books
1898277609New York.: Longmans Green & Co. no date circa 1898. red cloth binding with paper covered boards. fair with no dust jacket: damp stains faded and frayed spine shelf wear and very worn edges on cover with some of the paper torn off the cardboard owner’s inscription on ffep soil on pages-As Is. oblong4to. Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover books
1898277607New York.: Longmans Green & Co. no date circa 1898. green cloth binding with paper covered boards. fair with no dust jacket: damp stains faded and frayed spine shelf wear and very worn edges on cover with some of the paper torn off the cardboard owner’s inscription on ffep soil on pages-As Is. oblong4to. Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover books
1898RHALLIT00ECLothrop Publishing Company 1898. Very Good. Hall Florence Howe. Little Lads and Lassies : Stories in Prose and Verse About and For Them. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1898. 1st edition. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good. The spine ends are lightly bumped. The boards are exposed along the edges. Contemporary owner's name and date on front free endsheet in pencil. The pages are clean and bright. Charming chromolithographs. Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover books
18992289600H.S. Nichols Ltd 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition one of 500 copies. Boards lightly soiled bookplate of Alexander Cochrane on each front endpaper. 1899 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. xlviii 337 3; vii 1 348; viii 356 pp. 8vo. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.H. Freese. Includes frontispieces of Madame d'Epinay Jean Jacques Rousseau and Le Baron de Grimm. Madame d'Epinay "was a French writer a saloniste and woman of fashion known on account of her liaisons with Friedrich Melchior Baron von Grimm and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who gives unflattering reports of her in his Confessions as well as her acquaintanceship with Denis Diderot Jean le Rond d'Alembert Baron d'Holbach and other French men of letters during the Enlightenment. She was also one of many women referenced in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex as an example of noble expansion of women's rights during the 18th century." - Wikipedia H.S. Nichols Ltd hardcover books
1899184031London: H.S. Nichols 1899. Hardcover. Good light shelfwear to boards expected age toning to pages but text is otherwise very clean and clear. Bookplate of previous owner inside each front cover. Volume 3 frontis is torn loose protective tissue guard sheet has tears. Three volume set bound in red cloth with gilt tooling and lettering; each volume has a bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guard sheet; Volume 1 xlviii 337 pp. Volume 2 348 pp. Volume 3 356 pp. "Edition strictly limited to 500 copies." Includes bibliographical references v. 1 pages xlv-xlvi. Translated with introduction and brief notes by J.H. Freese. H.S. Nichols hardcover books
1882145518Philadelphia: Porter and Coates 1882. First Edition. First Edition. With color illustrations by the author. <br/><br/>Very Good in illustrated boards with gilt titles and page edges. Contemporary gift inscription to the first blank. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed with a tide mark to the rear board. Interior pages lightly foxed. Porter and Coates unknown books
1883WRCLIT81958Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey 1883. 44pp. Printed wrappers. Divinity school library release stamp in lower margin of title otherwise very good or better. First edition of this lecture by the Anglo- American theologian and novelist then the Rector of the Church of St. Michael in Baltimore. Kirkus published two rare pseudonymous novels while still resident in the UK: FREDERICK RIVES INDEPENDENT PARSON 1864 and ONLY TO BE MARRIED 3 vols. 1867. OCLC locates eight copies of this work. OCLC: 33002515. Cushings & Bailey unknown books
18897621London and New York: Offices of "Engineering" and John Wiley & Sons 1889 First edition. 4 200pp. plus 20 pages of advertisements. 28 illustrations. Index. Olive green cloth gilt. Rubbing to extremities a bit of spotting to covers endpapers darkened. A very good copy. Chapters include Some Properties of Gold; Occurrences; Remarks on the Procedure of Late Years; Losses; Remedies; Free Milling etc. Offices of "Engineering" and John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1876157514Chicago: Jansen 1876. 12mo pp. 1-6 7-282 1-4: ads flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front and rear panels stamped in blind spine panel stamped in gold brown coated endpapers. First edition. Eleven stories most of them dark tales of mental aberration. The title story concerns the invention of a machine to amplify sound and the murder of an elderly deaf woman who tries to take the instrument away from its inventor. Most of the stories can be characterized as Gothic fantasies. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 546. Bleiler 1978 p. 131. Not in Reginald 1979. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1087. Wright III 3531 locating 2 copies. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends 25 mm narrow loss of cloth along lower fore-edge of front cover scattered foxing to text block a very good copy. Scarce. #157514 Jansen unknown books
