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228p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
354 p. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Colorful original dust jacket. Hergesheimer was descended from an old Pennsylvanian German family. His works were once the most avidly sought after of any American author. They fetched fantastic prices seventy-five years ago. Quiet Cities is a historical novel/romance set in: Philadelphia; Pittsburg; Boston; Albany; Washington; Lexington; Charleston; Natchez; and New Orleans. This First Edition in dust jacket is rather scarce. PA 31 x2
Folio. 127 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Two Volumes. pp. 283; 288. No ads inserted. Front flyleaf excised. 12mo. 190 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Boards decorated in blind. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. First American Edition, second issue. Also published in 1860 at London, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder, and Company, under title: Transformation; or, The romance of Monte Beni. "The MS. of 'The Marble faun' is in a private collection in England, and, in fact, was never in this country, as the American edition was set up from proof-sheets of the English edition." -- Cathcart, Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cleveland, 1905. "Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing" - Hawthorne in the Marble Faun, Chap. 14. This second issue is identified by having 'the Conclusion' first published here. W147; AI BX 7
86 pages. Fiction: The Captain's Cap; I Want You To See My Sister; Mother Loved Father; Sleep, My Love; The Leopard; A Day on the Ocean. Articles: Cinderella Sport - Harness Racing Reaches New Heights; Being a Communist in the USA has its headaches; Low Man on a Lightning Rod; Ethel Merman's Broadway Success - article with color photos; The Truth about Henry Kaiser - conclusion; Boston's Incredible Mayor Curley - article with photos; Movie Catastrophe Maker - Mr. "Breezy" Eason; Bermuda novelty hats made of real flowers and fruits; Brief article with photos of Consolidated Vultee's six-engined B-36. Nice ads include: Color ad for GE radios featuring Marjorie Reynolds; Good Year tires; Great color ad for International Trucks; Vitalis scalp oil; Borden's - with Elsie the Cow; New York Central Railway; Piper Aircraft; Nice 2-page color ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; GM Electro-Motive Division; Great Coke ad shows local men at soda fountain with cob of corn; Ford Trucks; Schlitz Beer; TWA; "Rendezvous with Annie" movie ad; Packard cars; Carling's Ale; Back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features lovely color photo of young woman. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Super color cover photo of Rita Hayworth; Two large black and white photos of Miss Universe, Armi Kuusela of Finland; You Can Be Healthier, Be Happier - follow this expert's rules for living in nature's four great worlds - photo-illustrated article including half-page black and white photo of a dozen or so boys skinny dipping at the "Ole swimming hole"; Abducted Women - Emotional photo-illustrated article on the over 500,000 women forcibly detained during the partition of India in 1947, some of whom are now being repatriated; The Duel - brief photo-illustrated article on Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered", as presented by the Ballets de Paris; Heaven on Earth - photo-illustrated article on a new sculpture symbolizing beauty and joy of life, The Fountain of Faith, recently unveiled at Falls Church, VA; I Was a Spy for Stalin - Nora Korzhenko Murray, an agent of the Soviet secret police, reveals her cloak-and-dagger career as a tool of the N.K.V.D. and a lure for Allied diplomats living in Moscow; Best photos of 1952; Babies in Jail - photo-illustrated article on babies born in jail to mothers who are pregnant when incarcerated; Flying Saucers - The Last Word! - exclusive interview with the world's best informed military man - Major General John A. Samford - on the world's most exciting modern mystery; Earl Wilson, America's 'Saloon Editor' picks his "Super-Six" - photos and brief write-ups of American beauties Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Van Deweel, Julie Wilson, Eva Gabor, Ava Gardner, and Virginia Mayo (no photo of her); Faith is a Star - belief in a benign and divine power is a refuge in a time of trouble; So Hot Soho - article on U.S. Jazz in London's Bohemian west end - with super photos of dancers in action; Hoop Houdini - Photo-illustrated article on Boston Celtic Bob Cousy (written by Curt Gowdy who went on to a great career in TV sports broadcasting); Great 3/4-page sexy photo of Rita Hayworth; Letters from readers; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. PLEASE NOTE: lacking pages 33-34 which, we believe, contained the last page of the Flying Saucer article and a photo of Virginia Mayo. Otherwise, a sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of the U.S.S. West Virginia; New York's Little Joke on New York - a study of the prohibition referendum - an oasis that proved to be a mirage; The Sesqui-Centennial Nears Its End - article with photos; 'Coin' Harvey - Prophet of Monte Ne - he would build a pyramid in the Ozarks to tell posterity why our civilization has failed; Painless Taxation - The Refuge of Quack Politicians who advocate 'painless' taxation; The Greatest Need of the U.S. Navy - an adequate merchant marine; A Tale of The Islands That Dot Boston Harbor; Henry Ford's Page - today's farming problem; Editorials - Judge William S. Kenyon on Official Etiquette, Our new diplomacy, the very mushroom growth of jazz is enough to predict its ephemerality, New light on the Dawes Plan; Our Greatest Football Fable - The All American Team; The Tragic Story of the Jeannette Expedition - Part II of this photo-illustrated article ; Dances of Olden Times; The Lure of the Puppet - Marionettes date from the dawn of civilization; Chats with Office Callers; I Read in the Papers; Great photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [2], 21 p. First and only edition of this extremely rare pamphlet documenting the first constitutional and judicial movements in the Islamization of Sudan started in the 1950s Sudanese society and government. "The judicial system of Sudan survived the transfer of power to the independent state with few changes. Independence did, however, bring to the fore conflicts which had been kept under the carpet during the Condominium. The nature of the constitution became one of the most contested issues. The Transition Constitution, adopted 1st January 1956 (Independence Day), formalized a Westminster style of government, but it was never meant to be more than temporary. The debate on the new permanent constitution took many forms. In a long memorandum, Sheikh Hasan Muddathir, the Grand qadi of Sudan (i.e. the head of the sharia division of the judiciary) presented the Islamist position". (Source: Social Welfare in Muslim Societies in Africa by Holger Weis).
16 pages. Features: Interesting aspects of Family Law; When in Doubt, Sue! - one in two of us will sue or be sued in our lifetime; What Would a Prudent Person Do?; Italian Recipes; Ladies With a Past (fiction); Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of restaurant owner Byron Harvey, fashion designer Elsie Frankfurt, and auto engineer Richard J. Gail; Great color back cover ad features mystery books of Erle Stanley and a small photo of the author. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
1218 p. Thick 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine worn. Hardbound. Very good. A useful reference guide to Harvard professors, fellows, instructors, administrators, and graduates over the span of nearly 300 years. PA73
16 pages. Features: Great one-page color ad for Baker's Redi-Blend chocolate flavor product; Political Murders - The Ides of March and Julius Caesar, Richard III and the children in the tower, Charlotte Corday and Marat, the Archduke Ferdinand, Eight Presidents Attacked - Four Murdered; Nice half-page two-color ad for the 1964 Dodge Polara 500. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Blythman 220.
224p., illus. From diaries of 2 members of the Massachusetts group traveling across the country to find gold. Hardcover Very good condition good
217p., illus. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
493pp. 23 x 26 cm. Paperback Very good condition Review copy
44 pages. Features: Students successful in conserving the Dundas Valley in Ancaster, Ontario win the "Rosie" Award; Zany horrors from the Grey Cup; Nancy Greene is featured in a colour photo Mars Bar ad; Editorial cartoonist Paul Szeb was nobody in Hamilton but they love him in Boston; Nice half-page colour photo ad for Ford's 1973 pickups; Nice two-page colour fashion photo feature; What can you say to a man who may kill you? - part II of The Doomsday Flight - Paul Joseph Cini hijacked an Air Canada DC-8 bound for Toronto from Calgary; The Wally Wagon - built by UBC Engineering students - article with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Mattel shows 15 of their toys; Have a Merry Hanukkah; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
270p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Pages 246-308. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; The Woman's Club of Henniker; By Winnipesaukee (poem); The Scotch-Irish Settlers of Peterborough; A Pathetic Monument (poem); George F. Putnam; Cloister Mar Saba; Hannah Eastman's Capture; Beyond the Veil (poem); The First Bank in Concord; Compensation (peom); The McClarys of Epsom; Sea-Dreams (poem); Kearsarge in Autumn (poem); Is the Norse Claim Authentic?; Nice full-page photo-ad for The First National Bank of Concord, N.H.; Nice full-page ad for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
[9] p. PAMPHLET Very good condition, unopened, blue covers discolored around edges "Written down by Francis I. Maule . . . and . . . printed in a booklet of twenty-four pages ... in 1904. Reprinted for Francis P. Farquhar & Marjory B. Farquhar by the Grabhorn Press, 1939." Letter laid in indicating that this was a gift for the members of the Club of Odd Volumes, Boston.
102p., illus. 27cm Hardcover Fine condition
195pp. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
296 p. + Woodcut Frontis and Three Plates. Damp stain. Age stain. Fly leaves browned. Slight loss on some top corners. Early manuscript ownership. 150 mm. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Corners worn with some loss. Slight loss at head of spine. Title continues: "And Designed To Aid The Memory By Systematic Arrangement And Interesting Associations. Containing General Views of the Aborigines, of the progress of Manners, Religion, Trade and Commerce, Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, Population and Education." S&S/AI 19026. 35th Edition. Hardbound. Good. These influential early school books are becoming scarce in the marketplace. A fine collection of them could still be formed inexpensively. PA 71
pp. 406, (2) [Index, (1)-46 [Appendix] + 13 full page wood engravings. Plates browned. Text foxed. XLib bookplate of Mt. St. Mary's Library on front paste down. Inked accession numbers on title page. 12mo. 180 mm. Original full worn leather binding. Front board detached. Binding cracked, needs to be resewn. Rev. J. Goldsmith pseud. for Sir Richard Phillips. He was a printer and bookseller, and later a sheriff of London - after which he was knighted by King George III. This American edition was improved by American polymath, Dr. Percival, who was also a poet, philologist, and geologist. S&S/AI 34778. Hardbound. Good. Ron bought before consign. AI BX 8
New York, Doubleday, october 2005. (mm. 235 x 158). Brossura editoriale illustrata. pp. (8), 326, 1 c. b. Prima edizione in " Advance reading copy - not for sale ".
pp. vii, 214, (1) [Errata]. Light age stain. Early manuscript ownership of 'Robert J. Fisher, York PA' on paste down. Fisher was a famous and important judge in York County. Engraved card of the author, 'Commander William Gibson, U.S. Navy' with his penciled correction in Preface. Small 8vo. 185 mm. Original patterned cloth binding. Boards decorated and embossed with a design of a ship in harbor. Extremities worn. Spine repaired. Binder's ticket of Bradley & Co. Boston on rear paste down. Very good. Hardbound. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 3