Orr, Bobby; Mulvoy, MarkMareMagnum
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237 pages. Generously illustrated with reproductions of colour and black and white photos. Part one includes interviews with Bobby Orr's parents, friends and coaches who discuss his early years in Parry Sound, Ontario. Part two contains exercises and drillls taught at the Bobby Orr- Mike Walton Hockey Camp in Orillia, Ontario. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this excellent Bobby Orr collectible. Book
72 pages. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Wreck of the Valencia; Sandon - The Silver City; Dr. Emily Stowe - Canada's First Female Practitioner; Memories of Erie; Canadian Raiders in the Southwest; Observing the Solar Eclipse - 1860; How to Recover Fine Gold; Collins' Overland Telegraph (Part 3); The Battle of Frenchtown; The Boston Bean Jar; Dog Child and the Samurai Sword; The Coureurs de Bois; Pioneer Relics; Canadian Chronicles. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
240 pages. Black and white photographic plates. The entertaining biography of the cocksure kid from Niagara Falls Ontario who starred for the Boston Bruins in their 1970s glory days. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice vintage copy. Book
16 pages of densely packed text and numerous black and white reproductions of excellent photos. Features: Dim future for Boston's MTA trolley-Subway; Philadephia & Western Scrapbook; The Norristown Rail Division of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. - includes roster and map; Bullet Cars - article with photos, weights and grainy reproduction of blueprint; Brief news bits from Chicago, Cleveland, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans and San Francisco. Laid-in photocopy of track map, dated 1945, of the Phila. & Western Rwy. Co., Book
pp. vi, (1) [Preface], (1) [Blank], 5-356. Loss bottom margin of page 249. Torn without loss page 225. Small loss in margin and a hole in text of page 19. Very damp stained. Foxed. Uncut and unopened. Early manuscript ownership of S.D. Patterson on title page. Bookplate of Phi Kappa Tau Society on front paste down. Front fly leaves torn. 205 mm. Original paper boards, worn. Front board detached. Major loss tail of spine. Remnants of original paper spine label. "William Tudor (1779-1830) was an American merchant, Massachusetts legislator, U.S. consular officer (Lima and Rio de Janiero), founder and first editor (1815-1817) of the North American Review, and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He was also famous as the creator of the and established the ice trade with the West Indies. A keen critic of contemporary manners, in this his best-known work he publishes the text sixteen actual letters he wrote to various individuals around the country." He covers subjects such as: Politics; Religion; Commerce; Literature; Fine Arts; On the Relative Ranks of Americans; Character and Condition of Women; Agriculture; Manufactures; Harvard University; Genius; Characters and Manners of the Inhabitants of Boston; the Future state of the Indians; funeral ceremonies; and more. First Edition. S&S/AI 2241; Howes T405; Sabin 97407. AI BX 2?
pp. xxiii, (13)-336. Age stain. Last few leaves dampstained. Uncut. Early manuscript pencil ownership of Elizabeth (Brewster) Champion Lathrop [1818-1895] on first fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original worn paper covered boards. Boards soiled and fragile. Spine very worn with loss. Original paper spine label. Title continues: "A Serious Appeal On The Necessity Of Mutual Forgiveness And Harmony, To Save Our Common Country From Ruin." Anomosity between the American political parties reached fever pitch in the era around the war of 1812. Carey hoped that his work would bring unity to the national political process. It would be nice to see a Mathew Carey arise today. S&S/AI 34285; Sabin 10877. Hardbound. Good. AI BX 8
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
Two works bound in one: pp. 122; 128, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Lacks frontis in both works. Lacks fly leaves. Stamped ownership of John Dolman, Jr. May 8, 1883, Phila. on title pages of both works. Margins dampstained in first work. All edges gold gilt. 12mo. 175 mm. Contemporary red leather binding, extremities rubbed and worn. Inside gold gilt dentelles. Boards ruled in gold gilt with ownership of Susan T. Hough embossed on front board. Spine decorated and lettered in gold gilt with slight loss at tail. Hardbound. Good. Raised bands. Henry Beck Hirst (1817-1874) was a Philadelphian poet, lawyer and eccentric author. He was also a musician, amateur ornithologist, conchologist, and botanist. In his preface Hirst states he has purposely avoided reading Keats' Endymion "with the express design of escaping the danger of unintentional plagiarism." He was a friend of Poe, but their friendship broke up over Hirst's insistence that he, and not Poe, was the true author of 'The Raven' AI BX 8
214 p. + Frontis. Title page decorated with a copper plate engraving of a bull. Frontis and title page ink stained. Text very foxed. Manuscript ownership of George Sager. 155 mm. Virtually disbound. Paper printed boards very worn with loss. Lacks spine. Title continues: "A Selection Of Valuable Receipts For The Cure Of Diseases In Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Swine, With Directions To Farmers For Choosing Good Stock. Also, A Variety Of Agricultural And Miscellaneous Receipts. With Copper plate Embellishments." Twenty second edition. Hardbound. Very poor condition, but extremely scarce. OCLC Records only AAS and Univ. of Toronto. S&S/AI 3624. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 8
296p. +Plus 7 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Dust Jacket Fragile but intact. Original publisher's full dark blue cloth pictorial binding. The cover (rendered in cream, black, and light blue) shows two couples golfing. Spine lettered in bright gold gilt. A clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
Two folio broadsides (335 x 208 mm), printed in one side only, fine condition. Two letters, heading printed above double-column text in verse. Not recorded by JISC.
211 pages. Revised edition of the 1942 first edition. "Intended solely to teach the technic and art of playing the Boehm system Flute... Presents in concise form the results of the experience of over twenty years as a teacher and a player." - from Introduction. Average wear. Top corner of front cover and title page clipped. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's Sea-side Suits; Indelible Drawings; Home Life; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - postilion-basque polonaise with apron front, summer shopping, inexpensive summer dresses, camisoles, belted dresses, jewelry, under-sleeves, ties, etc.; Personal; borders, insertions and edgings for lingerie and chldren's garments; medallions for cigar-cases; wire and bead basket for worsted; case with Boston tablet; The Bitter End - continued; Sayings and Doings; Illustration "Linked Names"; small clipping from page 449; Paris Gossip; My Parasol; English Gossip; George Eliot's Sayings; Illustration "The Death of Cleopatra"; Illustration "David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy"; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 445. Book
50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: Saga of the "400" - it was just an ordinary Pacific which started the high-speed Chicago-Twin Cities service; Dulith, Missabe & Iron Range - in the land of short, stubby cars and long, heavy trains; Empire State Express - Seventeen million miles are credited to New York Central crack train - centerfold photo of this train at the height of her glory; The Traveling Salesman - Railroad glimpses from a thumbworn diary recording 12 years of covering the West by train, by Victor H. White; C&O 4-4-2; Capital Cities Route - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac is funnel for north and south Atlantic Seaboard traffic; A Vermont Short Line - Montepelier & Wells River Railroad transports heavy granite loads from the Barre & Chelsea to the Boston & Maine; Trains' Map of Vermont Railroads. Average soiling and wear. Small date stamp atop front cover. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 113-176. Features: Cover illustration of Connecticut Painted Wall; American Furniture in a California Collection; Signed and Dated - A Painted Wall in Connecticut; Interior Decorations at Unity Farm; - an editorial note; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part 1; Bellows for the Hearth; Stenciled Coverlets; Arms of the Guilds on Liverpool Ware; Murals in Upper New York State; Two Gold Snuffboxes; Signs bring customers; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to bottom edge. Short archival tape repair to base of spine. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
479 p. Howes C426. Anecdotes and records of actors, theatres, plays and circuses Hardcover Very good condition; spine ends chipped
208+ p., illus., fold. map Hardcover Very good condition Brief manuscript annotations of daily weather conditions.
pp. x, 284. 12 mo. 195 mm. Paper browned, but not at all chipped. Original full red cloth binding, lettered in gold, and decorated in blind; slightly worn at head and tail. Large printed ans manuscript bookplate for the: Private Library of Douwe P. Boersma. The 4th American Edition, From the 15th London Edition (1844) Revised and Enlarged, with the addition of the most recent statistics relating to religious sects in the United States, by the American editor. A scarce American edition of this classic. PA55
pp. 372 p. + Four Full Page Plates. Plates lightly inked. Text age stained. 170mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label. Hardbound. Very good. CLASSICS BX 3
3 p.l., 3-250 p. front. (port.) 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, partly unopened, cover spotted & lightly soiled Limited edition of 483 copies
7 p. PAMPHLET Very good condition Printed in facsimile . . . from an 1880 copy in the Boston Public Library on the occasion of the visit to Boston of the International Society of Bibliophiles in September, 1971, in an edition of 150 copies.
Features: Everyman's diesel primer - the abc's of 'phenomenally productive equipment; Ingersoll-Rand - catalyst of dieselization *extensive and profusely illustrated article*; Joy and Pain on the Boston & Maine. Average wear. Unmarked. Small white sticker on back cover. Book
Mm 105x155 Collana "Manuali Hoepli" - Volume rilegato in tela, titolo impresso al piatto e al dorso, viii-375 pagine con figure di cui molte su tavola, lungo l'intero testo. Copia in buone-ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
138 p. + 30 Full page plates, many double and some folding. Includes a full page of musical scores for Rifle Bugle Signals. Age stain. 185 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Spine perished. Boards detached. XLib stamp of PA Military College, Chester PA, on rear of title page and last page. Printed small broadside signed by Ad. General Geo. Cowly. Printed ownership label of A.H. Holley, Salisbury, CT. Manuscript penciled inscription to the Brigade Major at the inspection 6th Brigade Cont. Militia H. Holly from Charles F. S.? Aug. 1830? Published by the Department of War, under the Authority of an Act of Congress of the 2d of March, 1829. Alexander Hamilton Holley (1804-1887) was an industrialist and politician who served as the 40th Governor of Connecticut. S&S/AI 3801. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 2
xiii + 327pp., 23cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the Catholic University of America in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, R109886
