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2010119865Roma: Edizioni Eos 2010. Brossura wrappers. Perfetto Mint. Poesie visive di Mario Diacono stampate in nero e rosso. 8vo. pp. 26. Perfetto Mint. Edizione originale di 995 es. numerati e firmati. Edizioni Eos, unknown
Features: The House in the Woods - the author made a 1908 car journey along a large portion of the Trans-Siberian Railway; Through the Wilds of Persia - by Major P.M. Sykes; A Game of Chess - a remarkable story from South Dakota about how a young chess enthusiast was compelled to play a game, with his own life for the stakes; Among the Gaddis - Nomad shepherds of the Central Himalayans; Our Trek Beyond the Zambesi - Part II of a story by Mrs. Fred Maturin; A Holiday in Japan - by Mrs. Ellen Beadnell (lovely photos); Across Unknown Labrador, The Land Where Hubbard Died - H. Hesketh Prichard relates how he attempted to do what no white man had ever done before, to cross this desolate wilderness from the Atlantic to the George River - great photos (part I); The Bandits of the Argentine - the 'Nort Americanos'; The Mysterious Senoussiland - part II of a Saharan adventure; The King of the Sticks - how Connie Chambers of Boston, a solitary white prospector, constituted himself as monarch of a tribe of Alaskan Indians, cleverly turning the tables on a policeman who was sent to arrest him; Lost in an underground lake - the appalling adventure which befell three prominent citizens of Joplin, Missouri at the Hero zinc mine in the spring of 1908; "Baching"; A Mexican Elopement; and more. Fascinating two-page illustrated stock offering by the American Automobile Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Nice Vose Piano advertisement on back cover. Great vintage Budweiser advertisement inside back cover. Lower two inches of front cover open at spine. Average wear. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
19725133LUTHER 1972. 1. softcover. LUTHER paperback
17643770<p><b>Classic Map of Boston from 1764</b></p><p>A classic map of Boston and the immediately surrounding area published just after the French & Indian War. The map appeared in Bellin's <i>Petit Atlas Maritime</i> in 1764. A 16-item legend above the map identifies various public buildings churches and fortifications.</p><p><b>Condition: </b> Very good. Clear dark impression with attractive hand color. Age toning at the edges. Wide margins. Crease in lower right margin outside of platemark. </p><p>ICN 7512.3</p> from Petite Atlas Maritime
185627691Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery City Printers 1856. Broadside 7 3/4" x 9". Signed in type at the end by D.J. Coburn Chief of Police and dated April 16 1856 at the Office of the Chief of Police. Light toning Very Good.<br/><br/> 'House Offal' is garbage. Hours and locations of rubbish collection are set forth. <br/>OCLC 78926136 1- AAS as of May 2020. Geo. C. Rand & Avery, City Printers unknown books
18956575New York: Frederick B. Stokes Company 1895. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf/edge wear tips through through at two spots at at bottom of boards light rubbing to boards several spots of minor soiling at text block two rust stains near gutter at rear else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound red cloth boards color pictorial boards same image front and rear gilt and black ink lettering frontispiece. 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. <br/><br/>Published in conjunction with Children's Book of Dogs and Cats. The two "smaller" books 'Cats and Kittens' and 'Dogs Great and Small' each include the half of the primary work that fit the title and are signficantly more scarce than the quite uncommon primary work. Overall a very handsome copy. Frederick B. Stokes Company hardcover books
1970234661970. Urban transit photo archive depicting MBTA trolley PCC and commuter rail operations across Greater Boston during the agency's first decade of system consolidation and modernization 1970-1972 shortly after the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority absorbed many aging lines and inherited rolling stock from earlier private and municipal systems. Several captions identify ex Dallas Transit PCC cars operating at Mattapan Station documenting the nationwide postwar transfer of surplus streetcars into Boston service as American transit agencies abandoned street railway systems in cities such as Dallas Cleveland and Cincinnati during the 1950s and 1960s. <br /> <br /> Photo archive of 25 chromogenic color snapshot photographs each 3.5 x 3.5 inches Boston Brookline Cambridge Newton Watertown and surrounding Massachusetts locations 1970-1972. Highly legible captions preserve exact locations car numbers transfer origins and operational terminology valuable for transit history urban planning industrial design and postwar metropolitan infrastructure research. Handwritten verso captions identify specific equipment routes and locations including "Picture window PCC car Riverside terminal Newton Mass." "All electric 3197 ex Dallas at Mattapan Station Boston Mass 10/71" "Trackless trolleys at N. Cambridge carhouse" "MBTA work car at Lechmere yard" "Boston & Maine RDC cars at North Station" and "Trolley coach at Watertown Sq." Orange-and-cream PCC streetcars appear at yard tracks terminal loops maintenance areas and curbside boarding points beneath dense trolley wire networks while interior views show fluorescent-lit passenger compartments with transverse seating metal grab rails and wide picture windows characteristic of postwar PCC design. Additional scenes record Commonwealth Avenue service through Brookline Cleveland Circle operations work equipment at Watertown carhouse all-electric consists at Arborway and Mattapan and Boston & Maine RDC commuter rail equipment standing beside elevated platforms at North Station.<br /> <br /> Riverside Terminal in Newton appears repeatedly showing the Green Line's western extension over the former Boston and Albany Highland Branch a commuter rail corridor converted to rapid trolley service in 1959 to relieve growing automobile congestion along Route 9. North Station scenes place PCC and RDC equipment within the same transportation network recording the coexistence of street railway infrastructure and regional commuter rail service immediately before the MBTA's major 1970s reconstruction campaigns reshaped much of the system. The archive captures the MBTA immediately before major service reductions and infrastructure rebuilding altered many of the locations shown including the eventual closure of Arborway streetcar service and the disappearance of several surviving PCC fleets from daily operation. Light surface wear and occasional minor fading; captions fully readable throughout. Overall in very good condition. unknown
B145214-6Boston 1994. 6pp. single folding sheet printed in blue on yellow card stock. Self-wraps. The catalogue of Ellen Gallaghers first solo exhibition with a densely written meditation by Mario Diacono Crypto-graphing the History-sized Body. Seven works on canvas were shown all dating from 1994. Boston, 1994. paperback
1913225021913. Women's Education Law Boston University Boston University School of Law Class of 1913 photograph featuring six early women law graduates. Imperial sized photo measures 17" x 19". Photo shows ninety-two individual oval portraits arranged around a central block of five faculty members. Titled in manuscript: "Boston University School of Law 1913." Photographer's mark in lower right corner: J.A. Gammons. The women are featured in the lower central portion of the image each in formal dress with hair pinned and expressions composed. Boston University was among the most progressive American institutions with respect to coeducation and racial inclusion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The BU School of Law had accepted women from its founding and notably graduated Lelia J. Robinson in 1881 the first woman to graduate from a Massachusetts law school and the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts bar. By 1913 although women still made up a small minority in most law schools nationwide Boston University continued to lead in gender inclusion. The visibility of these early women graduates stands as a testament to their individual perseverance and to the relatively inclusive mission of BU Law at a time when most legal institutions either barred or heavily discouraged women. Mounted on heavy brown cardstock with minor rubbing to the extremities and a small chip to the lower right mount corner. Toning to image consistent with age but still bright and sharp. Overall very good condition. A powerful visual artifact of women's advancement in higher education and the legal profession. unknown
18796456New York: Charles A. Lilley Publisher 7 Murray Street 1879. 115 1 pages. Advertisements. Date based on external evidence. The publisher produced only a very few books all issued in 1879. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional cookbook featuring recipes that are brief if not altogether lacking in detail. The book is in service to Houghton & Dutton a dry goods specialist from Boston and the recipes are interspersed with descriptions of the shop's various departments crockery glassware millinery etc. In addition to the text descriptions there are advertisements throughout with varied typography but all hawking Houghton & Dutton. Susan G. Knight was also the author of a number of other works including one cookbook Tit-Bits How to prepare a nice dish at moderate expense Boston & New York 1865. A comparison of the two text would perhaps be of use. Some age-toning to text-block and wear to corners of some leaves. In printed yellow wrappers worn and soiled but whole. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. Charles A. Lilley, Publisher, 7 Murray Street unknown books
182140754Boston 1821. Broadsheet oblong 8" x 10." Seal and blue ribbon intact in the left blank margin. A variety of type fonts and sizes completed in ink manuscript. Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield "E Pluribus Unum" banner and arrows. Signed in ink by H. Dearborn as President and Thaddeus Page as Recording Secretary. The verso records that on 3 August 1826 Bradford transferred this Certificate to A Republican Institution. The verso prints the 16th Article of the By-Laws permitting transfers of certificates among members. Signed twice by Bradford. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> William B. Bradford was a Boston wholesale and retail grocer. The Boston Public Library's Archives contain some of his papers. The "Republican Institution was founded in 1819 'as a body politic and corporate forever for the purpose of procuring a building and keeping it in repair with suitable apartments for a reading room library and the meeting of the said society in the town of Boston Massachusetts.' Its intent was to provide a forum for political education and discussion of best means of promoting national welfare. Measures approximately 10" x 8 1/4". Affixed at left is the large corporate seal which indicated that the corporation was incorporated in 1819. Attached to and extending below the paper seal is a blue ribbon" online 'Republicanism' web site description of a specimen Certificate and description of the Institution 'Historical Pillars of the Republican Party'.<br /> Henry Dearborn of Boston had been a veteran of the Revolutionary War a Federalist Congressman and Secretary of War. He founded the Institution which was chartered in February 1819. Its purpose was to promote political thought and discussion. Seeking to purchase a building the Institution's organizers resolved to sell four hundred shares in the Institution for $25 each. A person could purchase up to four shares. unknown
19054334baX5Boston MA: F. H. Gilson 1905. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xvi 452 pages including index; 22.9cm; 3/4 black leather binding rubbed; top edge gilt; tipped in frontispiece portrait of Charles third Earl of Stanhope 1753-1816 who perfected stereotyping process acquired by Clarendon Press; #244 of limited edition. Defective in that the reproduction of the Stanhope letter is lacking. Contains specimens of paper typefaces illustration processes leather and cloth for binding etc. Books about books; printing. F. H. Gilson Hardcover books
186183848Boston: George C. Rand & Avery 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The original 1861 publication of the testimonial of "The Medical Profession of Philadelphia New York and Boston rebound in black cloth with gilt-lettered and slightly chipped spine label 56pp. Text clean pages evenly toned. The last pages are in effect forms requesting monies for Dr. Morton and his family. William T. G. Morton 1819-1868 was a surgeon dentist in Hartford Connecticut who claimed to be the first person to perform surgical anethesia on a patient's tumor in 1846. "Morton immediately patented ether hoping to retain its use exclusively for himself. Later he made repeated appeals to the American Congress for financial recompense for his 'invention'. Morton's instructor the chemist and geologist Charles Thomas Jackson said it was he who had made the discovery and had suggested that Morton should try it out. Horace Wells the dentist from Hartford Connecticut put forward his well-substantiated claim to have produced anaesthesia two years earlier with nitrous oxide. It is sad that such an epoch-making event should have been followed by 20 years of acrimony vituperation and litigation between three contestants each claiming to have originated anaesthesia." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine May 2020 pp 226-227. George C. Rand & Avery hardcover
2003x-0415309131Routledge 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
18942103160046Boston The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Rare Massachusetts Masonic work in original fine binding no. 2 of only 12 Doubly signed and inscribed by Seranus Bowen M.E. Grand High Priest. Limited edition of "only 700 copies printed . of which only 12 were bound in crushed levant of the later this copy is number 2." Fine binding. Bound in polished brown levant morocco. Front hinge mended. Gilt ruled spine and covers. Gilt dentelle. Top edge gilt. Stamped in gold John Gaigh. Inscribed to R.E. John Haigh by Bownen. 145 pp. Includes list of members. <br> Presumably John Haigh's copy 1832-1896 of Somerville Massachusetts. Haigh was a noted industrialist mason and book collector. - Necrology of The New-England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register NEHGS Boston Mass. 1897 Vol. 51 Page 82. Boston, The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill hardcover
First edition, folio (355 x 220 mm), xxii, 824, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece and title browned and spotted, 7 engraved plates, 96 wood engravings in the text, folding pedigree, front inner hinge shaken, orig. brown cloth gilt, head and foot on spine a litter worn. Corns, Bibliotheca Lincolniensis, p.111-2.
1997x-0415095905Routledge 1997. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 332 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. Routledge hardcover
1994x-0750703520Falmer Pr 1994. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 189 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
2017x-1138464732Routledge 2017. Hardcover. New. 8.50x5.43x1.30 inches. Routledge hardcover
Features: Satanism and the World Order - Professor Gilbert Murray explains how "The spirit of hatred, which rejoiced in any wide-spread disaster that was also a disaster to the world's rulers, is perhaps more rife today than it has been for a thousand years"; Santo Domingo - The Land of Bullet-Holes - Photo-illustrated article by Harry A. Franck describes how, crossing between Haiti and Santo Domingo, he found striking differences in the two peoples; Paradise Shares (fiction); The Making of a Book-Collector - William Harris Arnold; From a Door-Step in Leinster (Life in small Irish towns), I. The Door-Step, II. A Girl for the Kitchen; The Strange Paumotu Atolls - Frederick O'Brien describes his visit; Aaron Harwood (fiction); The Tide of Affairs - Comment on the times; Quaint Old Boston - Photo-illustrated article; Georgios Venizelos and Hellas; Her Promised Land (fiction); Mecca's Revolt Against the Turk - An explanation of current difficulties in the Middle East subsequent to Emir Feisal setting himself up as king of all Syria in March, 1920 - article with photos of Mecca, Medina, T.E. Lawrence, and The Emir Feisal; The Success of the Season - Theatre business is growing; Musical Adventures of the Season; Where is America Going? - The third (and final) letter by American reporter Webb Waldron to Bernard Roberval, French historian and philosopher; Investment and Banking; Colour frontispiece illustration "The Painted Desert", by Albert Groll. pp. 289-432, 56 [ads]. Includes a particularly wonderful assortment of nostalgic ads, with full-page color ads for Old Colony Trust Company of Boston (featuring John Hull, the mint master of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), W. & J. Sloane (rugs) of Fifth Ave., NYC, Indestructo Trunks, The Jordan Silhouette motor car, The Templar Motor Company, Mercer Motors Company, The Pantasote Company, Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Kellogg's Krumbled Bran, G-E (General Electric) Fans, Davey Tree Surgeons, and Beech-Nut Ginger Ale. Somewhat above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Lacking back cover. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative vintage issue. Book
1933118149New York: Random House 1933. Molto buono Very Good. . 8vo. pp. 160. Molto buono Very Good. Dorso con lievi abrasioni Minor damage to spine. Edizione originale di 325 es. numerati e firmati. Dizionario della letteratura mondiale del 900 Galati 1980 Licinio Galati Francesco a cura di Dizionario della letteratura mondiale del 900. Roma Edizioni Paoline 1980. Random House, unknown
Pages 75-144 plus 56 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: A Suburban Commercial Center; Branch Banks - a field for remodeling; Group Offices for Physicians - an alteration in Los Angeles; The Pennsylvania Drug Company Store, New York City; Modernization as a Community Program; Jeffries Point Branch - an alteration for the Boston Public Library; A Country House at Water Mill, Long Island - The Home of Mrs. Norma T. Johnson; Portfolio of Schools; Dozens of sensational full-page illustrated ads; and much more. Minimal library markings. Average wear. External soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Magazine
Quattro volumi in 4° legati in mezza pelle con unghie, titolo ai tasselli ai dorsi (restauri), tagli e sguardie pavonate, bianche, occhielli, al primo tomo antiporta con carta topografica a doppia pagina a colori della Città, frontespizio, XXXII, 596 pp.; antiporta, frontespizio, XIII, LVIII, 577 pp. per il secondo volume, antiporta, frontespizio, XIII, XII, 691 pp. per il terzo, antiporta, frontespizio, X, 713 pp. per il quarto, molte tavole ft. anche protette da veline, illustrazioni nel testo. La più completa, ricca, impressiva storia della Città di Boston, capitale culturale e "swap" nonché polo economico politico di grande peso nella storia degli U.S.A.. Affascinante, con una ricca e ridondante iconografia. In più che bello stato, completa e collazionata, importante ed assai scarsamente reperibile
2023Adhya-9780323905190ELSEVIER 2023. Paperback. New. ELSEVIER paperback
