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193434713Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1934. Mild tanning to text paper edge wear with tears and creases losses to spine with insect damage no back cover. A fair copy. 34713. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Empire of Doom" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a direct competitor to Street and Smith's Shadow magazine. After Doc Savage and The Shadow this was the most popular hero character. The Spider character was considered one of the most brutal and violent of the pulp era. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 521-527. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 602-604. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
193534729Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper edge wear with chips at upper and right edges loss to cover and paper at lower left corner color fade to spine loss along edge of rear cover a good to very good copy. 34729. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Slaves of the Crime Master" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a direct competitor to Street and Smith's Shadow magazine. After Doc Savage and The Shadow this was the most popular hero character. The Spider character was considered one of the most brutal and violent of the pulp era. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 521-527. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 602-604. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1989Alibris.0045974CO: United States Fgure Skating Association. 1989. Spiralbound. Very good. No dust jacket. 405 p. . No previous owner's name. Clean tight inside pages No bent corners. brown spot on closed pages . United States Fgure Skating Association unknown
198429415Binhampton NY: Stuart David Schiff 1984. First edition. A fine copy unread. 29415. Octavo single issue cloth. Of 376 hardbound copies this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by contributors J. N. Williamson Margo Skinner Fritz Leiber Hugh B. Cave David Morrell Susan Casper Stuart Schiff Dennis Etchison and Alan Ryan. Fiction news reviews and other material. Stuart David Schiff unknown
0282102485.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
25195‘Clapham 10 Sepr. 1810’. Venn features in the Oxford DNB article on his father Henry Venn 1725-1797. In fair condition on lightly-aged paper. Two rectangles cut from a letter laid down on one side of a 14 x 5.5 cm piece of thicker paper. The first rectangle 12.5 x 2.5 cm carries the conclusion of the letter: ‘.ain are truly I am my dear / your ever faithful & affect Friend / J Venn’. At the foot of the slip in pencil in a Victorian hand: ‘X Son of “Complete duty of Manâ€. Beneath this slip is the second one 9 x 1.5 cm which gives the date: ‘Clapham 10 Sepr. 1810’. ‘Clapham 10 Sepr. 1810’. unknown
26196No date but with newspaper cutting from the Morning Herald London 18 February 1854. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item was enclosed in a letter from Serjeant Shee the future Sir William Shee offered separately sent from the House of Commons on 17 February 1854 in which he writes: ‘I enclose Mr. Cobdens own handwriting to send to the Papers -’. Attached to a corner at the head of the first page of the present item is a cutting from the Morning Herald newspaper 18 February 1854 reproducing the details in the manuscript. That circumstance taken with certain references in the Shee letter suggest that the recipient of both was either James Johnstone proprietor of the Morning Herald or his editor Robert Knox. 2pp 12mo. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and worn with a few pin holes at top inner corner and slight damage at the foot of the gutter unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. In pencil in contemporary hand on front page ‘Cobdens writing / see accompg letter’. Text reads: ‘Petitions Mr Cobden / Cropton Yorkshire. / for the repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge / Wm. Woods Mitchell of Arundel printer & publisher of the “West Sussex Advertiser†for the repeal of the compulsory stamp on newspapers. - / Passengers in Emigrant ship Maidstone proceeding to the Colony of New South Wales for Ocean penny postage / Mechanics Institution Kingley Yorkshire for Decimal Coinage’. No date, but with newspaper cutting from the Morning Herald, London, 18 February 1854. unknown
2430018 June 1863; Edinburgh. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice. Sixteen closely- and neatly-written lines. After thanking him for his ‘kind and seasonable letter’ he states that he is ‘not much affected by rude abuse in parliament or through the press’ as he is ‘pretty well hardened in that respect’ and that he ‘may possibly have an opportunity’ in his own ‘proper place’ ‘of explaining & vindicating’ his position for the purpose of which he asks Allan ‘for somewhat more particular information in regard to monumental inscriptions in Christian communities’. He explains that he is referring to Allan’s comment that he does not ‘recollect having seen lines from an uninspired penman with the exact place of the quotation in his writings’. He asks if this applies to Roman Catholic cemeteries. ‘It would be no inconsistency to have the Apocrypha quoted in them’. At the head of the letter he writes: ‘Pardon me if I have addressed you erroneously’. 18 June 1863; Edinburgh. unknown
25648No date or place 1970s. On his compliments slip. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. From the papers of Philip Dosse proprietor of Hansom Books publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. See ‘Death of a Bookman’ by the novelist Sally Emerson editor of ‘Books and Bookmen’ at the time of Dosse’s suicide in Standpoint magazine October 2018; and Michael Barber 'What was Books and Bookmen' Literary Review blog 18 August 2023. On one side of a 14 x 10 cm compliments slip in red ink which has 'Sir JOHN BETJEMAN' at top left and 'With Compliments' centred. At top left of the page Betjeman has typed 'Dear Mr Dosse - How nice of old Charles'. He adds a scarcely-legible Autograph Note of around twelve words in felt-tip pen and also adds an accent incorrectly to the 'e' of 'Dosse'. The note would appear to end 'Many thanks. / Shaw herewith.' See Image. No date or place [1970s]. On his compliments slip. unknown
173277 New Burlington Street London . 16 April 1861. 2pp. 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. He is 'very much disgusted and indignant against Mr. Clarke for his Impertinence' in calling on the recipient and has 'expressed as much to him'. He discussed with Clarke the question of the number of gentlemen contacting him about the matter and hoped to put Clarke in touch with the recipient. The letter concludes: 'It seems Mr. Clarke when I was out of the Room took up your Letter addressed to me and copied your name and direction a most unwarrantable and unjustifiable act.' 7 New Burlington Street [ London ]. 16 April 1861. unknown
1978613j0394Fort St. James British Columbia: The Stuart Lake Figure Scating Club. Good. 1978. First Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. 52 pages. Includes nostalgic ads for local businesses. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this nice Fort St. James keepsake.; 8vo . The Stuart Lake Figure Scating Club unknown
190433Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1904. Cloth Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 276 pp. Green cloth with blind-stamped illustration of prison bars gilt titling. Rubbing to cloth along edges and spine ends damp-stain to rear board. An account of rehabilitative services and lack thereof in one of the harshest prisons in the U.S. The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover
25535‘The Corner House / 69. Addison Rd. W. / 14.12.10’ 14 December 1910 on his letterhead as principal of ‘ “The Yellow Door†School of Modern Art Beckenham. He styles himslef on the letterhead as ‘Principal - Mr. Frank Spenlove-Spenlove / R.I. R.O.I. R.B.A. R.C.A. R.B.C. F.R.C.S. M.J.S. F.R.S.A.’ Large bold stylized signature. 1p 8vo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice. Reads: ‘Dear Miss Lalonde / It gives me pleasure to know you appreciate the picture & I have put my name to your post card as you desire. I only wish the reproduction was more satisfactory! / Yours Sincerely. / Frank . Spenlove . Spenlove’. See Image. ‘The Corner House / 69. Addison Rd. W. / 14.12.10’ [14 December 1910], on his letterhead as principal of ‘ “The Yellow D unknown
19225478The System Bible Company 1922. First Edition. Leather. VERY GOOD. 8vo smyth-sewn binding in brown Morocco goatskin leather with 3/4 yapp ironed calf liner art-gilt edges. Leather shows moderate wear to edges text a bit thumbed some light dampstaining; unmarked sound attractive copy. The System Bible Company unknown
1997__0821807943Amer Mathematical Society 1997. Paperback. New. 227 pages. 9.84x6.93x0.55 inches. Amer Mathematical Society paperback
2010Q-1599183463Entrepreneur Press 2010-03-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Entrepreneur Press paperback
2005Q-1932156879Entrepreneur Press 2005-04-19. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Entrepreneur Press paperback
18273351Removed from a bound volume octavo pp. 1 - 32. Foxing. Darkened tone. "Made weak by time and fate but strong in will" as Tennyson might say. About Good and stowed safely now in a clear new Ultra-Pro sleeve. [Washington, DC: United States Government]
2013Q-1599185040Entrepreneur Press 2013-09-17. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Entrepreneur Press paperback
3031703251.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1998Q-068484673xSimon & Schuster 1998-11-02. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon & Schuster hardcover
2007Q-1599180898Entrepreneur Press 2007-03-27. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Entrepreneur Press paperback
2004051799Tehran: Mu'assasah-'i Mutâla'ât-i Islâmî / McGill University / Institute of Islamic Studies Tehran Branch. Sh.: 1383 2004. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. Text in Persian and Arabic with bilingual title in English and Persian on cover and colophon; preface in English. 11 289 p. Zakhîrat al-âkhirah Provision for the hereafter: Bihamrâh bâ kuhantarîn tarjumah az ad'iyah-yi Shî'ah. Preface in English by Hermann Landolt. <br/> <br/> Mu'assasah-'i Mutâla'ât-i Islâmî / McGill University / Institute of Islamic Studies Tehran Branch., [Sh.: 1383] hardcover
2003Q-1891984756Entrepreneur Press 2003-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Entrepreneur Press paperback
