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1970S10566Cambridge MA:: MIT Press 1970. 1970. 8vo. viii 351 pp. Index. Metallic silver cloth white-stamped spine dust-jacket; front jacket torn spine ends chipped. Ownership signature. Near fine in good jacket. ISBN: 0262160358 MIT Press, (1970). hardcover books
1950BL3721New York AND Babson Park MASS:: Herbert Reichner AND Babson Institute 1950 AND 1955. 1950. 2 volumes. 8vo. xiv 228; xiii 91 pp. Illus. including folding plate frontis. index. Gilt-stamped pale red cloth. Burndy bookplates. Fine. Limited editions of 750 copies and 450 for second title printed by The Anthoensen Press. Herbert Reichner [AND] Babson Institute, 1950 [AND] 1955. hardcover books
192242584Shanghai: Commercial Press Ltd 1922. First edition thin 12mo pp. xv 1 40; 28 illustrations mostly full-page and mostly from photographs; Shanghai ownership inscription on front free endaper dated January 1923; very good in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. Concerns the dragon in Chinese life literature mythology etc. <br/><br/> Commercial Press, Ltd hardcover books
193047367Boston: Little Brown 1930. First edition limited to 575 copies signed by the author this no. 490 8vo pp. 2 xii 252; additionally inscribed by the author at the front flyleaf; title-page printed in blue and black frontispiece illustrations in the text; fine copy in original blue cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
192334199Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1923. First edition limited to 585 copies this no. 333 on hand-made paper signed by the author; 8vo printed at the Merrymount Press pp. xvii 1 120; ornamented title-page printed in red and black gravure frontispiece portrait of Johnson 16 plates; orig. green cloth-backed patterned boards paper label on spine publisher's slipcase; slipcase a little worn else near fine throughout. <br/><br/> Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
193330036Boston: Little Brown 1933. Dream-Children Edition limited to 1351 copies signed by the author 8vo pp. 14 235; color frontis 8 plates folding facsimile of Lamb's "Dream Children" in rear cover pocket; spine a little soiled else a fine copy in cream buckram-backed blue paper-covered boards publisher's box slightly soiled and with small cracks starting at joints. This copy with an additional inscription on the limitation-page: "'Dream Children' - by common consent the finest essay in the language. A. Edward Newton." This limited edition also has the added chapter "Dream Children" which did not appear in the trade edition of the book. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
1971WRCLIT64300Georgetown CA: Talisman Literary Research Inc. 1971. xvi521pp. Thick octavo. Gilt buckram. First edition of this essential annotated reference to over 2700 works of fiction related to California. Bookplate top edge faintly foxed else near fine in dust jacket crease to front flap. Talisman Literary Research, Inc. hardcover books
1936244473Cleveland 1936. unbound. 2 pages 11 x 8.5 inches law firm letterhead Cleveland October 20 1936. Written to Frederic R. Coudert international law attorney and political power broker on the upcoming Presidential election in small part: "I have found myself deeply troubled by the Presidential campaign. With the concentration of power in Washington the encroachments of the executive upon legislative discussion the vast wastefulness and extravagance in Federal expenditures and the unblushing use made of those expenditures for political purposes I have not the least sympathy." Natural folds; light creasing along the bottom edge. Very good condition.<br/><br/> American politician and Secretary of War from 1916 - 1921.<br/><br/> unknown books
1937142416New York: Dodd Mead 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Details early cases by the FBI and other federal agencies aimed toward younger readers. Photo-illustrated throughout. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Vintage bookstore stamp to the front pastedown. Jacket has a vertical crease to the spine with light nicking to the extremities and cell tape reinforcement to the verso of the heel and crown. Dodd, Mead unknown books
1907285849Philadelphia: Newton Machine Tool Works 1907. hardcover. very good. Numerous photographis illustrations. 303 pages slim 8vo green cloth Philadelphia: Newton Machine Tool Works 1907. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Newton Machine Tool Works unknown books
1923121440Boston 1923. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated. 120 pages wide 8vo cloth backed printed boards pages uncut corners bumped housed in a specially constructed red morocco slip case some scuffing on spine. Boston 1923. A near fine copy in a very good- slip case.<br/><br/> One of 585 copies printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author.<br/><br/> unknown books
1928719621928. NEWTON A. EDWARD. THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. With illustrations. Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1928. First trade edition second printing same month as first. 8vo. light blue paper-covered boards backed in navy cloth paper spine label. Illustrated throughout. A near fine copy. unknown books
1978159270New York: Congreve 1978. Large octavo cloth. First edition. The second book of photographs by one of the world's greatest fashion photographers. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #159270 Congreve unknown books
1973BL3318Cambridge:: University Library 1973. 1973. 4to. x 129 pp. Illus. Gilt-stamped brown cloth. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0902205056 University Library, 1973. hardcover books
19761318250Stonehill 1976. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated; VG/VG; spine blue and gray pictorial with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$25.00'; interior clean; Title was later changed to 'White Women'; shelved front table. 1318250. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Stonehill hardcover books
193231644Oak Knoll Daylesford Pa: Christmas 1932. Limited edition of an unspecified number printed for friends of the author at Christmas 12mo pp. 16; frontispiece after a William Blake drawing; generally fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. This copy inscribed "Mrs. Collings Copy No 2 from A. Edward." With t.l.s. from the author laid in in part: "Now lady have a care. You are beginning to collect duplicates and a girl that collects duplicates is lost although she has excellent precedent for doing so. Heber the great English collector of a century ago said that a proper collector required three copies of everything a copy for his home in the city and copy for his home in the country and a copy to lend to his friends." Bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky. <br/><br/> Christmas unknown books
192812009Boston: Little Brown 1928. Edition limited to 990 signed copies on large paper large 8vo pp. 16 410-411; color frontis numerous plates and illus. in text some in color; a few minor imperfections else a fine copy in orig. yellow buckram-backed paper-covered boards paper label on spine publisher's slipcase peeling along one joint. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
194122073New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries 1941. 4 volumes including the prospectus volume small folio illustrated throughout; very good set in the dust-jackets. The famous sale catalogue of the library of one of the most famous book collectors of the 20th century. <br/><br/> Parke-Bernet Galleries unknown books
1941WC5598New York: Parke-Bernet 1941. Complete with Prospectus and 3 Volumes of Catalog very good except for private library stamp on half-title and front flap of dust jacket of Vol. 2. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue. Parke-Bernet Hardcover books
1916008196New York: E. P. Dutton 1916. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. First edition. One of only 152 copies printed in full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. A very good copy with offsetting to title page. Scarce volume. Only five copies found in OCLC. <br/><br/> E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1984328518New York: Xavier Moreau Inc 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition trade issue. Folio. Fine in fine dustwrapper with one tiny tear. Xavier Moreau, Inc hardcover books
1992RNEWPRI00fpEaston Press 1992. Fine. Newton Sir Isaac. Principia: Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World. ; . Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1992. xxiii 680pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. Easton Press unknown books
1931115386London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1931. First edition of this rare work on golf by the father of famous amateur golfers Roger and Joyce Wethered. Octavo original cloth frontispiece and eight illustrations. In fine condition. "Despite his almost complete anonymity H.N. Wethered's legacy - his children being the author of two classic books on golf - is not an inconsiderable one. "The Perfect Golfer" examines all aspects of the game from the perspective of perfection" Robert Macdonald. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover books
19619012639Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Very good condition. Presentation to former owner signed by the author on front end paper. Also 8.5 x 1 typed letter signed by the author. Spine slightly sunned. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
1918008167Little Brown 1918. Book. Fine. Cloth. Presentation By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy First Edition. Full Presentation to Martin C. Schwak July 2 1920. Excellent Copy of This Classic on Books About books. Little Brown Hardcover books
