The FIGHTING SOUTHPAW. The Argonaut All*Star Baseball Series.
Larchmont, N.Y. Argonaut Books Inc., (1962). 1st edition (presumed). McCue, p. 41. 189, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Brick red coth binding. Green & white dust jacket. More
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"Observations on the Terrestrial Pulmonifera of Maine, including a Catalogue of all the Species of Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca known to Inhabit the State." [as published in] JOURNAL Of The PORTLAND SOCIETY Of NATURAL HISTORY. Vol. I. - - No. 1.
Portland: Stephen Berry, Printer. 1864. 1st printing. 63, [1 (blank)] pp. 10 plates inserted at rear. Text illustrated with numerous cuts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8". Original printed buff-paper wrappers. Morse a distinguished 19th C naturalist, biologist & [eventually] expert on Japanese culture. During his life, Morse held the positions of..... More
DEATH ANGEL'S SHADOW.
New York: Warner Paperback Library, 1973. 1st pb printing. 205, [3 advertisements] pp. One inserted cigarette advertisment to center of book. 7" x 4-1/4". White paper wrapper with black title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. More
An ANNOTATED CHECKLIST And KEY To The SNAKES Of MEXICO. United States National Museum Bulletin 187.
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. iv, 239, [1 (blank)] pp including index. 9" x 6". Green paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. More
The GILDED BAT.
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). 1st edition (Toledano A21a). Unpaginated. Drawings by Gorey. Oblong 8vo. Black pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
The ANATOMY Of DESSERT.
London: Dulau & Company, Ltd., 1929. 1st edition (Bitting, p. 68). Limited to 1000 cc, this #349. SIGNED by the author. vii, [1 (blank), 133, [3] pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. TEG. Grey paper dust jacket printed in maroon. More
STAR- SPANGLED BOOKS. Books, Sheet Music, Newspapers, Manuscripts and Persons Associated with "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1972. xvi, 175, [1] pp including index. Several b/w photographic images. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2". Blue cloth binding to boards and red leather binding to spine. Silver title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Map illustrated eps. Dust wrapper. More
BONNY ELOISE, The Belle of the Mohawk Vale.
New York: H. De Marsan, Publisher. 38 & 60 Chatam Street. (1860). Ca 1860. Not in Wolf, nor recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of 8 lines. No music. Hand-colored wood-engraved "The Fountain" decorative border. Just inside lower right border signed "Sparks". 10" x 6-1/8"..... More
HONEST NED. Brave and Honest Series No. 2.
New York: The Merriam Company, (1984). 236, [4 (advertisements)] pp. 3 inserted plates. 8" x 5-3/4". Green cloth binding with green and red graphic and gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. More
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LOT Of 13 CHRISTMAS BOOKLETS [plus] 'Thank You for Expression of Sympathy' Printed Notecard [inscribed by (?) Newton].
'Oak Knoll': Privately Printed, 1921 - 1940. 1st edition(s). Cf Fleck, Catalogue 86, B.15 - B.32. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copies [4] to R. W. Chapman, presumed to be Newton's fellow Johnsonian, Robert William Chapman. Divers paginations. A few booklets are illustrated. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. Housed in a custom..... More
WILLIAM KEITH As Prophet Painter.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. [8], 41, [5] pp. Tipped-in photographic frontis of a young Keith. Tissue guard with printed 7-line poem by Edward Robeson Taylor. 8" x 4-7/8". Green paper dust wrapper over binding board. Gilt stamped decoration..... More
OLD PHILADELPHIA. AUTUMN. The Eighteen- Thirties.; Decorations by Edward C. Caswell.
NewYork / London: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. [6], 171, [3] pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Red cloth binding with printed paper on lay to front board and spine. Illustrated in b/w and color pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
OLD PHILADELPHIA. NORTH STAR. The Eighteen - Fifties.; Decorations by Edward C. Caswell.
New York / London: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. [6], 114, [4] pp. Eps with drawings. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Red cloth binding with printed paper on lay to front board and spine. Illustrated in b/w and color eps. Dust jacket. More
OLD PHILADELPHIA. The LOYAL REBEL. The Seventeen - Seventies.; Decorations by Edward C. Caswell.
New York / London: D. Appletion and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. [6], 105, [1] pp. Color decorated eps. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Red cloth binding with printed paper onlay to front board and spine. Illustrated color eps. Dust jacket. More
WROUGHT IRON. Its Manufacture, Characteristics and Applications.
Pittsburgh: A. M. Byers Company, 1951. 2nd edition, 8th printing. vi, 97, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, with many from photographs. 8vo. Hardback. Yellow & blue dust jacket. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM COWPER. Memoir by N. H. Nicolas.
London: William Pickering, 1830 - 1831. 1st edition thus (Keynes, p 48; NCBEL II, 597). 3 volumes. Frontis portrait of Cowper in volume I. Sm 8vo. 6-1/2" x 4". Publisher's full green morocco-style sheep binding with gilt decorated spine & gilt lyre device to front boards. AEG. Gilt dentelles. Pale..... More
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The FRIEND: or, Advocate of Truth. First Month, 1828. [bound with] The QUAKER. Vol. III. No. 1. January, 1828.
(n. p.): [1828]. 1st printing. 24 [double column text]; 24 pp. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 5-3/4". Original dull tan paper wrappers, sewn. Printed rose-colored paper title label to front wrapper. The Quaker with a printed letter from Cockburn to Thomas Wistar, dated "Philadelphia, 7th Mo. 23d, 1827", pp 19 - 24..... More
The GULISTAN; or Rose - Garden, of Shekh Muslihu'D-din Sadi of Shiraz. Translated for the First Time into Prose and Verse, with an Introductory Preface, and a Life of the Author, fromt he Atish Kadah.
Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1880. 2nd edition. xxiv, [2], 243, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. More
The TENTH MUSE.
London: Martin Secker, [1911]. 1st edition [cf. Eckert pp. 219(b)]. 142 pp. [2 pp adverts to rear]. Frontis; 'From an Antique Bronze'. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Red cloth with white double ruled lines to front board, gilt lettering and design to front board, same to spine. Red topstain. More
ROBERT FROST: FARM POULTRYMAN. The Story of Robert Frost's Career as a Breeder and Fancier of Hens & the Texts of Eleven Long-forgotten Prose Contributions by the Poet, which Appeared in two New England Journals in 1903-05, During His Years of Farming at Derry, New Hampshire.
Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Publications, 1963. 1st edition. 116 pp. Jacket illustration by F. L. Sewell. 8-3/4" x 6". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Green illustrated dust jacket with dark green lettering. More
RUBAIYAT Of OMAR KHAYYAN. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, n.d. Ca. 1940's. Contains the first and fourth edition translations. [4], 86, [2] pp. Frontispiece. Decorative endpapers that match binding. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Decorative cream cloth printed in red and grey. Blue and white dust jacket. Half hour classics. More
The STANFORD QUAD. 1896. Volume III. Edited by the Junior Class of Leland Stanford Jr. University Palo Alto Cal.
San Francisco: Press of H. S. Crocker Company, [1896]. 1st edition thus. 252, [40] pp. Advertisements final 36 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout, with some drawings by Richard Keith Culver & many images from photographs. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 7". White cloth binding, stamped in red & gilt. Bevelled edges... More
SO A POOR GHOST.
London: MacMillan and Co., 1933. 1st edition. [8], 311, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
AMERICAN LITERARY MAGAZINES. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. 1st edition. 504 ppg, 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering and black highlights. More
HOLLAND SKETCHES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. 1st Edition. 147, [1 (blank)] pp. Printed at the De Vinne press. 30 color tipped-in illustrations. 9-3/4" x 7". Yellow paper binding with black lettering. Decorated eps. More