WOLF EAR The INDIAN. A Story of the Great Uprising of 1890 - 1891. The Ellis Series No. 3.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, (n. d.). Ca 1912. 151, [3] pp. Last 3 pages adverts. Frontis. 8" x 5-3/4". Color pictorial wrappers. More
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The PRACTICAL BOOK Of FURNISHING The SMALL HOUSE & APARTMENT.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1922). Early printing. 296 pp (including Index). Illustrated with 9 color plates & 198 in 'doubletone'. Royal 8vo. Pale yellow cloth binding with dark blue stamping. Buff paper dust jacket, with dark blue printing. More
BOB WOOLF, The Border Ruffian; Or, The Girl Dead-Shop. The DEADWOOD DICK LIBRARY. Vol I. No. 9.
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 4th edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 1-I10¢PL, 32-1/2DL, 30-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper..... More
The PHANTOM MINER; Or, Deadwood Dick's Bonanza. A Tale of the Great Silver-Land of Idaho. The DEADWOOD DICK LIBRARY. Vol I. No. 7.
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 42-1/2DL, 22-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper design..... More
WILD IVAN, The Boy Claude Duval. The DEADWOOD DICK LIBRARY. Vol I. No. 5.
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 35-1/2DL, 14-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper design..... More
The DOUBLE DAGGERS; Or, Deadwood Dick's Defiance. A Tale of the Regulators and Road-Agents of the Black Hills. The DEADWOOD DICK LIBRARY. Vol I. No. 2.
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 20-1/2DL, 4-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper design..... More
DEADWOOD DICK, The Prince of the Road: Or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills. The DEADWOOD DICK LIBRARY. Vol I. No. 1.
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 1-1/2DL, 1-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper design..... More
MOTOR VEHICLES And THEIR ENGINES.
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company Inc., 1931. 4th edition. vii, [1], 411, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated with diagrams, drawings & from photographs. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. More
The DREAMERS And Other Poems.
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, (1897). 1st edition. vi, 151, [1 (blank)] pp. T.p. vignette [drawing]. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Original brown broad-weave cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. TEG. Fore- & bottom edges untrimmed. A volume of verse, much of a fantastical nature, by this well-known..... More
The GREATEST BOOK In The WORLD And Other Papers.
Boston: Little Brown, (1925). Later printing. 451 pp (including Index). Illustrated, with full color frontis. 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. Brown cloth spine with creme-colored paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper spine label. TEG. No dust jacket. Mostly on the Bible, and as always, another great read from Newton... More
DAVE PORTER'S RETURN To SCHOOL. The Dave Porter Series #3.
Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1907. "Special Edition". Ca 1920s. vi, 304 pp. Illustrated by Charles Nuttall (frontis & 3 inserted plates). 12mo. Decorative orange cloth binding (Mattson #4). Color pictorial dust jacket (Mattson #3). More
The SIAMESE TWINS. A Satirical Tale of the Times. With Other Poems.
New York: J & J Harper, 1831. 1st US edition (American Imprints 8044). [4], xvii, [3], [13] - 308, 16] pp. 4 pages of adverts [Feb, 1831] begin volume; 16 pages of adverts at rear. Untrimmed. 12mo. Pink cloth over drab paper boards; printed yellow paper title label to spine..... More
DEADWOOD DICK, JR, In SILVER POCKET; or, The Gambler Queen's High Stake. Beadle's Half Dime Library. Vol. XXXIV. No. 882.
New York: Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street. 1894. Early printing (Johannsen BEADLE 882-1/2DL). 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page an advert. Large wood engraving to front wrapper. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/8". Printed self wrappers. No 77 in the Deadwood Dick Jr saga, with the story set..... More
GINEVRA. A Play of Mediaeval Florence.
New York: Doyle & Company, 1912. 1st edition. 94 pp. 8vo. Original maroon cloth stamped with gilt lettering. From the library of the novelist & historian, Rupert Hughes, with his bookplate to the front paste-down. More
A GUIDE To The ANGLO - SAXON TONGUE: A Grammar after Erasmus Rask; Extracts in Prose and Verse, with Notes, Etc. For the Use of Learners. With an Appendix.
London: John Russell Smith, 1861. 2nd edition. xi, [1], 196, 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue follows text. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. More
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives. M. Baird & Co., Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., (n. d.). 1st edition (Romaine, p. 301). Ca 1871 - 72. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory, 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs..... More
KANZAS (Kansas) And NEBRASKA: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; An Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants. With an Original Map from the Latest Authorities.
Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company, 1854. 1st edition (Sabin 29624, who, incidently, spells 'Kansas' correctly in his listing & without the Z as used by Hale, who, he tells us in his preface, did so intentionally). viii, [9] - 256, [2] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Folding map as frontis..... More
TEMPLE BAR. Then and Now.
Oak Knoll: A. Edward Newton, [1915]. 1st edition (Fleck B.9). INSCRIBED by Newton on the t.p., in the year of publication, to Harry A. Paul Jr. 27 pp. 5 illustrations, 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. An early Christmas greeting (only the 7th of this format) providing a history of..... More
STAFFORDSHIRE.
"Oak Knoll" Privately Printed, 1935. 1st edition (Fleck B.29). Unpaginated (though 12 pp). Frontis after a photograph showing part of Newton's pottery collection. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tied. More
GEORGE DYER.
Oak Knoll: Privately Printed, 1938. 1st edition (Fleck B.32). 12 pp. Frontis of Dyer. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Blue cord tie. Present is the orange-paper insert describing his (Newton's) condition as "good second hand..." More
POPE, POETRY And PORTRAIT.
'Oak Knoll': Privately Printed, 1936. 1st edition (Fleck B.30). 24 pp. 3 illustrations. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Blue string tie. Present is the blue-paper Morley insert. More
A TRIBUTE To A. EDWARD NEWTON, Christmas 1940.
[Washington DC]: The Library of Congress, 1940. 1st edition (Fleck G.108.A.1). Limited to 1000 cc. Unpaginated, though 28 pp. Frontis of Newton. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. A memorial volume issued to celebrate the passing of a prominent bibliophile, with tributes from 6 of Newton's friends, including Christopher Morley..... More
JERRY TODD In The WHISPERING CAVE. Jerry Todd Series #7.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Ca 1928. x, 237, [7] pp. Adverts last 7 pages. Illustrated by Bert Salg. 12mo. Red cloth with gold outline lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket. DJ verso series listings through #8. More