The ODYSSEY Of HOMER. Modern Library #167.; Introduction by Gilbert Highet. Translated by S.H. Butcher & A. Lang.
New York: The Modern Library, (1950). Ca 1960. xvi, 383, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Red cloth binding. Black topstain. Dust jacket. More
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A SOLDIER And MR. LINCOLN. The Fifty-Sixth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club.
San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 1961. 1st edition. x, 70, [2 (blank)] pp. T.p. cut. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6". Dark grey and white floral paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title onlay to spine. Insert "notice" of last minute cast changes. More
The SYMBOLIC MEANING Of The STORY Of KING ARTHUR.
Tintagel: Published at King Arthur's Hall, (n. d.). Ca late 20s / early 30s. viii, 78 pp. Laid-in a RPPC of "King Arthur's Castle Hotel. Tintagel". Illustrated with inserted plates. 8vo. Origninal publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
SHAKESPEARE And The ENCLOSURE Of COMMON FIELDS At WELCOMBE, Being a Fragment of the Private Diary of Thomas Greene, Town Clerk of Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1614 - 1617, Reproduced in Autotype, with Letterpress Transcript, Edited With an Introduction and Notes by C. M. Ingleby, LL.D.
Birmingham: Printed for the Editor by Robert Birbeck, Broad Street. 1885. 1st Edition (Jaggard, p. 123). Copy V of a limitation of 55 total copies [mss note after statement of limitation stating "and 5 copies for presentation". Association copy. [4], xiii, [5], 19, [3 (blank)] pp. 2 page plan of... More
CUMMY'S DIARY. A Diary Kept by R. L. Stevenson's Nurse Alison Cunningham While Travelling with Him on the Continent During 1863.; With a Preface and Notes by Robert T. Skinner.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. 1st edition. ##313 / 780 cc. xvi, 191, [1] pp. Fore-edge untrimmed. Partially unopened. Illustrated with 4 inserted plates. Royal 8vo. Green cloth spine over printed floral patterned cloth boards. Gilt stapmed title lettering to spine. TEG. No dust jacket. More
WINTER ROSES.
Philadelphia: A. Edw. Newton & Co. (1888). 1st edition, 1st issue (green ink on lemon paper - Fleck F.A.1a; Winterich #5). Tipped in signature clip of Ms Spalding. 24 pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2". Maroon leather spine and tips; decorated paper boards & eps [the remainder binding described by Winterich]... More
![[INSIDE ELI (or How to Get On At Yale"] This Pamphlet is published by the Yale Society for the Occasional Resuscitation of the Harkness Hoot. Dedication: To one with from Another. Dave Calleo, Henry S. F. Cooper.](/pictures/thumb/44512.jpg?v=1504043578)
[INSIDE ELI (or How to Get On At Yale"] This Pamphlet is published by the Yale Society for the Occasional Resuscitation of the Harkness Hoot. Dedication: To one with from Another.
[New Haven, CT]: The Yale Society, [1955]. 1st printing (presumed). [1], 10, [1] pp. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". Printed self-wrappers (lacking outer wrappers?), stapled. A satirical look back on Yale for the benefit of freshman... "During the past few weeks you have been flooded with official advice. None of this should... More
MEDICINE In The SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS And DICKENS' DOCTORS.
New York: Powell Publications, 1936. 1st edition. 410, [6] pp (including Index). Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering. More
A PUBLISHER And His FRIENDS. MEMOIR And CORRESPONDENCE Of The LATE JOHN MURRAY, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768 - 1843. In Two Volumes.
London / New York: John Murray / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. 1st edition. Vol I - xv, [1 (blank)], 496 pp. Vol II - xi, [1 (blank)], 549, [1] pp. Frontis portrait in each volume. Vol I with sketch of Byron facing p. 350. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Brown patterned paper eps. More
EIKON BASILIKE. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings.
[London]: 1648. Early edition (Madan 21; Almack 15; Wing E-270). [4], 302, [16] pp. Numerous mispaginations throughout. Double-page engraved frontispiece by William Marshall, "designed for this edition". [Madan]. 8vo: A - U^8 (D1 mis-signed as E1) ¶^4 (a)^4. 6-1/4" x 3-13/16" (16 cm x 9.7 cm). Full red morocco leather... More
SCIENCE And HEALTH With Key to the Scriptures.
Boston: Published by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, (1906). 700 pp. 4-3/8" x 3". Bound in full brown suede, with gilt stamped lettering to spine & gilt stamped Christian Science emblem to front cover. More
EVE. Poems.
Soquel, California: An Erg Publication, 1980. 1st printing. 43, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-13/16". Black & white glossy stiff-stock paper covers. Poetry by this local SF Bay Area couple, who met while working at an adult rehabilitation center. More
COMING TOGETHER.
Walnut Creek, CA: Sheer Press, (1977). 1st printing. SIGNED PRESENTATION copy, inscribed from the author to "Trude", in the year of publication. Unpaginated, though 64 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Ruth Starkman. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Buff paper wrappers printed in dark brown. Butterfly motif graphic to front wrapper. The... More
!['In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964. Charles Dickens, Anthony 1812 - 1870. Trollope, William Makepeace 1815 - 1882. Thackeray, 1811 - 1863 - Subject.](/pictures/thumb/44472.jpg?v=1501961656)
'In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964.
London: Smith Elder and Co. 1864. 1st volume appearance (cf. Gimbel E42, for the monthly issue). The Dickens piece in the February issue, pp 129 - 132. Trollope's tribute follows, pp. 134 - 137. P. 132 with a wood engraving after the conclusion of Dickens' text, presumably depicting Thackeray's study... More
MADMAN'S DRUM. A Novel in Woodcuts.
New York: Johathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Each leaf with a woodcut illustration by Ward. 8vo. Black cloth spine, with printed paper title label, over printed paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
ORIGINAL TRAVELS And SURPRISING ADVENTURES Of BARON MUNCHAUSEN.; The Lotos Series. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill.
London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1889. "New Edition". Large paper edition, #17 of 126 cc. xx, [21] - 253, [1] pp. Drawings by Crowquill. 8vo. Finely bound by Morrell in dark blue full morocco leather, with gilt decorations & stamping. TEG. Light blue marbled paper eps. More
The PRIVATE MEMOIRS Of MADAME Du HAUSSET, Lady's Maid to Madame de Pompadour.
New York: Published by Elam Bliss, No. 128 Broadway, 1827. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 28739). vii, [8] - 179, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's quarter sheep sheep binding, with marbled paper boards & speckled edges. More
An AMERICAN SELECTION Of LESSONS In READING And SPEAKING; Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. And Also, To Instruct Them in the Geography, History and Politics of the United States. To Which is Prefixed Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind. Being the Third Part Of A Grammatical Institute of the English Language.
Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1802. The Fourth Albany Edition (American Imprints 3510; Skeel 498, noting this firm previously publishe a "4th Albany edition" in 1800). 245, [7] pp. Bookseller adverts last 6 pages [of particular note is the final, "The highest price in Cash paid for... More
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TWO LAYMEN, on Strict and Mixed Communion; in Which the Principal Arguments in Favor of the Latter Practice, are Stated, as Nearly as Possible, in the Words of Its Most Powerful Advocate, the Rev. Robert Hall.; With Dr. Griffin's Letter of Communion, and the Review of It by Professor Ripley, of Newton.
Boston: Published by Lincoln & Edmands. 1831. 1st edition (American Imprints 7198. xxv, 26 - 321, [3 (publisher adverts)] pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 5-7/8" x 3-5/8". Period brown full calf binding with black leather title label to spine. Speckled edges/. More
A LETTER Of ADVICE WRITTEN By Sr. FRANCIS BACON To the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, When he became Favourite to KING JAMES, Never Before Printed.
London: Printed for R. H. and H. B. and are to be sold at Westminster and the Royal Exchange, 1661. 1st Edition (Gibson 232; Wing B302). [2], 14 pp. 4to: A - B^4. 7-1/4" x 5-3/8". Modern tan quarter calf binding with brownish paper boards. Title gilt stamped to spine... More
LIFE And LABORS OF DWIGHT L. MOODY The Great Evangelist.
Philadelphia: Manufacturers' Book Co. (1899). Not in Zinman, though see 1225 for an edition by another publisher. Specimen pages and plates. Broadside of volume descriptions, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets [4 lines completed]. 8vo. Original green cloth binding with black, red, silver and gilt stamping. Spine design stamped to... More
A TRIBUTE Of FLOWERS to the Memory of Mother.
Chicago: Union Publishing House, 1897. Not in Zinman, though see 982 for an 1892 edition. Presentation leaf. Specimen pages and plates. Testimonials. Half-broadside of volume descriptions (3 binding formats), followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Mustard cloth binding stamped in black. Blue speckled edges. Sample bindings to front & rear. More
HURLBUT'S STORY Of The BIBLE. Self-Pronouncing. One Hundred Sixty-Eight Stories.
Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, (1932). 1st printing thus, "New and Revised Edition." Zinman 765. Specimen pages and plates. Half-broadside of volume descriptions, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets. 8vo. Original plain black cloth binding with a bit of gilt stamping. Spine design stamped to rear cover. Red edgestain. More
The NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY. The European War.
New York: The New York Times Company, (1919). 1st printing thus. Not in Zinman. Specimen pages & plates. 8vo. Three quarter black leather binding, with green cloth boards. Black leather spine sample to front paste-down; green cloth spine sample to rear paste-down. More
DRUMS ALONG The MOHAWK.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1936. 1st Edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 592 pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding with orange lettering. Orange topstain. Map eps. Dust jacket (wraparound artwork by Henry C. Pitz). This work by Edmonds, which follows the lives of fictional Gil and Lana Martin, settlers... More