NY: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth, blind-stamped, xvi, 586, (2), all maps and plates extant in original folds. Covers slightly rubbed, some modes edgewear, solid binding, internals very nice indeed. More
NY: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1849. First US Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. viii, 326, 36; 373. All plates and maps extant (and in original folds). Some tiny splits or wear at spine ends, covers slightly rubbed. Internals near fine... More
Philadelphia: Lea And Blanchard, 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, xx, [13], 508. 2 folding lithographed maps (in original folds), 28 wood-engraved plates. Corners worn, and some incidental wear spine ends. Covers rubbed. Solid copy. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1961. Ist UK Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Olsen in the neatest, tiniest hand imaginable on the upper right corner front pastedown to author/critic/essayist Lewis Mumford in 1965, as protests against Johnson's Vietnam War were mounting: "For Lewis Mumford- / - your letter to the President on..... More
NY: Collins, 1826. Hardcover. Original binding, quarter- leather over paper-backed boards, xvi, 166. Stereotyped Edition. covers soiled and spine revealed, but holding - just- with original sewn string. Reprinted many times in the United States by local printers in New England and mid-Atlantic in the early 1800s, with plenty of..... More
NY: Lippincott, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Horatio Colony's copy. Horatio Colony (1900-1977) was an American poet, playwright and businessman. He wrote a novel, Free Forester, as well as eleven books of poetry and two plays. Inscribed by Colony on the verso of the half title, with his signature on the..... More
Boston: Branden Press Publishers, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poetry, which Robert Frost apparently dismissed because of its homoerotic sensitivity Horatio Colony (1900-1977) was an American poet, playwright and businessman. He wrote a novel, Free Forester, as well as eleven books of poetry and two plays. Inscribed by Colony on the..... More
Westmoreland NH: Westmoreland History Committee, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. #605 of 1000 copies, 8vo, green cloth, xiv, 597. Laid-in is folded, large map of Westmoreland with key to local sites and features. More
Caldwell ID: Caxton Printers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author Hunter on the ffe, "For Wan Schubert, who played my records with such sensitive hands. Reginald Hunter October 1941". With Wanda's bookplate lower right corner ffe. Near fine copy, lacking dustjacket. More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True first edition - 1966 - far less common than the later 1979 edition and its later printings. The edges and corners show slight wear here and there. Unclipped dw. Remainder mark in black bottom edge. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and..... More
NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True first edition in book appearance, published by Kennerley (not Harper). Black linen cloth, some soling, gilt titles front and spine, near fine internals, edges untrimmed. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. More
various. Hardcover. Three EDWARD THOMAS titles. Each at least very good; variances noted. THE TRUMPET AND OTHER POEMS. London: Faber & Faber, 1943 (1940). Third impression. No dustjacket. CLOUD CASTLE AND OTHER PAPERS. London: Duckworth, 1922. First edition. Foreward by W. H. Hudson. Bue rough weave linen, gilt spine titles..... More
various. Soft cover. Lot of 8 HENRY WILLIAMSON titles, relating to World War Titles very good at least; variances noted. Anonymous. (Bell, Capt. D. H.). Williamson, Henry (introduction by). IN SPITE OF ALL REJOICING: A SOLDIER'S DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR. NY: Duffield, 1930. First US edition. Red cloth covers..... More
various. Hardcover. All at least very good or better; variances noted. COUNTER-ATTACK AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Dutton, 1919. Second printing. No dustjacket. MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN. NY: Coward-McCann, 1929. First US edition. No dustjacket. VIGILS. London: Heinemann, 1935. Early printing. Purple cloth, spine lightly faded. No dustjacket. SIEGFRIED'S JOURNEY..... More
Lugduni Batav. Ex Officina Hackiana, 1672. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ownership copy of leading American 19thC obstetrics authority Charles Delucena Meigs MD. First edition, old calf, 8vo, (frontispiece & portrait), (22), 334, (14). 24 plates (2 frontispieces plus 22 tabs) called for, the last being XXII at page 303; Tab I...... More
NY: William Ross, 1788. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Second American edition re-printed by William Ross in NY. Original or old calf, front cover detached, detached ffe heavily inscribed in old script: "Thomas Clapp's book. Don't steal this book for fear of shame for here to see the owner's name from..... More
Cambridge MA: Printed at Riverside Press, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, greenish-blue cloth, stamped and ruled in black on cvoers, gilt titles to spine, xiv, 236. Bookplate fron pastedown, Covers miderately worn. Internals quite nice. More
Philadelphia: (Society of Friends), 1877. Hardcover. Later reprint, undated, circa 1877. 8vo. brown cloth, triple blind ruled coves, gilt rules and titles to spine, beveled edges, 480. Neat, older ownership name Philadelphia address handwritten on ffe. Newer ownership address label on pastedown. Solid, clean copy. More
NY: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Incidental wear at corners, owner name dated 1919 ffe. Perhaps the most popular of the WWI poems. More
London: Macmillan, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo,blue cloth, gilt spine titles, xxxii, 603, (2), 4 foldout maps at page 580. Font hinge slightly reveled, solid, clean copy. INSCRIBED by Jones on the ffe: "With best wishes of his friend and teacher. Rufus Jones". Laid-in are two, ANS from..... More
London: Metheun & Co/ George H. Doran, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, ix, 181. Clean, solid copy. Rufus Matthew Jones (1863 - 1948) was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit (a precursor to..... More
Baltimore: Published by the Oder of the Yearly Meeting. Innes & Company, Printers, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original tree calf, double-ruled covers, red leather spine label. 176p. Some incidental staining prelims and title page. More
Edinburrgh: Printed for Macreadie, Skelly and Co., 1818. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, quarter leather over paper-backed boards, woodcut frontispiece, 89p wth errata. Printed by John Mair. A series of six conversations, the first entitled "Six Celestial Gods", observed among Mr. Wentworth, George and Harry. Covers edgeworn, hinges revealed, still holding..... More
Newburyport: Printed by W. Barrett, 1796. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Local printing of second American edition, Original tree calf, missing leather over foot of spine for about half inch. Printed By W. Barrett in Newburyport (MA) for sale by Thomas and Andrews, 45 Newbury Street, Boston. With bookseller ticket on..... More
Edinburgh: Williiam Blackwood and Sons, 1897. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition,. 8vo, rough-weave green cloth stamped in black, gilt at spine. (8), 234, (2). Handsome, sound copy. More