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Stevenson, Robert Louis, Celia Thaxter et al
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol V No 4. 2. Includes a ashort poemn by Thaxter called "Crowned" and an artiecle on mountain climbing by William Williams, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
Stevenson, Robert Louis et al
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
THE FORUM (5 issues of 1891)
NY: The Forum Publishing Company, 1891. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Five, non contiguous copies, Jan 1891 (Vol X No 5), Feb 1891 (Vol X No 6), July 1891 (Vol XI No 5), Oct 1891 (Vol XII No 2) and Nov 1891 (Vol XII No 3). More
"Nelly's Hospital" in OUR YOUNG FOLKS April 1865
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Original publication of Alcott's short story "Nelly's Hospital" in the April 1865 edition of Our Young Folks, about a young girl who starts a hospital for animals. Better than very good condition. More
" Littlle Pussy Willow" Parts I and II in OUR YOUNG FOLKS
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Two copies of Our Young Folks - Sept and Oct 1866 - that contain the first tow parts of Stowe's Little Pussy Willow, published in book form in 1870. Better than very good condition. More
"Episodes in an Obscure Life" in SUNDAY MAGAZINE Part VIII - Vol VI
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1870. Issue dated May 1, 1970. Printed covers, chipped about edges. Internals near fine. Vol VI Part VIII, pages 449 - 512. Illustrated with several etchings. Prelims includeLippincott book titles and adveertisment for Trollope's "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblewaithe" More
BRAVE NEW WORLD
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First US Edition. Hardcover. Publishers brown cloth, gilt device front, gilt titles spine. Lacking dustjacket. Gilt to spine darkened. Spine slightly cocked. Small dent to upper edge rear cover. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
SILVER SLIPPERS
NY: Grosset & dunlop, 1928. First or early reprint edition. Hardcover. Reprint edition, bearing Penn Publishing copyright, 1928. Blue cloth covers, leaves heavily toned (pulp stock). Pictoorial dustjacket signed in by O Herford, with the O conjoined to the H, typical of Oliver Hereford, who became best known for authoring..... More
WINE AND FOOD: A GASTRONOMICAL QUARTERLY No.15
London: The Field Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Single issue for Spring 1937. Covers toned, some loss top of spine. Internals fine. More
Orchard and Vineyard
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1921. 1st Edition, Review Copy. Hardcover. REVIEW COPY with "REVIEW COPY/ WITH JOHN LANES/ COMPLIMENTS" in oval surround blind-stamped on title page. Covers soiled, corners worn, some loss to label on spine, endpapers tanned. Prelims and title slightly foxed, rest of internals fine... More
HOW TO WRAP 5 EGGS
NY: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, apparently unread/unused. Internals fine. Small closed tear upper right corner rear panel of unclipped dustjacket. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desireable thus. More
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1918. Later Printing. Soft cover. Original printed covers, some soiling and chipping to spine but extant. Two volumes, complete. 1843 date and "copyright edition"; September 1918 catalogue on rear cover. More
THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER: A CHINESE BOOK OF LIFE
London: Kegan Paul Trench, Trubner & Co, Ltd, 1945. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrated with 11 b&w plates and 4 text illustrations. Internals near fine. Worn dustjacket with closed tears and chips along edge but presetable. Gift inscription in blue ink dated 1947 on ffe. More
THE POETRY OF YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO 1955 to 1965
NY: October House, 1965. Hardcover. An apparently unread, unused copy. 54 poems bilingual: Russian and English. Fine internals, near fine dw. More
Clarke, Arthur C. (Kubrick, Stanley)
NY: New American Library, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue dustjacket,. Red NAL at bottomof spine, $4.95 price upper right corner front dw flap. Owner inscription dated Jan 1969 "a gift unto myself" Almost near fine internals, attractove dustjacket w/ a few short closed tears. More
SNOOPY AND THE RED BARON
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the first edition. Near fine in UNclipped dustjacket that has tinyt chip tops of spine. NO names, inscription or bookplates. THE collectible copy. More
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING . A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WHALING DURING THREE CENTURIES. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE FISHERY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Salem: Salem Marine Research Society, 1925. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited, large format edition, 97 copies, this numbered 73. Brown cloth spin, marbelized boars, gte. Moderately worn corners, some wear spine tips. More
Taegliches Hand-Buch in guten und boesen Tagen, das ist: Aufmunterung, Gebete u. Gesaenge, I. Fuer Gesunde, 2. Fuer Betruebte, 3. FuerKranke, 4. Fuer Sterbende. Nebst Mebreren Festandachten und... (STARK's HANDBUCH)
Philadelphia: Rohler, 1867. First or Early US Edition. Hardcover. First or early American printing from German plates. 8v0, vii + 596 + 106pp. Original black leather binding, prefiessionally rebacked, brass clasps, marbelized endpapers. Some staining to prelims and first 8 pages, else internals very good. Rear hinge revealed, still binding..... More
OUR NEW WAY ROUND THE WORLD
Boston: Field, Osgood & Co, 1869. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's mauive pebbled cloth, blind double ruled, with stamped engraved vignette of cattle-drawn buggy with driver and two passengers, likely attributable to engraver John Feely. Covers a tad spotted, leaves toned, gilt titles to spine faded, rear hinge revealed, still soundbinding..... More
Dartmouth College Procedings of the Inauguration of President John Sloan Dickey ...and the Resolution adopted by the Faculty upon the retirement of Ernest Martin Hopkins
Hanover NH: Dartmouth College, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, half cloth, 28 pages, in original glassine (chipped) signed by both new Dartmouth President Dickey and retiring President Hopkins on the ffe. More
The Keats Letters, Papers and Other Relics Forming the Dilke Bequest in the Hampstead Public Library
London: John Lane, 1914. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. #11 0f 320 copies. Folio, vellum spine, modest edgewear, inner hinge splitting but sound. Internals near fine. 58 collotype facsimiles, 14 reproductions of portraits of Keats. More
LIVING TRADITIONS: INTERIORS BY MATTHEW PATRICK SMYTH
NY: The Monacelli Press, 2011. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. As new copy signed on the half title by Matthew Smyth, who's been on Elle Decor's A-list of international designers for the last nine years. More
LIVING TRADITIONS: INTERIORS BY MATTHEW PATRICK SMYTH
NY: The Monacelli Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new copy signed on the half title by Matthew Smyth, who's been on Elle Decor's A-list of international designers for the last nine years. More
Five Potter titles, uniform editions: THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON, THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN, THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
London and New York: Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Five titles all uniform in edition and condition. Undated, in uncommon, red rough-weave cloth with pastedown pictorials of various shapes, with black titles to front cover, but gilt titles to spine, and rounded corners, both covers and leaves. Covers a wee rubbed, internals..... More