THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has a slightly sun-faded spine. More
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THE SEASONS OF AMERICA PAST
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventh printing. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has modest wear at top corners and spine head. More
A REVERENCE FOR WOOD
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1965. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed Sloane on the ffe, with a sketch of bird sitting at the end of an ax handle and dated by him 1973. More
THE CRACKER BARREL
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed by Sloane with a sketch of chirping bird sitting atop a barrel. No other names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. Near fine in better than very good unclipped dustjacket. More
THE BEAUTIES OF THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND; BEING A SELECTION OF INTERESTING PIECES, FROM THAT CELEBRATED AUTHOR M. BERQUIN INTENDED TO PROMOTE A LOVE
Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner. More
THE RUINS OR, A SURVEY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OR EMPIRES. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE LAW OF NATURE
London: Published for James Watson by Frederick Farrah. Later Edition. Hardcover. Mid-to later 19thC edition, likely 1850-1870s. 8vo, blind-stamped, green ribbed cloth, gilt spine titles, yellow matte endpapers, vi, 202, 32, (8), frontispiece, two foldouts. Modest loss spine foot, corners gently worn, solid binding. Of the many editions of this..... More
FARTHEST NORTH BEING THE RECORD OF THE VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP 'FRAM' 1893-96 AND OF A FIFTEEN MONTH'S SLEIGH JOURNEY BY DR. NANSEN AND LIEUT. JOHANSEN
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unused, near fine copies, both volumes. All maps extant and on original folds in pockets front and rear volume 1. Illustrated. ARCTIC NORWAY NORTH POLE EXPLORATION. More
THE WORLD CRISIS 1911 - 1914 (and) THE WORLD CRISIS 1915
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first two volumes of Churchill's six volume history of WWI. Both uniform in binding and format, blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Volume I is the second edition, published the same month as the first, April 1923. Volume II is a first..... More
THE REFUGEES OF 1776 FROM LONG ISLAND TO CONNECTICUT
Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Weighty volume, full of historical and geneological research. Thick 8vo, three quarter blue cloth over gold cloth, stamped titles, 1204 pages, illustrated, folding map. An apparently unused copy. Signed by author Mather and dated by him January 1914 top of..... More
JESUS: THE TRAGEDY OF MAN
NY: Colony Publishing Co. 1st Edition Limt. Soft cover. No date, circa 1920s. Limited edition, 500 copies, this #40, signed by Gregory in the limitation, tall 8vo, green, limp suede, yapped edges, silk moire endpapers, 138p. Odin also wrote a drama called "Caius Grachus", not much known about him. Internals..... More
THE AMERICAN FEMALE POETS WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackstone, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. In decorative binding, typical of the period - green cloth elabaortaley decorated in gilt all over - front, rear and spine, aeg, 8vo, (xiv), 532, (10). Covers modestly soiled, moderately faded, gilt dulled at spine, lacking ffe, lightly foxed prelims and rears..... More
STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, which Barnum published in a different form years before. 8vo, green cloth, ribbed on the horizontal, blind-stamped front and back, gilt titles to spine. xii, 324, 33 full-page illustrations. With complements ticket with Barnum facsimile signature tippe-in at title page..... More
SIEGFRIED & THE GODS OF TWILIGHT (cover title). THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG: A TRILOGY WITH PRELUDE BY RICHARD WAGNER
NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Issued with Heinemann in London, printed in England. Quarter cloth, gilt pictorial and titles pressed to floral patterned cream color covers. All 30 tipped-in plates present. Solid copy, little sign of use, lightly foxed endpapers, prelims/rears. Internals fine. More
A MEMOIR OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set, stated fifth edition on copyright page. 8vo, polished blue cloth, gte. Solid, clean copies, apparently unused. Ownership names dated Christmas 1887 and September 1889 ffe. Upon publication, an immensely popular biography of one of the most beloved American philosopher-authors. Still..... More
THE PSALMS OF DAVID
London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1862. 1st Edition Thius. Hardcover. Expensive production in its day. Wide 8vo, brown textured cloth w/ elaborate blind-stamped perimeter to gilt-stamped centered titles in rectangular array, beveled edges, aeg. Printed on heavy stock, each text block with capital colored in red or blue and..... More
BINGO IS MY NAME
NY: The Century Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial covers, rubbed, with shaved head of spine and minor edgewear, lacking dustjacket. Internals fine - the Hader illustrations bright and crispy. Gift inscription dated 1931, year of publication, pictorial ffe. One of the best known dog stories for children. More
WEE GILLIS
NY: Viking, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing. An apparently unread copy in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Neat contemporary (i.e. at time of publication) gift inscription top of pictorial front endpaper. More
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYAM THE ASTRONOMER POET OF PERSIA RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWARD FITZGERALD
London: Macmillan, 1898. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition with MacDougall's bold Arts & Crafts decorations. Elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth, 4to, unpaginated, title page in red and black, the rest in black. Green cloth faded, covers worn and stained at upper corners with 2" loss over lower spine, internals fine..... More
LITTLE TOTS' RECORDS NO. 7 THE PATRIOTIC BOOK
(Regal Record Company). Soft cover. The most uncommon in the series of 10 variously themed record sets of " songs games stories for kiddies" this set "The Patriotic Book" with 8 45RPM discs, each two sided for 16 songs: America the Beautiful, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dixie, Yankee Doodle..... More
RIP VAN WINKLE
NY: David McKay Company, 1921. 1st Edition or early edition. Hardcover. First or early edition of the Irving classic with the Wyeth illustrations. Pictorial pastedown, brown cloth, gilt top edge. Gilt titles to spine a bit dulled with handwrittem "1" encircled in black ink foot of spineUndated, copyright page says..... More
PIED PIPER OF HAMLIN
Frederick Warne. Later Edition. Hardcover. The classic Browning version with the classic Greenaway illustrations. This version reprinted many times; this copy, like many later editions, undated, likely 1930s, remarkably well preserved. Clean, solid copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS / HOW TO WIN FORTUNE
Madison WI: Eddy Pubishing, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Secrets of success by industrial barons. Printed covers, quarter cloth, 8vo, (xvi) 164. Besides the Helps and Carnegie essays, there are fiur short essays in the rear, two of which by Sir Francis Bacon and Elbert Hubbard. No there's a pair, for..... More
OUR SECOND AMERICAN ADVENTURE
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black, vertically, narrow ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped spine titles, 8vo, 250p, duotone frontispiece of author and cleric. Third and last of Doyle's journeys into spiritualism. Covers a wee dusty/faded, internals quite nice, solid biding. More
BLUE ASPIC
NY: Hawthorn Books, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing, SIGNED by Gorey on the title page just above his printed name which he has crossed over in his usual style. An apparently little- or unused book, issued without dustjacket. More
FLOWERS OF HAWAII
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Nicely preserved book in publisher's pictorial slipcase. 4to, greem linen weave covers w/ titel pastedown, 30 brilliantly colored tipped-in plates. Laid-in is Christmas card presenting the book as a Christmas gift from Rear Admiral Thomas Hart and his wife. signed "from T. &..... More