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Roll over Image to expand, : Almanac &C.. Published by: Westvaco in n. p. (no city stated): 1985. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a brown silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. With only a hint of rubbing at the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however in a near fine paper covered slip case. A collection of reprinted almanacs from 1758 to 1877. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1985 which was the 18th volume in the series. TB22525 $35.00

Roll over Image to expand, : A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Marine Collection To be Found At India House. Published by: Wesleyan University Press in Middletown, Conn.: 1973. Near fine in purple cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with gray end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A quarto measuring 11 3/4" high by 10" deep. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good+ cloth covered slip case with mild soiling on the sides. One of only 435 copies printed for India House members and this copy is identified as number 75 on the last page of text. 144 pages followed by two blank pages and four pages of subscribers. This edition was updated from the original 1935 edition (of which only 1,000 copies were printed) with the acquisitions made by India House since 1935. Illustrated with 12 full color plates and 39 monochrome plates. TB22534 $200.00

Roll over Image to expandAmbrose, Stephen: Nothing Like It In The World. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 2000. Fine in full black leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6" deep containing 431 pages of text including an index and chapter notes. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 1,034 of only 1,650 copies signed, printed and sold. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. TB22448 $275.00

Anderson, R. C.: The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1927. Very good in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is a bit faded and the cloth at the edges of the spine is lightly rubbed and the end pages are beginning to show very faint tanning. Without its issued dust jacket. 278 pages including an index and text. Extensively illustrated with line drawings thtoughout. The fourteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22584 $85.00

Roll over Image to expandBaker, Ray Palmer: War In The Revolution. Published by: Shiver Mountain Pess in Washington Depot, Conn.: 1976. Very near fine in full simulated dark red leather covered boards with faded and tarnished gilt text on the spine and on the front board. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with curling and rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area and at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the second free end page. 345 pages including an index, appendices, chapter notes, text and illustrated with two maps. The author devoted 60 years of research to this book and six others which provides an "authoritative and balanced account of the War of Independence. Operations in Nova Scotia and the Floridas as well as in the Thirteen Colonies are included. For the first time also the role of the Loyalist Line ...is given due weight." (Quotation from the jacket flap.) TB22522 $50.00

Barber, John Warner: Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, with Geographical Descriptions. Published by: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber in New Haven: 1838. Good in the publisher's original decorated black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with blind embossing on the front and rear boards with a gilt seal on the front. The front and rear joints are broken yet the hinges remain intact. There is an early prior owner's presentation in ink n the first free end page. The bulk of the pages within the text show mild foxing. 594 pages of text with an index and a census of 1850. Illustrated throughout with 200 wood block engravings. Barber an illustrator and historian (1798-1885) was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index (in the front of the book) is a hand colored, fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, B-120) Originally published in 1836 this is the revised edition of 1838. A very collectible and worthy copy with all pages, charts and maps present including a total of 10 plates. TB22619 $250.00

Roll over Image to expandBerton, Pierre: The Arctic Grail The quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: . Fine in full dark gray leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8" tall by 6" deep containing 672 pages including an index, bibliography, chronology and text. Illustrated with maps throughout and reproductions of contemporary works of art. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Leather-Bound Nautical Series. Quoting the subtitle this is "The quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909." Laid-in is the publisher's notes on the volume. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates. TB22528 $95.00

Biddlecombe, R. N., Capt. George: The Art of Rigging containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem: 1925. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth on the spine is slightly faded and there is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. The full title reads: The Art of Rigging containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Method of Rigging Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships. 116 pages of text and illustrations followed by approximately 70 pages of tables and charts. Originally published in Great Britain in 1845, this has been considered one of the primary reference sources for historians and model makers. The eighth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22608 $80.00

Bowen, Frank: From Carrack To Clipper A Book of Sailing Ship Models. Published by: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd. in London: 1927. Good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. The cloth on the spine and around the edges of the boards is heavily faded. There is a 1/3" deep closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with extensive foxing throughout the text block. Without a dust jacket. 64 pages of text followed by 67 black and white plates and seven pages of text listing the principal institutions and museums in Europe and the US containing ship models. There are a number of color plates and line drawings within the text which help to resolve detail and painting issues. TB22613 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandBrackett, Oliver: Thomas Chippendale A Study of His Life, Work and Influence. Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston: 1925. Very good- in the publisher's original medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The cloth on the spine is tanned and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed with two small closed tears. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the preliminaries show mild, faint foxing as do the end sheets. Without its issued dust jacket. 281 pages of text, index appendices and illustrated with line drawings and 61 black and white plates. A biography of Thomas Chippendale as well as a study of his work. TB22572 $75.00

Roll over Image to expandBrokaw, Tom: The Greatest Generation. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1999. Fine in full red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 412 pages of text including an index. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 2,199 of only 3,000 copies signed, printed and sold. The story of the tragic Titanic disaster of 1912. One of The Easton Press' signed, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. TB22446 $275.00

Brown, Frank: Mail and Passenger Steamships of the Nineteenth Century The Macpherson Collection with Iconographical and Historical Notes. Published by: J. B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia: n.d. [1928/1929]. Good in light tan buckram cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block gilt and with gilt text on the spine which is well tanned. The last section of monochrome plates have been damaged by dampness causing them to stick together at the lower fore corners. The binding has cracked after the first free end page. Most of the preliminaries and the last few pages of the index show foxing and tanning. Without its issued dust jacket. 324 pages with 170 black and white plates and 16 color plates followed by numerous monochrome plates. The damage to this book makes it a candidate for disassembly. TB22504 $60.00

Carter, Jimmy: An Hour Before Daylight Memories of A Rural Boyhood. Published by: Simon & Schuster in New York: 2001. Fine in blue and light tan paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in book plate on the first free end page. 284 pages including an index and text followed by a page of photo credits and notes about the author. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. TB22561 $40.00

Carter, Jimmy: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. Published by: Simon & Schuster in New York: 2006. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 264 pages including an index, text and illustrated with maps. TB22560 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandChapelle, Howard Irving: The Baltimore Clipper Its Origin and Development. Published by: The Marine Research Society in Salem: 1930. Very good+ in dark blue, textured cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and blind embossed ruling on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed and there are a number of the pages with plates which show mild foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. 192 pages including an index followed by a one page ad for other books by the publisher. The book contains 35 plates, 48 plans and 29 figures which include rigging plans, line drawings, and reproductions of contemporary art work. The author provides a detailed history of the development and use of the Baltimore style schooner from 1775 through to 1845. This is the true first edition of this title. (Albion, p. 31) The twenty-second volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22535 $85.00

Chatterton, E. Keble: Old Sea Paintings The Story of Maritime Art as depicted by the Great Masters. Published by: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited in London: 1928. Good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily rubbed and worn as well as the tips of the boards and there is a 1/4" by 1/4" deep chip to the cloth at the fore edge of the front board. The front hinge is starting and the preliminaries are lightly foxed. Without its issued dust jacket. 179 pages including an index followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. "With fifteen illustrations in colour and ninety-five in black and white mainly from the Macpherson Collection." TB22507 $30.00

Cutler, Carl: Greyhounds Of The Sea The Story Of The American Clipper Ship. Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1930. Good+ in blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board, with map end sheets and with a gilt top edge to the text block. The cloth is rubbed and worn at the head and heel of the spine and at the edges of the boards. The front hinge is starting and the tipped-in title page is beginning to part. There is a closed tear to page 319/320 which does not impact on the text. Without its issued dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" tall by 7 1/2" deep containing 592 pages including an index, bibliography, notes and references and appendices of ship measurements, the China-To-England Trade, record ship passages, California voyages, ship and sail plans. 118 illustrations consisting of 4 photogravures, 8 color plates, 51 half-tones, and reproductions of pen and ink drawings. Albion states: "The best single account, combining spirited style with full factual data on construction, dimensions, owners, masters and speed performances of each ship." (Albion, p. 31) TB22505 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandDalton, S. J.: Still Life in Motion A Nurse's Notes. Published by: Self Published & Young's Printing in Middletown: 2005. Fine in illustrated paper wraps. Without a dust jacket as issued. 71 pages of text and illustrated with strikingly sharp black and white photographs. A collection of 33 poems dedicated to nurses everywhere and based on the author's own experiences from 40 years as an LPN. This is the original and authorized first edition which remains in print. It should not be confused with the pirated edition published by the Llumina Press of Coral Springs, Florida which is little more than a poor quality imitation often seen at much higher prices. This copy is priced at the current list price suggested by the author/publisher. TB22517 $12.95

Davis, Charles: The Built-Up Ship Model. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1933. Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is faded and rubbed and worn at the head and heel of the spine Without a dust jacket. 206 pages containing an index, text with many line drawings through-out o provide a very detailed reference scource for rigging and on-deck features. Plans are included for the construction of a plank on frame, 16-gun brig within the text. The twenty-fifth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22606 $40.00

Davis, Charles: The Ship Model Builder's Assistant. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1926. Good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is well faded and rubbed at the extremes. The front and rear hinges are cracked and the binding is shaken. Without its issued dust jacket . 275 pages containing an index, appendices, text and drawings throughout to provide a very detailed reference source for rigging and on-deck features. The twelfth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22559 $30.00

Davis, Charles: Ship Models How To Build Them. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1925. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and there is a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 139 pages containing an index, text with many line drawings through-out to provide a very detailed reference scource for rigging and on-deck features. A pocket at the rear of the book contains two folded line drawings for the clipper ship Sea-Witch. The eleventh volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22607 $40.00

Davis, Charles: Shipping & Craft in Silhouette. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1929. Very good+ in bright red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black borders on the front board. The cloth on the spine is faded and a number of the pages within the text show modest, light foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. 200 plus pages including an index of silhouettes. Illustrated with 102 outlines or silhouettes of vessels ranging from a Norwegian Viking Ship to a Chinese Lorcha. Laid-in is an example of the silhouette of a ship of 1600 as would look if a leaf were taken out of the book and framed. Nonetheless, all 102 silhouettes are present. The twentieth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22580 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandDayton, Fred Erving: Steamboat Days. Published by: Frederick A. Stokes Company in New York: 1925. Very good- in dark blue, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and lightly worn at the corners as is the same at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 436 pages of text illustrated throughout with a color frontispiece and line art by John Wolcott Adams. Per Albion, this title is a "Delightful general survey of American steamboating." (Albion, p. 37) TB22549 $35.00

Dickens, Charles: The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club. Published by: Chapman and Hall in London: 1837. Very good in a fine more recent 3/4, dark green leather and light green cloth covered boards with gilt rules at the edges of the leather and with five raised bands on the spine with gilt gilt tooling and text in the compartments. There are three early prior owner's names with dates of 1838, 1893 and 1918 written in ink on the title page. The preliminaries show some soiling and minor foxing. With the exception of the illustrated plates, the bulk of the text is free from foxing or tanning. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book is contained within a fine, green cloth covered, double slip case. This is the first book edition with all of the issue points present to include two chapter IIIs with the signature mark of "E", the half title page and the directions to the binder/errata. 609 pages with forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz". (Smith, vol. 1, 3) An extremely handsomely bound book. TB22492 $1800.00

Dinesen (Karen Dinesen von Blixen-Finecke), Isak: Out of Africa. Published by: Random House in New York: 1938. Very good+ in decorated black and red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt decoration on the front board with modest foxing of the end sheets near the hinge areas due to the high acid content of the glues used in binding. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips at the upper corners of the spine area, 1/8" deep chips from the lower corners of the spine area, 1/4" chips from the upper fore corners of the front and rear panels and a 1 1/2" by 1/2" piece missing from the spine area and front panel at the fold. This missing piece has been filled from the verso of the jacket with a digital image of that same portion of the jacket from another jacket of the book and held in place with archival tape. There is also a red crayon mark of 1" by 1/4" on the rear panel of the jacket. A classic work pertaining to the author's life on her coffee plantation in Kenya between 1914 and 1931. "Isak Dinesen" was the nom de plume chosen by Karen Dinesen von Blixen-Fineche (1885-1962). She published her first book, Seven Gothic Tales, in 1934 under that pseudonym. After the failure of her coffee plantation in Kenya she returned to her native Denmark where she spent the remainder of her life writing. Even with the noted flaws this volume and jacket are in very collectable conditions. The book provided the basis for the 1985 movie of the same name which was directed by Sidney Pollack and headlined by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. TB22620 $275.00

Donahey, William: Teenie Weenie Neighbors. Published by: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. in New York: 1945. Good in light gray cloth covered boards with bold blue text on the spine and a line drawing on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and there are stains and rubbing around the outside edges of the boards. The front hinge is starting and the rear hinge is cracked but has been professionally repaired. Without its issued dust jacket. 68 pages containing numerous line drawings and four full color plates with color pictorial end sheets. TB22493 $125.00

Dow, George Francis : The Sailing Ships of New England Series III. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1928. Poor in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. This volume has been heavily damaged by water leaving stains across the boards and making all the pages wrinkled. Without a dust jacket. 45 pages of text followed by 770 black and white photographic reproductions of sailing vessels from New England. The twenty-eighth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22612 $25.00

Dow, George Francis: Slave Ships and Slaving. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1927. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine as well as at the joints is a bit worn and rubbed. There is a prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page and a few pages within the text show minor spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 7" deep containing 349 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with maps and photographic reproductions of earlier works of art. The fifthteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22585 $100.00

Roll over Image to expandDow, George Francis: Whale Ships and Whaling A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1925. Good in green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth on the spine is well tanned and rubbed and work at the head and heel. There is an area on the fly title page where the glue remains from a removed book plate and the preliminaries show extensive foxing. Without a dust jacket. 446 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with black and white plates of photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art. The tenth publication by the Marine Research Society. (Albion, p. 202) TB22547 $100.00

Dow and John Henry Edmonds, George Francis: The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1923. Good in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth on the spine is tanned and well worn at the head and heel with some fraying of the cloth at the head of the spine. Some of the pages within the text show modest foxing and tanning and there is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the second free end page. Without a dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 7" deep containing 394 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of contemporary works of art. The second volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22581 $75.00

Roll over Image to expandDunning, John: Denver. Published by: Times Books in New York: 1980. Very good in 1/2 light brown cloth and orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the same on the front board. The lower 1 1/2 inches of the spine is dampness stained which does not impact on the text block or the end sheets and there is a prior owner's name neatly written in ink on the first free end page. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with slight curling to the ends of the spine area and light soiling to the panels of this basically white jacket. 407 pages of text. TB22436 $60.00

Edlin, Herbert: What Wood Is That? A Manual of Wood Identification. Published by: Thames and Hudson in London: 1969. Very good in brick red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black designs on the front board. The top edge of the text block shows light foxing and the same on many of the first 30 pages of the text. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket with only hints of wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. 160 pages of text augmented with a fold-out display containing 40 slips of wood samples. TB22598 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandElting (Editor), John: Military Uniforms in America The Era of the American Revolution 1755-1795. Published by: Presidio Press in San Rafael, Calif.: 1974. Near fine in dark blue buckram cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine which is slightly faded. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and with light wear and rubbing to the fore corners of the panels. 140 pages including an index, glossary and text. Illustrated with full color plates by a number of different artists. One of the volumes in the series produced by The Company of Military Historians. TB22430 $80.00

Endicott, William: Wrecked Among Cannibals In The Fijis A Narrative of Shipwreck & Adventure In The South Seas. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1923. Fair to poor in 1/4 black cloth and light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head of the spine shows a 1/4" deep single tear with related creasing and rubbing. The front board shows water damage with related "high water marks" across the lower 1/3rd of the board both inside and out. A dampness stain invades the lower 1/2 of the first ten pages of the text and there is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a poor dust jacket which is missing the complete spine area with at least the complete front and rear panels and flaps present. The dampness stains noted above are present on the lower half of both panels. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" tall by 6" deep containing 76 pages of text illustrated with photographs. The third volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22583 $75.00

Fanning, Captain Edmund: Yoyages & Discoveries In The South Seas 1792-1832. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1924. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with map end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and there is a faint stain (tea?) on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. 335 pages including an index, text and illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art. The author, a native of Stonington, Connecticut, provides his account of his voyages for a period of 25 years beginning in 1792 through the Pacific south seas and around the world. The sixth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22546 $40.00

Roll over Image to expandField, Eugene: Poems of Childhood. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1904. Good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly worn and beginning to fray at the head and the cloth is worn at the lower edge of the front panel. The illustrated paper label is rubbed and lightly scratched. A number of the pages within the text block have been opened roughly. Without a dust jacket. 199 pages with nine illustrations (including the frontispiece) by Maxfield Parrish. TB22540 $100.00

Fox, Uffa: Uffa Fox's Second Book. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1935. Good+ in the original light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and a silver stamped design on the front board. The cloth on the spine is faded and heavily worn and rubbed through at the head and heel with some fraying. The cloth over the rear joint is rubbed through but remains tight. There is a prior owner's name neatly written in ink on the first free end sheet. Without a dust jacket (if it ever had one). 376 pages including a list of photographs, an index, text and extensively illustrated on virtually every page with "with over 350 photographs and diagrams." "A companion volume to Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction." The line drawings of some of the earlier yachts are superb. TB22578 $100.00

Roll over Image to expandFrankel, Max: The Times of My Life and My Life with The Times. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1999. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8" tall by 5 7/8" deep containing 546 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 966 of only 1,000 copies printed and sold. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. TB22444 $175.00

Roll over Image to expandFrost, Robert: West-Running Brook. Published by: Henry Holt in New York: 1928. Very good in 1/4 dark green cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and decorated end sheets. The cloth at the head of the spine shows modest wear and rubbing. The paper label is clean and without any nicks, tears or chips. The gilt text on the spine is bright and easily read. Without its issued dust jacket. A state of the first edition as the slug "First Edition" appears on the copyright page; and with "roams" instead of "romps" on the last line of page 44. 64 pages containing 39 poems with four, full page wood block illustrations. (Crane, A10) TB22523 $150.00

Gerson, Noel: Light-Horse Harry A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman General Henry Lee. Published by: Doubleday & Company in Garden City: 1966. Very near fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text and decorations on the spine and front board with map end sheets. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket. 257 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Lee. TB22587 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandGraff (Editor), Henry: Inaugural Addresses Of The Presidents Of The United States From W. H. Taft To G. W. Bush. Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 2005. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. The Lakeside Classic edition for 2005. 392 pages of text which includes a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with photographs (some of which are in color). A continuation of the Lakeside Classics of 1904 and 1905 which were devoted to the Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents. TB22455 $30.00

Grant, Bruce: Isaac Hull Captain of Old Ironsides The Life and Fighting Times of Isaac Hull and the U. S. Frigate Constitution. Published by: Pellegrini and Cudahy in Chicago: 1947. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed seal on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed. Without its issued dust jacket. 416 pages including chapter notes, bibliography, text and illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art. TB22531 $15.00

Graves, S. R.: A Yachting Cruise In The Baltic. Published by: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts in London: 1863. Good+ in the publisher's original textured, deep purple, cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily worn and frayed; however, the binding is tight and the joints and hinges are tight and strong. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 399 pages including appendices and text. Illustrated with a fold-out frontispiece, ten steel engravings (some are half tones) and six wood engravings. A few of the plates exhibit mild foxing. The author recounts his ten week cruise through the Baltic Sea in the summer of 1862. TB22571 $225.00

Haight, Gordon: Mrs. Sigourney The Sweet Singer of Hartford. Published by: Yale University Press in New Haven: 1930. Near fine in purple cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips across both ends of the spine area and with 1/4'" deep chips from the corners of the panels with the spine area tanned and rubbing at the folds. 201 pages including an index, notes, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Signourney and with reproductions of contemporary works of art. Lydia Howard Huntly Sigourney (1791-1865) was a teacher and author born in Norwich, Conn. and educated there and in Hartford becoming a school teacher in 1811. She moved to Hartford in 1814 and was married to a hardware store owner, Charles Sigourney in 1819. To supplement her family's income she turned to writing. Over the course of her life she wrote 67 books of prose and poetry. (DAB, Vol. IX, p. 155-6.) TB22617 $25.00

Harlow, Frederick Pease: The Making Of A Sailor Or Sea Life Aboard A Yankee Square-Rigger. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem: 1928. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth on the spine is faded and head and heel of the spine are rubbed and there are a number of pages within the text which show mild, light foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. 377 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographs. The seventeenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22609 $60.00

Roll over Image to expandHart, Bret: Nine Sketches. Published by: Westvaco, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in n. p.: 1967. Very near fine in 1/4 charcoal gray cloth and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets with very slight and faint soiling to the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a very good+, paper covered slip case. A collection of nine short stories of the California Gold Fields. with illustrations reproduced from wood engravings from Harper's New Monthly Magazine from 1853 to 1858. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1967 which was the 10th volume in the series. TB22524 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandHeckstall-Smith, B.: Yachts & Yachting In Contemporary Art. Published by: The Studio, Limted in London: 1925. Good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with illustrated paper end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed as are the lower edges of the boards and there is a narrow 3" long (paint?) stain at the lower edge of the front board. The preliminaries show mild foxing as do some of the margin areas for the plates. The numbered text pages show what appears to be a printers error with light brown dots forming horizontal lines across each page. This issue does not impact on any of the pages of plates. Without a dust jacket. A limited first edition with production for this title limited to 1,000 copies and this one is identified as number 302 on the special limitation page. A quarto measuring 11 3/8" tall by 9" deep containing 48 numbered pages followed by 103 plates 24 of which are tipped-in full color plates. TB22537 $100.00

Roll over Image to expandHerzog, Whitey: You're Missing a Great Game From Casey to Ozzie, The Magic of Baseball and How To Get It Back. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1999. Fine in full brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 314 pages of text including an index. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 852 of only 1,000 copies signed, printed and sold. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. TB22447 $175.00

Heyerdahl, Thor: Kon-Tiki Across The Pacific By Raft. Published by: Rand McNally & Company in New York: 1950. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed design on the front board with map end sheets. The spine is rolled and the cloth at the lower tips of the boards is rubbed. Without it issued dust jacket. 304 pages including an index, text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Translated by F. H. Lyon. TB22545 $20.00

Howe and Federick C. Matthews, Octavius: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 Volume I Adelaide - Lotus. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1926. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is faded and rubbed and the front and rear end sheets are tanned around the edges. Without its issued dust jacket. Note: this is volume I only. Containing pages v through 372 and illustrated with line art and photographic reproductions of contemporary works of art. The thirteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion this title is one of the three outstanding works on Amerian Clippers (Albion, p31 and 32) TB22605 $125.00

Roll over Image to expandHowe and Federick C. Matthews, Octavius: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 Volume II Only. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1927. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is faded and rubbed and the rear hinge is cracked. Without its issued dust jacket. Note: this is volume II only. Containing pages 371 through 780 including an index for Volume I and II, text and illustrated with line art and photographic reproductions of contemporary works of art. The thirteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion this title is one of the three outstanding works on Amerian Clippers (Albion, p31 and 32) TB22551 $125.00

Roll over Image to expandHughes, Langston: Not Without Laughter. Published by: Westvaco in n. p. (no city stated): 1997. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and illustrated paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a yellow silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however in a near fine paper and black cloth covered slip case. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1997. TB22566 $35.00

Illingworth, Captain E. J. H.: Offshore A Complete Introduction to Ocean Racing and Cruising, Modern Yacht Handling and Equipment. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1949. Very good- in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a bright gilt decoration on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and there is minor foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Without its issued dust jacket. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep containing 261 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawings one white photographs throughout.color plate (frontispiece) and 21 black and white plates. TB22508 $20.00

Johnson, Alfred: Ships and Shipping A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted by Antoine Roux and His Sons. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1925. Very good- in red, ribbed cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is well rubbed and worn and beginning to fray. There is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate evident on the second free end page. The frontispiece and the title page as well as the first plate, index and final pages show light foxing and tanning. Without its scarce dust jacket. 270 pages including an index and 61 pages of text. Illustrated with 118 black and white plates. Introductory text by Louis Bres and reminiscences by Edouard Gaubert. Translated and annotated by Alfred Johnson. "A Dynasty of marine Painters Antoine Roux and His Sons." Originally published in Marseille in 1883. The original text in French is on the verso side of the pages of text while the corresponding English version is on the facing recto page. The ninth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22577 $100.00

Judd, Laura Fish: Honolulu. Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1966. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board. The top edge of the text block is in gilt. The upper fore edge of the text block shows very minor spotting from foxing. The Lakeside Classic issued in 1966. The author and her husband, Dr. Gerrit Parmele Judd, first arrived in Hawaii in 1828 to serve as missionaries. Both were quite involved in life on the Islands and this narrative provides revealing information of life at that time. 375 pages including an index followed by several pages which list previous titles published in the Lakeside Classic series. TB22482 $40.00

Roll over Image to expandKeller, Helen: The World I Live In. Published by: D. Appleton-Century Company in New York: 1938. Very near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and embossed black text on the front board. The cloth at the heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and the end sheets show a hint of foxing due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" chip from the middle of the spine area and general light soiling to its white background. The first free end page is inscribed and signed by the author in pencil with the following lines: "To Dr Joseph De Vita | Who will see that | dogs are a part of the | blessedness of my | world. | Cordially, | Helen Keller | May 17th 1941." 195 pages of text illustrated with 4 black and white photographic plates. An inspiring autobiography by one of the most revered woman of the last century. TB22433 $1400.00

Roll over Image to expandKelly, J. Frederick: Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut. Published by: Dover Publications, Inc. in New York: 1963. Near fine in heavy printed paper wraps with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and with a few pages with underlined text markings. Without a dust jacket as issued. 210 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 434 line drawings of homes and construction details. TB22432 $15.00

Roll over Image to expandKent, Alexander: Form Line of Battle!. Published by: G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1969. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine which is slightly cocked and the top edge of the text block is very lightly dust stained. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with moderate wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. The second novel in the Richard Bolitho series. TB22423 $50.00

Kettell, Russell Hawes: The Pine Furniture of Early New England. Published by: Dover Publications, Inc. in New York: 1929. Very good in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board with very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Originally published in only 1,000 first edition copies by Doubleday, Doran in 1929 this is a full reprint of the first edition containing over 200 photographs of early examples of pine furniture from New England. 229 pages of text and black and white photographs followed by 55 pages of fully detailed and dimensioned drawings. TB22552 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandLardner, Ring: You Know Me Al A Busher's Letters. Published by: Westvaco in n. p. (no city stated): 1994. Fine in burn orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a green silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however in a very good+ paper covered slip case with minor wear and rubbing to the lower edge of the opening end. 286 pages of text. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1994. TB22567 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandLondon, Jack: Burning Daylight. Published by: Macmillan Company in New York: 1910. Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is worn and rubbed and beginning to fray. At the heel of the spine the cloth is rubbed and the text lettering on the spine remains only in fragments. The text on the front board is all intact. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with the same owner's name in pencil (together with a date of Oct. 1910) on the first free end page. Missing its very scarce dust jacket. 361 pages of text followed by eleven pages of ads by the publisher. An attractive first edition with "Macmillan" at the base of the spine and with one blank leaf at the rear of the advertisements. (Sisson p. 48; Woodbridge, 75) TB22451 $200.00

Loomis, Alfred: Ocean Racing The Great Blue-Water Yacht Races 1866-1935. Published by: William Morrow and Company in New York: 1936. Very good in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a dark blue design on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is faded, rubbed and lightly worn. Without a dust jacket. 295 pages including an tables, roster of crews, noon positions, text and followed by numerous tracking charts. Illustrated with black and white photographs. (Albion, p. 209) TB22550 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandMagoun, F. Alexander: The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1928. Good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is well faded and the head and heel of the spine are worn and rubbed with some fraying. There are several spots of red paint on the lower edges of the boards and some foxing to the preliminaries. Without its issued dust jacket. A folio measuring 13 3/4" high by 10" deep containing 155 pages with an index, 30 illustrated plates,16 plans of ships and 63 detailed illustrations of a viking ship,the Santa Maria, the Mayflower, the Constitution, the Flying Cloud, and the Bluenose. The sixteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22554 $60.00

Marine Research Society, : The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narratives..... Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1924. Good in decorated black cloth covered boards with very faded gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth on the spine is faded, the gilt text on the same is difficult to read and there is a 1/2" long tear at the head of the spine. The text block suffers from two faint dampness stains at the upper edge of the text block and the lower fore quarter with some mild wrinkling of the pages for the later. There is also the ghost of a prior owner's removed book plate on the second free end page. The full title reads: "The Pirates own Book, or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers". A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" high by 5 3/8" deep containing 469 pages including an index, text and many wood cut illustrations. The fourth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22558 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandMarlow, A. W.: Fine Furniture for the Amateur Cabinetmaker. Published by: The Macmillan Company in New York: 1955. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and a silver colored design on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed with slight fraying and there is a mild dampness stain at the rear paste down which did not impact on the text block. 200 pages including text and copiously illustrated with black and white photographs and measured line drawings. Plans included in this volume are for a paper knife, piecrust tray, covered bowl, ribbon and scroll tray, reading glass, cigarette box, portrait frames, rectangular stool, oval stool, candlestand, walnut mirror frame, paw-foot coffee table, small chests of drawers, and a piecrust table. TB22573 $5.00

Mason, Simon: The Rough Guide to Classic Novels from Don Quixote to American Pastoral. Published by: Rough Guides - Penguin Books, Ltd. in London: 2008. Fine in illustrated paper wraps. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4" high by 4 1/2" deep containing 365 pages including an index and a blank page for notes. Without a dust jacket as issued. Provides a unique summary of the major classic novels. TB22513 $15.00

Matthews, Frederick: American Merchant Ships 1850-1900. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1930. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly faded and rubbed and the title page is slightly tanned due to the tissue guard on the frontispiece. The binding, hinges and joints are all strong and all pages are present. In a good dust jacket with 1/2" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with small chips from the corners of the front panel. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 7" deep containing 399 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 127 photographic plates of merchant sailing ships. The twenty-first volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. (Howes M-424) TB22582 $125.00

Matthews, Frederick: American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 (Series II). Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1931. Fair in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the rear board is well wrinkled due to dampness which has invaded the lower half of the rear 125 pages of the text. Fortunately, there is no "high water mark" as a result of this water damage. Without a dust jacket (if it ever had one). 358 pages including an index. Illustrated with 53 photographs or photographic reproductions of works of art. The twenty-first volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22579 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandMcKay, Richard: Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder Donald McKay. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: . Fine in full black leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 395 pages including an index, a table of construction records and text. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Leather-Bound Nautical Series. Quoting the subtitle this is "A Study of the American Sailing Packet and Clipper Eras, and Biographical Sketches of America's Foremost Designer and Master-Builder of Ships, and a Comprehensive History of His Many Famous Ships." Laid-in is the publisher's notes on the volume. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates. TB22527 $65.00

McPhee, John: Coming into the Country. Published by: Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York: 1977. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and map end sheets. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with slight curling at the upper edge of the spine area and with a 1/3" closed tear at the upper corner of the rear panel and modest wear to the lower edge of the spine area. McPhee's award winning classic of Alaska. 438 pages of text and illustrated with a map frontispiece. 438 pages of text. TB22562 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandMoore, Sir Alan: Sailing Ships Of War 1800-1860 Including The Transition To Steam. Published by: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd in London: 1926. Very good- in dark blue textured cloth covered boards with gilt text and borders on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily worn and rubbed and beginning to fray and there are two small 1/2" paint stains on the front board and spine. A limited first edition one of only 1,500 copies printed and this copy is identified as number 92 on the verso of the fly title page. A quarto measuring 12 1/4" tall by 10" deep containing 78 pages of text including an index and text which describe the 88 plates contained within the rear section of the book. One of the plates (for the Royal Albert) folds-out. Twelve of the plates are in full color lithographs and are tipped-in. The line drawing for the sheer plan for the USS Constitution are included in the text section. TB22553 $185.00

Roll over Image to expandMoore, Warren: Weapons Of The American Revolution and Accoutrements. Published by: Promontory Press in New York: 1967. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the heel of the spine is slightly rubbed and there is a prior owner's name on the first free end page; else fine. In a good unclipped dust jacket with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with a 4" deep chip from the lower edge of the spine area and part of the front panel. A quarto measuring 11 15/16" tall by 8 13/16" deep containing 225 pages with extensive photographs throughout. An excellent reference for re-enactors. TB22431 $40.00

Morris, Larry: The Fate of the Corps What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After The Expedition. Published by: Yale University Press in New Haven: 2004. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 284 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with a section of photographic plates of reproductions of earlier works of art, artifacts and photographs. TB22595 $20.00

Nance, R. Morton: Sailing-Ship Models. Published by: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd. in London: 1924. Poor in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and illustration on the front board. The front hinge and joint have separated and the back strap is missing leaving the front board free. Without its issued dust jacket. A quarto measuring 12 1/2" tall by 10" deep containing 80 numbered pages followed by 124 black and white photographic plates. The full title reads: "Sailing-Ship Models a Selection from European and American Collections with Introductory text by R. Morton Nance". TB22510 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandNew York Yacht Club, : New York Yacht Club 1904. Published by: The New York Yacht Club and printed by The Knickerbocker Press in New York: 1904. Very good- in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a gilt seal and date of 1904 on the front board. The cloth head and heel of the spine and at the spine edge of the front board is well worn and rubbed as it is at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. A 16mo measuring 6 1/2" high by 4 5/8" deep containing 347 pages of text, illustrations, tables, full color pages of burgees, pennants and flag signals, copies of photographs and lists of members. TB22530 $175.00

Roll over Image to expandNowlin, John: The Bark Covered House or, Back in the Woods Again. Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1937. Very near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block with a hint of rubbing to the heel of the spine. The gilt text stampings and decorations on the spine and front board remain bright and clean. A Lakeside Classic release of 1937. Without a dust jacket as issued. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. A narrative of pioneer life in Dearborn, Michigan in 1834. The book was originally published in 1876 in Detroit. The production of that book was so limited that existant copies are extremely rare. 342 pages including an index which is followed by a one page listing of previously published volumes in this series. TB22453 $60.00

Patton, Robert: Patriot Pirates The Private War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution. Published by: Pantheon Books in New York: 2008. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author directly under his printed name on the title page. 291 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, text and illustrated throughout with reproductions of contemporary portraits. TB22516 $40.00

Roll over Image to expandPeters, Fred: Clipper Ship Prints Including other merchant sailing ships by N. Currier and Currier & Ives. Published by: Antique Bulletin Publishing Company in New York: 1930. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the front board and the remnants of a paper label on the spine. With a mild dampness stain that has seeped into the preliminaries and final pages in the book, not impacting on any of the text. Identified as a "Library Edition" on the verso of the fly title page. Without its issued dust jacket. "A pictorial check list and collation together with a history of each ship." A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep containing 107 pages followed by a two page index. Containing reproductions of 21 large folio and 63 black and white small folio plates of illustrations done by N. Currier or Currier & Ives. Each print is identified with an historic description of the vessel depicted and the various states for the print shown. An invaluable reference for the Currier & Ives collector. TB22509 $60.00

Roll over Image to expandPhilbrick, Nathaniel: Abram's Eyes The Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island. Published by: Mill Hill Press in Nantucket Island: 1998. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. There is a prior owner's name and address label on the first free end page. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" closed tear at the lower fore corner of the front panel. 304 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and several sections of black and white photographs. The author's second book. TB22564 $85.00

Roll over Image to expandPhillips and R. L. Wilson, Philip: Paterson Colt Pistol Variations. Published by: Woolaroc Museum in Dallas: 1979. Fine in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt decoration and text on the spine and front board. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with wear and rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area and to the upper fore corners of the panels. Co-authored with R. L. Wilson. An in depth study of the 20 variations in the Colt Paterson pistol. 232 pages with 20 full color photographs and 110 black and white photographs. TB22424 $75.00

Roll over Image to expandPierce, Wesley George: Goin' Fishin' The Story of the Deep-Sea Fishermen of New England. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1934. Very good+ in blue, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is a bit faded with the head and heel rubbed and very slightly worn. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages including an index and illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion, this title is a "Good firsthand description of methods." (Albion, p. 207) TB22548 $50.00

Radde, Bruce: The Merritt Parkway. Published by: Yale University Press in New Haven: 1993. Fine in bright yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 8 1/2" wide. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 135 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs. "The Merritt Parkway, built in the 1930's to connect Connecticut's Fairfield County with New York State, was one of the earliest attempts to cope with America's new obsession with the automobile. This book traces the history of the Merritt Parkway from the proposals for its construction and design in the early 1920's to its triumphant completion in 1940. ...it is no only a picturesque tour of a renowned Connecticut landmark, but is also an appraisal of a major contribution to the built environment - one recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places." (from jacket flap) TB22616 $25.00

Reps, John: Cities Of The American West A History of Frontier Urban Planning. Published by: Princeton University Press in Princeton, NJ: 1979. Fine in brown buckram cloth covered boards with dark blue end sheets and with a gilt on black title block on the spine. There is a prior owner's name and date in pencil at the upper edge of the second free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued; but, contained within a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. An oblong octavo measuring 8 1/2" tall by 10 1/4" deep containing 827 pages including an index, bibliography, notes on the illustrations, text and illustrated with hundreds of maps, surveys and bird's eye views of cities including 32 color plates. TB22490 $175.00

Riis, Jacob: Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen. Published by: The Outlook Company in New York: 1904. Very good in gilt decorated brown cloth covered boards with wear and rubbing to the head and heel of the spine. The binding is tight and strong. The top edge of the text block is gilt. 471 pages including an index, a list of books by Roosevelt and his chronology. Illustrated with 16 photographs. The author was a close friend of Roosevelt's throughout his life. TB22602 $25.00

Roberts, Kenneth: The Battle of Cowpens. Published by: Doubleday & Company in Garden City: 1958. Near fine in gilt decorated cloth covered boards with map end sheets with marginal notes and with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the front paste down. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact but with light rubbing and wear at the ends of the spine area. Published posthumously, this account was one of Roberts' finest which focuses on a decisive American battle in South Carolina which lead to the ultimate victory at Yorktown. TB22588 $50.00

Robinson, Charles: Old Naval Prints Their Artists and Engravers. Published by: The Studio, Limited in London: 1924. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with the board edges beveled and with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and on the front board and with illustrated paper end sheets. The cloth on the spine and around the outside perimeter of the boards is faded and with the preliminaries showing spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. A first limited edition production for which was limited to 1,500 copies and this one is identified as number 1,057 on the special limitation page. A quarto measuring 12 1/4" high by 10" deep containing 36 numbered pages of text followed by 96 plates 24 of which are tipped-in and are in full color. TB22536 $100.00

Robinson and George Francis Dow, John: The Sailing Ships of New England 1607-1907. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1922. Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is well rubbed and faded and there is dust staining to the top edge of the text block. The book is otherwise in a very nice, collectible condition with the binding tight with the joints and hinges tight and strong. Without a dust jacket. 66 pages of text followed by 308 black and white photographic reproductions of sailing vessels from New England. The first volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22611 $150.00

Russo, Richard: Bridge of Sighs. Published by: Alfred A. Knopf in New York: 2007. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and turquoise paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The heel of the spine shows very modest curling. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket Signed by the author on the title page. 528 pages of text. TB22563 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandService, Robert: The Complete Poems of Robert Service. Published by: Dodd, Mead & Company in New York: 1949. Near fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board with a number of red, pencil check marks next to table of contents entries. In a very good+ dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area with related creasing and with several short closed tears at the top edge of the front panel. A single volume containing a near complete collection of Service's poetry. 735 pages including an index to first lines. TB22437 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandShelley, Mary: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Published by: Sever, Francis, & Co. in Boston: 1869. Very good in the publisher's original black cloth covered boards with the decorative title in gilt text on the spine and the title in gilt old-English style text on the front board. Both boards are elaborately blind stamped and the end sheets are dark brown clay paper. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and frayed and the cloth at the tips of the boards is worn through. The front and rear hinges are cracked but have been expertly repaired. There is an early, neatly written prior owner's name on the front free end page and at the top of the title page. The last three pages of the text block show a dampness stain at the lower edge of the inside margins none of which impacts on the text itself. Without a dust jacket and most likely as issued. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 7/8" deep containing 177 numbered pages of text followed by two pages of publisher's ads. Although the book was originally published in Great Britain in 1818 (anonymously), the first US edition did not appear until 1833 when it was published in Philadelphia by Carey, Lea and Blanchard. The second US edition was produced in New York by H.G. Daggers in 1845. An early US printing of a volume many consider the first, and most important title in the horror and monster genre. TB22443 $900.00

Roll over Image to expandSinclair, Upton: The Jungle. Published by: Doubleday, Page & Company in New York: 1906. Very good+ in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with white text stamping on the spine and with white text stamping and an image on the front board. The cloth at the heel of the spine shows minor spots of rubbing and the cloth at the upper fore tip of the rear board is worn through and the corner of the board is bumped. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. 413 pages of text. With faintly battered type to the third "1" on the copyright page. One of the most important social novels of the early 20th century which lead to the development of federal food preparation reglulations. TB22449 $450.00

Sloane, Eric: Eric Sloane's Almanac and Weather Forecaster. Published by: Duell, Sloan & Pearce in New York: 1955. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine with a horse in black weathervane on the front board. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with two closed tears at the fore edge of the front panel and with wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area with tiny chips from the same and at the fore corners of the panels. The verso side of the jacket has been reinforced with tape by a prior owner. A scarce book in collectable condition. 169 pages of text and illustrations throughout. TB22600 $90.00

Roll over Image to expandStackpole, Edouard: The Sea-Hunters The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835. Published by: J. B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia: 1953. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine and red end sheets. The cloth on the spine is faded and the head and heel of the spine are heavily faded as is the cloth on the upper 1/8" on both the front and rear boards. In a good unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips across the ends of the spine area which is quite faded and there is rubbing and wear at the folds. 510 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. Per Albion, This title is "The most comprehensive and authoritative account of early American whaling, by the former curator of Mystic Seaport and head of the Nantucket Historical Society. Carries the story through 1835 when the primacy was passing from Nantucket to New Bedford." (Albion, p. 203) TB22538 $50.00

Stanford, Alfred: Men, Fish & Boats The Pictorial Story of the North Atlantic Fishermen. Published by: Morrow in n. p.: 1934. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with light blue text on the spine and front board with photographic end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and very slightly frayed. Without its issued dust jacket. Unpaginated. A photographic story of the Nova Scotia cod fisherman and their vessels. TB22532 $10.00

Roll over Image to expandStarkey, Marion: Land Where Our Fathers Died The Settling of the Eastern Shores: 1607-1735. Published by: Doubleday & Co. in Garden City: 1962. Near fine in decorated light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and front board and with map end sheets. The cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine are very slightly rubbed and the spine appears slightly faded. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with only minor rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the folds. The 15th volume in the Mainstream of America Series which covers the settling of the Eastern Shores from 1607 to 1735. 275 pages with an index. TB22486 $35.00

Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men. Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1977. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with extensive gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A quarto measuring 12 3/16" tall by 9 3/16" deep overall containing 165 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by woodcuts by Fletcher Martin and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates or notations or prior owner's plates. TB22589 $80.00

Roll over Image to expandStowe, Harriet Beecher: A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents Upon Which The Story is Founded. Togeher with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work.. Published by: John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston: 1853. Very good in the publisher's original, stamped brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is frayed and has been worn down to the depth of the text block. Light foxing appears on the preliminaries and ending pages of the text block. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" tall by 6" deep. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with it). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A first issue of the first US edition with the printers imprint of only Hobart & Robbins appearing on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412) TB22454 $250.00

The Author of "The Sketchbook" [Washington Irving], : Miscellanies No. II Containing Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey. Published by: John Murray in London: 1835. Good in the publisher's original 1/4 green cloth and drab brown paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. The cloth at the front joint is worn through and the front hinge is starting and although the paper label on the spine is complete it is rubbed and worn at the edges and creased between the signatures of the pages. There are 3/4" and 1" stains (spots) on the end sheets possibly from some sort of protective covering having been attached to the end pages to protect the boards. 290 pages followed by a one page publisher's ad for "A Tour On The Prairies, by the Author of 'The Sketch-Book,' forming No. 1 of Miscellanies, by Washington Irving." (which was published in March, 1835.) The first British edition was published on May 1, 1835 and it preceded the first US edition by 30 days. (Blackburn, p. 34) This is state B according to Blank with the ad noted above on page [291]. (BAL, 10141) Evidence exists in correspondence from the publisher that only 3,000 copies of the first edition were printed. TB22594 $300.00

The Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection and Insurance Company, : Connecticut Masters The Fine Arts and Antiques Collections of The Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection and Insurance Company. Published by: Self-published in Hartford: 1991. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An oblong small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 9" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 271 pages including an index. Illustrated with hundreds of full color pictures of fine art by master painters and cabinetmakers from Connecticut all of which are in The Hartford Seam Boiler collection of fine arts. TB22601 $50.00

Tilton, Captain George Fred: "Cap'n George Fred" Himself. Published by: Doubleday, Doran in Garden City: 1927, 1928. Very good- in gilt decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed and the front hinge is cracked. Without its issued dust jacket. 295 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings, paintings and photographs. TB22575 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandTolkien, J. R. R.: Farmer Giles of Ham. Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston: 1950. Near fine in purple-blue illustrated cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. The end sheets are just beginning to show minor traces of tanning at their outside edges. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the edges of both panels and with wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area which is slightly faded. Illustrated with line drawings by Pauline Diana Baynes. 79 pages of text and illustrations. Originally published in Great Britain in 1949 this is the first American appearance of the title. It was only the author's second published book which was preceded by The Hobbit. (Hammond, A4b) TB22491 $300.00

Traver, Robert: Anatomy Of A Murder. Published by: The Franklin Library in Franklin Center, Penn.: 1988. Very near fine in leather simulated blue-gray cloth covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with faded gilt text in the compartments and with gilt and silver colored decorations on the front and rear boards and with illustrated end sheets. All three edges of the text block are gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. 453 pages of text. One of the cloth bound volumes in The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. TB22521 $25.00

Trowbridge, Bertha Chadwick: Old Houses of Connecticut From Material Collected by the Committee on Old Houses of The Connecticut Society of The Colonial Dames of America. Published by: Yale University Press in New Haven: 1923. Very good+ in 3/4 green and tan cloth covered boards with gilt highlights and gilt text stamping on the spine. The gilt text on the spine is a bit dull and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly rubbed and there is a prior owner's neatly written name and date at the upper edge of the first free end page. A large 4to measuring 11.5" high by 8.75" deep containing 519 pages of text, 189 photographs and with extensive scaled drawings all detailing the histories of sixty-four early houses of Connecticut from 1639 to 1820. Only 1,000 copies of this book were printed and this one is number 609 and signed by the president of the publishing company on the verso of the dedication page. TB22488 $180.00

Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Mark: Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. Published by: Harper & Brothers in New York: 1909. Very good in the publisher's original dark green, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and the gilt text on the spine is quite tarnished and faded. The end sheets show tanning due to newspaper articles having been laid-in. Without a dust jacket. 150 pages of text. Illustrated with a double page frontispiece. Complete with the misprint on page 55, line 5. (BAL 3509) TB22593 $100.00

Vanderbilt, Harold: Enterprise The Story of the Defense of The America's Cup in 1930. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1931. Very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine with gilt text and a gilt design on the front board. The cloth at the corners of the spine is rubbed, the fly title page, frontispiece and title pages show mild foxing as do the end sheets. The binding is tight and clean with the joints and hinges tight and strong. Without its issued dust jacket. 230 pages including appendices and text. Illustrated with charts, line drawings (one fold-out line drawings of the deck plan and longitudinal section view of the Enterprise) and numerous black and white photographic plates. TB22614 $340.00

Roll over Image to expandVanderbilt, Harold: On The Wind's Highway Ranger, Rainbow and Racing. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1939. Very good+ in illustrated cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board. There is a prior owner's written name and book plate on the front paste down and the rear hinge is cracked. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a good paper covered slip case with modest wear to the open and closed ends. 259 pages of text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, a color frontispiece, charts and tables. The author traces the development of the "J" class racing sloops and his ownership of "Super J-boats" Ranger and Rainbow. TB22506 $425.00

Roll over Image to expandVarious Authors, : America: An Affirmation of Faith. Published by: Westvaco, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in n.p.: 1984. Near fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossing to the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1984 which was the 27th volume in the series. This is "a volume of patriotic expressions" containing a collection of essays, letters and speaches of Americans expressing their views and visions for this country. TB22487 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandVarious Authors, : The Bibliophilist's Library. Published by: George Barrie in Philadelphia: n.d.. All twenty volumes are bound in full, highly decorated gray leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the six compartments, gilt borders on the boards with printer's devices in all four corners of each board. The edges of the text blocks are gilt, the fixed end sheets are gilt decorated, dark brown leather with purple, iridescent fabric, end sheets. Each volume is in fine to near fine condition with uniform tanning of the spines to a medium brown coloration. A few of the volumes show minor, light rubbing to the raised bands. Each volume is protected by its own, cloth covered, leather edged slip case. One slip case out of the twenty is covered in red cloth. The slip cases are in very good to near fine condition with many of the cases showing rubbing or narrow chips from the leather at the upper edges of the case opening. This set is one of only seven Grande Luxe edition sets made. Each volume carries a limitation page which identifies the set as being number "V" of the seven created. Each volume contains multiple illustrated plates (etchings) each of which has been printed four times: one printed on Japanese vellum with a remarque, the second on "papier de Chine", the third on "papier de Hollande "in bistre", and the forth on Whatman hand-made paper which is hand-colored. The set includes: Vols. I and II of Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais; Vols. I, II and III of The Prose Rmances of Voltair; Vols. I, II and III of The History of Gil Blas of Santillana by Lesage; Vols. I, II, III and IV of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Cervantes; Vols. I and II of The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite D'Angouleme Queen of Navarre; Vols. I and II of The Confessions of Jean Jaques Rousseau; Vols. I and II of The Deameron of Giovanni Boccaccio; Vols. I and II of The Persian Letters of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu. An exquisite set. This de Lux edition was originally made with a leather covered portfolio containing a duplicate set of the plates printed on satin. Although the portfolio is present the plates it contained are no longer available. TB22539 $4500.00

Various Authors, : The Sea, The Ship and the Sailor Tales of Adventure From Log Books and Original Narratives. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem: 1925. Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head of the spine shows a 1/4" deep closed tear with shallow related chipping of`1/32" on either side. There is the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. The title page and many of the illustrated plates within the text show mild foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only ninety-seven copies printed and this copy is identified as number "95". 353 pages including an index of text illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. With an introduction by Captain Elliot Snow. The seventh volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22610 $100.00

Various Authors, : Voices from an Earlier America. Published by: Westvaco in No city stated: 1980. Fine in decorated light orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. An anthology of American Poetry from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. The Christmas 1980 issue by Westvaco. 308 pages of text illustrated with contemporary steel engravings throughout. TB22590 $40.00

Walter, Richard: Anson's Voyage Round The World. Published by: Martin Hopinson Ltd. in London: 1928. Good in 1/4 navy blue and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt seal on the front board. The front hinge is broken A new edition edited with prefatory notes by G. S. Laird Clowes. 402 pages including an index and text followed by the fold-out chart which is in fine condition. Illustrated with charts and reproductions of contemporary works of art. TB22615 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandWasson, George: Sailing Days On The Penobscot The River and Bay as They were in The Old Days. Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1932. Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and map end sheets. The cloth on the spine is quite faded and the cloth at the head and heel are rubbed, worn is fraying. The hinges, joints and binding are tight and strong with the text block tight, no pages missing and exceptionally clean and free of foxing or any damage. Without its issued dust jacket. 465 pages including an index and followed by a one page ad for other publications by The Marine Research Society. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.. "With a record of vessels built there [Penobscot River] compiled by Lincoln Colcord." (Albion, p. 135) One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22557 $175.00

Waugh, Alec: Eight Short Stories. Published by: Sassell and Company Limited in London: 1937. Good in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine which is tanned and with some staining and tanning to the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the first free end page. 296 pages of text with textual decorations by Frank Ford. A collection of eight short stories which include: A Pretty Case For Freud; Ring Out the Old; The Trouble about Women; It Happened in '36; An Object Lesson; Where the Blame Rests; All Roads Lead Home; and, "Ambition" Bevan. TB22499 $45.00

Waugh, Alec: These Would I Choose A Personal Anthology Arranged by Alec Waugh. Published by: Sampson Low in London: 1948. Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine which has a slight crease and with the end sheets tanned. In a good unclipped and lightly soiled dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips from the corners of the spine area, a 1/4" deep chip from the upper inside corner of the front panel and wear to the fore corners of the panels. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page as follows: "Dear John - I hope | you'll find things to | like here | alec." and dated Sept. 6, 1949. 251 pages of text with drawings by Laurence Scarfe. A collection of various poems by numerous authors to include: Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Shelley, Browning, Marlowe, Hardy, Robert Graves, Sassoon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Evelyn Waugh, Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, Rupert Brooke, Hemingway and many others. TB22501 $55.00

Roll over Image to expandWharton, Edith: Ethan Frome. Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1911. Very good- in the publisher's original red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with gilt to the top edge of the text block. The cloth on the spine is slightly faded and at the head and heel it is worn and rubbed at the corners and rubbed through in two very small areas. Although the spine is slightly cocked the hinges, joints and binding are tight and strong. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. 195 pages followed by four pages of publisher's ads. Ethan Frome is Edith Wharton's most widely known tragic novel and is recognized as an American classic of literature. A handsome early first edition with a gilt top edge and perfect type on page 135, line 21. (Bruccoli, First Printings, Vol. 3, p. 345.) TB22450 $450.00

Roll over Image to expandWheat, Carl: The Maps of the California Gold Region 1848-1857. Published by: The Grabhorn Press in San Francisco: 1942. Near fine in yellow-orange cloth and white buckram covered boards with a cream colored title block on the spine with red text. The front board shows two areas of minor, faint staining at the outer edges. Both the front free and rear free end pages show tanning due to newspaper articles having been left within for too long. Without a dust jacket. A folio measuring 14" tall by 9 1/2" containing 153 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 26 facsimiles of early California maps a number of which are fold-outs. A limited first edition of of which only 350 copies were produced. "A biblio-cartography of an important decade." Considered to be one of the most sought after publications by the Grabhorn Press as well as a significant contribution to the topic. (Howes, W-312) TB22489 $1500.00

Roll over Image to expandWilson, R. L.: Steeel Canvas The Art of American Arms. Published by: Random House in New York: 1995. Near fine in royal blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials on the front board. There are small hints of rubbing at the heel of the spine and at the lower fore corner of the front board; else, fine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed to Georgiana Goodwin (book designer) by the author on the verso of the first free end page with mention of the books on Buffalo Bill and Beretta that were in the works at the time. An oblong octavo measuring 8 1/2" high by 10 3/4" deep containing 384 pages including an index, bibliography, appendix, glossary, text and illustrated with hundreds of color photographs by Peter Beard, G. Allan Brown, Douglas Sandberg and Jonathan Shorey. TB22425 $90.00

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