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    Nachod, Oskar:  Bibliography Of The Japanese Empire 1906-1926 (Volumes I and II).  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 2002. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 7". Without a dust jacket as issued. 832 pages including indexes for both volumes which contain at total of 9,575 titles. "Being a classified list of the literature issued in European languages since the publication of Fr. von Wenckstern's Bibliography of the Japanese Empire, up to the year 1926." A facsimile reprint of the author's 1928 printing by Edward Goldston of London.
    TB27403  $45.00




  • Naipaul, V. S.:  Guerrillas.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with black text on the front board and silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. The 7th novel by this Booker Prize winning author.
    TB05471  $17.15




  • Nance, R. Morton:  Sailing-Ship Models.  London: Halton & Company Limited, 1924. Revised Second Edition of 1949. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and on the front board with a hint of rubbing at the head of the spine. A 4to measuring 11 1/2" tall by 8 7/8" deep. Without a dust jacket. "A selection from European and American collections...." 81 pages consisting text, drawings and extensive black and white photographs and a list of "Principal Museums and Other Institutions in Europe and America containing ship models." With a color photograph frontispiece of a Flemish Carack, circa 1450.
    TB17051  $65.00



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    Nash, Chester, and Patricia Kahn:  200 Years In Union A Pictorial History of Union, Maine.  Union, Maine: Union Historical Society, 1974. . Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with a black title block on the front board. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket. 95 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout from images of black and white photographs, maps and facsimiles of historical documents.
    TB31696  $30.00




  • National Gallery of Art:  An American Sampler Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum.  Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in heavy illustrated paper covered wraps. A small 4to measuring 10.5" by 9" deep. Without a dust jacket as issued. Laid-in is an invitation from the trustees of the National Gallery of Art to attend the reception & premiere of the film: Collecting America Folk Art and the Shelburne Museum on 2/10/88 together with a warmly handwritten note of recognition. 211 pages containing text and extensive color and black and white photographs through-out.
    TB13810  $15.00



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    Nelson, James L.:  George Washington's Secret Navy How The American Revolution Went To Sea.  New York: McGraw Hill, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green and yellow-orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 378 pages including an index, bibliography, endnotes, text and illustrated with a map and a section of black and white photographs of contemporary works of art, charts and images of more current photographs. A very clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33083  $30.00



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    Nenortas, Tomas J.:  Victorian Hartford.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of Postcard History Series. 128 pages including an index, bibliography and illustrated throughout with maps and images from black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31959  $20.00



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    Netboy, Anthony:  The Atlantic Salmon A Vanishing Species?.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with gilt text and a design on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 457 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with charts, maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB30974  $20.00



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    Nevin, David:  1812.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. Warmly inscribed to a prior owner by the author and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Author of the bestseller, Dream West. The jacket contains very favorable reviews by John Jakes, James Michener, Thomas Fleming, Philip B. Kunhardt and Edmund S. Muskie.
    TB23320  $35.00




  • Nevin, David:  Eagle's Cry.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with. modest rubbing to the fold to the front flap. An historical fiction novel dealing with the Louisiana Purchase.
    TB13286  $17.50



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    New York Public Library Staff:  List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Arabia and the Arabs - Bulletin of the New York Public Library Volume XV January to December 1911.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, n.d. [2001]. Facsimile Reprint. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 6" with a very faint dampness stain to the spine side of the boards. The pages of the text block are only slightly wrinkled from exposure to dampness. Without a dust jacket as issued. 198 pages of text. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1911 printing by the New York Public Library.
    TB27394  $35.00




  • New York Transportation Museum:  Subway Style 100 Years of Architecture & Design In The New York City Subway.  New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An oblong quarto of 9 by 10 1/2 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. 241 pages including an index, bibliography, afterword and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color images from photographs. With an introduction by Joseph Giovannini
    TB34136  $30.00



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    Newgass, Edgar:  An Outline of Anglo-American Bible HIstory.  London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (1958). First Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area and small chips from the fore corners of the panels. 56 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 16 images from photographs of title pages.
    TB31664  $10.00



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    Newton, A. Edward:  End Papers Literary Recreations.  Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1933. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 off-white cloth and decorated blue paper covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with a blind, raised seal on the front board of King Neptune on a wave about to touch a unicorn. The cloth backstrip is tanned and the upper margin of the color frontispiece is spotted with foxing. Without a dust jacket and without its original slipcase. One of only 1,351 copies of the Dream Children Edition of End Papers with this copy numbered 111 and signed and inscribed by the author. 235 pages of text followed by a pocket on the rear paste down containing a large fold out, two-page, facsimile of Lamb's, full-size manuscript of "Dream Children". and illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates by various artists. The last chapter of this limited edition contains Charles Lamb's Dream Children which is not printed in the first trade edition of this title.
    TB33855  $150.00



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    Newton, A. Edward:  Derby Day And Other Adventures.  Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1933. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 off-white cloth and decorated blue paper covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with a blind, raised seal on the front board of King Neptune on a wave about to touch a unicorn. The cloth backstrip is tanned. Without a dust jacket and without its original slipcase. One of only 1,129 copies of this Limited Edition with this copy numbered 432 and signed and signed by the author. 389 pages of text including an index followed by a pocket on the rear paste down containing a multi-page, 4 1/2 by 3 3/4 inch booklet containing a facsimile of Charlotte Bronte's unpublished novela "A Leaf from an Unopened Volume". and illustrated with a color frontispiece and 24 plates.
    TB33856  $50.00




  • Nichols, John:  If Mountains Die.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in brown/orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the boards slightly bowed from humidity. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with two minor short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and to the lower edge of the rear panel. 144 pages of text and photographs by William Davis. A beautifully illustrated book sub-titled: "A New Mexico Memoir". Extremely scarce, the most elusive title by Nichols!
    TB13635  $105.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page.
    TB04780  $14.00




  • Nichols, John:  A Ghost in the Music.  New York: Holt, Rinehart & Win, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with a bump to the upper corner of the top board. In a near fine dust jacket with modest wear to the upper corner of the front panel.
    TB04441  $8.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02916  $5.00



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    Nichols, J. L., and William H. Crogman:  Progress of a Race: Remarkable Advancement of The American Negro.  Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Company, 1925. Revised Edition. Very near fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black text and borders on the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 480 pages including an index. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs.
    TB21834  $75.00



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    Nicoll, Maud Churchill:  The Earliest Cuylers In Holland And America And Some Of Their Descendants.  New York: Self-published, 1912. First Edition, First printing. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with all edges of the text block gilt. A small quarto measuring 10" by 6 3/4" with the front hinge starting,slight wear and rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine area, tanning to the rear end sheets from material having been left laid-in. One of only one hundred copies printed on plain paper. This copy is identified as number 12 on the copyright page. 69 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a color coat of arms, six photogravures, and nine half-tone plates to include facsimiles of historically significant family documents. The sub-title reads: "Researches Establishing a line from Tydeman Cuyler of Hasselt, 1456." Laid-in to the book is a prospectus from the author advertising its availability, a handwritten gift card from Cuyler Reynolds presenting the book to another Cuyler descendant (his aunt), and a collection of early photographic reprints titled "The Rosamond Tales" showing a very young Rosamond Cuyler taken in the late 1800's. Tipped-in at page 1 is an errata slip correcting errors on pages 16, 31, 42, 42, 50, 52, and 53.
    TB25058  $175.00



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    Nicolson, Adam:  Seize The Fire Heroism, Duty, And The Battle Of Trafalgar.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2005). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 black paper and dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped, unusual wrap-around dust jacket with four folds depicting a major naval battle. There is light rubbing to two of the folds and to the ends of the spine area. 341 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of color plates from earlier works of art.
    TB32080  $12.00




  • Nicolson, Ian:  Designer's Notebook.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1970, 1988. 1st Printing of Second Edition. Fine in red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 208 pages of text and illustrations which provide details for adding customizations to any yacht.
    TB13039  $10.00



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    Niles, Blair:  The James.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1939). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with a bright gilt on black title block on the spine with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly faded. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two small, shallow chips at the upper edge of the spine area which is tanned, a long closed tear at the fold from the spine area to the front panel and a soiled rear panel. Signed and inscribed to "a new friend" by the author and dated in the year of publication. With illustrations by Edward Shenton. The fifth volume in The Rivers of America Series. 359 pages including an index which is followed by an essay by the originator and first editor of the series, Constance Lindsay Skinner.
    TB29597  $225.00



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    Niles, Blair:  The James.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1945). First Revised Edition, First Printing. Near fine in a reddish colored cloth covered boards with a gilt and charcoal gray title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 inches by 5 1/4 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with two very small 1/4 inch chips from the upper corners of the spine area which is somewhat tanned and there are tiny chips from the fore corners of the front panel. Although originally published in 1939 as the 5th volume in the series this was the first revision of the book which made it 24 pages shorter and with all new illustrations by Edward Shenton who also illustrated the original version of the book. There are no prior ownership markings in this copy.
    TB34063  $90.00



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    Nodier, Charles:  The Luck Of The Bean-Rows.  London: Damoe;O'Connor, [1921]. . Good in its original decorated, paper covered boards with a 1/4 blue cloth spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 inches with wear and rubbing to the exterior edges of both boards and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate reading "Brian Douglas Stilwell" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. Subtitled: "A Fairy Tale Translated From the French Of Charles Nodier" 60 pages of text illustrated with vignettes of colored line drawings by Claud Lovat Fraser.
    TB31906  $50.00



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    Nonte, Major George C.:  Walther P-38 Pistol.  El Dorando, AR: Desert Publications, c. 1975. Sixth Printing. Fine in heavy, printed, paper wraps over an adhesive binding with black text on the spine and with black text and the drawings of a P-38 on the front panel. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 85 numbered pages of text illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs.
    TB27333  $25.00



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    Norie, John William:  A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, Containing All Necessary Instruction for Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea.  London: Charles Wilson, 1864. Reprint of 1864. Very good in its original, full leather covered boards with a red leather title label on the spine with gilt text and three gilt, horizontal lines. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 1/8 inches with the front joint and hinge worn through on the lower 5 inches which has been reinforced. The end sheets have numerous pencil notations and computations and the front paste down shows an early prior owner's name of Thomas Scolland. The frontispiece and several of the map plates have dampness stains. viii, 344pp, xliv, 356pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates of either maps or navigational devices.
    TB33634  $75.00




  • Norman, Howard:  Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad.  New York: Summitt Books, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's first novel, The Northern Lights, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1987. This is his second book devoted to an adult audience.
    TB05358  $45.50




  • Norman, Howard:  The Bird Artist.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket except for small white spot (1/32") on face. A finalist for the 1994 National Book Award. Norman authored The Northern Lights which was also a nominee for the National Book Award in 1987.
    TB02348  $24.50




  • Norman, Greg:  Shark Attack! Greg Norman's Guide to Aggressive Golf.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap. 256 pages containing an index, text and illustrated with extensive photographs and sketches.
    TB17477  $10.00




  • North, Rene:  Military Uniforms, 1686-1918.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. . Very near fine in illustrated cloth covered boards. In a very good+, slightly soiled dust jacket. An octavo measuring 8 3/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep overall containing 159 pages including an index glossary, text and illustrated with color pictures and drawings. A Grosset All Color Guide.
    TB18537  $15.00




  • Northfield Congregational Church:  Parish Papers of the Northfield (Conn.) Congregational Church.  n.p. (Litchfield, Conn.): no publisher stated, 1882. . A 4to measuring 12 by 9 1/4 inches in 1/2 brown leather over black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board celebrating “The Anniversary of the Northfield Congregational Church (1795-1882). The Northfield Congregational Church is located in Litchfield, Connecticut. This is an xlibrary volume with library stamps on the end papers and on the second free end paper which also contains a dated (1889) gift inscription. The recto and verso of one page in the book have been written on with numerous marginal notes. A section amounting to a four inch long column has been cut out from another page. Unpaginated.
    TB16122  $20.00



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    Nowlin, John:  The Bark Covered House or, Back in the Woods Again.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1937. First thus. Near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge to the text block with very slight rubbing of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text stampings and decorations on the spine are just slightly tarnished. There is a prior owner's name in ink on the first free end page. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. A Lakeside Classic release of 1937. Without a dust jacket as issued. 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 existent copies are extremely rare. 342 pages including an index which is followed by a one page listing of previously published volumes in this series. A very attractive copy.
    TB33186  $45.00




  • Nunn, Thomas William:  Cancer Of The Breast With Color Illustrations.  London: J & A. Churchill, 1882. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board with blind embossing on the front and rear boards. A quarto of 11 3/4 by 9 inches with the spine professionally rebacked with the original backstrip laid on showing wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and over the joints. The rebacking has made the joints and hinges strong and tight. There are two book plates from prior owner's on the front paste-down. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 228 pages of text with 20 color plates and with a fold-out map of Great Britain showing the place of birth of the cases examined.
    TB34108  $250.00




  • Nunn, Kem:  Pomona Queen.  New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with remainder dot on bottom edge. In a near fine dust jacket with very slight curling at the top edges of the front and rear panels. The author's third book.
    TB04907  $14.70



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    Nusbaumer, Louis:  Valley of Salt, Memories of Wine A Journal of Death Valley, 1849.  Berkeley, Calif.: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/4 by 7 inches with a bump to the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 68 pages of text followed by a fold-out map at the rear. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates.
    TB31854  $35.00



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    Nutting, Wallace:  Connecticut Beautiful.  Framingham, Mass.: Old America Company, (c1923). First Edition. Fine in its original medium green cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches. In a good, unclipped (but no price shown) dust jacket which has been repaired with Scotch tape in several areas. Illustrated with 304 images from photographs and drawings by the author from locations in all counties of the state. 301 pages including an index and text.
    TB32125  $75.00






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