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    :  The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William And Queen Mary, To the Inhabitants Of The Province Of The Massachusetts Bay in New Endlgna.  Boston: Benjamin Eliot, 1726. First Edition. Very good in a contemporary, full leather binding with five raised bands on the spine with no dates or titles and with the boards decorated with blind embossing. The spine appears to be rebacked in a style comparable to the rough nature of the boards. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 7 3/8 inches with damage to the leather at the tips of the boards and scars, blemishes and small chips to the leather. The front paste down shows three brief notes from three early prior owners the second one of which notes the date of purchase (1752) from a John Hill, Esq. The title page has been professionally backed to protect numerous chips and has been signed by a more recent prior owner in the margins. This charter which was originally dated on May 14, 1692, included Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, the Province of Maine, and parts of what is now Nova Scotia. It is bound in with The Acts And Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. This volume is contained and protected within a fine, dark brown, cloth covered slip case. The Charter is printed in 13 pages which is followed by a two page "Explanatory Charter granted by His Majesty King George" which is followed by "The Table" (Index) of 17 pages. That is followed by "Acts and Laws, Of HIs Majesty's Province Of The Massachusetts Bay In New England printed in Boston in 1716 of 456 pages.
    TB32377  $6750.00



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    :  Prayer Book Of King Edward VII The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments & Other Rites & Ceremonies Of The Church.  London: Essex House, Eyre & Spottiswoode and printed at the Guild of Handicraft, 1904. . Near fine 1/4 leather and beveled, oak wood boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment. A folio measuring 14 by 10 1/2 inches with hand wrought metal clasps on the front board (the rear clasps are missing from the rear board). The absence of any wear to the leather or any date on the spine strongly suggests a more recent rebind of the pigskin covered spine. The contents are extremely clean and free of soiling. The print is in black and red with the edges untrimmed. A limited edition of only 400 copies of which this copy is identified as number 179. 387 pages of text including the colophon. Illustrated throughout with wood block designs by C. R. Ashbee. This volume comes with "A Key To The Principal Decorations In The Prayer Book of King Edward VII, as Designed and Carried Out by D. R. Ashbee." laid-in, published by The Cambridge Society of New York and Montreal, M. Walter Dunne, President, which is a small quarto in wraps 14 pages with the rear cover loose and shallow chipping around the edges of the front cover.
    TB29064  $600.00



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    Aislabie, John:  The Case Of the Right Hon'ble John Aislabie, Esq. combined with The speech of the Right Honourable John Aislabie and Mr. Aislabie's Second Speech.  London: J. Roberts, 1721. . All three speeches are bound within a late 19th century, 1/2 red leather and patterned cloth covered boards with faint gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 8" by 6 1/2" with heavy wear and rubbing to the leather fore corners of the boards and with chipping to the leather at the head and heel of the spine. Older library stamps appear on the title page for the first speech and on the last page of the final speech. Of note is an interesting oval, book store stamp on the last free end page with the words "Sold By H. M. Stationery ___(not discernible)___" surrounding the image of a crown. 42 pages of text followed by and bound-into this volume are: The speech of the Right Honourable John Aislabie, Esq; upon his defence made in the House of Lords, against the Bill for raising money upon the estates of the South-Sea Directors, on Wednesday the 19th of July 1721. The second edition consisting of 22 pages; and followed by and bound in is: Mr. Aislabie's Second Speech On his Defence in the House of Lords, On Thursday, July 20, 1721 published by J. Roberts, London consisting of 22 pages. The pages of these three speeches are in remarkably great shape with little evidence of tanning or foxing.
    TB25893  $400.00



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    Alcott, Louisa M.:  Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys.  Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. In good+ condition in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with a gilt seal on the spine and on the front board and with coated, brown end papers. A 16mo measuring 6 1/2" tall by 4 1/4" deep containing 376 pages without a signature mark on the first page of text. There are several short closed tears to the cloth (1/32 inch) at the head and heel of the spine with light rubbing and wear as is the cloth over the tips of the boards. The text is preceded by four pages of ads from the publisher the last of which states that Pink and White Tyranny is "nearly ready". Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full line drawing plates. A very clean and handsome copy with no ownership markings. (BAL, 167; Ullom, 68)
    TB31273  $250.00



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    Alexander, James Edward, Editor:  Salmon Fishing In Canada By A Resident.  London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. Very good- in gray-green, full leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on a red leather label in one compartment and gilt binder's devices in the remaining five compartments. The boards are decorated with double gilt borders. The edges of the text block are marbled to match the marbled end sheets. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with what may have been several tobacco burn marks to the leather on the front board, the rear joint has been reinforced with Japanese tissue and there is a prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste down. There is an early 1865 gift inscription on the verso of the first free end page and a second prior owner's name and date of 1890 below the inscription. 350 pages of text illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a map of the St. Lawrence River, two plates and numerous vignettes throughout. (Thatcher, p11)
    TB32956  $250.00




  • Allyn, Charles:  The Battle of Groton Heights: A collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc. of the Storming of Fort Griswold.....  New London, Conn.: Self-published, 1882. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Good in its original green cloth covered boards with black end sheets. The spine is decorated with gilt text and a gilt image of the Groton Heights Memorial. The front board is decorated with a bird's eye view of the ramparts of the fort. Much of the green coating on the boards has been nibbled away by insects. The front and rear hinges and joints are tight and without any weakness. The binding remains strong. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and the cloth at the lower tip of the front board is worn through. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind in this volume. Laid-in near the front of the book is a leaf printed on both sides advertising the Centennial Medal commemorating the Battle of Groton Heights. The full title reads: "The Battle of Groton Heights: A collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc. of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of its garrison, and the burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781." With an introduction by William W. Harris. Only 100 copies of the original printing of this title were produced in 1870 under the name William Harris. This edition was revised from the first edition by Charles Allyn with additional notes and enlarged. Illustrated with engravings, maps and with a map frontispiece. 399 pages including an index, appendix and text. (Howes, H-240; Gephart 6380; Armstrong 4030)
    TB28556  $325.00



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    Alvord, Clarence Walworth and Lee Bidgood:  The First Exploration of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians 1650-1674.  Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1912. First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt top edge to the text block. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Without a dust jacket. One of only 1,010 copies printed. A collection of first person, exploration accounts providing "A history of early western explorations beyond the Alleghenies, in the Ohio Valley, and extending as far south as Florida." (Clark & Brunet) 275 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece map and facsimiles of maps and title pages of documents. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Clark & Brunet, 5; Howes A194)
    TB29686  $225.00



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    Anderloni, Carlo Felice Bianchi and Angelo Tito Anselmi:  Touring Superleggera Giant Among Classic Italian Coachbuilders.  Rome, Italy: Edizioni di Autocritica, (1983). First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with white text stamped on the spine. An oblong small quarto of 10 1/4 by 10 1/8 inches with only hints of rubbing at the corners of the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket (no price listed) with two very small nicks to the upper corners of the spine area. 351 pages of text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs and with seven, two page color plates. This is the English language version of the same title originally published in Italy. A very handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. A large heavy book weighing 4 1/2 pounds making it necessary to charge more than our standard shipping costs.
    TB31948  $350.00



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    Andrews, William Loring:  Fragments of American History Illustrated Solely By The Works of Those of Our Own Engravers Who Flourished In the XvIIIth Century.  New York: Privately Printed for William Loring Andrews, 1898. First Edition. Near fine in a more recent, light brown calf leather 1/2 leather and marble paper covered boards with two gilt on black title labels on the spine with four raised bands and horizontal, gilt bands on either sides of the bands and with gilt rules separating the leather from the marbled paper on the boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with marbled end sheets which match the paper on the boards. One of only 80 copies printed on handmade, laid paper. 69 pages of text illustrated with a hand painted frontispiece and 16 plates 3 of which are hand painted. Considered by Hoes in his bibliography U.S. Iana to be "quite scarce". (Howes, A-264)
    TB32395  $250.00



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    Anonymous:  East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon Old Tales From The North.  New York: George H. Doran Company, n.d. [ca 1920]. First Edition. Good+ in its original yellow cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with the text block shaken within its binding with the front hinge going allowing the first free end page and the frontispiece to be a bit loose, the cloth on the spine is tanned and the boards are soiled. Without a dust jacket We note here that the incredibly detailed, color plates by Kay Nielsen show dates between 1913 and 1914 suggesting that they may have been part of an earlier printing of this title. 204 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece tipped-in and 24 color plates tipped-in from paintings by Kay Nielsen and wood block vignettes also by Kay Nielsen. A collection of Norwegian fairy tales beautifully illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
    TB32296  $400.00



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    Anonymous:  Extracts From the Several Treaties Subsisting Between Great-Britain And Other Kingdoms and States.  London: n.p., 1741. First Edition. Very good in full leather covered boards with a rebacked leather spine with gilt double borders around the edges of the boards. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches with moderate wear and rubbing around the edges of the boards, two early prior owner's names on the first free end page and the ghost of what may have been an owner's book plate on the last paste down. There is evidence of this volume having been an exlibrary copy which evidence is limited to the notation "Case 2 | B972gb" on the verso of the title page. The full title of this printing is: "Extracts From the Several Treaties Subsisting Between Great-Britain And Other Kingdoms and States, Of Such Articles and Clauses as relate to the Duty and Conduct of the Cammanders of the King of Great-Britain's Ships of War. Together With Such Articles of Later Treaties, as Revive or Confirm any Former Treaties, which bear any Relation to the same.180 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with images from black 264 pages of text summarizing treaties with France, Spain, Holland, Austrian Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Savoy, Turky (sic), Morocco, Algiers, Tripoly, and Tunis. Illustrated with an engraved nautically related frontispiece.
    TB31732  $375.00



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    Anonymous:  Strenna Italiana.  Milano: P. Ripamonti Carpano, 1837. First Edition. Very good in its original, highly decorated paper covered boards in a floral and oriental format, All edges of the text block are gilt. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 inches with the joints to both boards split allowing the back strip to be free yet held in place by an overlay of clear acetate. The front and rear hinges remain tight and strong and the pages suffer from only light spots of foxing. 275 pages of text entirely in Italian followed by a two page index. A collection of 29 poems, sonnets and short stories from various ancient Italian poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving. by J. Thomson and a steel engraved title page.and 4 plates from steel engravings each protected by a tissue guard. An extraordinary and colorful binding in a paper covered slipcase with an extraction ribbon.
    TB31486  $250.00



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    Ashe, Thomas:  Travels In America, Performed in 1806, For The Purpose Of Exploring The Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio And Mississippi And Ascertaining The Produce and Condition Of Their Banks And Vicinity.  Newburyport: William Sawyer & Co., 1808. First Edition. Very good+ in full, contemporary tree calf covered boards with a gilt, red leather title block on the spine. A 16mo of 7 by 4 inches with an early prior owner's name at the top edge of the title page with scattered foxing throughout. The leather covers are worn and rubbed at the edges of the boards, but none are worn through. 366 pages including an appendix and text. The original title was published in England in 1808 in three volumes. This is the first American edition. Howes in his bibliography, U.S.Iana, states that this title is: "Interesting in spite of its snarling asperity and numerous lies." Clark in his bibliography of Travels in The Old South, believed that this title was "one of the least acceptable American Travel Accounts" as the author "realized that a book devoted largely to the condemnation of Americans would be profitable." He goes on to say that despite Ashe's "oblique observations" he "was favorably impressed with the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and his descriptions are generally credible." (Howes, A-352; Clark, II, 134; Sabin, 2180)
    TB29837  $300.00



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    Autor Unknown:  The Case Of The Seneca Indians In The State of New York Illustrated By Facts.  Philadelphia: Society of Friends, 1840. First Edition. Very good in its original, patterned, brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt rules on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 3/8 inches with a 1/2 inch deep chip to the cloth at the upper edge of the spine with rubbing and wear to the fore corners of the boards and general foxing to the pages throughout the text block. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 256 pages including an index and text. "Printed for the information of the Society of Friends, by direction of the joint committees on Indian affairs, of the four yearly meetings of friends of Genesee, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore." Thomas W. Field in his An Essay toward An Indian Bibliography states: "The Senecas having, at the suggestion of the Society of Friends, consented to sell their lands, a controversy arose regarding the transaction which became on the part of their opponents somewhat acrimonious." . (Sabin, 79105; Field, 252)
    TB32866  $275.00



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    Bailey, M. B., Editor:  Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World: containing interesting events and happenings, valuable data, etc. for the season of 1896.  n.p.: Chas. R. Hutchinson, 1896. First Edition. Good in full, light brown leather covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A 32mo of 4 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches with the edges of the leather covered boards worn and with the front joint separated, but the front hinge remains strong with the text block still secure in the boards. The edges of the text block are stained a light red. 282 pages (counting the blank end sheets) including names of staff members of the various groups performing with associated photographs; the order of the parade; the "Route Book" for cities visited during the Wild West season of 1896. Includes lists of performers, images from black and white photographs of performers, photographs from the shows, route book for the season of 1896, and hundreds of advertisements. A rather uncommon Wild West show item evidenced by WorldCat showing only 4 institutions holding copies of this title.
    TB32059  $1600.00



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    Baird, , Robert, Tanner, Henry Schenck and Richard and Robert Bache:  View Of The Valley Of The Mississippi, Or The Emigrant's And Traveller's Guide To The West.  Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1834. Second Edition. An exlibrary copy in fair condition in its original, but loose light brown, paper covered boards with a loose spine back with a printed, paper label. The book and its loose parts are protected and contained within a library chemise with a hand printed title on its spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/16 by 4 3/16 inches with library book plates on the fixed end pages of the boards, library stamps on the non-printed side of the map frontispiece and on the title page and with the Henry S. Tanner's name written out in pencil on the title page as well as the call number written in ink. The copyright page has the call number written in pencil and the first page of the introductions shows a "discarded" stamp in the lower margin. The contents are clean and bright without any tanning or foxing. 372 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a fold-out, color map frontispiece of what is now the Eastern United States and additional maps following pages 106, 112, 128, 138, 148, fold-out maps following page 178 and 188, a single page page map following page 196, and fold-out maps following pages 214, 244, 262, 276, 290 and 348 fir a total of 15 maps. (Hows, B-45; Graff 141; Sabin, 2594)
    TB31971  $325.00



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    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.  New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber, (1837). Second Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name (Lynda Brownell | Sherman, Conn.) written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored, fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography, U.S. Iana, the first edition of this title was published in 1836. 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 (see note above regarding condition). Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, B-120) Originally published in 1836.
    TB31667  $450.00



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    Barber, John W. and Henry Howe:  Historical Collections Of The State Of New Jersey.  Newark, N.J.: Benjamin Olds for Justus H. Bradley, (1844). First Edition. Very good, although rebacked with original end pages, with gilt, text stamping on the spine, it is in its original, blind embossed, cloth covered boards with an embossed gilt laurel seal on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the tips of the boards and lower edges of the boards worn through. There is a dampness stain on the front end sheets and foxing throughout the contents. Without a dust jacket. 620 pages of text and illustrated with a hand-colored double frontis and with 120 from engravings. The hand-colored, fold-out map of the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, follows page 8 and suffers only from multiple creases and very minor losses to the margins, several other maps within the text and a number of plates. (Howes, B-121)
    TB31515  $300.00



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    Barber, John W. and Henry Howe:  Historical Collections Of The State Of New York; Containing A General Collection Of The Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, anecdotes, &c Relating To Its History And Antiquities With Geographical Descriptions Of Every Township In The State..  New York: S. Tuttle, 1841. First Edition. Recently rebound in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine with gilt rules around the title. An thick octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/2". The pages are lightly spotted with foxing throughout particularly around the outside margins and there are occasional notations in ink by an early prior owner. 608 pages which are illustrated with 230 engravings, a frontispiece and 12 plates (following pages 44, 116, 140, 148, 220, 268, 372, 424, 432, 472, 508 and 552) all by the author. Howes calls for 10 plates and the map. The hand-colored, fold-out map of New York following the front index (page 12) is in very acceptable condition with a 3" long tear at the left margin and a 3" long closed tear at one of the lower folds of the map, both professionally repaired. Several early prior owner's have penciled their names and made mathematical notes on the end pages. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce". (Howes, B-122; Sabin, 3331) A tight handsome and thoroughly complete copy.
    TB26568  $225.00



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    Barnum, P. T.:  The Life of P. T. Barnum Written By Himself.  New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Very good+ in light brown, blind embossed, cloth covered boards with gilt text and a decoration on the cloth of the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches most of the front board and the spine faded to a light brown while the rear board shows most of its darker brown color. One signature (171-190) is loose, but has been professionally reinserted. There is a 3/4 inch black ink stain on the front board. Without a dust jacket. 404 pages followed by 4 pages of publisher's ads. Illustrated throughout with vignettes and a frontispiece steel engraved portrait of the author. (Sabin, 3564)
    TB33239  $700.00



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    Barueth, Johan:  Hollands en Zeelands Jubel-Jaar of Tweehonderd-Jarige Gedachtenis Der Heuchelyke Verlossing van het Spaansche jok en grondlegging van Neerlands Republick in het Jaar MDLXXII.  Dordrecht: Adriaan Walpot, 1772. . Very good+ in its original vellum covered boards with black text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 4 7/8 inches with light soiling to the boards. The contents are clean and bright with few areas of foxing or tanning. The text is entirely in Dutch. A book which celebrates the Jubilee of 1772, the two hundredth year anniversary of the beginning of the liberation from the Spanish Yoke in 1572. The detailed text of the book describes the events happening in 1572 based on authoritative manuscripts and earlier books by Dutch historians. 305 pages of text followed by two publications containing poetry celebrating the Jubilee, published under the name of Izaak van Huyssenburg in Dordrecht by Pieter van Braam consisting of 23 leaves all of which are bound in. Illustrated with a fold-out plate depicting the siege and capture of the town of Brill.
    TB31225  $300.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Road To Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1909). First Edition, First Printing, Binding B. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the outline of an animal character on the spine. The front board is decorated in dark green, light brown and red and has red text spelling out the title. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with printed end sheets in black, white and red and conforming to Binding B with large and small capital letters in the spelling of the publisher on the spine (as noted in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.42). There are two 1/8 inch holes in the cloth at the head and heel the spine and with light rubbing with the entire backstrip slightly tanned, both hinges have cracked, but has been professionally reinforced with clear, archival tape. The ownership page has a dated (1916) gift inscription. Coinciding with the first printing, binding B the pages of the text block tinted light blue, salmon, and tan. The words "Toto on" appearing on page 34, line 4 shows worn type as is page number 121 and the complete absence of a page number and caption on page 129. Without its issued dust jacket. 261 pages followed by a blank verso and two pages of ads from the publisher. Illustrated throughout from black and white engravings by John R. Neill. There are no color plates with this title. A very attractive and clean copy of this first edition. (Bienvenue, p.41)
    TB32358  $900.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Patchwork Girl Of Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1913). First Edition, First Printing, First State. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and the outline of Woozy character embellished in red on the spine. The front board is decorated in dark green and red with red and green text spelling out the title and author's name. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with printed, color end sheets conforming to Binding A as defined in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.52. The cloth and the head and heel of the spine is a bit rubbed and the backstrip is tanned. Both boards are slightly soiled. There is a 1/2 inch long area at the fore edge of the front board which has been chewed exposing the underlying board. Both hinges are holding, but starting. The ownership page has a dated (1916) gift inscription. This copy is a first state of the first edition as evidenced by the large red "C" in chapter on page 35 overlying the text on the page and the first page of ads on page [343] begins: "You will be glad to know...". Without its issued dust jacket. 341 pages followed by a blank verso and six pages of ads from the publisher describing early Oz titles. Illustrated throughout from black and white engravings by John R. Neill many of which are in color. A very attractive and clean copy of this first state of the first edition. (Bienvenue, p.50)
    TB32359  $475.00



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    Beaton, Cecil:  Cecil Beaton's New York.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1938). First Edition. Very good in its original yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with soiling and tanning to the spine and soiling to the front and rear boards and with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down, and with the ghost of tape marks on both front and rear end sheets. The contents are clean, but the pages adjacent to the plates there are spots of foxing. Without its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author with "Best wishes | Cecil Beaton" on the first free end page. 261 pages including an index. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and throughout with images from black and white photographs and line art sketches by the author.
    TB32838  $300.00



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    Benet, Stephen Vincent:  John Brown's Body.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown morocco leather with light brown linen covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and a gilt stamped title label on red-brown leather in one of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. One of only 201 large paper copies numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. This copy is identified as number 153. 377 pages of text. A narrative of the Civil War. This copy was rebound in it present state in 1992 as evidenced by a laid-in book seller's description in the rear of this copy.
    TB31461  $250.00



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    Bergman, Ray:  Fresh-Water Bass.  New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., (1942). First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 3/4 morocco leather and blue cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work between all of the compartments. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are printed and the extra suite of 10 color plates is laid-in at the front of the book. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and worn and touches of foxing to the recto of the frotispiece. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good, paper covered slip case with three of the joints beginning to fail. One of only 149 copies signed by the author with this copy being out of series. 436 pages of text and illustrated with a full color frontispiece and 10 color plates all by Fred Hildebrandt. A very clean, neat and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind and with the extra suite of plates in their original envelope laid-in. (Bruns, p.132; Thacher, p. 49)
    TB31484  $450.00



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    Bewick, Thomas:  Memoir Of Thomas Bewick Written By Himself 1822-1828.  London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, (1924). First Edition. Near fine in full tan calf covered leather boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and a gilt on black leather title block in the compartments and with gilt double borders on the boards. All edges of the text block are gilt, the leather turn-ins are decorated with gilt floral dentelles and the end sheets are marbled paper. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches with the front hinge beginning to separate and the front joint showing mild rubbing and wear. With occasional small spots of foxing to the preliminaries and end pages. Overall a beautifully bound volume. The binding was done by Bayntun of Bath, England. 274 pages of text including 26 pages of woodcuts from Bewick's Quadrupeds and Birds. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Bewick and 60 vignettes by Bewick. A spectacular leather binding with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31496  $225.00



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    Bianco, Margery Williams:  Poor Cecco.  New York: George H. Doran Company, (1925). First Edition, First issue. Very good+ in light blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and bright gilt text and decorations on the front board. The end sheets are illustrated which makes it key to identifying it as a first state. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 7 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine area and to the fore corners of the boards. The preliminaries and the last two pages of text have light spots of foxing. 175 pages of text in 19 chapters. Illustrated with a tipped-in color frontispiece, line art within the text and with six, tipped-in color plates all by Arthur Rackham. Not published in the UK until 1973 making the first US edition uncommon.
    TB33432  $275.00



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    Blanchard, Laman (Editor):  George Cruikshank's Omnibus.  London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in full polished tan calf covered boards by Riviere with five raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work with a gilt on black leather label in the compartments, gilt borders on the boards, gilt inside dentelles over dark blue paper end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The leather joints are worn and cracked but the hinges are tight and strong. The leather at the upper tips of the boards is worn through and there is a tiny 1/16" chip to the leather at the foot of the spine; and, there is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8" tall by 5 1/2" deep containing 300 pages of text. Illustrated with twenty-two steel engraved plates and 78 wood engravings. Originally issued in wraps in nine individual parts. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), whose career spanned 60 years, was an English illustrator and caricaturist who was best known for his satirical portraits of English society and culture as well as being the illustrator for Charles Dickens' books: Sketches By Boz and Oliver Twist.
    TB22867  $225.00



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    Blunt, Edmund M.:  The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions For The Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands On The Coasts Of North And South America.....  New York: Edmund and George W. Blunt, June, 1837. Thirteenth Edition, Improved. Very good- in full leather covered boards with a red leather title label, stamped in gilt, on the spine between several gilt, double ruled borders. A quarto measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather of the upper 4 inches of the rear joint is beginning to separate; the binding, front joint and hinges remain tight and strong. There are two previous owner's names in pencil on the first free end page, both of whom were captains. The first owner was Captain George S. Brewster of the ship Quebec and the second was Captain Charles E. Parker of Mystic purchased on May 23, 1868. Despite these problems the binding remains tight and strong with no missing or loose pages. The preliminaries and up through about page 70 show mild dampness staining in the margins. 720 pages followed by a two page ad from the publisher. Illustrated with all 17 listed charts (eleven of which fold-out) the first of which is Portland Harbour which is badly foxed. There is one extra single page chart which is not listed: Little Egg Harbor adjacent to page 219.
    TB33460  $250.00



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    Board of Canal Commissioners:  The Official Reports of the Canal Commissioners Of The State Of New York And The Acts Of The Legislature Respecting Navigable Communications Between The Great Western and Northern Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.  Newburgh, NY: B. F. Lewis & Shelton & Kewnsett, 1817. First Edition. Good in 1/4 leather and printed paper covered boards with text on the front board and advertisements on the rear board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with much of the printed paper around the edges of the front board worn away and abrasions to what remains. The contents show dampness stains throughout and there is an early prior owner's name at the upper fore corner of the first page of text. 112 pages of text. The three folding maps are missing. (Sabin, 53564)
    TB31122  $250.00



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    Board Of Railroad Commissioners:  Drawings Of Maps, Bridges, Profiles, Coal Burning Locomotives, Chairs, Brakes, Splices, &c. Accompanying The Report Of The Board Of Railroad Commissioners For 1856.  Albany, NY: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. First Edition. Very good- in its original, patterned, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 5 5/8 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine such that the cloth is worn down to the edges of the text block. The cloth is also worn through in several spots at the lower edges of the boards. The upper 1 1/2 inches of both joints are splitting from their respective boards. Without a dust jacket. No pagination. Illustrated throughout with two, large fold-out maps, 8 plans of bridges, 5 locomotives from the Hudson River line, two from the New Haven Railroad and one from the Long Island Railroad, Rail sections from the New York Central, Albany and West Stockbridge and Hudson River Railroads, 7 drawings for tunnels, 3 miscellaneous drawings, and 29 profiles. The profile for the New York and Erie Railroad has been spliced at a torn fold line.
    TB31218  $300.00



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    Bolton, Reginald Pelham:  Relics Of The Revolution The Story Of The Discovery Of The Buried Remains Of Military Life In Forts And Camps On Manhattan Island.  New York: Self-published, 1916. First Edition. Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with dark gray text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 7 3/4" with the cloth at the tips of the boards worn through, a 1 inch closed tear to the cloth at the lower end of the spine and with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. 214 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, black and white photographs and a map. Provides "A description of how the work was done and what was found." (Milton M. Klein: New York in the American Revolution A Bibliography, 395; Gephart, 7051)
    TB28832  $225.00



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    Brown, Henry Collins:  Glimpses of Old New York.  New York: Privately Printed for The Subscribers Anderson Galleries, 1917. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/2 dark blue leather and light blue cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spin with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments and gilt borders on the front and rear boards. A quarto of 12 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets. The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed as it is over the joints and tips of the boards. The third free end page has a 3 inch closed tear to its fore edge which has been professionally repaired. 381 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and 96 plates many of which are in color.
    TB31621  $225.00



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    By A Bostonian:  Biographical Sketch Of Gen. Joseph Warren Embracing The Prominent Events Of His Life And His Boston Orations of 1772 and 1775.  Boston: Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1857. First Editin. Very good+ in its original light green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine with blind embossed boards. A 16mo of 6 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, the cloth is rubbed through at the lower tips of the boards, there is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and a 1859 gift inscription on the first free end page. The contents are quite clean and tight with no foxing or tanning to the pages. The hinges and joints remain tight. 137 pages followed by five pages of ads by the publisher which is followed by the second book which is bound in: The Union Of The States by Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland published by James French and Company of Boston and dated 1856. This title runs 64 pages of text and is followed by 8 pages of ads by James French & Co. Joseph Warren was a physician, orator, politician, patriot and officer in the Massachusetts militia. He was one of the principal officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill when he was shot and killed.
    TB32265  $250.00



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    Byrd, Richard Evelyn:  Skyward.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Limited First Edition. Fine in 1/2 dark blue cloth and light blue-gray paper covered boards with gilt text and gilt double bands on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 3/8 inches with only traces of rubbing at the corners of the spine and tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. One of only 500 copies printed, numbered and signed by both the publisher and the author with this copy numbered 391. Affixed to the front paste down are two pieces of cloth "from the wings of the plane, Josephine Ford, in which Commander Byrd flew over the North Pole, May 9, 1926. The volume also includes and extra series of plates in photogrvure" which are bound-in. 348 pages of text followed by a fold-out map illustrating the flight Byrd took to the North Pole. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Byrd from a pencil sketch and 55 plates from photographs.
    TB32449  $400.00



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    Byrd, Richard Evelyn:  Little America Aerial Exploration In The Antarctic The Flight To The South Pole.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition, Author's Autograph Edition. Near fine in 1/4 vellum and light blue paper-covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and blue paper end sheets. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 1/4 inches with two diagonal, what look like rust marks from possibly a paper clip at the upper edge of the front board, and nicks to the vellum at the upper corners of the spine which is also very slightly soiled. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author and publisher on the limitation page. One of only one thousand copies signed by the author with this copy identified as number 850. 436 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with four maps. two of which fold-out and 74 plates from black and white photographs.
    TB32458  $225.00



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    Carmer, Carl:  Songs of the Rivers of America.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1942). First Edition. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and front board. A quarto measuring 12 by 9 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and the upper inch of the spine is slightly faded. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with numerous closed tears, large and small chipping to the spine area and to the edges of the front and rear panels. Signed by the author on the fly title page with a date or an inscription. Although part of the Rivers of America series, this book is considerably larger than the format for the others in the series. It is also the most difficult to locate. 196 pages including indexes of both titles and first lines.
    TB29547  $350.00



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    Carmer, Carl:  Songs of the Rivers of America.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1942). First Edition. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and front board. A 4to measuring 12 by 8 3/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a very good-, price clipped dust jacket with a two inch deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area, heavy rubbing and wear to the folds and several smaller chips to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel. Despite the damage to the jacket this is still a collectable copy. Although part of the Rivers of America series, this book is considerably larger than the format for the others in the series. It is also the most difficult to locate. 196 pages of text and song scores together with an index.
    TB31520  $300.00



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    Carroll, Lewis:  Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There.  New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902. First Edition Thus. Near fine in original vellum covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a raised, gilt image of Alice and gilt text on the front board and the top edge of the text block is gilt. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches with a 1/4" closed tear at the head of the spine which is also slightly tanned. Pasted to the front paste down is a book plate from The Pantasote Co., of New York indicating that this copy was presented as an award for the 1908 Limerick Contest. Pasted to the first free end page is the typed letter from The Pantasote Company awarding this copy to the winner of the prize. Also pasted to this page is that award winner's book plate. The book is contained within three quarters of its original, stiff dust jacket; unfortunately, the spine area of the jacket is missing, but the front panel is decorated with a raised image of Alice and the same gilt text that appear on the front board of the book. 211 pages of text with each page surrounded with numerous varied marginal decorations by Robert Murray Wright and further illustrated with 40 plates by Peter Newell. Also, laid-in at the front of the book is an undated newspaper (Times Wide World Photos) photo of Alice (Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves) for whom Lewis Carroll wrote The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland.
    TB30197  $225.00



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    Carver, Jonathan:  Three Years Travels Through The Interior Parts of North America.  Boston: David West, 1794. Third American Edition. Recently rebound in full black leather with five raised bands on the spine and with a gilt stamped, red leather spine label. A 16mo measuring 6 11/16 by 3 3/4 inches with repaired title page and general tanning of the pages. 282 of text. Printed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Charles Peirce for David West the publisher. This title was first issued in London in 1778. It was not published in the United States until 1784 in Philadelphia with a second edition published in that city in 1789 which edition was reprinted in 1792. We therefore infer this to be a third American edition. (Lee's A Bibliography of Carver's Travels) According to Howes: "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution." Although an American (by birth) Carver was not able to get the manuscript of his trip (1766-1768) published in this country. He went to London where it was published. (DAB) The popularity of his book lead to many translations, editions and printings in several countries. (Howes, C-215; Evans, 26745; Sabin, 11185; Lee, p165 to 169; DAB, v II, p552)
    TB28799  $400.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Lincoln.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1904. First thus. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt Lakeside logo and borders on the front board and bright gilt text on the spine which is just a touch off in brightness. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The contents are clean and tight with no damage or prior ownership markings other than those mentioned below. There is a long, multi-party gift inscription in pencil on the first free end page signed by five individuals. The second Lakeside Classic issued at Christmas time in 1904 which is now considered the most difficult copy to locate in collectible condition. 299 pages including the Constitution of the United States. An extremely tight, clean and handsome copy; in fact one of the nicest copies of the 1904 edition that we have ever see!
    TB32644  $2700.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Memorable American Speeches I The Colonial Period.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1907. First thus. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board, with the top edge in gilt and gilt text on the spine with only a hint of rubbing at the head and heel of the spine and at the . upper and lower tips of the boards The gilt decorations and text are bright and clearly seen on both the spine and front board. The fifth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1907. 302 pages with a frontispiece of Patrick Henry with a printed tissue guard. Overall, a very handsome copy of an extremely uncommon, early Lakeside Classic.
    TB32678  $900.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Memorable American Speeches II Democracy and Nationality.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1908. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border and logo on the front board and gilt text on the spine. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine are very slightly rubbed. The gilt text on the spine is slightly tarnished and the "M" and part of the "O" in the word "Memorable" as well as the "M" in "American" are damaged from some form of accident. The gilt borders and decorations on the front board remain bright and clean. but remain easy to read. The contents are clean, tight in the binding and without any foxing, tanning or prior ownership markings. 237 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Daniel Webster. The sixth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1908. An extremely uncommon volume in the series and one which remains in collectible condition.
    TB32679  $800.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Memorable American Speeches III Slavery.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1909. First thus. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border on the front board and gilt text on the spine which is quite bright and free of tarnish as are the logo and borders on the front board. The contents are tight, clean and completely free of any prior ownership markings of any kind. Overall, an extremely handsome and collectable copy of a very uncommon early edition in the Lakeside Classic series. The seventh Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1909. 309 pages of text with a frontispiece portrait of Wendell Phillips from a black and white photograph which is protected by a printed tissue guard. Truly, one of the best copies of this title I have seen to date.
    TB32680  $800.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Memorable American Speeches III Slavery.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1909. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border on the front board and gilt text on the spine. The gilt text on the spine is tarnished, but the gilt text and borders on the front board are bright and clean. The cloth at the head of the spine is slightly worn and showing a thread or two. Signed, dated "Xmas 1909" and inscribed to "William V. Kelley" by T. E. Donnelley on the front paste down. The seventh Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1909. 309 pages of text. Despite its minor shortcomings, this remains a collectable copy of a very uncommon early edition in the Lakeside Classic series.
    TB32708  $800.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Memorable American Speeches IV. Secession, War, Reconstruction.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1910. First thus. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders and logo on the front board and gilt text on the spine with the top edge of the text block gilt. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine shows very light rubbing. The gilt decorations and text on the spine and front board are very slightly tarnished. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The rear board has been professionally re-colored to cover scuffing and nicking. A handsome, tight and clean very collectible copy. The eighth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1910 and rather uncommon. 301 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln from an engraving.
    TB32681  $700.00



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    Cheney, John Vance (Editor):  Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from Johnson to Roosevelt.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1905. First thus. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders and the classic gilt Lakeside Press logo on the front board and gilt text on the spine with no rubbing or wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text and decorations are extremely bright and clean and free of any tarnish and are free from any scratching or rubbing. The contents are absolutely clean and tight with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This is the smallest of the Lakeside Classics in terms of width being only 125 pages. The third Lakeside Classic issued at Christmas time in 1905 and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Theodore Roosevelt from a black and white photograph which is protected by a printed tissue guard. Quite uncommon and seldom seen in such nice condition. A delightfully bright and clean copy!
    TB32683  $700.00




  • Chernow, Ron:  Titan The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr..  New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brown paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a tiny bit of rubbing to the upper fore corners of the panels. 774 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with two sections of black and white images from photographs and chapter headings with images from photographs. A handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33624  $75.00




  • Chernow, Ron:  Alexander Hamilton.  New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brick red paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a tiny bit of rubbing to the upper corners of the spine area and to the folds to the flaps. 818 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Hamilton and a section of black and white reproductions of earlier works of art. A handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33623  $50.00



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    Churchill, Winston S.:  The Second World War (Complete Set).  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. Chartwell Edition. All six volumes are in fine condition in recent 1/2 blue leather and light tan cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a recessed paper label on the front boards. The end papers are decorated with maps of Europe and the Pacific theater. All volumes are octavos measuring 9 by 6 inches with a light yellow stain to the top edges of the text blocks. This stain and the absence of the blind embossed dot at the lower corner of the rear boards distinguishes this set as not being one of the more frequently seen Book-of-The-Month Club printings. The set includes: Vol. I is The Gathering Storm, with 784 pages; Vol. II is Their Finest Hour, with 751 pages, The Grand Alliance, with 903 pages is volume III; Vol. IV is The Hinge of Fate, with 1000 pages; Volume V is Closing the Ring, with 749 pages; and, Volume VI is Triumph and Tragedy, with 800 pages. An extremely clean and handsome set with no prior owner's names, dates or notations.
    TB28849  $425.00



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    Clancy, Tom:  The Hunt For Red October.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a blind embossed design on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with with the cloth over the lower fore corners of the boards rubbed and worn. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket (no price) with a hint of wear to the upper corners of the spine area and to the upper fore corner of the rear panel over the tip of the rear board. The front flap has a crease down its entire length at its inboard edge. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are without damage or makrings. A first issue copy to include the 18-line copyright page, showing no additional printings,the six-blurb rear jacket panel with Clive Cussler as the third blurb and with the hammer and sickle blind stamped on the front board. 387 pages of text. The basis for the exciting 1990 movie of the same name starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn and James Earl Jones A very bright clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32242  $850.00



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    Cody, William F.:  Cabinet Card of Buffalo Bill Cody with printed signature.  Brooklyn, N.Y.: Stacy, n.d. (circa 1890). . A cabinet card with a black and white photograph of 3 7/8 by 2 3/4 inches mounted on an original printed, cabinet card of 5 7/8 by 4 3/8 inches created by Charles E. Stacy of Brooklyn, New York. Buffalo Bill is dressed in western gear wearing a decorated vest with fringe, white gauntlet gloves with one had on his wide belt and the other holding the muzzle of a rifle. The card has a crease at the lower left corner not affecting the photograph, but running through the facsimile signature. At the bottom of the card there is the printed signature of William F. Cody | "Buffalo Bill". Cody's pose seems to be uncommon as I have not seen any similar images in any auction catalogs or internet listings.
    TB32067  $500.00



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    Coggeshall, George:  History Of The American Privateers, And Letters-Of-Marque, During Our War With England In The Years 1812, '13 and '4. Interspersed With Several Naval Battles Between American And British Ships Of War.  New York: Self-Publisher, 1856. First Edition. Very good+ in its original, blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt decorations on its spine and blind embossed designs on the front and rear boards. A small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn down to the edge of the text block and with a 1/4 inch square piece of the cloth missing from the lower fore corner of the front board. Without a dust jacket. 438 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece from an engraving and seven plates. According to Dwight L. Smith's: The War Of 1812 An Annotated Bibliograpy, "The author commanded two privateers during the War of 1812" and captured nine British prize ships. (Coggeshall) "believed the war was justified as one of self-defense." (Howes, C-542; Smith, 1098)
    TB32865  $250.00



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    Conroy, Pat:  The Lords of Discipline.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. .An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with minor rubbing to the lower edges of the boards. In a very near fine, unclipped, first state dust jacket with a tiny chip to the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/8 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front flap and a small spot of soiling to the front panel over the gutter. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. 499 pages of text. A very neat, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32180  $300.00



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    Craddock, Harry:  The Savoy Cocktail Book.  New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930. First Edition. Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and paper and gold foil covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the edges of the boards and the paper covering are worn down all around with the tips of the boards rubbed and bumped. The gilt title on the spine is partial worn away and the cloth at the heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. but readable. The end pages are printed, the hinges are solid as are the joints. Without a dust jacket. The first free end page is signed by a prior owner and follows with a warning to anyone borrowing the book to be sure to return it.. 287 pages of text and illustrated throughout with color images by Gilbert Rumbold. The sub-title reads: "Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Sling, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle Observations upon Wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the Manners and Customs of people of quality in a period of some equality." "The Cocktail Recipes in this Book have been compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London." A very clean and handsome copy. The preliminaries are not paginated and the Bacardi addendum is not tipped-in at page 25.
    TB32240  $600.00



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    Creasy, E. [Edward] S.:  The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World, From Marathon To Waterloo.  London: Richard Bentley, 1851. Second Edition revised with additions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in only good condition in a late 19th century bindings of 1/2 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised on the spines with two black leather title labels and gilt decorations in the compartments. Both volumes appear to have been rebacked. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and both volumes have an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste downs. The unfortunate aspect for this set are that the majority of the covers and spines for both volumes have been covered with clear scotch tape. The two black leather title labels for volume 2 are missing. Volume I contains 308 pages of text. Volume II contains 338 pages. Many consider this title the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century. To its credit it is still in print and widely read. Early editions are very uncommon.
    TB32139  $250.00




  • Crumley, James:  One to Count Cadence.  New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with a slight roll to the spine & a 1" red stamp (a circled H) on the front free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with very modest wear to the spine ends and a 1 1/2" closed tear on the rear panel. Otherwise a very attractive jacket with no faults to the front panel. Additionally, there is an inked number ("189") on the FFEP. The author's first book which deals with US soldiers on their way to Viet Nam during the early 1960's.
    TB06535  $225.00



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    Cunningham, Peter (Editor):  The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (4 volumes).  London: John Murray, 1854. First Edition. All four volumes of this four volume set are in very good+ condition in beautiful, full green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with two leather title labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. All edges of the text blocks are marbled to match the end sheets within the books. Each volume is an octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with gilt decorations on the edges of the boards and blind dentelle on the turn-ins. The leather is rubbed at the board edges and the heads of the spines. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs and a Newport Historical Society plate on the front free end pages with that same name embossed on the engraved title pages. These uniform bindings were performed by Bickers & Son of London. Volume contains 468 pages of text. Volume II has 487 pages; volume III has 447 pages; and volume IV has 450 pages including an index to all four volumes.
    TB26826  $250.00



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    Cutts, James Madison:  The Conquest Of California And New Mexico By The Forces Of The United States In The Years 1846 & 1847.  Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1847. First Edition. An ex-library copy in good condition in 1/2 leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A 16mo of 6 7/8 by 4 3/16 with both boards present, but the front board is loose and the rear joint and hinge are split but held in place by the sewing cords, the leather on both boards is scuffed, there is a library book plate on the front paste down, a library pocket and date slip on the rear paste down and last free end page, a library stamp on the engraved title page, a library by-law statement on the page opposite the printed title page, and library call number written in pencil on the copyright page, and, lastly a library stamp on the lower margin of page 7. At some point in its life this copy was trimmed on its fore edge such that the lines of print have cut off the final few letters on the fore edges of the first four pages and left precious little of the fore margins throughout the remainder of the text. 264 pages of text and illustrated with two engraved title pages showing the portraits of Brigadier General Kearny and J. C. Fremont.and one map and four plans. A title which Wright Howes considers "quite scarce". (Howes, C-989: Graff, 965; Rader, 1016; Sabin, 18208; Cowan, p.154; Streeter, Vol. I, 416)
    TB31897  $275.00



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    Davidson, Gordon Charles:  The North West Company.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. First Edition. Near fine in its original dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches with minor hints of rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine. Without a dust jacket, but protected by a clear Mylar covering. This is volume VII of the University of California's Publications In History edited by H. Morse Stephens and Herbert E. Bolton. 349 pages including two indexes, appendices, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a fold-out map of the Principal Trading Stations of the North West Company and four fold-out maps. Considered by Wright Howes in his bibliography : U.S.Iana to be "quite scarce". An extremely handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Howes, D-90; Ewers p. 136)
    TB32885  $400.00



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    DeLuca, Dan W.:  The Old Leather Man Historical Accounts Of A Connecticut And New York Legend.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with the date of "Jan. 30. 2010". 144 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions, maps and facsimile reproductions of contemporary news articles. Annotated by Dione Longley.
    TB33609  $80.00



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    Dickens, Charles:  A Tale Of Two Cities.  London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. First Edition, First Issue. Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed, red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however, its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November, 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette titlepage by H. K. Browne ['Phiz']. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b", the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134, line 12, all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. (Eckel p.86, Podeschi, A143; Smith 13)
    TB29375  $5000.00



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    Dickens, Charles:  Master Humphrey's Clock.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1840 and 1841. First Editions. This complete set of three volumes are all in very good+ conditions and bound in their original, ribbed, brown cloth, blind stamped bindings with gilt text and elaborate gilt designs on the spine and with a gilt decorations on each of the front boards in the form of clocks with the hands on each volume pointing to the appropriate volume number. Each volume is a small quarto of 10 1/8 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth and the heads and heels of the spines and with the cloth worn through on the tips of the boards. Volume II has a small 1/8 by a 1 inch long chip to the cloth at the rear edge of the spine in the title block which barely impacts on the gilt title. The title pages for each volume show a small, oval 1.5 inch wide auctioneer's stamp to the right of the author's name. Save for a few printer's ink stains in the margins and minor foxing to the preliminaries the contents are quite clean and free of much tanning or foxing. The hinges and joints remain tight and storng. None of the three volumes are in dust jackets and presumably as issued. Volume I contains 306 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes throughout from wood engravings by George Cattermiole and Hablot Browne ("Phiz"). Volume II is dated 1841 as called for and contains 306 pages and is illustrated as above. Volume III is also dated 1841 and contains 426 pages and is illustrated as above. (Smith: Charles Dickesn in the Original Cloth, 6; Gimbel/Podeschi, A51; Eckel p.69)
    TB32243  $900.00



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    Dickens, Charles:  The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition in book form. Very good+ in elaborate full leather (calf) covered boards with gilt borders on the front and rear boards, five raised bands on the spine with red morocco, title labels with gilt text in two of the compartments with gilt tool work in the others. The end sheets are marbled with gilt inner dentelles that have offset to the edges of the first and last free end pages. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The binding is by Ramage of London as can be seen by that firm's gilt embossed line on the front paste down just above the dentelle. There is a small prior owner's book plate on the front pastedown, the same name with an address is stamped on the first free end page and the name appears again in ink on the second free end page. While the hinges are tight and sound the joints are rubbed; and have startied. An octavo measuring 8 3/16" tall by 5 1/4" containing 624 pages of text. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). This is a mixed state first edition with the transposed pound sign on the sign-post on the vignette title page; but, with the second issue, fourteen-line errata page. (Gimbel/Podeschi, A72; Smith, 65-67; Eckel, p83)
    TB22114  $600.00



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    Dickens, Charles:  Dealings With The Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation.  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition in book form. Very near fine in in a late 19th century binding of 3/4 pebbled, black leather covered boards over marbled paper with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments, marbled end pages and the top edge of the text block is gilt. There is a minor area of 1/2" by 1/8" at the upper edge of the spine area where the leather is rubbed and the paper edge at the lower edges of the boards is rubbed through in one small area. The hinges are tight and strong. An octavo measuring 8 9/16" tall by 5 1/2" deep containing 624 pages. Tipped-in at the second free end page (and before the fly title page) is the front wrapper from #3 of the original part. Illustrated with 38 engraved plates and a frontispiece by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). An eight line errata page follows the list of illustrations. The word "Captain” is spelled correctly on the last line of page 324. (Eckel, p74)
    TB20035  $500.00



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    Dinesen, Isak [Karen Dinesen von Blixen-Finecke]:  Out of Africa.  New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition. Near fine 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. The front and rear paste downs show a modest amount of foxing due to a reaction to the glues used in binding. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area tanned and with shallow chipping across the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to its lower edge. The fore corners of the front and rear panels have similar shallow chipping and wear to the folds. 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 is a very handsome copy in very collectable condition. 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. A clean and handsome copy with a prior owner's name and date (1938) at the upper edge of the fly title page.
    TB33502  $350.00



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    Dring, Captain Thomas, and Henry B. Dawson:  Recollections Of The Jersey Prison-Ship From the Original Manuscript of Captain Thomas Dring, One Of The Prinsoners.  Orrisania, NY: Self-Published, 1865. Third Edition, Presentation Edition. Very near fine in 3/4 green morocco leather with five decorated, raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments and gilt rules at the edges of the leather near the green cloth covered boards. A quarto of 11 by 7 1/2 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt and with marbled end sheets. The leather over the spine has faded to a fine light brown color, the tips of the boards are lightly worn and the leather at the upper one inch of the boards near the spine is also very slightly faded owing to its height above octavo volumes shelved near it. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. This copy is a special presentation copy issued to John Ward Deane on Feb.22nd, 1866 and warmly inscribed and signed by the editor, Henry B. Dawson on the dedication page. It is also signed on the copyright page by Dawson and this copy identified as copy "K" of only 50 quarto copies printed, signed and numbered. 201 pages of text including a 72 page appendix followed by four blank pages, a full page image of the prison ship Jersey from an engraving, followed by a lengthy article of five pages from the New York Weekly Times dated Feb. 22, 1855 in facsimile titled: The Dungeons Of The Revolution. Reading this article one gets a deeply disturbing picture of the unsanitary,dreary and deadly conditions on board the prison ships in and around the New York harbor.
    TB32656  $650.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. B.:  In Battle For Peace The Story of My 83rd Birthday.  New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in illustrated and printed heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with minor rubbing to the corners of the covers and to the folds and wear to the ends of the spine. Without a dust jacket, but the book is protected within a clear, acetate covering. This copy is signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 192 pages of text. Taped to the recto of the rear cover is a newspaper clipping noting Du Bois' death and an earlier clipping regarding Du Bois' having become a member of the Communist Party. A collectible copy with the very uncommon signature of its author.
    TB32311  $3250.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt:  The Gift of Black Folk The Negroes in the Making of America.  Boston: The Stratford Co., Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright, gilt text on the spine and on the front board with embossed borders in blind on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name written at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 349 pages including an index and text which includes a 29 page introduction, titled: "The Racial Contributions To the United States", by Edward F. McSweeney. One of the volumes in the Knights of Columbus Racial Contribution Series.
    TB32310  $2750.00



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    Edmonds, Walter:  Erie Water.  Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1933. First Edition, Presentation Edition. Fine in 3/4 dark blue leather and blue-gray cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work on the compartments and gilt rules on either side of the raised bands. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 with the top edge of the text block gilt and with marbled end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued. A specially bound, signed and numbered presentation copy with this copy identified as number 23 of only 25 copies printed. The limitation page is signed by the author without an inscription or date. 506 pages of text. Historical fiction that focuses on the construction of the Erie Canal during the first quarter of the 19th century.
    TB32281  $400.00



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    Edwards, Jonathan:  History Of Redemption, On A Plan Entirely Original Exhibiting The Gradual Discovery And Accomplishment Of The Divine Purposes In The Salvation Of Man; Including A Comprehensive View Of Church History, And The Fulfilment of Scripture Prophecies.  New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords For the Editor, David Austin, 1793. Fourth Edition. Good in its original full, sheep covered boards with gilt rules highlighting the five raised bands and with gilt text on a small brown leather label. A small octavo of 8 by 4 7/8 inches with the front board loose, dampness stains to the upper margins of the first 74 pages and to the final 4 pages. The upper 1/4 of the frontispiece and to the title page are dampness stained. The contents, other than the dampness stains aforementioned, are largely clean and free of foxing. 573 pages of text followed by an index and four pages of "Table of Text". Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Edwards. (Evans, 25433)
    TB32108  $375.00



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    Eiseley, Loren:  The Brown Wasps.  Mount Horeb, Wisc.: The Perishable Press Limited, 1969. First Edition , Limited Edition. Fine in marbled paper covered boards with the text block printed on handmade, watermarked, Charter Oak, deckled paper. An 8vo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches containing 39 numbered pages followed by a page explaining the text and three blank pages. There are gift inscriptions on the first and second blank free end pages. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 256 limited edition copies printed. An extremely uncommon item by Eiseley. It is a collection of three essays by the author. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Jack Beal.
    TB28484  $400.00



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    Emory, William H.:  Report On The United States And Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under The Direction Of The Secretary Of The Interior Volume I, Parts 1 and 2.  Washington, DC: U. S. House of Representatives, 1857. First Edition. Volume I of a two volume publication is rebound in a modern 1/4 dark brown calf and patterned cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and new end sheets. A quarto of 11 1/4 by 9 inches in fine condition. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Part I contains 258 pages followed by a one page map. Part 2 contains 174 pages followed by 21 plates. Considered by Howes in his bibliography U.S.Iana, as "quite scarce". (Howes, E-146)
    TB32456  $750.00



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    Ephemera [Fitzfgibbon, Edward] with assistance from Andrew Young:  The Book Of The Salmon: In Two Parts.  London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. First Edition. Very good- in 3/4 green leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with printer's devices in four of the compartments and the two remaining compartments are missing the gilt title labels. The end sheets match the marbled paper on the boards. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/8 inches with a 3/4 inch closed tear to the leather at the upper edge of the front joint, much of the printer's devices on the spine have been lost and the leather on the spine has darkened considerably from its original light green color. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. 242 pages of text illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece and eight plates, seven of which are of hand-colored of salmon-flies and salmon-fry. This title consists of two parts. Part I contains: "The theory, principles, and practice of fly-fishing for salmon; with lists of salmon-flies for every good river in the empire." Part II contains: "The natural history of the salmon, all its known habits described, and the best way of artificially breeding it explained." In an elegant binding by J. Larkins.
    TB28825  $600.00



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    [First Continental Congress]:  Extracts From The Votes And Proceedings Of The American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774.  Philadelphia: Published by Order of the Congress and printed by Timothy Green of New London, Conn., 1774. First Edition, Second Issue. Very good+ in contemporary plain paper wraps within a stab sewn binding. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/2 inches with two small, circular stains on the fore edge of the front cover and a dampness stain of 4 inches on the spine edge of the front cover and a 1 1/2 stain at the upper fore corner of the rear cover none of which migrated to the interior pages. The subtitle reads: "Containing, The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, A Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies, and an Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec." 16 pages of text the majority of which is printed in an exceptionally small font. Howes in his bibliography, U.S.Iana states of this title: "The Forerunner of the Declaration of Independence." Evans in his bibliography states that this title printed by Timothy Green: "The best printed edition. Containing besides the matter enumerated, an additional Resolve of Congress on the sufferings in Massachusetts, and the approval of the actions of Congress, by the Colony." [Howes, E-247; Sabin, 15528; Evans, 13732; Johnson, A Checklist of New London, Connecticut Imprints 1709-1800, 994) Contained within a recently made leather covered slipcase and cloth backed chemise. An early prior owner has written his name at the upper edge of the document as follows: "Micah Hubbard's Pamphlet"; and, two subsequent owners have written their names on the verso of the front cover: "Bela Hubbard |1835" and "Henry G. Hubbard |1876". This last named owner was Henry Griswold Hubbard (1814-1891) who was the first manufacturer in the U.S. to reduce India Rubber to thread and weave it into webbing by machine.
    TB32308  $3800.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  The Beautiful and Damned.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First State. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and blind embossing on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine has a closed tear of approximately 1/16 of an inch and very slight rubbing at the tips of the boards. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. Without the very scarce issued dust jacket. This is the very uncommon first edition, first state without the Scribner's seal on the copyright page. 449 pages of text. (Bruccoli A8.I.a) A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30905  $600.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  Flappers And Philosophers.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition, First Printing, second state. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine which is heavily tarnished and with the title embossed in blind on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is rubbed and worn and the cloth is worn through over the lower tips of the boards. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. Without the very scarce issued dust jacket. 269 pages of text. A collection of eight short stories all of which had appeared in magazines. One of only 5,000 first edition copies printed. (Bruccoli A6) A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32283  $450.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  This Side Of Paradise.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Third Printing. Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with very faded gilt text on the spine and blind embossed text on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with only touches of light wear to the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. Without it issued dust jacket. 305 pages of text. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. As noted by Bruccoli in his bibliography of Fitzgerald's works, the numerous mispellings and typos which appeared in the first edition and early reprints were not corrected in the plates until the fourth printing. Only 5,000 copies of this, the third printing, were produced. (Bruccoli 5.I.a)
    TB30904  $250.00



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    Flechier, Espirit:  Oraisons Funebres Composées Par Monsieur Flechier, Abbe De Saint Severin De L Academie Francoise.  Paris: , 1680. Seconde Edition. Good in a 17th century binding of full leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with only fragments of the backstrip remaining, but enough to show gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments. In subsequent years to preserve the binding the spine area was heavily varnished. In the area where the backstrip has been lost the underlying sewing supports (cords) are visible. The front and rear joints seem to be cracked but the varnish continues to hold the book together with the aid of the still strong front and rear hinges. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4" by 3 1/2" with two recent prior owner's names on the first free end page. 326 pages of text.
    TB26039  $350.00



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    Flint, Timothy:  Recollections Of The Last Ten Years, Passed In Occasional Residences And Journeyings In The Valley Of The Mississippi From Pittsburg And The Missouri To The Gulf Of Mexioc, and From Florida To the Spanish Frontier.  Boston: Cummings, Hilliar, And Company, 1826. First Edition. Very good in its original paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the paper at the head and heel of the spine and minor small chipping from the paper title label. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 395 pages of text. Timothy Flint (1780-1840) was a missionary and writer who traveled broadly throughout the US during his lifetime. The subject title deals with the author's descriptions of his years living in various locations in Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas and Lousiana, during the years 1815 to 1825 where he comments extensively on geography, topography, culture and conditions. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". Smith in his bibliography of Travels in the Old South states: "The Recollections of Timothy Flint form one of the more significant travel accounts of the early nineteenth century in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys." A very clean and handsome copy in its original binding. (Clark, Vol. 2, 26; Streeter, Vol 3, 1540; Howe, F 204; Sabin, 24794; Graff, 1359; Rader, 1420; BAL, 6113)
    TB31025  $900.00



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    Flynn, Errol:  Beam Ends.  New York: Longmans, Green And Co., 1937. Third Printing of May, 1937. Very good- in light blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with map end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn with several short closed tears to the depth of the text block and the cloth is worn through over the tips of the boards. With a prior owner's name and date on the fly title page. Without its issued dust jacket. 241 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates all from black and white photographs. The story of Errol Flynn's cruise off the northwestern coast of Australia to New Guinea on his ship Sirocco with his three friends and crew members.
    TB33138  $450.00



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    Forbes, Lieut. Col. [James Grant]:  Report Of The Trial Of Brig. General William Hull;Commanding The North-Western Army Of The United States By A Court Martial Held At Albany On Monday, 3d January, 1814 And Succeeding Days.  New York: Eastburn, Kirk, and Co., 1814. First Edition. Good in its original 1/4 vellum and blue-green, paper covered boards with a printed, paper label on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with the spine cracked down the middle allowing the text block to in two roughly equal pieces, the front board is loose as is the first free end page. The top edge of the title page is signed in ink by an early prior owner which appears to be "Wm. Montague". The record of the trial against the commander of American troops for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British and their native allies within the first two months of the War of 1812. 119 pages of text followed by an appendix of 29 pages of text. In his bibliography The War of 1812 An Annotated Bibliography by Dwight L. Smith, he states of this trial: "Hull was charged with treason, cowardice, neglect of duty, and unofficer-like conduct in the Detroit campaign in 1812. The court felt that Hull had not committed treason, but that it had no legal jurisdiction in such matters. On the other charges he was found guilty and sentenced to death. But the court recommended him to the mercy of the President of the United States." He was pardoned by President James Madison. (Smith, , 532;
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    Francis, Edward P. and George DeAngelis:  The Early Ford V8 As Henry Built It A Production Facts Book 1932-38.  South Lyon, Mich.: Motor Cities Publishing Company, (1982). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and on the front board. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with a slant to the spine. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area and with several short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed by both authors on the title page without an inscription or date. Also, laid-in at the front of the book is a typed letter secretarily signed by George De Angelis. 219 pages of text followed by a one page index. Illustrated from black and white photographs.
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    Franklin, Benjamin:  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1903. First thus. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board, gilt text on the spine with only hints of rubbing at the lower corners of the heel of the spine and with the top edge of the text block gilt. The contents are clean, tight and free of any prior ownership markings of any kind. There is what may be a partial, one inch dampness stain on the front board with only become apparent with the front board is manipulated just right in relation to the light. This is the first Lakeside Classic which was issued at Christmas time in 1903 and is quite uncommon. Without doubt, this is one of the nicest copies of this title I have seen! The gilt text on the spine and front board is clean, crisp and free of any tarnish.
    TB32682  $750.00



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    Freeman, Douglas Southall:  George Washington (Vol. I thru Vol. VI).  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 - 1957. All first editions. All six volumes of this seven volume set are in fine to near fine conditions in dark blue decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and with blind embossed seals on the front boards. The end papers for each book are decorated with maps of various sections of the United States which have bearing on the text within each volume. None of the volumes are in dust jackets as they were issued without them in first edition. However, volumes V and VI are in near fine individual slip cases. Freeman's other major biographies included Robert E. Lee (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize), and his follow-on book: Lee's Lieutenants. An extremely attractive, first edition set of Freeman's landmark series and one of his most important biographies. It is considered the best, and most thorough, biography of Washington.
    TB32408  $350.00



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    Frost, Thomas:  The Old Showmen, And The Old London Fairs.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Very good- in its original, decorated, blue cloth covered boards with a gilt image and gilt text on the spine and with black embossed borders on both boards with addition black embossing and a gilt image of a small child on the shoulder of a street actor. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth on the spine worn down to the edges of the text block, the cloth over the lower board tips is also worn through and evidently damage from what may have been silverfish to the front board. There is also an early prior owner's name neatly written at the top of the title page. The contents show moderate spots of foxing throughout and the last free end page is missing. 388 pages including an index. This title is extremely uncommon in first edition as evidenced by, as of this date, no first edition copies of same are listed on the Internet. Numerous printings of 1875 and beyond are much more common.
    TB32107  $275.00



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    G. M. [Markham, Gervase]:  Markham's Farewell To Husbandry: Or The Enriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation.....  London: George Sawbridge, 1664. Eighth Edition. Rebound in a modern, fine 1/4 dark brown leather binding with marbled paper covered boards with a red leather title label with gilt text on the spine; and with new end sheets. The marbled paper is rubbed and lightly worn at the fore edges of the boards with minor losses. The original text is in very good+ condition with tanning, foxing and some occasional ink stains throughout. 126 pages followed by "The Table and general Contents of the whole Book" of four pages. Illustrated with a number of small wood-cuts of early farming tools and implements. Printed by W. Wilson for George Sawbridge.
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    Gibbon, Edward:  The History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire (Complete Set).  London: The Folio Society, 1997. Collector's Edition. All eight volumes of this complete set are in fine condition in full, decorated vellum covered boards with gilt text on red and blue title blocks, gilt rules to simulate raised bands, and gilt text for the author's name, volume numbers and publisher's name on the spines. All eight volumes are within two of the publisher's slipcases of red paper covered boards with gilt text and borders on one side of each slipcase. Volume 1: The Turn of the Tide, Volume 2: Constantine and the Christian Empire, Volume 3: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism, Volume 4: The End of the Western Empire, Volume 5: Justinian and the Roman Law, Volume 6: Mohammed and the Rise of the Arabs, Volume 7: The Normans in Italy and the Crusades, Volume 8: The fall of Constantinople and the Papacy in Rome. A very clean and handsome set which is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap around each slipcase.
    TB32907  $325.00



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    Gibbon, Edward:  The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire (Complete Set).  Franklin, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1982. Collector's Edition. All six volumes of this complete set are in fine condition in full, light brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt designs in the compartments and gilt borders on the front boards. The end sheets are silk and all edges of the text blocks are gilt. Sewn in at the upper edge of the spines is a silk placement ribbon. Illustrated from the etchings by Gian Battista Piranesi. Each volume contains approximately 400 to 600 pages. A very clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind and without any book plates.
    TB33365  $325.00



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    Gilkerson, William:  American Whalers in the Western Arctic The Final Epoch Of The Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet (In Clam Shell Box).  Fairhaven, Mass.: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue niger leather and light gray buckram cloth with silver colored text stamped on the spine and on the front board. A folio of 15 1/4 by 19 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued, but contained within a clam shell box in dark blue, full, morocco leather covered boards with light wear and rubbing at the bottom edge of the boards and corners. One of a very limited number of copies with the morocco clam shell box. This copy is identified as number 130 and signed by the author/artist on the limitation page at the rear of the book. 48 pages of text and illustrated with line art and color lithographic plates followed by the limitation page. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32207  $575.00



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    Goldschmidt, Lucien, and Weston J. Naef:  The Truthful Lens A survey of the photographically illustrated book 1844-1914.  New York: The Grolier Club, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with a gilt on red leather label on the spine and a gilt seal on front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with dark gray end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on the closed end and front side. One of only 1,000 copies printed. 241 pages including an index and illustrated with 172 black and white photographs
    TB32627  $300.00



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    Goldstein, Josh, Jonathan Prince and Michael Fallon:  18 Again!.  n.p.: 18 Again Productions, Inc., 1987. Revision of August 24, 1987. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over a brass, round-head fastener binding. A small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. The front cover is printed with "New World Pictures" with its red color logo. Signed by George Burns in blue flow pen on the title page without an inscription or date. 123 typewritten pages of script including revisions up to 10/9/87. A 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter.
    TB31827  $200.00



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    Goodwin, Doris Kearns:  Team Of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.  New York: Simon and Schuster, (2005). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription to _____ on the title page. 916 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with vignettes at the chapter headings and with two sections from black and white photographs. A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32351  $250.00



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    Grahame, Kenneth:  The Wind in the Willows.  New York: Charles. Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board together with gilt borders. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with rubbing of the cloth at the corners of the spine, the spine is slightly tanned, a narrow, vertical scratch to the cloth on the front board and a Christmas gift inscription on the first free end page with the previous owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. The is the original first U.S. edition of this delightful children's book. 302 numbered pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece.
    TB33497  $650.00



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    Grant, U. S.:  Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.  New York: The Century Co., 1895. Second Edition by Century Co.. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very near fine condition in 1/2 brown morocco, pebbled leather and marbled paper covered boards. The spines are decorated with four raised bands, gilt text and gilt double borders in three compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper matching the marbled paper on the covers. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each is an octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 6 inches. The leather is rubbed through over the tips of the boards for both volumes and there is a 1 inch section of marbled paper worn through at the upper edge of volume I. Volume II has an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste down. The first edition was published by Charles L. Webster & Company in 1885 and 1886. What distinguishes this edition it is completely annotated throughout with marginal bibliographic notations or notes to clarify minor points of record. Volume I contains 525 pages and volume II contains 517 pages including an index for both volumes. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, maps, and a facsimiles. Two pages in the table of contents list the "Books, Reviews, Pamphlets, Etc., Cited In The Marginal Annotation To This Edition."
    TB32353  $900.00




  • Grey, Zane:  The U.P. Trail.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1918). Reprint. Near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black text and an image of a man riding on a horse. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with tiny traces of rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a very good dust jacket with only a 1/4 inch deep chip at the lower edge of the front panel, 1/2 inch deep chips from both ends of the spine area and three chips across the upper edge of the rear panel. 409 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece which mirrors the scene on the front panel of the dust jacket.
    TB33616  $85.00



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    Hafen, LeRoy R.:  The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subject and with introductions by the editor.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, . All first editions, All First Printings.. All ten volumes of this complete set are in near fine to fine condition in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Each is a small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 6 inches with the top edges of the text blocks trimmed and stained brown the fore edges of the text blocks are untrimmed. Only a few of the volumes suffer no more than light rubbing of the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines. Each volume contains approximately 400 pages and is illustrated with maps, and reproductions of contemporary works of art. Each volume has a stamped, prior owner's name and address on the first free end page. With the exception of volume x, that prior owner has also noted in the inside margin of each title page the place, date and price he paid for each volume. None of the volumes have their original, plain brown dust jackets. The first nine volumes, published between 1965 and 1972, contain the biographies of some 300 active, male participants in the fur trade. Volume X is the bibliography and index for the entire set. Considered the best biographical resource for the men involved in the American fur trade. (Clark & Brunet, 123)
    TB33314  $900.00




  • Halbert, H. S. and T. H. Ball:  The Creek War of 1813 and 1814.  Montgomery, Ala.: Donohue & Henneberry, 1895. First Edition. Very near fine in its original brown cloth covered boards with slightly faded gilt text on the spine and with blind embossed borders on the boards. A small octavo of 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/4 inches with repairs to the front and rear hinges. The contents are tight and clean and free of any marks or damage. Without a dust jacket. 331 pages followed by an index. Illustrated with portrait of the two authors from photographs, a frontispiece from an engraving, a fold-out map and several maps within the text as well as many vignettes. In his bibliography U.S.Iana Wright Howes states of this title: "Careful and detailed monograph on Alabama's last border war." He also indicates that this title represents a book which is "quite scarce". (Howes, H-28)
    TB32275  $275.00



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    Hale, Sarrah J. and Louis A. Godey:  Godey's Lady's Book And Magazine Volumes LXXX and LXXXI January to December 1870.  Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1871. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/2 black, pebbled leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work on the spine. All edges of the text block are marbled to match the marbling on the boards. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 5 7/8 inches with both hinges and joints remaining strong. A number of the fold-out plates and patterns extend very slightly beyond the fore and bottom edges of the text block. The blank second and third free end pages are missing most likely because a former owner had inscribed those page and she wished to remain anonymous. Volume LXXX contains 586 pages with illustrations from engravings, fold-out patterns and color plates throughout. It appears that the fold-out half of the pattern fro the "Gentleman's Slipper" is missing all of the other patterns and fold-outs appear to be present and intact. Volume LXXXI which follows contains 568 pages with illustrations, fold-out patterns and color plates throughout all of which appear to be present and intact. A very handsome copy with little damage to the contents, plates and patterns.
    TB31707  $250.00



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    [Hale, Edward Everett]:  The Man Without A Country.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1863. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in original, printed, thin paper wraps over an adhesive and stab sewn binding. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 3/8 inches with the front cover secured with older adhesive tape to the spine and rear cover. The front cover is missing a diagonal chip from the upper fore corner, it is slightly worn at its lower edge with several short closed tears and there is a early gift inscription in ink at its upper edge. The rear cover is missing a 1 1/2 inch chip from its upper fore corner and has a number of small chips and a 3/4 closed tear to its fore edge. The contents are in very clean condition with no signs of damage, tanning or foxing. This is the first appearance of the title with no attribution given to the author, Edward Everett Hale. This first printing is contained in Ticknor and Fields' magazine: The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Art and Politics, dated December, 1863 being issue number 74 of Volume XII. It contains pages 665 to 796 followed by an index of two pages for Volume XII. It is only in this index that attribution is given to Hale for this title. In 1865 Ticknor and Fields published this title as a separate, free standing volume of 23 pages, again without attribution to the author. Other contributors in this issue are by Louis Argazzi, Francis Wayland, Jr., H. T. Tuckerman and others. This copy is contained within a fine, tri-fold, dark green cloth covered chemise which is then contained within a matching dark green slip case with a black leather with gilt text title block fixed to the closed end of the slip case. It is a short story of treason, exile and restored patriotism. Although written during the Civil War to harness support for the Union cause it remains a classic of American literature. A highly collectible copy in an exceedingly handsome presentation.
    TB30135  $950.00



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    Halford, Frederic M.:  The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook Including The Fisherman's Entomology And The Making And Management Of A Fishery.  London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, (1913). First Edition. Fine in 3/4 dark blue leather and blue denim covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text three of the compartments and gilt images of flies and jumping fish in the remaining compartments. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 with marbled end sheets. The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning and any markings by prior owners. 416 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a photograph and numerous plates. The title page is printed in red and black and the book was printed by William Brendon and Son, Ltd of Plymouth, England. (Thacher, p.234)
    TB32150  $275.00



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    Hall, Captain Basil:  Travels in North America, In The Years 1827 and 1828.  Edinburgh: Cadell and Co. and Simpkine and Marshall, 1829. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in very good+ condition elaborately bound in full brown leather (calf) diced on the boards with a gilt border, three raised bands on the spines with gilt tooling and two black leather title blocks with gilt text. On volumes I and III the black leather title blocks are chipped with only minor losses to the gilt text. The edges of the text blocks are marbled. Each is a 7mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" with an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste downs of each volume. Each volume also has the remains of silk placement ribbons sewn-in at the heads of the spines. Volume I contains 421 pages and is illustrated with hand colored fold-out map at the front of the book. The map is in excellent condition with only a small 1/3" closed tear at its margin. Volume II contains 432 pages; and, volume III contains 436 pages followed by a fold-out table of financial and census data for the various states then part of the United States of America. Considered "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, H-47; Sabin, 29275; Clark III, 48)
    TB26696  $575.00



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    Hall, James Norman, and Charles Bernard Nordhoff:  The Lafayette Flying Corps.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front boards. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. The cloth at the corners of the heads and heels of the spines is lightly worn and rubbed and the spine of volume II is faded as is the outer edges of the front board. There is also a prior owner's name and address on the first free end pages of each volume. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 3/16" tall by 7" deep. Volume I contains 514 pages and volume II contains 361 pages including appendices and an index. Without dust jackets. Laid-in to volume II is an undated, three page specimen copy of an appeal from The Escadrille Lafayette Memorial Association for funds to help complete a memorial cemetery in France dedicated to the Americans who lost their lives over France during the First World War. Both volumes are illustrated with black and white photographs and color plate illustrations. Volume I contains the personal biographies and service records of each of the members of the Lafayette Flying Corps Considered by many to be the standard reference on the Lafayette Escadrille. A very handsome set with none of the foxing so often seen.
    TB20034  $800.00



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    Haven, Charles T. and Frank A. Belden:  A History of The Colt Revolver and the Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company from 1836 to 1940.  New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. First Edition, 1 of 100 bound in full leather. Very good+ full, dark green leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and designs in the compartments. The front board is decorated with gilt text and the image of an early Colt pistol in gilt. The leather turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles. There is a light green silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. The top edge of the text block is gilt and the end sheets are marbled paper. A small quarto measuring 10 5/8 by 7 7/8 inches with rubbing to the leather at the joints and to the tips of the boards and with the fly title and rear end sheets slightly foxed. There is some scuffing to the front and rear boards. Without a dust jacket as most probably not issued with one. According to Ray Riling in his bibliography: Guns and Shooting: "4,625 copies were published; of this number 1,600 were sold to the Colt Manufacturing Co.; of these 1,500 were furnished in the regular (cloth) binding, and 100 were bound in full leather." 711 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and line drawings. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Howes, H-308; Riling, 2318)
    TB29098  $400.00



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    Hawthorne, Nathaniel:  The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. First Edition Thus. Both volumes of this complete set are in fine condition in their original bindings of white cloth with gilt text on the spines and with beautiful Art Nouveau designs on the boards. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Both volumes are 16mos of 6 5/8 by 4 1/2 inches and both are covered with their original, very good+ red, cloth dust jackets with the faint remnants of gilt titles stamped on the spine areas. Both volumes are contained within their original cloth covered slip case which is in very good condition with the original printed paper title missing. Volume I contains 253 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving of Hawthorne and 24 plates of reproductions of earlier works of art. Volume II contains 259 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 22 plates from black and white photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art. The most striking element of this set is the decorations which appear on the boards by Sarah Wyman Whitman in the Art Nouveau style. As pointed out in Lowell Thing's book: Cover Treasure The Life and Art of Margaret Armstrong, this title is "One of Whitman's most famous cover designs and one of only eight covers that she signed with one of her two monograms." (Thing: Cover Treaure, p.35) These two volumes show a small gilt stamp on the lower edge of the rear boards.
    TB32410  $225.00



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    Hemingway, Ernest:  Winner Take Nothing.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original black cloth covered boards with printed, gold paper labels on the spine and front board both of which have suffered very little loss. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a dated "1933" prior owner's name and "Yale University" at the top of the first free end page. Without its scarce dust jacket. 244 pages of text. A collection of 14 short stories some of which appeared previously in various magazines. Six of the stories appeared for the first time in this printing. (Hanneman,12; Grissom, A.12.1.a)
    TB32793  $225.00



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    Henry, John Joseph:  An Accurate And Interesting Account Of The Sufferings Of That Band of Heroes, Who Traversed The Wilderness In The Campaign Against Quebec In 1775.  Lancaster, Penn.: William Greer, 1812. First Edition. Very good+ in a full leather, 20th century binding with a gilt stamped, red leather label and gilt rules on the spine. A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 4 inches with rubbing and wear to the front joint, but it is holding well and the front hinge remains tight. The title page is damaged with a 1 1/2 inch chip which has been professionally repaired and there is what may be a library stamp on it as well as on the following page. On the verso of the title page was the name of a previous owner which has been heavily redacted. The remainder of the text is clean and free of damage and markings. 225 pages of text including 34 pages of notes. Kenneth Roberts in his 1938 publication of March to Quebec includes this journal among other journals kept by participants in this attack under the command of Benedict Arnold. Howes in his bibliography U.S.Iana indicates that this title in first edition is "quite scarce". Joseph Sabin in his bibliography: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, states that And, in Ronald Gephart's Revolutionary America 1763-1789, he states that pages 205 to 208 are missing which is true of this copy as well. (Howes, H-423; Sabin, 31400; Gephart, 5944; Armstorng: Maine, 566)
    TB32919  $375.00



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    Hill, Tracie L.:  Thompson: the American Legend The First Submachine Gun.  Cobourg, Ontario: Collector Grade Publications, (1996). First Edition, First Pringing. Fine in simulated, black leather like cloth over boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 584 pages including a bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with 456 images from black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32044  $225.00



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    Hosmer, James K.:  History Of The Expedition Of Captains Lewis And Clark 1804-5-6.  Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1902. Reprinted from the Edition of 1814. Both volumes of this complete two volume set are in very good condition in 1/2 dark brown and tan cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and the top edge of the text block is gilt with the other edges untrimmed. Both are octavos measuring 8 1/4" by 6" with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines. Volume I has a 1/16" chip from the cloth at the heel of the spine. Volume II has three short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. Volume I contains 500 illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Lewis, a fold-out map and two additional single page maps. Volume II contains 583 pages including an index for both volumes and is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Clark and three single page maps.
    TB25732  $275.00



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    Hotchner, Ursula, and Nell Newman:  Newman's Own Cookbook A Veritable Cornucopia of Recipes, Food Talk, Trivia, and Paul Newman's Pearls of Wisdom.  Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., (1985). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and off-white buckram cloth covered boards with green text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with no flaws or damage and no prior ownership markings of any kind. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Paul Newman in black flow pen on the title page as well as A. E. Hotchner on what would otherwise be called the dedication page. 136 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with comic portraits of Newman, Hotchner, Nell Newman and Ursula Hotchner as well as small vignettes throughout, six plates of color photographs and numerous images from black and white photographs.
    TB32879  $300.00



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    Hugo, Victor:  The Novels of Victor Hugo.  Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1894). Holland Paper Edition, Limited Edition. All fourteen volumes of this complete set are in very good+ or better condition in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and with gilt text in three of the compartments and with gilt rules separating the leather from the marbled paper. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each volumes is quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 1/2 inches. The spines are all uniformly darkened some chipping and wear to the leather at the heels of the spines and the leather is worn through on several volumes over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints for all the volumes are tight and strong. The contents are in near perfect condition with few marks of foxing or tanning. The images are nearly all protected with tissue guards. One of only 1,000 sets printed with this set identified as number 414 and subscribed for by Mrs. Mary E. Drummond as noted on the verso of the fly title page of volume III. The set includes the following novels: Han of Iceland; Bug-Jargal; Last Day of A Condemned; Claude Gueux; Notre- Dame Of Paris in two volumes; Les Miserables in five volumes; Laughing Man in two volumes; and, Ninety-Three. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings by various artists. This is an extremely large and heavy set weighing 48 pounds. Please contact Town's End Books prior to ordering for a quote on estimated shipping costs.
    TB30669  $1000.00



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    Hutchings, J. [James] M.:  In The Heart Of The Sierras Thee Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical And Descriptive.  Yo Semite Valley: Old Cabin, 1886. First Edition. Very good- in dark yellow, original cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and brown decorations on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with several small tears and with the cloth worn through at the tips of the boards. Much of the front hinge is cracked. Containing 496 pages and illustrated throughout with plates and engravings within the text as well as well as two maps one of which folds-out. (Cohen, p 299-300)
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    Irving, Washington:  Astoria; Or, Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains.  London: Richard Bentley, 1836. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in very good condition in their original 1/4 black cloth and light brown paper covered boards with printed, paper labels on the spines. Volume 1 has been re-sewn and rebacked with Japanese tissue repairs to the hinges. All three volumes are small octavos of 7 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches with the upper and lower tips of all the boards are worn through and bent. The front and rear paste downs for each volume have the residual glue from what may have been some sort of tape. The printed paper title labels are all rubbed and slightly damaged with small chipping making the printed text a challenge to read. Volume I contains 317 pages of text followed by 2 pages of ads from the publisher. Volume II contains 320 pages of text and is missing its final end page. Volume III contains 294 pages of text. The pagination error on page 308 is evident. Howes in his bibliography, U.S. Iana states: "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on the Pacific coast, 1811 - initial action towards substantiating our claim to Oregon - including the earliest extend relation of Wilson P. Hunt's overland expedition from St. Louis to that settlement." (Langfeld & Blackburn, p35; Howes, I-81)
    TB28966  $450.00




  • Irving, Washington:  Works Of Washington Irving (Ten Volumes).  New York: United States Book Company Successors To John W. Lovell Company, n.d.. Reprints. All ten volumes of this complete set are in very near fine condition each bound in 3/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt titles on red and light gray leather labels together with elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end sheets match the marbled paper on the covers of the boards. Each is a small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 3/8 inches with light rubbing at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. None of the spine are chipped. The contents are all clean and tight in their bindings with no tanning or foxing. The first volume containes: Tales of A Traveler, Bracebridge Hall and Wolfert's Roost. The second contains: Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A History of New York and The Crayon Papers, The third contains: Astoria, Salmagundi and Adventures of Captain Bonneville. The fourth: Mahomet And His Successors, Oliver Goldsmith and Moorish Chronicles. The fifth contains: The Alhambra, The Conquest of Granada and Legends Of The Conquest of Spain. The sixth contains: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and A Tour of The Prairies. And the last four volumes contains The Life of George Washington. These last four volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Washington and maps. Many of the pages in these volumes remain uncut.
    TB30792  $350.00



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    Irving, John:  The Water-Method Man.  New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/2 black cloth and bright, yellow covered boards with metallic blue text stamped on the spine and with decorated embossing to the yellow paper on the front board. An octavo o 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with a stamped purple "H" on the first free end page. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear and 1/16 inch chip from the upper edge of the spine area and small minor marks on the front panel. 365 pages of text. The author's second book and rather uncommon in such nice condition.
    TB32128  $200.00



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    [Irving, Washington]:  Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent..  London: Effingham Wilson, 1824. First Edition. Good+ in 1/4 leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with scant reminder of gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 15/16 by 5 1/16 with both boards loose from the text block and with the leather scuffed. The contents are completely free of foxing and tanning and any damage. All edges of the text block are marbled to match the marbled paper on the boards. Without a dust jacket as issued. 68 pages of text to include the biographical notice. In 1802 Irving, using the pseudonym of "Jonathan Oldstyle" wrote a series of nine articles for a periodical published by his brother, Peter Irving. Eight of those letters are reprinted in this title. (Langfeld and Blackburn) A difficult to find, early title by Irving. (BAL, 10112, Langfeld and Blackburn, p.27; Williams and Edge, p.84)
    TB31500  $250.00



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    Jefferson, Thomas:  Notes On The State Of Virginia.  Boston: Wells And Lilly, 1829. Reprint of 1829. Very good in full leather (calf) covered boards and superbly rebacked saving the original backstrip with its gilt text and gilt decorations. A 16mo of 6 1/4 by 4 inches with two prior owner's name on the front paste down and one written on the title page with the date of March 20, 1901 and again on the rear paste down. The first free end page has numbers written in pencil and 39 pages including the title page have an ink stain on the lower margin and page 100 has a written name or statement in the middle of the page. Pages 63, 64 and 66 have eight "x" marks in the margins. 280 pages of text. This copy includes the "Advertisement" dated February 27, 1787. A very tight and handsome copy. (Howes, J-78; Sabin, 35897)
    TB33450  $600.00



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    Johnston, F., and W. Hamilton:  The Washingtoniana: Containing A Sketch Of The Life and Death Of The Late Gen. George With A Collection Of Elegant Eulogies, Orations, Poems, &c Sacred To His Memory.  Lancaster, Penn.: William Hamilton, 1802. Second Edition. Recently rebound in dark blue cloth covered boards with a black leather title label with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with new end sheets. With an early prior owner's name at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are uniformly tanned with only occasional spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 320 pages followed by a 73 page appendix and that is followed by a 10 page list of "subscribers' names".with its own set of page numbers [401-410] Lacking the frontispiece portrait of Washington. (Howes J-162; Sabin, 36361)
    TB32259  $700.00



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    Jones, Daniel W.:  Forty Years Among The Indians A True Yet Thrilling Narrative Of The Author's Experiences Among The Natives.  Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1890. First Edition. Very near fine although the spine has been rebacked preserving the original backstrip and with new end sheets in dark blue, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and gilt text and elaborate blind stamping on the boards. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 7/8 inches with repairs to the tips of the boards and new end sheets as noted above. The contents are clean and free of foxing. 400 pages of text without a portrait and as stated in Howes the portrait only appears in some copies. The author relates his experiences in the southwest with the US Army. (Howes, J-207; Graff, 2234; Rader, 2112)
    TB30924  $225.00



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    Judge, Jr.:  Here's How!.  New York: Leslie-Judge Company, (1927). Fourth Printing of March, 1927. Very good+ in light blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the front board. A 32mo of 4 3/4 by 3 1/8 inches with a 1/2" water stain on the front board and with light soiling. The contents are generally clean, unmarked and tight in the binding with only an occasional spot of foxing. 62 pages of text containing the recipes for 51 cocktail beverages. Prohibition ran from 1920 to 1933. So this little title was published right in the middle of that time when the sale and consumption of alcoholic products were prohibited throughout the US.
    TB30650  $275.00




  • Kelly, J. Frederick:  Early Connecticut Meetinghouses Being an Account of the Church Edifices Built Before 1830 Based Chiefly upon Town and Parish Records.  New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes in this two volume set are in near fine condition in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and across the upper edges of the front boards. Without dust jackets as issued; however, the books are contained in a very good paper covered and illustrated slip case with little if any wear. Both volumes are quartos measuring 12 by 9 inches and both volumes have a slight musty odor. Volume I contains 332 pages and volume II contains 360 pages including an index. Both are heavily illustrated with black and white photographs some with photographic details such as doors and windows augmented with floor plans and sketches of truss work. A handsome, clean and tight set with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Extremely uncommon. (Roos, 649)
    TB33194  $250.00



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    Kennedy, John F.:  Profiles in Courage.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Reprint of July, 1957. Very good+ in 1/4 black cloth and blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with what looks to be a paint stain of 1/4 by 1 inch long at the upper edge of the front board and minor foxing to the rear end sheets due to a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a good, unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket with numerous chips of varying depths around the edges of the panels and with heavy rubbing to the fold to the front flap. Signed and inscribed by John F. Kennedy on the first free end page and dated "1959". Laid-in at the front of the book is a typewritten note from the family indicating the circumstances of how the prior owner met then Senator Kennedy at a book signing event in 1959. 266 pages containing an index, text and a section of images from earlier works of art and from black and white photographs. Senator Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for this title in 1957. The code on the copyright page of "J-H" indicates the book was printed in July of 1957.
    TB32241  $4800.00



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    Kennedy, Robert F.:  The Enemy Within.  New York: Harper Brothers, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in gray-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket. Tipped-in at the front of the book is a signed and handwritten letter by Robert Kennedy on his personal New York address letterhead. 338 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a section of black and white images from photographs.
    TB33484  $1400.00



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    Kent, Rockwell:  Later Bookplates & Marks of Rockwell Kent.  New York: Pynson Printers, 1937. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Fine in orange cloth covered boards with two gilt starts and "RK" on the spine and the title and illustration of a fist on top of an open book on the front board all in gilt. A12mo of 7 by 5 inches with a prior owner's name neatly written at the top of the first free end page. In a very near fine dust jacket with a black stain (printer's ink?) on half of the rear fold to the rear panel (see photo) which did not bleed through to the rear board; and, with the limitation number handwritten at the base of the spine. One of only 1,250 signed and numbered copies printed with this copy numbered 889 and signed by Kent on the second to last page of the text. The prospectus for this printing of four doubled pages is laid-in at the front of this copy. 83 doubled pages followed by the limitation page. Illustrated throughout by 85 examples of bookplates and marks by Rockwell Kent printed in multiple colors. An eight page preface (v-xii) written by Kent precedes the illustrations.
    TB33204  $300.00




  • Kenton, Edna:  Simon Kenton His Life and Period 1755-1836.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in black cloth covered boards with faded blue-green text on the spine and an embossed gilt profile of Simon Kenton on the front board. The front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is starting, the cloth at the head of the spine at the rear joint is rubbed and worn. Despite the damage to the hinges the binding remains tight. This is the extremely scarce first edition of Edna Kenton's biography of Simon Kenton, whose role in the settlement of the Ohio River Valley was made famous by Allan Eckert in his award winning book, The Frontiersmen, which was the first volume in the Winning of America Series. 352 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with halftone plates, maps and facsimiles of signatures of early pioneers of Kentucky.
    TB17267  $225.00



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    Kerouac, Jack:  On The Road.  New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Second Printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches with a prior owner's name and date at the upper edge of the first free end page. In a very good-, unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket with a one inch deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area; small chips from the lower edge of the same; two areas over the fold to the front flap which are worn through; and, small chips from the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 310 pages of text. The copyright page states "Second Printing September, 1957" and the front flap of the jacket states "second . printing".
    TB32613  $500.00



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    Kilmer, Jayce:  Trees.  New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a printed title on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 7/8 by 4 3/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a number of very, shallow small chips and closed tears around its edges of which all closed tears have been reinforced with archival tape on its verso side. Unpaginated, but containing 14 leaves each illustrated with color images by E. MacKinstry.
    TB31276  $200.00



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    Kingston, W. H. G. [William Henry Giles]:  Snow-Shoes And Canoes Early Days Of A Fur-Trader In the Hudson's Bay Territory.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1877. First Edition. Very good+ in red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, with gilt text and decorations on the spine and black text and gilt illustration on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with gilt edges to the text block. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and there is an early prior owner's name in pencil and date on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 336 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates from engravings. William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) was a British writer of boys adventure series titles. (Wikipedia)
    TB31001  $200.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Jungle Book.  New York: The Century Co., 1894. First Edition. Very good in decorated, green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt animal images on the spine and gilt text and the gilt image of an elephant on the front board and a gilt image of a tiger on the rear board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth on the front board is stained on the upper quarter of the board, and at the lower rear area near the joint. The cloth over the spine also suffers slightly from the stains aforementioned. The cloth on the rear board suffers from a stain 5/8 of an inch wide perhaps from the removal of tape of some type. There is also a prior owner's name in ink and a date of 1895 on the first free end page. 303 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and 34 images from drawings by W. H. Drake. This US first edition was printed on the same day as the British first edition. (Richards, A77)
    TB33257  $275.00



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    Knickerbocker Magazine:  The Knickerbocker Gallery A Testimonial To the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine.  New York: Samuel Hueston , 1855. First Edition. Near fine in full, dark brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on black leather in one of the compartments and blind embossed binder's devices in the other compartment. The boards are fully embossed in blind. The end sheets are marbled and the edges of the text block are gilt with a placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with foxing to the verso of the marbled end sheets. There is an early prior owner's book plate (Emily P. Robeson) on the front paste down and the signature in ink of a second prior owner (Mr. W. Avery) at the top of the second free end page. The frontispiece, engraved title page and printed title page all have mild foxing as do the majority of the plates. Overall, a very handsome and clean copy with the binding tight, the joints and hinges very sound and strong. 505 pages of text. Illustrated "with forty-eight portraits on steel, from original pictures engraved expressly for this work". The portraits of authors and poets separate the 55 contributions of letters, essays, poems and short stories.
    TB33113  $275.00




  • Knower, Daniel:  The Adventures Of A Forty-Niner An Historic Description Of California, With Events And Ideas of San Francisco And Its People In Those Early Days.  Albany, NY: Weed-Parson Printing Co., 1894. First Edition. Very near fine in its original dark blue, cloth covered boards with bright gilt text and rules on the spine and a gilt embossed image of image of the Society of California Pioneers building on the front board (that building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire). A 12m of 7 1/8 by 5 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. 200 pages of text including an appendix. Illustrated with 11 plates from engravings and from photographs. Personal recollections of the Gold Rush era and life at the time in San Francisco from a man who wrote this book at age 86. (Cown, p334; Wheat Gold Rush, 120; Kurutz, 381)
    TB33604  $120.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through VII Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through 1807.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1945. First Edition. This complete set of all seven volumes are all in fine condition in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. Each is a thick, small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 3/4 inches. None have any damage or notations or any prior ownership markings of any kind. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index and with illustrations to include a facsimile,a fold-out table of movements of naval vessels in the Mediterranean, two maps (one of which folds-out) and 9 plates as called for. Volume VI contains 708 pages to include an index and is illustrated with 9 plates as called for and one fold-out map of the Mediterranean Sea. Volume VII, although not numbered as such and titled: Register of Officer Personnel United States Navy and Maine Corps and Ships' Data 1801-1807 contains 86 pages of text and the rear pocket contains XX fold-out line drawings (plates). Laid-in at the front of this volume is a ten page (page 281 to290) article by James G. Lydon titled: Barbary Pirates And Colonial New Yorkers. Due to the size and weigh of this set we must charge shipping at cost and it can not be shipped overseas.
    TB33244  $675.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through V Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through April 1805.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1944. First Edition. A five volume, ex-library set all in very good+ to near fine conditions in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. The library call numbers have been deleted from the spines. There are library plates with "withdrawn" stamps on the front paste downs, and with embossed, punch-through stamps of the library on the title pages and pockets and date due pages adhered to the rear end pages. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and three maps, two of which fold-out, and a fold-out table. Due to the size and weigh of this set we must charge shipping at cost and it can not be shipped overseas.
    TB29229  $350.00



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    Lawson, Robert:  Rabbit Hill.  New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. Near fine in printed cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with illustrated end sheets. There is a dated, Christmas 1944, gift inscription on the verso side of the first free end page. In a very good, unclipped first state dust jacket without the John Newberry Medal seal with two long closed tears which have been repaired using archival tape on the verso side of the jacket and with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and at the fore corners of the panels. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the fly title page. 128 pages of text with illustrations throughout from the iconic drawings of Robert Lawson. The winner of the John Newbery Medal for 1944. The title for this book comes from the name the author gave to his home in Westport, Connecticut. A very handsome, signed copy which is scarce in this condition.
    TB31837  $350.00



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    Legh, Edward [Leigh]:  A Treatise Of the Divine Promises In Five Books.  London: Printed by George Miller dwelling in Black Friers, 1633. First Edition. A binder's copy in fair, contemporary full leather covered boards with ruled black bands on the spine and black ruled borders on the boards. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with much of the leather of the spine missing and the boards are loose from the text block as is the first free end page. Worm holes are present throughout the pages of the text block, but they seem to have been careful about not invading the printed areas. Written in pencil at the upper edge of the title page are the words: "very scarce". 260 pages of text followed by a six page index of "the principall (sic) things contained in this Treatise". This copy shows the author's name as "Edward Legh". Subsequent editions of the book modified his name to "Edward Leigh". Edward Leigh (1602-1671) was a theologian and early English Puritan. His writings were prolific but he was more of a compiler than writer of original thought. This title appears to have been his first book. OCLC reports that only 14 college, university or national libraries own a copy of this title. Later printings and facsimile copies are more in evidence worldwide. As of this writing, no other copies of the first edition of this title are listed for sale.
    TB29044  $800.00



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    Leroux, Gaston:  The Phantom Of The Opera.  Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1911). First Edition, Second Printing. Very good+ in its original brick colored cloth covered boards with off-white text stamping on the spine and on the front board with a blind impression of a figure on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a mild crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine and with two prior owner's names on the first free end page. There is also a small 2/3 by 1/4 inch scuff of the color to the upper fore area of the front board and in that same area is a diagonal, straight depression caused by who knows what. Without its issued dust jacket. 357 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece from a painting by Andre Castaigne protected by a tissue guard and by four, double page, color plates also from paintings by Castaigne. First published in French in 1910, this copy is a second printing of the first English translation edition. (Firsts Magazine, April, 2005)
    TB32792  $400.00



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    Lindbergh, Charles A.:  Of Flight and Life.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 5 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide chip at the upper corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area and several closed tears and related creasing around the edges of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed "To Dr. and Mrs. Charles A Beard | With great admiration | and best wishes" by the author and famous pilot in the year of publication. It is unfortunate though that the inscription is blurred by either the ink from Lindbergh's pen or the ink from another handwritten, ink note having been laid-in before it dried. This is an outstanding example of an association copy inscribed by one luminary to another. Lindbergh needs little in the way of introduction other than to say his signature is not often seen. Dr. Charles A. Beard was one of the most influential historians of the early 20th century and author of many books on history and political science and is best known for a book he co-wrote with his wife, The Rise of American Civilization in 1927. However, the link between Lindbergh and the Beards became more firmly cemented in the mid to late 1930's when both took a firm isolationist stand against Roosevelt in his attempts to bring the United States into war with Germany. Both men ultimately paid a dear price for their support of the Anti-War Movement. 56 pages of text. A very nice collectable copy.
    TB25071  $600.00



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    Lodge, Jno [John]:  An Accurate Map of Rhode Island, Part of Connecticut and Massachusets Shewing Admiral Arbuthnot's Station in Blocking up Admiral Ternay.  London: J. Bew, 1780. First Edition. Very good+ and uniformly tanned mounted on a thin, cardboard stock measuring 11 11/16 by 15 3/4 inches (edge to edge). This map shows the eastern half of Connecticut, the Rhode Island coast as far north as many miles north of Providence, the southeastern portion of Massachusetts including Buzzards Bay and western Marthas Vinebyard and the eastern end of Long Island. According to Thompson's Maps of Connecticut Before The Year 1800, the latitude coordinates are correct, but the longitude coordinate is in error as it would place Connecticut in the mid-Atlantic, an error which appears to come from an earlier British map of the same yea.r This is a map taken from the London publication of The Political Magazine issue of November 30, 1780. Many of the place names, towns and cities are in error from current names. This map illustrates the area of eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound which was blockaded by British Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot to contain part of the French Fleet in Newport which was under the command of Admiral Louis d'Arsac de Ternay. (Thompson, #30 p.43)
    TB31619  $300.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  The History of Rogers Rangers Volume I The Beginnings Jan 1755-April 6, 1758.  San Francisco: Self-published, 1946. Signed limited first edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. A 16mo measuring 6 7/8" tall by 4 3/4" deep containing 438 pages including chapter notes, a bibliography, text and illustrated with a fold-out map, several full page maps, reproductions of several works of art and three color plates of typical uniforms created by the author's wife. Signed by the author on the second free end page and this volume is numbered copy 281 of only 1,500 copies printed. This volume uncovers the "first part of the history of one of the most remarkable corps of men that ever gathered under a similarly remarkable leader; and also to establish facts on the important part they played in the most vital period of American, Canadian, British and French history in North America." (Author's introduction) The fold-out map at the rear of the book is drawn by the author and shows that tract of land between Crown Point on Lake Champlain to the north and Fort Edward on the west bank of the Hudson to the south. Quite uncommon!
    TB19588  $275.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  Genesis Rogers Rangers The First Green Berets The Corps & the Revivals, April 6, 1758 to Dec. 24, 1783.  San Mateo, Calif.: Self-Published, 1969. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in medium green cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine and on the front board. There is a minor bump to the upper fore edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" tall by 5 1/2" deep overall containing 311 pages including an index, bibliography, extensive chapter notes, text and illustrated with a map and several sketches. A limited first edition signed by the author on the dedication page and this copy is identified as copy number 533 of only 750 copies printed. Also of special note, line 18 on page 58 has been corrected in the author's own hand. The book is also signed and inscribed the author to a "Roger Rangerist Friend" on the front end page. An exhaustive treatise on Major Robert Roger's band of men given the name Roger's Rangers from their founding in 1758, shortly after the Battle on Snowshoes during the French and Indian War, to their disbandment in December of 1783, at the close of the American Revolution.
    TB19589  $275.00



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    London, Charmian K.:  Our Hawaii (Islands and Islanders).  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. New and Revised Edition. Very good+ in smooth blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamped on the spine and dark blue text stamped on the front board. A small octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with a prior owner's name, date, city and state on the front paste down. Laid-in at the front of the book is a one page letter signed and written by Charmian London saying "No Matter how I revise or change this book, still does it remain a love story, - of a great man, a lovely country & it's (sic) loving people." Dated June 1, 1922 | "Glen Ellen, California" 427 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece from a photograph and nine plates one of which is a color map of the Hawaiian Islands and the rest from photographs.
    TB32247  $1350.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  The Song of Hiawatha.  Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. First Edition Thus, Limited Large Paper Edition. Very good+ in full vellum covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and flying swans on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with light soiling to the vellum on the spine and hand soiling to the fore edges of the boards. The end sheets show offsetting from the vellum at their fore edges. The frontispage shows light foxing as does the title page as do the plates at the fore edges and the facing pages show offsetting from the plates. One of only 250 copies printed with this copy numbered 219 on the limitation page. Additionally, a prospectus is laid in for this Large-Paper edition" which duplicates the title page, printed in red and black, and three printed pages with examples of the vignettes created by Frederic Remington in the margins. 242 pages of text illustrated with 22 "full page photogravures printed on India Paper and about four hundred text illustrations of Indians, Indian costume, implements, arms, etc. animals, birds and scenery, by Frederick Remington." (quotation from the prospectus) The plates are protected with printed tissue guards.
    TB29890  $350.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poetical Works (8 of 11 Vols. ).  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1904). Reprint. All 8 volumes of this set of eight are in very good+ to near fine condition in 3/4 dark blue polished Morocco and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and gilt tool work in all compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper matching the marbled paper on the covers. Each volume is a small octavo of 7 9/16 by 5 inches. Five of the eight volumes have minor rubbing and wear to the leather at the heads of their spines and all of the volumes have rubbing and wear to the tips of the boards. Without dust jackets as issued. The publisher produced this set as the Craigie Edition of eleven volumes with this set containing volumes I through VIII inclusive. Volume I contains 376 pages of text and the remaining volumes have between 350 to 400 pages. Each of the volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Longfellow at various times in his life and each volume contains a number of plates by various artists.
    TB31605  $275.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Evangeline A Tale of Acadie.  New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. [1907]. Later Printing. . Very good+ in highly decorated light green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text and green and red decorations on the spine and gilt text with floral designs in light green and red on the front board. Illustrated light green end sheets with gilt edges to the text block. A small 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the upper edge of the boards and the lower tips of the same and with a prior owner's name and date of "May 30th, 1911" on the fly title page. In a fair, unclipped tanned dust jacket with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area extending into the front panel by two inches and with shallow chipping from the lower edge of the spine area. 160 pages of text with numerous black and white and color illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon (1872-1959) including a color frontispiece, color title page, twelve color plates and 40 small color illustrations. Per BAL, the number "1856" on the title page is not a date, but is a plate number. (BAL, 12839) A literary classic in highly collectible condition in an extremely, early and scarce dust jacket and a fine example of art deco binding.
    TB26374  $200.00



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    Lopez, Barry H.:  Coyote Love Native American Folktales.  Portland, Maine: Coyote Love Press, (1989). Limited Edtion. Fine in 1/4 tan paper and simulated wood burl paper covered boards hand-tied thread and trailing beads. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. No dust jacket intended A beautiful, hand made limited edition of 99 copies. Signed by both author and Gary Buch, the illustrator on the last page 23 pages of text followed by the limitation page.
    TB00679  $400.00




  • Lucey, Donna M.:  Photographing Montana 1894-1928.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In an unclipped near fine dust jacket with a 1/8" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area and very light related creasing. creasing. Sub-titled: The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron. Extremely scarce in first edition. 250 pages with index, text and with 170 black and white photographs.
    TB09934  $275.00



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    Mackay, Malcolm S.:  Cow Range And Hunting Trail.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First Edition. An ex-library copy in near fine condition in a recent binding of simulated leather made of black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine which has five embossed bands. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with new end sheets and headbands at the head and heel of the spine. The sole library marking is on the title page with an embossed library stamp. Without a dust jacket, but the book is contained within a fine black cloth covered slipcase the cloth of which matches the book's cloth covering. 243 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from art by Charles Russell and 37 plates from black and white photographs and drawings by Charles Russell. (Howes, M-120; Adams -Hurd, 1411; Rader, 2304)
    TB31494  $250.00



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    Macy, Obed:  The History Of Nantucket; Being A Compendious Account Of The First Settlement Of The Island By The English.  Boston: Hilliard, Gray And Co., 1835. First Edition. Very good+ in its near original blue-green, blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with the unfortunate fact that the spine has been stamped up-side-down with gilt text. The cloth over the lower tips of the boards and one small spot on the heel of the spine is worn through. tips of the boards and in a few places on The contents are quite clean and free of foxing; however the end sheets do show mild foxing. 300 pages of text followed by 8 pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece map (with spots of foxing) of the Island and one plate from an engraving. Wright Howes considers this title "mildly rare". (Howes, M-195; Sabin, 43687)
    TB32532  $500.00



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    Mandela, Nelson:  Long Walk To Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.  London: Little, Brown & Company (UK), 1994. Signed, Limited Edition. Fine in full, dark green morocco leather with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with all edges of the text block gilt and with map end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is within a dark green, cloth covered slip case. One of only 250 copies issued, bound in full leather and signed by the author. This copy is numbered 147 and signed by Nelson Mandela on the limitation page. 630 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with three sections of images from black and white photographs. There are no marks, notations or any prior ownership markings in this copy except for the signature and number noted above.
    TB32702  $5000.00



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    Marryat, Captain Frederick:  The Pacha Of Many Tales; Percival Keene; The Mission Or Scenes In Africa; The Privateersman; and, The King's Own (Author's Connoisseur Edition).  Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d. (1898). Limited Edition, Author's Connoisseur Edition. All five volumes of the original set of 24 volumes are in very good+ to very good- condition all in 3/4 red, morocco leather and red, marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end pages match the marbled paper on the . boards. Each is an octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 with the leather rubbed and worn at the tips of the boards. The volume of The King's Own has its upper fore corner of the front board chewed away to a depth of 3/8ths of an inch. Each volume is a limited edition of 74 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, and each is identified as number 27. Each volume contains from 287 to 397 pages and each is illustrated with double frontispiece and multiple plates from engravings. The contents are all clean, free of foxing and tanning and with no prior ownership markings. Each contains a general introduction by W. L. Courtney.
    TB31646  $225.00



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    Marshall, Frank J.:  Marshall's Chess Swindles Comprising Over One Hundred and Twenty-Five Of His Best Tournament and Match Games At Chess.  New York: The American Chess Bulletin, 1914. . Poor in its original dark red, ribbed, cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the front board. An octavo o 8 3/4 by 6 inches with the text block dis-bound from the boards as a result of the front and rear hinges broken and with the signed, first free end page, frontispiece and title page loose from its binding. The remainder of the pages are tight and clean. This copy is signed and inscribed on the first free end page by the author as follows: "Attleboro, Mass.| Jan 12th, 1923 | To | Dr. J. L. McCarthy | For his fine game | this evening against | Frank J. Marshall | author." 130 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece with portraits from photographs of four chess masters of the time and a few game board images. A good candidate for repair and re-backing.
    TB32295  $300.00



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    Mathewson, Worth:  Reflections On Snipe.  Amity, Oregon: Sand Lake Press, 1995. Limited First Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather-like, textured cloth, covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Eldridge Hardie with line drawings and a frontispiece etching. Signed "Best Wishes" by the author on the first free end page underneath of which he has taped a small feather from a snipe. This copy is numbered "56" of only 600 copies printed. 130 pages of text and illustrations. The book also comes with a fine, signed and numbered (56) etching by Eldgridge Hardie which matches the frontispiece in the book. This original etching is only one of one hundred copies produced. The image measures 6 3/4" tall by 4 7/8" wide on laid paper measuring 11" by 9".
    TB20912  $225.00



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    Matthews, Frederick C.:  American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 (Series One and Two).  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1930 & 1931. First Editions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spines and embossed boarders on the front boards. Both are small quartos of 10 by 6 7/8 inches with mild foxing to the fore and bottom edges of the text blocks. The top edges are stained blue. Both volumes are in near fine, unclipped (no prices) dust jackets. The first volume contains 399 pages including an index and is illustrated with a color frontispiece and throughout with images from earlier works of art and black and white photographs. The second volume (Series two) contains 358 pages including an index and is also well illustrated with images as aforesaid. Very uncommon to be found in such nice condition in their original dust jackets. These volumes are the Marine Research Society's Publications Number 21 and 23.
    TB31554  $275.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Seal Pool.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in color illustrated cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board with black text. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket however, the jacket's original price was clipped to allow the publisher to attach a new price on a sticker. Signed by the author on a bookplate which is tipped on to the first free end page. 79 pages of text with 17 color plates Illustrated by William Pene duBois. Matthiessen first book for children.
    TB29304  $225.00



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    McCreight, Major I.:  Buffalo Bone Days A story of the Buffalo slaughter on our western plains.  DuBois, Penn.: Self-Published, 1950. First Edition in book form. Near fine in brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with minor fly specking at the upper edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket presumably as issued. Across the face of the title page the author has written a long inscription to his editor. Reprinted from a series of articles appearing in the Dubois Courier-Express in 1949. 85 pages of text including an appendix and epilogue. Illustrated with reproductions of a number of black and white photographs. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28789  $500.00



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    McIlvaine, Mabel:  Reminiscences of Chicago During the Civil War.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1914. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border on the front board and gilt text on the spine with wear and light rubbing of the cloth at the head of the spine. The gilt decorations and text on the spine are clean and bright and free of tarnish. The first 66 pages of the book show a faint dampness stain to the lower fore corners of the pages. This stain (perhaps better called a faint discoloration) picks up again from page 137 to almost to the end of the text block. The book contains first person narratives dealing with the period of time just prior to and during the early part of the Civil War. The twelfth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1914. An early Lakeside Classic which is fast becoming more difficult to find in collectable condition.
    TB27902  $300.00



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    McIlvaine, Mabel:  Reminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1913. First thus. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border and logo on the front board and gilt text text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. The gilt text on the spine is only very, very slightly tarnished. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind. The eleventh Lakeside Classic issued in 1913 and rather uncommon.
    TB32736  $275.00



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    McIlvaine, Mabel:  Reminiscences of Early Chicago.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1912. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with a gilt border on the front board and gilt text on the spine. The gilt text on the spine and the gilt decorations on the front board are bright, clean and easily seen. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and there is a faint, narrow 1/4 inch dampness stain across the upper margins of the text block which did not invade any of the printing. Laid-n at the front of this copy is a Compliments of the Season card from one of the executive officers of the R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. The tenth Lakeside Classic issued during the Christmas season of 1912. This book contains narratives from visitors to Chicago as early as 1834 when it was a village. 174 pages and illustrated with a frontispiece. A very collectible copy.
    TB32733  $225.00



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    McPhee, John:  Oranges.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block stained light yellow. The lower edges of the boards shows minor fading; otherwise the book is fine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep containing 149 pages of text. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in 1969. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon.
    TB22008  $250.00




  • McPhee, John:  The Pine Barrens.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1968. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 157 pages of text illustrated with line drawings in the text by James Graves. McPhee's scarce fourth book about the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey.
    TB33613  $120.00




  • McPhee, John:  Pieces of the Frame.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the front free end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. A collection of eleven memorable stories or essays which have appeared in The Atlantic, Holiday, Playboy and The New Yorker magazines. 308 pages of text. One of the more uncommon titles by McPhee.
    TB16308  $100.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Second John McPhee Reader.  New York: Farrar, Sraus & Giro, 1996. First Edition. Fine in gilt decorated green paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A collection of 14 writings from eleven of John McPhee's books selected by David Remnick and Patricia Strachan and edited by Patricia Strachan. A very uncommon title by McPhee.
    TB11164  $80.00




  • McPhee, John:  Oranges.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon. 149 pages of text.
    TB33612  $60.00



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    Meacham, A. B.:  Wigwam and War-Path Or The Royal Chief In Chains.  Boston: John P. Dale And Company, 1875. First Edition. Very good in its original, red-brown, cloth covered, beveled boards with gilt and black text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with clay coated end sheets. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, the cloth over the rear joint is just beginning to separate, rubbing to the cloth over the front joint and the cloth over the lower tips of the boards is worn through. There is a long pencil line on the front free end sheet and an early prior owner's name and date on the front fly leaf. Save for 1/4 deep chips at the upper edges of pages 47 through 54 and soling to page 588 the contents are extremely clean, tight and free of foxing and tanning. 700 pages of text followed by a one page ad. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of the author, and 19 engraved plates. "The author was a superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon and had over thirty years experience among the Indian tribes of the Northwest." (Peter Decker: The George W. Soliday Collection of Western Americana, 1067) As stated by Robert E. Cowan in his bibliography of California: "This work on the Modoc Indians was written by a most competent author on the subject, making the volume of great historic value." (Cowan, p. 421)
    TB30088  $300.00



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    Miller, Arthur:  Death of a Salesman.  New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in heavy brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and with a small prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case. One of only 500 special autographed editions with this copy identified as number 308 and signed by the author on the fly title page. This title brought Miller an international reputation as it became his second Broadway success after All My Sons (1947). Many consider it his masterpiece and perhaps the best play written by an American. The play was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 in the drama category. 139 pages of text and script. Illustrated with eight plates from black and white photographs. An exceptional copy of an award winning play.
    TB31420  $400.00



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    Miller, Arthur:  Incident At Vichy.  New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/2 blue cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed "M" on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with slight fading to the cloth at the ends of the spine area. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fly title. 71 pages of script.
    TB32403  $225.00



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    Moore, Simon:  The Immortal 2.9 Alfa Romeo 8c 2900 A & B.  Seattle: Parkside Publications, 1986. First Edition. Fine in burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and on the front board and with decorated end papers. A square, small 4to measuring 10 1/4 by 10 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with flecking of the black color at the ends of the spine area. 251 pages including an index, appendices, text and illustrated with hundreds of drawings and photographs culled from over 1,500 photographs loaned to the author by many enthusiasts. An exceedingly uncommon title in excellent, collectible condition with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33496  $490.00



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    Moore, Mary Tyler:  After All.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light yellow paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's initials in gilt on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with very faint spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription or date. 332 pages including an index, photo credit and text. Illustrated with black and white photos throughout. A tight clean and collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29125  $200.00



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    [Moore, Clement C.] Illustrator not identified: A Visit From Santa Claus with Santa Claus And HIs Works.  New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Very good in heavy paper, printed wraps over a replacement sewn binding. A quarto measuring 12 1/8 by 9 7/8 inches with a 2 inch closed tear to the fold of the spine of the cover from its lower edge which has been repaired with archival tape. Unpaginated, but containing 14 pages with 7 full color lithographic plates (counting the cover) and line drawings throughout. Identified on the as "158" with a copyright date of 1899 on the front cover. The illustrator is not indicated. Clement Moore's poem comprises the first six pages which includes three full color plates. The remaining pages of text and three plates contain the poem Santa Claus And His Works written by George P. Webster. (Not listed in Marshall).
    TB30985  $225.00



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    [Moore, Clement C.] Illustrator is not identified: A Visit From Santa Claus.  New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1898. First Edition. Very good- in heavy paper, printed wraps over a double stapled binding. A small quarto measuring 10 5/8 by 8 1/4 inches with a 3 inch split to the lower end of the fold of the spine, and rubbing to the fold and to the fore edge of the front cover with creases at the fore corners of the front cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. Unpaginated, but containing 14 pages with 6 full color lithographic plates and line drawings throughout. Identified on the front panel as "105". The illustrator is not indicated. Not listed in Marshall. Very uncommon as no other copies are listed elsewhere. The copyright date on the rear cover indicates 1898.
    TB33073  $225.00




  • Morris, Willie:  My Dog Skip.  New York: Random House, 1995. First Limited Edition. Fine without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and numbered 402 out of only 500 copies printed.
    TB06001  $250.00



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    Moulton, Gary E.:  The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (Volume 5).  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The 5th volume in The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. This volume contains the journals of Lewis and Clark for the period July 28 through November 1, 1805 which covered the arduous passage over the Bitterroot Mountains of present day Montana and the Cascades near the Columbia River. 415 pages including an index , a list of sources cited, text and illustrated with photographic reproductions from the original journals.
    TB22750  $200.00



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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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    O'Brian, Patrick:  The Mauritius Command.  London: Collins, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the head and heel of the spine very faintly faded. There is a prior owner's name, date and price in ink on the first free end page. In a fine dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap. The 4th volume in the Aubrey/Maturin canon which opens with Aubrey "on the beach" waiting for a command. After suffering through less than domestic bliss he finally is given command of a naval frigate and sent with secret orders to the Cape of Good Hope. "His ultimate destination is to capture the French island bases of Reunion and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean." A splendid copy!
    TB31857  $400.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Dynamo.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in mottled blue vellum covered boards with a gilt stamped white leather label on the spine and the facsimile of the author's signature in gilt on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 5/8 inches with the blue coloring mostly faded on the spine as is typically seen. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is protected with an acetate covering and is contained within a very good paper covered slip case with a design of spider webs in relief on the covers. The edges of the opening of the slip case are heavily worn. One of only 775 copies each of which were signed and numbered by the author. This copy carries number 15 and is signed by Eugene O'Neill on the limitation page. 150 pages many of which remain un-opened. The text is printed in two colors.
    TB29022  $225.00



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  The Hairy Ape.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and black and orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 1/2 inches with the front hinge starting, but professionally reinforced and with light rubbing to the corners of the spine. In a good, machine clipped dust jacket with a one inch deep chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel and a 1/2 inch deep chip at the top of the spine area One of only 775 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is signed by O'Neill and identified as copy number 657 on the limitation page. 114 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece and eight color plates all by Alexander King. A very collectible signed copy of one of O'Neill's early plays. "It is considered one of the prime achievements of Expressionism on stage." (Britannica)
    TB32461  $225.00



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    Oldham, John:  Poems, And Translations.  London: Joseph Hindmarsh, 1683. First Edition. Good in a heavily worn, 19th century binding of 3/4 green leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and matching marbled end sheets. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with the leather parted at the joints allowing both boards to be loose. The text block is very tight and clean shape with no markings and minimal tanning or foxing. A collection of 25 poems and odes. Interestingly, F. W. Bateson's four volume set of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, suggests (Vol.II, p.284) that this title was published in 1683 anonymously. This copy clearly shows the authors name on the title page together with the publication date of 1683.
    TB28620  $200.00



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    Orwell, George:  Animal Farm.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 75/16 by 4 7/8 inches with two tiny specs of white near the heel of the spine and three tiny white specks on the rear board near the head of the spine. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area and three closed tears on the upper edges of the front and rear panels and heavy rubbing to the edges of the front panel and spine areas. Although the dust jacket has been price clipped there is no mention of the statement "printed in the USA" on the rear flap which indicates that the jacket is a first issue. 118 pages of text. The "first American edition" of Orwell's famous allegory of Soviet era totalitarianism under Stalin.
    TB31997  $750.00



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    Painter, Thomas:  Autobiography Of Thomas Painter Relating His Experiences During the War Of The Revolution.  n.p. No City Stated: Privately Published, (1910). First Edition. Very good+ in full, limp, dark brown, leather (Levant Grain) with the title stamped in gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches rebacked retaining the majority of the original leather back strip with light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards, a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down (Library of The Society Of Colonial Wars) with a number of uncut pages in the preliminaries and termination pages. Very uncommon in book form. 105 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author at age 36 and a plate of Painter's birthplace and home in West Haven, Connecticut from a photograph. Painter server two short term enlistments with the Continental Army witnessing the Battle of Long Island and the army's escape across the East River to Manhattan. When his enlistment came to an end he went back to his home only to witness the British attack on New Haven. He tired of Army life and went to sea. But his service with various enterprises of privateering and as a mate on board a cargo vessel and eventually a captain of his own vessel netted him three captures by the British and two imprisonments on the British prison hulks. (Gephart, 14145; Kaplan, 4402)
    TB32096  $250.00



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    Penn, William:  Fruits of Solitude.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1906. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and borders on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and with scuffing to the cloth over and above the gilt text reading "The Lakeside Press". The Lakeside Press logo and gilt borders on the front board are very bright and crisp while the gilt text on the spine is somewhat tarnished. Signed and inscribed on the fly title page by Thomas E. Donnelley. This is the smallest of the Lakeside Classics in terms of both weight and width being only 130 pages (129 numbered). The full title reads: "Fruits of Solitude Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life." The fourth Lakeside Classic issued at Christmas time in 1906. It is considered by many collectors as either the first or second most difficult copy to obtain in this series. The book was first published in England anonymously in 1693. According to the introductory notes by John Vance Cheney in this volume "two editions and a reprint were published the same year." The Lakeside Press used an eleventh edition of the title printed in Philadelphia in 1794 as the foundation for this copy. A very handsome, clean and collectible copy!
    TB32677  $1800.00



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    Perkins, Mary:  Old Houses of The Antient Town of Norwich 1660-1800.  Norwich, CT: no publisher stated, 1895. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light gray cloth covered boards with very modest soiling to the spine with bright black text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with faint dampness staining to the center of the cloth on the spine, to the front end papers and to pages 559 to the end all of which is confined to the margins with no impact on the printing. 621 pages containing an index, genealogical charts of early Norwich residents, text and photographs with a hand-colored fold-out map of Old Norwich. Despite the aforesaid dampness staining, this is a very clean and handsome copy of a very uncommon title with no prior ownership markings of any kind. The joints and hinges are tight and strong
    TB28811  $250.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in textured, dark green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board with the flying duck in white. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 3/8 inches with very faint rubbing to the cloth at th ends of the spine and to the fold to the front board. There is a short newspaper clipping of a poem pasted to the front paste down and an early dated ('1934") gift inscription on the first free end page. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. The pages are clean and free of marginal notations, underlinings, checkmarks, etc. Without its extremely scarce and fragile dust jacket. 167 pages including an index, suggestions for further reading and text. Illustrated with sketches within the text and 36 plates 32 of which are black-and-white images; a color frontispiece; and, three colored plates the four of which are each protected by printed tissue guards. This is the author's first field guide and is the first printing of this title with the date "1934" on the title page and the misspelled "bob-pumper" in the index instead of "bog-pumper". It is one of only 2,000 copies printed which sold out within ten days. (Wikipedia) (Note: Paul A. Johnsgard in his essay appearing in the Nebraska Bird Review titled: A Book-collector's Guide to Roger Tory Peterson, refers to the various first editions of this title as a "first, second and third states". More correctly they should be called "printings", with subsequent releases called "second", "third" or "fourth" printings.(see Glaister p.457))
    TB33131  $3250.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. First of Fourth Revised Edition. Fine in full morocco, green leather covered boards with six gilt bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt images of birds in the other five compartments and a gilt image of a flying duck on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets and with all edges of the text block gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is housed in a fine, green cloth covered slipcase and the book and slipcase still retain the original shipping container on the outside of which the book's identifying number is written. A green label on the third free end page identifies this copy as being one of only 99 copies produced especially for the National Audubon Society. This copy is numbered "A.A. 63" in red pen by the author. Warmly signed by the author in his typical red flow pen on the third free end page. With maps by Virginia Marie Peterson. 384 pages containing text and illustrations through-out.
    TB33133  $450.00



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    Peterson, Roger T.:  The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson (Western Birds).  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Limited Edition, Second Printing. Fine in heavy dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine jacket with two minor closed tear to the lower end of the spine area which have been repaired with archival tape on the verso of the jacket. Signed by author on the title page in his customary, red flow tip pen. A large folio limited edition containing 356 pages with 165 full color plates. A beautiful volume with the images appearing so large details are easily seen unlike in the much smaller field guides. A superb, tight, handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33154  $225.00



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    Prince, Bernadine LeMay:  The Alaska Railroad In Pictures 1914-1964 (Vols 1 & 2).  Anchorage, Alaska: Ken Wray's Print Shop, 1964. First Edition, First Printings. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front boards. Both are small quartos of 10 1/2 by 7 inches with a sewn and rounded and backed binding with a hollow back spine. Both volumes are in very good+, unclipped dust jacket (no price) with a 1/8" deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area on volume 1, slight tanning to the spine areas of both and with light soiling at the fore edges of the panels on both books. Signed, warmly inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author on the title page. This set is numbered 74 on the title page of volume 1 out of a first edition print run of only 1,000 copies. Volume 1 contains 466 pages of text and is extensively illustrated from black and white photographs throughout. Volume 2 contains pages 467 to 1092 and illustrated as above. The two volumes contain over 2,100 photographs and line drawings. The first edition of this title was limited to 1,000 and according to the colophon of volume 2 it was almost sold out as of May 1966. An exceptionally clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29915  $600.00



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    Proud, Robert:  The History of Pennsylvania, In North America.  Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson Junior, 1797. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in contemporary, full calf covered boards with red and black, gilt decorated labels on the spines. Both are octavos measuring 8 3/8" by 5" with very light wear and rubbing to the leather joints and to the tips of the boards to volume I. The same wear to the leather of volume II is present, but the upper 2" of the front joint is beginning to part. The hinges, joints and binding are otherwise tight and strong. The frontispiece portrait of William Penn is present, but the fold-out map frontispiece in volume II is missing. Volume I contains 508 pages of text and the errata. Volume II contains 373 pages of text followed by 132 pages of appendices and a 14 page index and the errata for volume II. Of particular interest is the fact that a gift inscription is present on the first (in Vol II) and second (Vol. I) free end pages of both volumes. These inscriptions read: "Peter Barker | to his valued | antient friend | Sarah Barney of | Nantucket " and dated "Philadelphia 11 mo. 22 1803" Beneath this date is another prior owner's name "James Barker". This Sarah Barney was quite likely the same Sarah Barney (1725-1808) of the Society of Friends who was well known as she was instrumental in promoting Quaker women's rights. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Howes, P-639; Sabin, 66223; Evans, 34421)
    TB28330  $450.00



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    Rathbun, Jonathan, Rufus Avery and Stephen Hempstead:  Narrative of Jonathan Rathbun With Accurate Accounts of the Capture of Groton Fort.  no city stated [New London]: No publisher stated, (1840). First edition. Very good in original gray-green cloth covered boards with a rebacked spine with the majority of the original back strip reapplied. A 12mo measuring 7 3/16 by 4 1/2 inches with dampness stains to the front end sheets and with faint dampness stains to the lower fore corner margins on the pages. There is also a name of an early prior owner at the top edge of the title page. A collection of three eye witness accounts of the attack on and taking of Fort Griswold on Sept. 6, 1781 by the British near the end of the Revolutionary War. The complete title reads: "Narrative of Jonathan Rathbun with accurate accounts of the capture of Groton Fort, the massacre that followed, and the sacking and burning of New London, September 6, 1781 by the British Forces, under the command of the Traitor Benedict Arnold." Additional, eye witness narratives by Rufus Avery and Stephen Hempstead are included as well as an appendix containing six essays dealing with Arnold's desertion from West Point; an "Anecdote of Mrs. Bailey" giving her petticoat to be used as flannel for cartridges; a "Eulogy on General Washington"; and, the names of those killed and wounded in the Battle of Fort Griswold. 80 pages of text. (Howes R-68; Gephart, 6381; Sabin, 2489 & 67952)
    TB28797  $275.00



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    Reid, James D.:  The Telegraph In America Its Founders Promoters and Noted Men.  New York: Derby Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Very good+ in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board together with gilt designs and a black border around the edges of the boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt and the other edges are stained red. A small quarto of 9 11/16 by 6 1/2 inches with wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, the cloth at the tips of the boards is worn through and there is a prior owner's name written in pencil with a date of "1879" written on the clay coated first free end sheet. There is also a handwritten note at the top of the first preface page, a second note on page 1 and two check marks on page 822. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. The joints are tight and strong and the hinges are starting. 846 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse, an engraved title page, 44 steel engraved portraits on plates (with tissue guards) and vignettes and a number of drawings within the text. Contains sections on the Morse Memorial and American Telegraphic History as well as the histories of a number of telegraph companies.
    TB30794  $500.00



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    Riley, W. Willshire:  Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley.  Columbus, Ohio: George Brewster, 1851. First Edition. Very good+ in its original ornately embossed, black leather covered boards with gilt text and gilt designs on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with two 1/2 inch long closed tears to the leather at the head of the spine and with two short 1/4 inch closed tears to the leather at the heel of the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the contents show spots and marks of foxing throughout. 448 pages of text. Illustrated with 18 plates (plate facing page 251 missing) and one fold-out map of Algiers. The full title reads: "Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley, from the period of his return to his native land, after his ship-wreck, captivity and sufferings among the Arabs of the desert, as related in his narrative, until his death. Compiled chiefly from the original journal and manuscripts left at his death in possession of his son, W. Willshire Riely." An uncommon title as OCLC and WorldCat only identify seven libraries or institutions worldwide that hold this book.(Sabin, 71400)
    TB32088  $300.00



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    Riley, James:  An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the Month of August, 1815 with an Account of the Suffering of her Surviving Officers and Crew, Who Were Enslaved by the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desart, or Zahahrah.....  Hartford: Silas Andrus, c.1817 & 1828, 1847. Reprint of Revised edition of 1847. A small octavo of 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches in very good condition which has been rebacked in 1/4 leather and patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with "Riley's Narrative" and with gilt dual borders at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the boards has deteriorated badly with major portions falling off and the leather over the tips of the boards has worn through. There is an embossed seal on the first free end page from a prior, private owner. Containing 271 pages of text and Illustrated with a frontispiece of "the destructive locust of Africa" and 6 copper engraved plates. Ten plates are called for on the title page and this copy is missing plate number 5 (the Arabic letter) and plate number 10 (the map). It is quite probable that these missing plates are a result of a binder's error as there is no evidence of missing pages and the same appears to be a common problem with other Hartford printings of this title that I have examined. The original edition was self-published in 1817 and was reprinted a number of times by several publishers. (Sabin, 71397 which does not mention this the 1847 printing.)
    TB33078  $250.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Trending into Maine.  Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1938. Signed Limited First Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and light blue cloth covered boards with a black leather title block on the spine and illustrated end sheets. The cloth on the spine is slightly tanned and there is light wear around the edges of the leather spine label small (1/16th inch) loss of the leather over the letter "T" in Trending. Without the glassine wrapper, which is seldom seen; however, the book is contained within its original paper covered slip case which is in very good+ condition with the paper label (which shows the limitation number on it). One seam of the slip case is split a distance of approximately 4 inches. The binding is tight and strong, the hinges and joints show no weakness. Signed by the author and the illustrator, N. C. Wyeth, on the first free end paper. This is copy number 230 of a total of 1,075 copies printed. This is the extremely scarce limited edition which has the extra suite of 14 plates duplicating the plates appearing in the text of the book by N. C. Wyeth. The extra plates are contained within a the original light blue envelope. A very handsome and collectible copy of one of Roberts' most sought after books.
    TB33486  $950.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth L.:  Why Europe Leaves Home.  New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition. Very good in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. In a very good dust jacket chips at top of spine & small chip at bottom. Signed and inscribed by the author to Frederick S. Bigelow of the Saturday Evening Post and dated in the year of publication (April 20, 1922.) Reportedly only 2,011 copies of this book were published making it an extremely rare find and particularly so in a collectible jacket and inscribed by the author.
    TB00569  $800.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Concentrated New England.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5" with a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page. In a very good- dust jacket with the upper 3/8" of jacket missing from the front panel and spine area. An extremely scarce copy in dust jacket. The jacket in this case shows the small, black and white photographic reproduction of Coolidge on the front panel. (58) pages of text.
    TB01478  $450.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  The Lively Lady.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and lightly worn. In a very good+, price clipped second state dust jacket with a 1/4 inch chip from the lower edge of the spine area and with rubbing to the folds. Signed and inscribed by the author in pencil on the title page and dated at Kennebunk Beach in the year of publication.. This copy is covered by the second state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Arundel".just below the title on the front panel. Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
    TB32327  $375.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First state. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down behind the dust jacket flap. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area, rubbing and light wear to the folds to the panels and with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area with related creasing. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Quite uncommon when signed.
    TB01739  $350.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Northwest Passage (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1937. First Signed Limited Edition. Both volumes are in fine condition in reddish cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt top edges to the text blocks. Both are small quartos of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with Yale University Library book plates on the front paste downs. (Each book plate is noted that this title is a duplicate of what was in the library at that time and neither volume bears any other library markings.) Both volumes are in their original decorated, paper, unclipped dust jackets which are in very good+ condition with a 1/2 inch deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area of volume II and volume I has 1/2 inch "V" shaped chip at the base of the spine area. Both jackets are tanned on their spine areas. Volume I contains the first trade edition version of Kenneth Robert's Northwest Passage which remained on the best seller list for many months. It is the account of the life of Major Robert Rogers (founder of Roger's Rangers) as seen through the eyes of a fictional protagonist. Volume II contains "the unique historical material on which the essentials of the novel were based" to include a transcript of the courts martial trial of Major Rogers which was held in Montreal in 1768. Volume one is signed by the author on a specially tipped in page and numbered 228 out of only 1,050 copies printed. Both volumes are contained in a good original, paper covered slip case which is rubbed in many areas and the top panel is creased and shows closed tears to the joints and has a one inch coffee (?) stain to one of the paper labels. An very handsome and collectible set and quite uncommon in original dust jackets.
    TB32202  $350.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Black Magic.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a 1/8" hole in the cloth at the head of the spine and with fading of the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate and signed a second time with "Best wishes" over his signature on the second free end paper. 250 pages illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece. A fairly scarce title and one seldom seen signed.
    TB01445  $300.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  The Collector's Whatnot.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. Very Good in patterned paper covered boards with paper labels on the spine and front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with two, shallow chips from the head of the spine. In a good+ dust jacket dust jacket which is heavily faded especially on spine. Inscribed by Milton Kigallen and Kenneth Roberts at Christmas time of 1923. 147 pages of text illustrated with line art and other comical works of art.
    TB01465  $300.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Oliver Wiswell (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday, Doran Co., 1940. First Edition, Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition specially bound in full, red leather covered boards with five raised bands on each spine with gilt text in two of the compartments and gilt tooling in the others. The top edge of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper and the leather turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles. This binding was most probably ordered by Roberts to be gifted to his friend, Doubleday, Doran publishing executive, Malcolm Johnson, who's name is listed in the collection of names who provided "generous assistance" in the creation and publication of this title. Both volumes are small quartos of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. There is a faint dampness stain to the extreme lower, inside edge to the first 70 pages of volume I. That stain does not impact on any of the text as it is limited to the lower margin. The lower quarter of the front joint to volume I shows a slight weakness. The hinges and joints for both volumes are otherwise fine. The trade version of this set was sold with glassine jackets and a paper covered slipcase. It is doubtful that a slipcase was made for this specially bound set. The binding was produced by The French Binders of Garden City, New York as evidenced by their gilt stamp on the front paste downs. This set is signed by Roberts and numbered 182 out of only 1,050 copies printed and sold. Volume I contains 411 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Grant Wood and two, double page maps. Volume II contains pages 415 to 849 including a bibliography and text and is illustrated with two, two page maps. This title was a best selling novel for Roberts. It provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. After reading it one is astounded that the war was even won by the American forces.
    TB33418  $300.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms (1939 Ticonderoga Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1939. Ticonderoga Edition of 1939. Very near fine in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with minor crimping of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area, several very shallow chips at the lower edge of the spine area a closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing. Signed by the author on a specially tipped-in Fort Ticonderoga page just before the fly title page. Reportedly, there were only 150 copies of this edition published making it extremely uncommon. Overall a very handsome and collectable copy of one of Kenneth Roberts' most memorable works historical fiction novels dealing with the early years of the American Revolution. The book picks-up following the loss at Quebec and where Robert's earlier book, Arundel, leaves off. It traces the escape of the American Army, under the command of Benedict Arnold, down Lake Champlain to the southern end of the lake to construct a small fleet of vessels to meet and oppose the British fleet on the northern end of the lake. The ensuing battle took place at Valcour Island on October 11, 1776. Although the Battle of Valcour Island was considered a loss to the American forces its outcome was significant enough to delay the British advance down the lake and was a major reason for the ultimate victory at Saratoga a year later.
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    Roberts, Kenneth:  For Authors Only.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with bright gilt stamped on the spine and on the front board. There is slight wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and the end sheets show minor foxing due to a reaction to the glue used in binding. There is also a prior owner's small name tag on the front paste down behind the jacket flap. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with several closed tears and related creases at the ends of the spine area and at the upper and lower edges of the front panel. Signed and inscribed "With Best Wishes" on the first free end paper by the author. 446 pages followed by four pages of ads for other books by Roberts. Very scarce in dust jacket as only 5,603 copies of the first printing were produced.
    TB03703  $225.00




  • Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Comp., 1922. First Edt. 1st state. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the front board. In a good+ dust jacket with damp staining on the spine and front panel and 1/4" chips on the front panel and spine ends. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Extremely uncommon in a dust jacket.
    TB05593  $225.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Arundel (300th Anniversary Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1953. Reprint of May 1953. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two 1/4 inch long closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and a small chip from the rear upper fore corner of the rear board over the tip of the board. This is the very scarce 300th Anniversary Edition which has a specially tipped-in page in advance of th title page bearing the signature of the author. 652 pages of text followed by a number of pages of ads for other titles by Roberts. Reportedly there were only 701 copies of this edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the town of Arundel, Maine. The special tipped-in page is signed by Kenneth Roberts. An extremely handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32231  $225.00



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    Rogers, Robert:  Ponteach Or The Savages Of America A Tragedy.  Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1914. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 tan linen and blue gray paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6 1/4" with light soiling to the cloth on the spine and to the front board with a prior owner's name and date of 1914 on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and lacking its original slip case. One of only 178 copies printed. 261 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Rogers, a map of the Mackinac area, a view of the Straits of Mackinac and a facsimile of the title page of Ponteach, 1766. With an introduction and a biography of Robert Rogers by Allan Nevins.
    TB26455  $350.00



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    Roosevelt, Theodore:  The Winning of the West.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. Alleghany Edition. All four volumes of this complete set are in very good+ condition in their original, full brown cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text on the spines and a gilt design of a teepee on the front boards and with the top edge of the text blocks gilt. Each is a small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 3/8 inches with rubbing, wear and short closed tear to the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines. None of the volumes have dust jackets. Wright Howes in his bibliography: U.S.Iana states that the Alleghany Edition is the best edition of this title of the many that were published. Volume I (From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1769-1776) contains 352 pages and is followed by a fold-out color map of the West During the Revolution. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 plates. Volume II (From the Alleghaniees to the Mississippi 1777-1783) contains 427 pages including an index to volumes I and II which is followed by two fold-out color maps of The Colonies and The States. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates. Volume III (The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths 1784-1790) contains 339 pages including an index which is followed by a fold-out map of the Western Land Claims At The Close of the Revolution. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates. Volume IV (Louisiana and the Northwest 1791-1807) contains 363 pages including an index which is followed by a fold-out, color map Showing The First Explorations Of The Great West. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 plates. The book plates printed on the front paste-downs is not completed by any prior owner. (Cole & Vail, A11.m.; Howes, R-433)
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    Roosevelt, Theodore:  Through The Bazilian Wilderness.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in its original brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt.. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with cloth over the spine slightly faded and with upper tip of the front board mildly bumped. There is a prior owner's book plate (A. S. Houghton) on the front paste down. Without its issued dust jacket. 383 pages including an index, appendices and text followed by a fold-out map of the rivers of Brazil and with the route of the travelers outlined in orange. A one page map showing the entire continent of South America on page vii. Both maps are in excellent condition. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon standing on a rock from a black and white photograph as well as 48 plates "from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition".
    TB32498  $575.00



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    Sanborn, F. B.:  The Personality Of Thoreau.  Boston: Charles Goodspeed, 1901. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a near fine, unprinted, dark green paper covered dust jacket with minor losses at the ends of the spine area. One of 500 unmbered copies printed on French hand-made paper with this copy identified as copy number 181 on the colophon. 71 pages of text. Most of the pages are un-opened. A New York Times article dated January 11, 1902 is laid-in which provides a description of this publication and a bit about the author, Mr. Sanborn. "Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831 – February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, teacher, author, reformer, and abolitionist." (Wikipedia) According to the NYT article noted above, Sanborn owned a boarding house in Concord in which Henry David Thoreau was a boarder. This allowed Sanborn to see and talk to Thoreau for the last seven years and a month of Thoreau's life.
    TB33401  $275.00



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    Sargent, Winthrop:  The Life And Career Of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General Of The British Army In America.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1861. First Edition. Very good+ in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the cloth over the tips of the boards and with a gift inscription of "Sept. 9 1863" on the secrond free end page. 471 pages of text and appendices followed by 16 pages of ads from Ticknor and Fields illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Major Andre from an engraving.and a map of the lower east side of the North (Hudson) River. (Howes, S-113; Sabin, 77043)
    TB32868  $375.00



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    Saroyan, William:  The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.  New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original foil covered light gray cloth covered boards with black text printed on the foil wrap- around band. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint soiling to the covers. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 270 pages of text. A collection of 26 short stories. The title for the book comes from the first story in the text.
    TB32246  $275.00



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    Sartre, Jean-Paul:  Five Plays.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling on both the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" containing 484 pages of text and illustrated by Robert Borja. The leather over the spine is very slightly faded as are the outside edges of the end sheets. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Included in this volume are Sartre's plays: No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute, and The Condemned Of Altona. An extremely handsome, crisp and clean copy of a very scarce book with Sarte's valuable signature with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
    TB28538  $250.00



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    Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.:  A Thousand Days John F. Kennedy In The White House.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on a red title block on both the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 5/8 ths inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with small 1/16 inch chips from the ends of the spine area and light rubbing to the folds to the panels. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 1087 pages including an index and text. A very handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33403  $350.00



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    Schoolcraft, Henry R.:  Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers With Brief Notices Of Passing Events, Facts And Opinioins, A.D. 1812 To A.D. 1842.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo And Co., 1851. First Edition. Good in its original light brown, blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text and embossing on the spine and decorative embossing on the boards. An octavo of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with an early prior owner's name on the verso of the first free end page and with a dampness stain to the rear of the book which has warped the upper half of the rear board and caused a water stain to the upper half of the last 80 pages in the book. In addition, the pages of the contents show mild foxing throughout. 703 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Howes considers this title "quite scarce" who also notes that not all copies contain the frontispiece portrait. (Howes, S-190; Sabin, 7787; Graff, 3699; Field 1377)
    TB30921  $200.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  Lady Of The Lakes (Mauchline Ware).  London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Reprint of 1866. This Scottish souvenir is in near fine condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Sir Walter Scott and the title is Lady Of The Lake. The manufactures of this product were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This handsome book is a 24mo of 5 7/8 by 3 3/4 inches with all edges of the text block gilt The front board is illustrated with an untitled scene somewhere in Scotland. The rear board is printed with the following: "Warranted oak from Stirling Castle of the Royal Palace And bought in the Douglas Room".
    TB32268  $200.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  The Scottish Keepsake, or The Songs of The Arshire Bard - Mauchline Ware.  Mauchline, Arshire, Scotland: William and Andrew Smith, no date (circa 1860). . This Scottish souvenir is in very good condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Robert Burns and the title is Songs of Burns. The manufactures and publishers of this little book were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. As demand for these souvenirs grew, Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This tiny volume is a 32mo of 4 3/8 by 2 3/4 inches and is illustrated on the front board with a scene of Dunkeld "the Eden of the north". The rear board is illustrated with a scene of The Hermitage in Dunfeld. The hinge and joint for the rear board have separated allowing the rear board to be loose from the text block. All edges of the text block are gilt. 133 pages of text.
    TB32269  $175.00



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    Selleck, Rev. C. M.:  Scenes In Fairfied County Published in Twelve Parts.  Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1893. . A complete collection of twelve folios each within printed, heavy paper wraps over stapled bindings. Each folio measures 13 1/4 by 10 13/16 inches. Each of these folios (or "Parts") are protected within clear, polyester, archival sleeves. All twelve folios are contained within a cardboard box. The parts vary in conditions ranging from very good to near fine with any damage limited to chipping to the wraps or separation at the fold of the wrapper. Each of the twelve parts typically contain 8 pages all printed on the recto sides. (Part 2 contains only 6 pages.) At least one page in each is printed text by Rev. C. M. Selleck. The rest of the pages are illustrated with fine black and white photographs of scenes along the Norwalk River, large attractive Victorian homes in Danbury, Wilton, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich. The majority of the photographs are of scenes, homes, or institutional buildings are in Norwalk. Of interest are unusual photographs of early saw mills on the Norwalk River, harbor scenes of Norwalk and South Norwalk, the Col. Frank Roberts Military School, the hotel at Roton Point, the Norwalk Club, Belle Island, There is no indication of the name of the photographer. No copies of this title are listed for sale on the Internet at this time and no copies could be found on OCLC.
    TB29723  $375.00




  • Sendak, Maurice, and E. T. A. Hoffmann:  Nutcracker.  New York: Crown Publishing, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An oblong small quarto of 10 7/8 by 9 7/8 inches with wonderfully decorated end sheets. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with rubbing to the corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. Attached to the first free end page is a book plate which is signed by the artist, Maurice Sendak. Text by E. T. A. Hoffman and color illustrations by Sendak. 102 pages of text and color illustrations some of which are presented on facing pages Translated by Ralph Manheim.
    TB33606  $250.00



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    Shannon, Joseph:  Manual Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York.  New York: E. Jones & Co., Printer, 1868. . Very good in its original dark red, pebbled cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt text and designs on the spine and the New York City seal on the front board. A thick octavo measuring 8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches with two 1/8" deep chips to the cloth at the head of the spine and fraying to the rest of that edge and the cloth at the heel of the spine is completely worn down to the edge of the text block. The first free end page has been torn away (it was blank) and now replaced allowing for a reinforced front hinge, the rear hinge is starting and several of the plates towards the rear of the volume have dampness stains on their margins. One of the hand colored plates (facing p792) is torn so that only about 1/3rd of the plate remains. 912 pages of tables and text. Illustrated throughout. At the front of the book is the hand-colored, fold-out map of Manhattan which is largely undamaged or worn. Near the rear of the book is the very large, fold-out map of upper Manhattan above 86th Street to illustrate the Battle of Harlem Heights. Other than a few un-necessary creases, this map is also undamaged. The large, engraved bird's eye map of the city and it environs has a number of closed tears, but no losses. This copy is further illustrated with 9 black and white plates, 11 color plates, two-fold out plates and 76 engravings within the text.
    TB29399  $350.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Gremlin Americanus.  City not stated: B. F. Jay & Co., 1942. First Edition. Fair in decorated yellow cloth covered boards which are somewhat soiled (which is typically seen). A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches. The front hinge is cracked, but has been professionally repaired using clear, archival tape. The binding remains tight and the pages are clean and generally free of any stains, markings or notations. A three line gift inscription is written in ink on the first free end page. Lacking a dust as we are convinced it never had one. The illustration on the front board reads: "The Gremlins will get you if you don't watch out!" 50 un-numbered pages containing text and illustrations by the author. Sub-titled: "A scrap book collection of Gremlins by Eric Sloane". This is an extremely scarce early title by Sloane and one he seldom gave recognition to as it departs so significantly from the genres he more typically wrote about.
    TB32371  $525.00



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    Smith, James L.:  Autobiography Of James L. Smith.  Norwich, Conn.: Press Of The Bulletin Company, 1881. First Edition. Very good+ in its original red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board with clay coated end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with heavy stains to the rear board none of which invaded the rear paste down or text block. With light foxing to the preliminaries and last few pages of the text. Without a dust jacket. 150 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Smith from an engraving and two plates also from engravings. The sub-title reads: "Reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc." James Lindsay Smith (1816-1883) was an author of this slave narrative, minister and shoemaker. He escaped from the a Virginia plantation in 1838 and worked his way up to Philadelphia where he met the Underground Railroad who got him to Connecticut and finally up to Springfield, Massachusetts where he set up shop as a shoemaker. By 1842 he resettled to Norwich, Connecticut where he moved his shoemaking business and became a minister. Two of his children attended Norwich Free Academy and became teachers and a son became a shoemaker in that city. This narrative speaks of the cruelty and privation he suffered as a slave in Virginia. It is one of only six slave narratives published in Connecticut. (Wikipedia)
    TB33405  $1800.00



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    Smith, W. L. G.:  Life at the South: Or "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as It is. Being Narratives, Scenes, and Incidents in the Real "Life of the Lowly.".  Buffalo, NY: Geo. H. Derby And Co., 1852. First Edition. Good+ in its original, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on its spine with front and rear end sheets printed on yellow paper with ads by the publisher for other volumes. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine worn down to the upper edge of the text block and with the cloth at the heel of the spine worn and dimpled inward. The cloth over the front joint is rubbed through, but remains holding; and, with the cloth over the tips of the boards rubbed through. The contents show only occasional spots of foxing 519 pages of text illustrated with a double frontispiece separated with a tissue guard and seven plates from engravings. According to Joseph Sabin in his bibliography, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, three of the plates in the book came from another author's book and that Smith wrote this title as a response to Harriott Beacher Stowe's book in order to illustrate the more "pleasant aspects of slavery". The book is dedicated to the memory of Henry Clay who was the advocate of the American Colonization Society" (Howes, S-715; Sabin, 84811)
    TB32399  $225.00



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    Speechly, William:  A Treatise On The Culture Of The Pine Apple And The Management Of The Hot-House.  Nottinghamshire, England: Self-Published and printed by G. Peacock, 1796. Second Edition, With Additions. Near fine in modern recassing of 1/4 light green cloth and marbled paper covered boards with a dark green leather title block with gilt text and rules. An octavo of 8 1/16 by 5 inches. The contents are largely free of any foxing, staining or age tanning. 197 pages of text followed by six engraved plates four of which fold-out and a 13 page index. The upper 1/2 inch of the first four plates are faintly dampness stained which stains do not extend beyond the upper margins. An extremely handsome and tight copy.
    TB31546  $350.00




  • St. John [ Michel-Guillaume Saint Jean de Crevecoeur], J. Hector:  Letters from an American Farmer: Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, And Customs, Not Generally Known; And Conveying Some Idea Of The Late And Present Interior Circumstance Of The British Colonies In North America..  London: Thomas Davies, 1783. Second British Edition. Very good in a contemporary, full leather binding with finely detailed embossing on both boards and with red and black leather labels with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with wear to the leather over the joints and to the fore edges of the boards; both boards are slightly bowed; and, the elaborate embossing on the front board has been highlighted in white with only touches of white on the rear board. A more recent prior owner has written in pencil on the front paste down "Second English Edition | London 1783" and beneath that a "Crevecoeur, (M. G. J ?) in brackets. The rear paste down has been marked in pencil with "Collated & Complete | pp ? Quarto (?) | GB" and much lower on the paste down the number "30230" and a code in pencil in the upper fore corner of that rear paste down. There is an early prior owner's name in ink at the upper edge of the title page. Only the preliminaries and last few end pages show light spots of foxing. With the exception of a splotch of 3/4 inch on pages 58 and 59, the balance of the text block is very clean and free of damage. 326 pages including an eight page index followed by a two line errata and two pages of ads by the publisher and the half-title page. The fold-out maps of Nantucket and "Martha's Vineyard" are present and both in excellent condition. Originally published in 1782 in England. One year later this, the second edition, was published which added "an accurate index". It was republished 10 years later in Philadelphia as well in Dublin, Paris, Leipzig and Leyden. Several editions and re-printings are listed in Howes (C-883) this 1783 edition is however not listed.Nonetheless, Howe's comments about this title remain apropos: "Description of American life (which was) of great influence in attracting European immigration in the post-revolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century." A handsome copy of an extraordinarily important book of early Americana. (Howes, C-883; Sabin. 17496; Vail, 674; Streeter II:711; Clark, 1-218; Reese, Revolutionary Hundred, 70)
    TB33622  $7000.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Grapes of Wrath.  New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Very good in illustrated beige cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine, line drawings in brown on the front and rear boards and with illustrated end sheets. The top edge of the text block is stained a pale yellow, but is dust stained. The lower 1/4 inch of the edges of the spine and boards are soiled and the fore edge of the text block shows a number of small foxing stains. The dust jacket is the original first edition jacket with both the price ($2.75) and "First Edition" slugs in place on the front flap. Overall the jacket is in poor condition with the entire spine area missing and with heavy rubbing to the folds and edges of the panels. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940 with this novel of the Depression Era, dust bowl immigrants to California from Oklahoma. 619 pages of text. (Goldstone & Payne, A12) The 1940 movie version of the book was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, it was directed by John Ford, and starred Henry Fonda. A true high spot of American literature.
    TB31733  $700.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Winter of Our Discontent.  New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth over beveled boards with gilt text on the spine as well as a black title label with gilt text and with the author's facsimile signature on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with several closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. The jacket is also covered with the original, clear acetate wrap-around onlay on which is printed "Limited Edition". One of only 500 limited edition "copies specially printed and bound for friends of the author and the publisher." 311 pages of text. (Goldstone & Payne, A38b)
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    Stiles, Henry R.:  The History Of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut .  New York: The Grafton Press, 1904. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very near fine condition in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both are very heavy, small quartos of 10 5/8 by 7 inches with the lower fore corner of volume I bumped leaving the cloth in that corner wrinkled and with very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heels of both spines and to the lower tips of the boards. One of only 500 sets printed with volume I identified as number 493 and volume II identified as number 471. The full title reads: "The History Of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut Comprising The Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, And New ington; And of Glastonbury Prior To Its Incorporation In 1693, From Date Of Earliest Settlement Until The Present Time". Volume I (History)contains 995 pages including an index of names and a general index. It is illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph as well as 66 maps and images. Volume II (Biographies and Genealogies) contains 946 including an index of family names. Illustrated with a frontispiece from earlier works of art and from photographs and 63 images from photographs plus many facsimile autographs.
    TB31718  $500.00



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    Stiles, Ezra:  A History Of Three Of The Judges of King Charles I.  Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1794. First Edition. Good in a full leather contemporary binding over boards with a red leather title block on the spine with gilt text and three gilt rules and vestiges of gilt decorations on the edges of the boards. A 16mo measuring 6 5/8 by 4 inches with the leather worn through on the tips of the boards, and with both boards bowed so that the fore edge of the book is considerably wider than the spine. All of the three fold-out plates are creased and folded improperly, the fore-edge of the title page is ragged with no loss to the printed text, the remnants of a stub between pages 12 and 13 represent a binding error as comparisons of another same date copy reveal there is nothing missing. The full title reads: "A History Of The Three Judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell: Who, at the Restoration, 1660, Fled to America; And Were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near Thirty Years. With An Account of Mr. Theophilus Whale, of Narragansett, Supposed to have been also one of the Judges." 357 pages of text including an errata slip which is attached to the last page of text and that is followed by a one page ad noting the size of the book and the size of the type used is in conflict with the proposals which initially described the publication allowing the subscribers to either take the book or not "at their liberty". Illustrated with a frontispiece of the author, Plate I (p.29) is a fold-out map of New Haven and its environs; Plate II (p.77) illustrates two views of "Judges Cave" on top of West Rock in New Haven; Plate III (p.80) is a single page showing street maps of both Guilford and Milford, Connecticut; Plate IV (p.114) is a fold-out map showing both the Connecticut shoreline area; and, the Hadley area of Massachusetts; Plate V (p.126) is a street map of a section of New Haven; Plate VI (p.136) is a fold-out plate showing four head and foot stones; Plate VIII (p.202) is a plan of Hadley, Massachusetts and details of Mr. Russels house; and Plate IX (p.345) shows a map of the western towns of Naraganset Bay in Rhode Island. No copies of this title have been seen containing Plate VII. The prevailing opinion being that no such plate was ever produced for inclusion in the title. (Howes, S-999)
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    Stiles, Henry R.:  The History Of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Including East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington 1635-1891. Vols. I and II.  Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891. Third and best edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ in their original dark blue, cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 5/8 by 7 inches. Volume I has a 1/4 inch closed tear to the cloth and underlying board at the upper edge of the front board and the lower for corner of the front board is bumped and weak. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and there are several very short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine of volume II is lightly rubbed as are the tips of the boards. Volume I (History) contains 950 pages including an extensive index of names, a general index, errata page, appendices and 870 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 36 vignettes and plates of maps and images from engravings and 25 facsimile autographs. Note: page 591 is mislabeled "691". Volume II (Genealogies and Biographies) contains 867 pages including an index of names, appendices and 830 pages of text. Illustrated with 62 images from photographs. Howes states that this, the third edition, is the best edition on the subject. (Howes, S1002)
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    Stobart, John:  The World Of Sail And Steam.  Boston: Kensington Publishing, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue, heavy cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An oblong quarto of 12 by 15 3/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author/artist with "All the best wishes" on the title page. 214 pages of text and "nearly 100 full-page color illustrations" of John Stobart's paintings. With an essay about the artist by M. Melissa Wolfe. A beautiful, tight clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Because of its size, additional postage may be required; and, we will not ship this title overseas.
    TB33399  $250.00



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    Stone, William L.:  The Campaign Of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, And The Expedition of Lieut. Col. Barry St. Leger.  Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1877. First Edition. Very good- in its original decorated, blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine with a gilt image of the surrender of Burgoyne to Gates. The front board is decorated with embossed black borders. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 7/8 inches with wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through, the front board is soiled and rubbed at its fore edge, the front hinge was cracked, but has been reinforced professionally; and the rear hinge has been reinforced, and there is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The second free end page is warmly inscribed and signed by the author to John Henry Sarin whose book plate is on the front paste down. 461 pages of text including an index, an extensive appendix (within which is a bibliography) and text. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Burgoyne from an engraving and a fold-out map of the Saratoga battlefield, a facsimile, seven portraits, three plates of locations and four vignettes. (Howes, S-1036; Gephart, 6222; Klein, 307)
    TB32878  $250.00



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    Story, Joseph:  Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States, Before The Adoption Of The Constitution.  Boston and Cambridge: Hilliard, Gray, And Company and Brown, Shattuck, And Co., 1833. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in near fine condition in recent 1/2 calf leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with red and black, gilt stamped title blocks in two compartments and with gilt bands and gilt banding at the edges of the leather on the boards. All three are octavos of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The blank leaves prior to the title pages and at the end of each text block show spots of mild foxing some of which have migrated to the title page and last printed page; otherwise, the contents are remarkably clean and bright. Volume I contains 494 pages; volume II contains 555 pages; and, volume III contains 776 which includes and index for all three volumes. Story was a noted and accomplished attorney, a member of Congress for one term and was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1811. His greatest contribution was this title which is still considered "the standard treatise on the subject" of the Constitution. (Wikipedia) (Howes, S-1047; Sabin, 92291; DAB,IX p102-108) A particularly handsome set whose importance to the study of the Constitution is as important as The Federalist.
    TB32375  $11500.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly.  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition , second printing. Both small octavo volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in original light brown cloth covered boards with off-white end sheets, blind embossing around the edges of each board with a gilt embossing in the center of each front board with gilt text and blind embossing on the spines. The fly title pages for both volumes are lacking and both volumes have an obvious lean to the spines. Both volumes are from the Tenth Thousandth (second printing) series. The first printing of this landmark book occurred on March 20, 1852. Per BAL by April 1, 1852 a second printing of ten thousand copies had been produced which was followed by a third printing of fifty thousand copies which sold out in only 8 weeks by mid-May of 1852. A worthy, matched set of one of the most important books of the 19th century. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Hammatt Billings. (BAL 19343; Printing and The Mind of Man, 332)
    TB32315  $1700.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly (Illustrated Edition).  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1853. First Illustrated Edition Complete in One Volume. Very near fine in 1/2 black morocco leather and brown pebbled cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work surrounding the raised bands and gilt text in one of the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing on the recto of the frontispiece and a 1 1/2 inch circular dampness stain on that recto and on the verso side and the facing page which appears faintly on the title page. The first two pages of the text have been reinforced on their fore edges as has the last page of the text. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. There are no prior ownership markings or book plates. 560 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of the author and a second frontispiece of Eva with approximately 114 steel engravings as chapter headings, chapter endings and vignettes from Hammatt Billings' original art and engraved by Baker and Smith. (BAL, 19527)
    TB33143  $650.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents Upon Which The Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work..  Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853. First Edition, First printing. Very good in its original, blind stamped black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with light yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn and the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through, Both front and rear joints have splits to the cloth, but are holding. The hinges are sound and tight. The contents are extremely clean and tight with no foxing or tanning. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with one). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A second issue of the first US edition with the printers' imprint of Hobart & Robbins and Damrell & Moore on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412)
    TB33175  $325.00



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    Strachey, William:  The Historie Of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia; Expressing The Cosmographie And Comodities Of The Country, Togither With The Manners And Customs Of The People.  London: Hakluyt Society, 1849. First Edition. Good+ in its original patterned, green cloth covered boards with four simulated raised bands on the spine with gilt text and with a gilt stamped image of 17th century vessel on the front board which is highlighted with blind embossing on both boards. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head and heel spine worn down to the edges of the text block. The spine strip is considerably darker than the cloth on the boards. The upper fore corner of the rear board is chipped by 1/4". The cloth over the joints is heavily worn, the front hinge has been reinforced and the rear hinge has cracked, but the binding is holding with no loose pages or signatures. The contents are modestly foxed at the beginning and end pages, but otherwise clean and free of foxing or tanning. 203 pages including an index, "A Dictionarie of The Indian Language" and text. Illustrated with a facsimile of important signatures,a fold-out map and five plates. "Edited from the original manuscript,in the British Museum by R. Hl Major, of the British Museum." The content of the manuscript and this volume cover a period ranging over 1610, 1611 and 1612. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". As Thomas D. Clark states in his bibliography, Travels in the Old South: "Strachey was the first secretary of the colony of Virginia, Charles M. Andrews calls him 'the first historian of Virgiina.' The book is well written and interesting." (Howes, S-1053; Clark, I,157))
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    Swanson, Claude A.:  Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France.  Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1935 to 1938. First Edition. All seven volumes are in near fine condition in black paper covered boards textured to appear as leather with gilt text stampings on the spines. All are small quartos measuring 9 1/8 by 5 3/4 inches with each containing 600 to 700 pages of exacting detail of men, ships, provisioning, extracts from journals and ship's logs, maps and illustrations. A number of the volumes have minor bumps to the tips of the boards and one shows foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Laid in at the front of Volume III is a one page "circular" ad for the anticipated publication of Vol. IV. Vol. I (Feb. 1797-Oct. 1798) contains 654 pages including an index, text and illustrated with two fold-out maps and all plates as specified. Vol. II contains 624 pages including an index and is illustrated with all plates and two fold-out maps. Vol. III contains 657 pages with an index and is illustrated with one facsimile, all plates and two fold-out maps. Vol. IV (which shows foxing to the fore edge of the text block) contains 676 pages with an index and is illustrated with all plates and two fold-out maps. Vol. V (Jan 1800-May 1800) contains 675 pages including an index and is illustrated with all 7 plates and three fold-out maps. Vol. VI contains 671 pages including an index and is illustrated with a fold-out accounting of vessels taken and re-taken, one fold-out map and all 10 plates. And, vol. VII contains 596 pages including an index and is illustrated with one fold-out map and all 9 plates. An outstanding set of little known US Naval history which started from a diplomatic misunderstanding between the United States and France of 1798-1800. France, without a declaration of war, authorized its navy to seize American merchant vessels. In response in early 1798 the US allowed its merchant marine to repel any such French seizures and authorized its then small navy to take all armed French vessels caught on our coasts. The matter was not settled until September, 1800 with the Convention of Peace, Commerce and Navigation".
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    The American Historical Company, Inc.:  Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America.  New York: The American Historical Company, Inc., 1961. Revised Edition. Very good+ in 3/4 black leather and purple cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt decorations on the spine. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 8 7/8 inches with light rubbing to the leather over the tips of the boards and joints and with the leather over the upper rear board tip worn through to expose the underlying board. Without a dust jacket. 670 pages including an extensive index. Illustrated with photographic reproductions and coats of arms. "A collection of genealogical studies, completely documented, and appropriately illustrated, bearing upon notable early American lines and their collateral connections." (from title page) A very handsome, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29444  $300.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers.  Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe And Company, 1849. First Edition, First and only Printing. Very good- in its original, light brown, wavy cloth covered boards blind stamped with a five-rule border on both boards. This copy has been professionally rebacked preserving the majority of the original spine strip and retaining the original end sheets. A small octavo of 7 13/16 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the fore edges of the boards and in sections along the upper and lower edges of the boards. The front hinge is starting and there are occasional marginal pencil marks in the text. Heavy erasures of the front and rear most end sheets have also caused two small holes in those pages. There is a minor tanning to the interior of the facing pages 112 and 113 perhaps from two small leaves having been pressed within the book. Lastly, the page announcing the imminent publication of Walden is missing a 1 1/2 inch chip from its upper fore corner. That chip has no impact on the printed text on that page. 413 pages of text followed by a one page announcement stating Walden "will soon be published". It is important to note that due to a printer's error the last three lines of page 396 are missing. Those lines have been written out in pencil perhaps by the author or the author's sister as indicated in both BAL and Borst. The printer's errors on page 120 and 139 have not been either noted or corrected. This was Thoreau's first book, which he had to pay for to get published. Unfortunately, it did not sell well. From bibliographic sources, we infer that this copy is most likely one of the 256 bound, unsold copies returned to Thoreau in October 1853 by the publisher. In 1862 Ticknor and Fields purchased 145 bound copies and the 450 unbound sheets from Thoreau. During the intervening years Thoreau either gave away or sold 111 of the bound copies. In that time Thoreau discovered the missing lines on page 396. In some of those bound copies either Thoreau or his sister, Sophia Thoreau, and an unknown third individual added the missing lines on the lower portion of that page in pencil. Expert opinion indicates that this handwriting is not that of either Thoreau or his sister. (BAL 20104; Borst A1.1.a1; Howes T-220)
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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Walden; Or, Life In The Woods (Fifth Printing).  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1865. Fifth Printing. Very good+ in its original, light brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 4 3/8 inches with a number of tears and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the tips of the boards has been worn through. The front and rear joints have been professionally reinforced. The front hinge has started, but remains strong. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page. There is a water mark at the top edge of the text block near the spine, but there is no sign of dampness on any margins below that stain. The last 37 pages of the book show a small water stain in the margin of the upper fore corner of those pages. A small closed tear to the fore edge of page 241 has been repaired with archival tape. Gray end sheets with 357 numbered pages of text followed by 21 numbered pages of publisher's ads dated September, 1865 and those are followed by 3 un-numbered pages. The book is contained within a fine, cloth covered slip case of a color in harmony with the cloth covers of the book. Illustrated with an engraving on the title page and Thoreau's map of Walden Pond facing page 307. This reprint of a classic of American literature only saw 500 copies printed. (BAL, 20106; Borst, A2.1.e)
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    Thoreau, Henry David:  The Maine Woods.  Boston: Tickner And Fields, 1864. Second Edition. Very good in brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with decorative blind stamping on the boards with the spine decorated with a gilt wreath and gilt text which is worn and fading. A 12mo measuring 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with coated brown end sheets with the cloth over the joints worn in several areas and at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through. The last half of the text block shows a very faint dampness stain to the upper fore corner in the margins. The hinges, joints and the contents are sound and tight. 328 pages including an appendix. This edition was not bound with the publisher's catalog. The page facing the title page shows a list of Thoreau's books published by Ticknor And Fields with the sizes of each book listed. One of only 500 copies of the second edition printed. (BAL, 20113; Borst, A4.1.b)
    TB33150  $750.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Excursions.  Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition. Very good+ in the publisher's original dark green sawtooth cloth covered boards with copper colored text and decorations and text on the spine, blind embossed borders with a blind stamped wreath on both boards and brown coated end papers. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn in small spots. An early prior owner's name is in ink on the verso of the first free end page which is duplicated, in pencil, but upside down, on the last fixed end sheet. As is typically seen the frontispiece portrait of Thoreau shows light spots of foxing which have bled through the facing tissue guard to the title page. The contents are otherwise predominantly free of foxing and tanning. 319 pages of text the first 29 pages of which is a biographical sketch of Thoreau written by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. The first edition of this title consisted of only 1,500 bound copies of 1,558 printed. It was the first of his books to carry an image (an engraved frontispiece) of the author. (BAL 20111; Borst A3.1.a)
    TB29397  $675.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Winter: From The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888 (c1887). First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in its original green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt embossed facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and black coated end papers. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine iss lightly rubbed as is the cloth at the upper and lower tips of the boards. Page 207/208 has a hole at the spine edge of the text about 1/2 way down the page of approximately 3/8" in diameter. On the front paste down is a very handsome, one inch square, black leather book plate of Burton Currie. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are free of any tanning or foxing. Edited by H. G. O. Blake. 439 pages including an index followed by a 14 page advertisement from Houghton Mifflin. This was the third of Thoreau's "four seasons" which followed Early Spring and Summer. Published records indicate that only 1,550 copies of the first printing of this title were produced making this a very uncommon title in highly collectable condition. (BAL, 20129; Borst, A.10.1a)
    TB29387  $300.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Men of Concord.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Illustrated Edition. Fine in bright green cloth covered boards with a silver on black title block on the spine with illustrated end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the cloth at the heel of the spine very slightly rubbed. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket (no price) with 1/16 inch deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area which is tanned and slight tanning around the outside edges of the panels with small nicks at the corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. This is a review copy with the publisher's review card laid-in at the front of the book. Illustrated with ten full color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Edited and with an introduction by F. H. Allen. A very handsome copy of a very uncommon title with no prior owner's marks, names or bookplates. 255 pages including an index. (BAL 20252)
    TB30937  $300.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  Cape Cod.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. First Edition. Both volumes in this two volume set are in near fine condition in decorated olive cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text stamping on the spines and on the front boards and with the top edges of the text blocks in gilt. The upper ends of purple placement ribbons are sewn-in at the heads of the spines. The hinges and joints for both volumes are tight and strong, the pages are neat and clean and there are no names, dates, or gift inscriptions. The cloth on the spines is very slightly faded to a warm light tan color as are the outside edges of the boards. This is the illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic work with wonderful, small color drawings by Amelia M.Watson in the margins scattered throughout the text of both volumes. The covers of these two volumes represent a fine example of the decorative book cover work performed by Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842-1904). Overall, a very handsome and collectable set of one of Thoreau's most enjoyable works. (BAL 20192; Borst, A5.3)
    TB33117  $250.00



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    Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]:  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).  New York: Charles L. Webster And Company, 1885. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in the publisher's original decorated green cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block and gilt text on the spine and gilt and black decorations and text on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn down to the edged of the text block (with professional repairs made to these flaws with cloth inserted and colored to match the original backstrip). The front and rear hinges were beginning to crack, but have both been professionally reinforced. The text block is tight and complete with no foxing, tanning or soiling. This volume is a first printing mixed state of the first edition as the title-leaf, with an 1884 copyright date, is not a cancel indicating a third state. On page [9] under "Chapter VI" the reading is "Huck Decided to Leave." On page 13 the illustration "Him and Another Man" is listed as being on page 88 where in this case the illustration appears on page 87 (first state). The 11th line from the bottom of page 57 reads "with the was" (first state). The final number 5 on page 155 appears as a larger numeral than the first two numbers (third state). And, finally page 161 lacks the signature mark (first state). The tipped-in frontispiece, by the Heliotype Printing Co., bust of Twain shows the drape over the pedestal, but that fact has no relation to any printing. Considered to be Mark Twain's masterpiece and for generations known as a true American classic this is a very pleasing copy without the typical damage seen in so many worn-out bindings. (BAL 3415; MacDonnell, Firsts Magazine Sept. 1998; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 75-76; McBride, pp. 92-121)
    TB32394  $2750.00



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    Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]:  The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the comedy Those Extraordinary Twins.  Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Book Form Edition, first state. Very good+ in the publisher's original decorated brown cloth covered boards with black decorations and gilt text on the spine and front board with tan-gray end sheets. The cloth at the head, heel and tips of the boards is rubbed and lightly worn with a prior owner's small book plate on the front paste down and with an earlier prior owner's name written in ink on the first free end page along with several stray ink marks. At the top of the front paste down the original owner has written a date of "6/ /95" in ink. Without a dust jacket. This is the first state of the first edition as evidenced by the bulk of the text block measuring 1 1/8" and with the frontispiece tipped-in and with the facsimile signature of Twain measuring 1 7/16" wide on the frontispiece. (BAL 3442 & McBride p. 170) 432 pages of text with marginal line art illustrations throughout. First published in the Century Magazine of December, 1893 to June, 1894. Overall, an extremely handsome and clean copy.
    TB32181  $375.00



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    Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1876. First Edition, First Issue. Very good in its original, very uncommon, light brown, full sheepskin binding with four raised bands on the spine and with a dark brown leather title label stamped in gilt in one of the compartments and with gilt rules on either side of the raised bands. An octavo of 8 by 6 3/8 inches with light wear and rubbing to all edges with the leather barely worn through over the upper front board tip and the lower rear board tip. There is a dampness stain to the upper fore corner of the fly title page. Pages 65/66 and 77/78 have two inch closed tears to their fore edges which have both been professionally repaired. Strangely, the first free end page appears to be a cancel. Both front and rear hinges are cracked, but the binding is holding and remains tight. The contents are tight and show extensive spots of foxing and hand soiling throughout. According to Merle Johnson the first state of this title shows the word "The" on the fly title page as being only 1/8 inch high. For this copy that is the case. The fly title page is on its own leaf and the pages are printed on wove paper. 274 pages of text followed by an unnumbered conclusion page with no ads from the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving and chapter headings and vignettes throughout. The recto of the forntis is blank. This copy is protected within an elegant clamshell box which is fully covered in leather with beveled edges and a rounded spine with five raised bands with gilt text stamping in three compartments. (BAL, 3369; Johnson, p27)
    TB32288  $7500.00



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    Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First Edition, First Issue. Very good+ in its original, staple bound, decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine together with with a black illustration of Huck climbing through a window and with gilt text stamped on the front board with silhouettes of five boys and an elderly lady about to whack Huck with her umbrella. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 7/8 inches with printed end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and lightly worn. The cloth on the spine is slightly darkened. The cloth at the tips of the boards is worn and rubbed. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. The contents are bright and free of damage and foxing or tanning. This is the very unusual and uncommon copy of a staple bound version of the first, true edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which was first published in England about four months before the first American edition was offer for sale. 438 pages of text followed by 32 pages of ads by the publisher dated October of 1884. Illustrated with 174 line drawings from engravings by E. W. Kemble. (BAL, 3414; McBride, p113)
    TB32289  $2250.00



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    Tytler, James:  A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever.  Salem (Mass.): B. B. Macanulty, 1799. First Edition, First printing. Very good with a recent, very attractive 1/4 leather spine with what appear to be very early marbled paper covered boards and new end sheets. The pages of the text block are uniformly tanned with occasional spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. Published according to act of Congress. 568 pages of text including a 23 page appendix. The book is in three parts. Part I contains 370 pages which is devoted to The Plague. Part II runs from pages 371 to 544 and it is devoted to Yellow Fever. The third part is the 23 page appendix "containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War: at Constatntinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720; &c." Lacking the errata sheet at the end of the text and the folding table. (Evans, 36465)
    TB21273  $400.00




  • Unknown artist:  A Plan of the River St. Lawrence, from the Falls of Montmorenci to Sillery; with the Operations of the Siege of Quebec.  London: London Magazine, 1760. . A fine, uncolored map measuring 6 7/8 by 9 1/2 inches, professionally matted and framed. The outside measurements of the frame are 15 3/8 by 17 1/4 inches. The map is extremely detailed showing lines of fire on Quebec from the southern shore of the St. Lawrence, fleet locations for Admiral Homes' Division, Admiral Suanders' Division, General Wolfe's incampment as well as the French incampments. In the upper corner of the map is an inset titled "A Plan of the Action Gained by the English near Quebec, Sep. 13, 1759". Printed for the London Magazine.
    TB29122  $300.00



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    Various Authors:  The Washingtoniana: Containing A Biographical Sketch Of The Late Gen. George Washington, With Various Outlines Of His Character.  Baltimore: Samuel Sower, 1800. First Edition, First Issue. Recently rebound in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 4 inches with new end sheets. The contents are uniformly tanned with only occasional spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 298 pages (the pagination conforms to Howe's U.S.Iana 7-258 271-298) followed by six pages of "subscriber's names". Illustrated with a frontispiece of Washington from an engraving by Tanner. This copy conforms to Sabin's statement in his bibliography regarding the first issue of this title: "At the foot of the last page of the first issue listed: "The list of subscriber's [sic] names for Easton, and parts of Ann Arundel, &c is not come to hand." (Howes W-151; Sabin, 101900)
    TB32257  $700.00



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    Various Authors:  Homes Of American Statesmen: Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches.  New York: G. P. Putnam And Co., 1854. First Edition. Very good in 1/2 black leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with faded gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments and double gilt borders on the boards with the edges of the text block marbled and with marbled end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 3/4 inches with the leather rubbed and worn at the head and heel of the spine as well as over the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. With the exception of tanning to the engraved title page (a result of offsetting from the frontispiece even thought there it was interleaved) the contents are clean and free of foxing and tanning. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. 469 pages of text followed by a fold-out facsimile letter. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph (more on that in a moment) with images throughout from wood engravings and facsimiles of correspondence. The frontispiece represents an early application of using a photograph to illustrate a book. In this case beneath the image in pencil is written: "Hancock House Boston: An Original Sun Picture" which refers to an early form of transferring a photograph to paper. The image was cut out and pasted to the leaf facing the engraved title page.
    TB32252  $450.00



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    [Vizetelly, Henry]:  Christmas With The Poets: A Collection Of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating To The Festival Of Christmas.  London: David Bogue, 1851. First Edition. Near fine in its original Victorian full dark brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with black stamped rules and gilt text in the compartments and elaborate black stamped embossing on the boards. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with the edges of the text block gilt and with gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins.and marbled end sheets. Missing from the book is the engraved title page as it appears to have not been bound-in to begin with. The contents are tightly bound-in and the entire text is extremely neat and clean without any prior owenship markings. 187 pages each decorated with a gold border around the print. This is a major anthology of Christmas songs and poems that begins with Anglo-Norman songs and ends with contemporary poets, with full explanatory notes of each piece, providing their histories and textual source all in context of evolving Christmas customs at different periods. This title includes works by Shakespeare, Jonson, Wither, Thorn, Cowper, Scott, Shelley, Wordsowrth, Thackeray and Tennyson. The engraved plates and vignettes are from illustrations by Birket Foster which were engraved by Vizetelly. Many of the plates and vignettes are tinted. Very scarce title in first edition in a beautiful example of a Victorian full leather binding.
    TB31613  $350.00



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    Walton, Isaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.  Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1889. Limited Edition. Both volumes of the this two volume set are in near fine condition in 3/4 light brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt tool work and gilt text in the six compartments. The end sheets are of a matching marbled paper. One of only 500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 5 on the copyright page. With an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of the authors and etchings throughout by Halrow, Absalon and Inskipp as well as vignette engravings within the texts. 455 pages followed by an index. An extremely beautiful set with no prior ownership markings or book plates.
    TB28545  $350.00



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    Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing.  London: L. A. Lewis, 1839. Reprint of Third Edition of 1835. Very good+ in 3/4 green morocco leather with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two compartments and gilt fish in the remaining compartments and with gilt borders on the leather surrounding the marbled paper and matching marbled end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches with two prior owner's book plates on the front paste down. The leather at the joints is rubbed and slightly worn. The hinges remain tight and strong. The contents are clean, free of foxing and tanning. 396 pages including an index, notes and a section called the "Laws of Angling". Illustrated with 15 plates after drawings by Wale and Ryland, each separated by tissue guards; and 67 vignettes from wood-cuts scattered throughout as well as head and tail pieces. As stated in Arold Wood's: A Bibliography Of The Complete Angler, "This edition is a reprint of Major's third edition." (Wood, p.66-67)
    TB32955  $250.00



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    Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton:  The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish And Fishing..  London: Samuel Bagster, 1808. Seventh Edition. Very good in contemporary full,diced patterned leather covered boards with a gilt title on the spine and gilt borders around the edges of the boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4' by 5 1/2" with a reinforced front joint and hinge (which is reverseable) with a number of leather pieces missing from the spine. 511 pages including an index, appendices, and, "A Short Discourse By Way of Postscript, Touching The Laws of Angling" Illustrated with a frontispiece of Walton, Cotton and Sir John Hawkins together with numerous engravings within the text and 16 plates (two of which are music scores).
    TB27854  $225.00



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    Walton, Isaac, Charles Cotton and Sir John Hawkins:  The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing: In Two Parts. The First Part Written By Mr. Isaac Walton, The Second By Charles Cotton, Esq, with The Lives Of The Authors, and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory by Sir John Hawkins..  London: F. and C. Rivington and others, 1797. Sixth Edition with Additions. Very good+ in full medium brown diced calf with a professional reback of the spine upon which has been placed a gilt on red leather spine label and gilt tooling. The front and rear boards have contemporary diced leather within a gilt double border. The end sheets are contemporary marbled paper. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 5/8 inches lacking the 1/2 title page as is typical with this title. The tips of both boards have been bumped with the leather worn through to the underlying material. Part I of the book contains The Life of Mr. Isaac Walton in lxxvi (76) pages followed by Walton's The Complete Angler containing 262 pages, a page of explanation and three plates of illustrations as well as two music plates facing pages 204 and 262. Part II of the book contains Some Account of the Life and Writings of Charles Cotton, Esq. xxxii (32) pages; followed by Part II of The Complete Angler of 111 pages after which is an index. Although titled "Sixth Edition" this is actually the seventh "Hawkins" edition. (Wood, A Bibliography of The Complete Angler, p.32; Thacher, p.540)
    TB28494  $450.00



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    Ward, Lynd:  Madman's Drum.  New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Inc., (1930). Second Printing of November 1930. Very good in black cloth covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. An octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the spine label tanned, the lower edge of the boards and backstrip show a faint waiter mark which did not penetrate into the end sheets and there are two dents in the middle of the fore edge of the front board. In a good, unclipped dust jacket which is well tanned and have a number of shallow chips at the ends of the spine area and the top edge of the front panel. Signed by the author, illustrator on the fly title page. Unpaginated, but with 118 pages. Other than the printed fly title, a publisher's statement, the title page and copyright page this title has no printed works. Instead, it is illustrated with woodcuts on each page performed by Lynd Ward. This is the second of Lynd Ward's six wordless titles.
    TB33409  $350.00



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    Washington, George [James Rivington, Compiler/Editor]:  Epistles Domestic, Confidential, And Official, From General Washington, Written About The Commencement Of The American Contest, When He Entered On The Command Of The Army Of The United States.  New York: James Rivington, 1796. First Edition. Good+ in full, speckled calf covered boards with a gilt on red leather title block on the spine with four double gilt rules on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" by 4 1/2" with a 1/2" chip to the leather at the heel of the spine a 1/8" chip to the leather at the head of the spine light rubbing and wear to the edges of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end page and a second prior owner's name at the upper edge of the title page. Per Howes, "The first seven letters are Tory forgeries previously printed as Letters from General Washington to several of his friends." As pointed out by Sabin, this copy is unique as it holds the inserted letter from Timothy Pickering which copies President Washington's letter of March 3, 1797 disavowing the forged letters noted above. Secondly, the frontispiece portrait of President Washington is engraved by "L. Hill" instead of an engraving by Rollinson which appears in most copies of this title. Finally, as Evans points out, complete copies of this title should have a blank leaf following page xiv. This copy has the blank leaf. 303 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of President Washington. Per Howes, "The first seven letters are Tory forgeries previously printed as Letters from General Washington to several of his friends." Despite these forgeries, Howes considers this title to be "quite scarce". (Howes, W-134; Sabin, 101742; Evans, 30392)
    TB27850  $500.00



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    [Washington Irving]:  The Crayon Miscellany No. 1 Containing A Tour On The Prairies; The Crayon Miscellany No. 2 Containing Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey and The Crayon Miscellany No. 3 Containing Legends of the Conquest of Spain (3 volumes).  Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. All First Editions . All three volumes are in the publisher's original dark green cloth covered boards with the original, paper labels on the spines of No. 1 and No. 2. and with a meticulously accurate reproduction of the paper label on the spine of No. 3. All three are 12mos measuring 7" by 4 1/4" and are all in very good or better condition. No. 1 is a first edition, first state with the sheets bulking to 9/16" without the ads with the synopsis on page 247 showing: "binger of dawn" and the paper spine label is identified as "Label A" and, the catalog (ads at the rear) is identified as "Catalog A" per BAL 10140. It is in very good condition and contains 274 pages followed by a blank leaf and then by 24 pages of ads by the publisher. There is some scuffing to the boards and there is an early prior owner's name written in both ink and pencil on the first free end page. (The penciled signature is followed by a date of "1835". ) The corners of the boards are turned inward and there are spots of foxing throughout. Only 5,000 copies of the first printing were produced making this title fairly uncommon. This was Irving's first book written entirely in the US following his seventeen year stay in Europe. He was worried that Tour of the Prairies was too simple and not strong enough to stand on its own as a book. In January of 1835 he hit upon the idea of publishing it as the first volume in a multi-volume series he would call The Crayon Miscellany. (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original) In this volume he added an opening announcement (billed as an "Advertisement") with the following statement: "The 'Crayon Miscellany' will appear in the numbers, from time to time, as circumstances may permit' and will contain scenes and sketches of life in America and Europe; together with such other themes, both real and imaginary, as may present themselves to the mind of the Author." No. 2 is a first edition in very good+ condition in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with the original paper label on the spine with a minor, narrow abrasion approximately 1/2" long. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 1/4" deep with an early (1898) prior owner's name written in ink on the second free end page. 230 pages of text followed by a blank leaf and 36 pages of ads from the publisher and one final blank leaf and the free end sheet. No. 2, was published six weeks after No. 1, on May 30, 1835. Reportedly, only 5,000 copies were printed. The contents are "Irving's fond tribute to the homes of Walter Scott and Lord Byron." (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original.) It was well received by an adoring American public even winning fond praise from Edgar Allan Poe. No. 3 is also a first edition in very good condition with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and tape marks on the first free end page and with moderate foxing throughout the preliminaries, ads and end sheets as well as light soiling to the rear board. It contains 276 pages followed by eight pages of ads from the publisher. Per BAL 10144 this copy conforms to "Setting A". Like the previous two volumes, the first printing of this title was limited to 5,000 copies. This is the third and final volume in The Crayon Miscellany. A handsome and complete collection of Irving's Crayon Miscellany. (BAL 10140, 10142 & 10144; Langerfeld/Blackburn p. 33)
    TB25992  $700.00



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    Webb, Walter Prescott:  The Texas Rangers A Century of Frontier Defense.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. First Limited Edition. An ex-library copy in near fine condition in 1/4, light brown morocco leather with tan covered boards with a dark blue leather title label stamped with gilt text on the spine. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with very light rubbing to the leather at the head of the spine. The book plate of Jean Hersholt is on the front paste down. (Hersholt was an early Hollywood star his most famous role being in the 1937 film version of Heidi.) The title page is stamped with a library name at the lower margin and the dedication page shows a five digit number and there is the ghost of something removed from the rear paste down. Those are the only library marks in this copy. It does not have a dust jacket as issued; however, it is contained within a new replacement, black. cloth covered slipcase with the original, printed paper title label laid down on its spine with the handwritten number "30". This is one of the 205 signed by the author and numbered limited edition copies. This copy is identified as number 30 on the limitation page. 583 numbered pages including an index, text and illustrated from drawings by Lonnie Rees and with images from black and white photographs. First trade editions of this title in collectible condition are considered quite scarce. Signed, limited editions even more so. Ramon F. Adams in his bibliography Six-Guns and Saddle Leather referred to this title as: "The most thorough work to date on the Rangers." (Adams, 6-Guns 2333, Howes, W195) Laid-in at the front of the book is a book review from the New York Herald Tribune written by Henry Steele Commager.
    TB32210  $1450.00



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    [Webster, Noah]:  The Prompter: or, A Commentary On Common Sayings And Subjects; Which Are Full Of Common Sense, The Best Sense In The World..  Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Charless, 1802. Later Printing. Good in 1/4 leather and marbled paper covered boards. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4 by 4 inches with the text block close to loose within its original boards held on only by the sewing cords which are woven into the boards. The pages are all uniformly tanned and there are two early prior owner's names on the front paste down. Page 23/24 has two small chips from its upper and lower margins which does not impact on any printing. 80 pages of text. (Skeel, 682)
    TB29021  $250.00



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    Wells, Carolyn, and Jessie Willcox Smith:  The Seven Ages of Childhood.  New York: Moffat, Yard And Company, 1909. First Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text stamping and a paper onlay of a child within a gilt circle on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 inches with printed end sheets. The final leaf of text shows a very faint dampness stain to the margins. In a good+ dust jacket with heavy soiling, dampness staining and two chips at the lower edge of the front panel. 56 pages of text illustrated with images by Jessie Willcox Smith on each page plus a color frontispiece and six color plates all by Smith. A very bright, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28593  $300.00



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    West, Dru:  The Secrets Of The West Coast Masters Uncover the Ultimate Techniques for Growing Medical Maijuana.  n.p.: West Coast Masters, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold silver text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 7 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 244 pages of text including 8 pages of ads at the rear of the book. Illustrated throughout from color photographs.
    TB32297  $400.00



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    Whitney, Ellen M., Editor:  The Black Hawk War 1831-1832 (Complete Set).  Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1970. First Edition. All four volumes of this complete set is in very good+ to near find condition in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Each is a octavo of 9 by 6 inchs. Volume I is in very good+ condition with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and blind embossed seal of a prior owner on the title page. Volume II Part I has light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards with the prior owner's blind embossed seal on the title page and is in very good+ condition. Volume II Part !! is in near fine condition as is Volume II Part III and neither volume has the blind embossed seal. Volume I 682 pages including an extensive index and text. Volume II Part I contains 660 pages followed by 10 maps. Volume II Part II contains pages 661 to 1358 followed by maps 11 through 16. And volume II Part III contains pages 1363 to 1541 most of which is dedicated to the index for all four volumes.
    TB33489  $300.00



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    Whymper, Edward:  The Ascent Of The Matterhorn.  London: John Murray, 1880. First Edition. Very good+ in its original, full, black leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt tool work in the other five compartments and blind embossing around the edges of the front and rear boards and the front board has a gilt emblem in its center. The turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles and the end sheets are yellow. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 6 inches with all edges of the text block gilt. The front hinge is cracked. The preliminaries and end pages show spots of foxing. 325 pages followed by two fold-out maps. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving, 15 plates and 91 vignettes throughout from line drawings. The author relates his participation in a team who were the first to climb the Matterhorn in 1865.
    TB32291  $200.00



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    Wilkes, Charles:  Voyage Round The World Embracing The Principal Events Of The Narrative Of The United States Exploring Expedition In One Volume.  Philadelphia: Geo. W. Gorton, 1849. First Edition of the single volume version. Very good in 1/2 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on a dark red leather title label in one compartment and binders devices and black borders in the other compartments. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches with the front joint starting and professionally reinforced with Japanese tissue to prevent further splitting of the joint. The rear joint is fine and both hinges remain strong with no sign of weakness. The first 24 pages show a dampness stain to the lower fore corners. 668 pages of test, Illustrated throughout with 178 vignettes from wood engravings. A handsomely bound volume in brown calf with the edges of the text block marbled to match the marbled paper on the boards and end sheets. Unfortunately this contemporary bound volume lacks a binder's ticket or stamp.
    TB33413  $1000.00



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    Williamson, R. S.:  Report Of Explorations In California For Railroad Routes, To Connect with The Routes Near The 35th And 32nd Parallels Of North Latitude.  Washington, DC: War Department, 1853. First Edition. Very good in its original blind embossed, black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 3/8 by 8 3/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the heel of the spine, a 1/4" closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards and the cloth at the lower edges of the boards is worn through in several areas. The contents are clean, largely free of foxing and tanning and there are no prior ownership markings of any kind. Volume V of Reports Of Explorations And Surveys, To Ascertain The Most Practicable and Economical Route For A Railroad From The Mississippi River The The Pacific Ocean. 370 pages of text followed by ten botany plates, an index of 13 pages, the botanical report by E. Durand and T. C. Higard, 18 plates, and appendices. Illustrated with a frontispiece lithograph, 61 plates (which includes 3 color maps and 8 fold-out charts) and numerous wood engravings within the text.
    TB30196  $300.00



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    [Wimer, James]:  Events In Indian History, Beginning With An Account Of The Origin Of The American Indians, And Early Settlements In North America.  Lancaster, Penn.: G. Hills & Co., 1841. First Edition. Good in a contemporary full leather binding with a gilt on black leather label on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" with rubbing and wear to the leather at the head and heel of the spine and to the edges of the boards. The joints are beginning to show weakness and the front hinge is broken. The first short signature is loose with the folded, engraved frontispiece is missing its folded half. All of the other seven folded, engraved plates have damage caused by tears in the folds or closed tears to the plates in the folded areas. With the exception of the frontispiece none of the plates have missing pieces. Interestingly, there is a very early prior owner's name on the first free end page indicating that the book was "Bot 1842" for a price of $2.25. The book is contained within a recently constructed leather and cloth covered clamshell box with gilt text stamping on the spine. 633 pages of text illustrated with eight folding plates. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Howes, W-548; Ayer, 334)
    TB25849  $300.00



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    Winthrop, John:  A Journal Of The Transactions and Occurrences in the Settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England Colonies, from the year 1630 to 1644.  Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1790. First Edition. Good in full leather (calf) covered boards with scant remnants of the original, gilt stamped spine label. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 4 7/8 with the front joint broken so that the front board is only held on by one sewing cord. The first free end page is loose on which there are notes in pencil. The second free end page has an early prior owner's name in pencil near its top edge. The rear hinge and joint remain tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down with a separate page typed within this copy indicating that the book plate was that of George Richard Minot (1758-1802) whose name has been cut out of the book plate as well as from the upper edge of the title page. The contents are only slightly tanned and largely free of foxing. Overall, the pages are very clean and free of any damage. 364 pages of text followed by four pages of "contents". Both Sabin and Howes report that the "original edition was edited by Noah Webster" and Howes states that copies of this title are considered "quite scarce". John Winthrop (1588-1649) was the first Governor of Massachusetts. He maintained a journal recording events beginning in March, 1630 to 1644 which relate to the history and development of the New England states during that period making this an extremely valuable resource. This title published his journal for the first time. (Howes, W-583; Sabin, 104847; Evans, 23086)
    TB29440  $800.00



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    Wright, Roy V., Editor:  Locomotive Cyclopedia Of American Practice.  New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1925. Seventh Edition of 1925. Very good+ in its original black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed front and rear boards. A thick and heavy quarto of 11 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches with a 1/3 inch closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine, several very short closed tears to the heel of the spine and spots on the lower edges of the boards where the cloth is rubbed through and with a dated "1925" gift inscription on the first free end page. The contents are clean and tight with no foxing, tanning or damage. 1130 pages of text including an index, directory of products and text. Illustrated throughout from images from line drawings and black and white photographs Due to the size and weight of this volume the typical shipping costs we list will be exceeded. We will contact you for additional fees.
    TB32447  $300.00



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    Wyeth, Betsy James, and Andrew Wyeth:  Christina's World: Paintings and Prestudies of Andrew Wyeth.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in yellow-orange buckram covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with blind embossing on the front board and brown end sheets. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 by 13 inches with no faults. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Andrew Wyeth and Betsy James Wyeth on the fly title page. 281 pages including an index of paintings, pre-studies and photographs. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color prints. A stunning beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This copy is still within its original shipping box.
    TB32384  $900.00



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    Young, Stanley P. and Edward A. Goldman:  The Wolves of North America.  Washington, DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in the uncommon, 3/4 bison leather and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with a gilt image of a wolf's head on the front board. The front and rear end sheets have applied to them one page biographies of the two authors. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. The front joint was separated from the backstrip, but has been professionally reinforced to join the backstrip with the front board. The front hinge remains intact. The rear joint and hinge remains tight and strong. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. A limited, presentation copy, one of only 102 copies so produced. The fly title page which is signed, inscribed and dated 1949 by the author to his good friend Dr. Bill Morgan (who was an author and linguist). In his long inscription the author notes that the binding for this particular volume is "buffalo hide" and he mentions the limitation which is not indicated elsewhere in the book. 636 pages including an index, a section of black and white photographs of skulls of North American Wolves, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 131 plates in total from black and white photographs. An extremely unusual and uncommon copy.
    TB24522  $300.00






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