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    Adams, Edward C. L.:  Congaree Sketches Scenes From Negro Life In The Swamps Of The Congaree And Tales By Tad and Scip Of Heaven And Hell With Other Miscellany.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1927. First Edition. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and light orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the black cloth at the heel of the spine worn and rubbed and with soiling to both boards and with a gift inscription on the first end page. The contents are clean, free of foxing and tanning. Without it scarce dust jacket. 116 pages including a word list and text. With an introduction by Paul Green. The University publisher describes this title as follows: "A collection of authentic stories of Negro life in South Carolina....written in excellent dialect, these tales deal with old superstitions the Negro's idea of heaven and hell and those on their way to each, and with the Negro's reaction his relation to the white man." A signed, limited edition preceded the publication of this trade edition.
    TB32822  $50.00




  • Adler, Margot:  Drawing Down the Moon Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today.  New York: The Viking Press, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with metallic blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with one inch closed tear to the rear panel and nicks to the upper fore corner of the front panel. Signed, inscribed and dated "7/18/04" by the author on the title page. 455 pages including an index, chapter note, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white images from photographs.
    TB32850  $165.00



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    Albion, Robert Greenhalgh:  Naval & Maritime History An Annotated Bibliography.  Mystic, Conn: Munson Institute of American Maritime History, 1972. Fourth Revised and Expanded Edition. Near fine in heavy paper wraps. Originally published in 1951 this bibliography is considered the primary source for extensive bibliographic information on maritime and naval history. This is the fourth revised and expanded edition containing 370 pages including an index of authors.
    TB17509  $60.00



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    Allen, Douglas, and Douglas Allen, Jr:  N. C. Wyeth The Collected paintings, Illustrations, and Murals.  New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. Fourth Printing. Fine in deep red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 12 by 9 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. With a forword by Paul Horgan and an introduction by Richard Layton. 335 pages with an index and a bibliographic index, text and over 300 color and black and white illustrations through-out.
    TB32406  $40.00



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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  $275.00



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    Anonymous:  What Santa Claus Gave Me.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1887. . Very good+ in decorated, tan cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4" by 4" with the cloth at the heel of the spine worn through and the front joint just beginning to crack. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated containing approximately 67 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings.
    TB28127  $60.00



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    Author Unknown:  Kriss Kringle And His Brownies.  New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1897. . Good+ in heavy, printed paper wraps over a sewn binding. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches with the fold to the wraps worn and partially torn. There is a faint gift inscription at the upper edge of the front panel Unpaginated. Oddly, the front cover and throughout this title "Kris" is spelled with a double "s" Illustrated with color drawings and six color lithographic plates.
    TB28812  $180.00



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    Author Unknown:  Jolly St. Nick.  New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1906. . Very good+ in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A small quarto measuring 10 3/34 by 8 inches with light soiling to the front and rear covers. A collection of five poems about Santa as follows: Jolly St. Nick; How St. Nick Gets His Mail; St. Nick's Toy Factory; St. Nick Taking A Sly Peep; and, Good Children Are St. Nick's Favorites. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and six full color lithographic plates.
    TB28813  $130.00



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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  $375.00




  • Beeman, Richard R.:  Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor The Forging of American Independence 1774-1776.  New York: Basic Books , (2013). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown paper and tan paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with a slight bump to the head of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 492 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with a section of images from photographs of contemporary works of art.
    TB32839  $35.00



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    Brigham, Clarence S.:  Paul Revere's Engravings.  Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front cover with with minor fading to the cloth at the head of the spine. A quarto measuring 12 1/4 by 9 1/4.inches. In a very good+ dust jacket with chipping to the upper edge of the spine and several closed tear to the upper edges of the panels. 181 pages with index containing 77 plates of the engravings done by Paul Revere.
    TB32396  $85.00



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    Burnett, Frances Hodgson:  The Way to the House of Santa Claus A Christmas story for very small boys in which every reader is the hero of a big Adventure.  New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1916. First Edition. Very near fine in brick red cloth covered boards with color printed paper label on the front board. An oblong octavo of 9 by 12 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and at the lower fore corner of the front board and several minor scratches to the paper label on the front board. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated, but containing 23 printed and or illustrated pages. A book for children intended to be personalized with the name of the child to receive it. In this case the book has received no names or, for that matter, there is no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30363  $150.00




  • Carr, J. Revell:  Seeds of Discontent The Deep Roots Of The American Revolution 1650-1750.  New York: Walker & Company, (2008). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 399 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with images from contemporary works of art and line drawings. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32847  $20.00



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    Cather, Willa:  One of Ours.  No place listed.: No publisher listed, No date. Unstated Edition. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. This title won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Unpaginated containing 19 chapters.
    TB31428  $25.00



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    Chesebrough, Harriet Chapman:  Glimpses of Saybrook In Colonial Days.  n. p. {Old Saybrook, Conn.]: Celebration 3 1/2, 1985. First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with faint foxing to the edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket. 101 pages including bibliographic notes and text. Illustrated with a map and line drawings by Roger Epply.
    TB32820  $20.00



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    Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:  On the Green Carpet.  Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Reprint ?. Near fine in its original light green, cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with soiling to the rear panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author to the "daughter of a great friend" together with a wonderful and delicately drawn, pen and ink image of a humming bird with its bill in a flower.on the third free end page. 277 pages of text illustrated with seven plates from woodcuts and pen and ink drawings by the author. A book on the art of poetry by this Maine author and Pulitzer Prize winning poet told from the basis of seven lectures he gave which includes 20 of his poems not previously published in book form.
    TB32832  $125.00



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    Connecticut Historical Society:  Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume IX and X: Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1755 and 1758-1762.  Hartford, Conn.: Connecticut Historical Society, 1903 & 1905. First Editions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in their original dark brown, cloth covered boards with six, blind embossed bands and gilt text on the spines. Both are small quartos of 9 5/8 by 6 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. Volume IX has a Connecticut State book plate on the front paste down with a handwritten not adding "Conn. Hist. Sve | Hartford". The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning and any damaagge. Without dust jackets and probably as issued. Volume IX contains 354 pages including an index and text. Volume X contains 472 pages including an index and text.
    TB32823  $125.00



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    Connecticut Historical Society:  The Pitkin Papers Correspondence and Documents During William Pitkin's Governorship Of The Colony Of Connecticut 1766-1769.  Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1921. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark brown ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on the boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" with just a hint of rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Contained within Collections Of The Connecticut Historical Society Volume XIX. 311 pages (many of which are unopened) including an index. Many of the letters and documents reprinted within this volume relate to the Colony's reaction to the imposition of the Stamp Act. The source for these letters and documents were the records from the Public Record Office in London and the Trumbull Papers from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
    TB25130  $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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    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  $3600.00



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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  $3500.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt:  The African Roots of War .  Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1915. First appearance. This May, 1915 issue of The Atlantic Monthly is in very good+ condition in printed, light salmon colored paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 3/4 inches with the paper over the spine slightly tanned and chipped by 1/8 inch at the heel and there are two small notes in pencil at the top edge of the front cover. Du Bois' essay: The African Roots of War, runs from pages 707 to 714.
    TB32312  $45.00



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    Evans, C. S.:  Cinderella.  London: William Heinemann, (1919). First Trade Edition. Very good in 1/4 yellow-orange, cloth and printed paper covered boards with black text and designs on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 3/8 inches with the paper cover over the tips of the boards worn through, a prior owner's name and date are written on the front free end sheet, the frontis, title and copyright pages are slightly foxed, the last free end sheet has been roughly removed and the last four pages of text are mildly foxed. Without a dust jacket. 110 pages of text and illustrated with a tipped-in, color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham and black and color silhouettes throughout. (Loker, Chris: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, #69)
    TB31609  $225.00



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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  $5000.00



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    Fitzgerald, F. Scott:  Afternoon of an Author A Selection of Uncollected Stories and Essays.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly tanned and with a 1/8 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. 226 pages of text. A collection of short stories and essays.
    TB32836  $75.00




  • Fleming, Thomas:  The Great Divide.  Boston: Da Capo Press, (2015. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 pink paper and black paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 424 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Subtitled: "The Conflict Between Washington and Jefferson That Defined a Nation". Illustrated with a section of 8 pages of plates with images from contemporary works of art. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32846  $20.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  The Hornblower Companion.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 1" by 7 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch closed tear at the upper fore corner of the spine area which is also slightly tanned. "An Atlas and Personal Commentary on the writing of the Hornblower Saga...." (from the title page). Now becoming quite scarce as only 8,000 copies were printed. The story behind the making of the Hornblower sagas with maps and illustrations by Samuel H. Bryant. 149 pages.
    TB32824  $150.00



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    Fremont, Captain J. [John] C. {Charles]:  Report Of The Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains In The Year 1842 An To Oregon And North California In The Years 1843-'44.  Washington, DC: Senate Of The United States and printed by Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Very near fine in its original black, ribbed cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and blind embossing on the front and rear boards. A small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with foxing to the first 20 pages of the text and the final 14 pages of the text. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 693 pages of text (with 17 unopened leaves). This volume includes the first report: An Exploration Of The Country Lying Between The Missouri River And The Rocky Mountains In The Line Of The Kansas And Great PLatte Rivers.(comprising pages 9 to 101). Illustrated with 2 one-page maps, 22 plates, and 3 fold-out maps including the large map at the rear of the book with the extraction ribbon still in place. This title is considered by Howes in his bibliography USIana, to be "quite scarce". Truly, one of the most important books of Western Americana as it provided a trail map for the great migration of miners of 1849 and settlers to follow. A splendid copy and one bearing the book plate of Louis E. Goodman, the Chief of the Federal Bench of San Francisco. (Howes, F-370; Graff, 1436; Sabin, 25845; Cowan, p223; Streeter, 3131)
    TB32309  $2250.00



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    Frost, Robert:  Steeple Bush.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black background on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth a the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with the original $2.50 price intact on the front flap with the spine area tanned and with tiny chips from the corners of the spine area. A collection of 43 poems containing the following: A Young Birch, One Step Backward Taken, An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box, The Night Light, Were I in Trouble, In the Long Night, A Steeple on the House, The Middleness of the Road, Two Leading Lights, A Cliff Dwelling, It Bids Pretty Fair, The Planners, The Ingenuities of Debt and others. 62 pages of poetry followed by a page of notes. (Crane A30.1)
    TB32833  $85.00



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    Gass, Patrick:  Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1958. Limited Edition Reprint. Fine in burnt orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with a dated gift inscription on the second free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine area and with two shallow (1/16th inch) chips at the lower corners of the spine area. One of only 2,000 copies printed as noted on the front flap of the dust jacket. 315 pages containing the journal kept by Sargeant Patrick Gass, an introduction and illustrated wth a number of black and white images from photographs. The front fixed end paper folds-out to become a highly detailed map of the area covered by the expedition.
    TB32821  $125.00



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    Glenn, John:  P.S. I Listened To Your Heart Beat Letters To John Glenn With Comments by John W. Glenn.  Houston, Texas: World Book Encyclopedia Science Service, (1964). No edition listed. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and ivory cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the ends of the spine area, a 1/2 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel and small nicks to the upper and lower fore edges of the panels over the tips of the boards. Laid-in at the front of the book is a "first day of issue" envelope with a "Project Mercury" stamp affixed and a cancellation stamp from Cape Canaveral dated Feb. 20, 1962. 250 pages of text and a frontispiece of the author from a black and white photograph and facsimiles of 17 letters from many civilians who wrote Senator Glann following his return to earth February 20, 1962.
    TB32407  $100.00



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    Goldstone, Adrian H. and John R. Payne:  John Steinbeck A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Goldstone Collection.  Austin: The University of Texas at Austin, 1974. First Edition. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 1,200 copies printed. 240 pages including an index. The most extensive and best bibliography of John Steinbeck's books and contributions.
    TB32829  $175.00



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    Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison and John Jay:  The Federalist on The New Constitution.  New York: George F. Hopkins, 1802. Second Edition, First Printing. Both volumes of this complete two volume set are in near fine condition in 19th century, full dark brown leather although both volumes have been rebacked in complementary leather and stamped with gilt rules and titled in gilt on two black leather spine labels and with gilt numerals. The original end sheets remain, but the hinges for both have been professionally reinforced. The second free end pages have been signed by an early prior owner. Both are octavos of 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches with edges of the original leather are rubbed along their fore and upper and lower edges and the leather is worn through over the tips of the boards. The end sheets are spotted with foxing as are the title pages and preliminaries through to page v in volume I and page iv in volume II. Pages 316, 317 and the end pages of volume I are foxed and tanned and pages 350, 351 and the last end pages of volume II are foxed and or tanned. Volume I contains 317 pages of text and volume II contains 351 pages of text. The two volumes include all 85 of the original articles published anonymously in 1787 and 1788; the letters of Pacificus (by Hamilton); the Constitution; and, the first eleven amendments. As indicated in the errata at the end of volume I there are two pages of 167 and two of 168. Undoubtedly, one of the most important books within the cannon of American political and historical development. (Howes, H-114; Sabin, 23981) Details from the current owner indicate that one of Hamilton's sons had possession of this set long enough to make very light notes in red (ink?) beneath each essay heading indicating who wrote that particular contribution. Unfortunately, many of these notations are faded and now very difficult to read.
    TB32374  $9500.00




  • Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison and John Jay:  The Federalist.  Washington, DC: Robert B. Luce, Inc., (1976). Bicentennial Edition. Fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/8 by 4 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with light soiling to the rear panel. 620 pages including an index. The subtitle reads: "A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States being A Collection of Essays written in support of the Constitution agreed upon September 17, 1787, by The Federal Convention from the original text of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison". Each essay identifies each author unlike the original volume which did not indicate who wrote which essay. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32844  $45.00



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    Hayes, J. W.:  Tales Of The Sierras.  Portland, Or.: F. W. Baltes and Company, 1905. Lewis and Clark Edition. Very good+ in its original blue cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and with the cloth over the tips of the boards worn through. Without a dust jacket. 136 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph of the author and with line art drawings by John L. Cassidy. A collection of 23 short stories of the Sierra Mountain region. Orginally published in 1900.
    TB32815  $40.00



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    Howes, Wright:  U.S.Iana (1650-1950).  New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1963. Reprint of 1963, Revised and Enlarged Edition. Very near fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth rubbed through over the tips of the boards. The last free end page is marked with two columns of figures in pencil. Without a dust jacket. 652 pages of text. From the title page: "A Selective Bibliography In Which Are Described 11,620 Uncommon And Significant Books Relating To The Continental Portion Of The United States".
    TB32828  $20.00



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    Hudson, Derek:  Arthur Rackham His Life and Work.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1960, 1974. Reprint of 1973. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a black title block with gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with printed end sheets with a purple ink mark on the lower edge of the text block. (This is not a remainder mark.) In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch chip from the upper rear corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area. 181 pages of text including a bibliography, appendices and a listing of "Books illustrated wholly by Arthur Rackham". Illustrated with a color, tipped on frontispiece of Rackham and 33 color tipped-on plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout.
    TB32405  $25.00




  • Hufeland, Otto:  Westchester County During The American Revolution 1775-1783.  n.p.: Self-Published, 1926. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in its original dark green, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. In its original glassine dust jacket which is only in very good- condition with multiple chips and wear. One of only 250 copies printed and signed by the author with this copy identified as number 167 on the limitation page. The errata page is tipped in opposite the limitation page. 473 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a fold-out, frontispiece map and three additional fold-out maps. An extremely clean, handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This is the author's original edition. (Note: Ronald M. Gephart's bibliography: Revolutionary America 1763-1789 in item #1875 (page 178) refers to this same title but a later edition which was published by the Westchester County Historical Society, 1926 Vol. 3, issue xxvii)
    TB32854  $200.00



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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  $500.00




  • Isaacson, Walter:  Benjamin Franklin An American Life.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. 590 pages including an index, chapter notes, bibliography, cast of characters and text. Illustrated with a section of plates of images from contemporary works of art most of which are in color. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32848  $75.00



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    Johnson, Merle:  Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.  New York: Harper & Brothers, c1921. Fourteenth Printing (L-E). Very good+ in 1/2 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and with an illustrated paper label on the front board. The gilt text on the spine is clear and bright, but there are what appear to be five narrow white paint stains on the backstrip. A quarto of 12 1 /8 by 9 inches with the paint stains noted above, with a gift inscription on the first free end page and several scratches on the paper label on the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 247 pages of text and with 36 black and white and color plate illustrations by Howard Pyle together with numerous sketches within the text. Counting the frontispiece there are 12 color plates (two of which are small 3" x 5"). The subtitle reads: "Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson." A handsome copy in very collectable condition with all plates present and in very nice shape.
    TB32378  $80.00



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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  $575.00




  • Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger:  Thomas Jefferson And The Tripoli Pirates The Forgotten War That Changed American History.  New York: Sentinel, (2015). Third Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and blue-green paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 9/16 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 238 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, battle plans and a section of black and white and color reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB32842  $15.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Abaft the Funnel.  New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine area. heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. (Richards; A227 & A232)
    TB32835  $30.00



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    Knesebeck, Herta v. d. Else Wenz-Vietor: Weihnachten.  Gerhard Stalling: Oldenburger, 1932. 222. Tausent. Very good+ in 1/4 red cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with wear and rubbing to the paper and tips of the boards. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents show no damage. Without a dust jacket. The text is entirely in German. Unpaginated, but containing 15 pages of text and illustrations by Else Wenz-Vietor.
    TB30352  $40.00



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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  $400.00




  • Leach, Maria, Editor:  Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology And Legend.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, (1949). First Editions. This complete two volume set is in near fine and fine condition in their original brick red cloth covered bindings with black text and decorations on the spines and front boards with decorations to the rear boards. Both are small quartos of 10 by 7 1/2 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down of each volume. Volume one lacks its issued dust jacket, but volume two is covered in its issued dust jacket which is in very good condition with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and to the folds. Volume one contains 531 pages and volume two contains pages 532 to 1196. Both volumes are first editions.
    TB32853  $95.00




  • Lull, Richard Swann:  Triassic Life Of The Connecticut Valley.  Hartford, Conn.: State Geological and Natural History Society, 1953. Revised Edition of 1953. Very good+ inprinted, heavy blu-gray paper wraps with black text on the spine and front cover. An octavo o 9 by 6 inches with a handwritten not at the top edge of the front cover and a fraternity label on the lower corner of the title page and a prior owner's stamped name and address on the recto side of the rear cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. Bulletin No. 81 of the State Geological And Natural History Survey. 336 pages of text. Illustrated with geologic charts, footprints, line drawings and several black and white images from photographs.
    TB32859  $40.00




  • Macartney, Clarence E.:  Lincoln And His Cabinet.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in its original red-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 5/8 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. 366 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with plates from black and white photographs or engravings. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32845  $45.00



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    McCullough, David:  The Great Bridge.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (1972). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with copper colored text and decorations stamped on the front board and on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. "The epic story of the building of the Broooklyn Bridge." The author's second book. 636 pages with index, text and images from photographs. A very clean and attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32827  $200.00




  • McCullough, David:  John Adams.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Fine in black and brown paper covered boards with elaborate gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. There are no names, dates or inscriptions or any defects to this volume. 751 pages including an index, list of sources, text and illustrated with reproductions of color and black and white contemporary art. Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
    TB32840  $50.00




  • Mead, Spencer P.:  Ye Historie Of Ye Town Of Greenwich.  Harrison, New York: Harbor Hill Books, 1979. Reprint of 1979. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A thick, heavy octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 5/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a tiny chip from the upper edge of the rear panel. 768 pages including indexes for places and subjects and for persons and extensive genealogical references to 57 Greenwich families. Illustrated with black and white images from photographs. A reprint of the original publication of 1911.
    TB32855  $30.00



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    Moore, Clement:  The Night Before Christmas.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1905. First Edition of the Christmas Stocking series. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper cover to the front board bearing an image of Santa about to climb down a chimney. A 48mo measuring 4 by 2 7/8 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the fore edges of the boards. There is a child's first name written at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket most likely as issued. With an introduction by L. Frank Baum. 106 pages of text and illustrations in color followed by four pages of ads for other volumes by Reilly & Britton Co. This is the first volume in The Christmas Stocking Series by Reilly & Britton. An extremely scare early Christmas title.
    TB28502  $200.00



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    Moore, Clement C. Florence Kent: The Santa Claus Book - The Night Before Christmas.  New York: Capitol Publishing Company, Inc., 1947. . A shape book in very good condition in printed paper covered boards bound with a metal spiral binding with the rear board loose from the spiral comb. Although the boards are considerably larger than the pages the contents are 32 mo. of 5 by 9 3/8 inches with a gift inscription on the verso side of the front cover and the number "5513" on the front cover and on the upper corner of the second page. Unpaginated but containing 20 pages counting the inside of the covers. A number of the pages are mounted on heavy binder's boards. Each page is illustrated in bright multiple colors by Florence Kent.
    TB30365  $60.00



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    [Moore, Clement C.] Thomas Nast: Visit of St. Nicholas.  New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. circa 1870. . Very good in printed, heavy paper wraps over what was once a stapled binding, but has been professionally modified to a glued binding strengthened with Japanese tissue guards. A small quarto of 10 5/8 by 9 3/16 inches with the original spine worn down to nothing and with occasional stains around the margins of the covers. 10 printed or illustrated pages counting the inside of the covers with each printed or illustrated page separated by two blank pages. 6 full chromolithographic plates from paintings by Thomas Nast. Nast has depicted this heavy weight Santa wearing a brown suit and fur-ringed cap driving a red sled pulled by 8 reindeer. This is one of the volumes from Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series. The rear cover lists the 36 titles in the series with this title appearing as number 31. An extremely scarce publication. Nast was the artist who popularized, and standardized the image of Santa Claus as we know today. Nast through his artistry was the first to place Santa at his workshop in the North Pole where he worked throughout the year making toys for those children listed as either "naughty or nice". (Marshall, 73)
    TB32497  $1000.00



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    [Moore, Clement C.]:  A Visit From Santa Claus.  New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1898. First Edition. Very good in heavy paper, printed wraps the verso side of which is pasted to a linen page over a double stapled binding. The pages are linen. A small quarto measuring 10 5/8 by 8 1/4 inches with a 1" by 2 1/2 long chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel and similar sized chip from the spine edge of the rear panel. There is also an early gift inscription on the verso side of the front panel. 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.
    TB28716  $225.00



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    [Moore, Clement, C.]:  The Night Before Christmas.  New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1896. . Good+ in heavy, pictorial paper wraps over a stapled binding with all pages mounted on linen. A quarto measuring 12 1/8 by 9 7/8 inches with light wear around the edges of the covers and a crease to the lower corner of the rear cover. Counting the inside of the covers there are 14 pages printed or lithographed in color. The front cover is a color image of Santa's face with a doll in the lower left corner and a trumpet in the upper right corner. Of note is the large double spread of Santa and the reindeer in flight. The illustrator is not identified. (Marshall, 118)
    TB28853  $275.00



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    [Moore, Clement, C.] Illustrated by Tony Sarg: A Great Big Merry Christmas "The Night Before Christmas" As Interpreted by Tony Sarg.  n.p.: B. F. Jay, c1941. . A two-sided, moveable "greeting card" with an internal wheel in near fine condition. The internal wheel is held in place by a grommet. A folio measuring 13 1/2 by 11 inches with a bump to the lower left corner. The internal printed wheel can be turned to reveal portions of the poem: The Night Before Christmas in two windows on either side of the card. Additionally, pictures change behind the multiple sets of hinged windows on both sides of this very clever device. The color lithographs are by Tony Sarg. A very clean and handsome copy. (Marshall, 364)
    TB29571  $200.00




  • Morison, Samuel Eliot:  John Paul Jones A Sailor's Biography.  Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1959. Second Printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on a blue title background on the spine and with a gilt decoration of a sailing ship on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area with no chips or tears. Morison won a Pulitzer Prize for biography for this title in 1959. 453 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices, text. Illustrated with a frontispiece image of Jones' bust from a photograph and with 15 plates with images from contemporary works of art and from photographs as well as maps and charts.
    TB32843  $60.00



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    Morris, Edmund:  The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.  New York: Coward, McCann Geoghegan, Inc., (1979). First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A thick octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with no flaws,chips, closed tears or stains from spilled milk. The author won a Pulitzer Prize for this outstanding biography of Theodore Roosevelt. 886 pages including an index, chapter notes, bibliography, text and illustrated from 39 black and white photographs. A beautiful and extremely collectable, first edition copy of this monumental biography with no, absolutely no, prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32831  $250.00



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    Pitz, Henry C.:  Howard Pyle.  New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1975. First Clarkson Potter Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with blind embossing on the front board & gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 12 by 8 7/8 inches with no faults. In a fine jacket with the $25.00 price on the front flap. Sub-titled: "Writer, illustrator, founder of the Brandywine School." 248 pages with index, text, 39 color illustrations and 165 black and white illustrations. A beautiful copy in a bright and colorful jacket with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32379  $65.00




  • Ransom, Stanley A., compiler:  History of Hartland The 69th Town in The Colony of Connecticut.  Hartland, Conn.: The Hartland Bi-Centennial Committee, (1961). First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in dark blue, leather like, cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with map end sheets of the town showing locations of each home on all roads. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with 1/2 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area, 1/4 chips at the lower edge of the same and chips at the fore corners of the panels. There is a handwritten notation at the lower fore corner of the front panel with reference to Consider Tiffany on a given page. One of only 600 copies printed with this copy signed and dated in 1968 by the author to prior owner, Thomas G. Tiffany. 189 pages including appendices of marriages in the town and town officers, and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white images from earlier works of art and photographs. Laid-in at the front of this copy are a number of letters and information about Comfort Tiffany one of the early settlers of the town and descendent of the prior owner.
    TB32857  $65.00



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    Rockwell, George L.:  The History of Ridgefield Connecticut.  Ridgefield, Conn.: Self-Published, 1927. First Edition. A presentation copy in near fine condition in full, brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in three compartments and gilt borders and gilt title on the front board and with the top edges the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with the rear board retaining most of the original green color, but with the spine and and front board faded to a warm brown and there is a p prior owner's book plate on the first free end pages and with two penciled marginal notations in the appendix. Without a dust jacket. On the verso of the first free end page the author has written a warm, dated (May 31, 1929) inscription to possibly a relative. 583 pages including an index, appendices, records of vital statistics for Ridgefield from 1706 and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs. This title carries a chapter describing in detail the British attack on Danbury from Compo Beach in Westport where the British landed.
    TB32819  $175.00



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    Rogers, Ernest E.:  Connecticut's Naval Office at New London During the War of the American Revolution.  New London: Private Printing, 1933. First Edition. Fine in dark blue ribbed cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the front board and on the spine with decorated end sheets and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 750 copies printed. 358 pages including an index of vessels, an index of names, bibliography, and illustrated with 27 images from photographs. The volume includes the merchantile letter book of Nathiel Shaw (1735-1782) who was a naval agent and Connecticut merchant. (Gephart, 14416)
    TB32826  $65.00



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    Schiff, Stacy:  The Revolutionary Samuel Adams.  Boston: Little, Brown And Company, (2022). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 421 pages including illustration credits, index, bibliography, extensive end notes and text. Illustrated with a section of color and black and white images of earlier works of art and from photographs. Adams was the first to give voice to the idea of independence from Great Britain. He made an annual recognition to the Boston Massacre; he orchestrated the Boston Tea Party yet he could never be directly linked with any mischief he created.
    TB32809  $35.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Our Vanishing Landscape.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1955. Second Printing. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 7 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the front panel. Signed and inscribed with a sketch of a covered bridge and "to Herbert Thoms" and dated "1964" on the first free end page. 107 pages of text and drawings by the author depicting the charms hat once graced the landscape of the US during the 1800's and later. The author's underlying theme with this book is his belief that farms and farmers were not only the pioneers of this country; but, created the foundation of the American countryside. In his richly illustrated tour of the American landscape of the mid-1800's he provides extensive graphic detail of farm houses and barns, out-buildings serving the farming family, gates, fences, toll houses, mills, canals and the boats used in them, milestones, devices and tools used to repair roads, plank roads, covered bridges, sleighs, sleds and snow rollers, road signs, taverns, inns, churches and then followed by an eight page "little gallery of sketches from the Vanishing Landscape".
    TB32825  $175.00



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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  $275.00



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    Smith, Walter E.:  Charles Dickens In The Original Cloth Part II: The Christmas Book and Selected Secondary Works.  Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1983. First Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 11 3/4" tall by 8" deep containing 95 pages of text. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with several small scuff marks near the lower fore corner of the front panel. Illustrated with photographs of the bindings and title pages of Dicken's first editions. A bibliographical catalogue of the first appearance of his writings in book form in England with photographs of the bindings, title pages, and other relevant data.
    TB32404  $60.00



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    Smith, Eleanor Houston:  Four Letters On The Death Of Alexander Hamilton 1804 Found in the Papers of William Meredith of Philadelphia.  n.p.: Privately Printed, 1980. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 8 3/8 inches with a tiny bit of rubbing to the marbled paper at the lower edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 200 copies printed. 16 pages of text and facsimile reproductions. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Alexander Hamilton from a photograph of his portrait in the White House.
    TB32837  $40.00



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    South, Theophilus [Chitty, Edward]:  The Illustrated Fly-Fisher's Text Book: A Complete Guide To the Science Of Fly-Fishing For Salmon, Trout, Grayling, &c.  London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. First Edition. Very good+ in 3/4 morocco leather and green pebbled cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two dark red leather text labels in two of the compartments and with gilt fly fishing motifs in the remaining compartments. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders and binder's devices. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Also, a recent repair was performed to strengthen the front joint and front hinge. The rear hinge is cracked. 231 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page and the ten engraved plates enumerated on the printed portion of the Embellishments page. Additionally, in a careful hand at the lower half of the Embellishments page, seven additional plates are listed all of which are present.
    TB27864  $300.00



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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  $13000.00



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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  $1800.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Walden; Or, Life In The Woods.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1854. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original vertically ribbed, brown cloth with blind embossing on both boards and blind embossed bands on the spine which is also decorated with gilt lettering. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 4 3/8 inches with several closed tears to the head and heel of the spine which have been professionally repaired on the reverse side of the headcap. There are two, small black ink marks on the upper corner of the front board and there is an early prior owner's name, date of "Sept. 21st 1855" and location of Worcester (Massachusetts) on the first free end page. Pages 263 through 350 have a light dampness stain in the upper margins none of which impact on the printing. The cloth at the lower tips of the boards is worn through. The joints and hinges are tight and strong and there are no pages loose or ragged. Vary pale yellow end sheets with 357 numbered pages of text followed by eight pages of publisher's ads dated May, 1854 sewn between the rear end sheet. 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 classic of American literature only saw 2,000 first edition copies printed. (BAL, 20106; Borst, A2.1.a)
    TB29350  $8500.00



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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)
    TB29389  $7500.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  A Yankee In Canada With Anti-Slavery And Reform Papers.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1866. First Edition. Very near fine with an expertly rebacked spine with the original back strip laid-down with all of the original gilt text. The boards are covered with the original, wavy brown cloth with blind embossed borders and blind stamped wreath on both boards. This is the "A" binding as defined by BAL. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with the front and rear hinges professionally reinforced with Japanese tissue and preserving the original end sheets. The contents are clean and bright with no staining, foxing or tanning and with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Housed in a fine black paper covered slip case. The first 78 pages are devoted to A Yankee In Canada. That text is followed by 286 pages of text covering Thoreau's essays on Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. One of only 1,546 copies printed. (BAL, 20116; Borst, A.7.1a)
    TB29396  $800.00



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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  $725.00



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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  $320.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  Early Spring In Massachusetts From The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, c1881. Early Reprint. Very good in its original green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, a gilt stamped facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and black end papers with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with two short closed tears to the cloth at the heel of the spine, light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with an early prior owner's name and date on the second free end page. The contents are exceptionally clean and bright with no signs of tanning or foxing. There are several, minor marginal notes in pencil on pages 42, 194 and 310. This was the first of the four "seasons" to be published. Only 1,024 copies of the first edition were printed. A collectible, clean and tight copy with no weakness to the hinges or joints. Extremely scarce in first edition. 318 pages of text. (BAL 20123; Borst, A8.1.a)
    TB29385  $165.00




  • Todd, Charles Burr:  In Olde Connecticut Being A Record of Quaint, Curious And Romantic Happenings There in Colonie Times and Later.  New York: The Grafton Press, (1906). Second Printing. Very good+ in its original, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on its spine. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and with a small prior owner's stamped name on the end sheets. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 244 pages including four pages of the publisher's other printings which were bound-in up-side-down. With chapters dealing with the Burr Mansion in Fairfield; the British attach on Fairfield; whaleboat privateersmen; Saybrook and Guilford; Killingworth; New London; Groton and Mystic; Fisher's Island; Windham and it frogs; Lebanon and Jonathan Trumbull; Mount Tom, a haunted hill; Revolutionary Newgate prison; Connecticut's Declaration of Independence; Ancient Litchfield; mining in Connecticut; Pequot Indians; Greenfield Hill in Fairfield; Beginnings of a Great Railroad; and, The Probate Judge and the Town Clerk.
    TB32858  $30.00



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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  $8500.00



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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  $2500.00



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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




  • Waite, Arthur Edward:  The Book of Ceremonial Magic Including The Rites And Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy, sorcery And Infernal Necromancy.  New York: Bell Publishing Company, (1969). First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a chip from the lower fore corner of the rear panel. 337 pages of text. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. This title is is based on the publication of 1889 titled Clavicula Salononis, or the Key of Solomon the King.
    TB32849  $75.00



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    Ward, R. Gerard:  American Activities in the Central Pacific 1790-1870 (Vols 1 -8 Complete Set) A history, geography and ethnolgraphy pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers etc..  Ridgewood, New Jersey: The Gregg Press, 1966-1967. First Edition, First printing. All eight volumes of this complete set are in near fine to fine conditions in ivory colored buckram covered boards with illustrations on the spines and boards with brown and blue text on the spines. Volume one is contained in a fine paper covered slipcase which also contains eight large fold-out charts of various sections of the Pacific. All volumes are small quartos measuring 10 by 6 1/2 inches. The spines of all the volumes are very slightly tanned and volumes 4, 6 and 7 have some spotting. Volume 1 contains 316 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps and photographs all of which are contained within a fine, paper covered slipcase. Volume 2 contains 596 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 3 contains 655 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 4 contains 695 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 5 contains 578 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 6 contains 572 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 7 contains 545 pages including an index and is illustrated with fold-out maps, charts and photographs. Volume 8 contains 295 pages which is primarily an index of vessels, persons and ports only. These volumes represent the culmination of many years of work and research first started by the WPA in 1940. The charter given to the original 50 employees who were charged with this research by the WPA was to comb the extensive records in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and National Archives for newspaper accounts, seaman's journals and ship's logs to find evidence of visits by American seamen to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. It was hoped that the resulting evidence would be strong enough to substantiat a claim to some of the islands by the United States. The result is an incomparable treasure of information for the researcher or historian.
    TB32817  $200.00



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    Wharton, Edith:  A Motor-Flight Through France.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Very good+ condition in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/4 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 201 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and 46 plates from black and white photographs. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32834  $150.00




  • WPA:  Connecticut A Guide to its Roads, Lore and People.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red simulated leather covered boards with foxing to the rear inner hinge due to a reaction to the glue used in binding. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with small chips and closed tears to the ends of the spine area and with short closed tears to the ends of the rear panel. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in fine condition. 593 pages including an index, chronology, ten tour guides and text. Illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Overall, a very nice, tight and with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32856  $125.00



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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  $975.00






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