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My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888 - 1914

My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888 - 1914 by [Hemingway, Ernest]. Scawen Blunt, Wilfrid

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Title
My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888 - 1914
Author
[Hemingway, Ernest]. Scawen Blunt, Wilfrid
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923 Two volumes. Foreword by Lady Gregory. Later American edition ("Third and Popular Edition"). Signed and inscribed by Hemingway to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry, on front free endpapers of both volumes. Volume I: "Dear Ruth: - These good, solid books are to throw after the American Poetry book at the head of [strikeout] any one [sic] who criticizes the management -- Ernest."; Volume II: "Dear Ruth - This is the second solid volume to throw after the first - Ernest."; Ruth Lowry's ownership signature in pencil on front pastedown of Vol. I. Publisher's dark blue cloth, with title labels to spines printed in black; lacking dust jackets. Very good set, with some toning to spines and labels, light wear to spine ends, light rubbing to front board of Vol. I, Bennett Schneider bookseller tickets to both rear pastedowns, and Bennett Schneider bookmark laid in to Vol. II. Overall, a lovely set, inscribed twice by Hemingway. From the personal library of Hemingway's cousin, Ruth White Lowry. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840 - 1922) was an English poet, diplomat, and outspoken critic of colonialism. Blunt married Lady Anne Noel, the granddaughter of Lord Byron, in 1869, and together they ran the Crabbet Arabian Stud, a prominent horse breeding farm in Sussex, which imported exceptional Arabian horses from the Middle East. Blunt's marriage to Lord Byron's granddaughter was emblematic of his broader aspiration to emulate Byron: much like the renowned Romantic poet, Blunt was a strikingly handsome womanizer, a social outcast, and a world traveler who fought for idealistic causes. Some of the chapter titles in My Diaries illustrate the sweeping range of Blunt's interests and adventures: "A Visit to Greece in 1888," "Egypt under Tewfik in 1889," "A Visit to Tunis and Tripoli," "Satan Absolved - The Boer War," "Literature and Politics," "The French Invade Morocco," and "The War with Germany Declared." Blunt published many works in his lifetime, including The Love Sonnets of Proteus (1881), The Future of Islam (1882), and Satan Absolved: A Victorian Mystery (1899). Blunt and Hemingway were similar in personality and lifestyle, in that they are both remembered not only for their literary contributions, but also for embracing a comprehensive life and valuing the wisdom gained from experiences. . Signed. Later American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Money, Credit & Commerce

Money, Credit & Commerce by MARSHALL Alfred

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Money, Credit & Commerce
Author
MARSHALL Alfred
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1923. First Edition. MARSHALL, Alfred. Money, Credit & Commerce. London: Macmillan, 1923. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. $7500.First edition, by one of the most important turn-of-the-century economists, in the rare original dust jacket.The founder of ""diagrammatic economics,"" Alfred Marshall was arguably the most important economist of the 19th century. The third of a series by Marshall, succeeding Principles of Economics (1890) and Industry and Trade (1919), this work ""contains a quantity of materials and ideas, and collects together passages which are otherwise inaccessible to the student or difficult to access"" (John M. Keynes, Essays in Biography). He ""was the most eminent economist of his day, and remains among the half dozen or so most important figures in the long history of economics… More than anyone else, Marshall helped make economics a field of study in its own right"" (Pressman, 68, 64). With rear leaf of publisher's advertisements. Ink owner signature.Book with scattered foxing to interior, light wear, toning, and foxing to extremities. Rare dust jacket with paper offsetting to flaps and a bit of wear and toning to extremities. An extremely good copy.
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Document signed by SEWARD William H.

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Document signed
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SEWARD William H.
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1867. Signed. (HAWAII) SEWARD, William H. Document signed. Washington, DC, September 14, 1867. One sheet of letterhead, measuring 8 by 10 inches, writing on recto. $3800.Letter signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward, on the topic of a potential trade treaty with the Kingdom of Hawaii.The document, in a secretarial hand on Department of State letterhead, reads: ""Washington, Sept 14th, 1867. Mr. A. Delmar. Supdt: Bureau of Statistics. Treasury Department. Sir, Agreeably to your request of this day, communicated through Mr. James Ryan, I enclose you, confidentially, a printed copy of the Convention recently concluded between the United States and the King of the Hawaiian Islands. This document, for the present, can only be used in a confidential manner. I am, Sir, Your Obt. Servant, [signed] William H. Seward.""Although Seward, Secretary of State for both Lincoln and Johnson, is best remembered for the United States' purchase of Alaska in 1867, it was not his only territorial ambition in the Pacific region. Seward was also keenly interested in the acquisition of Hawaii, believing that there was strong interest among Hawaiians (at least the white planter class of Hawaiians) in joining the Union: in 1867 he encouraged, with little success, the idea of annexing Hawaii, and also promoted a reciprocal trade treaty that ultimately failed to achieve congressional support. The recipient, Alexander del Mar (or Delmar), was the first Director of the Bureau of Statistics at the Treasury Department and a noted historian of money. Neither Seward's career at the State Department nor Delmar's at the Treasury survived the transition from Johnson's presidency to Grant's. Suitable for framing.Expected fold lines; two hole punches at top of document.
, Plan Showing the Timber Berths in the Yukon Territory in Force on the 1st January 1910. Scale = Six Miles to an Inch. Samuel H. Genes, Chief Draughtsman, Mining Lands & Yukon Branch.

, Plan Showing the Timber Berths in the Yukon Territory in Force on the 1st January 1910. Scale = Six Miles to an Inch. Samuel H. Genes, Chief Draughtsman, Mining Lands & Yukon Branch. by Department of the Interior Canada. Honorable Frank Oliver, Minister. H.H. Rowatt, Chief Clerk, Mining Lands & Yukon Branch

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, Plan Showing the Timber Berths in the Yukon Territory in Force on the 1st January 1910. Scale = Six Miles to an Inch. Samuel H. Genes, Chief Draughtsman, Mining Lands & Yukon Branch.
Creator
Department of the Interior Canada. Honorable Frank Oliver, Minister. H.H. Rowatt, Chief Clerk, Mining Lands & Yukon Branch
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
[N.p. 1910] Large manuscript map, measuring 40 x 103 ¾ inches, pen and ink, with pencil additions on drafting linen, some minor soiling to edges, else in very good, clean condition. Large scale manuscript map which delineates the territory from Skagway, portions of British Columbia, the Yukon and Klondike Country as far north as the Porcupine River. The map shows the rivers, creeks, settlements, rail roads, N.W.M.P. barracks, timber berths and reserves.
Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, Volume I, Nos. 1-4 and Volume II, Nos. 1-4

Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, Volume I, Nos. 1-4 and Volume II, Nos. 1-4 by Wright, Elizur, editor

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Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, Volume I, Nos. 1-4 and Volume II, Nos. 1-4
Author
Wright, Elizur, editor
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: American Anti-Slacery Society, 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound volume containing the first 8 quarterly issues published [which is all that was published under this title]. Old 1/4 leather, recently and neatly rebacked. The original front and back covers are heavily rubbed with loss of some of the original paper covering. Contents sound with mostly minimal foxing. "Georgia A. S. Society" written in ink a couple of times of front endpaper. A list of six names (A. Bliss, Jr., J. B. Sylvester, Hiram B. Ballard and three others which we were less able to decipher) is written inside the back cover. We know nothing about any Georgia Anti-Slavery Society. Membership is such an organization in the State of Georgia would have been extremely risky if not suicidal. Nonetheless, we were intrigued.
The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVII, No. 3 (March, 1918)

The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVII, No. 3 (March, 1918)

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The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVII, No. 3 (March, 1918)
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1918. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [113]-160. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Tear across right-hand margin on two leaves and a large chip in right-hand margin on another leaf. Among the contents: "Armstrong and World Freedom," address delivered at Hampton on January 27, 1918 by William Howard Taft as President of Hampton's Board of Trustees (pages 120-128 with no photos); "Home Decorator," by Leigh Richmond Miner (pages 17-24 with 6 photos and 7 sketches); "Penn Wampum Treaty Belts," by Lillian E. Zeh (pages 138-144 with 2 photos); and the concluding portion of "Salonica Letters," written and edited by Grace B. House, the first part of which appeared in the issue of February, 1918 (pages 144-150 with no photos).
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The history of the Royal Society of London by SPRAT, Thomas

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The history of the Royal Society of London
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SPRAT, Thomas
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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London: J. Martyn & J. Allestry, 1667. FIRST EDITION. Includes the rare imprimatur leaf with arms of the Royal Society on the verso, 2 engraved plates, errata leaf, but as often without the engraved frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar. Contemporary calf, spine in compartments with red morocco spine label; a fantastic copy with the bookplate of John Rolfe and the signature of M. Morton Smith. First edition of the first history of the Royal Society. This famous response to public attack, in which Sprat justifies the work and nature of the Society, also includes many valuable contributions, including experiments, by the members. Cole, Chemical Literature, 1700-1860, 1242; Duveen, 558; Keynes, Hooke 28; Krivatsy 11326; Norman 1989 Wing, S-5032.
Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco

Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco

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Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good +
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San Francisco: P.J. Thomas, 1885. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1885 1st thus, the 1st printing offered as a stand-alone publication. Clean and VG+ in its printed beige wrappers, with light chipping to the front panel's lower tip and very light wear along the spine crown. Octavo, 95 pgs. Includes the architectural rendering of a Chinatown tenement but lacks the colored fold-out map of Chinatown as called for (Cowen, pg. 204). Also includes a compendium of testimony and reports concerning the conditions of Chinatown tenements, businesses, gambling houses, brothels and opium dens. The committee claims to have visited every room in Chinatown; a list of gambling houses even enumerates their escape routes. Oftern colorful, overwrought descriptions paint a sordid picture of depravity and illness. Underground organizations are said to pay for murder, posting Chinese-language broadsides offering rewards to killers. Concluding recommendations include the demand to force Chinese immigrants to live at the same standard of living as white laborers, undercutting the "corrosive" effects of their presence. Materials of interest to the modern researcher include detailed listings of manufacturers in Chinatown, with specific addresses.
The Autobiographical Outline for Look Homeward, Angel

The Autobiographical Outline for Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

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The Autobiographical Outline for Look Homeward, Angel
Author
Thomas Wolfe
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
The Thomas Wolfe Society, 1991. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1991 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards, with just a touch of light bumping to the front lower-tip. Quarto, edited by Lucy Conniff and Richard S. Kennedy. "This book is number 548 in an edition of 700 copies and is the 12th annual publication of the Thomas Wolfe Society.
La Calligraphie Chinois Depuis Les Han

La Calligraphie Chinois Depuis Les Han by Yang Yu-Hsun

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La Calligraphie Chinois Depuis Les Han
Author
Yang Yu-Hsun
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good +
Description
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1937. Original wraps. Very Good +. A sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its original wrappers, with very light spotting at the front panel. Octavo, 32 plates at th rear plus "bibliographie Chinois
The Dark Frontier

The Dark Frontier by Ambler, Eric

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The Dark Frontier
Author
Ambler, Eric
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First edition. First edition. 320 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with navy lettering. Very Good with slightly sunned spine, slight lean, rubbing and a little soiling to cloth, name on front free endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.The British novelist's uncommon first novel, which predicted the invention of the atomic bomb.
My Michael [Signed]

My Michael [Signed] by Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange [trans.]

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Title
My Michael [Signed]
Author
Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange [trans.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780394471464
Condition
Very Good -
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Third printing. Signed by Amos Oz with brief inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo; 287pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in white cloth with green and gilt lettering and design. Jacket dampstained and soiled along top and bottom edges; edgeworn with a few nicks. Boards spotted and soiled along edges; minor bumping and nudging to corners. Binding sound. Foxing and a couple faint waterspots to top edge of textblock. Interior unmarked. A Good to Very Good copy.
Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham; Selina Hastings [intro.]; Michael Kirkham [illus.]

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Of Human Bondage
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W. Somerset Maugham; Selina Hastings [intro.]; Michael Kirkham [illus.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
London: The Folio Society, 2011. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2011. First Thus. Large octavo. 579 pp. Color illustrations. Illustrated boards; dark red endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards tight in binding and pages unmarked. Slipcase with light rubbing along open and top edges, else sound and stable. A Fine copy in a Near Fine slipcase.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie; Andrew Davidson [illus.]; Sophie Hannah [intro.]

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie; Andrew Davidson [illus.]; Sophie Hannah [intro.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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London: Folio Society, 2022. Near Fine. London: Folio Society, 2022. Second printing, stated. Octavo (23cm); xiv, 222pp; color plates throughout. Boards in black buckram with blue and white illustration and spine title in gilt, housed in blue slipcase. Mild shelfwear to slipcase but Near Fine overall.
After the Banquet

After the Banquet by Yukio Mishima; Donald Keene [trans.]

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After the Banquet
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Yukio Mishima; Donald Keene [trans.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good +
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American Edition. Octavo. 271pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth over blue paper-covered boards stamped in gilt and red; red topstain. Unclipped dust jacket toned along edges with light wear and a couple minor nicks to spine ends. Boards show light shelfwear with some mild dust soiling. Binding sound; off-setting to endpapers and pages else unmarked; a Very Good or better copy.
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (Collection of 22 original photographs from the 1985 film)

Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (Collection of 22 original photographs from the 1985 film) by Allan Holzman (director, story writer); Tony Randel, Lisa Tomei, Barry Zetlin (story writers); Roger D. Manning (screenwriter)

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Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (Collection of 22 original photographs from the 1985 film)
Author
Allan Holzman (director, story writer); Tony Randel, Lisa Tomei, Barry Zetlin (story writers); Roger D. Manning (screenwriter)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1985. Collection of 22 vintage still photographs from the 1985 film. An early mockumentary, following a documentary filmmaker's attempt to find out identity of a mysterious masked wrestler. A cult classic of the wrestling film genre, starring many stars of the wrestling world from its time, including Magic Schwarz, Stephen Cepello, Dick Murdoch, Wally George, John Tolos, Adrian Street...and let's not forget Miss Linda. Produced by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, a typically low budget but entertaining and highly unusual affair. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine.
America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy (Signed First Edition)

America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy (Signed First Edition) by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft; David Ignatius (moderator)

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America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy (Signed First Edition)
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft; David Ignatius (moderator)
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Royal Books (United States)
ISBN
9780465015016
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New York: Basic Books, 2008. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Frenzy (Original photograph from the 1972 film)

Frenzy (Original photograph from the 1972 film) by Alfred Hitchcock (director); Arthur La Bern (novel); Anthony Shaffer (screenwriter); Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt (starring)

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Frenzy (Original photograph from the 1972 film)
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Alfred Hitchcock (director); Arthur La Bern (novel); Anthony Shaffer (screenwriter); Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1972. Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1972 film, with provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy" on verso. Based on the 1966 novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" by Arthur La Bern. London is terrorized by a serial rapist who then strangles his victims with a necktie. Police suspect Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), whose wife was brutally killed. Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film. Set in and shot on location in London. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art. Clover, Men, Women and Chainsaws. Grant US.
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Fables in Slang; More Fables by ADE, Geeorge

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Fables in Slang; More Fables
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ADE, Geeorge
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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Chicago: Stone, 1900. First. hardcover. 2 vols, 16mo, yellow cloth, decoratively stamped in blue & black; Chicago: Stone, 1899 & 1900. First Editions. The 2 volumes, each with a Jean Hersholt bookplate, are preserved together in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. Laid in is a typed letter signed from George Ade, 1935, declining to write something because of his uncertain health. Volume I has a 1899 sentimental gift inscription.
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Infection and Resistance. An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena Underlying the Occurrence of Infections and the Recovery of the Animal Body From Infectious Disease by ZINSSER, Hans

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Infection and Resistance. An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena Underlying the Occurrence of Infections and the Recovery of the Animal Body From Infectious Disease
Author
ZINSSER, Hans
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good(+)
Description
New York: Macmillan, 1918. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated. xiii + 585 pages. Tall thick 8vo, green cloth. New York: Macmillan, 1918. Advance Copy stamped on title page. Second Edition Revised. Some foxing on page edges & cloth, still a very good(+) copy. GM 2568.
The Tragedy of Y: A Drury Lane Mystery

The Tragedy of Y: A Drury Lane Mystery by Ross, Barnaby (pseud. for Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, aka "Ellery Queen")

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The Tragedy of Y: A Drury Lane Mystery
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Ross, Barnaby (pseud. for Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, aka "Ellery Queen")
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. [a lovely copy with no significant wear, would be Fine but for a couple of very slightly scrunched lower page corners and a one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase and brief comment on front endpaper, just below which is a rubber-stamped name of a previous owner; the jacket is bright and attractive, showing very slight edgewear and a little ink-smudging on the front flap]. The second book in this tetralogy of mystery novels set in New York, featuring Drury Lane, "famous actor and criminal investigator, who, after retiring from the stage, lived in medieval splendor in his 'ancient' caste on the Hudson, and worked out his own theories of crime detection." This one concerns the Hatter family -- the "mad Hatters" -- whose "home on Washington Square came to be as famous in New York as the Wendell house or the home of Hetty Green. Then suddenly, just as the Hatter legends began to abate, there started a series of sinister attempts on the lives of members of the doomed family and concurrent publicity that spattered their names across the front pages of every newspaper." Enter Drury Lane, to solve the case. Although it wasn't yet publicly known that "Barnaby Ross" and "Ellery Queen" were one and the same author (two cousins from Brooklyn), attentive readers would have picked up on the fact that "Ross" employed the same "Challenge to the Reader" narrative device as "Queen" used in his early novels, that of presenting readers with all the known facts necessary for them to solve the mysteries themselves in advance of the book's protagonist. Reportedly, Dannay and Lee had some fun with their dual-dual pseudonyms at the time these books came out, appearing in a series of public debates in which Dannay impersonated "Ross" and Lee portrayed "Queen," both wearing masks to preserve their anonymity. (Although I've not seen it stated anywhere, it's possible that the character of Drury Lane and his "castle" may have been inspired by the actor William Gillette (1853-1937), famous for his stage portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, who constructed and lived in his retirement just such a dwelling, located on the Connecticut River.) Some years later, after the "Ross"/"Queen" masquerade was revealed, the four books in this group were reprinted under Queen's name; jacketed copies of the original "Ross" versions (even the G&D reprints) are exceedingly scarce. (The publisher of the first editions was the Viking Press, perhaps a calculated choice to further distance "Ross" from "Queen," who was published at that time by the Frederick A. Stokes Company.) NOTE that although I've dated this book as 1932 (the date that appears on the title page), that seems to have been a carry-over from the original Viking edition; this particular printing likely dates from the mid-1930s. .
Your Golden Opportunity

Your Golden Opportunity

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Your Golden Opportunity
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Near-fine. One small smudge/mark to upper cover.
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Paris, Tennessee: Tyson & Company. Near-fine. One small smudge/mark to upper cover.. Earn Big Money!" Booklet marketed to women, promoting a career in door-to-door sales for Tyson and Company, producers of beauty product lines such as "La Dainty" and "Lady Luck". Includes testimonials from happy employees, tips for how to become a successful saleswoman, and a Q&A section answering such questions as "Are La Dainty Products Luxuries?" and "Will I Be Sure of Steady Work?" Requires the saleswoman to pay at least $100 to start. 12mo (6.75" by 5"), pp. [12], illustrated, stapled in original illustrated yellow wrappers printed in red.
Sailor holding Valentine Heart

Sailor holding Valentine Heart

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Sailor holding Valentine Heart
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Eclectibles (United States)
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A 10 1/2" x 8" die-cut, embossed, multi- tier valentine is loaded with charm.The first tier has big pink and white flowers in a heart shape design with twolove birdsholding pinkflowers. Under this tier ispink scrap carnations with a sailor holding a heartwith a verse' To My Valentine'. The final tier is a white arbor with gold trim and interwovensmall pink flowers. Art Nouveau influenced design.The condition is good. Boy has smallcrease in neck. Stands alone.Reverse marked make in Germany.
Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING NOTICE

Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING NOTICE

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Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING NOTICE
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Vivid color and moderate wear.
Rags No.2

Rags No.2

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Rags No.2
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Antarctic Press, 2018. Limited Printing Virgin Variant. Saddle-stitched. VF/NM with wear to spine (stress marks) and minor creasing to cover; Limited Printing (200 copies). 1353051. Special Collections.
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A REPORT CONCERNING THE MICROSCOPE GLASSES SENT AS A PRESENT TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY, BY FATHER DI TORRE OF NAPLES, AND REFFERED TO THE EXAMINATION OF MR. BAKER

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A REPORT CONCERNING THE MICROSCOPE GLASSES SENT AS A PRESENT TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY, BY FATHER DI TORRE OF NAPLES, AND REFFERED TO THE EXAMINATION OF MR. BAKER
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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The Royal Society, 1766. Softcover. Octavo, pages 67-72. In Very Good minus condition. Section of a larger text bound in brown paper. Covers have bending near spine, creasing to front cover, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has mild foxing to pages. Horology Binder, Room A Ephemera. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1380006. Special Collections.
JOURNAL DES DEMOISELLES. TRENTE-HUITÈME ANNÉE

JOURNAL DES DEMOISELLES. TRENTE-HUITÈME ANNÉE

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JOURNAL DES DEMOISELLES. TRENTE-HUITÈME ANNÉE
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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PARIS: AU BUREAU DU JOURNAL, 1870. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and red marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps, edges, and corners with front bottom fore corner chipped away, surface tears to leather, rubbing/surface tears to paper; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear, spine break at p. 158, light age-toning to paper, light occasional foxing; Text in French; 380 pages, illustrated (b&w and color plates). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, atop Case #5. 1365246. FP New Rockville Stock.
Giselle Considers Her Future (Signed First Edition)

Giselle Considers Her Future (Signed First Edition) by ZIMROTH, Evan

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Giselle Considers Her Future (Signed First Edition)
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ZIMROTH, Evan
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 61 pages. A collection of poems. An about very good copy with foxing to the page edges and the boards in a very good price clipped dust jacket that has some edge wear and some foxing as well. Signed and inscribed by Zimroth on the front free endpaper to poet Linda Pastan and with a laid in handwritten letter from Zimroth to Pastan as well. Uncommon.
Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone

Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone by ABAKANOWICZ, Magdalena, Brooke Barrie, and Jacquie Asplundh

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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone
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ABAKANOWICZ, Magdalena, Brooke Barrie, and Jacquie Asplundh
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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Hamilton, NJ: Grounds for Sculpture, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Features a short text by Brooke Barrie and excerpts from an interview of Abakanowicz by Jacquie Asplundh. Includes numerous color illustrations, biographical information, and a bibliography. A fine copy in wrappers.
Mike Wright: From the Sea

Mike Wright: From the Sea by WRIGHT, Mike

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Mike Wright: From the Sea
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WRIGHT, Mike
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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Boston, MA: St. Botolph Club, 2016. First edition. Softcover. 4 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 30 through May 6, 2016. Includes 10 color illustrations. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.
The World Below

The World Below by Wright, S. Fowler

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The World Below
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Wright, S. Fowler
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler. Limited Autograph Edition signed by Wright. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.50). Teal cloth with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's stamps inside the front board and on the front endpaper, clean internally. Wright's time travel novel about a modern man who jumps forward half-a-million years to a barbarous alien civilization.
Tarzan Versus Predator at the Earth's Core

Tarzan Versus Predator at the Earth's Core by Weeks, Lee; Wimonson, Walter

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Tarzan Versus Predator at the Earth's Core
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Weeks, Lee; Wimonson, Walter
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of issues 1-4 in the series.
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Penguin Little Black Classics

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Penguin Little Black Classics
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Penguin Random House, 2015. Very Good. Penguin Little Black Classics. NY: Penguin Random House, 2015. 79 of 80 books in slipcase, 50-60 pages eachpp. Illustrated. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped edges. Top edges lightly yellowed. Vol. 15 with some moisture damage. Spines lightly soiled on vols 27, 56-59, 66, 68-69. Slipcase Fair with split top-left and bottom-right corner. Corners bumped and panels with small soil spots and streaks. Volume 34 missing.
THE YOUNG AND FIELD LITERARY READERS BOOK ONE : A Primer and First Reader

THE YOUNG AND FIELD LITERARY READERS BOOK ONE : A Primer and First Reader by Young, Ella Flagg; Field, Walter Taylor

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THE YOUNG AND FIELD LITERARY READERS BOOK ONE : A Primer and First Reader
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Young, Ella Flagg; Field, Walter Taylor
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good.
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Boston et al.: Ginn and Company, 1916. Very good.. WWI-era primer, featuring illustrated short stories (mostly from Mother Goose) in the same format of that the Dick and Jane books would first appear in 1930. 7.25'' x 5.25''. Original green cloth stamped in black. Illustrated in color and black and white. 160 pages. Small spot to rear board, bits of edgewear. Shallow line of dampstain to bottom margin, else clean with no owner or school markings.
The Boke for a Justyce of Peace. Neuer Soo Wel and Diligently Set Forthe

The Boke for a Justyce of Peace. Neuer Soo Wel and Diligently Set Forthe

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The Boke for a Justyce of Peace. Neuer Soo Wel and Diligently Set Forthe
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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Very good
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Warwickshire: W.T. Wiggins-Davies, 1942. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #66 of 180cc. Signed by the publisher at end of text. Three quarter calf over brown cloth. Ink gidt inscription on front free endpaper, light wear to the extremities, else very good.
Le Paysage Francais De Valenciennes à Bonington

Le Paysage Francais De Valenciennes à Bonington

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Le Paysage Francais De Valenciennes à Bonington
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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VG-. Some shelf wear on edges of covers. Ex-library book with some usual marks, stamps on inside flap. Pencil writing (from libr
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Paris: Talabardon & Gautier, 2002. Softbound. VG-. Some shelf wear on edges of covers. Ex-library book with some usual marks, stamps on inside flap. Pencil writing (from library?) in one gutter, otherwise clean and tight.. Color illustrated stiff wraps, French flaps. [91] pp., 19 bw and 39 color plates, some of them bi-folds. Text is in French. Exhibition of late 18th and 19th century French landscape paintings (including numerous Italian subjects), with catalogue of 36 works by 31 painters.
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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES; Edited and selected by.. by YEATS, W. B.

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES; Edited and selected by..
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YEATS, W. B.
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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NY: Dorset Press, 1986. First printing. 8vo, pp. 416. Illustrated. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in slightly chipped dj.
Fight Discrimination. Defend the right to strike. Fight all attacks on working people, minorities and women. Demonstrate - Atlantic City, NJ [handbill]

Fight Discrimination. Defend the right to strike. Fight all attacks on working people, minorities and women. Demonstrate - Atlantic City, NJ [handbill]

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Fight Discrimination. Defend the right to strike. Fight all attacks on working people, minorities and women. Demonstrate - Atlantic City, NJ [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Washington DC: D.C. Coalition to Support Steelworkers, nd. Double sided 8.5x11 inch handbill; some uneven toning, minor spotting on front, else good.

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