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Enterprise.

Enterprise. by Vanderbilt, Harold S.

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Title
Enterprise.
Author
Vanderbilt, Harold S.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
The 1930 America's Cup Race, and “the story of the first, and easiest, of Vanderbilt’s two successful defenses.” Toy 1626. Se
Description
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1931. The 1930 America's Cup Race, and the story of the first, and easiest, of Vanderbilts two successful defenses. Toy 1626. See also Morris & Howland p. 148, and Rulon-Miller Checklist of Twenty-five Important Books and Pamphlets on the Americas Cup #14. This is the limited edition, #132 of 250 copies signed by Vanderbilt. Bound as issued in dark blue cloth over lighter blue boards with ivory-toned lozenge representing the Cup itself at center of front board. A near-fine copy of this cornerstone America's Cup narrative.. 4to. xvii, 230 pp. Color frontispiece, b/w plates, folding charts, plans.
[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK

[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK by Williams, Alice

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Title
[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK
Author
Williams, Alice
Seller
lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Black boards, wrapped in light blue wax cloth. Good
Description
c. 1920's. Spiral_bound. Black boards, wrapped in light blue wax cloth. Good. Unpaginated. 19 .5 x 14 cm. Unique handmade cook book fashioned from a lined, tabbed, loose leaf binder, covered with heavy waxed wallpaper or waxed cloth. Alice has both typed the various recipes along with her hand written recipes. It appears Alice may have gone back and typed up some of the recipes she had written, but not all. Recipes include puddings, pickles, jams & jellies, cookies & cakes, breads, two seafood recipes (deviled scallops & creamed halibut) and two meat recipes (ham croquettes & meat loaf). Recipes for two cocktails (Bronx & dry martini) and Punch. One title stands out: cry babies - a spice cookies. Alice attributes the Piccalilli recipe to herself. Alice also adds one receipt for soap and three homemade remedies. Water stained a lower edges, some pages loose. Original binding split but holding due to the homemade cover.
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN

[SPECIAL PRESS] THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN by Thomas Love Peacock; Illustrated by Horace Walter Bray

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Title
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN
Author
Thomas Love Peacock; Illustrated by Horace Walter Bray
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ binding
Description
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Horace Walter Bray. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s buckram patterned cloth; with titling on the spine in gilt; 119 pages; with woodcut engravings by Horace Walter Bray throughout; some wear to the boards but overall a very nice copy.~~Printed by Robert Aswin Maynard at The Gregynog Press, Completed on the ninth of October 1928. This book is limited to Two-hundred and Fifty copies of which this is number 122.~~The first Gregynog Press book printed wholly in monochrome. The Text, set in Baskerville, is enlivened by twenty-one small wood engravings by Bray (Harrop p.50). Very Good+ binding.
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The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays by Woolf, Virginia

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays
Author
Woolf, Virginia
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1950. First American edition. Blue cloth, , fine, in very good, price-clipped dust jacket, designed by Vanessa Bell. The British edition was published a week later. Kirkpatrick A30a.
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The Secret Memoirs of the Duc De Roquelaure Written By Himself Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English in Four Volumes by Roquelaure, Gaston-Jean-Baptiste, Duc de

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The Secret Memoirs of the Duc De Roquelaure Written By Himself Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English in Four Volumes
Author
Roquelaure, Gaston-Jean-Baptiste, Duc de
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
S. l.: Privately Printed, 1896. Hardcover. First edition thus, limited to 1000 numbered copies, 500 of which are for America (this set # 438); 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 383, 376, 373, 369 respectively; cream parchment over boards; embossed, ruled, and decorated in gilt; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine and corners; uniform age-toning to spines and margins of boards; deckled page edges; overall in very good condition. Bookplates to front boards verso of Dr. Robert Alway Peers (1875 - 1970) - renowned, nationally-recognized expert on tuberculosis and adviser to the Governing Board of the famous Weimar Sanitarium. Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1617-1683) was the Duke of Roquelaure and the son of Marshal of France Antoine de Roquelaure. He was also a courtier during the reign of Louis XIV in Versailles.
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BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS, A VISUAL POEM ABOUT CHINA by Young, Ed

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BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS, A VISUAL POEM ABOUT CHINA
Author
Young, Ed
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Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC. Very Good. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red paper covered boards, with white printing to the spine, in a very nice dust jacket. The covers show some light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contnets are bright and clean, with color illustrations throughout. This book is signed by Ed Young on the title-page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Author .
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All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book. by YOLEN, Jane.

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Title
All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book.
Author
YOLEN, Jane.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781878093622
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
Honesdale:: Caroline House,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 1878093622 . Music and lyrics by the author. Second printing thus. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1995. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

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