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BY SALT MARSHES: PICTURES AND POEMS OF OLD IPSWICH

BY SALT MARSHES: PICTURES AND POEMS OF OLD IPSWICH by DOW, Arthur Wesley

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Seller: Boston Book Company
Title
BY SALT MARSHES: PICTURES AND POEMS OF OLD IPSWICH
Author
DOW, Arthur Wesley
Seller
Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
1908. DOW, Arthur Wesley & Everett Stanley HUBBARD. BY SALT MARSHES: PICTURES AND POEMS OF OLD IPSWICH. Ipswich: Privately printed, 1908. No. 103 of approximately 200. [32] pp. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth (unmarked) with color illustrated (front cover only) paper covered boards. Covers worn but still attractive; interior near fine, small pencil numerals to front pastedown. Eight lovely color woodblock illustrations, with other monochrome and two color designs/headpieces. "BY SALT MARSHES is Arthur Wesley Dow's tribute to the old North Shore town of Ipswich, where he was born and spent most of his life, and to his boyhood friend, Everett Stanley Hubbard. It is a collaboration somewhat in the spirit of Meteyard, Carman and Hovey in their Vagabondia books, though Hubbard was undoubtedly a lesser poet and Dow a greater artist. BY SALT MARSHES is his masterpiece, and it is evident from the numerous sketches and proofs in the Ipswich Historical Society and the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities - some dating back as far as 1895 - that it was a labor of love. Infinite care and craftsmanship were expended on every detail. The illustrations are color woodblock prints, such as Dow described in an article in MODERN ART (1896), entitled "Painting with Wooden Blocks." This was a technique Dow had discovered in the course of his study of Japanese art, and he was a master of it, using as many as four or five different blocks, accurately registered, thinly inked to show the grain of the wood, and printed in subtle gradations of tone to achieve a luminosity that effectively evokes the quality of the light on the marshes. Although the text is printed from small gothic type, the lettering on the cover and title page was also cut by hand in woodblocks, after the manner of Meteyard and Dawson-Watson's lettering for the COURIER INNOCENT (1897)." Finlay - Artists of the Book in Boston, 1890-1910.
The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids by Wyndham, John

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
The Day of the Triffids
Author
Wyndham, John
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First American edition of The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.. Octavo, 222pp. Blue-gray cloth, title stamped in green on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few closed tears, 1cm chip at center of spine, light wear at hinges. Jacket designed by Whitney Bender. (Currey, page 221) A bright, attractive example.
An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the Wife of Captain James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of the Ship Sally Which was Wrecked on the Coast of Barbary, in June, 1818.

An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the Wife of Captain James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of the Ship Sally Which was Wrecked on the Coast of Barbary, in June, 1818. by Bradley, Mrs. Eliza.

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An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the Wife of Captain James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of the Ship Sally Which was Wrecked on the Coast of Barbary, in June, 1818.
Author
Bradley, Mrs. Eliza.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
An exciting, early, and popular work, by a strong and courageous woman. Mrs. Bradley, along with her husband and his crew, were
Description
Exter: Abel Brown, 1824. An exciting, early, and popular work, by a strong and courageous woman. Mrs. Bradley, along with her husband and his crew, were captured by desert Arabs after a shipwreck off Morocco. She endured six months of captivity and was ultimately ransomed by the British Consul. Unfortunately, according to Huntress, "This narrative is almost certainly spurious, another in the succession "Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Velnet" and "Captivity and Sufferings of Maria Martin" (See items #44 and #20 in this list) having been extracted "directly" from Riley's narrative, "Sufferings in Africa." Nonetheless, Mrs. Bradley's book has wormed its way into the imaginations of generations and is now a part of shipwreck literature. See Huntress 202C. Scattered foxing and staining in text. Inscription and scribblings on front blank by "Nathaniel Boynton, Portland Maine, 1835"Bound in 1/4 sheep over boards, from which most of the covering paper has been removed, revealing the actual "boards.". 14.5 cm. 76 pp. b/w frontispiece.
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The Land of the Midnight Sun by DU CHAILLU, Paul

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Title
The Land of the Midnight Sun
Author
DU CHAILLU, Paul
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Engraved frontispiece in each volume, numerous plates and text illustrations. Contemporary three-quarters calf and marbled boards, worn, marbled fore-edges; interior, with marbled endpapers, excellent. First American edition of a foundational work by the prominent nineteenth-century explorer Du Chaillu, who coined the title phrase. The author traveled extensively across Scandinavia between 1871 and 1878. His aim in writing more than a simple travel account “was to make a study of the physical characteristics of the country and to closely observe the manners and customs of its inhabitants.” Du Chaillu (1835-1903) is a fascinating and disputed figure. Scholars debate over his place of birth, French or American citizenship, and even his potential African heritage. It has been suggested that his mother may have been a mulatto woman from Reunion, a problematic parentage for a member of the nineteenth-century scientific community. Whatever his origins, du Chaillu was an accomplished zoologist, anthropologist, adventurer, hunter, and author whose narratives captured his readers’ minds. His earlier travels to Central Africa resulted in a number of notable published accounts as well as his becoming known as the first white man to witness gorillas.
The Giant Joshua

The Giant Joshua by Whipple, Maurine

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Title
The Giant Joshua
Author
Whipple, Maurine
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. 637pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright green cloth covered boards with blue ink stamped titles on the spine and front board. There is a minor scuff mark to the foot of the text block at the fore-edge, and there is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In a very attractive dust jacket, with sunning to the spine and front panel (title and illustration still bold), and a small abraded area to the reverse (not visible). Also on the reverse of the jacket, is the date "Jan 18 1941" stamped in ink. A Literary Fellowship Prize Novel, and a novel of Southern Utah and the Mormons. From the dust jacket- "'The Giant Joshua' is a magnificent panorama of a stirring period. But its real fascination lies in the character of Clory herself. Clory's family had turned Mormon when she was a little girl; and after the death of her parents she had been brought up by Abijah, a stern man who loved his God even more than he loved his two wives and six sons. At the outset of the Dixie Mission, she is 'sealed' to Abijah as his third wife. Innocent, tender, courageous, bewildered at the lustiness of Abijah and at the jealousy of his harsh first wife, Clory is torn between fear of Abijah and love for Freeborn, his eldest son; between her passionate faith in the stern tenets of Mormonism and her equally passionate desire for beauty and gaiety. "Maurine Whipple, a native of St. George, Utah, has made her novel a living document of pioneer life.
KID

KID by Armitage, Simon

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KID
Author
Armitage, Simon
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780571166077
Condition
Fine.
Description
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. First printing. Fine.. Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection - from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock, with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in. This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees," and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note to Comstock: "P.S. Did I tell you I was in the U.S.A. in January making a film for the BBC about American poet Weldon Kees? Well - I was. Also, did I tell you I was a prosecuting probation officer, working in court all day every day? Well - I am. Maybe that's the connection." Bright and sharp. 7.75'' x 5''. Original orange and white wrappers. 88 pages. Signed by Armitage on title page and inscribed "For Rolland L. Comstock / Signed with great pleasure, and wishing health and happiness to you and yours. Bon Voyage to this book, on its third trans-Atlantic crossing, making it more widely travelled than its author. Regards / Simon." Additional handwritten post-it note from Armitage attached to first leaf.
The Nemesis of American Business

The Nemesis of American Business by Chase, Stuart

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The Nemesis of American Business
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Chase, Stuart
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), toned at the spine, shallow chips at the top edge. Black cloth with red labels on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Chase's Depression-era economic critique that calls for engineers and planned production to direct economic policy.
They Burned the Books

They Burned the Books by Stephen Vincent Benet

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They Burned the Books
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Stephen Vincent Benet
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1942. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 25 pages. Plain blue paper dust jacket. Red boards stamped in black. Housed in black slipcase with title label to spine. Dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with toning to spine and around flaps. Boards show light edgewear and some general creasing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase sound. An anti-Nazi radio-play featuring Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman, among others, written in protest of Gestapo censorship and the May 10, 1933 Nazi book burnings.
John H. Behan, Sacrificed Sheriff
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John H. Behan, Sacrificed Sheriff by Alexander, Bob

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John H. Behan, Sacrificed Sheriff
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Alexander, Bob
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9780944383582
Condition
Very fine
Description
Silver City: High-Lonesome Books, 2002 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by the author. Introduction by Paula Mitchell Marks. [6], 307pp. Vintage photographic portraits and views. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. Grey cloth. A very fine copy with spine-faded dust jacket. John Harris Behan was a frontier lawman of early Arizona Territory, long portrayed as a villain in the Tombstone conflicts and nemesis of Wyatt Earp. This fine work presents the story of this 40 year lawman who was skilled with gun and horse, yet consistently fought crime and made arrests without killing anyone. Behan was also a Civil War volunteer, a State Legislator of two terms, and Yuma Prison Superintendent..
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An Illustrated Book of Costumes Based on Historical and Archaeological Evidence: For Use as a Guide to the Show of Costumes at the National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, March 6 - April 6, 1968 by Yupho, Dhanit (Introductory Note by)

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An Illustrated Book of Costumes Based on Historical and Archaeological Evidence: For Use as a Guide to the Show of Costumes at the National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, March 6 - April 6, 1968
Author
Yupho, Dhanit (Introductory Note by)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
g
Description
Bangkok: The Fine Arts Department, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. [4], 6, [2], 104, [32]pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover. Title page in red and black lettering. Remarkable illustrated manual of Thai clothing and attire from earliest times. Illustrated with numerous b/w and color illustrations, along with b/w photographic reproductions. Head of spine slightly chipped. Lower front corner bumped (not affecting pages throughout). Text in Thai and English. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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A Dictionary of Battles, 1816-1976 by Young, Peter

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Title
A Dictionary of Battles, 1816-1976
Author
Young, Peter
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780831722609
Description
New York: Mayflower Books, 1978. 1st American Edition. With Michael Clavert. x, 606p., dj.
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FROGS: AN ENGLISH VERSION by ARISTOPHANES

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FROGS: AN ENGLISH VERSION
Author
ARISTOPHANES
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
NY, HARCOURT, 1955. FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD. F.
After Prison -- What?

After Prison -- What? by Booth, Maud Ballington

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After Prison -- What?
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Booth, Maud Ballington
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Good. (c.1903). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn but still solid copy, some exterior soiling, white lettering on spine and front cover rubbed but still readable, rear hinge cracked but not separated; school library property label (see description) on front pastedown, unused circulation slip affixed to rear pastedown, no other library markings]. (B&W photo frontispiece) An impassioned plea for the humane treatment and rehabilitation of prisoner inmates, the author's attitude pretty much summed up by her dedication: "Lovingly dedicated to our boys in prison by their Little Mother who believes in them and looks with confidence to a bright, victorious future when they shall have lived down the old, sad record, stormed the walls of prejudice, wrested just recognition from the skeptical and answered convincingly the question, 'can a convict be reformed?'" The author (1865-1948) went to work for the Salvation Army as a teenager and in 1886 married Ballington Booth, son of the organization's founder William Booth. The couple was instrumental in organizing the Salvation Army's early efforts in the U.S., but broke with the organization after a rift developed between Booth and his father. They subsequently founded their own organization, God's American Volunteers (soon renamed Volunteers of America), to aid the poor and underprivileged. Maud in particular was a tireless advocate for prison reform, taking her crusade on the road via the Chautauqua circuit. This book presents both an account of her efforts, including the formation of the Volunteer Prison League, and the stories of many of the convicts she met as a result of her work. [NOTE that the label in the front of the book indicates that it was "the property, and for the use of the members of the Sabbath School of the M.E. Church, Slingerlands, N.Y."] .
DINOSAURS AND VIOLINS

DINOSAURS AND VIOLINS by Sobiloff, Hy

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DINOSAURS AND VIOLINS
Author
Sobiloff, Hy
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Conrad AikenNY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1954. First edition, first prnt. Foreword by Conrad Aiken. Faint beginning foxing on the foreedge; acetate dustjacket with minimal edgewear. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo.
TWO WRONGS

TWO WRONGS by GREENWALD, Ted; Hal Saulson

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TWO WRONGS
Author
GREENWALD, Ted; Hal Saulson
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Cuneiform Press, 2007. First Edition. Near fine.. First edition, from an edition of 250, consisting of poems by Greenwald with paintings by Saulson reproduced on opposing pages. Wraps. Large 8vo. Publisher's silver wraps. Corners lightly bumped. Minor shelfwear. Interior clean and bright. Near fine. Unpaginated.
Prehistoric Mesoamerica

Prehistoric Mesoamerica by Adams, Richard E W.

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Prehistoric Mesoamerica
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Adams, Richard E W.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780806123042
Condition
Very Good
Description
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. xviii, 445pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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