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Newport, RI: 1928. A small slip of cardstock containing a brief handwritten note from William Sims (1858-1936), Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy who distinguished himself in World War I as commander of the American naval forces in Europe. The note is dated March 15, 1928 and is addressed to.....
New York: The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910-1912. 11th Edition. Leather bound. Complete set of 29 volumes. Bound in black 3/4 leather and green cloth boards. Top edges gilt. Mild shelf wear else firm and tight. Text clean and unmarked. The spine of Vol. 13 is rubbed. Small chips/snags to the.....
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 453p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners of boards are bent at the tips. Top edges are bumped, most conspicuously on the front board, where there is a pale streak around the lightly indented area. Some small.....
1902. RARE ORIGINAL INVITATION TO THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND. Printed on heavy cardstock framed with intricate royal insignia, with the guest's name, Mrs. Wm. Gibson, handwritten in black ink. Also features the embossed seal of the Earl Marshal of England, Henry, Duke of Norfolk. Very good.....
No Place: State of Maine, 1836. 1st Edition. Original wraps. 8-page pamphlet issued by the State of Maine in an edition of 1,000 copies. Two folded sheets of paper bound together with a single cord. Near fine condition, with just a few spots scattered here and there. Text of a......
A folding-book manuscript (parabaik) written in black ink using the Shan alphabet. The manuscript measures about 15.75" long x 7" wide x 3.25" thick and opens accordion-style, the typical medium used in early-modern Myanmar and other countries of southeast Asia. We estimate this particular item to be from the late.....
Washington City: R.C. Weightman, 1812. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Wraps. 16p. Removed from a larger volume but complete by itself. JOHN C. CALHOUN'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE AT THE TOP OF THE TITLE PAGE. Overall good condition. Old stamp of the War Department on nthe title page, partially covered by.....
NY: Dillingham, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 214p. Recently rebound in full blue morocco leather, stamped in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt decor on spine, marbled endpapers. Fine condition. THE RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. Terhune published this collection of stories about undergraduate life at.....
New York: Robert J. Shores, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light wear to corners and spine ends; mild foxing to plates and their opposite pages. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A first edition in nice shape of this scarce Terhune title.....
NY: Dodd Mead, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Tan decorated cloth. Former owner's name. Very good. Written with his mother Marion Terhune (aka "Marion Harland"). This novel has the distinction of being the first Mother-Son collaborative novel published in America.
London: Cassell, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. A hardcover book in fine condition. A beautiful copy - fine, clean, and fresh. Crisp and unmarked save for a former owner's signature and note on half-title page. Very scarce. Published only in one edition in the UK; not published in America.....
London: Macmillan, 1906. Leather bound. 901p. IN A FINE FULL TREE-CALF LEATHER PRIZE BINDING. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, spine ornately decorated in gilt. Prize binding for the Girls Grammar School of Barnet with their crest on the front cover. A touch of fading to the spine else fine. A......
London: W. and A. Strahan, 1778-1793. Second Edition. Leather bound. Complete five-volume set of the second edition of the Biogrphia Britannica, revised and enlarged by Andrew Kippis. Bound in five folio volumes in matching 18th century bindings of 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Covers rubbed, leather worn at extremities. Minor.....
Northampton: Bassett-Lowke, Ltd., 1911. Paperback. 212p. A softcover book in FAIR condition. Edges of cover are worn and chipped, and the spine has been reinforced with tape; pages still fully attached. Edges dampstained throughout; a few pages near the beginning are soiled, but readable. Otherwise unmarked. Much-worn copy of a......
A small group of material relating to the October 1962 riots at the University of Mississippi following the enrollment of the school's first Black student, James H. Meredith. The highlight of this collection is a copy of the book INTEGRATION AT OLE MISS by Russell Barrett which is annotated by.....
Cincinnati: Morgan. Lodge and Fisher, 1827. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 100p, plus two plates. RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE, bound in full black leather. Recently restored with newer matching leather spine. The endpapers are original and contain the signature of one David Van Matre and the date of July 1827. A scarce.....
New York: Century Co., 1901. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 470p. Blue decorated cloth. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Interior clean and tight. Very good condition. ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. Terhune signed and dated this book in December 1901.
Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1997. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. COMPLETE SIX VOLUME SET, SIGNED BY THE ASTRONAUTS. Bound in matching blue cloth decorated in gilt; gilt edges, moire endpapers, silk ribbon bookmarks. Near fine condition; some gilt on covers is lightly rubbed. The gilt edges on MOON SHOT are scratched;.....
Baltimore: Joannis D. Toy, 1824. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Leather bound. 132p. Bound in full leather. Pocket-size book measuring 3x5 inches. Good condition. Ex-convent library with their name stamped on the inside front cover. CINCINNATI ARCHBISHOP JOHN B. PURCELL'S COPY. Contains his signature on the title page plus two-page handwritten.....
New York: City of New York, 1884. 1st Edition. Wraps. 19-page pamphlet. Original yellow printed wraps, mildly chipped around the edges. Good condition. A rare pamphlet printed in 1884 during debate on a proposed bill. Argues for the constitutional right of Catholic youths held in juvenile delinquent reform schools to.....
1853. Leather bound. Signed by Kingsley with his initials "CK" at upper right corner. 8 pages, oblong octavo, in ink on blue writing paper, bound together with string. Mild wear along edges, vertical fold in middle, overall very good condition. Enclosed in an old blue leather solander case. Leather lightly.....
New York: The Albertype Co., 1890. 1st edition, 2nd state. Hardcover. 12 b/w plates w/ facing descriptions. A thin, oblong hardcover book in grey-green cloth bound with thread and stamped in gilt. Edges rubbed, and corners wearing through. Small slit at head of spine; the cloth has been neatly glued.....
NY: Covici Friede, 1937. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the American edition of Lawrence Durell's second book, written under the pseudonym of "Charles Norden". Near fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The interior of the book has some slight age toning to endpapers and the light tan.....
New York: Norton, 1968. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Deluxe issue, bound in half red leather and cloth, spine decorated in gilt, silk ribbon bookmarker. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. Binding mildy worn with some tears to leather at the top opf the spine and some minor rubbing and creasing along.....
Dayton: W.J. Shuey, 1867. Leather bound. 757p. Bound in full red leather, decorated in gilt. Covers rubed and lightly faded. Old staining across the top edge of the pages which does not affect the book's readability. Overall good condition. Early United Brethren hymnal. This is the text put together in.....