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(Synge) Masefield, John. JOHN M. SYNGE: A FEW PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
The Cuala Press, Churchtown, Dundrum, Ireland: 1915. First edition. 1 of 350 copies. 8vo. 34pp. Binder's ticket on pastedown: "Bound by / Galwey & Co. / Eustace St. Dublin." Original cloth-backed gray boards (somewhat soiled, corners bumped); stain at base of spine, small bookplate, but a Very good copy.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 27501   details     inquire
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O'Connor, Frank. A PICTURE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH RIVERS.
The Cuala Press, Dublin, Ireland: 1943. First edition. 1 of 480 copies. 8vo. 72pp. Plates. Originalcloth-backed illustrated tan boards, paper spine label. Very good.
Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 27503   details     inquire
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O'Connor, Frank. THREE TALES.
The Cuala Press, Dublin, Ireland: 1941. First edition. 1 of 250 copies. 8vo. 41pp. Original cloth-backed blue boards (somewhat faded), paper spine label (edges chipped without loss). Very good.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 27504   details     inquire
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Housman, Laurence. ALL-FELLOWS: SEVEN LEGENDS OF LOWER REDEMPTION WITH INSETS IN VERSE.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London: 1896. First edition. 8vo. 137, (1)pp. Illustrated, plates, colored initial letters. Tipped in is the author's 1916 autograph "Be content, take two! / Laurence Housman / Laurence Housman." Original gilt-stamped green cloth (faded). Very good.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 27562   details     inquire
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Lewis, Janet. THE WIFE OF MARTIN GUERRE. DECORATIONS BY VALENTI ANGELO.
Colt Press, San Francisco: 1941. First edition. 1 of 300 copies hand-colored by the illustrator andsigned by both Angelo and Lewis. 8vo. 153pp. Original rust cloth-backed yellow patterned boards, printed paper spine label. Corners bumped. Very good.
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 27583   details     inquire
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Lowell, James Russell. A YEAR'S LIFE.
C.C. Little and J. Brown, Boston: 1841. BAL 13037 CHAMBERLAIN & LIVINGSTON, p. 5 First edition. 12mo. viii, 182pp. Errata slip tipped in. The author's first book. Small morocco bookplate of W. Van R. Whitall on front pastedown. Original plain tan boards (somewhat rubbed at the extremities), printed paper label (rubbed). Despite the rubbing, a Fine copy in the original binding. Housed in a tan quarter-calf and cloth slipcase with chemise.
Price: USD 600.00 other currencies   order no. 27586   details     inquire
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Meredith, George. LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA, A NOVEL.
Champman and Hall, London: 1894. COLLIE XIV ALTSCHUL COLLECTION p. 107 First edition. 1 of 1500 copies. 3 vols. 8vo. 235, 240, 266pp. Original green cloth (worn, joints fraying), gilt title on spines (rubbed); owner's signature on title pages, a Good copy only.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 27597   details     inquire
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Palgrave, Francis (ed.). THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISHLANGUAGE, SECLECTED AND ARRANGED WITH NOTES BY THE EDITOR.
Macmillan, Cambridge: 1861. First edition, mixed issue (half-title in italic type and no price stamped on spine, but only four notes printed on p. 323). 12mo. 332pp. Title page vignette. Original gilt-stamped green cloth; gift inscription in the year of publication on front endpaper. Very good.
Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 27604   details     inquire
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(Shaw, George Bernard). THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA, by a fellow of the Royal Societyof Literature.
Rehearsed for Malvern Festival, (London): 1929. LAURENCE AA15c: "25 copies" First edition. 8vo. 79pp. "Rough Proof -- Unpublished" printed on the cover and title page. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper: "to Senor Julio Brouta / for translation. / Very private / G.B.S. / 24th July 1929." Original gray stiff wrappers (rubbed). Very good copy housed in a red cloth slipcase with gilt title on the spine.
Price: USD 3,000.00 other currencies   order no. 27642   details     inquire
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Spearman, Frank. WHISPERING SMITH. ILLUSTRATED BY N.C. WYETH.
Charles Scribner's, NY: 1906. First edition. 8vo. 421pp. 4 plates. Original cloth stamped in white,black, and blue. Spine somewhat rubbed, but a Very good copy.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 27647   details     inquire
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. THE BALLADE OF VILLON AND FAT MADGE.
Printed for private circulation, London: 1910. TODD 325e First edition. 1 of 20 copies printed for T.J. Wise. 4to 19pp. This copy inscribed on the half-title: "Clement K. Shorter, with affectionate regards from Thos. J. Wise New Year's Eve, 1911"; with Shorter's large bookplate on the front pastedown. Wise 138: "The manuscript is in my own collection." Original gray wrappers bound into three-quarter black calf and boards, gilt title on upper board, author's name in gilt on spine. Several nicks on spine, internally fine.
Price: USD 1,000.00 other currencies   order no. 27654   details     inquire
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Warner, Charles Dudley. IN THE WILDERNESS.
Houghton, Osgood, Boston: 1878. First edition. 12mo. 176pp. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown; laid in is a two-page 1874 ALS from the author making suggestions for inclusions in a proposed literary anthology. Original gilt- stamped green cloth (rubbed, front board creased); some interior staining, a Good copy only.
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 27696   details     inquire
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Watts-Dunton, Theodore. AYLWIN.
Hurst and Blackett, London: 1899. First edition. 8vo. 472pp. Inscribed by the author: "J.C. Francisfrom his friend Theodore Watts-Dunton." Francis was Watts-Dunton's "long time friend of 30 years standing" (Watts-Dunton, Life and Letters). Original gilt and red-stamped blue cloth. Very good.
Price: USD 375.00 other currencies   order no. 27697   details     inquire
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Welty, Eudora. THE BRIDE OF THE INNISFALLEN AND OTHER STORIES.
Harcourt, Brace and Co., NY: (ca. 1955). First edition, first issue with the single copyright date and in the first issue binding. 8vo. 207pp. Green cloth and green patterned boards. Very good in dustjacket. POLK A11:1
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 27700   details     inquire
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Hewett, Edward Ringwood. SECRETS OF THE SALMON With illustrations from photographs and drawings bythe author.
Scribner's, NY: 1922. First edition, 1/780 copies. Tall 8vo. 155 pp. Plates. Original green cloth-backed boards. Very good.
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 31614   details     inquire
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Phillips, Henry. THE TRUE ENJOYMENT OF ANGLING.
William Pickering, London: 1843. 1st ed. 8vo.; 138pp. Portrait frontis. Westwood & Satchell, p.170:"The work is divided into months, from March to September inclusive; each month has a prose essay and a song set to music. The author was a celebrated singer." Orig. gilt-stamped green cloth (hinges cracking, spine ends a little worn). A very good copy.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 31632   details     inquire
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Blanton, Wyndham B. MEDICINE IN VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;NINETEENTH CENTURY. 3 volumes.
William Byrd Press, Richmond: (1930). 8vo. xvii, 337pp., illus.; Richmond: Garret & Massie, 1931. 4to. x, 449pp., illus. 1 of 750 copies.; Richmond: Garret & Massie, 1932. 4to. xii, 466pp., illus.. Previous owner's signatures and bookplates. Very good.
Price: USD 850.00 other currencies   order no. 31791   details     inquire
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Daniel, W.C. OBSERVATIONS UPON THE AUTUMNAL FEVERS OF SAVANNAH.
W.T. Williams; NY: Collins & Hannay, (printed by Harper in New York), Savannah, (GA): 1826. First edition. 8vo. 152pp. Errata pasted to blank portion of final leaf. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards, original morocco spine label; old library stamp on title page.
Price: USD 850.00 other currencies   order no. 31793   details     inquire
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STATUTES OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITEDSTATES, WITH THE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THERETO; THE ORDNANCE FOR THEGOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES, NORTH-WEST OF THE RIVEROHIO; THE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AND CESSION, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES ANDTHE STATE OF GEORGIA; AND SUCH ACTS OF CONGRESS AS RELATE TO THEMISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. Digested by the authority of the general assembly.
printed by Peter Isler, printer to the territory, Natchez: 1816. 1st edition. 8vo.; 495pp., (1), (2), (20), (6). Recent calf, leather spine label. Attractive copy.
Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 31795   details     inquire
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Haywood, John. REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY OF THESTATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, FROM THE YEAR 1789, TO THE YEAR 1798.
printed by Abraham Hodge, Halifax: 1799. 1st edition. 8vo.; errata, 502pp., (18pp. index). Contemporary ownership signature on title page. Recent leather, with new endpapers.
Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 31804   details     inquire
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von Graefe, A. SYMPTOMENLEHRE DER AUGENMUSKELLAHMUNGEN.
Hermann Peters, Berlin: 1867. GARRISON & MORTON 5899 8vo.; 175pp. Bound with REDE UBER DIE BEDEUTUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISCHER STUDIEN FUR DIE MEDIZIN... by A. v. Grafe. verlag von Hermann Peters, 1865. 27pp. Also bound with SEHEN UND SEHORGAN by A. von Graefe. 1867. 48pp. Leather- backed cloth (joints & corners rubbed). Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Very good.
Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 31844   details     inquire
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Follin, E. LECONS SUR L'APPLICATION DE L'OPHTHALMOSCOPE AU DIAGNOSTIC DES MALADIES DEL'OEIL.
chez L. Leclerc, Libraire-Editeur, Paris: 1859. 8vo.; 117pp., 2 plates. Bound with DE L'APPRECIATION DES APPAREILS ORTHOPEDIQUES par E. Chassaignac. Librairie de Germer Bailliere, 1841. 167pp. Leather-backed marbled boards (rubbed). Foxing, else very good.
Price: USD 650.00 other currencies   order no. 31847   details     inquire
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[Crogan, John]. RAMBLES IN THE MAMMOTH CAVE, DURING THE YEAR 1844 BY A VISITOR withmanuscript notes by Edmund Flagg.
Morton & Griswold, Louisville, KY: 1845. HOWES C-905 12mo. [12] 9-101, 6 plates, errata slip, folding map. Original quarter leather with cloth boards. Very good.
Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 31883   details     inquire
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James, Will. BIG-ENOUGH.
Charles Scribner's Sons, NY & London: 1931. 1st edition. 8vo.; 314pp. Illustrated by the author. Orig. yellow cloth (lightly soiled along top edge). A very good, bright copy in a spine darkened dustjacket, with a few tiny nicks & closed tears along edges.
Price: USD 400.00 other currencies   order no. 31897   details     inquire
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Seyfried, M. Wilhelmi. TRACTATIO HISTORICA DE JOHANNIS HUSSI MARTYRIS, ORTU, EDUCATIONE, STUDIISDOCTRINA, VITA, MORTE, ET SCRIPTIS.
Impensis Francisci Bortiletti, Jenae: 1729. 2nd edition. 8vo.; 128pp. (The first edition was orig. published in 1711, under the title "DISSERTATIO HISTORICA DE JOHANNIS HUSSI." Bound with A.J. JOHANNES HUS- MARTYR HISTORICE DESCRIPTUS, & CONSENSU AMPLISS. FACULT. PHIL. SOLENNI DISPUTATIONE by M. Adamo Rechenberg. Lipsiae: Literis Johann- Erici Hahnii, 1671. (28pp.) Leather backed sprinkled boards (rubbed; joints splitting; small section of head of spine eroded). Corners of boards worn. Two theological treatises on Jan Hus, bound together.
Price: USD 375.00 other currencies   order no. 31903   details     inquire
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Caldwell, Charles. MEDICAL & PHYSICAL MEMOIRS, CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, A PARTICULARINQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE LATE PESTILENTIAL EPIDEMICS OFTHE UNITED STATES.
printed by Thomas & William Bradford, Philadelphia: 1801. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 268 AUSTIN 392 1st ed. 8vo.; (14), (2), 348pp. Errata leaf. Contemporary flame calf, gilt rules on spine, leather spine label; a few marginal pencil markings, but a choice copy.
Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 31921   details     inquire
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McCullers, Carson. REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE.
(New Directions), NY: 1950. Inscribed by author "For dear Bill (Goyen)/from his friend,/Carson". Small 8vo. First printing thus. Faded, edgeworn dustjacket. Housed in a clamshell case.
Price: USD 2,000.00 other currencies   order no. 31958   details     inquire
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Tarkington, Booth. PENROD.
Garden City, NY: 1914. 1st edition, intermediate state (with the first issue point "sence" on pg.19, but with page "viii" unnumbered). Very good copy in the uncommon dustjacket (chipped at spine ends, completely separated along rear joint, and somewhat soiled).
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Moore, Marianne. THE ABSENTEE, A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS.
House of Books, NY: 1962. 1st edition. 1 of 300 copies, signed by the author. Blue boards (somewhatfaded), lacking the plain tissue dust wrapper.
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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES ANDCORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT RICHMOND TOWN, IN THECOUNTY OF HENRICO, ON THE 20th OF MARCH, 1775.
Ritchie, Trueheart & Du-Val, Richmond: 1816. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 39676, 39677, 39679, 39674, 39678 & 39675 SABIN 100011, 100014, 100013, 100016, & 100015 4to.; 8pp. Bound with: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT RICHMOND TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, ON MONDAY THE 17th OF JULY 1775. 4to.; 54pp. Bound with: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES HELD AT THE TOWN OF RICHMOND, IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINA, ON FRIDAY, THE 1st OF DECEMBER, 1775, AND AFTERWARDS BY ADJOURNMENT IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG. 4to.; [55]-102pp. Bound with: ORDINANCES PASSED AT A CONVENTION, HELD IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, ON FRIDAY, THE 1st OF DECEMBER, 1775. 4to.; [103]-116pp. Bound with: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, IN THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, ON MONDAY, THE 6th OF MAY, 1776. 4to.; 86pp. Bound with: ORDINANCES PASSED AT A GENERAL CONVENTION, OF DELEGATES AND REPRESENTATIVES, FROM THE SEVERAL COUNTIES AND CORPORATIONS OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, ON MONDAY, THE 6th OF MAY, ANNO. DOM. 1776. 4to.; 19pp. Contemporary half-leather (rubbed, corners quite worn, spine somewhat eroded) and marbled boards (rubbed). A very good copy. 1st editions thus (reprints of the 18th century originals. All of these reprints were authorized by a "Resolution of the [Virginia] House of Delegates, of the 24th February, 1816." A complete set of thes reprints, rarely offered thus; the originals are quite rare indeed.
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Haywood, John. DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
Thomas G. Bradford, Nashville: 1810. ALLEN 162 COHEN 8470 8vo. 372, (6) pp., 8 pp. ads for printer.Contemporary leather binding, worn. Some internal staining. Very good.
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Daly (and others). SAMMELBAND OF SEVEN PAMPHLETS. The collection of pamphlets consists of:(1) Daly, Charles P. ANNUAL ADDRESS ON THE HISTORY OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (.
American Geographical Society, NY: 1890). The seven pamphlets are bound together in blue half-calf,gilt, marbled boards (rubbed) and endpapers, spine richly gilt, leather spine label, by "E. Riley." See DNB for Sir Francis Jeune (1843-1905; jurist). Joints rubbed, but very good. 55pp., 4 plates. Daly was a prominent New York jurist and was long president of the A.G.S. Bound with (2) VERSES by W.H.M. (London?): for private circulation, n.d. [1870s?]. Inscribed on the front wrapper "Mrs. Jeune/from W.H.M." Unrecorded by the NUC, BLC, and OCLC. We have been unable to identify "W.H.M.", whose verses blend satire and sentiment. Bound with (3) Croker, John Wilson. A SKETCH OF THE STATE OF IRELAND, PAST AND PRESENT. London: John Murray, 1885. First published in 1808. 32pp. Bound with (4) Manners, Lady John. SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATER YEARS OF THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1885. 6th ed. 42, (1)pp. Inscribed on front wrapper "Mrs. Francis Jeune/from the writer." Bound with (5) (Fraser, William). THE COUNTESS OF NITHSDALE. Quarterly Review, 1874. An offprint, first separate edition. 30pp. Inscribed on the front wrapper "To the Hon. Mrs. John Stanley/with the regards of the Writer/Jan. 1875." Unrecorded by the NUC, BLC, & OCLC. Bound with (6) ALDERLY EDGE & ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. Macclesfield: Printed by J. Swinnerton, [1843]. 69pp. 4 plates, title page vignette. Inscribed on an endpaper "John Constantine Stanley/from the Author/Aug. 1849." Unrecorded by the NUC & OCLC, the latter listing two recent reprints without authorial attribution; BLC also records this title anonymously. Bound with (7) (Clifford, Edward). BROADLANDS AS IT WAS. London: Printed by Lindsay & Co., "For private circulation only," 1890. (8)pp. 4 plates. Inscribed on the title page "Mrs. Jeune/from Edward Clifford iii Sept. 189(?)."
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Jeffers, Robinson. THE CALIFORNIANS.
Macmillan, NY: 1916. 1st ed. 8vo.; 217pp. Orig. gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth, printed dustjacket (very worn, with long tears, evidence of old tape repairs, and more recent paper backing and other restoration).
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Fisher, Richard S. INDIANA: IN RELATION TO ITS GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, INSTITUTIONS, COUNTYTOPOGRAPHY, ETC. ; WITH A "REFERENCE INDEX" TO COLTON'S MAP OF INDIANA.
J.H. Colton, NY: 1852. HOWES F152a SABIN 24489 1st ed. 12mo.; 126pp. 18 pages of publisher's ads. Folding map: "Colton's Map of the State of Indiana Compiled for the United States Surveys & Other Authentic Sources, Exhibiting Sections, Fractional Sections, Railroads & Canals, etc." ( J.H. Colton, 1852); engraved sheet, 41 x 29 in., folded in at the rear of the book's gilt-stamped brown cloth covers. Contemporary printed blue-paper label on front pastedown: "E. Mendenhall/Map, Book & Print Seller/...Cincinnati, Ohio." Sprinkled edges; endpapers foxed and spine estremities frayed, otherwise a near fine copy with the map in exceptional condition.
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(Desrivieres, Ferdinand called Bourguignon). LOISIRS D'UN SOLDAT DU REGIMENT DES GARDES FRANCOISES.
Chez Saillant, Libraire, Amsterdam & se trouve a Paris: 1767. Seconde edition, revue, corigee & augmentee. Small 8vo.; (8), 168pp. Half- title. Orig. marbled wrappers (front wrapper detached); corner of half- title torn away, old institutional stamp on verso, overstamped "withdrawn," a very good untrimmed copy. Memoirs of life in the 18th century French army. Scarce. OCLC locates only this edition, in one copy (Society of the Cincinnati).
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Powys, T.F. THE SOLILOQUY OF A HERMIT.
G. Arnold Shaw, NY: 1916. First edition. The author's first book. 12mo. 143 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt-stamped green cloth, printed dust jacket. Some foxing to several leaves, else a fine copy, and uncommon with dustjacket.
Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 33131   details     inquire
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Nimmo, Joseph, Jr. Collection of 35 pamphlets by Nimmo, concerning railroad regulation in theUnited States, the development of the Interstate Commerce Commission, andother aspects of American internal trade, primarily statements togovernment committees and agencies, as well as offprints from periodicals.
various publishers, Washington, DC, and NY: 1888-1909. Nimmo is best known for his Report in Regardto the Range and Ranch Cattle Traffic (Washington, 1885; Howes N-158), was a longtime employee of the United States government, working on various trade and commerce projects. He eventually established a firm on Long Island specializing in statistical studies of American commercial activities and was active in Interstate Commission politics from the agency's inception under the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. This pamphlet group reflects Nimmo's views on government regulation (e.g., one argues against the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890); several are marked "confidential," one is stamped " Compliments of Joseph Nimmo, Jr." 8vo. Original printed wrappers and self-wrappers (some chipping and soiling); almost all have either a Library of Congress duplicate stamp or its small perforation on the title page. A more descriptive list of the pamphlets can be provide on request.
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: A BOOK OF NIGHTS.
Richard G. Badger, Boston: 1897. First edition, 1/500 copies. 12mo. 121 pp. Original green and red decorated tan cloth (designed by T.B. Hapgood; thoroughly rubbed); foxed, end leaves heavily, a good copy. Includes "Luke Havergall" and "Richard Cory."
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(Stevens) Stebbins, Charles L. (ed.). HARVARD LYRICS AND OTHER VERSES; BEING SELECTIONS OF THE BEST VERSEWRITTEN BY HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
Brown & Co., Boston: 1899. 1st ed. 8vo.; 153pp. Orig. gilt-stamped decorated burgundy cloth (rubbed); owner's name, a very good copy. An anthology that includes Wallace Steven's "Vita Mea," his first appearance in a book. This copy belonged to an uncle of another contributor, Reginald Wright Kaufmann; laid in is the uncle's ALS to Kaufmann, lauding his contribution.
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Tennyson, Alfred,Lord. ENOCH ARDEN AND IN MEMORIAM.
Macmillan, London: 1888. 12mo.; 184pp. Frontis. engraving. Orig. cloth, gilt title on spine. Very good copy. Volume V from an edition of Tennyson's WORKS. Inscribed by the author opposite the half-title "George Stewart/from/Tennyson/May 1889." Tipped-in is a 3-page ALS of presentation from Tennyson's wife Emily to Stewart, also dated May 1889.
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Van Santvoord, George. INDIANA JUSTICE, A TREATISE ON THE JURISDICTION, AUTHORITY AND DUTY OFJUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IN THE STATE OF INDIANA, IN CIVIL AND CRIMINALCASES:... .
Fry & Jackson, Lafayette, (IN): 1845. COHEN 8351 SHAW 45-6610 First edition. 8vo. 548 pp. Contemporary full leather with red leather spine label with gilt stamping and black spine leather owner's label. Front end paper missing, else very good.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 33315   details     inquire
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Haywood, John. REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY OF THESTATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, FROM THE YEAR 1789 TO THE YEAR 1798.
Printed by Abraham Hodge, Halifax, (NC): 1799. 8vo. 502, (18) pp. Recent full calf, gilt title on spine.
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Taylor, John. ARATOR; BEING A SERIES OF AGRICULTURAL ESSAYS, PRACTICAL AND POLITICAL: INSIXTY-ONE NUMBERS.
Printed by Whitworth & Yancey for John M. Carter, Petersburg, VA: 1818. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. 19th century Virginia bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: within an ornamental rule "Bought of / C.A. Withers / Bookseller & Stationer Lynchburg." American Imprints 45843. 12mo. 239pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed, upper joint a little eroded), gilt rules and leather lable on spine; persistent light foxing, but a solid copy.
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LAWS OF ARKANSAS TERRITORY. Compiled and arranged by J. Steele and J.M'Campbell, Esq.'s (Attorneys and Counsellors at Law); under the directionand superintendence of John Pope, Esq., Governor of the Territory ofArkansas.
Printed by J. Steele, Little Rock, Ark. Ter.: 1835. Second collected edition of the laws of the territory (a 149-page edition was published in 1821). Allen Arkansas Imprints 36. Sabin 1991. 8vo. (4), 562, (12)pp. Contemporary sheep (rubbed, spine somewhat eroded), leather spine label (chipped, but not touching text); usual light foxing and age toning, but a solid copy.
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Huggins, A.Z. CHESS PROBLEMS.
Dubuque Chess Journal, Dubuque, IA: 1872. First edition of this rather crudely printed regional production. 12mo. 56, (16)pp. Mounted frontpiece photograph of the author. Contemporary brown half-cloth and marbled boards; lacking rear endpaper, else very good.
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Espinasse, Isaac. CASES ARGUED AND RULED AT "NISI PRIUS," IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH, ANDCOMMON PLEAS, FROM EASTER TERM 33 GEORGE III - TO HILARY TERM 34 GEORGEIII; WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CASES OF AN EARLIER PERIOD.
Baltimore, Re-printed by Clayland, Dobbin & Co. for Keatinge's Bookstore, London, Printed: 1795. First American edition, "with additional references." Evans 28636. 8vo. viii, 127, xii pp. Contemporary law sheep (rubbed), leather spine label; old tideline through lower margin of text, but a sound copy.
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Bismarck, General Grafen von. SCHUTZEN=SYSTEM DER RETEREI.
Friedrich Franch, Stuggart: 1824. First edition (?) of this cavalry shooting manual. Scarce; unrecorded on OCLC. 8vo. 233, (1)pp. Errata leaf. Original printed, illustrated, and decorated drab wrappers (corner of front wrapper torn away and rather crudely repaired). Still a near fine, completely unopened copy.
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Arnold, Robert. DISMAL SWAMP AND LAKE DRUMMOND: EARLY RECOLLECTIONS; VIVID PORTRAYAL OFAMUSING SCENES.
Green, Burke & Gregory, printes, Norfolk, VA: 1888. First edition. Cover title: "Uncle Alek and HisMule; or the Author's Recollection of the Dismal Swamp & Lake Drummond." Thornton 311. 12mo. 78pp. Original silver-stamped green cloth (spotted); front hinge weak, some foxing, else a very good copy.
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Hearn, Lafcadio. "GOMBO ZHEBES": LITTLE DICTIONARY OF CREOLE PROVERBS, SELECTED FROM SIXCREOLE DIALECTS. Translated into French and into English, with notes,complete index to subjects and some brief remarks upon the Creole idiomsof Louisiana.
Will H. Coleman, NY: 1885. First edition. Boards somewhat bowed, else very good. BAL 7914. Small 4to. Original gilt and silver-stamped decorated green cloth (rubbed).
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Lytle, Andrew. AT THE MOON'S INN.
Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis: 1941. First edition. Novel of the DeSoto expedition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Very good. 8vo. Blue cloth (dull), illustrated dust jacket (rubbed and a little worn around the edges).
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Mitchell, Margaret. GONE WITH THE WIND.
Macmillan, NY: 1939. First edition thus, 1/1000 copies. Very good. 2 volumes, 8 vo, two-tone cloth,gilt, ttop edge gilt., glassine dust jackets; issued with a slipcase, not present here.
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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. CROSS CREEK COOKERY. Drawings by Robert Camp.
Scribner's, NY: 1942. First edition. Inscribed by the author and signed by the illustrator. Fine copy. 8vo, illustrated tan cloth, illustrated dust jacket (price-clipped).
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Bruce, Peter Henry. MEMOIRS OF PETER HENRY BRUCE, ESQ. , A MILITARY OFFICER, IN THE SERVICESOF PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, AND GREAT BRITAIN; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HISTRAVELS IN GERMANY, RUSSIA, TARTARY, TURKEY, THE WEST INDIES, &C.; ASALSO, SEVERAL VERY INTERESTING PRIVATE ANECDOTES OF THE CZAR, PETER I. OFRUSSIA.
Printed for the author's widow, and sold by T. Payne, London: 1782. First edition. Howes B-886: "Military adventures in Europe and America; including two stays in South Carolina in 1741 and 1745." 4to. (12), 446 pp. Recent sprinkled calf, leather spine label; fine wide- margined copy.
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Pearse, Eleanor H.D. FLORIDA'S VANISHING ERA FROM THE JOURNALS OF A YOUNG GIRL AND HER FATHER,1887 TO 1920.
The author, Np: (c1949). Second edition, revised (originally published in 1947). 8vo. 75, (6) pp. Illustrated. Scarce account of tarpon fishing in the Punta Gorda, Florida area at the turn of the last century. Bruns P-36: "A valuable book historically." The author's father was Charles Dean whose book on tarpon fishing is the black tulip of the subject. This edition is uncommon; OCLC locates but three copies in southern university libraries and four in Florida public libraries. Original gilt stamped limp leather, illustrated dust jacket (somewhat soiled, a little insect damage). Very good copy.
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Niedieck, Paul. CRUISES IN THE BERING SEA; BEING RECORDS OF FURTHER SPORT AND TRAVEL.Translated from the original German by R.A. Ploetz. With 73 full-pageplates, a map, and 56 illustrations in the text, reproduced from originalphotographs.
Rowland Ward, London: 1909. First edition. Tall 8vo. 252 pp. Portrait frontispiece, folding map in pocket at rear. Phillips, p. 276. Original grey cloth (a little soiled), gilt title on spine, zebra-striped endpapers. A very good copy.
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Tytler, Patrick Fraser. HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTSOF AMERICA, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, (UK): 1833 (Second edition). 16mo. 444 pp. Illustrated with 9 engravings and a folded frontis. map. Gilt-stamped red cloth with embossed spine and boards. Very good, with uncut pages.
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Brockett, F.L. THE LODGE OF WASHINGTON: A HISTORY OF THE ALEXANDRIA WASHINGTON LODGE, NO.22, A.F. AND A.M. ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1783-1876.
G.H. Ramey & Son, Publishers, Alexandria, VA: 1899. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 267 pp. Illustrated. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth; elaborately decorated in gilt- and black-stamp. Some damp-staining to endpapers and mottling to rear board, binding slightly cocked. A good copy.
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JACOBS' PATENT / WHEEL BARROWS, / FOR SALE BY / CARHART & CURD, /WHOLESALE HARDWARE, / MACON, GA./ ...
The company (printed by Riches, Columbus, Ohio), Macon, GA: nd [ca. 1885]. The wheelbarrow styles ranged from closed containers to open platforms; all used the "Jacobs' Patent Wheel, the strongest and lightest running wheel known." Unrecorded on OCLC. Broadsheet printed on pink paper, 24 x 5 inches, describing the wheelbarrows and another implement on recto, and illustrating seven of the offerings, with caption descriptions on verso. Very good.
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THE NEW AMERICAN CLERK'S MAGAZINE, AND COMPLETE PRACTICAL CONVEYANCER;CONTAINING THE MOST USEFUL AND NECESSARY PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING, ASSETTLED AND APPROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT CONVEYANCERS; WITH OBSERVATIONSAND REFERENCES TO THE LAWS, &C; WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER USEFUL INSTRUMENTSOF WRITING: THE WHOLE OF WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO THE USE OF THE CITIZENS OFTHE UNITED STATES, AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO THOSE OF THE STATE OFMARYLAND; WITH NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS OF PRECEDENTS FOR THE USEOF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS, CORONERS AND CONSTABLES, AND OFMATTERS WHICH RELATE TO THE DUTIE...
Jacob D. Dietrick, Hagers-town, (MD): 1808. "Second edition, revised and corrected" (i.e., second Hagerstown edition, first published there in 1803; other editions were published in Alexandria, Virginia, and elsewhere). 8vo. 380 pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed), gilt rules and leather spine label; text uniformly browned, else a very good copy.
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Harris, Thomas. MODERN ENTRIES, ADAPTED TO THE AMERICAN COURTS OF JUSTICE; BEING ACOMPLETE SYSTEM OF APPROVED PRECEDENTS, CONSISTING OF CONVEYANCING,DECLARATIONS, ENTRIES, PLEAS, REPLICATIONS, &C., AND WRITS; WITH AN INDEXTO THE PRINCIPAL WORK, AND OF REFERENCE TO MOST OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERNENTRIES.
Printed by Frederick Green, Annapolis, (MD): 1801. First edition. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 624. Thick 8vo.2 volumes: viii, 703; (2), 800, (196) pp. Errata leaf. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards; owners' name and stamp on title page of volume one, bank portion of one leaf torn away (probably for a signature), shaved close for binding without touching text or catch words, corner of one leaf torn (taking a single letter), early ink notes on a blank leaf, several other ink markings in text. Still a solid copy in an attractive new binding.
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(Smith, John Calvin). THE WESTERN TOURIST AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO,MICHIGAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, IOWA, AND WISCONSIN, AND THETERRITORIES OF MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, AND NEBRASKA; BEING AN ACCURATE ANDCONCISE DESCRIPTION OF EACH STATE AND TERRITORY; AND CONTAINING THE ROUTESAND DISTANCES OF THE GREAT LINES OF TRAVEL.
J.H. Colton, NY: 1853. Reprint of a revised edition. Howes S-615. 12mo. 89 pp. 24-page Colton catalogue of "maps, charts, books, etc." Map: GUIDE THROUGH OHIO, MICHIGAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, WISCONSIN & IOWA, SHOWING THE TOWNSHIP LINES OF THE UNITED STATES SURVEYS; LOCATION OF CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, POST HAMLETS, CANALS, RAIL AND STAGE ROADS, by J. Calvin Smith; hand-colored broadside with ornamental border, 22 x 26 1/2 inches, folded to 12mo. Original elaborately gilt-stamped illustrated cloth (rubbed); some foxing, several small breaks at corner folds of map, but a very good copy.
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COLTON'S RAILROAD & TOWNSHIP MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH PARTS OFTHE ADJOINING STATES AND CANADA.
G.W. & C.B. Colton, NY: 1867. Re-issue of a map first published in 1852. This map was issued almostannually, 1852-1870. This 1867 version is uncommon; OCLC locates two (Buffalo & Erie County Public, Rochester). Not in Phillips. Broadside, 25 x 28 inches, folded into 12mo gilt-stamped brown cloth boards; hand-colored map within a wide ornamental border. Colton advertisement affixed to front pastedown. One panel darkened from offset, several small breaks at fold intersections, else very good.
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Jones, Jo. Seawell. A DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FROMTHE ASPERSIONS OF MR. JEFFERSON.
Bowen and Turner & Hughes, Boston and Raleigh: 1834. First edition. Howes J-234. Weeks, p. 30: "Jones writes with a reckless vigor and intensity. He grows eloquent over his work at times; but frequently mistakes abuse of the opposite view for sober history." Thornton 7068. 8vo. 343 pp. Original cloth, paper spine label (chipping takes some of the rules but none of the letters). Very good copy.
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Harris, Joel Chandler. UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS: THE FOLK-LORE OF THE OLD PLANTATION.Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.
Appleton, NY: 1881. First edition of the author's first book, third issue (with reviews of the bookon page 233). BAL 7100. 8vo. 231 pp. Plates; publisher's catalogue. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth (a little rubbed, lower corners bumped); small ownership stamps on endpapers and frontispiece tissue guard, but a very good copy.
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Hearn, Lafcadio. SHADOWINGS.
Little, Brown, Boston: 1900. First edition. BAL 7935. Uncommon in dust jacket. 8vo. 268 pp. Illustrated, five plates. Tittle page printed in black and orange; publisher's ads for two other Hearn titles at rear. Original 3- color and gilt-stamped blue cloth, decorated dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown, but a fine copy.
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(Chapman). CHAPMAN'S SECTIONAL MAP OF WISCONSIN, WITH THE MOST RECENT SURVEYS.Lithograph of F. Mayer, New York.
Silas Chapman, Milwaukee, WI: 1856. Re-issue of a map first published in 1853 (according to Phillips). Scarce; OCLC records one copy of this date (Trinity), along with several copies each for 1855, 1857, and 1858 issues. Not in Phillips (which does record the 1853 issue). Broadside, 36 x 34 inches, folded into 12mo gilt-stamped brown cloth boards; counties hand-colored in pale shades of four colors. Several small breaks at corner folds, else very good.
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Rich, Adrienne. A CHANGE OF WORLD. With a foreword by W.H. Auden.
Yale U. Press, New Haven, CT: 1951. First edition. The author's first regularly published book, volume 48 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. An autograph letter from the author to her grandmother concerning a visit is laid in (undated; 8vo, 2-pages). 12mo. 85 pp. Printed rose boards, printed rose dust jacket (price clipped, rubbed). Very good.
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Taylor, Peter. HAPPY FAMILIES ARE ALL ALIKE: A COLLECTION OF STORIES.
McDowell, Obolensky, NY: (c1959). First edition. Inscribed by the author to his biographer Stuart Wright. The dust jacket is a trial issue not mentioned in Wright's bibliography; it is a quarter inch taller than the book and only the front and spine panels are printed (the rear panel and flaps remain white). 8vo. 305 pp. Original green cloth, silver-stamped title on spine, printed dust jacket. Very good copy.
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(Seaward) [Porter, William Ogilvie]. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, AND CONSEQUENT DISCOVERYOF CERTAIN ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA: WITH A DETAIL OF MANYEXTRAORDINARY AND HIGHLY INTERESTING EVENTS IN HIS LIFE, FROM THE YEAR1733 TO 1749, AS WRITTEN IN HIS OWN DIARY. Edited by Miss Jane Porter.
J. & J. Harper, NY: 1831. First American edition. Sabin 64323. American Imprints 8810. Hough Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 793, the first edition, noting that it is fiction and probably by Jane Porter herself. 12mo. 3 vols.: 239, 250, 236 pp. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, leather spine labels; some light foxing and old tidelines in corners, but a very good solid copy.
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Lamb, Dana. THE FISHING'S ONLY PART OF IT. Original line drawings by Eldridge Hardie.Introduction by Ernest Schwiebert.
Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ: (c1982). First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 171 pp. Gilt-stamped imitation leather, publisher's slipcase. Very good.
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Jackson, William. BOOK-KEEPING IN THE TRUE ITALIAN FORM OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, BY WAY OFDOUBLE ENTRY: OR, PRACTICAL BOOK-KEEPING, EXEMPLIFIED FROM THE Precepts ofthe Late Ingenious D. Dowling.
George Long, NY: 1811. Reprint (first published in the United States in Philadelphia, 1801; first published in Dublin, 1771). 8vo. viii, 288 pp. Folding table. American Imprints 23104. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; old ownership markings, very good.
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Hutchinson, C.C. RESOURCES OF KANSAS: FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE.
Published by the author, Topeka, KS: 1871. First edition. 12mo. vii, 287 pp. "With a new map [folded in at rear] and forty illustrations". "This little book is designed to anticipate and answer many of the questions which would be asked by persons contemplating a removal from some other region to Kansas." Black-printed buff paperwraps. Some chipping at edges and splitting at spine (on back cover), but a very good copy.
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McClure, J.B. (ed.). STORIES AND SKETCHES OF CHICAGO: AN INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING, ANDINSTRUCTIVE SKETCH HISTORY OF THE WONDERFUL CITY "BY THE SEA."
Rhodes & McClure, Chicago: 1882. Second edition (first published in 1880). While the first edition is relatively common, this edition is scarce; not recorded on OCLC and a single copy located by the NUC (OCIWHi). 8vo. 197 pp. Illustrated with many wood engravings, map. Original illustrated wrappers (somewhat soiled); spine ends eroded, but a very good copy.
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Taylor, John. ARATOR; BEING A SERIES OF AGRICULTURAL ESSAYS, PRACTICAL AND POLITICAL: INSIXTY-ONE NUMBERS.
Printed by J. Robinson, for John M. Carter, Baltimore, (MD): 1817. Third edition, revised and enlarged. John Taylor of Caroline was a prominent Virginian whose other writings included valuable contributions to American political thought. As an agriculturalist, he was America's first advocate of soil enrichment with manures and vegetable matter. 12mo. 220 pp. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards, leather label and gilt spine rules; title page laid down (remargining top edge where a signature was torn away), text block browned, old institutional stamp on title page. Good solid copy in an attractive new binding.
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(Sherman, John). PLAT OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, HON. JOHN SHERMAN, TRUSTEE: LOTS FOR SALE BYA.L. BARBER & CO., 16 LEDROIT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC. William Smyth,surveyor
John Sherman, Washington, DC: 1881. Presents lots for sale along 13th and 14th Streets, between Boundary Street and Whitney Avenue. Sherman's statement as trustee: "I have subdivided parts of 'Mount Pleasant' and 'Pleasant Plains' ... known as the property of the late William J. Stone ... into blocks, lots, and streets, as laid down in the plat ..." Cover label: "Plat of Columbia Heights / John Sherman." OCLC records two copies (Library of Congress, District of Columbia Public). Another version issued in 1882). Broadside plat map, 32 x 18 inches, backed with cloth and folded into contemporary half-leather and marbled boards (rubbed, rebacked). Some of the lots bear pencil notes, else very good.
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LOUISIANA.
J.H. Colton, NY: 1857. Not in Phillips. Broadside map, 14 x 17 inches, with the parishes hand-colored, within an ornamental border and folded into the original gilt-stamped cloth folder (soiled). Colton advertisement on front pastedown. Very good.
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(New York). THE GREAT METROPOLIS; OR, GUIDE TO NEW-YORK FOR 1849. Published annually,fifth publication.
H. Wilson, NY: 1849. The first in this series was issued in 1845. Sabin 54298. 16mo. 179 pp. Illustrated, ads, folding map of the city. Original gilt- stamped black cloth (soiled and somewhat faded). Good solid copy.
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Gunn, John C. GUNN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE; OR, POOR MAN'S FRIEND; IN THE HOURS OFAFFLICTION, PAIN, AND SICKNESS, THIS BOOK POINTS OUT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE,FREE FROM DOCTOR'S TERMS, THE DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, ANDTHE LATEST AND MOST APPROVED MEANS USED IN THEIR CURE AND IS EXPRESSLYWRITTEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAMILIES IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES; ITALSO CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MEDICINAL ROOTS AND HERBS OF THE WESTERNAND SOUTHERN COUNTRY, AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE USED IN THE CURE OF DISEASE,ARRANGED ON A NEW AND SIMPLE PLAN, BY WHICH THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE ISREDUCED TO PRINCIPLES OF COMM...
Henderson & Johnston, Madisonville, (TN): 1834. Fourth edition (the first printed in Madisonville).Allen TENNESSEE IMPRINTS 1134. Fourth edition. 8vo. xv, 604 pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label. Foxed, tear in front endpaper repaired with tape, but a very good copy and a pleasing example of fairly early southern book-making.
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