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Contemplations: The Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1902)
Contemplations Being Several Short Essays, Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings Selected from The Writings of Elbert Hubbard by Heloise Hawthorne, good condition with little wear, tipped in photographs. Ornaments designed by Richard Kruger, presswork by Otto Franz, compsition by Charles Rosen (1902). Frontispiece portrait of Hubbard. Printed on Boxmoor and bound in paper over boards with suede spine.
A History of Architecture On The Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher (1946)
A History of Architecture On The Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher, Published by B T Batsford, London (1946) Good condition with owner signatue. Wonderful outside binding. 13th (Jubilee Edition) completely revised with over 4000 illustrations - b/w photographs and line drawings in text. 1036pp including Glossary of Architectural Terms With Some References to the Illustrations & Index. Pictorial endpapers, good condition.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Cookery by Mary E. Williams (1913)
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Cookery by Mary E. Williams, and Katherine Rolston Fisher, Published by The Macmillan Company, New York (1913) Good condition, sized 5" x 6", hard cover, 347 pages.
Anthropological Notes on The Sotadic Zone of Sexual Inversion throughout the World by Burton
Anthropological Notes on The Sotadic Zone of Sexual Inversion throughout the World including some observations on Social and Sexual Relations of the Mohammedan Empire by Sir Richard F. Burton,
Published by Falstaff Press unknown date, good condition with wear on outer softcovers, 96 pages.
Mexico & the Mexicans, or, Notes of Travel in the Winter & Spring of 1883
Mexico & the Mexicans, or, Notes of Travel in the Winter & Spring of 1883 by Howard Conkling, Published by New York: Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co. (1883) Good condition, rare. Hard cover. He discusses the Volcano of Jorullo, Quetzalcoatl, Cuernavaca & Mexico City. Nicely illustrated with seven line drawings
RARE Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery (1879) Illustrated
Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery. Riverside Press Cambridge (1879) Illustrations by Alfred Kappes, hardcover. Good with rubbing on cover, bookplate, 186 pages. Full color illustrations. Wonderful book. Very little spotting. Original dark brown pictorial cloth with image of a witch riding a goose against the light of the moon on front board, decorative endpapers.
OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway (1953) First Edition Later Printing
OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway, Scribners (1953) First Edition, Later Printing, good condition, not a book of the month club, fair/good jacket with some tattering.
Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb (c.1900) Illustrated by Paget
Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, Published by Ernest Nister/Dutton London/NY n.d. (c.1900) 1st illustrated. thus edition. 6 color plates, 70 b&w illustrations by W. Paget. Beautiful 3-color plus gilt decorative binding. Good condition with some rubbing on the cover, beautiful book.
Marthe And The Madman by Jean De Bosschère (1928) LIMITED EDITION #233/275 SIGNED
Marthe And The Madman by Jean De Bosschère (Tranlated from French by Pierre Loving), Published by Covici-Friede, New York City (1928) 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fair/Good condition with cracked hinge. Limited Edition #233 out of 275 published. First American edition, translated from the French by Pierre Loving. Erotic illustrations by the author w/ author's signature to colophon.
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (1958) FIRST EDITION
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, Published by Pantheon Books, New York (1958) Photograph of author on back jacket. 558 pages. Stated "First Published September 1958" on verso page. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. Good in fair/good dust jacket with some tears and general wear throughout.
Manual for ARMY BAKERS (1916) WW1
Manual for ARMY BAKERS, Government Printing Office (1916), hardcover, small sized 4" x 5", 123 pages.
THE WAY OF A DOG by Albert Payson Terhune (1932)
THE WAY OF A DOG by Albert Payson Terhune, Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York NY (1932) Good with fair/good dust jacket in a new mylar cover. 334pp. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Terhune was not only a prolific author of stories about dogs, but was also a breeder and journalist. His popular stories relate the adventures of his beloved collies.
A Brief History of SINO-JAPANESE WAR (1937-1945)
A Brief History of SINO-JAPANESE WAR (1937-1945) published by Chung Wu Publishing Co. (1974), First Edition, good condition with fair/good dust jacket. Photographs.
Rolls-Royce: The Living Legend (1958)
Rolls-Royce: The Living Legend, Published by Post Motor Works, Arcadia CA (1958) 384 pages, burgundy binding. Fair/Good to good condition with some cover wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Rolls-Royce: The Living Legend as reflected by half a century of contemporary British and American sales and institutional literature. A history of the marque through items published at the time, including advertising material, performance records, technical specifications, magazine articles, line drawings and photographs in B/W.
The Refugees from Germany April 1933 to December 1935
The Refugees from Germany April 1933 to December 1935, Norman Bentwich, Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London (1936) Good condition with some soiling to the outside cover, interior good.
The World Here and There, Notes of Travellers by CHARLES DICKENS (1852) First American Edition
The World Here and There, or, Notes of Travellers. From Household Words. Edited by Charles Dickens. First Series. Charles Dickens, (Editor) Published by New York. G. P. Putnam (1852) First American Edition. Good condition some wear on inner covers as if there was once a old book cover glued. Otherwise solid wonderful book.
TYPEE: Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in the Marquesas by HERMAN MELVILLE (1871)
TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas by Herman Melville, Published by New York Harper and Brothers (1871) Good condition, very little wear, Revised Edition with a sequel. Melville's first book, and the most popular during his lifetime. It is a classic in the literature of travel and adventure and is partly based on Melville's experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842. The title is derived from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, but made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals."
The Jewish Woman by Nahida Remy (1895)
The Jewish Woman by Nahida Remy, Published by Press of C.J. Krehbiel & Co., Cincinnati (1895) Good with some rubbing on covers. Small octavo, brown publishers cloth with gold lettering, frontispiece photo, 262 pp., register of names, works of reference Authorized translation by Louise Mannheimer. With a Preface by Prof. Dr. Lazarus.
War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld 1861-1865 - Massachusetts Historical Society (1979)
War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld 1861-1865, Stephen Minot Weld, Published by Mass. Hist. Soc., Boston, MA (1979), fair/good condition because of some spotting on the end pages. Some minor wear on the cover - has the look as it has been in a box for a long time. Otherwise fine.
RAREST 1980 Limited Edition NECRONOMICON Grimoire Book of Dead
NECRONOMICON Edited with an Introduction by Simon. Schlangekraft Inc / Barnes Graphics Inc, New York, 1980. Second edition - limited. Handsomely bound with silver lettering on black leather. Slight rubbing and cracking on inside edges of binding. With black ribbon. All edges gilt. Interior clean - no names, etc.
The Book of Dead Names. Long lost sorcerer's book of incantations, spells, bindings, conjurations, evocations, testimony of the Mad Arab, the book of fifty names, exorcisms. Infamous and legendary grimoire inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
RARE The Genesis of the United States - Plantation of North America by Englishmen TWO VOLUMES
The Genesis of the United States: A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605-1616, which Resulted in the Plantation of North America by Englishmen. Two Volumes. Alexander Brown, Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston MA (1891) Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1151 pages. Good condition with some wear to covers.
The Constitution of the United States of America (1853)
The Constitution of the United States of America, with an Alphabetical Analysis; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles Fo Confederation; Prominent Polibical Acs of Geroge Washinton; Etc, by W. Hickey, Good condition, some slight outer wear, and some light foxing on some pages inside. Published by Philadelphia (1853) Contents include: Resolutions by the US Senate from 1847 to 1852; Communications from the Senate President; Vice Pres. Speakers of the House; Supreme Court Justices in the 1840's; Commentaries and copies of the US Constitution; Articles of Amendments to the Constitution; Official Proceedings; Congress addresses; Congressional Resolutions; Documents and address of George Washington (1775) explanatory notes of the congress; executive officers of the government; State governments; journels and history from 1789 following; and many ore documents including the members of the 31st Congress.
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE BOUND May to August 1966
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE BOUND May to August 1966, good condition, with small Harvard College Library stamps on covers. Otherwise good+.
RAREST 1920 1st American Edition ALBERT EINSTEIN RELATIVITY Theory
RELATIVITY; THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY by ALBERT EINSTEIN, PhD. Translated by ROBERT W. LAWSON. New York: Henry Holt and Company January 1920. RARE FIRST U.S. EDITION. 8vo xiii, [i], 168 pp. With frontispiece portrait Einstein dated 1920. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Clean blue boards with the gilt titling on the front board legible but completely dulled on the spine. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Text block lightly toned - several pages have minor underlining. First American edition of one of Einstein’s most renowned works, intended for readers with a general scientific and philosophical background. Part I treats the special theory of relativity, part II the general theory, and part III considers the universe as a whole.
Rachel Giese: The Donegal Pictures by Rachel Giese (1987) SIGNED
Rachel Giese: The Donegal Pictures by Rachel Giese, Published by Wake Forest University Press (1987) Unpaginated 79 full page B&W plates. Good condition with good dust jacket.
