187. [BASEBALL - JAPAN] Shihon Gakkou-hen. SHO^GAKU TOKUHON Maki no Ichi. Aichi-ken [Nagoya] Shihongakko^ [Teacher's College] n.d. [1870's] An interesting little elementary school reader from the first series of textbooks designed and created by the Teachers College Normal School system in Japan after the Meiji restoration to introduce "Western Learning"..... More
1964. BASHAM, A. L. STUDIES IN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. Calcutta: Sambodhi Publications Private Ltd., 1964. 248 pp. 8vo., caramel colored cloth with paper spine label. Cloth boards are rippled, endpapers slightly so, interior fine. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a closed 3 inch tear on front panel, crease and..... More
1961. BASKIN, Leonard. TEN WOODCUTS. Boston, Massachusetts: R. M. Light and Company, (1961). A [16] page catalogue that features illustrations of ten Baskin woodcuts, giving the title, dimensions, date of creation, and price of each, along with a half-page letterpress statement by artist. Title-page and colophon printed in black with..... More
1924. BATCHELDER, Samuel F. BITS OF HARVARD HISTORY. Cambridge: Harvard, 1924. First edition. 8vo., red cloth; t.e.g., untrimmed. Ted Morrison's bookplate. Sun to spine, slight offsetting to endpapers. Very good. More
1881. BATES, Margret Holmes. MANITOU. Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1881. First edition, author's first book. 222 pp. 8vo., brown cloth printed in gilt and stamped in blind, all edges red. Puckering to pastedowns and light soil to forward end pages. Boards are soiled, stained, scuffed and skewed. Scarce, good plus..... More
1928. (BATTERYMARCH BUILDING). THE BATTERYMARCH BUILDING. The Woodstock Trust. A new monument rises on Boston's sky line, marking the beginning of a new century of her history, erected and owned by The Woodstock Trust. (Cambridge: University Press, 1928). 4to., thin paper-covered boards, illustrated; 26 pp. Edgewear to boards, including some..... More
BAUGHMAN, Roland. THE CENTENARY OF ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BIRTH, September 18, 1867. An appreciation of his genius and a catalogue of his original sketches, drawings, and paintings in the (Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C.) Berol Collection. New York: Columbia University Libraries, 1967. Second printing. Illustrated with 11 color plates, one of..... More
lp. BAUM, L. Frank. DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (c.1920). Later printing. Large 8vo., green cloth, pictorial color label; 256pp. Ink ownership. With 16 color plates. Rubbing at edges, else a very good copy... More
1926. THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. THE HUNGRY TIGER OF OZ. Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank BAUM. Illustrated by John R. NEILL. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1926). First edition, first state (plate stock only coated on one side). 261 pp. 8vo., dark green cloth..... More
1935. BAUMGARTNER, Leona and John F. Fulton. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE POEM SYPHILIS SIVE MORBUS GALLICUS BY GIROLAMO FRACASTORO OF VERONA. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. Partially unopened. Very good. More
1904. BAUMGARTNER, W. J. SOME NEW EVIDENCES FOR THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE CHROMOSOMES. [n.p.] Reprinted from the Biological Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 1, December 1904. Inscribed by the author at top left corner of front cover to Dr. C. S. Minot. 28 pp. + b/w plates. 4to., printed stapled wrappers..... More
1982. (BAUR COLLECTION). JAPANESE CERAMICS. By John Ayers. Geneve: Collections Baur, (1982). This is 1/50 numbered copies bound in leather. 4to., full brown leather, spine in gilt; with 133 items catalogued and photographed, many in color. This copy is in mint condition, in the dust jacket... More
1972. BAUSBACK, Peter. ALTE UND ANTIKE MEISTERSTUCKE ORIENTALISCHER TEPPICHKNUPFKUNST. Mannheim: Bausback, 1972. Exhibition catalogue. 8vo., pale green photo-illustrated wrappers, illustrated from color photographs. Near fine. More
1973. BAUSBACK, Peter. ALTE UND ANTIKE MEISTERSTUCKE ORIENTALISCHER TEPPICHKNUPFKUNST #5. Mannheim: Bausback, 1973. Exhibition catalogue. 8vo., pale green photo-illustrated wrappers, illustrated from color photographs. Fine. More
1856. [BAYARD, Samuel J.] A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON; with an appendix, comprising his correspondence with the Navy Department respecting his conquest of California; and extracts from the defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in relation to the same subject; together with his speeches in..... More
1803. BAYLEY, Peter. POEMS. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1803. Scarce first edition. Algernon Swinburne's copy with his signature on first blank recto, with "The Pines" - his last place of residence. Owner has noted provenance under the signature. [4 pp] + 208 pp. 8vo...... More
1998. BEACON HILL FINE ART. WILLIAM DE LEFTWICH DODGE, IMPRESSIONS HOME AND ABROAD, with Sculpture by Frederick William MacMonnies. New York: Beacon Hill Fine Art, 1998. Limited edition illustrated exhibition catalogue. 37 pp. 4to., illustrated paper wrappers printed in white to upper board. Good plus... More
1941. BEALS, Helen Abbott. THE RIVER RISES. New York: the MacMillan Company, 1941. First edition. Inscription presentation copy to August Derleth, signed by the author at ffep. 8vo., green cloth. Quabbin Reservoir interest. Near fine, in a bright but edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket... More
1951. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library (No. 23), 1951. One of 150 copies. 51 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Fine in a slightly chipped glassine dustjacket. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. More
1951. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library (No. 23), 1951. One of 150 copies. 51 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Fine in a slightly torn glassine dustjacket. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. More
1951. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library (No. 23), 1951. One of 150 copies. 51 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Fine in a slightly torn glassine dustjacket. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. More
1951. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1951. 1/150 copies. Offered with SUPPLEMENT A. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1955. 1/100 copies. And, SUPPLEMENT B. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1958. 1/100 copies. And, SUPPLEMENT C. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1963. 1/100..... More
1963. BEANS, George H. A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA, SUPPLEMENT C. Jenkintown: Tall Tree Library, 1963. One of 100 copies. 42 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Fine in a good torn glassine dust jacket. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. Errata slip laid in..... More