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PRINTING AND THE PROGRESS OF MAN
ALICKE, Walter. PRINTING AND THE PROGRESS OF MAN: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF 680 FINE & RARE BOOKS ILLUSTRATING THE IMPACT OF PRINT ON THE EVOLUTION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION DURING FIVE CENTURIES. CATALOGUE 269. Vaduz: Interlibrum [n.d.] [unpag] 8vo., stiff wraps with paper dust jacket. Near fine, slight bowing to front..... More
THE MILITARY LIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
1848. ALISON, Archibald. THE MILITARY LIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. First American edition. 410 pp. 8vo., half calf with gilt rules, raised bands, gilt black leather spine label, marbled paper covered boards and edges, endpapers marbled to match. Boards and leather worn, rubbed..... More
GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE WORLD
18. ALLEN, Fred H. THE GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE WORLD. 2 vols. One Hundred and Thirty full page plates executed in photogravure; with explanatory and descriptive text. Folio, 3/4 morocco, black cloth, decorated cloth endpapers, spine in gilt, a.e.g. Ex-lib. A very good copy with some soiling and scuffing to..... More
EARLY AMERICAN ROOMS
1937. ALLEN, Frederick Lewis, et al... EARLY AMERICAN ROOMS. A consideration of the changes in style between the arrival of the Mayflower and the Civil War in the regions originally settled by the English and the Dutch. With articles by Allen, Elliot Bisbee, Joseph E. Chandler, Kenneth Conant, et al...Portland..... More
BEDFORD VILLAGE
1944. ALLEN, Hervey. BEDFORD VILLAGE. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1944). The second of three books, issued spearately, to constitute Sylvania, Vol. I. of THE DISINHERITED. First edition, inscribed to Robert Frost on the ffep. Color frontisp. [viii],305 pp. Octavo, tan cloth, title printed in blue to spine and upper..... More
ONTOGENETIC AND OTHER VARIATIONS IN MUSKOXEN
1913. ALLEN, J. A. ONTOGENETIC AND OTHER VARIATIONS IN MUSKOXEN, WITH A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE MUSKOX GROUP, RECENT AND EXTINCT. New York: Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, March 1913. New Series, Vol. I, Part IV. Folio, grey wrappers lettered in black. Illustrated with 8 black and..... More
THE LIVELY ORACLES GIVEN TO US. OR THE CHRISTIANS BIRTH-RIGHT AND DUTY
1679. [ALLESTREE, Richard] By the Author of The Whole Duty of Man, &c. THE LIVELY ORACLES GIVEN TO US. OR THE CHRISTIANS BIRTH-RIGHT AND DUTY, in the custody and use of the Holy Scripture. The Theater at Oxford, 1679. 3rd edition. [8] + 226 pp + [1] pp. With engraved..... More
CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
1859. ALLIBONE, S. Austin. A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, And British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, From the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1859. 3 volumes. Containing 30,000 biographies and literary notices, with forty indexes of subjects. Consecutive pagination to..... More
CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S ADVENTURES IN CONNACHT & ULSTER A.D. 1588.
1897. ALLINGHAM, Hugh. CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S ADVENTURES IN CONNACHT & ULSTER A.D. 1588. To which is added An Introduction and Complete Translation of Captain Cuellar's Narrative of the Spanish Armada and His Adventures in Ireland, by Robert Crawford, M.A., M.R.I.A. &c. With Map and Illustrations. London: Elliot Stock, 1897. Inscribed presentation..... More
CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE
1941. ALLISON, John M.S., ed. CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE, Correspondence of the Princess of Nassau-Saarbruck 13 June-15 November 1758. New Haven: Yale, 1941. 8vo., brown paper boards. Some pages unopened. A touch of foxing to pastedowns, negligible rubbing to boards, one page carelessly opened. Near fine in dust..... More
NEW ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN FOUR PARTS
1733. ALLYNE, JAMES. NEW ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN FOUR PARTS. London: Printed for Tho. Astley at the Rose, and S. Austen at the Angel and Bible, both in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1733. First edition. 8vo., xiv + [2] + 646 + [56] + [2] pp. Title continued: "Containing, I. a more..... More
FIRE APPARATUS FIGHTING FIRES
1990. ALOISI, Peter. FIRE APPARATUS FIGHTING FIRES. Lynnfield, MA: Chariot Publishing Co., (1990). Wrappers. Color photo illustrations. Near fine. More
MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES
1928. ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble. MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES. A Free Transcription by Paul Althaus. Rendered into English by R. T. Gribble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1928). First edition of this English language version based upon the free transcription by Althaus. Small octavo..... More
L'INDEPENDANCE GRECQUE DANS LA FAIENCE FRANCAISE DU 19E SIECLE
1982. AMANDRY, Angelique. L'INDEPENDANCE GRECQUE DANS LA FAIENCE FRANCAISE DU 19E SIECLE. Athens: Fondation Ethnographique du Peloponnese, 1982. 8vo., tan boards w/dj. Text in French. Very good plus. More
INDO BIJUTSU SHASHINSHU^
1926. AMANUMA Shun'ichi. INDO BIJUTSU SHASHINSHU^. Nara, Taisho^ 15 [1926]. Two plate volumes, but lacking the explanatory booklet. Illustrated with 233 (of 240) photographs of archaeological sites throughout the Indian cultural sphere showing Buddhist and Mughal architecture, architectural details, sculptures, and - to a lesser extent - painted and tile..... More
TESTIMONIAL TO CHARLES J. PAINE and EDWARD BURGESS
1887. (AMERICA'S CUP). A TESTIMONIAL TO CHARLES J. PAINE and EDWARD BURGESS from the City of Boston, for their successful defence of the America's Cup. Boston: Boston City Council, 1887. First edition. Illustrated. 159 pp. Tall 8vo., brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and City-of-Boston seal to upper board. this..... More
PUBLIC MEETING
1922. (AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS). PUBLIC MEETING of the American Academy and the American Institute of Arts and Letters, In honor of William Dean Howells, President of the Academy from its Inception to the Date of His Death. [New York]; The De Vinne Press for the American Academy..... More
MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
1785. [American Academy of Arts and Sciences]. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCCLXXXIII. Vol. 1: Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1785. [i-iii] - xxxii, 568pp. + [1] f.errata. 4to 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Six folding plates. Contemporary calf binding. Front..... More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
1924. (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 33, Part 1 and 2. At the semi-annual meeting held in Boston April, 11, 1923 and at the annual meeting held in Worcester October 17, 1923. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1924. Featuring: Lewis's Account of..... More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
1941. (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 50, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 17, 1940 and October 16, 1940. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1941. Featuring: Havard College Library and the Libraries of the..... More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
1948. (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 57, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 16, 1947 and October 15, 1947. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1948. Featuring: The Orderly Books of Colonel William Henshaw, and..... More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
1950. (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 60, Part 1 and 2. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 19, 1950 and October 18, 1950. Worcester, Massachusetts, Published by the Society, 1950-1951. Featuring: The Coinage of Massachusetts Bay Colony by Sidney..... More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
1950. (AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY). PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. New Series. Vol. 60, Part 1. At the Semi-annual and Annual Meeting held in Boston, April 19, 1950. Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by the Society, 1950-1951. Featuring: The Coinage of Massachusetts Bay Colony by Sidney P. Noe; The Pursuit of Pestilence..... More
CATALOGUE OF THEFORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS
1936. (AMERICAN ART). CATALOGUE OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE. October 22, 1936-December 6, 1936. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1936. 8vo., wrappers, 40 pp., black & white illustrations. Just faint damp, slight edgewear to wraps, one leaf; clean internally. Very good... More