1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. 79 (of 80) plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations. Each..... More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1886 Folio. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line..... More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. Complete: 80 of 80 plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations..... More
1794. ANDREWS, Jamse Pettit. THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, connected with The Chronology of Europe: with Notes &c...Containing Anecdotes of the Times, Lives of the Learned, and Specimens of Their Works. Volume I (of II). From Caesar's Invasion to the Deposition and Death of Richard II. London: T. Burton &..... More
1888. ANDREWS, Jane. ONLY A YEAR AND WHAT IT BROUGHT. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1888. 8vo., yellow cloth; 233pp. First edition? Ex-library. A very good copy. (Not in Wright). More
1854. ANDREWS, L[orrin]. GRAMMAR OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Honolulu: Printed at the Mission Press, 1854. [2],156 pp. 8vo., side-sewn, brown cloth back with flexible textured-paper sides. Ink ownership at ffep. This copy is without the folding table, which was apparently not issued in all copies. Leaves are increasingly browned within..... More
1918. ANDREWS, Mary Raymond Shipman. THE THREE THINGS. The Forge in which the Soul of a Man was Tested. Boston: Little, Brown, 1918. Presumed first edition. Dark green cloth, floral design in lighter green and gilt. A fine copy with only minimal shelfwear to extremes... More
1944. ANDREWS, Phillip and Leonard Engel, editors. NAVY YEARBOOK. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1944). Oblong 8vo., blue cloth, illustrated. Touch of soil and sun to boards; very good, in an edgeworn, slightly soiled dust jacket. More
1974. ANGELOU, Maya. GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME. New York: Random House (1974). First edition. 214 + [1] pp. 8vo., orange cloth stamped in red and gilt. Boards have moderate soil, faint ripple to text pages (no dampstaining to cloth or interior). In orange pictorial dust jacket with moderate wear..... More
1926. ANGLE, Paul M. Lincoln In The Year 1854 [-1860]. Each volume of this 7 volume set is devoted to a year of Lincoln's life from 1854-1860. Springfield, Illinois: The Lincoln Centennial Association, (1926-1930). Volumes contain on average 60 pp. each and are 8vo., uniformly bound in white wrappers. Occasional..... More
1779. (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY). DER PRAKTISCHEN GEISCHICHTE EUROPAISCHER NATURPRODUKTE. Nurenberg: auf Kosten der Stiebnerschen Buchdruckeren, 1779-1782. 7 parts, numbers 1-7, bound in one volume. 288pp., continuous pagination between parts. 14 engravings of horses, asses, bulls, cows, sheep and goats, all with contemporary hand-coloring. 4to., green paper wrappers, hand-lettered paper label to..... More
2002. ANKER, Deborah E. U.S. LAW AND PROCEDURE 2002 SUPPLEMENT TO: LAW OF ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES, THIRD EDITION. (Boston, MA: Refugee Law Center, 2002). 69 pp. 8vo., paperback wrappers. New in print @. More
1929. (ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE). ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE, Publiees sous la Direction de Marcellin Boule, Professeur de Paleontologie au Museum National D'Histoire Naturell. Tome XVIII-1929. Paris: Masson et Cie, Editeurs, 1929. 4to., wrappers; illustrated. slight ink, pencil notation to wraps. Near fine; unopened. More
1939. (ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE). ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE, Publiees sous la Direction de Marcellin Boule, Professeur de Paleontologie au Museum National D'Histoire Naturell et Jean Piveteau, Docteur es Sciences, Chef des Travaux de Paleontologie a l'Ecole Superieure des Mines. Tome XXVIII-1939-1940. Paris: Masson et Cie, Editeurs, 1939-1940. 4to., wrappers; illustrated. Slight..... More
1939. (ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE). ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE, Publiees sous la Direction de Marcellin Boule, Professeur de Paleontologie au Museum National D'Histoire Naturell et Jean Piveteau, Docteur es Sciences, Chef des Travaux de Paleontologie a l'Ecole Superieure des Mines. Tome XXVIII-1939-1940. Paris: Masson et Cie, Editeurs, 1939-1940. 4to., wrappers; illustrated. Slight..... More
1920. ANON. A TRIP OVER THE MOHAWK TRAIL. North Adams, Ma.: Benjamin Lenhoff, [ND. c. 1920?]. Souvenir album illustrated with 27 scenic photographic views (one panoramic) and a map, with illustrated margins depicting the early motor-tourist trade and one page of text. Oblong 8vo., blue stapled paper wrappers printed in..... More
1888. FRAIPONT, Gustave. [ANONYMOUS]. LE BAISER. ETUDE LITTERAIRE ET HISTORIQUE. (STIKEMAN binding). Nancy & Paris: Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1888. 4to. 316 pp. Headpieces by Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923). #74 of 300 on Holland paper of a total edition of 315. The author is unknown, but the dedication is signed by "Docteur..... More
ANONYMOUS. CINDERELLA'S OUTINGS. [n.p./n.p./n.d. ca. 1890] 60 pp. 21 cm. Printed brown wrappers. Not in OCLC. Religious poetry and prose. The author previously published "An American Cinderella to Queen Victoria" alone; the poem is reprinted here, with others, and religious prose. New Jeruslaem Church authors series. Rare. More
1904. (ANONYMOUS). THE HIGHROAD. Being the autobiography of an ambitious mother. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1904. First edition. 8vo., green pictorial cloth. Slight foxing at endpapers. Fine. (Kramer 305: "The authoress of this interesting work has not been revealed.") (Women's studies)... More
1844. [Anonymous] MIRANDA AND THE ROYAL RAM. Without illustrations. [N.p., perhaps London]: Puck & Co., 1844. A single leaf, printed on both sides, and folded twice to form 8 pp. Untrimmed. 14 x 11.3 cm. Paper is lightly toned, starting on one fold, and one corner is just nicked. A...... More
1803. [ANONYMOUS]. THE MOTHER'S REMARKS ON A SET OF CUTS FOR CHILDREN. Part II. Two or more syllables. Phildadelphia: Printed for Jacob Johnson, No. 147 Market Street. T. S. Manning, Printer, No. 143 N. Third Street. 1803. Volume 2 only, all text; the cuts are in v. 1. 12mo.: 84..... More
1877. (ANONYMOUS). THAT HUSBAND OF MINE. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1877. First edition. 12mo., green cloth lettered in black. Edges rubbed with light spotting to the cloth. Very good, overall. (Not in Wright). More
1912. ANONYMOUS [?]. TEST OF THE ACCURACY OF THE TESTIMONY OF BY-STANDERS. [No place: no publisher: c. 1912]. Laid in slip notes: "Submitted by George G. Croker, Old South Building, Boston, February, 1912." Small 8vo., paper wrappers; 13 pp. Wraps have separated, and bear slight soil, wear. Contents clean; about..... More
1748. LARGE-PAPER SUBSCRIBER'S COPY PRINTED ON ROYAL PAPER PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR ANSON, George; Richard Walter, compiler. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE YEARS MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the..... More
1807. (ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER). The New Bath Guide: or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition. London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1807. Octavo. viii,155pp. +8ff. Satirical anecdotes of British spa behavior, with eight fine wood-engraved plates on India paper. A fine copy, bound by..... More