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
1935. ANTHONY, Edgar Waterman. A HISTORY OF MOSAICS: The First Comprehensive History of Mosaics from 3000 B.C. to the Present. Boston: Porter Sargent, 1935. 332p. includes 80 additional pages of 300 illustrations. 1 of 50 copies, this one out of series and not signed. Bound in full black leather with..... More
1899. ANTIN, Mary. FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON. With a Foreword by Israel ZANGWILL. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First edition. 80 pp. 8vo., light reddish brown wrappers printed in black. Extremities of wrappers chipped, darkened. An acceptable copy of a fragile item. Included in the Masterworks of Modern..... More
1914. ANTIN, Mary. THEY WHO KNOCK AT OUR GATES. A Complete Gospel of Immigration. With illustrations by Joseph Stella. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, (1914). First edition, later printing. 8vo., brown cloth, spine in gilt. Signed by the author at the ffep. Library ink stamps to ffep, no external..... More
1914. ANTIN, Mary. THEY WHO KNOCK AT OUR GATES. A Complete Gospel of Immigration. With illustrations by Joseph Stella. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1914. First edition. 8vo., contemorary half blue leather. Inscribed presenation copy with a short autograph note from the author laid in. In 1894, Mary[ashe] Antin..... More
1951. ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. PICTORIAL REVIEW OF NOTABLE OBJECTS IN ITS COLLECTIONS AND NOTES ON THE SOCIETY'S AIMS AND HISTORY. American and European Decorative Arts: Furniture, Ceramics, Metalwork, Textiles. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1951. Wrappers. Very good plus. More
1923. FE. (ANTIQUES). COLONIAL LIGHTING. By Arthur Hayward. Boston: Brimmer, (1923). First edition. 114 plates. Several stamps of the "Nassau Galleries, Inc.", slightly shaken otherwise very good. More