1915. AMES, Oak. ORCHIDACEAE: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Issued from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. Fascicle V. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1915. Content: "The Genera and Species of Philippine Orchids," by Oakes Ames. Fold-out map opposite p. 262. Octavo, mostly unopened. xiv,261 pp. Cloth-backed paper..... More
1963. AMHERST COLLEGE. IN MEMORY OF ROBERT FROST, March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963. [Program of a memorial service held at] Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, February 17, 1963, Johnson Chapel, 2 P.M. [12] pp. 8vo., white laid paper wrappers with the Amherst College seal embossed to front cover, wire..... More
1965. AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST LIBRARY DEDICATION, October 24, 1965. Robert Frost Speaks Departmentally. [Amherst, MA: Amherst College, 1965] Included is a 4 pp. facsimile of Frost's holograph copy of "Departmentally," printed at the Meriden Gravure Company [12] pp. 6 by 4 inches. Pamphlet format, white paper wrappers, titled..... More
1963. AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST MEMORIAL SERVICE. [N.P., N.D.] [4] pp. 4to., white paper. The texts of a "Meditation" delivered by the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson and "Reflections" by Calvin H. Plimpton delivered at the Frost memorial service held at Johnson Chapel, Amherst College on February 17, 1963..... More
1963. AMHERST COLLEGE. THE ROBERT FROST MEMORIAL SERVICE. [N.P., N.D.] [4] pp. 4to., white paper. The texts of a "Meditation" delivered by the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson and "Reflections" by Calvin H. Plimpton delivered at the Frost memorial service held at Johnson Chapel, Amherst College on February 17, 1963..... More
1974. AMIS, Martin. THE RACHEL PAPERS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., orange cloth, spine in gilt. Boards just slightly bowed. Small spot of soil to fore-edge affecting about eight leaves; slight soil to bottom edge. A very good, bright copy..... More
1971. AMMONS, A. R. BRIEFINGS: POEMS SMALL AND EASY. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. (1971). First edition, inscribed by the author (dated 1989) on blank recto preceding half title. xii + [2] + 106 pp. Brick colored cloth stamped in gilt, fine. In very good illustrated b/w..... More
1905. AMSDEN, Dora. IMPRESSIONS OF UKIYO-YE. The school of the Japanese colour print artists. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., (1905, "Revised Edition"). 12mo., buckram pictorial cloth-covered boards, cord bound. 84pp. Illustrated with full page monochrome plates throughout. A very good copy that shows some bubbling of the cloth covers..... More
1869. (HOWITT, Mary, trans.). THE IMPROVISATORE. By Hans Christian Anderson. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. Author's Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. First American edition; first vol. in U.S. edition of complete works. 8vo., maroon cloth; vii + 341 pp.. Slight wear at heel and crown, rubbing..... More
1847. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian, transl. and with a brief biography by Mary HOWITT. THE IMPROVISATORE: OR, LIFE IN ITALY. London: Richard Bentley/Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1847. xxx + [2] + 340 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. 12mo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Bentley's Standard Novels series. Gilt..... More
1795. ANDERSON, Aeneas. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA, IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793, AND 1794; CONTAINING THE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EMBASSY, WITH ACCOUNTS OF CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE; AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, TOWNS, CITIES, &C. &C. London: Printed for J. Debrett...1795. [a2..... More
1947. ANDERSON, Isabel. NEAR AND FAR. Boston: Bruce Humphries, (1947). 8vo., terra cotta cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards. Touch of soil to boards, else fine, in a spine-sunned, slight edgeworn dust jacket. More
1927. ANDERSON, Sherwood. A NEW TESTAMENT. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. 1/265 signed and numbered copies. 8vo, black cloth boards, with white paper shelfback and corners, foxed. Very good, in the slipcase (rubbed, chipped at base). More
1908. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New edition. London: Seeley and Co., 1908. 16mo., blue cloth decorated in gilt; 219pp. + ads. Slight foxing and waving of text; the ads are quite water-damaged. Bleeding of dye from bottom edge of boards. As is. More
1908. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New edition. London: Seeley and Co., 1908. 16mo., blue cloth decorated in gilt; 219pp. + ads. Mild wear at boards, else good. More
1895. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. Their history, technique and characteristics. London: Seeley and Co., 1895. Small 4to., green cloth; 80pp. + ads. With 6 color plates (frontis. loose), and many other ills. Overall, about good. 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]. 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