1935. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. TELEPHONE ALMANAC 1935. New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1935. Not paginated. Illustrated with woodcuts by Raymond Lufkin. 8vo., blue stapled paper wrappers printed in blue. Profusely illustrated almanac-style publication with informational and historical anecdotes, internally fine with foxing to wrappers. Good plus..... More
1969. AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUB OF TUNISIA. TUNISIA PORTFOLIO, VOLUME I, 1969. Second edition. [n.p.]: American Women's Club of Tunisia, 1969. Wrappers. Very good. More
1834. [AMERICANA] AESOP, JUNIOR, IN AMERICA: BEING A SERIES OF FABLES WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. New York: Printed for the Author by Mahlon Day, 1834. viii + [3-] 238 pp. 12mo., green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Extra engraved title page, with..... More
[AMERICANA - 19th CENTURY EPHEMERA] AMERICAN COW MILKER MACHINE POSTER, ORIGINAL. Buffalo, NY: Express Printing Company for the American Cow Milking Machine Co. [n.d. ca. 1865]. 42 x 26 3/4 inches. Woodblock printing: Boldest typeface measures 10 inches tall. L. O. Colvin's "American Cow Milker" was patented in 1860 as..... More
1809. [AMERICANA] THE CIVIL OFFICER, OR THE WHOLE DUTY OF SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES. Boston: Thomas B. Wait and Company, 1809. First edition. 164 pp. + 16 pp. appendix and two folding charts. Together with: THE MASSACHUSETTS SHERIFF: BEING A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL DECISIONS OF THE..... More
1854. AMES, Fisher, ed. Seth Ames. WORKS OF FISHER AMES with a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence. 2 volumes. 406/442 pp. 8vo., brown cloth. Owner's pencil signature on ffeps. Good, spines sunned, frayed heel and crown, covers rubbed. Moderate shelfwear to bottom edges. Light foxing, neat pencil markings within..... More
1908. AMES, Oak. ORCHIDACEAE: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Issued from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. Fascicle III. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1908. Illustated with 34 plates, numbered 26-59. viii,99 pp. Octavo, cloth-backed paper boards (brown/brown), with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Pencil ownership..... More
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