1903. STAPLES, Ellen M. A TWENTIETH CENTURY PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. N.p., n.d. [circa 1903]. Inscribed: "Compliments of the Author, Ellen M. Stone." 11 plates, of which one is a fold-out. 91 pp. 12mo., white cloth, gilt-title to upper board, patterned endpapers. Cloth is moderately soiled. Plates are foxed in margins, as..... More
1949. FE. STEIN, GERTRUDE. LAST OPERAS AND PLAYS. Edited and With an Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc., (1949). First edition. A fine, bright copy in a lightly soiled dust jacket with a little, overall edgewear. More
1949. FE. STEIN, GERTRUDE. LAST OPERAS AND PLAYS. Edited and With an Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc., (1949). First edition. This is just about a fine copy in a soiled dust jacket with a little faint internal dampstaining. More
1869. STONE, LUCY. HOW TO TEACH RELIGION. Small article in the Vermont Watchman and State Journal of Montpelier, Vt., July 7, 1869 advocating women's rights. A bit of deterioration at broadsheet hinge, otherwise very fresh. Very good plus. More
1871. STORER, Horatio Robinson. THE CAUSATION, COURSE, AND TREATMENT OF REFLEX INSANITY IN WOMEN. Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1871. First edition. Presentation copy: "With the Author's sincere regard" in ink on the first fly-leaf. Small octavo. 236 pp. Publisher's binding; brown cloth, gilt-stamped title..... More
1856. FE. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. DRED; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition. Publisher's cloth (cloth color and stamping differs slightly between volumes). Front flyleaf and/or ads. appear missing from Vol. II; a few pp. dampstained; cloth dulled, with..... More
1871. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. MY WIFE AND I: or, Harry Henderson's History. New-York: J.B. Ford and Company, 1871. First edition. 8vo, viii + 474 pp. + ads., 8 plates. Purple cloth, faded on spine and irregularly on sides, fore-edge foxed, otherwise a clean, very good copy. 1871 ownership. (BAL 19462)..... More
1896. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; or, Life among the Lowly. Riverside Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1896. Two volumes. xciii + 339; vii + 476 pp. 8vo., green cloth, gilt title at spine, gilt title and decoration to upper board..... More
1916. TARBELL, Ida M. SIGNED LETTER TO SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY MCADOO, 1916, REFUSING A POSITION ON THE TARIFF COMMISSION. One page, one side, 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches, blue personal stationery with Tarbell's address. Typed. Letter creased horizontally and vertically, two corners slightly creased. Overall very good condition..... More
1864. TARDIEU, [Auguste] Ambroise. ETUDE MEDICO-LEGALE SUR L'AVORTEMENT, SUIVIE D'OBSERVATIONS ET DE RECHERCHES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE MEDICO-LEGALE, DES GROSSESSES FAUSSES ET SIMULEES. Paris: J. B. Balliere et Fils, 1864. vii [1] + 208 pp. 8vo., half leather with gilt spine lettering and raised bands, marbled paper covered boards. Pencil..... More
1909. TODD, Millicent. MARY E. STEARNS. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1909. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Rear hinge starting, rubbing at edges, else very good. More
1927. TOY, Mary F.S. LADY HAMMOND'S HEREDITY. Hartford, Conn.: The S. S. Scranton Company, 1927. First edition. Inscribed by the author's granddaughter: "This book was written by grandmother, Mary Seymour Toy, in her seventy-first year. Jacqueline Toy Collins Tilney." 240 pp. Octavo, black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Clean and..... More
1896. DU MOND, F. V. [TWAIN, Mark]. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC BY THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE (HER PAGE AND SECRETARY) FREELY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ANCIENT FRENCH INTO MODERN ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF FRANCE BY JEAN FRANCOIS ALDEN. Illustrated by..... More
1915. [VASSAR COLLEGE]. THE VASSARION, BEING A RECORD OF THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF VASSAR COLLEGE. Class photographs by Edmund L. Wolven. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1915. 298 pp. + 29 pp. advertisements. 4to., leather stamped in gilt. Backstrip detached, chipped. Boards worn, spine slightly shaken. About good overall. More
1916. [VASSAR COLLEGE]. THE VASSARION, VOLUME 28, 1916. Class photographs by Edmund L. Wolven. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1916. 298 pp. + 25 pp. advertisements. 4to., leather stamped in gilt. Backstrip missing. Boards worn, spine slightly shaken. About good overall. More
1918. [VASSAR COLLEGE]. THE VASSARION, VOLUME 31, 1918. Class photographs by Edward F. Foley. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1918. 267 pp. 4to., black and red cloth stamped in gilt. Moderate shelfwear. Spine slightly shaken. Owner's notes in pencil next to some classmate's bios. Very good overall. More
1748. VIARDEL, Cosme. OBSERVATIONS SUR LA PRATIQUE DES ACCOUCHEMENTS, Naturels, contre nature, & Monstrueux. Paris, d'Houry Pere, 1748. Octavo. [iv]344[12]pp. + [17]ff. Contains 17 etched plates. Three, a folding portrait frontispiece and two folding obstetrical illustrations, were in the original edition of 1671. Viardel, Royal Surgeon to Queen Marie-Therese, was..... More
1881. [VON TEUFFEL], Blanche Willis Howard. AUNT SERENA. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1881. First edition. Tan cloth. Ownership; rather over-opened, spine ends and corners worn. Good. (Wright III, 5411). More
1887. [VON TEUFFEL], Blanche Willis Howard. TONY, THE MAID. A Novelette. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First edition. Frontis. and 5 plates; olive cloth. 1887 inscription. Some wear to extremes. Very good. (Wright III, 5418). More
1811. WAKEFIELD, Priscilla. INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY, IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS. Boston: J. Belcher & J.W. Burditt, 1811. First American Edition from 5th London Edition. Full calf, stamped in gilt to red leather spine label. Ex-library with label to spine and stamps to front pastedown and..... More
1836. HOWARD, Henry. WALKER, Alexander. BEAUTY; ILLUSTRATED CHIEFLY BY AN ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF BEAUTY IN WOMAN. Illustrated by Henry Howard. London: Effingham Wilson, 1836. First edition. xxiii + [1] + 395 pp. + 1 pp. publisher's advertisement. 8vo., ornate gilt spine with gilt leather spine label, boards recovered in..... More
1905. WARD, Mrs. Humphry. THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First American edition. Red cloth, gilt stamping. Heel just nicked, slight soiling. Very good. More
1900. WARD, Mrs. Humphry. ELEANOR. Illustrated by Alfred Sterner. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Second American edition (same year as first), and first illustrated ed. 2 vols., in blue cloth lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Inscription, one hinge starting, some light wear at spines and corners. Very good, bright copies..... More
1892. FAE. WARD, Mrs. Humphry. THE HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First American edition. Some fading to spine, with shelfwear to heel and crown; endpapers lightly foxed. Overall a near fine, attractive copy. More