Battle of the Frogs
by Brown, Theron
Windham, Connecticut: Hawthorn House, 1934. Hardcover. Sm 8vo (8" x 5.5"), half linen, patterned green paper over boards. Title illus., 27 pp., wood-engavings throughout. Bookplates of Wyman Parker on front pastedown. CONDITION: Near-fine, slight wear to extremities, offsetting on ffep from previous owner's bookplate. Fine press edition limited to 260 copies of this work first published in 1892. Wyman Parker was a librarian at Wesleyan University, librarian at the Bread Loaf School of English, and a collector of fine... Read More
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Above the Clouds and Old New York. A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many Wonders of the Woolworth Building
by Bruce, H, Addington; Irving Underhill, photographer
New York: Published for distribution among the visitors to the Woodworth Tower; Baltimore-New York, Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. Copyright by Hugh McAtamney. 8vo (10.25" x 6.125"), embossed gilt and green on light brown wrappers. Black silhouette affixed to blank 1st p., early inscription., 32 pp., numerous b&w and color illus. A souvenir guide celebrating the completion of the Woolworth Building in N.Y.C. The author traces the history of the Woolworth building location, including Henry Hudson's discovery, Company Farm, Trinity Church,... Read More
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Travels and Discoveries in Abyssinia
by Bruce, James
London & Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1878. Hardcover. 8vo (8.25” x 5”), prize binding, later full blue morocco covers, gilt burgundy morocco title piece, gilt spine, five raised bands. Marbled edges. Frontis., 295 pp. Early prize inscription in ink at verso of ffep. Inkstamped signature of binder “Relfe Brothers, London” at verso of ffep. CONDITION: Good, spine rubbed, surface loss to head of spine, extremities with some wear, text fine. Inscription reads: “St. Anaph[?] Grammar School. Christmas, 1879. Prize... Read More
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Two Weeks in The Yosemite and Vicinity
by Buckley, J.M.
New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1884. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 66 pp. Later printing, with 1884 printed on the upper wrapper and 100 titles in the Home College Series listed on the lower wrapper. An entertaining account of an extensive hike into Yosemite written by a Methodist clergyman. Buckley's trip spanned May and June of 1871, seeing him summit or explore various peaks and valleys, including the Mariposa and Calaveras groves, as well as the North Dome and Liberty... Read More
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Imperial Woman. A Novel by Pearl Buck
by Buck, Pearl
New York: the John Day Company, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5" x 6"), burnt orange cloth, decorative gilt title, deckled fore-edge. [8], 376 pp. First edition. CONDITION: Very good in fair dj with chips, tears, and losses, upper right corner of front flap clipped, price of $4.95 present in lower right corner.
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Fighting Angel. Portrait of a Soul
by Buck, Pearl S.
New York: A John Day Book, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5" x 6"), burnt orange cloth, deckled fore-edge, dj. [9], 302 pp. First edition. CONDITION: Good +, light dampstains at top edge of text and top corner of upper cover, some rippling to leaves; dj good with stains at back cover and loss at head of spine.
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Funeral Discourse on the Death of President Taylor: Preached in St. John's M. E. Church, Rochester, N. Y., July 14, 1850
by Buck, Rev. D. D. [Daniel Dana]
Rochester, N. Y.: Press of Lee, Mann and Co., American Office, 1850. 8vo (8" x 5'), lacks wrappers; removed from sammelband. [5], 24 pp. Buck takes the opportunity of the death of Zachary Taylor to express his anti-slavery views: "And what does it mean, that, in this country, boasting itself to be the refuge of the oppressed and the home of the free; what does it mean that one eighth part of all the inhabitants of this entire nation... Read More
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Lake Kenosia, Danbury, CT
by Bulkley, N. J., photographer
Danbury, Conn.: N. J. Bulkley, 1907, 1910, 1912. 21 cabinet card photographs, silver prints and bromide prints, 4.25" x 7.625", plus mount, gilt edges. 14 out of 21 with photographer's credit in gilt "N. J. Bulkley. Danbury, Conn." Some with manuscript identification and/or dates on verso. A group of photographs documenting Lane Kenosia cottages and Danbury, CT homes from 1907-1912. This lot includes: twelve images of the same cottage on Lake Kenosia; four views of a three-story house... Read More
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Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the Amendatory Bills of Relief of the Survivors of the Revolutionary Army, in committee of the whole house of Representatives, January 4, 1827
by Burges, Tristam
Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1827. Sm. 8vo (7.75” x 5.25”), no wrappers, untrimmed leaves. 31 pp. CONDITION: Very good, later ink note at foot foot of title. A speech on military pensions by a U.S. Congressman and Brown University professor of oratory and belles-lettres. REFERENCES: Sabin 9235.
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The Hymn of Bardaisan
by Burkitt, F. Crawford
London: Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, Printed at the Essex House Press, MDCCCXCIX [1899]. Hardcover. 24mo (6" x 4.25"), gray paper over boards, white paper title stamps on front cover and spine. 30 pp. CONDITION: Good, small losses to head, foot, and edges of spine, moderate wear to extremities. Limited to 300 copies. From the printer's note: "this is the second book printed at the Essex House Press, which was founded by Laurence Hodson and C.R. Ashbee, in... Read More
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![Bennington, VT. [Cover title: Folded Bird's-Eye View of Bennington, Vt. Showing All Points of Interest]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/003/104/1482104003.0.l.jpg)
Bennington, VT. [Cover title: Folded Bird's-Eye View of Bennington, Vt. Showing All Points of Interest]
by Burleigh, L[ucien] R[inaldo]
Troy, New York: L. R. Burl[e]igh; Charles H. Potter, [1891?]. Lithograph, 12.5" x 28.875" plus margins, folded into printed brown wrappers (5.5" x 3.5"). CONDITION: Light wear to wrappers. Map good, separations along old horizontal folds but no losses to the map, a few short separations along vertical folds. A scarce bird's eye view of Bennington, Vermont by the prolific view-maker L. R. Burleigh, likely published around the time of the dedication ceremony for the Bennington Battle Monument, the... Read More
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New York Landmarks : A Study & Index of Architecturally Notable Structures in Greater New York
by Burnham, Alan, AIA
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1963. 4to, white cloth spine and blue paper-covered boards. xiv, 430, [2] pp., numerous black & white illus. Good, lower fore-corners rubbed, in good dust jacket with piece missing at lower right corner of front panel and general rubbing.
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Lafayette. The Friend of American Liberty
by Burton, Alma Holman
New York: Werner School Book Company, 1898. Hardcover. 16mo (7" x 5.25) blue cloth with light blue fleur-de-lis pattern, gilt title. [6], 85 pp., numerous b&w illus. "Four Great Americans" series. Header title reads "France and the American Revolution." Includes an introduction by James Baldwin, Phd., portraits of notable figures and a map. CONDITION: Very good, ownership inscription on flyleaf, clean and fresh copy.
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Play Places of the Monterey Peninsula : A Cartographic Map by Lowell Butler
by Butler, Lowell
Los Angeles: Westways, Automobile Club of Southern California, 1937. Hand-colored map, 11.625" x 17.375" plus margins. CONDITION: Very good, a few light stains in margins. An entertaining pictorial map of the Monterey Peninsula replete with playful illustrations highlighting the area's numerous tourist attractions. Created for the Southern California Automobile Club's Westways Magazine, this map serves as a tourist guide to Monterey Peninsula, spanning from Lover's Point and Punta de Los Pinos in the north to Yankee Point and Carmel... Read More
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Against the Cold
by Bynner, Witter
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt title on spine. Xi, 125 pp. Stated first edition. Inscribed on flyleaf to novelist John Evans, son of Mabel Dodge Luhan: "To John on his gracious birthday -- with Hal's affection. Witter Brynner January 4 1941." One of a number of books we have acquired from the library of John Evan. Condition: Good, top edge dusted, endpapers toned and lightly foxed, contents clean and sound; dust jacket fair with... Read More
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![[Typed letter, signed, from Richard Byrd to Ms. Margaret Attwood.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/136/720/1544720136.0.l.jpg)
[Typed letter, signed, from Richard Byrd to Ms. Margaret Attwood.]
by Byrd, Richard E.
Boston, 8 August 1939. Typed letter, signed (26.5 cm), 1 p. CONDITION: Very good; old folds and minor foxing. A brief but evocative thank you note by U.S. polar explorer Richard Byrd, regarding a photograph of the first African American Coast Guard officer and their common Arctic vessel, the U.S.S. Bear. The letter reads in full: My dear Miss Attwood, Thank you very much for sending me the photograph of Captain Healy. I shall be delighted... Read More
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A Jamaica Outing. Fourth Edition
by Caffin, Mabel B.
Boston: The Sherwood Publishing Company, copyrighted 1900. Fourth Edition. Preface reads "This third edition is brought up to the date of November 1, 1901." Printed by Geo. H. Ellis. 16mo (5.25" x 7"), pictorial wrappers printed in black and orange. [32] pp., numerous illus. from photos. An attractive visitor's guide to Jamaica for travelers on the United Fruit passenger steamer "Admiral Dewey", with numerous illustrations, helpful hints, and observations. An appealing Jamaica item. CONDITION: Very good, clean and sound.... Read More
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Poems, from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens: with Remarks on his Life and Writings
by Camoens, Luis de; Lord Viscount Strangford ed
London: Printed for J. Carpenter, Old Bond Street, 1804. 16mo (6.25" x 4"), half brown calf, marbled paper over boards, morocco title-label. Frontis., vi, 160 pp. Early bookplate of "Alden Chase, Woodstock [Me.]" at front pastedown. CONDITION: Good, dampstain at head of spine, moderate wear, bit of foxing to frontis. Stated "third edition.
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Columbus, or The Discovery of America; as related by a father to his children, and designed for the instruction of youth
by Campe, Joachim Heinrich; Helme, Elizabeth, Translator
Washington St., Boston: Munroe and Francis, and Charles S. Francis, New York., [ca 1825]. Hardcover. 24mo (6" x 3.75"), green cloth, paper title label at spine, series label at front cover. Hand-colored lithographic frontis., viii, [1], 270 pp., [2] pp. pub. ads, with hand colored wood-engraving. Early ink inscription of "Andrew N. Wyeth, Cambridge" at ffep. CONDITION: Good, some losses to spine label, worn at extremities, remnants on pastedowns from removed paper book-cover, foxing throughout. A juvenile biography by... Read More
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Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. A New Edition. With an autobiographical introduction, explanatory notes, and numerous illustrations on wood and steel, by Harvey, Phiz, Franklin, Macmanus, Gilbert, and other Artists of Eminence. Volume I and II
by Carleton, William
Dublin: William Curry, Jun., and Co.; and William S. Orr and Co., London, 1844. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo (9" x 6.25"), brown cloth, decorative gilt spine title. Vol. 1 with lithographic half-title, lithographic title p., [2], xxiv, 427 pp., [4] pp. publ. ads., numerous b&w plates, and, Vol. II with lithographic frontis. and half-title, [6], 430 pp., [2] pp. publ. ads., numerous b&w plates. CONDITION: Vol. 1: Good, worn at extremities, spine lightly cocked, foxing on plates, frontis. discolored,... Read More
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SNCC Speaks for Itself: 1. The Basis of Black Power 2. Interview with Stokely Carmichael 3. Statement by Stokely Carmichael
by SNCC; Stokely Carmichael
Toronto, Ontario: Research, Information, and Publications Project for Student Union for Peace Action, [1966]. 4to (11” x 8.5”), light yellow printed front wrapper, 13 staple-bound pp. CONDITION: Chip to cover at corner with staples, with no loss of text. A Canadian edition of this compendium of SNCC statements and an interview with its president, Stokely Carmichael, first published in the U.S. The collection opens with sections titled “The Basis of Black Power,” “White Power,” “Roles of White and Blacks,”... Read More
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Twenty Years at Pemaquid, Sketches of Its History and Its Remains
by Cartland, J. Henry
Pemaquid Beach, Maine: 1914; L. A. Moore, Printer, Boothbay Harbor. 8vo (8.25" x 6") hardcover, red cloth, gilt title on spine, pictorial gilt on upper cover. [5], numerous b&w photographic plates. Scarce history of the Pemaquid, Maine region from 1607 to 1914, including the establishment of defenses such as Fort William Henry and Fort Charles, the Indian Wars, documents from a French expedition and an English proclamation, portraits of notable figures, rebuilding efforts and more. Sequel to Ten Years... Read More
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![[Manuscript journal of a trip from Colorado to California.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/105/678/1602678105.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript journal of a trip from Colorado to California.]
by Castello, Mrs. [Sarah Elizabeth Shockey]
July 19–20, 1862; September 12–25, 1862. 24mo (5.625” x 3.5”). 9 pp. in pencil and ink, disbound from larger volume and lacking the pages covering late July and August. CONDITION: Very good. A brief but informative record of a young woman’s journey to California with her mother and new husband during the Civil War, including a striking postscript written forty-four years later. Sarah Elizabeth Shockey was born in Ohio in 1843, and married James H. Castello (1837–1924) in Denver,... Read More
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The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in Reply
by Cavendish, William; Margaret Lucas [Cavendish]; Douglas Grant, editor
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1956. Hardcove. Sm 8vo (8" x 4.5"), plain cream Linson vellum, cover stamped in green, red, and gold, imitating inlays. xxxiii, 127 pp. CONDITION: Near-fine, small dent at spine. Number 657 of an edition of 785, "the first publication of these poems and letters" (McKitterick 124). The editor states that "[t]his edition is an offshoot of a biography of Margaret Lucas," published in 1957.
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George Washington's War : The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency
by Chadwick, Bruce
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2004. Hardcover. 8vo, black cloth. [1], 569 pp., maps, b&w illustrations. CONDITION: Very good, very good dust jacket.
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