AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BARNUM OR THE OPENING OF THE OYSTER
by BARNUM, P. T
Danbury, CT, 1889. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine. Scarce miniature book (1-3/4" x 2-1/4") in printed and stapled light blue wraps with an illustration on the rear cover; 16 pages plus covers. Illustrated with several cartoonish vignettes.
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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
by BARNUM, P. T
Buffalo: Courier Company, 1878. Hardcover. Minor fraying to spine tips and corners. Very Good. Original cloth; 324 pages. Illustrated with engravings. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This edition has a new introduction and preface by Barnum. A compliments slip with Barnum's printed signature is tipped to the title page. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "To my friend/Doctor W B... Read More
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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF P. T. BARNUM. Written by Himself
by BARNUM, P. T
Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson & Co, 1874. Author's Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean; minor rubbing and wear to binding. Very Good. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This copy bound in contemporary half leather with matching corners and marbled boards with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; vii, [2], 14-772. 837-864 pages. Complete despite the pagination. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and full-page engravings. This copy... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BARNUM, P. T
Louisville, KY, 3 February 1870. Letter. Normal creases from folding; some bleedthrough of ink. Near Fine. A 2-page letter on the front and verso of a 5-1/8" x 8" sheet of blindstamped Galt House letterhead addressed to Mr. Grinnell and SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum." In full: "I enclose a letter from Congressman Kellogg according to my agreement with you. You know I much wanted to have my son in law D. W. Thompson promoted to Weigher and... Read More
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SOUTHERN NIGHTS: Epigraphs; From JOE; Cold Black Peas; Birth of a Baby, So Lovely; Swiss Time; From THURBERAMA; Lost Homes; and Sugarhouse
by BARRAX, Gerald; BROWN, Larry; EDGERTON, Clyde; GIBBONS, Kay; GREEN, Jaki Shelton; NAUMOFF, Lawrence; PRICE, Reynolds; and SIMPSON, Bland
Chapel Hill, NC: The Mud Puppy Press, (1988). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Complete set of eight limited edition chapbooks in printed color wraps, with original printed paper wraparound band. Of a total edition of 126, these are one of 26 lettered copies. Each chapbook is lettered "E" and SIGNED by its author. While individual numbered copies of these are readily available, an entire lettered set is quite scarce.
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MISCELLANIES
by BARRINGTON, Daines
London: J. Nichols, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional foxing, heavy to a handful of pages; a few pencil notes to text. Near Fine. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") in contemporary polished calf (rebacked, preserving original spine and labels). A curious and compelling collection illustrated with 2 maps, 2 portraits, and 5 tables. Includes "Journal of a Voyage in 1775 to Explore the Coast of America, Northward of California," with map, which, according to LADA-MOCARSKI 34, is the first and... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BARRIE, J. M
22 December 1915. Letter. Faint crease from folding. Fine. One-page handwritten letter to James A. H. Catton on 5-1/2" x 7-1/8" Adelphi Terrace House stationery SIGNED "J. M. Barrie." In full: "Thank you for your letter and all heartily good wishes for your book of reminiscences which ought to be very interesting, but I have had to give up writing ('?') as intimidating so kindly excuse me. A happy Christmas to you." With original envelope addressed in Barrie's... Read More
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CHIMERA
by BARTH, John
New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued. Copy #244 of 300 numbered and SIGNED copies of this winner of the National Book Award. Walter Shirley's copy with his bookplate tipped to a front blank.
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CATALOGUE OF EARLY BOOKS ON MUSIC (Before 1800) Supplement (Books Acquired by the Library 1913-1942) With a List of Books on Music in Chinese and Japanese
by BARTLETT, Hazel
Washington DC: (United States Government Printing Office), 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on front endpaper. Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Red cloth; iv, 143 pages. Includes the catalogue, index to authors of works issued anonymously, books on East Asiatic music (Chinese and Japanese), and a list of books from the Dayton C. Miller Collection.
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FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE TO THEIR SOURCE PASSAGES AND PHRASES IN COMMON USE
by BARTLETT, John
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1878. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Front endpaper detached; hinges cracked. Slight fraying to the spine head. Good. Original cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to a noted abolitionist: "Mrs. Maria W. Chapman/with the respects of/John Bartlett/1878." With Chapman's early pencil signature using her maiden name above Bartlett's inscription. Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the... Read More
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CANADIAN SCENERY ILLUSTRATED
by [BARTLETT, W. H.] WILLIS, N. P
London: George Virtue, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to heavy foxing throughout, mostly marginal, with some plates completely clean and others heavily foxed, most with just a spot or two of marginal foxing. The front cover of the first volume is detached with much of the spine lacking; the second volume's binding is fine. Overall a Good, solid set. W. H. Bartlett. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in publisher's full heavily gilt-decorated dark brown morocco leather.... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BARTON, Clara
Glen Echo, MD, 4 February 1906. Letter. Faint creases from mailing. Fine with excellent content. A four-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on both sides of a 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" sheet of light blue paper from the 85 year-old founder of the American Red Cross to her friend and supporter Roscoe [Green Wells], who held various positions in the National First Aid Association of America, the organization Barton founded after retiring from the Red Cross in 1904. In part: "I... Read More
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THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. An Illustrated History
by [BASEBALL] HONIG, Donald
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Small snag at bottom margin of text and dampstain slightly affecting first part of the book. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards (8-1/2" x 11"). Illustrated with b&w photographs of Phillies baseball legends complementing a narrative history of the club that dates back to the 1870s. This copy has been SIGNED by more than 20 former Phillies, including some more than once. Autograph highlights include Robin... Read More
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DE WITT'S BASE-BALL GUIDE. FOR 1874. Containing the New Rules of the Game, as Revised at the Professional Convention of 1874. With an Explanatory Appendix for Umpires...
by [BASEBALL] CHADWICK, Henry
New York: Robert M. De Witt, (1874). First Edition. wraps. Wear and small losses along spine and extremities, old faint pencil notations on front and rear wrappers; all edges trimmed; old pencil scrawl on verso of frontispiece; ownership signature in pencil on final text leaf. About Very Good. Original pictorial yellow wraps (4" x 6-1/4"); 99, (1) pages; with pages 63/64 misbound after page 42. Illustrated with frontispiece, as well as charts and tables. A very scarce and... Read More
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SIGNED INDUCTION DAY POSTER PHOTOGRAPH
by [BASEBALL] CARLTON, Steve
Yonkers: Photo File Inc., 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Small rubbed spot, about the size of a dime, in the right blank margin with some paper loss. Very Good. Photograph (10" x 8") with statistics commemorating Carlton's induction into the Hall of Fame on 31 July 1994. SIGNED by the left-handed legend.
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PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage. Volume I, Nos. 1 - 26
by [BASEBALL] PORTER, William T
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1856-1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing, some pages browned, some unopened, lacking pages 69-72 and 81-84 (there is no baseball information on those pages). Binding quite nice. Overall Near Fine. Folio (10-3/4" x 16") in the original cloth rebacked with a recent brown morocco leather spine, lettered in gilt, and corners; original morocco label with the name "James Burnside" in gilt on the front cover; 416 (of 424) pages. Illustrated with... Read More
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PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage. Volume II, Nos. 1 - 26
by [BASEBALL] PORTER, William T
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing or small edge tear; minor wear to binding. Very Good. Folio (11-1/4" x 16") in early leather-backed cloth-covered boards with leather corners and marbled endpapers. Includes 26 issues (7 March 1857 - 29 August 1857) of this important sports newspaper containing accounts of horse races, billiards, cricket matches, angling, hunting, yacht racing, chess, and some of the earliest reportage of baseball games including printed... Read More
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PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage. Volume III, Nos. 1 - 26
by [BASEBALL] PORTER, William T
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1857-1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Old water stain to bottom third of most pages, heavier towards the end but not terribly distracting. Contents Good, binding about Fine. Folio (11-1/4" x 16-1/4") in modern leather-backed marbled boards with leather corners. Includes 26 issues (5 September 1857 - 27 February 1858) of this important sports newspaper containing accounts of horse races, billiards, cricket matches, chess, and some of the earliest reportage of baseball games... Read More
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PLATTE RIVER
by BASS, Rick
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A collection of three novellas. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.
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THE NINEMILE WOLVES
by BASS, Rick
(Livingston, MT): (Clark City Press), (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Rick Bass has written an inspired essay advocating wolf reintroduction and recolonization, in the context of one small pack's fate." Attractively printed and illustrated with photographs and drawings. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Laid in is a photocopy of a 3-page letter by Bass with a list of elected officials to contact.
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WATERFALL (Signed Broadside)
by BASS, Rick
(Salt Lake City): Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. Issued on the occasion of the opening of the new Salt Lake City Public Library, this attractive 12" x 18" broadside was printed letterpress on heavy white paper and illustrated in color by R. P. Bissland. One of 100 copies SIGNED by the author.
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LES FLEURS DU MAL and FLOWERS OF EVIL
by BAUDELAIRE, Charles
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Tape-repaired tear to one page of the notes at the rear of the English volume. The French volume is shaken and has tape repairs to the spine. Each volume is internally Fine. Very Good in a Fine example of the scarce slipcase. Auguste Rodin and Jacob Epstein. Two volumes, one in the original French (7" x 9") bound in light blue wraps with glassine wrapper and the other with English translations by... Read More
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FRIJOLES CANYON PICTOGRAPHS RECORDED IN WOODCUTS AND HAND PRINTED BY GUSTAVE BAUMANN
by BAUMANN, Gustave
Santa Fe: Writers' Editions, (1939). First Edition. About Fine in the scarce, original dustwrapper with tears on the spine. Gustave Baumann. Square octavo (7-3/8" x 8-1/2") bound in original yellow-green and black pictorially decorated cloth with printed paper labels on the spine and front cover, in the original unprinted glassine dust wrapper; [48 pages]. One of only 480 copies illustrated by Baumann with twenty-six woodcut plates printed in brown, umber, and black, including a four-page double-folding plate SIGNED... Read More
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REBEL POWERS
by BAUSCH, Richard
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, (1993). First Edition. Wraps. Slight foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy marked Uncorrected proof on the title page in glossy red wraps. The story of Connie Boudreaux, wife of a Vietnam War hero who is sent to prison for a petty crime, and her struggle to care for her family.
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MR. FIELD'S DAUGHTER
by BAUSCH, Richard
New York: The Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "For Dick,/this hardest one I've/tried-- 1993."
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