History of Beverly, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from Its Settlement in 1630 to 1842
by Stone, Edwin M.
Boston: James Munroe and Co., 1843. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very Good, bound in the original embossed black cloth, gilt title at spine, internally clean, sound, and unmarked. Massachusetts History. Genealogy..
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"It Is Sex O'Clock"
by Stone, Lee Alexander, M.D.
Chicago: Marshall Field Annex, 1928. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce. With a forward by Dr. W.A. Evans, Health Editor, Chicago Tribune. Orange wrappers just faintly soiled, Else Fine. 77 pages. Composed of a group of lectures , a pioneering work in sex hygiene..
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Dog Soldiers
by Stone, Robert
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. National Book Award winner & basis for the 1978 film "Who'll Stop the Rain" starring Nick Nolte. Vietnam War..
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Home; A Play
by Storey, David
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition, 1970, Jonathan Cape, London. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine lightly faded, slight soiling. Storey's uncommon 4th play..
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Star Trek The Next Generation "Home Soil" (Revised Final Draft November 23, 1987)
by Story by Karl Geurs, Ralph Sanchez and Robert Sabaroff: Teleplay By Robert Sabaroff: Directed By Corey Allen
Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Episode aired 20 February, 1988, in season 1. Red brad bound wrappers, (3) 57 pp. printed rectos only on pale blue paper..
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The Model Airplane Mystery
by Stoutenburg, Adrien
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. Book. Illus. by Gertrude Howe. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine, a bit of toning to end pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket, a few small edge tears and chips. Illustrated end pages..
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Riverside Library, 24th Printing. Near Fine, a few tiny dots of soiling to edges of page block, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing at the edges. A handsome copy of this classic American novel..
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; or, Pictures of Slavery in the United States of America
by Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher
London: Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1852. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second British Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition stated at title page. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Bound in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good, light rubbing bottom edges and corners, toning at end pages only, the period bookplate front paste down of Robert Thornton, with the motto "Persevere"..
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A Survey of London Written in the Year 1598. New Edition
by Stow, John; Edited by William J. Thoms
London: Whittaker & Co., 1842. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in contemporary half straight grain morocco over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers and page edges, unnamed armorial bookplate with the motto "Vive Ut Vivas" front paste down. Very Good, light rubbing at edges, light toning at end pages only..
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International Blues Record Club Bulletin. Vol.2, No.1, Winter 1962/63
by Strachwitz, Chris A.
Berkeley, CA: Arhoolie Record, Inc., 1963. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. 14 3/4 ' h X11 1/2" h. RARE. Early publication from the founder of Arhoolie Records. Details Strachwitz's account of his travels across the US in the summer of 1962 in search of blues music and musicians to record, in addition to news on recent Arhoolie releases. 8 pp, newspaper. Very Good, uniformly browned, a few small chips, 1" horiz. tear at fold edge across all pages,... Read More
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Arhoolie Occasional, Number 1, 1971
by Strachwitz, Chris (Editor)
Berkeley, CA: Arhoolie Records, Inc., 1971. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCARCE. Promotional newspaper from Arhoolie Records, Inc., founded by Chris Strachwitz and his business partner Tom Diamant in 1960. one of the iconic early publishers of folk music, blues, and jazz. 20 pp. with numerous articles on recent and upcoming record publications and other company and music industry news. illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, Graphic Design: Wayne Pope. Very... Read More
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(with Tipped in ALS from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning) Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning - Florence Nightingale - Dr. Arnold - General Gordon
by Strachey, Lytton
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lytton Strachey's most enduring work, with undated ALS taped at front end page from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning, one of the four main subjects of the book, as follows -"Dear Sir, I have very great pleasure in accepting your kind invitation for Monday next; which will compensate me for losing the visit you were so good as to make... Read More
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Said the Devil to His Wife and Other Poems
by Straley, Daniel B.
Chicago: Nornmandie House, 1944. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER Norman W. Forgue in pencil at copyright page - " Design, typography by Norman W. Forgue . Printed at his Norman Press" and additionally SIGNED " Norman W. Forgue " in ink at the first blank rear end paper. Near Fine in original red cloth covered boards with black lettering and rules to... Read More
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David R. Godine Publisher - Boston; Issued in Celebration of Fifteen Years of Quality Publishing 1970-1985 (Promotional Poster)
by Strickland, Anna (Illustrator)
Boston: David R, Godine, 1985. Poster. Fine. Poster. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered Edition. 23" x 16 1/2". Number 93 of 350 copies issued and SIGNED BY ARTIST Anna Strickland. Featuring a quote by Gilbert Highet and typography by Christy Bertelson. Beautifully illustrated, featuring a woman reading before a landscape and with cascading flowers. Fine, as issued..
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The Creditor; A Tragic Comedy
by Strindberg, August
Philadelphia: Brown Bros., 1910. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition in English. Near Fine, in red cloth with bright gilt titles, slight rubs at the tips, prior owner name and book plate front end pages. 118 pages with 4 pages of ads at rear. Translated form the Swedish by Francis J. Zeigler. SCARCE in collectible condition..
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Selected Poems
by Strong, L. A. G.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in lovely dust jacket. Fine, small period bookseller's ticket front paste down, in Near Fine dust jacket, small closed tear top edge rear panel, faint sticker shadow top edge spine, light wear at spine ends..
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, & Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by Strutt, Joseph; Illustrated By One Hundred and Forty Engravings ...a New Edition, with a Copious Index By William Hone
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Tall 8vo. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges, binding solid, contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's... Read More
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The Thread That Runs So True
by Stuart, Jesse
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, tiny rubs to cloth at tips, in a Very Good dust jacket, old internal tape mends at spine, 1/4" paper loss at spine ends due to chips otherwise a clean and bright jacket, SCARCE in collectible condition. Sub-titled "A Mountain School-Teacher Tells His Story". One of Kentucky's most beloved authors..
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(Limited Edition) Beyond Dark Hills. A Personal Story
by Stuart, Jesse; with Six Wood-cuts by Ishmael
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Nine hundred fifty copies of this edition of BEYOND DARK HILLS have been specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. This is copy number 742." Fine in decorative cloth boards in a Fine slipcase, no jacket, As Issued, and not to be confused with the trade edition published by McGraw Hill... Read More
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Bells are Ringing - (Original script for the 1956 Broadway musical)
by Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Jule Styne;
New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 1949. Book. Near Fine. Flexible Leather. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The original cast, including Jean Stapleton, Pat Wilkes, Judy Holliday, Jack Weston, Peter Gennaro, Dort Clark, Sydney Chaplin, Donna Sanders and Eddie Lawrence is listed. Directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years before transferring to the Alvin... Read More
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Lie Down in Darkness
by Styron, William
Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated at copyright page. Near Fine, top slightly dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket, 1/2" chip at head of spine with 1" tear at top edge spine fold, rubbed at spine folds, light wear at edges. The Pulitzer and National Book Award winning author's acclaimed first book..
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(Bindings- Hoe, Robert, his copy) Pensées de Christine, reine de Suède, avec une notice sur sa Vie
by CHRISTINE Reine de Suède
Paris: Chez Ant.-Aug. Renouard, 1825. Book. Fine. Morocco. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Finely bound and Fine in full green crushed morocco, wide inner gilt dentelles over marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. The front marbled end page starting to loosen. Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), first President of the Grolier Club (morocco bookplate gilt). and the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Virginia Baldwin was an heiress to... Read More
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Complete Records of World's Heavyweight Boxing Champions Illustrated
by Sullivan, Alex (Editor)
New York: Alex Sullivan, 1941. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Printing, date from internal evidence of Joe Louis' last fight June, 1941. Very Good, small scrape top edge front wrapper, front wrapper a touch faded, faded seller's stamp top edge front cover. 64 pp. with numerous black and white photographs of heavyweight boxing legends. SCARCE..
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The History of the 105th Regiment of Engineers; Divisional Engineers of the "Old Hickory" (30th) Division
by Sullivan, William P.; Tucker, Harry
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1919. Book. Very Good Minus. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE regimental history from WW I. 466 pages illustrated with maps, charts, illustrations and portraits, including fold-out maps and fold-out Regiment photos. Very Good Minus, front hinge cracked, top corner creases first few pages, gilt lettering at spine a bit dulled still quite legible, light rubbing to cloth. The Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division became famous as the first... Read More
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HERETIC
by Supek, Ivan
Zagreb: [ publisher not identified ], 1969. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 97 pp. Cream paper wrappers printed in black, Very Good, loss of paper at bottom 2 1/2" of spine, top corners small creases. light soiling to wrappers. Ivan Supek ( 1915-2007) was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, playwright, peace activist and humanist. He studied under Werner Heisenberg and was the first professor of theoretical physics at the Faculty of Science... Read More
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