CROSSING THE PLAINS
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1942. Softcover. All cutouts still intact, though the cutout of the buffalo on the rear cover is detached and loosely laid in. Near Fine. Stiff pictorial wraps; 12 pages including covers, all in color. Stand-up punch-outs of cowboys and wranglers.
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SWISS PICTURES DRAWN WITH PEN AND PENCIL
London: Religious Tract Society, n.d. New Edition. Hardcover. Spine rubbed with loss of gilt and some cloth. Very Good. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") in original gilt-decorated cloth. Generously illustrated by Whymper and others with numerous wood engravings and with two color lithographs of Mont Blanc and the Summit of the Aiguille Verte. Much on wildlife and mountain climbing. Foxing to endpapers but text very clean.
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THE NURSERYMAN'S SPECIMEN BOOK OF AMERICAN FRUITS, FLOWERS, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, & c
[Rochester, NY]: Rochester Lithographing Company Successors to D. M. Dewey's, [@1900]. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates bright and clean with occasional smudge. Slight looseness of covers. Near Fine with lovely plates. Oblong octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") in black leather with a color plate of an apple pasted on the front cover. Illustrated with 71 chromolithographs, printed on rectos only with many finished by hand, of mostly fruit including apples, pears, plums, various berries, grapes, etc.
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HEIRS OF HIPPOCRATES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN A CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC BOOKS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Iowa City: Friends Of The University Of Iowa Libraries, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth; xiv, 474 pages. Excellent reference work with illustrations. "This catalogue contains descriptions of 1,196 of the 1,600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the Health Sciences Library. Works were chosen for the catalogue which seemed to illustrate the best the history of medicine, are most representative of a particular author, or presented a particular topic not otherwise treated even... Read More
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THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Very Good chemise and slipcase. Uncommon in this condition. Everett Gee Jackson. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE BOOK OF BALLADS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrated with 36 hand-colored woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Copy #955 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.... Read More
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THE RACE - JEROME PARK N.Y
New York: Thomas Kelly, 1869. First Edition. Print. Small archival linen tape repairs on the reverse used to strengthen the paper where torn at the margins, two tears going into the image slightly; mild dampstain lower right corner, dampstain at left center margin, small circular stain top center, light foxing spread across the left side, scattered soiling. Quite attractive and now nicely matted and framed. Scarce hand-colored lithograph (28 x 22 matted and framed to an overall size... Read More
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AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as often the case with this title, and here to an even white. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning. Everett Gee Jackson. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed in either three... Read More
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AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Mild sunning to spine, often more severe with this title. About Fine in worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Everett Gee Jackson. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed in either three or four colors. Copy #1085... Read More
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A STRONG DOSE OF MYSELF
by ABSE, Dannie
London: Hutchinson, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight dust spotting to the top edge. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Autobiography of by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, INSCRIBED in the form of a prescription to the poet William Meredith and his partner: "Rx To William + Richard/to be taken after meals/affectionately, Dannie."
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POEMS GOLDERS GREEN
by ABSE, Dannie
London: Hutchinson, (1962). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with some wear to the spine. INSCRIBED "To William Meredith/Dannie/April '64."
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FUNLAND. A POEM IN NINE PARTS
by ABSE, Dannie
(Swansea): Portland University Library, (1971). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "'Bill's -- this unaltered version/with affection."
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DOCTORS & PATIENTS
by (ABSE, Dannie) editor
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith and his partner and SIGNED twice on the title page
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DANNIE ABSE. THE POCKET POETS
by ABSE, Dannie
London: Vista Books, (1963). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. INSCRIBED "To Bill Meredith,/thank you./yours/sincerely,/warmly,/truly,/all that is good/Dannie."
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THREE QUESTOR PLAYS
by ABSE, Dannie
(Lowestoft): Scorpion Press, (1967). First Edition. Softcover. Some soiling to covers. Very Good. Pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "'To Bill/Not open, still../warmly,/Dannie/July 67/(Hope to see you next year)."
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TENANTS OF THE HOUSE. POEMS 1951-1956
by ABSE, Dannie
New York: Criterion Books, (1959). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Early title by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, first published in England in 1957. Poet William Meredith's copy with his SIGNATURE at the top of the front endpaper, below which is INSCRIBED "With respect,/Dannie Abse," with the poet's last name crossed out by him. Laid in is a promotional photograph of Abse.
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MODERN EUROPEAN VERSE. THE POCKET POETS
by (ABSE, Dannie) editor
London: Vista Books, (1964). First Edition. Softcover. Small skim mark on rear, otherwise Fine. INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith: "'We are most our own strange selves when we are hosts.'/For Bill,/whose Apollinaire translations/would have been in here had/I known them earlier/Dannie Abse/June '64."
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A STRONG DOSE OF MYSELF
by ABSE, Dannie
London: Hutchinson, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight dust spotting to the top edge. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Autobiography of by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED in the form of a prescription to the poet William Meredith and his partner: "Rx For William and Richard/to be taken with a/pinch of salt!/affectionately, Dannie/Xmas 83."
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TRAVELS THROUGH SWEDEN, FINLAND, AND LAPLAND, TO THE NORTH CAPE, IN THE YEARS 1798 AND 1799
by ACERBI, Joseph
London: Joseph Mawman, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. The map is detached and has a short closed tear with little effect on the image. Scattered staining and foxing but generally clean. Bindings rubbed but the covers are tight. Very Good. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10") volumes in contemporary tree calf leather with gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Illustrated with 16 engravings and a large folding map. Acerbi was an Italian naturalist and composer. His record of travels in... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS; PARTICULARLY THOSE NATIONS ADJOINING TO THE MISSISSIPPI, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, GEORGIA, SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA: Containing an Account of their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and Civil Customs, Laws, Form of Government, Punishments, Conduct in War and Domestic Life, Their Habits, Diet, Agriculture, Manufactures, Diseases and Method of Cure, and Other Particulars, Sufficient to Render It a Complete Indian System. With Observations on Former Historians, the Conduct of Our Colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, Etc
by ADAIR, James
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean with minor toning; some rubbing to joints. Near Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in contemporary calf rebacked with the original spine with a new gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, the original label loosely laid in; [xii], 464, [2, ads] pages. Complete with half title and the engraved folding map. GRAFF 10; HOWES A-38 ("Best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who... Read More
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WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
by ADAMIC, Louis
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribee's bookplate on front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. An examination of the evolution, intricacies, and absurdities of last names. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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LUCAS, KING OF THE BALUCAS
by ADAMIC, Louis
Los Angeles: Arthur Whipple, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Eizzil. One of 350 copies illustrated with woodcuts by Eizzil. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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TWO-WAY PASSAGE
by ADAMIC, Louis
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Political and social commentary on the eve of America's entrance into the war. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page.
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THE LAW BOOK PRICE GUIDE: A Market Value Reference for Antiquarian, Out-of-Print and Rare Law Boks and Documents and Other Law-Related Materials
by ADAMIAK, Richard
Chicago: Richard Adamiak, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Cloth. Quarto; xvi, 376 pages with index and bibliography. Page-by-page reproductions of various catalogs dated 1975 - 1982 from leading antiquarian booksellers specializing in the legal field. While the prices, of course, are dated, the detailed descriptions are quite valuable. The type is often very small but readable.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Charles Francis
Quincy [MA], 1 October 1874. Letter. Near Fine. Three-page letter on both sides of a 10" x 8" sheet to author and editor George W. Curtis responding about a series of lectures being organized by a man named Carpenter. Adams says he has an aversion "to all the system of lecturing which had been carried on so systematically of later years.... It would be a great inconvenience to me to break off from the prosecution of my present... Read More
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