Golden Horseshoe: Extracts from the letters of Captain H.L. Herndon of the 21st U.S. Infantry, on duty in the Philippine Islands, and Lieutenant Lawrence Gill, A.D.C. to the military governor of Puerto Rico, with a postscript by J. Sherman, Private, Co. D, 21st Infantry
by Stephen Bonsal
New York: Macmillan Company, 1900. Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, green, and blue; xi,[1],316,[3](ads)pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade toned, else Very Good and sound. Most likely a fictitious collection of letters pertaining to the Spanish-American War, the editor Bonsal admitting that "For obvious reasons" the names of the authors have been changed.
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100 Years of Negro Freedom
by Arna Bontemps
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. Very Good +/Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 276pp. Eight (8) illust. plates, collated complete. Boards full bound in robin egg blue cloth with blue and gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's illustrated jacket with price intact ($3.50). Jacket rubbed, scuffed and creased at margins with loss to head of sunned spine and toning to back panel and joins. Minor water staining at... Read More
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Hip Hop Immortals Volume 1
by Bonz Malone; Nichole Beattie and DJ Lindy [eds.]
[N.p.]: Immortals Brands, a Division of Sock Bandit Productions, 2002. Very Good. [N.p.]: Immortals Brands, a Division of Sock Bandit Productions, 2002. Second Printing, this being copy #1373. Folio. Unpaginated. Photographs throughout. Gray glossy boards stamped in purple and white. No dust jacket. Publisher's "proof of ownership" document laid in. Boards bumped and lightly edgeworn with a few minor scuffs. Binding sound. A few pinpricks to pages, else unmarked and a Very Good and sound copy.
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Manuscript Cookbook
by [Americana] [Recipe Book]
[N.p.], 1890. Good. [N.p.]: [ca. 1890s]. Manuscript top-bound notebook (20x9cm), removed; 70pp. of which 40pp. filled. Remnants only of additional pages to rear; general soiling; a few printed recipes from newspapers or magazines pasted in, including "Domestic Hints" secured with a nail; Good at best. We hazard an 1890s date based on the handwriting, clippings, and paper. Desserts are the clear focus with recipes for Sponge Cake, Caramel Cake Filling, Mrs. Hesse's Dough Cake, Sunshine Cake,... Read More
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![Two Hundred Years of Black Culture in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1791 to 1991 [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/076/669/1741669076.0.l.jpg)
Two Hundred Years of Black Culture in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1791 to 1991 [Inscribed and Signed]
by Robert J. Booker
Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1993. Very Good/Very Good -. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 192pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Jacket a bit wrinkled and rubbed at margins, scattered soil, spine cocked; overall About Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed on p. 7: "To Harold, Hope you find this book interesting reading. Bob Bookner / 3-29-94.
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![[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/862/844/1737844862.0.l.jpg)
[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore
by [Gilbert & Sullivan] Arthur Sullivan [composer]; W.S. Gilbert [book]
New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, 1879. Very Good. New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, Theatrical Printer, [1879]. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet (28.5x18cm), printed offset with woodcut illustration of a ship on recto. Previous folds, light dust-soil and wear from handling, else Very Good. Rare flyer to the first American production of H.M.S. Pinafore, which originally appeared in London in 1878, playing "nearly Three Hundred Consecutive Nights." This production, which opened February 15, 1879, started... Read More
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
by Meredith Willson [lyrics and music]; Richard Morris [book]
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 181 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in black. Unclipped dust jacket shows general rubbing and minor spotting; chips and a few tears to edges. Boards show light edgewear. Binding is sound. Toning to endpapers and pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good.
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The Sound of Music: A New Musical Play (Suggested by the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp)
by Richard Rodgers [music]; Oscar Hammerstein II [lyrics]; Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse [book]
New York: Random House, 1960. Near Fine/Very Good+. New York: Random House, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, photo-illustrated paste-on to upper cover, black topstain, in original photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket; [12],140pp.; photo-illustrated frontispiece and title page, two leaves of plates from the original production. Very light shelf wear to jacket margins, minor dustiness, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. The beloved Broadway musical adapted in 1965 into the film directed by Robert Wise... Read More
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Conferences Theologiques et Spirituelles du Chrestien Interieur Sur Les Grandeurs de Dieu
by Louis François d'Argentan; Marie Cramoisy [printer and bookseller]
A Paris: Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin, & Jean Boudot, rue Saint Jacques, au Soleil d'or, & au Sacrifice d'abel, 1685. Very Good. A Paris: Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin, & Jean Boudot. rue Saint Jacques, au Soleil d'or, & au Sacrifice d'Abel, 1685. Latest edition revised and corrected. Quarto. [16]; 604; [20]pp., collated and complete. Contemporary calf; five raised bands and gilt tooling to spine; edges sprayed red. Boards rather worn with exposure to edges and cracks... Read More
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![The Two Vanrevels [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/197/1601197710.0.l.jpg)
The Two Vanrevels [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Booth Tarkington; Henry Hutt [illus.]
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1902. Very Good -. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies "specially bound with duplicate illustrations on vellum and each copy signed by the author," of which this is no. 279. Octavo; publisher's blind-embossed art vellum, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; viii,[4],351pp.; frontispiece and six leaves of plates, all bound in duplicate, title page and latter frontispiece printed within green decorative... Read More
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The Magnificent Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington; Arthur William Brown [illus.]
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. First Edition. Octavo. 516pp. Eight plates by Brown, complete. Dark red cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Touch of shelfwear; a few minor scuffs; white spot to rear joint. Cracked at gutter preceding title page but binding holding; interior unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of Tarkington's best known novel, basis for Orson Welles' second film.
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![Modernist Photographs, 19th-Century French Photographs, and 19th-Century British Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada [Three-volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/610/952/1532952610.0.l.jpg)
Modernist Photographs, 19th-Century French Photographs, and 19th-Century British Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada [Three-volume set]
by Ann Thomas; Lori Pauli; James Borcoman
Ottawa, Canada: National Gallery of Canada, 2011. Near Fine. Ottawa, Canada: National Gallery of Canada, 2007-2011. First Editions. Three large octavo volumes. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges of wraps with a couple minor smudges to front of volume 3. Bindings are sound and pages unmarked. A Near Fine set.
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![[Broadside] Laberinto [Signed by Borges]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/360/544/1670544360.0.l.jpg)
[Broadside] Laberinto [Signed by Borges]
by Jorge Luis Borges
[West Branch, Iowa]: Printed at the Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1982. Near Fine. [West Branch, Iowa]: Printed at the Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1982. First Toothpaste Edition, Limited to 90 copies. Original illustrated broadside (27x37cm); text printed in black within blue labyrinth illustration. Mild rubbing to edges; Near Fine. Signed by Borges. Printed for a reading at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and showcasing one of the author's best-known poems, "Laberinto," first published in... Read More
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Vestidos Populares Peruanos
by Arthur Jimenez Borja
Lima, Peru: Fundacion del Banco Continental paral el Fomento de la Educacion y la Cultura, 1998. Fine/Near Fine. [Lima, Peru]: Fundacion del Banco Continental para el Fomento de la Educacion y la Cultura, [1998]. First Edition. Quarto (31cm); publisher's cloth in glossy pictorial dust jacket and original white cardboard mailing box; 250pp.; full color photographs. Very light edge wear to jacket margins, box a bit squashed and dust-soiled; the book itself Near Fine.
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![Robert R. Young, the Populist of Wall Street [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/457/1741457386.0.l.jpg)
Robert R. Young, the Populist of Wall Street [Inscribed and Signed]
by Joseph Borkin
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xi,[3],236pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light chipping and a few small closed tears to jacket margins, else Very Good and sound. Warmly inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "For Rick [?] / A courageous colleague with admiration / Joe Borkin.
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Selections from Gandhi
by Nirmal Kumar Bose
Ahmedabad, IN: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. Ahmedabad, IN: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 311 pages. Printed dust jacket. Green and gray boards stamped in black. Dust jacket with original "Rupees Two" price present. Moderately chipped along edges with some toning. Boards are toned with some light rubbing along edges. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Pages otherwise unmarked. Chapters include "Non-violence," "Duty in the Midst of... Read More
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Parallele des Principes de la Physique d'Aristote et de celle de Rene Des Cartes
by [Aristotle] [Descartes] Rene Le Bossu
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Very Good. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the 1674 edition. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers, yapp edges; [10],319pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound.
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![Reflections sur Quelques Parolles de Jesus-Christ: Particulierement sur les sept dernieres qu'il à[!] prononcées sur la croix. Pour servir d'un saint entretien à l'ame chrétienne pendant la messe [Dedication Copy in Madame de Maintenon's armorial binding]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/044/1511044089.0.l.jpg)
Reflections sur Quelques Parolles de Jesus-Christ: Particulierement sur les sept dernieres qu'il à[!] prononcées sur la croix. Pour servir d'un saint entretien à l'ame chrétienne pendant la messe [Dedication Copy in Madame de Maintenon's armorial binding]
by [Madame de Maintenon] "N.D.T." [Jacques Bénigne Bossuet?]
Paris: N. Bonnart, 1690. Very Good. Paris: N. Bonnart, [ca. 1690]. First Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); armorial binding of Madame de Maintenon, full crimson morocco adorned with her coat-of-arms on both covers, triple-ruled in gilt with diminutive repeating rampant lions at each corner, elaborate gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 100pp.; illus. and calligraphic text printed entirely from copper-plates, this copy featuring the more often-found depiction of an empty cross within a crown of thorns... Read More
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![Why Time Begins on Opening Day [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/090/184/9780385184090.OL.0.l.jpg)
Why Time Begins on Opening Day [Signed and Inscribed]
by Thomas Boswell
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 300pp. Publisher’s pictorial dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in green and red cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine ends; spine, flaps, and verso lightly toned. Boards bumped at spine ends; some fading. Binding sound. Top edge of textblock foxed; small stain at first free... Read More
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Search for a Soul
by Phyllis Bottome
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); xiii,[1],306pp. General minor edge wear, jacket spine and rear panels a bit toned, corners bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. The British novelist's memoir, billed "The Intimate Story of a Victorian Upbringing" (upper jacket panel).
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Level Crossing: A Novel
by Phyllis Bottome
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],314pp.; pictorial endpapers. Shallow chips and closed tears along jacket extremities, bottom half of front flap fold split, inscription to front free endpaper enthusiastically effaced, else Very Good in a Good or better copy of the jacket. Psychological thriller by the best-selling English novelist Phyllis Bottome (1884-1963), in which... Read More
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John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great Engineer
by Cyril T.G. Boucher
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1963. Very Good +/Near Fine. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1963. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped mint green pictorial dust jacket; x,149pp.; portrait frontispiece, eight leaves of plates. Jacket spine panel a bit faded; bowing to front board. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown.
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Baluchi Woven Treasures
by Jeff W. Boucher
Alexandria, VA: Jeff W. Boucher, 1989. Fine/Very Good+. Alexandria, VA: Jeff W. Boucher, [1989]. First Edition. Slim quarto (28.5cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 152pp. Jacket spine panel a shade sunned, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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La Maniere de Bien Penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit. Dialogues
by [Dominique Bouhours]
Paris: Michel Brunet, 1715. Very Good. Paris: Chez Michel Brunet, grand'Salle du Palais, au Mercure Galant, 1715. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo; full contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges stained red, marbled endpapers; [12],545,[32]pp. (collated complete). Light scuffing to leather margins, shallow loss at spine crown, 19th-century ownership ex libris of C.T. Noel de Payrat to front pastedown, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy. Very nice posthumous edition of the collected dialogues... Read More
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The Lost Cities of the Mayas: The Life, Art, and Discoveries of Frederick Catherwood
by [Frederick Catherwood] Fabio Bourbon
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2000. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2000. First American Edition Stated. Folio (36cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 192,[8]pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, spine a bit cocked and corners bumped, gift inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.
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