AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Franklin P[ierce]
Westport, CT, 5 January 1945. Letter. About Fine. One page on 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" personal stationery SIGNED "Frank" to Walter. In full: "Eugene Field died in 1895 or 1896 -- more than thirty years ago. But Taylor left, I'm sure, plenty dough, and I think Ring [Lardner] did, too. You're on about me, as I never made enough to say no. Confidensh (?) about me 4 well-dressed children, only one at the expense of the army. Frank." With... Read More
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THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS
by ADAMS, Henry
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Touch of sunning to the spine. Fine, lacking the slipcase. Samuel Chamberlain. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in full rust-colored buckram, gold-stamped. Introduction by H. S. Canby. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Copy #360 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with 12 etchings by Samuel Chamberlain printed from the artist's plates by Charles Furth. SIGNED by artist on the colophon page.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Henry
Washington DC, 18 January 1900. Letter. Folds from mailing, faint soiling at edges. Near Fine. Fine SIGNED handwritten four-page letter on all sides of a 9-1/2" x 7-3/4" sheet of paper folded in half to a Miss R. K. Crandall, written in answer to an inquiry about documents concerning American foreign affairs. In part: "Miss Donnely was instructed to copy for me all documents she could find which had relation to American affairs between 1789 and 1799. Between... Read More
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MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
by ADAMS, Henry
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Samuel Chamberlain. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in gray buckram with gilt-stamped black leather spine label and marbled paper slipcase. Designed by T. M. Cleland. With a new introduction by Francis Henry Taylor. Illustrated with 59 photographs made in France following the Adams itinerary by Samuel Chamberlain and reproduced as gravures. Copy #982 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon... Read More
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A LETTER TO AMERICAN TEACHERS OF HISTORY
by ADAMS, Henry
Washington DC: (J. H. Furst), 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. A close to Fine copy. Publisher's green cloth; vi, 214, [2] pages. SIGNED by the author at the end of the introductory letter, as with many copies. BAL 34. One of a series of late works by Adams in which he tried to incorporate new scientific knowledge, especially in physics, into the study of American history. Henry Adams (1838-1918, American historian and author, was a descendent of John Adams... Read More
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MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
by ADAMS, Henry
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Samuel Chamberlain. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in gray buckram with gilt-stamped black leather spine label and marbled paper slipcase. Designed by T. M. Cleland. With a new introduction by Francis Henry Taylor. Illustrated with 59 photographs made in France following the Adams itinerary by Samuel Chamberlain and reproduced as gravures. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Lovely... Read More
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A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778
by ADAMS, John
Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, For William Cobbett [volume 1]; H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett [volume 2]; William Young for William Cobbett [volume 3], 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. Pencil signature on front pastedown of each volume, ink signature "Blair" dated 1798 on the title page of the first volume, the title page of the third volume browned but in general the text is clean and free from foxing. Very Good. Three volumes in early 19th Century half polished black... Read More
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ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE...
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. First Edition. Pamphlet. Some light pencil markings to text, rather even browning to pages. Slight loss of paper at the spine. Near Fine and scarce. Original printed blue wrappers; 94 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blue wrapper: "Revd. William Hawley/from/J. Q. Adams." Adams had written "Joseph" which is crossed out with "William," possibly in another hand, written above it. Hawley was the second Rector of St. John's Church in Washington, D.C.,... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Washington, 29 March 1830. Letter. Some splitting along the fold. Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by Adams on one large sheet of paper folded to 7-7/8" x 9-3/4" to the editor of the AMERICAN ANNUAL REGISTER, Joseph Blunt, sending corrections to his important and lengthy unsigned article dealing with the Russo-Turkish War and Greece. In this article Adams contrasts Christianity with Islam to the advantage of Christianity. Here is an example from the article not from... Read More
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THE RAMPAGING HERD. A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry
by ADAMS, Ramon F
Cleveland: John T. Zubal, Inc., (1982). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Green cloth; xix, 463 pages including index. Reprint of the 1959 First Edtion. An indispensable bibliography on the American cowboy.
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AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with Archive of Related Materials
by ADAMS, Richard
Mountain View, CA, 5 Jan. 1982. Letter. Crease marks from folding. With original envelope. Near Fine. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED of 4 pages. About personal matters but primarily concerned with making corrections in an interview eventually published in the WEBSTER REVIEW in 1985. Adams mentions Kipling, Dickens, Trollope, and others, as well as his being president of the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Regarding his WATERSHIP DOWN and a character from De la Mare's... Read More
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AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Richard
London, 19 June 1973. Letter. Fine. Wonderful AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, 3-1/2 pages, to the creator of the cover art for the Puffin edition of WATERSHIP DOWN which was published in June 1973 becoming a bestseller and responsible for establishing the book in the public's eye. Adams praises the artist's work: "Fiver's stare of rapt contemplation really makes one want to investigate further." He also asks for the original artwork which eventually did wind up in his hands.
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DRAWN AND QUARTERED
by ADDAMS, Charles
New York: Random House, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Charles Addams. Cloth-backed boards. A haunting collection of cartoons, including the first 4 of what would become "The Addams Family," is the cartoonist's first book.
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THE SECOND TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE. September 1909 to September 1929. With a Record of a Growing World Consciousness
by ADDAMS, Jane
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper. Bright, close to Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with some edgewear. Illustrated with drawings by Norah Hamilton and Morris Topchevsky. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "'Compliments of the author'/Jane Addams/Hull-House/Chicago." Uncommon in dustwrapper. Jane Addams (1860-1935), American settlement house founder and social reformer, was born to a well-off family in Cedarsville, Illinois. Though she had hoped for... Read More
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #355 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Fine in the glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1076 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine darkened. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Fine in an about Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #325 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with a small scratch to the leather label. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #380 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #33 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on the Charm of Tennessee
by ADE, George
Brook, Indiana, 26 May n.y.. Letter. Creases from folding, otherwise Near Fine. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on 8-1/2" x 11" Hazelden Farm stationery to an unknown recipient trying to recall something he had previously said. In full: "I don't believe I can do it all over again. I think I said something about like the following: I never saw the South as I had imagined it until I visited Tennessee. For the first time I found in the flavor... Read More
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PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas. Printed by the Joh. Enschede en Zonen printing house in Holland on paper made in Holland specially for this edition.... Read More
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PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas. Printed by the Joh. Enschede en Zonen printing house in Holland on paper made in Holland specially for this edition. Translated... Read More
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