GENTLEMEN UP
by Streett, William B. Brown, Paul (illustrated by)
NY: The Derrydale Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/VG+. Limited to 850 copies. A fine, apparently unused copy, green linen over boards with titles and gilt-stamped device in unclipped dustjacket that is modestly worn about edges. No names, bookplates and desirable thus. HORSES EQUESTRIAN JUMPING RIDING.
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VICUNA: THE WORLD'S FINEST FABRIC
by Strook,Sylvan I.
NY: S. Strook & Co., Inc, 1937. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade catalog, printed paper coves, stapled spine, 23 pages, illustrated, 2 full page color plates. Founded in 1866, by the 1930's the Strook Company was the major purveyor of luxury fabrics in the US. Sylvan Strook was the third generation to run the family owned business based in Manhattan.
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Field Book of Birds of the Panama Canal Zone: A Description of All the Species of the Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with Notes on Their Habits, Call Notes and Songs, for Purpose of Identifying Them
by Sturgis, Bertha B.
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, "pocket" size, green cloth, stamped gilt front and spine, 466p, illistrated. Gilt to spien dulled a bit, neat bookplate pastedown, little used copy (if at all). Solid copy.
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MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE
by Sturgis, Edith B. Hinchman, Margaretta S. (illustrator)
NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Brandywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy.
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A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1841
by Sturge, Joseph
Boston: Dexter & King, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nicely preserved typical mid-19thC binding - blind-pressed decoration, brown cloth, gilt spine titles, 8vo, x, 12-235, xciii. a few tiny abrasions to cloth, and corner moderately worn. Firm binding, solid copy.
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An Introduction to Linguistic Science
by Sturtevant, Edgar H.
New York: Yale University Press, Inc, 1967. Eleventh Printing. Cloth Backed Boards. Very Good +/Good +. Tight binding, clean text. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Dj with small closed tear lowed edge of rear panel, faded spine. Solid copy.
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THERE'S A WOCKET IN MY POCKET
by Dr. Suess
NY: Random House, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition. Laminated pictorial covers, issued without dustjacket. Covers slightly rubbed, the faintest sunning to spine. Neat owner name top of ffe. Internals near fine. Binding solid.
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EMANCIPATION ! ITS POLICY AND NECESSITY AS A WAR MEASURE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RBELLION
by Sumner, Charles
(Boston): unidenitified, 1862. Soft cover. Very Good. Original pamphlet printed in Boston in 186, speech given by Sumnber at Fanueiil Hall on Oct 6, 1862. Measures 14 x 22.5 cm, 23 page, string tied, very nice condition, with (presumably) original or early owner name top of front cover (title page). Uncommon in the marketplace these days. Major Abolitionist rallying cry for freeing slaves so they couid join the Union and battle the Confederacy.With the outbreak of the Civil... Read More
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
by Sundelrland, Wdwin S. S.
NY: privately printed, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As new, 8vo, pictorial green, polished cloth, map endppaers, 117p, bibliography. A historic report of ICR's "organization, financing and subsequent simplification of debt and capital structures through May 1955." RAILROAD HISTORY.
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Cristie's Since the War 1945-1958: An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting
by Sutton, Denys
London: Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd, 1959. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine +/Very Good. Spine ends of binding slightly bumped. Dj missing piece top of spine, small open tear top right corner front panel. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Color and black and white photographs throughout.
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Portraits of Mexican Birds: Fifty Selected Paintings
by Sutton, George Miksch; Beltran, Enrique (Foreward by)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. Cloth Spine, Paper Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Laid-in large color print, also signed by author. Full-page color illustrations throughout. Spine ends and cover corners gently bumped. Clipped dw. Binding tight, text clean.
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An Introduction to the Birds of Pennsylvania
by Sutton, George Miksch
Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Company, 1928. Green Cloth. Near Fine -. Illustrated By the Author. Color frontispiece and numerous pen-and-ink text drawings. Spine ends slightly worn, cover corners gently bumped, light rubbing to spine edges. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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Portraits of Mexican Birds: Fifty Selected Paintings
by Sutton, George Miksch; Beltran, Enrique (Foreward by)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. Soft cover. Fine. Large color illustrations throughout. Text clean, no previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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MY HOUSE HAS TWO DOORS
by Suyin, Hans
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Book very good in worn dustjacket with chipping at corners. INSCRIBED by Suyin and dated by her May 1, 1980 on the ffe. Uncommon signed.
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CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, and of the Wonderful Things Therein, as Heard and Seen
by SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL
Boston: Otis Clapp, 1854. Later American printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Later American reprint of the English translation of 1758 from Swedenborg's Latin. In original publisher's binding, quarter finely-ribbed blue cloth, spine paper label, 8vo, iv, 361.Owner name in ink on ffe. Covers moeratley worn, solid binding, nice internals.
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The Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugal Love, After Which Follows the Pleasures of Insanity Concerning Scortatory Love: A Translation of "De Amore Conjugiali"... (Amstelodami 1768)
by Swedenborg, Emanuel
NY: American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing society, 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Early printing of American publication of the English translation of Swedenburg's spritual theses on marriage. 8vo, black cloth, blind-stamped decoration front and back, gilt-stamped titles spine. (iv) 472 (iv). Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772) was a Swedish Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher, and mystic. Swedenborg himself remained a bachelor all his life, but that did not hinder him from writing voluminously on the subject. Presumed... Read More
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (14 Volumes, complete, including index)
by Swift, Jonathan. Dabis, Herbert (editor)
Oxford: Basil Blackwell Shakespeare Head, 1951. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. Complete run of the original 14 volume set, published from 1951 - 1968, issued in linen uniformly. Volume 1, A Tale of a Tub", in dustjacket, the rest not. Spines variously browned or tanned, depending on cloth and year of issue. Still, a handsome set, with the same owner's holograph and/or nameplate in six of the volumes, and one volume with Blackwell bookshop ticket and... Read More
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PURPOSE: A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Vol X No 2 April -June 1938
by Symons, W. T. (editor). Eliot, T. S., Miller Henry, et al (contributors). (D. H. Lawrence). (Ezra Pound)
London: The C. W. Daniel Company, 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes first appearance of Henry Miller's essay "Creative Death" a fragment from Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, which was published in book form in 1941 as part of Miller's anthology of short stories "From The Wisdom of the Heart (public library). Another item of note in this issue is TS Eliot essay, "On a Recent Piece of Criticsm" wherein Eliot takes on criticism... Read More
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The Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea
by Synge, John M.
London: Elkin Matthews, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Synge's first publihed work. Rebound in half leather with detached front cover, but with original blue printed paper covers bound-in. Leaves toned as often seen. Gift inscription dated 1912 on the ffe.
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Keyes, E. L.
by THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS
NY: Appleton, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pub green cloth, gilt titles. 83pp + 32pp adverts. Minor wear to corners. Very good all around. Errata sheet bound in before title.
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MAKING THE GROUNDS ATTRACTIVE WITH SHRUBBERY
by Tabor, Grace
Ny: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, white stamped titles and decorations on green cloth, 54 pp, 8 b&w full page photos. Minor loss to white stamp front cover, else near fine, lacking dustjacket. Incribed by Tabor on the ffe: "To Samuelk Eastman Kimball - not because he needs it but in spite of teh fact that he doesn't G. T. May 1912" Grace Tabor (1874 -1971), according to Wikipedia, was an... Read More
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An Artist in Rome: Poems by John Tagliabue Inspired by the Paintings of Adam Van Doren
by TAGLIABUE, John. VAN DOREN, Adam (paitings by). (Pelli, Cesar)
Kelly-Winterton Press, 2009. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. PRESENTATION COPY from artist van Doren to arhcitect Cesar Pelli, inscribed by van Doren on the half title "To Cesar with admiration. Best, Adam 1/31/17" With a ANS on a correspondence card (with envelope) of van Doren as lecturer, residential college seminars at Yale: "Jan 31, 2017 Dear Cesar. Many thanks for sharing your memories of Yale. Best, Adam" Limited edition, 500 copies, signed by van Doren on the... Read More
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HOPI BRIDE AT THE HOME DANCE: A HOPI INDIAN STORY
by Talaswaima, Terrence (written and translated by). Sakeva, Alfonso (illustrtaed by )
(Second Meza, AZ): The Hopi Action Project (Follow Through), 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. Square 8vo, children's book format. Inscribed by author on ffe, 5/7/79, with his name in English and Hopi alphabet. Afew spots to front panel of dustjacket, else fine all around. Laid-in is a small p[iece of paper in Talaswaima's hand with his name and Arizona mailing address.
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NORAVIND
by Talcott, Dudley Vaill
Hartford: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition, this #94 of 375 copies. Beige cloth with titles and pictorial stamped in black, pictorial endpapers, signed by the author on the limitation. Covers slightly soiled, internals neat fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Norwegian coast tales, boldly graphically and typographically presented. NORWAY.
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Hardy, Thiomas. Aiken, Conrad (forward by)
by TWO WESSEX TALES
Boston: International Pocket Library, 1919. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon "pocket book" (paperback) edition of Hardy's work with a new forward by a young conrad Aiken. Striking decorative cover (silkscreen) in yellow, blue and purplke. Small bimp lower spine, else near fine. This is not a reprint or fascimile. This is the first edition in this form (aka "thus") and collectible as such.
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