Of Men and Mountains.
by Douglas, William O.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1950). Book. 8vo, orig. cloth; pp. xiv, 338, photo. frontis. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed, "To Larry Lewis in memory of a happy hunting trip in Sonora in Feb. 1950. WIlliam O. Douglas May 25, 1950." Spine discolored; otherwise very good..
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Recherches Sur La Motilité des Végétaux.
by DUMORTIER, B[arthélmy]. C[harles].
Gant: R.-F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1829. Book. Orig plain wrappers; pp. 16, unopened. A fine copy..
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The Uncalled.
by DUNBAR, Paul Laurence.
Book. New York: Dodd, Mead and Copmpany, 1898. 8vo, original gilt cloth. Pp. 255. Occasional light foxing, lighltly rubbed at extremities. A near fine copy. First edition of Dunbar's first novel. Probable second issue, with "Laurence" on front cover. BAL 4293..
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Guide To Hardy Fruits and Ornamentals.
by Dwyer, T. J.
Cornwall, NY: T.J. Dwyer & Son,, 1903. Book. Stiff printed wraps. Pp. 125, illustrated. Near fine..
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Pot-Pourri From a Surrey Garden.
by Earle, Mrs. C.W., [Maria Thersa]
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Book. 8vo, orig cloth; pp. 381, uncut. Twentyfirst edition. Ex-lib, inner hinges cracking, label on spine, good only..
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Sketches of the Origin, Progress and Effects of Music, With an Account of the Ancient Bards and Minstrels.
by Eastcott, Richard.
Book. Bath: S. Hazard, 1793. 8vo, contemp. mottled calf, morocco label, spine and boards ruled in gilt. Top of spine worn, front hinge split but secure, clean and tight within. Engraved armorial bookplate of Garbett Watsham, Knill Court. First edition. The historical aspects largely derivative of Burney and others, Eastcott's book is usually cited for its argument against fugal treatment of church choral music, a notion which took hold in America. The volume is also notable as having James Boswell... Read More
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Seven and Nine Years Among the Comances and Apaches. An Autobiography.
by Eastman, Edwin.]
Jersey City, NJ: Clark Johnson, M.D., 1874. Book. 8vo, decorative cloth, scuffed and spotted. Pp. 309, frontis. and 9 plates. 2 ownership inscriptions, some foxing, but internally very nice..
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Roses in Color.
by Edland, H.
New York: Viking Press, n.d. (1962). Book. Sm 4to, cloth w/DJ. Pp. 70 with 24 full-page color photos. Very copy in worn DJ..
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What Wood is That? A manual of wood identification.
by EDLIN, Herbert L.
New York: Viking, 1969. Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 160, illus. With accordion fold section of 40 inserted wood samples. Samples overtaped with some discoloration, else very good.
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Georgian Cabinet Makers.
by Edwards, Ralph and Margaret Jourdain.
London: Country Life Limited Book. (1944.) 4to, cloth. Pp. xiv, 183, including 100 full-page photographic plates. Adhesion blemishes to a few plates; otherwise a nice copy..
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Chapters on Flowers.
by Elizabeth, Charlotte.
London: For R.B. Seeley,, 1838. Book. 8vo, original cloth (top of spine worn). Pp. 315. A good copy. Second edition. Moral emblems and the like; little horticultural interest.
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An Oration on Music. Pronounced at Portland -- May 28th, 1800.
by EMERSON, Samuel
Portland: From the Press E. A. Jenks, 1800. Book. 8vo, removed. Pp. 20. Browned; very good. First edition inscribed by the printer "E. A. Jenks to Samuel May." A rhapsodic discourse, with a broad overview of music history, with specific attention to Handel and Corelli, arguments for allowing instrumental music in church worship and encoraging music in the home, and the establishment of musical societies. Evans 37366..
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The New American Gardener: Containing practical directions on the culture of fruits and vegetables; including landscape and ornamental gardening, grape-vines, silk, strawberries, &c. &c.
by FESSENDEN, Thomas Green
Boston: J.B. Russell, 1828. Book. 8vo, full sheep, stamped in gilt on front boards, "Premium. Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural Society, 1828." A very good, sound copy. First edition of an American horticultural classic, in a highly unusual and early example of an agricultural prize binding. Hedrick, p. 478, "the most popular garden book in America."; Imprints 33168; Rink 1688..
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The Farmer's Road to Wealth, containing a calendar of work for the farm, garden and dairy, for each month of the year.
by FESSENDEN, Thomas Green
Worcester: Printed By Henry J. Howland, 1843. Book. 8vo, illustrated green wrappers. Pp. 16; illus. Moderate wear, a very good copy. A rare edition, with handsome generic woodcuts, unsigned. Agricultural advice in monthly chapters, each illustrated with an appropriate tableau of rural pastime. OCLC, AAS copy only; not in Imprints..
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The Complete Farmer and Rural Economist.
by FESSENDEN, Thomas G.
Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Co., 1835. Book. 8vo, orig. patterned cloth, gilt morocco label. Pp. 372 + 3 pp. ads. Binding moderately worn and faded; a little insect nibbling along front hinge, else very good. "Second edition. Revised, improved and enlarged." One of Fessenden's scarcer works, first published in 1834. "The author has collected and generally abridged from the sources which his occupation as editor of the New England Farmer has made it his duty as well as his... Read More
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Pear Culture. A Manual for the Propagation, Planting, Cultivation, and management of the Pear Tree.
by FIELD, Thomas Warren
New York: A.O. Moore, 1859. Book. 8vo, orig. brown stamped cloth, gilt. Pp. viii, [13]-286. Color litho frontis.; 3 plates; illus. Some foxing to frontis.; moderate rubbing, an excellent copy. First edition, by the Brooklyn nurseryman and bibliographer of American Indian history. An attractive copy of a standard authority, issued at the height of the pear's popularity. Hedrick considered it "about the best book of the times devoted to a single fruit." - p. 494. Mass Hort Cat, p.... Read More
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The Original Norwood Gipsy.or, The Fortune-Teller's Sure Guide. By ..., Queen of the Gipsies of Norwood.
by Finch, Margaret.
Derby:: Thomas Richardson, Book. (c. 1840.) 12mo, original printed wrappers, stitched. Pp. 24. Folding colored frontis. Minor marginal wear, near fine. Interesting provincial chapbook guide for reading cards, tea leaves, fingernails, physiognomy, etc. The book originated in the early part of the century, under the title The Little Gipsey Girl or Universal Fortune Teller. All editions are scarce. With a handsome folding frontispice of the gypsy queen performing a reading, vividly colored. BLC; NUC , 3 copies (ICN, MH, CtY)..... Read More
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Memorials of Prison Life.
by Finlay, Rev. James B.
Cincinnati: L. Swormstedt and A. Poe, 1856. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 354 with engraved frontis and 4 other plates. Foxed and shaken; good only..
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The Instructor: or, American Young Man's Best Companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick...Instructions to write variety of hands..Also, merchant's accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and bookkeeping... To which is added, The Family's Best Companion: With instructions for marking linen; how to pickle and preserve: to make diverse sorts of wine; and many excellent plaisters, and medicines, necessary in all families.
by FISHER, George
Book. Walpole, New Hampshire: Printed by Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, for said Thomas, in Worcester, Massachusetts; said Thomas and Andrews, D. West and E. Larkin, in Boston, 1794. 8vo, early calf. Pp. 384, illus.. Engraved frontis. of classroom, with master and scholars; folding plate. Internal ownership signature "Jonathan Andrew Book, Salem, 1811." Heavily foxed throughout. First printed in England ca. 1735, an encyclopedic compendium of a wide range of practical instruction, including technical work, carpentry and painting, mathematics,... Read More
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The Bench and the Bar of The South and Southwest.
by Foote, Henry.
Book. Foote, Henry Stuart. The Bench and the Bar of the South and Southwest. St. Louis: Soule, Thomas and Wentworth, 1876. Tall 8vo, original cloth. Minor rubbing at extremities, a nice copy with the ticket of Callaghan & Co. Legar Booksellers, Chicago. First edition, by the fiery anti-Secessionist Governor of Mississippi. Howes 236..
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A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees. In which a new method of pruning and training is fully described.
by FORSYTH, William.
Book. To which is added, a new and improved edition of "Observations on the diseases, defe cts and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees:" with an account of a particular method of cure. London: Nichols and Son, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802. Large 4to, modern 3/4 calf, marbled boards, spine richly tooled in blind, red morocco labels. Pp. 371, [1]. 13 engraved folding plates. A fine copy. First and only large format edition... Read More
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The French Revolution of 1848: Its Causes, Actors Events and Influences.
by FOSTER, George G. and Thomas Dunn English.
Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1848. Book. 8vo, original plain paper boards, cloth spine. Pp. 221, [3]. Frontis. and 3 plates; errata slip at p. 208. Boards rubbed, foxed, some stains,with running light tidemark. First edition, scarce. BAL 5517; noted as advertised available in cloth or paper, but both copies listed are rebound..
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The Social Orchestra for Flute or Violin: A Collection of Popular Melodies Arranged as Solos, Duets, Trios, and Quartets.
by FOSTER, Stephen C.
New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1854. Book. Quarto, color printed ornamental boards, cloth spine. Pp. 83, (1). Minor rubbing of extremities. A very nice copy. First edition of Foster's only collection of instrumental music, which includes original compositions by Foster, including two 4-part sets of quadrilles, along with his settings of popular airs and works by Donizetti, Mozart, Schubert and other classical composers. In typical fashion, a time-consuming, laborious effort for which Foster was paid a flat... Read More
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Second Report of the Instructer of the Monitorial School, Boston
by [FOWLE, William B.]
Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1828. Book. 8vo, removed. pp. 20. Very good. Fowle's second report of successes and challenges, in which he reports having adapted Lancaster's system to the specific needs of the school. 210 students entered the school in the two years since the first report. Imprints 3243..
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First Biennial Report of the Trustees and Instructer of the Monitorial School, Boston.
by [FOWLE, Wuilliam B.]
Boston: Thomas B. Wait and Son, 1826. Book. 1826. 8vo, removed. pp. 38, half-title. Foxed; very good. Detailed account, philosophical and practical, of the newly established school, following the precepts of Joseph Lancaster (as well as Pestalozzi), with its emphasis on student peer instruction, self-government and rejection of corporal punishment. Fowle (1795-1865), a Boston bookseller and text-book author, was the sole instructor at the time. Students from the age of four to eighteen were invited to attend. Imprints 23883..
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