Ceremonials of Common Days
by Abbie Graham
New York: The Womans Press, 1923. First Edition. Small 8vo. 96 pp. Yellow cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. Spine darkening; occasional spotting; else a near fine copy of the scarce first printing. “The Womans Press” established in the early 20th century as the publishing arm of the YWCA of the U.S.A, was very active in supporting the awakening and education of young women at the time in America. Quite vocal in their suffrage and temperance sympathies, the... Read More
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The Little Lady of the Big House
by London Jack
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 392pp. Light mustard pictorial cloth in cream illustrated dustjacket replicating the image on the book (and same image as the Macmillan first edition). A fine copy (minor wear to extremities; offsetting from dustjacket flaps) in good dust jacket (wear to extremities with some loss at corners and spine ends but not affecting the lettering; front flap and spine joint mostly split and taped on verso); still a nice example of... Read More
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The Turtles of Tasman
by London, Jack
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1916. First Edition. 8vo. [iv], 268, [2], [5 pp advertisements] pp. Mauve cloth with yellow lettering on front board; gilt lettering on spine; pictorial front board and spine in black, brown and reddish-orange; in publisher's scrarce, unsophisticated illustrated dust jacket. The book is in fine condition, with a hint of wear to extremities. The dust jacket has three tiney closed tears along lower edge and one tiney closed tear at upper rear edge; minor... Read More
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Before Adam
by London, Jack
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1907. First Edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 242 + [4] advertisements pp; many pages unopened. Color frontispiece & 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull, double-page inserted map; drawings within text. Light brown buckram with red & white lettering on spine and front board; 6 ape-like footprints in dark brown on front cover & spine. In rare publisher's unrestored light brown dust jacket printed in red. Light fading to spine; else a fine copy in... Read More
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John Barleycorn
by London, Jack
New York: The Century Co, 1913. First Edition. 8vo. [vi], 343, [3] pp. Frontispiece and 7 plates by H. T. Dunn. Publisher's blackish-green cloth with gilt lettering & design; in rare publisher's unrestored illustrated dustjacket with the price "$1.30" printed in red on spine. Book is in about fine condition, with light rubbing to spine ends. The dust jacket is in fine condition (faint small circular stain on spine; short closed tear & crease at upper front edge). London's... Read More
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The Abysmal Brute
by London, Jack
New York: The Century Co, 1913. First Edition, first state binding. Small 8vo. 169, [1 pp advertisment]. Illustrated frontispiece by Gordon Grant with tissue guard. Publisher's orange, black & olive green decorated binding in rare publisher's rare unrestored illustrated dustjacket with price of $1.00 on spine. A near fine copy (slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremities); dustjacket is in unusually fine condition. The Abysmal Brute was first published in book form in 1913. The short novel first... Read More
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My First Summer in the Sierra
by Muir, John
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. First Edition. 8vo. 353, (1) pp. With illustrations (with titled tissue guards) from drawings made by the author in 1869 and from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. 4pp (12mo) illustrated prospectus/order form for this title, and single sheet (12mo) publisher notice for "Stickeen" and "Our National Parks" laid in. Publisher's green & gilt pictorial cloth with gilt lettering; top edge gilt. Previous owner name; occasional light pencil notations/underlining; gilt on spine slightly burnished; minor... Read More
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Vandover and the Brute
by Frank Norris
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. First Edition. 8vo. 354, [2] pp. Publishr's orange-brown cloth with gilt lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear to extremities; else fine in near fine dust jacket (light wear to extremities, with small chips & short closed tears to spine ends). "Vandover and the Brute" is a posthumously published novel by Frank Norris, written around 1894–1895 but not released until 1914, more than a decade after his death. It’s one of... Read More
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The Child's Book-Plate
by Gardner C. Teall
New York: Charterhouse Press, 1904. First and only edition. 12 mo. [11] pp. Nine original charming children's book-plates (3 in color) in an “Arts and Crafts” style ". Title page in color. Publisher's brick-red buckram, title in gilt, marbled endpapers. Minor wear & rubbing else a near fine copy of a scarce work. A doll's-house of book-plates! 'All the book-plates here illustrated were designed by Mr. Gardner C. Teall for certain of his little friends, and their appreciation of... Read More
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Boxed Set of 30 Yellowstone National Park Stereoviews (with scarce textbook & map)
by (Underwood and Underwood)
Underwood & Underwood, 1904. Hardcover. Complete set of 30 Yellowstone National Park stereoview photographs. Titled "Yellowstone National Park" the set includes thirty 3 1/2" x 7" curved double mount views of scenes in Yellowstone. Housed in the original publisher's 4" x 7 3/4" book-form case, with scarce accompanying 68-page text book & large folding color map. Each view is dated c.1904, sequentially numbered (1-30) and identified below the right hand image; the verso contains expansive information about each view.... Read More
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The Writings of Kate Douglas Wiggin (Autograph Edition, 11 volumes)
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. First Autograph Edition #72 of 500 copies. With the author's inscription on "Autograph Edition" page "The author says 'Good Morning" to her readers very often from the study. Kate Douglas Wiggin". Ten volumes plus the Autobiography. 8vo. Various paginations. Each volume with extra hand-colored plate inserted at front; special illustrated title page and color and black & white plates throughout. Beautifully bound in three-quarter red morocco with gilt lettering and decoration; marbled endpapers; top edges... Read More
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