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Rare Books
Williams, John: AN ENQUIRY...
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, London: 1791, (lacks Volume 2 published
in 1792, Howes W462, rebound modern marbleized boards, 9 x
5 1/2 in., (browning, loses to left margin).
Seward, Olive Risley, (ed): WILLIAM
H. SEWARD'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD. Appleton, NY, 1873, First Edition,
8vo, 730 p. Hd. 8 pages of ads in rear, loaded w/illustrations throughout,
included foldout map at rear. 1/2 leather is scuffed, decorated spine.
Gd+.
Poore, Ben: Perley: THE
LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE, SOLDIER -
CITIZEN - STATESMAN. J. A. & R.A. Reid, Providence,
RI 1882, First Edition, 4to, 448 p. Hd, AEG, bumps to
head & foot of spine. Gd+.
Pollard, Edward A.: LIFE
OF JEFFERSON DAVIS WITH A SECRET HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
"GATHERED
BEHIND THE SCENES IN RICHMOND". National Pub. Co., Phila.,
1869, 8vo, 536 p. Hd, Howes P-454, decorated red cloth cover,
Gd+.
Redpath, James: THE PUBLIC
LIFE OF CAPT. JOHN BROWN WITH AN AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OF HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.
Thayer & Eldridge, Boston, 1860, 12mo, 408 p. Hd, Foxing on frontis
and title page, otherwise book is tight and clean. Gd.
Ibsen, Henrick: THE WORKS
OF HENRIK IBSEN
(In German language), 10 vol. set. Glydendalske
Boghandels Forl, Kovenhavn 18ll98-1900, 12 mo, Hd, All vols. have
decorated raised covers of muscular man in loin cloth with raised arms
by Stephen Sinding. These are mostly reading copies, but were magnificent
when new. Marbled edges, floral paste-downs and end papers, handsome
covers. Various hinge cracks, they are shaken and their spines are
worn. (Shipping in U.S. $20).
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: TARZAN
AND THE LION MAN. Burroughs, Tarzana, CA 1934. Std. First ed.
Sm 8vo. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John, 318 p. Hd, Decorated
gray cloth, sl. soiling. Gd.
Deming, Henry C.: THE LIFE
OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, GENERAL U.S. ARMY. S.S. Scranton & Co.,
Hartford, 1868. First Edition. 8vom 533 p. Hd, Engraved
frontis and title page, decorated blind stamped green cloth casing.
Gd+.
Elllis, Edward S: THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME.
The History Co., Phila.PA 1899, 8vo, 8 volume set. Hd, well-illustrated
in B&W with a color chromolitho frontis to each volume. VG.
Bowen, Catherine Drinker: YANKEE
FROM OLYMPUS: JUSTICE HOLMES AND HIS FAMILY. Little, Brown
& Co. NY 1945, Sm 8vo, 475 p. Hd, SIGNED and inscribed by author
on free end. Chips & creases to dust jacket. Gd+/Gd.
Elliot, Maude Howe: THIS
WAS MY NEWPORT. Mythology Co., Cambridge, MA 1944. First
Edition. 8vo, 279 p. Hd, owner's inscription on front free end, sl. sun-faded
spine, lacks dust jacket. Gd+.
Austin, George Lowell: THE
LIFE & TIMES OF WENDELL PHILLIPS. Lee & Shepard, Boston
1888. New Edition. Sm 8vo, 431 p. Hd, slight foxing to
frontis, browning of page edges, Gd.
Baedeker, Karl: ITALY:
FROM THE ALPS TO NAPLES. Karl Baedeker Leipzig 1909. 16mo,
3l9 p. wps, includes 25 maps, pencil point hole in back cover. Gd+.
Bond, Francis: WESTMINSTER
ABBEY. Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1909, 8vo, 332 p. +
ads. Hd, Fully illustrated, interior hinge crack. Gd.
Ward, Lock: A
PICTORIAL & DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO LONDON & ITS ENVIRONS. 1910,
16mo, 89 p., wps, Illustrated throughout, includes 6 foldout maps, rear
hinge starting. Gd+.
Cumberland, Dr. Richard, Tranduits
du Latin par Monsieur Barbeyrac: LES LOIX DE LA NATURE, EXPLIQUEES.
Theodore Haak, Leide, 1757. Royal 8vo, 435 p. Hd, Engraved
frontis, full leather casing is and marred, front joint tender, AEG.
Gd+.
Bond, Harold L: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF ANTIQUES, Tudoe Publ. NY 1945, 4to, 389 p. Hd,
fully illustrated, front & interior hinge crack. Gd.
Halstead, Murat: THE ILLUSTRIOUS
LIFE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT. Murat Halstead,
np, 1901, 8vo, 464 pps. Hd. Rear hinge crack. Brown decorated
cloth with photo of McKinley on cover. Gd.
Marquis de Chastellux Rice, Jr. Howard
C. (trans.): TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1780, 1781,
AND 1782. Univ. of NC Press, Chapel Hill, 1963. First
Edition. 4to, 688 p. Hd, 2 vols. original green cloth, slipcase
torn. VG/Fr slipcase.
McJClure, Alex. K. & Morris,
Chas. THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OUR THIRD MARTYR
PRESIDENT TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. W.E.
Scull, Washington, DC., 1901. 8vo, 502 p. Hd, Rear hinge crack.
Green cloth with photo on cover. Memorial edition. Gd.
Morrison, Theo: THE DEVIOUS
WAY. Viking Press, NY, 1944. Std. first edition, 8vo, 134
p. Hd, Signed by author on front free-end, minor chips
to dust jacket, Vg/Gd+.
Smith, Page: JOHN ADAMS:
VOLUME I 1735-1784, VOLUME II 1784-1826. Doubleday,
NY 1962. Stated First Edition. 8vo, 1170 p. Hd, 2 volume set
has its dj's browned and sl. chipped. Slipcase shows wear. VG/Gd+/GD+
slipcase.
Townsend, Col. G.W. with an intro.
by James Rankin Young: OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT... MEMORIAL LIFE
OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY. D.Z. Howell, Washington, D.C., 1901.
8vo, 5132 p. Hd, green decorated cloth with photo of McKinley on
front. Gd.
TAVERNS AND STAGECOACHES OF NEW ENGLAND. A book full
of anecdotes and tales recalling the days of stagecoach travel and the ancient
hostelries where strangers tarried. Written by Allan Forbes, edited by R. M.
Eastman. Printed for the State Street Trust Company, Boston 1953. Interesting
124 pages, in paperback, with many black and white illustrations and
photographs. Measures approx. 8 3/4" x5 3/4". Condition very fine and clean
throughout.
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