Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; xiii + 272pp, including bibliography and index. Rainbow jacket. Tan cloth with gold lettering in black panel on spine. Jacket spine chipped crown and foot; spine faded. Binding clean, square, and tight. Slight soiling to top edge of..... More
Fitchburg, MA: [Livermore & Knight], 1896. First Edition. Oblong octavo; [28] pp. Illustrations and local advertisements throughout. Printed in three columns on coarse brown butcher paper. Stiff burlap wrappers with decorative ribbon binding and a wax seal. Side staple binding. Wrappers are cracked and separated from the text block..... More
Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1908. First Edition. Small octavo; Side-stapled in paper wraps, rebound between protective stiff boards with canvas spine. Slight sunning to board edges; minor stains on front face. This record of a debate between a believer in the historical Jesus, Rev. Crapsey, and a disbeliever, Mr..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1937. Second Printing. Octavo. 147 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Lacks dust jacket. Signed by author to her sister on half title with inscription, "For my sister, Elizabeth T. Sullivan / 1519 Thirty-First St N.W. / Washington, D.C. / in..... More
Swarthmore: The West Basement Press [Swarthmore College], 1944. Small octavo; [40pp]. Author-drawn cartoons on every page. Side-stapled in paper wraps. Wraps lightly soiled. "Editorial cartoons" for the college-paper audience, based on campus life in 1943 and 1944. Many Swarthmore-specific in-jokes, now indecipherable, but an interesting picture of flirtation, gender-mixing..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912. First Edition. 12mo; 148pp. Brown card softcover with lettering and borders in black on face and spine. Reglued spine; hinges eroded but still holding. All corners bumped with some crimps to corners of textblock, now straightened. All outer surfaces lightly soiled. A...... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Seventeenth Impression. Two volumes. Binding by "The Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's Sons," with binder's stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Octavo; I: xiv, 456pp, II: viii, 456pp. 9 plates each including frontispieces with tissue guards, all present. Three quarter black..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription, "With the best wishes / from Temple Bailey / 1930." Lacks dust jacket. Blue publisher's cloth with spine and front stamped in black with blue topstain. Wear to extremities;..... More
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New York: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, [1963]. First Edition. Broadside, approx. 8 x 5.5 inches. Navy ink on offwhite paper, now evenly yellowed to a parchment hue. Very clean; previously crumpled but now well-flattened in mylar. A call to attend a protest on 3 May 1963 against..... More
London: Frederick Muller, Ltd., 1957. First Edition. Octavo; 255, [1] pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original "16/-net" price. Red cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket bright with minor rubbing and edge wear, small chip to foot of spine. Closed tear on top back..... More
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., Printers, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. 30 pages. Somewhat dust-soiled and stained; spine a bit worn and loose; a good, sound copy. A pro-Union address from the long-time Marietta College president and historian. Andrews attacks the principles behind secession and..... More
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994. First Edition. Signed by all three editors on full title to journalist and language writer (and book collector) William Safire with inscriptions "With best wishes to William Safire from Philippa Bernard," and in different ink below "and thanks from a regular reader of your column. Agnus..... More
New York: C.S. Dunning, 1831. Octavo; vi, 412pp. Printed in two columns, with woodcut illustrations throughout. Contemporary sheep with gilt decoration to spine, borders, and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Ex-library with card pocket on back pastedown with stamps of The Fleming School Library and Ecole Francaise Reference Library, but no..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Stated First Edition. Inscribed in blue ink by author on front free endpaper to journalist William Safire: "For William Safire -- My op ed favorite -- / Lois Wyse." Octavo; 258 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $6.95 price. Maroon cloth binding..... More
London: John Murray, 1851. Fourth Edition. 16mo; xxxii, 351pp. Engraved portrait frontis. Brown cloth-covered boards with leather spine and corners, black leather spine label, and gilt tooling to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Covers lightly shelfworn with a couple bumps and scuffs to leather, a few smudges to cloth..... More
Columbus: Steam Press of Smith & Cox, Statesman Office, 1853. First Edition, an ex-library copy with the small blind-stamp of Western Reserve Historical Society and "Dup" notation on title page. Octavo; 23 pages. Removed from original wraps (missing). Chip to fore-edge of title page, with no loss to text. Some..... More
[Albion, NY]: J. Jay Johnson, Patentee [copyright page: C.G. Beach & Co., Printers, Albion], 1863. First Edition. Octavo; 14 + [1] pages. Original printed yellow wrappers. Black and white illustrations, including a lady riding a buck. Signed fold-out transfer of patent interest tipped in at front. Interest was..... More
Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1878. Stated Second Edition, Fourth Thousand. 24mo (5.75" x 3.75"); 103, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. A grammar and lesson book from the early years of the Irish revival. Largely written in English, this pamphlet was published a year after the founding of the Society..... More
Exeter, NH: William B. Morrill, Printer, 1883. First Edition. Octavo. 23 pages. In original brown wrappers. The highly lauded Unitarian minister delivers an address on the occasion of the Phillips Exeter Academy's centennial. Stebbins was an active minister for nearly a half century, preaching against anti-Chinese legislation, on..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Inscribed by both authors on flyleaf to journalist and Nixon speechwriter William Safire: "To Bill -- I just want you to move over - here off the list -- Best, Marvin Kalb & Ted Koppel." Koppel added his name to the inscription in blue..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977. Stated First Edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper in green ink by the editor to journalist William Safire: "For Bill - Strength through your [indecipherable]. / Bob / 1977." Octavo; 208 pp. Dust jacket with original $6.95 price. Green cloth binding on spine..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne And Co., 1896. Title page states "The 'Albion' Edition." Octavo (19x14cm); 607, [1] pp. Contemporary goat binding with raised bands and title stamped in gold on spine. All edges gilt. Painting of explicit sexual scene hidden in the fore-edge. Light wear to..... More
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; xvii, 21-362pp. Portrait frontis, with photo illustrations throughout. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and blindstamped border. Covers edgeworn and nudged at spine ends, with a bit of warping to front board and some smudging/soiling along bottom front edge. Covers open easily..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. Inscribed on front free endpaper in blue pencil by the author, former executive director of the Associated Press, to journalist William Safire: "Greetings to Bill Safire - KC alias (?) Kent Cooper." Octavo; 324 pp.Tan cloth binding with title in orange..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. First edition with code "A-2.61[H]" on copyright page. Octavo; 323 pp. Original dust jacket with black and white portrait of Wolfe on back. Blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on cover and spine. Price-clipped jacket has minor edge wear with small chips..... More