Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Pierce's Clinic, 1930. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Stapled wrapper with continuous illustration of pirates in orange and black. Dr. Ray Vaughn Pierce (1840-1914) practiced medicine in Pennsylvania before moving in 1867 to Buffalo, where he began producing patent medicines, many containing opium. Not surprisingly, he...
New York: Liberty Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 62, [2] p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color cover illustration by Monte Crews. Contents include: Why Did Hitler Give Lindbergh a Medal? by Frederick L. Collins -- Aristocrat by Achmed Abdullah; illustrated by A.N. Simpkin -- Are New Blood-Test Laws Reducing Marriages...
Ann Arbor, Mich. Ardis Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. xlvi, [4], 439 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Autobiographical works in prose by Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), one of the great Russian poets of the 20th century. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust...
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: [8], 368, [14] p.; [4], 344, [16] p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 (-3C4) pi2 B-2Y4 (4to). Dark brown cloth spine and corners (20th-century?) with printed paper spine label; marbled paper (19th-century?) over boards. Matching marbled endpapers...
Washington, D.C. Anderson House, 1947. Hardcover. Copyright 1946, but first printing of the stated First Edition January, 1947. [6], 138 p.; 20 cm. Grey cloth with maroon spine and cover titles, the latter in script. Top page edges dark grey. Grey dust jacket with red titles, and white illustration. Lists...
Harrisburg: Aurand Press, 1942. Paperback. Third printing. 32 p.; 22 cm. Stapled yellow wrapper printed in black; front wrapper illustration. Back wrapper contains list of books and pamphlets by the author. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: wrapper lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.
New York: Collins and Co., 1815. Hardcover. Title continued: "as well as to serve as an introduction to the Study of this Art." Third Edition Enlarged. 10, [2], 269, [3] p.: 20 in-text illustrations; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label...
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. xviii, 331, [1] p.: [12] p. of illustrations, [9] p. of facsimiles; 24 cm. Brown cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. A "lively portrait of the American literary scene in the 30s and 40s and an engaging narrative of literary ambition."--from...
London: Ellis, 1930. Hardcover. xii, 651 p., frontispiece and 17 leaves of illustrations; black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. This is number 405 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Donated to the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library by the editor, Clare Benedict, who drew from family journals...
Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1829. Hardcover. Tenth American edition. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 334 p., 1 engraved leaf; 13 cm. Contemporary red morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title "Bennett's Letters" and decoration. Marbled paper over boards. Added engraved title page dated 1830. Shoemaker, 37761. Bennett's Letters to a Young Lady were...
New York: Dover Publications, 1967. Paperback. xviii, 464, [20] p., illustrations on 18 unpaginated pages: facsimiles; 22 cm. Paperback with portrait of Emily Dickinson on the front cover. This is "an unabridged and slightly corrected republication" of the 2nd edition, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1945. Two photographs...
Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1910. Title contintued: "Foods for each Month--Time Required to Cook and to Digest Different Articles of Food--Menus for all occasions--Table Etiquette, Kitchen Don'ts--Kitchen Equipment and Useful Hints and Recipes for the Home in general--Specially-drawn artistic headings for various subjects, as Soups, Fish, Poultry, Beef, Veal, Mutton...
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only: vii, [1], 348 p., frontispiece portrait of Nicholas I and 4 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Red cloth with bevelled edges and gilt-stamped spine title: Court and Diplomatic Life. Gilt-stamped emblem on front cover with motto "Fortes Fortuna Juvat." Light...
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 80 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Vera Zorina in I Married an Angel by Vandamm. Contents include: The Bantam Barnum by Richard Maney [Billy Rose] -- Confessions of a Trojan Horse by Clare Boothe -- Swing It! by...
Paris: Veuve Dabo, 1823. Hardcover. 365, [1] p.; 14 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Oraisons Funèbres" and decoration. "Bossuet" gilt-tooled on front board; gilt-tooled decorative border on each board. Marbled endpapers. Former owners' names on first blank leaf: C. de Coutouly and F. de Coutouly. Contents: Oraison...
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. Hardcover. xiv, 262, [4] p.; 21 cm. Pale yellow cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dust jacket designed by David Bullen. Brown endpapers. A collection of 25 articles, reviews, and memoirs. In Fine/Fine Condition: clean and bright.
Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1987. Paperback. [10], 117, [1] p.; 20 cm. Paperback; cover photography by Ron Wu. Part of The Crossing Press Feminist Series. Contains 12 short stories, some previously published and some semi-autobiographical. In Near Fine Condition: small ding in lower edge of front cover; otherwise, clean and bright.
Boston: A Mariner Book -- Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998. Paperback. First Mariner Books Edition. xi, [5], 268 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover designed by Steven Cooley. The Long-Winded Lady was Brennan's byline from The New Yorker from 1954 to 1981. Forty-seven of those pieces were published in book...
Jamaica, N.Y. Marion Press, 1905. Hardcover. 24, [2], 9 leaves of aquatint plates; 15 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. This is no. 98 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Signed by the author on p. 24. Title page printed in red and black; red initial...
Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, 1809. 3 volumes, 1 leaf of a plate: engraved portrait of Mirza Aboo al Hassan, envoy of the King of Persia; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title...
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co., 1964. Hardcover. [10], 175 p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth with gilt and black spine title. Green endpapers. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. Book club edition. Contents: Canadian Spring -- Walking: Its Cause, Duration and Effect -- The Peaceful Pursuit -- Confessions of...
Lisboa [Lisbon]: Imprensa Nacional, 1842. Hardcover. xx, 154, vi p., 50 leaves of lithographed plates containing 196 illustrations; 26 cm. Rebacked retaining most of contemporary quarter calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; marbled paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Includes list of subscribers. The extremely scarce Portugese edition of Atlas...
Paris: Lecène, Oudin et Cie. 1894. Hardcover. 316, [4] p.: frontispiece and 24 in-text drawings; 26 cm. Contemporary red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped coat-of-arms of Antwerp on front board; blind-stamped borders and corners on both boards. All page edges gilt. Purple floral endpapers. Prize bookplate on...
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. [8], 100, [2] p.; 19 cm. Vellum binding; red and black spine and cover titles. Red and black rules run from the back cover to the front. All page edges red. Illustrated title page signed: W. Calvert delr., M. Byfield sc. The text of each...
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. Hardcover. xvi, 283, [1] p., 1 leaf of a plate; 22 cm. Light orange cloth with green spine title. Dust jacket. The plate is a portrait of Elizabeth Madox Roberts by Jay Te Winburn. Back section of dust jacket contains publisher's advertisement. Stated...
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