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... More about The Treasure Chest Almanac for 1931
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... More about Liberty -- Dec. 17, 1938 -- vol. 15 no. 51 [Hitler and Lindbergh, Hedy Lamarr, Douglas...
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... More about The History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time; Giving Some Account of...
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... More about Joan of Lorraine: A Play in Two Acts
New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. First American Edition. Originally published in German under the title Schauplatz Berlin. [10], 261 p.; 24 cm. Purple and white cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Drawing on her own diaries, the author Ruth Andreas-Friedrich describes life in what became East... More about Battleground Berlin: Diaries 1945-1948; Ruth Andreas-Friedrich; Translated by Anna Boerresen;...
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. More about The Realness of Witchcraft in America: With Special References to the Pennsylvania Germans and...
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... More about A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery: Containing Practical Instructions for the...
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... More about Assault on Mount Helicon: A Literary Memoir
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... More about "The Benedicts Abroad": Five Generations (1785-1923) being Scattered Chapters from the...
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... More about Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects: Calculated to improve...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. [2], xiv, 314, [2] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Beige cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. Stated First Edition. Callie House (1861-1928), born into slavery, sought reparations for African-Americans for their time as slaves. She founded the... More about My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
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... More about Ancestors' Brocades: The Literary Discovery of Emily Dickinson: The Editing and Publication of...
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... More about The American Woman's Cook-Book: Approved Household Recipes Including Many Excellent Dishes Never...
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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... More about Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life by Georgiana Baroness Bloomfield [vol. 2
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... More about Stage: The Magazine of After-Dark Entertainment -- November 1938 vol. 16 no. 2 [Billy Rose --...
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... More about Oraisons Funèbres de Bossuet évèque de Meaux
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. More about Words that Must Somehow Be Said: Selected Essays of Kay Boyle 1927-1984; edited and with an...
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. More about The Question She Put To Herself: Stories by Marieen Brady
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. 654 p.; 20 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decorative border on both boards. The Swedish author, Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865), travelled through the United States and to Cuba from 1849 to 1851 and published an account of her... More about The Homes of the New World; Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer; Translated by Mary Howitt...
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... More about The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker
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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... More about The Legend of Saint Cecilia by Elizabeth Brenton [Brenton family provenance
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... More about Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines; by E. Bronson, and Others
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... More about The Fields of Noon
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... More about Atlas de Estampas de Arte Obstetricia; do Doutor Dietr. Wilh. Heinr. Busch; copiadas e vertidas...
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... More about Perdus dans l'Espace: Grand Roman d'Aventures; illustrations dans et hors text de Gil Baer...