The Poetry Chap-Book, December 1942-January 1943
New York: The Poetry Chap-Book, 1943. Paperback. 16mo, staple-bound paperback. Light shelfwear to covers and shallow bumping to corners, while contents remain clean.
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The Child at Home; or the Principles of Filial Duty Familiary Illustrated
New York: American Tract Society, C. 1833. First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo, 6 x 4 inches, old brown calf, fair to good with general rubbing and wear to binding, front joint cracked but still firmly bound. Contents good with some foxing and stains, old ownership inscription from 1838 to flyleaf. 173.....
The Mother At Home; or, The Principles of Maternal Duty
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1834. Hardcover. 4th edition. 12mo, diced pale brown cloth, good with some wear and soil, lacks spine label, contents very good, some foxing throughout, old owner's inscription, engraved vignette on title page. 177 pp.
John Jacob Abel, M.D.: Investigator, Teacher, Prophet, 1857- 1938
Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1957. Hardcover. 1957. Hardcover, 8vo. 80pp. with frontis. Near fine. Edge wear to boards. Neat ownership mark to flyleaf, else fine.
The Hunterian Oration for the Year 1819, delivered before The Royal College of Surgeons, in London
London: A. J. Valpy, 1819. Wraps. Disbound pamphlet from "The Pamphleteer," a compilation of various pamphlets, speeches, articles and letters published quarterly and with uncirculated stock bound up at the end of each year and issued as an annual volume. Two staples along left edge else very good. 28 pp.....
Data, Instruments, and Theory: A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1985, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 216pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with rubbing, general shelfwear...
The Epicurean Gardener
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. octavo, red cloth boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good condition, jacket shows mild soiling, book shows mild overall wear, 246pp.
Dermot Mac Morrogh (or Macmorrogh), or The Conquest of Ireland, an Historical Tale of the Twelfth Century, 1832
Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1832. First Printing. Wraps. 9.25 x 6 inches, stitched self wraps; possibly lacking original cover wraps; good. 108 pp (complete). Pages tanning, wear and corner loss to last page and somewhat less so to the preceding page. John Quincy Adams (our 6th president) wrote Dermot.....
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Owen Seaman: His Life and Work [Makers of the Nineties]
London: The Eighteen Nineties Society, 1977. Wraps. Copy #612 of 750. Octavo, blue softcover wraps in yellow DJ, 139pp., illustrated in b&w including frontispiece. Book is good plus with moderate damp staining to rear panel, waviness to rear panel and last ~30 pages of text, previous owner's signature on half.....
Social Interest: A Challenge to Mankind
London: Faber and Faber, 1938. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards, 1938 is only date on copyright page, octavo, 313pp., not illustrated. Book has rubbing and soil to boards and spine, edgewear that includes some mild tearing of cloth at spine head, binding tight, small previous owner's stamps to front pastedown and.....
The Kenyon Review, Spring 1945 -- including 'A Social Critique of Radio Music' by Adorno
Kenyon, OH: Kenyon College, 1945. Paperback. The Kenyon Review, Spring 1945 -- including 'A Social Critique of Radio Music' by Adorno. Softcover. Fair. Front wrap detached, but present. Pages browned, but not brittle.
The House of Atreus
Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press, 1966. Hardcover. Black stamped orange cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 111pp., not illustrated. Book has hint of rubbing to corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ rubbed, mild edgewear.
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to Propose Amendments to the Constitution, commenced and held at Harrisburg, on the second day of May, 1837, Volume II
Harrisburg: Packer, Barrett and Parke, 1837. Hardcover. Volume II only. 1837. Hardcover, original full leather binding, 8vo., gilt titles, 4 raised bands, 2 leather title labels. Very Good copy: foxing to contents, but text still bright and readable. Spine leather drying and starting to flake; sound hinges and covers. 582.....
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to Propose Amendments to the Constitution, commenced at Harrisburg May 2, 1838, Volume VI
Harrisburg: Packer, Barrett and Parke, 1838. Hardcover. Volume VI only. 1838. Hardcover, original full leather binding, 8vo., gilt titles, 4 raised bands, 2 leather title labels. Very Good copy: foxing to contents, but text still bright and readable. Spine leather drying and starting to flake; sound hinges and covers. 494.....
A View of the Life, Travels, and Philanthropic Labors of the late John Howard
Philadelphia: John Ormrod by Woodward, 1794. First edition. Hardcover. 1794, First Edition. 196 pp., plus publisher's ads. Hardcover, 12mo. Original full calf binding. Front board detached, but present; rear board is missing. The last page of ads and the last 3 blank leaves are also detached, but present. Spine leather.....
John Akomfrah
London: Lisson Gallery, 2016. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 2016, paperback in dust jacket, quarto, 85pp., illustrated in color. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of edgewear. Exhibition catalog.
The Great American Rodeo (Exhibition Catalog)
Fort Worth, TX: The Fort Worth Art Museum, 1977. First edition. Paperback. 1977. First edition. Paperback, 8vo. 70pp. with illustrations. Very good. Rubbing to wraps and foxing to endpapers. Small ownership mark on title page. Contents clean and unmarked. An exhibition catalog for works done by Texas artists reflecting the.....
Mainly Manipulative Magic
Devon: The Supreme Magic Co., 1978. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1978. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 92 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Good dust jacket, a bit of rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, soiling and age-toning to the dust jacket, a piece.....
Methods of Harmony, Figured Base, and Composition, adapted for Self-Instruction, Vol. I only. Translated from the last German Edition, as augmented and arranged by his pupil, the Chevalier von Seyfried, with the Remarks of M. Choron. Translated from the last Paris Edition by Arnold Merrick.
London: R. Cocks, Ca. 1840. Hardcover. Vol. I only, of 2. This volume has the entire text of the treatise, the second volume having only musical examples. Publisher's cloth, good copy only with ex-library marks: white numbers on spine, stamp on title page, pocket at rear (with withdrawn stamp), some.....
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 313, June 1876
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First edition. Paperback. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with light expected wear and soil. International magazine of literature, humor, art, and science; featuring stories, poems, essays, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 196, September 1866
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. First edition. Paperback. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with chipping and stains to wraps, light expected wear and soil. International magazine of literature, humor, art, and science; featuring stories, poems, essays, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 591, August 1899
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First edition. Paperback. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with expected wear and soil. International magazine of literature, humor, art, and science; featuring stories, poems, essays, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 188, January 1866
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. First edition. Paperback. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with expected wear and soil. International magazine of literature, humor, art, and science; featuring stories, poems, essays, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
Potidaea: Its History and Remains
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1963. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1963. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 146 pp. + plates (including a fold-out map), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, previous owner's small blindstamp on the verso of the rear flyleaf, a bit of.....
Original 12.5 x 10.5" gelatin silver photo, "Resting At Fair" downtown Pittsburgh ca. 1960
Pittsburgh: Ca. 1960. Print mounted on 16 x 20" thick white stock which shows a little wear and soil but the photo itself is fine, with label on rear from the 17th annual photo competition, namestamp, and that it appeared in the Sun Telegraph. A scene from a fair at.....