‎Collectibles‎

‎London, Jack‎

‎The Human Drift‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1917. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 7 5/8" Tall. Viii 184 Pp. Ads At Rear. One Of 3056 Copies Printed. 1917 Date On Copyright And Title Pages. Reddish Brown Cloth Stamped In Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine: Cloth Clean And Unfaded Color Bright Rubbing Only At Corners Loss Of Part Of Gilt In Part Of A Few Letters On Front Cover Due To Very Faint Water Spots At Top. No Names Or Marks; No Fading To Spine Cloth. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎The Little Lady Of The Big House‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Frontispiece. Vi 392 Ads At End. First Printing One Of 18 448 Copies. Published April 1916. Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering On Spine And White Lettering On Front Cover Design In White Black And Brick Red. Near Fine Light Rubbing At Corners All Lettering Strong And Gilt Brilliant No Names Or Marks Rear Hinge Cracked Loss Of Color Along Top Edge Of Front Cover. Gift Inscription Front Free Endpaper. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎The Night-Born‎

‎New York: The Century Company 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Frontispiece. Iv 291 Pp. Ad At Rear One Rear Blank. Blue Gray Cloth Gilt Lettering Black Designs On Spine And Cover. First Printing One Of An Unknown But Small Printing. Very Good Light Rubbing To Upper And Lower Edges With Tiny Frays At Lower Corners Gilt Bright No Loss Of Gilt Lettering A Few Tiny Partial Losses Of Black Design. <br/> <br/> The Century Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack; Illustrations By Gordon Grant‎

‎The Scarlet Plague‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 182 Pp 5 Pp Ads At Rear. Plum Red Cloth Stamped In Red And Yellow Gilt Lettering On Spine. First Printing One Of Only 5105 Copies. Fine Gilt Brilliant Cloth Clean And Unfaded No Rubbing No Marks Hinges Tight. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack; Frontispiece By Maynard Dixon "Malamute Kid Halted Him"‎

‎The Son Of The Wolf: Tales Of The Far North First Published State And First Issue With All Points‎

‎Boston and New York / Riverside Press Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First Edition First Issue First State 1st Printing. Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. I-Viii Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After Front Free Endpaper 1 2-251; Printer's Imprint P. 252; Final Blank Leaf Before Rear Free Endpaper. First Printing Of 2028 Copies Per Sisson-Martens 1010 Of Second Printing 1004 Of Third Printing But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear. Embossed Slate Grey Cloth With Silver. Near Fine. First Trade Printing First Issue First State On All Known Points. Collation: 14 3-22 6 As Required For First Printing. Binding With Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand The State #1 Per Woodbridge No Known Priority. Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However James Henry As Cited In Sisson-Martens In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect & On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines Page 147 Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters But Some Copies With Second State Binding And Period After Date On Copyright Page Also Exist; 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 Also Seen On Some Copies In Second State Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7 18-19 30-31 And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. . Consistent With Recent Bibliographic Information There Is A Comma After Copyright Date Apparently A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State Of The Title Page Of This First Edition. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And "T" In "Might" Bottom Two Lines Page 147. Lastly The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken But Ink Is Missing In A Straight Thin Line Extending Through Three Words Near Bottom Of P. 65 "Flight" "Perfect" And "Exist" As If A Wire Had Lain Across The Type; Copies Also Exist With Perfect Type But Second Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page. An Attractive Near Fine Book In All Earliest States Aside From Some Rare Preliminary Bindings With Some Rubbing At Corners No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings And Scarce Thus. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack (Ownership Signature Of Jack Shepard)‎

‎The Strength Of The Strong‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1914. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorated Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Frontispiece. One Of Only 3948 Copies Blue Cloth Lettered In White And Decorated In Black And Gilt. First Printing. Light Wear Small Losses To Parts Of Lettering On Spine Mostly To Publisher's Name But All Words Clear No Loss To Cover Lettering. Hinges Tight No Stains No Names Or Marks No Fraying. Ownership Signature Of "J Shepard" Possibly And Probably James Shepard 1843-1917 Husband Of Jack London's Half-Sister Eliza 1866-1939 Who Traveled To Alaska Etc. With London But Fell Out With Him Blaming Him For His Diorce From Eliza And Is Thought By Some Modern Writers To Possible Have Caused Woilf-House To Burn Down. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎The War Of The Classes‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1917. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Xix 278 Pp 3 Pp Ads At Rear. One Of 2028 Copies Printed. 1905 Date On Copyright And Title Pages. Maroon Cloth Stamped In Gilt. First Printing; One Of Two Variant Bindings With Two Of Four Bands On Spine 1/8" Tall Other Two 1/16" Tall. Near Fine: Cloth Clean And Unfaded Color Bright Touches Of Rubbing Only At Corners Very Slight Fading To Spine Cloth As Usual. A Few Pencil Words On One Page As Marginalia A Very Few Short Vertical Emphasis Marks In Or Next To Text. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎Theft Variant Binding In Light Brown Cloth‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1910. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xii 272 Pp. First Edition. Light Brown Cloth Printed In Black With Title "Theft" And Authorjack London" In Box At Top Of Spine "The Macmillan Company" In Three Lines At Bottom Of Spine.; The Primary Binding Is In Maroon And White Cloth Variants Identified In Sisson/Martins In Gray Cloth And Olive Cloth But This Is An Unreported Variant In Light Brown Cloth; All Of The Plain Cloth Bindings Are Probably Remainder Bindings. One Of 900 Copies Only Of The First Printing With Broken Type On Pp 47 And 65. Near Fine Clean Hinges Tight Lettering Strong No Fraying No Marks Slight Dust And Discoloration To Cloth. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack [Introduction By Ray Gardner]‎

‎White Fang‎

‎Avon / Lunenburg: Stinehour Press / Limited Editions Club / Cardavon Press 1973. Limited Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illustrations By Lydia Dabcovich. #1682 Of 2000 Copies Printed For Members Of The Limited Editions Club. Book Is Fine No Wear Or Damage. Original Glassine Dj Has 2" Tear With Associated Wrinkling At Upper Left Edge Of Front Panel Small Tear At Top Front Tip. Slipcase With Slight Rubbing To Spine Label. <br/> <br/> Stinehour Press / Limited Editions Club / Cardavon Press hardcover‎

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‎Long, Amelia Reynolds; Sheree Silverman (Drawings)‎

‎Counterpoint Poems‎

‎Harrisburg PA: Printed by Benson Advertising Printers 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. Printed by Benson Advertising Printers Harrisburg PA 1975. Signed by Author on inside front cover with Presentation note with date. First Edition. 36 pages. From library of Henriette Palmer who designed many books endorsed by the Pennsylvania Poetry Society. 1st Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Scarce. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. 'Counterpoint' is endorsed for merit by the Pennsylvania Poetry Society. Amelia Reynolds Long 1904-1978 Aka A. R. Long Peter Reynolds Patrick Laing was an American detective fiction and science fiction writer novelist and poet. Her story 'The Thought-Monster' was made into the 1958 film Fiend Without a Face. She co-wrote the 1936 novel Behind the Evidence with William L. Crawford under the combined pseudonym Peter Reynolds. Long's first poem 'Lucifer's Reply' was published in Kaleidograph in the early 1930's. It won first prize in a contest and remains a quite startling piece. After quitting the fields of mysteries and science fiction poetry became Long's predominant interest and she continued to write poems for the rest of her life. A number of her poems were published in various journals and periodicals such as the Nutmegger Encore The Harrisburg Evening News and The Swordsman Review. The Pennsylvania Poetry Society of which she was a member printed two chapbook collections of her previously published poetry work in 1974 Shreds and Patches and 1975 Counterpoint. Her name lives on in the Pennsylvania Poetry Society's Amelia Reynolds Long Memorial Award. It is clear that Long had a gift for creating works of studied beauty with an often poignant human touch. Her two poetry collections remain rare and elusive gems that deserve a wider audience. Contents: Counterpoint Cain Lot's Wife Our Ghosts Draw From the Crowded Future I Dreamed of Long Dead Cities Lucifer's Reply On a Roman Tear Vase Candle The Paxtang Indian Path Paxtang's Fighting Parson Betsy Ross Undertakes to Make the American Flag Soldier in Grease Paint The Gleam the Glory. Should We Feel Shame Ave Atque Vale Aves The Shooting of Wild Bill Hickok On the Death of Walt Disney First Man on the Moon Fallen Star To My Friend E.P.L. and My Dog Mike I Love Old Things Flower Song Excalibur Son of the Sidh An Irish American Dreams of Ireland Sounds of Splendor Sault Sainte Marie The Mastodon's Complaint Johan Printz Two Sides of the Coin Too Be or Not To Be A Rose Is a Rose Is a. Modern Theme to Ancient Music He May Fly High To Meter Not to Mete Doggone! Basis for Concern The Wicked Flea Geographically Speaking Milady's Corset. Signed Poetry::1900-1974 Poetry::1975-Present RBR10C RBR10C Printed by Benson Advertising Printers paperback‎

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‎Long, W H (William Henry)‎

‎The Dialect Of The Isle Of Wight With Tales & Anecdotes Front Cover Title; A Dictionary Of The Isle Of Wight Dialect And Of Provincialisms Used In The Island; With Illustrative Anecdotes And Tales To Which Is Appended The Christmas Boys' Play An Isle Of Wight "Hoom Harvest" And Songs Sung By The Peasantry; Forming A Treasury Of Insular Manners And Customs Of Fifty Years Ago.‎

‎London / Isle Of Wight: Reeves & Turner / G. A. Brannon & Co. 1886. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . Xii 170 Pp. 2 Pp Catalog Dated Feb 1886. Green Cloth Spine Gilt Covers Stamped In Black Slate Endpapers. First Trade Edition 1886 With That Date On Title Page. Light Usage Gilt Brilliant. Inscribed By The Author "To M. A. Wagoner Esq. As A Slight Token Of Estem And Good Will From The Author W. H. Long April 10 1886". <br/> <br/> Reeves & Turner / G. A. Brannon & Co. hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 052395

‎Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth‎

‎Poems . with illustrations by D. Huntington‎

‎Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1845. First collected edition of Longfellow's poetry with 12 poems appearing here for the first time. 8vo pp. 387; engraved frontispiece engraved title-page portrait of the author and 8 engraved plates inserted; half green morocco by Stikemen gilt-lettered direct on spine t.e.g. A fine copy. BAL 12079. Carey and Hart unknown‎

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‎Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; Octavius B Frothingham (biographical sketch)‎

‎The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Complete Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with His Later Poems Illustrated Vol. I II III Complete‎

‎Cambridge and Boston MA: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1883. Book. VG. Full-Leather. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete in three 3 volumes comprised by Poetical Works I II and Complete Prose Work/Later Poems issued 1881-83 uniformly bound in full dark brown morocco embossed decoration in black lettered in gilt 5 raised spine bands with 6 decorated spine compartments beveled edges with gilt-dentilled inner edges text blocks edged in gilt marbled endpapers. A notably well-preserved set much better than typically found showing modest rubbing along joints and raised bands some corners rubbed with minor exposure small chip of loss at heel of Vol. II joint. Front flyleaf of Vol. I shows slight loss along lower fore-edge of Vol. II shows tape repair to closed tear. xvi488 xvi489-928 viii929-1408 pp. copiously illustrated with fronts. portraits and several hundred engravings by noted artists of the era ranging from full- and half-page to others inset in text. Vol. I dated 1881 on lower title Vols. II and III respectively copyrighted 1880 and 1883. Exceptional. The Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Hardcover‎

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‎LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) .:‎

‎The Poetical Works Of Longfellow .‎

‎London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford 1928 . A very good original full leather binding contained in the original cardboard box. 8vo. pp.8/pp.886 . 7.25" x 5.0" x 1.25". Navy blue calf over thin boards with gilt fillet border. Just light rubbing to corners and edges. Smooth spine with bright gilt panelling and bright gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. With purple silk marker ribbon. Mottled blue endpapers. Neat dediction to front endpaper dated July 1931. Portrait frontis and clean text throughout. A very good book. The box has the original label:" 'Oxford ' Editions of Standard Authors Longfellow. No. 7." The label has stains from adhesive tape. The box has ben previously repaired all edges very rubbed. VG London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1928 . hardcover‎

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‎LONGFELLOW HENRY WADSWORTH‎

‎Poems . with illustrations by D. Huntington‎

‎Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1845. First collected edition of Longfellow's poetry with 12 poems appearing here for the first time. 8vo pp. 387; engraved frontispiece engraved title-page portrait of the author and 8 engraved plates inserted; half green morocco by Stikemen gilt-lettered direct on spine t.e.g. A fine copy. BAL 12079. <br/><br/> Carey and Hart unknown books‎

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‎LONGFORD Elizabeth‎

‎Images of Chelsea. Gallery of Prints Harriet O'Keefe. Catalogue of Prints Jonathan Ditchburn. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED‎

‎St. Helena Press Richmond-on-Thames 1980. Roy. 4to. with 70 pages of reduced facsimiles and numerous illustrations in the text; buckram gilt back a fine copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An invaluable work of reference illustrating and describing the area. The catalogue was prepared under the editorial supervision of Ralph Hyde Keeper of Prints and Map at the Guildhall Library City of London St. Helena Press, Richmond-on-Thames, hardcover‎

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‎LONGINUS‎

‎DIONUSIOU LONGINOU PERI HUPSOUS HUPOMNÊMA. Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate commentarius quem nova versione donavit notis illustravit & partim manuscriptorum ope partim conjectura emendavit additis etiam omnibus ejusdem auctoris fragmentis Zacharias Pearce A.M. Regiae Majestati a Sacris Domesticis etc. Editio secunda notis & emendationibus auctior.‎

‎London Londini Ex officina Jacobi Tonson & Joannis Watts 1732. 8vo. XXXVI errata3013 variae lectiones19 index1 blank p. Calf. 20 cm Ref: ESTC Citation No. T87458; Hoffmann 2527: 'Pearce hat in dieser Ausg. viel verbessert'; D. St.Marin no. 44: 'a fine critical edition'; Dibdin 2177/8: 'Bishop Pearce is rightly called by Harles 'Longini Sospicator'; Brunet 31152: 'Cette édition a été revue par l'éditeur qui y a ajouté de nouvelles notes et c'est d'après ce texte qu'ont été faites les réimpressions de Londres 1743 1753 1773'; Graesse 4252; Ebert 12211 Details: Back with 5 raised bands & with gilt lettered brown morocco label in second compartment. Old paper shelfmark label at the foot. Boards with bouble fillet blindstamped borders in which a double fillet rectangel with corner pieces in which another smaller double fillet rectangel of a darker hue leather which is surrounded by a blindstamped roll of floral motives. Title in red & black. Engraved frontispiece: an orator and his audience in a library. Woodcut initials and headpieces. An engraved headpiece with the coat of arms Thomas Parker Earl of Macclesfield Viscount of Ewelme and Baron of Macclesfield at the beginning of the dedicatio. Paper of excellent quality. § Parallel Greek and Latin texts; all the notes are conveniently printed under the text Condition: Some slight scratching on the boards. Front hinge showing a tendency to start splitting. Some old ink annotations on the front pastedown. Quotation from Pope's 'Essay on Criticism' in old ink on the rear pastedown Note: The literary treatise 'On the sublime' Peri Hupsous of which 2/3 survives and is ascribed by the medieval tradition to Dionysius Longinus was written some time in the first century A.D. 'As a stimulus to critical thought and to the understanding of ancient literature he the author has permanent value'. OCD 2nd ed. p. 619. 'Longinus was ably edited by Zachary Pearce 1690-1774 Fellow of Trinity and ultimately bishop of Rochester'. Sandys II412. It was a new recension and had a new translation and was published in London in 1724. Pearce revised the text for this second edition and added new notes. Of this second edition reissues have been published in London in 1743 1753 and 1773. St.Marin no. 44: 'This scholar's work turned out to be a fine critical edition and was especially valued for the variants which it offers'. This octavo edition 'was published for the sake of general circulation' and has 'propagated universally the critical talents and fine taste of their editor'. Dibdin Provenance: In ink on the front pastedown: 'E libris Capel Berrow e Coll. St Joh. Bapt. Oxon. 1736' This is the English divine Capel Berrow 1716-1782. He matriculated a commoner of St. John's College at Oxford in 1734 proceeded B.A. 1738 and M.A. of Christ's College Cambridge 1758. He became curate of St. Botolph's Aldersgate 1741 and afterwards of St. Austin's and in 1744 was chosen lecturer of St Benedict's Paul's Wharf. In 1766 Capel Barrow was rector of Rossington Northamptonshire. His 'A Lapse of Human Souls in a State of Pre-existence the only Original Sin and the Ground Work of the Gospel Dispensation' published in 1766 is his only book now remembered. See his Wikipedia article Collation: A8 a8 b2; B-X8 Y2 leaf Y2 verso blank Photographs on request hardcover‎

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‎Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (Paternoster Row, London); Robert Triphook (37 St James Street, London)‎

‎A General Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old Books Which Are Now Selling at the Prices Affixed to Each by Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown Paternoster-Row London Complete in 4 Parts - 1814 b/w Robert Triphook's Catalogue for February 1814 of Curious and Rare Books of Every Description Now on Sale at No. 37 St. James's Street‎

‎London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1814. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition newly rebound in sympathetic brown cloth title stamped in gold foil on spine panel new endsheets new head- and tail-bands. Approx. 8 3/16" x 5 1/8". Text block edges darkened by age interior clean and fully intact. 373vi25-888ii180 pp. complete as issued. Contains Parts I Classical Authors Misc. Greek and Latin II France Italy Mathematics; English Literature History Travel Illus. Works Early Typography III Books of Wit and Drollery Humour and Fancy Magic Witchcraft Alchemy Chiromancy Drama and IV Appendix all published in 1814 also Triphook's Catalogues issued in Feb. 1814 addenda listing his 26 publications 1810-14 and others forthcoming and Jan. 1815. The 4 Longman catalogues are comprised by 4123 entries the two Triphook by 4327 generally providing short descriptions title/author place of publication date a few salient details and price. A rare glimpse at an early 19th-century antiquarian book catalogue valuable for tracing provenance locating unique copies of scarce imprints etc. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 021943

‎LONGUS‎

‎Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé‎

‎Londres London: S. n. 1779. Fine. S. n. Londres London 1779 16.50 x 21.50 cm relié Attractive edition of the French translation by Jacques Amyot illustrated with a frontispiece and 28 copperplate engravings. Contemporary full tortoiseshell calf binding smooth spine richly decorated with gilt rolls tools and fillets as well as a red morocco title label triple gilt fillet framing the boards gilt roll on the leading edges headcaps and framing the pastedowns all edges gilt. Joints rubbed with small cracks. S. n. hardcover‎

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‎LONGUS - Charles GUERIN‎

‎Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis & Chloé traduction de messire Jacques Amyot revue corrigée complétée de nouveau refaite en grande partie par P.L. Courier.‎

‎Paris: Georg & Cie 1923. Fine. Georg & Cie Paris 1923 16.50 x 25.50 cm relié sous étui Illustrated edition with 13 original lithographs by Charles Guérin one of 10 numbered copies on old Japan paper deluxe issue. Full hazelnut morocco binding spine very slightly faded with four raised bands date at foot gilt rolls on caps frame of a gilt fillet on the mint morocco endpapers almond watered silk pastedowns following endpapers of handmade paper double gilt fillets on edges covers and spine preserved all edges gilt slipcase with hazelnut morocco entry handmade paper boards blue felt lining elegant binding signed by Klein. Our copy as stipulated in the print justification is indeed complete with its suite on China paper. Moreover our copy is expanded with an original drawing signed in pencil by Charles Guérin representing the composition illustrating page 13. Very handsome copy perfectly executed. Georg & Cie hardcover‎

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‎LOOMES BRIAN:‎

‎GRANDFATHER CLOCKS AND THEIR CASES‎

‎NEWTON ABBOT DAVID AND CHARLES 1985. 1ST EDITION. OCTAVO. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. NEWTON ABBOT, DAVID AND CHARLES, 1985 unknown‎

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‎Lopez Nunez, Alvaro‎

‎Ensayo De Un Vocabulario Social‎

‎Madrid: De La Suc. De M. Minuesa De Los Rios 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 1 195 13 Pp. Three Quarter Marbled Brown Leather Goat 5 Bands Gilt Over Paper Covered Boards Red Spine Label Gilt Green Floral Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To D. Javier Vales Failde Rector De La Academia Universitaria Católica Undated. Near Fine A Little Rubbing To Outer Edges Of Boards; Hinges Tight Contents Clean With No Marks Paper Aged. Ãlvaro López Núñez 1865 - 1936 Was A Spanish Journalist And Writer Academician Of The Royal Academy Of Moral And Political Sciences And Staunch Defender Of Social Assistance Social Insurance And Christian Democracy . He Died With His Daughter Esther At The Beginning Of The Spanish Civil War. See Spanish Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> De La Suc. De M. Minuesa De Los Rios hardcover‎

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‎LOPEZ, Vincent (1894-1975)‎

‎Photograph Signed‎

‎In 1921 this jazz pianist and composer debuted a dance band dance program which made his a household name; later his popular t.v. show "Dinner Date with Lopez" showcased show biz folks and began with his trademark phrase "Hello everybody. Lopez speaking"; among his song hits were "Knock Knock Who's There" and "The World Stands Still." PS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Very good. Mounting traces on verso. Handsome Maurice Seymour closeup pose in tuxedo with a hasty "Best Wishes / Vincent Lopez. unknown‎

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‎LORAN COOLIDGE‎

‎1954 - 1955 TWO 2 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LOGBOOKS AND JOURNALS OF THE CAPTAIN OF A HIRED FREIGHTER IN ALASKA FIGHTING DANGEROUS WEATHER BEING ARRESTED AND ENDURING MONTHS OF ‘BLOOD SWEAT AND MISERY’‎

‎RED DEVIL MINE BETHEL ALASKA AL KUSKOKWIM RIVER. Good. 1954. On offer are two 2 logbooks of the Freighter ‘Cinnabar’ plying its trade along the Kuskokwim River Alaska in 1954 and 1955 describing two separate trips taken by Captain Loran Coolidge a ship captain for hire. They are two trips to Alaska the first from Seattle to the Red Devil Mine in Sleemute Alaska and the second to and from Ivanof Bay. The second journal 1955 goes smoothly and comfortably for Coolidge transferring cargo to and from canneries in Alaska. The first journal is of a harrowing horrible and miserable trip from Seattle up to Bethel Alaska and back and forth from the Red Devil Mine. The Freighter ‘Cinnabar’ is besot with constant horrible weather dangerous conditions and weeks of sleepless and uncomfortable nights. It even ends with Captain Coolidge being arrested for operating without a license that the company he is working for was supposed to obtain. It is an extraordinary document of human resistance to the elements and the toll it takes on the life of this poor Captain. The first log book begins: “April 12 1944. Harry Sherman Decoursey Mt. Mining Co. representative in Seattle contacts me to take job of managing and navigating and engineering Tanker Freight barge ‘Cinnabar’ from Seattle to the mercury mine at Sleetmute on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska. The self propelled barge was to be built by Central Sheet Metal Co. of Seattle at Maritime Ship yd. On the Lake Wash. Ship Canal. For two weeks I pondered the prospect. Considering the distance of the voyage all the conditions involved to get there. Stats of Cinnabar.: 64.6’ hull depth 11 feet Beam 23 feet. Steel welded construction Deck House steel aft engine: 165 HP GMC diesel; simple semi tunnel hull. Speed: unhindered 6 knots.” The rest of the book is a fairly matter-of-fact log book detailing all actions taken at specific times of each day. For the log on July 19 1954 the day of departure from Seattle the log reads like such: “1215 - start engine; 1220 - Proceed to Lk. Union to take compass adjuster aboard; 1255 - Secure at Lk. Standard Oil Dk.; 1315 - Mr. Kaufman compass adjuster comes aboard. Mounts compass. Compass avast wheel man. Must steer reversed courses; 1325 - L.V. for swing. Having considerable difficulty compensating compass; 1450 - Complete swing. Go to Stand. Oil. Lk. Union; 1500 - Permanently mountain compass and magnets; 1525 - Lv. stand Oil. Lk. Union; 1600 - SEcure at Stand. Oil Ballard; 1700 - Secure at Maritime Shp. yd. Hang fire fighting equipment; 2200 - Complete hanging fire fighting equipment.” There are also additional details on the page: “Loran Coolidge Capt; Thomas Smith Mate 2 man crew.” The ship also contains “15 tons unslaked lime; 300 carbide cans; 19 ton International bulldozer w/ blade; Lime in forward cargo tanks; Tractor over after cargo tanks.” The next day the ship leaves for Alaska. Each day contains two pages. The left side of each page contains the strict ship logs while the right is reserved for more casual remarks such as “Mama & kiddies Lilly and Po to see us off” “Running 1000 R.P.M.” “must repair leak in F.W. cooling system” “Black night. Nearly run down by Halibut schooner” “Roughest I have seen it in Queen Charlotte. Really tough” and many other remarks on the weather the things needed to fix on the ship direction of the ship and other observations from Coolidge. The weather especially provides much trouble: “Weather report is that SE winds of 30 MPH will continue tomorrow. Plan to angle into Icy Bay and have some rest. This would kill the average sailor. Need at least 2 more men for wheel turn.” In another entry he writes “Take beating from this SE 40 knots solid water over the top of wheelhouse.” Later: “Marker buoy dragged its anchor and is lost. Life ring and lamp. Prepare to abandon ship if necessary. Howling gale and vicious sea. Don’t know our position. Don’t know how far we drifted while jogging. No contact during the night so must speculate sas to position. Constant danger of striking on shallow bars. This trip is the most vicious I’ve made to Alaska in 20 yrs.” Finally after weeks of awful and harrowing weather they reach Bethel Alaska a town near the start of the Kuskokwim River where they finally get some rest for a night. Three more people join on the boat: Claude Swan Capt. Peterson and Charles Owen. The weather subsides for the most part and the boat reaches the Red Devil mine at the end of August. The log book only continues for another 9 days. Coolidge describes his daily tasks on the ship while it is in the mine. He drops off the cargo they brought to the mine and takes on “24000 gals. Diesel 9 drums wh. Gas 67 drums full on deck.” The freighter mostly carries cargo from the mine up and down the river. On September 9th the log book reads: “This log is incomplete because it was copied from Pilot House log hurriedly on last day at the Mine and the airplane to take Tom Smith and me to Anchorage came 4 hours early.” However after a few blank pages the logbook reads: “Made 4 round trips Bethel to Red Devil Mine 230 miles up Kuskokwim River after initial trip on 27 28 29 30 Sept ‘54. Secure At Mine Oct. 6 last trip in Fairbanks for hearing. Complete security equipment for Winter by 12th Oct. Haul Barge Cinnabar out of river. I put in shift. Smith & I fly to Anchorage on 14th Oct. Seattle 15th. H.C. Hanson Naval Architect calls Oct. 20 and tells me mine production buildings at Red Devil North Sleet mate Mine burned to the ground last night of 19th Oct. There goes the whole summer of blood sweat and misery. I’m arrested by Deputy Marshall Geo. Cuilshed for operating barge on river without certificate of final inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard. This was determined by the US District Attorney to be a responsibility of the Mine Co. and the charges against me were dropped. I was taken to Fed. Jail at Fairbanks; mugged finger-printed and spent time from Sat. aft. 1500 hrs to Monday 1000 hrs. Because govt offices were closed on Sat. when we arrived Fairbanks and Guilsher was unable to get me off on own recognizance as he had planned - L. J. Coolidge.” There are a couple of log entries at the very end of the book. These are written by the first mate Ian Smith. October 1st reads “Capt. Loren Coolidge was arrested on 9-30-1954 at about 1945 by the U.S. Marshall at Bethel. He and the Marshall accompanied by Boby Lyman went to Fairbanks this date for hearing. I Ian Smith will take vessel to Red Devil mine or until Capt. Coolidge returns from Fairbanks and resumes his command.” The second book is the same engineer this time working on the steamer ‘General Pershing’. The layout of the logbook is the very same as the previous book. The logbook is of another trip in Alaska. Coolidge does not state who he is working for or who owns the ‘General Pershing’ though there are mentions of a cannery in Ivanof Bay that the ship goes back to often that might be the employer. The first part is from Cordova to Ivanof Bay. In Ivanof Bay the ships drops off fish and takes on cargo of ice and gas from a cannery there. The ship goes on to Chignik then Fox Bay dropping off and taking on more cargo along the way at various canneries. The ship goes on to Vyok Bay where the steamer stops at a Herring Plant to unload its cargo. The ship stays in Vyok bay for a couple weeks the longest it stays in any place in the logbook. Finally the steamer heads to Kulukta Bay and the author states he has no more orders and the logbook ends. The first book has roughly 120 pages of writing and 30 or so pages of blank space. The second book is a bit smaller than the first and fully filled with about 120 or so pages of writing. Both books are easily readable in Coolidge’s pencil script and are both are in excellent structural shape.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LORAN COOLIDGE THOMAS SMITH TANKER FREIGHT BARGE CINNABAR SLEETMUTE KUSKOKWIM RIVER BETHEL RED DEVIL MINE CORDOVA IVANOF BAY CHIGNIK FOX BAY VYOK BAY KULUKTA BAY ALASKA MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY MERCURY MINING IN ALASKA CARGO SHIP RIVER NAVIGATION GENERAL PERSHING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0009028

‎Lorant, Tessa‎

‎Hand and machine knitting‎

‎144 p., [4] p. of plates : illus. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good‎