Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden : A Tale of the North Country
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1900. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Irving Bacheller Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country Boston Lothrop Publishing Company 1900 fifth printing. Red cloth hc with gold lettering and design on front ii x 432 uneven cut pp 4 pp ads. Good: corners and spine worn damp stain on rear cover po inscription in pencil on ffep. <br/><br/> Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3838
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Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden a Tale of the North Country
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company. Very Good. 1900. Early edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Very Good. The book has light edge wear and minor dust soiling to the cloth covered boards. See Photos; A nice edition of this classic novel by this well known and highly collected author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; Lr bkcs1 . Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 632402
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Irving Bacheller
Silas Strong
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishing 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Copyright date is 1906 1st edition published in March 1906red cloth over boards with gold lettering and design on the front and the spine no bent pages nor any writing the fly leaf has been torn out frontspiece shows the empire of Silas Strong with protective tissue NO JACKET shelf wear to the edges and to the heada nd toe of the spine is moderate a slight lean to the spine bright clean text with a tight binding a solid collectible book Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Harper & Brothers Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002233
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Irving Berlin
Hand Written Sheet Music For "I Got The Sun In The Morning
Circa 1950 1950. No Binding. Fine. Handwritten Vocal Score For "I Got The Sun In The Morning". From Estate Of Character Actor Hans Conried. Very Carefully And Neatly Inked But Not Written By Berlin Or Conried. "I Got The Sun In The Mornin' And The Moon At Night" Is A Song From The 1946 Musical Annie Get Your Gun Written By Irving Berlin And Originally Performed By Ethel Merman. Other Singers To Have Recorded The Song Include Betty Hutton In The 1950 Movie Version Of Annie Get Your Gun Bernadette Peters Doris Day Judy Garland Dean Martin And June Christy With The Stan Kenton Orchestra. <br/> <br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 038440
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Irving Clifford
The Thirty Eighth Floor
NY: Signet. Very Good. 1966. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Size : 4 by 7 inches Pages : 284 plus 4 pages publishers catalog of books Condition : A very good copy of this vintage paperback with light soiling to the covers light age toning to paper a nice tight clean copy with a few readers creases. ; A vintage novel of International Politics and global crisis. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 284 pages .<br /><br />gen fic 32 Signet paperback
Bookseller reference : 063664
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Irving Stone
The Origin: A Novel of Charles Darwin
Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. Pp. 766 bound in brown/gilt-embossed and decorated full leather 4 raised bands silk endpapers satin ribbon AEG. From the series ""The First Edition Society"". ""Darwin the discoverer. He did not mean to rock the world. He meant only to know the truth. But before he was done Charles Darwin would shake the faith of centuries.would be… Franklin Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 161233
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Irvins William M Jru
Prints and books: Informal Papers
Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Very good or better brown hardcover with gilt font on spine 375 pps includes illustrations. Bookplate on FEP otherwise without markings writings Tight boards. It is age toned spine a bit faded cover shows scuffing. Very rare to offer this with a dust jacket with price posted lightly soiled and with a few chips missing now under mylar wraps. See photo or let us know if you have additional questions. The preface notes that the writer wanted to share his enthusiasm for certain things with others paraphrase.what a lovely thought. Included are among other essays "Goya's Caprices" "The Baillie Collection of Bookplates" Jean Cousins' Book of Perspective" et al. Irvins was the curator of the Metropolitan Art Museum Dept of Prints. Harvard University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113048
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Irwin
The bride : the story of Louise and Montrose
Chatto & Windus 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Good. Edition: First Edition. No dust jacket. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1750993</p> Chatto & Windus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1750993
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IRWIN EDWARD WOOD LORD 1881 1959. VICEROY OF INDIA:
Typed letter signed with autograph salutation and subscription. 1-page 4to to Lieut.Col. Sir Beauchamp St. John thanking him "for all you have done while you have been in charge of Baluchistan.
.I know how sad you and Lady St. John must be feeling at leaving India.". Viceroy's Camp India 23rd October 1930. Usual fold; in the original envelope. unknown
Bookseller reference : 18021
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Irwin Eleanor
Bibliography of the Hillside Press 1971-1980
Buffalo: Hillside Press 1980. xv 50pp. One of 300 copies. Illustrated with eighteen full-page plates. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann as well as a life of Frank Irwin co-proprietor of this well-known miniature book press by Eleanor Irwin. Fine in red leatherette with gilt decoration to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Bradbury p. 96. 2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28959
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Irwin Eleanor
Victor Hammer
Buffalo: Hillside Press 1982. 50pp. One of 350 copies signed by the author and printer Eleanor Irwin. Slight skew to spine else near fine in red gilt-stamped leather. 2 7/16 by 2 1/16; 62x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28968
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Irwin Frank E.
Bibliography of the Hillside Press
Tilton NH: Hillside Press 1971. xix 51pp. One of 350 copies. Illustrated with twenty-five full-page woodcuts and other illustrations. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann. Fine in green gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate. Bradbury p. 95. 2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28958
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Irwin Frank
For All We Know
Tilton NH: Hillside Press 1976. ix 60pp. One of 300 copies. With occasional black-and-white illustration a collection of notes bearing on existential philosophy mysticism Zen Buddhism and books. Bound in gray-blue leatherette over boards with gilt decoration. Fine. 2 5/16 by 2; 59x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28951
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Irwin Frank
Heraldic Bookplates
Buffalo NY: Hillside Press 1979. 42pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated throughout in black & white with examples of heraldic bookplates from the fifteenth century onward including that of George Washington. Fine in pictorial orange cloth. 2 1/4 by 1 7/8; 58x49mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28946
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Irwin Frank
Printer's Marks and Colophons
Tilton NH: Hillside Press 1976. 51pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated throughout with printer's marks from presses both early and modern. Fine in yellow cloth printed in black. Bookplate. 2 5/16 by 2 in.; 58 x 49 mm. Bradbury p. 95. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 29448
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Irwin Frank
Printer's Marks and Colophons
Tilton NH: Hillside Press 1976. 51pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated throughout with printer's marks from presses both early and modern. Fine in yellow cloth printed in black. Bookplate. Bradbury p. 95. 2 5/16 by 2; 58x49mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28927
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Irwin Frank
The Blocksberg Tryst
Franklin NH: Hillside Press 1963. 70pp. One of 310 copies signed by the author/publisher. Fascinating story of witches and magic. Very fine. 2 3/8 by 1 15/16; 60x48mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 29795
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Irwin Frank
The Centuries of Nostradamus
Franklin NH: Hillside Press 1964. ix 74 pp. One of 375 copies signed by Irwin. An analysis of Nostradamus' famous foresight with contemporary verses and texts added. Fine with illustrated dust wrapper shabby at edges featuring an image by William Blake. Welsh 5298. 2 3/8 by 2; 60x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 29796
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Irwin Frank
The Centuries of Nostradamus
Franklin NH: Hillside Press 1964. ix74 pp. One of 375 copies signed by Irwin. An analysis of Nostradamus' famous foresight with contemporary verses and texts added. Fine with illustrated dust wrapper shabby at edges featuring an image by William Blake. Welsh 5298. 2 3/8 by 2; 60x51mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 28938
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Irwin Frank
The Whirligig Id and Other Regressions
Franklin NH: Hillside Press 1961. 52pp. Limited to 350 copies handset printed and signed by the author. Clever antic verses about all manner of things including "The Bookseller." A fine copy of the first book of the Press in cloth-backed patterned boards with a printed paper label. 2 5/16 by 1 13/16; 60x47mm. Hillside Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 3469
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Irwin Frederick T.
THE SANDWICH GLASS AND GLASS WORKERS.
Privately Printed: 1926. 99 pages illustrated with b&w photographs. "The glass factory whose product has attracted most attention and whose wares are most sought today was built at Sandwich Massachusetts more than a century ago." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Privately Printed: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019360
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Irwin Frederick T.
THE SANDWICH GLASS AND GLASS WORKERS.
Privately Printed: 1926. 99 pages illustrated with b&w photographs. "The glass factory whose product has attracted most attention and whose wares are most sought today was built at Sandwich Massachusetts more than a century ago." GOOD HARDCOVER ex-library withdrawn text and plates are fine binding is loose covers are worn. Hard Cover. Good/No dust jacket present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library Withdrawn. Privately Printed: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016129
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Irwin Frederick T.
THE STORY OF SANDWICH GLASS AND GLASS WORKERS
Manchester NH: Granite State Press 1926. HC. good blue buckram cloth hardcover EX-LIB some cover wear. B&W illustrations. EXLIB copy with usual marks and some wear to blue buckram covers. 99pp. Granite State Press unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS065019I
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IRWIN John Rice
Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia
Exton: Schiffer Publishing. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 0916838617 . Black and white photographs throughout. First paperback edition. Light vertical crease to rear cover scuff mark to rear free endpaper else near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Schiffer Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 22899 ISBN : 0916838617 9780916838614
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Irwin John And Jocelyn Herbert Ed.
Sweete Themmes
London: Max Parrish 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. VG/G chips to d/w 1st edn a chronicle of the river in prose and verse inscribed by Irwin. Max Parrish Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81686
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IRWIN John Rice
Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia
Exton: Schiffer Publishing. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 0916838617 . Black and white photographs throughout. First paperback edition. Light vertical crease to rear cover scuff mark to rear free endpaper else near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Schiffer Publishing paperback books
Bookseller reference : 22899 ISBN : 0916838617 9780916838614
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IRWIN Lew
SINATRA A LIFE REMEMBERED FRANK SINATRA
Philadelphia PA U.S.A.: COURAGE BOOKS 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. FIRST PRINT. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. BLACK DUST JACKET ON HARDCOVER BOOK. 120 PAGES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT SECURE UNREAD. COURAGE BOOKS. 1997 FIRST PRINT. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. COURAGE BOOKS Hardcover
Bookseller reference : R235 ISBN : 0762403977 9780762403974
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Irwin Mary Leslie
Anthony Trollope A Bibliography
New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Appears unread. Near Fine condition cover only very lightly rubbed. Very Fine internally. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked - apparently never read. 1968. Reprint of the 1926 edition. Burt Franklin: Bibliography and reference series no. 180. Describes Trollope's books short stories contributions to managzines book reviews by him reviews of his witings biography and criticism poems portarits photographs fcaricatures his book-plates original manuscripts sales amnd prices of first editions etc. Bound in the original tourquoise cloth stamped in bright gold on the spine. Reprint of the 1926 edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 97pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Burt Franklin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024669
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Irwin Margaret
Elizabeth. Captive Princess
The Reprint Society 1950. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1768904</p> The Reprint Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1768904
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Irwin Margaret.
THE PROUD SERVANT: A STORY OF MONTROSE.
Chatto & Windus 1950. Hardcover. Used; Good. reprint hardback with Dust jacket. good in poor D/W covers good internally good neat owners inscription illustrated frontispiece a good used copy. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1393535</p> Chatto & Windus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1393535
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Irwin Miriam Owen
Stock Market
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press 1982. 24pp. A tiny book containing clever sayings about the stock market. Very fine in dark blue gilt-stamped leather. Bradbury p. 159. 1/2 by 1/2; 13x12mm. Mosaic Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 26949
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IRWIN R. STEPHEN
SPORTING COLLECTIBLES
Accokeek MD U.S.A.: STOEGER ARS CORP. 1997. Book. New. Soft cover. First EDITION. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. GRAY PICTORIAL SOFT COVERS. 248 PAGES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. APPEARS UNREAD. STOEGER ARS CORP. 1997 FIRST EDITION. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. STOEGER AR,S CORP. Paperback
Bookseller reference : U343 ISBN : 0883172003 9780883172001
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Irwin Raymond & Ronald Staveley eds.
The Libraries of London
London: The Library Association. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1961. 2nd ed. hardcover. 8vo 332 pp. Second revised edition . The Library Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS036322I
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Irwin Raymond
The Origins of the English Library
Westport CT U.S.A.: Greenwood Publishing Group Incorporated 1981. Publisher's black boards. Very Fine/No Jacket. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 595 ISBN : 0313231494 9780313231490
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IRWIN Richard B. 1839 92
Printed Document Signed
This great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin served as aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan and later to General Nathaniel Banks through most of the Civil War; a Wyoming cattle rancher later in life he authored the 1892 "History of the Nineteenth Army Corps" and contributed many articles to "The Battles and Leaders of the Civil War." Printed DS 2pp recto and verso 4�" X 7�" Washington DC 1861 October 18. Very good. Lightly age toned with faint single vertical fold; left margin likely trimmed. This printed "General Orders No. 30" issued from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac concerns "the preparation of soldiers' discharge papers" -- which apparently were often "in a great many instances very defective and imperfect" and required all types of additional red tape. This two-page summary runs through the proper papers any soldier should have to be correctly cashiered. At the close it notes "By Command of Major General McClellan" and is signed in type at lower right by Paymaster General Benjamin F. Larned and Assistant Adjutant General S. Williams -- and is signed in full in rich brown ink at lower left by Irwin above his printed title. An attractive example. unknown
Bookseller reference : 40806
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Irwin Robert
REAL ESTATE INVESTOR'S CHECKLIST
New York: McGraw-Hill. Very Good. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0071456465 . Book is Very Good plus. First Edition with complete number line. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very light bumping and slight wear to cover corners and edges. Very light surface shelf wear to cover. ; 189 pages . McGraw-Hill paperback
Bookseller reference : 4786 ISBN : 0071456465 9780071456463
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Irwin Robert; John Coplans
Robert Irwin: January 16 - February 18 1968
Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum 1968. No Binding. Near Fine. Large Card Folded In Three To Make Six Pages Extensive Text By John Coplans With Covers Printed In Silver And Black Verso Of All Pages Printed In Silver And Black Including Photo With Irwin And One Of His Works. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only 5 Institutional Holdings. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Art Museum unknown
Bookseller reference : 031215
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Irwin Ross W.
Canadian Meter Postage Stamp Catalogue
Guelph Ontario Canada: Privately Printed 1972. 28 pages staple bound booklet. Solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is unmarked. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Privately Printed Paperback
Bookseller reference : 25368
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Irwin Terri
My Steve
Pymble Australia: Simon & Schuster 2007. Hardcover with maroon boards and pictorial dust jacket first Australian edition 594gms 271 pages and green endpapers. This book is a non-stop adventure a love story and a fitting and inspiring tribute to a man adores by everyone whose life he touched. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with moderate shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Australian Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIOAUS153 ISBN : 0731813332 9780731813339
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IRWIN WILL
HERBERT HOOVER A REMINISCENT BIOGRAPHY
THE CENTURY CO 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. THIRD PRINT BEFORE PUBLICATION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. HUNTER GREEN BOARDS WITH PAPER SPINE LABEL. THE CENTURY CO. ILL. 315 PPS. BOOK IS CLEAN AND SECURE. THE CENTURY CO. 1928 THIRD PRINT BEFORE PUBLICATION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. THE CENTURY CO Hardcover
Bookseller reference : T1111T
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Irwin Will
Highlights of Manhattan
New York: The Century Co 1927. This is a beautiful leather bound book that is signed by the illustrator He explains the initials MM in the dedication. The cover has some wear on the upper spine and lesser wear on the lower spine other than that the book is fine. 6 raised bands on the spine with gilt decorations and lettering and a gilt border around the front and back covers. Gilt on the top pages. Contents along with 33 illustrations are: the battery; sky-scrapers; the root of broadway's wall street city hall; chinatown yesterday and today; gramercy park second avenue; stuyvesant square st john the divine; the woman's city the metropolitan museum the changing east side - to name just a few. A great looking book and a great history of new york. 1st Edition. Blue Leather. Very Good. Illus. by E. H. Suydam. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Century Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001404
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Irwin Will; Clifford F. Weigle and David G. Clark commentary
The American Newspaper: A Study of Journalism in Its Relation to the Public - A Series First Appearing in Colliers January-July 1911
Ames IA: Iowa State University Press 1969. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. First Collected. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray buckram lettered in white. 94 pp. Preface biography of author history of the publication of the articles followed by facsimile reprints of all 15 installments as originally published Jan.-July 1911 in Colliers followed by "Brickbats and Bouquets" a column from the same magazine. Minimally ex-library copy stamped call label on lower spine no other external marks with circulation pocket and date due stamps on front endpapers a few scattered stamps but almost uncirculated and virtually without wear; light spotting to buckram along lower spine panel. Very scarce. Iowa State University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030031 ISBN : 0813800951 9780813800950
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Isa Belli Barsali
L'OREFICERIA MEDIOEVALE Elite Series No. 17
Milan/ Milano: Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Semi-rigid red covers with gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Illustrated by many color photographs. Text in Italian. Condition of the book is Very Good; Exterior is excellent text & illustrations are very clean binding is tight. Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good; Very light wear not faded. Antiques STK Fratelli Fabbri Editori hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14201
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Isa Belli Barsali
LO SMALTO IN EUROPA Elite Series No. 5
Milan/ Milano: Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Semi-rigid red covers with gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Illustrated by many color photographs. Text in Italian. Condition of the book is Very Good; Exterior is excellent text & illustrations are very clean binding is tight. Antiques STK Fratelli Fabbri Editori hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14211
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Isaac Frank Compiler.
ENGLISH & SCOTTISH PRINTING TYPES 1501-35 1508-41.
Oxford: The Bibliographical Society 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Cloth backed boards; ownership signature on front endpaper. Bookplate of Albert May Todd front pastedown. Facsimiles and Illustrations issued by the Bibliographical Society No. II. Ninety-eight single page plates of typographical examples plus accompanying short text on some thirty printers. Cloth frayed along top front edge of spine. The Bibliographical Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 233
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Isaac Peter editor
Six Centuries of the Provincial Book Trade in Britain
Winchester Hampshire England: St. Paul's Bibliographies 1990. BRAND NEW. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bright shiny clean square and tight. 1990. First Edition. Among this volume's 14 essays on the book trade are "The English Provincial Book Trade before Printing" by A.I. Doyle "The Provincial Book Trade before the End of the Licensing Act" by Paul Morgan "Mobility and Innovation in the Book Trades - Some Devon Examples" by Ian Maxted; and "Working Towards a History of Scottish Book Collecting" by Brian Hillyard; etc. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. xii 212pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. St. Paul's Bibliographies Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021188 ISBN : 0906795966 9780906795965
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ISAAC ADDINGTON & ADAM WINTHROP
1700 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TREASURE OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS AMERICANA: DEED TO FORT WARREN AND AREA SIGNED BY ISAAC ADDINGTON AND ADAM WINTHROP
Boston Massachusetts MA 1700. On offer is a superb and important piece of Americana specifically a handwritten deed concerning the very important geographic area of Fort Warren which defends the harbor in Boston Massachusetts and has done so from 1861 through the end of World War II. To buffs of the Civil War it was also the location where the famous Union marching anthem 'John Brown' was written using a tune from an old Methodist camp song 'Glory Glory Hallelujah!' and signed by Isaac Addington who served on the Salem Witch Trial Grand Jury and Adam Winthrop the son of John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts. John Winthrop 1588-1649 is perhaps best remembered for the famous sermon in which he likened the Massachusetts Bay Colony to a 'city upon a hill' a model to the world of social and religious order." Ref: Wikipedia. This manuscript document is dated Boston 27 Dec 1700. Folded into thirds Calligraphic initials. SIGNED BY ADAM WINTHROP son of John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts and ISAAC ADDINGTON clerk of the Grand Jury during the Salem Witch Trials. This is the original deed referenced by Holmes Abiel 1763-1837. Cambridge : Hilliard and Brown 1829. from the Coll. Mass. HiM. Soc. iii. 299. which states: "In 1700 Adam conveyed the island to his son-in-law and daughter to be transmitted to their descendants. The Indenture handsomely written on parchment is now before me. It covenants and grants the island to "John Wainwright and to Ann his wife during the term of their natural lives and afterward to the use and behoof of the heires of their two body. begotten or to be begotten forever." The island was next owned by their son John Winthrop Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy In Harvard College; and next by his sons Hines and William of Cambridge lately deceased. James purchased of William his share and a few years since sold to the United States about five acres in two parcels at the east and west end of the island with a passage way rota the one to the other for the purpose of fortifications. On the west end has been erected Fort Warren which defends the entrance of the harbour." CONDITION: signatures are strong and legible majority of the deed legible though with age-wear sometimes serious rubbing and fading discoloration some holes; certainly not in the presumed fine condition when Abiel Holmes held the document in 1829 but certainly very presentable with the red wax seal still intact. This document is a wonderful tapestry comprised of the strands of early Colonial history. Inherited by his son Adam it links the famous Winthrop name from his namesake Grandfather Adam Winthrop 1548-1623 an English lawyer and famous Puritan reformer in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods through his great grandson Professor John Winthrop who was intimately connected to Harvard University's early history. The document is also witnessed and signed by Isaac Addington the first Secretary of the Mass. Bay Colony from 1692 to 1714 who additionally served on the grand jury in the Salem witch trials. The trials famously resulted in the executions of 20 people 14 women 6 men. PROVENANCE: Most recently from a private collector the present condition suggests this deed has long been in private hands and not an institutional archive. While in the 1820s the deed was possibly present in the archives of the Mass Historical Society it did not remain in the archives long thereafter and entered less protected private circulation. That stated Mr. Jeremy B. Dibbell of the Massachusetts Historical Society has kindly confirmed that this document like others that have entered private hands is not the property of the Massachusetts Historical Society. . Good. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. Manuscript. unknown
Bookseller reference : 000819
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Isaac Asimov
Change! 71 Glimpses of the Future
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1981. first Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Copyright date 1981 first printing green cloth over boards silver lettering on the front and on the spine. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket no bent flaps nor is a price clipped. Shelfwear to the edges and to the head and the told the book and dust jacket are minor. Bright clean text tight binding a solid book. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0002816 ISBN : 039531545X 9780395315453
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Isaac Asimov
Fantastic Voyage II
New York: Doubleday 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright date 1987 first edition red and black cover over boards with gold lettering on the front and on the spine no tears or bent pages nor any writing. Dust Jacket some tears along the edges and creases along the front and top edge very small crease on the inside flap top. Shelfware to the edges and to the head the toe of the spine is very minor. Bright clean text with the tight binding a solid collectible book. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002652 ISBN : 0385239262 9780385239264
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Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Earth
New York: Garden City New York 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Copyright date 1986 first edition blue And red cover over boards with gold lettering On the spine. Inside covers list Asimov's books. No tears or bent pages nor any writing. Dust jacket tear along the upper left corner along the groove one tear in the back bottom right along the groove minor tears along the edges small crease on the top edge now protected by clear cover. Bright clean text with the tight binding a solid collectible book. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Garden City New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002653 ISBN : 0385233124 9780385233125
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