East Aurora NY: Roycrofters 1937. First edition. 12mo. 34 pp. Illustrated from photographs ten plates map. Carpenter's 1936 Kenyan safari led by white hunters Donald Ker and Sidney Downey hunting buffalo rhinoceros lion and other game. Czech African Hunting p. 32: "This privately printed work was undoubtedly published in a very small quantity." Original gilt-stamped patterned brown boards ribbon marker. Front joint a little rubbed but a very good untrimmed copy mostly unopened. 2817. <br/><br/> Roycrofters hardcover
Boston: Roberts Brothers 1887. Octavo original pictorial blue cloth stamped in brown and gold decorated endpapers. First edition. A collection of regional short fiction set in "Narragansett country" southern Rhode Island in the 1830s and 1840s. The book is dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmes. Wright III 914. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips rear cover spotted a sound good copy. #133282 Roberts Brothers unknown
N.p.: Privately Printed 1938. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original blue cloth with brown gilt-lettered label on upper cover. Fine copy. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The author Ruly Carpenter was a gentleman sportsman from Wilmington and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. There is much on Wyoming including Chapters II IV & X as well as Alaska. Chapters include: I. Southeastern Alaska 1933; II. Expedition to Wyoming for Pronghorn Antelope and Wapiti for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1934; III. Southeastern Alaska Again 1935; IV. A Second Expedition Into Pronghorn Antelope Country 1935; V. Hunting the Mountain Lion in Arizona 1936; VI. Hunting in Kenya Colony East Africa 1936; VII. A Cruise to Andros Island 1937; VIII. Northern British Columbia. "The Cassiar" 1937; IX. Jaguar Hunting in Sinaloa Mexico 1938; X. Wyoming for Big Horn 1938. Biscotti p. 75; Czech Africa p. 56 Privately Printed unknown
Doubleday 1926. Hardcover. Good. Order today-sent today with tracking number M-F This is a good looking ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has worn corners and edges light scuffing yellowing due to age and several minor instances of underlining. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio Kentucky Indiana. Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F. Doubleday hardcover
Allyn and Bacon. Hardcover. B000MFYTB4 Book is in okay shape no tears scribbles or underlining a little general wear looks like the first blank page is missing from a smoke-free environment. Items are typically shipped in a plastic bag in a cardboard cradle in a manila envelope. Most of my customers rave about my packaging. All US items are shipped with delivery confirmation if you require this please let me know. . Fair. Allyn and Bacon hardcover
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History 1939. First edition. Illustrated. xxii ii 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. xxii ii 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological unknown
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History 1939. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological unknown
London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Eleven pamphlets plus the Supplement bound in contemporary green sheep-backed marbled boards. Spine defective edges rubbed some light spotting or browning of leaves else very good copies of these. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Stamp Duty Challenged. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." The pamphlets contained are "An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830; "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England" 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; "A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830; "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830; "A Political Miscllany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830; "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. with an 8 page supplement printed at the Published of the Office of the Political Letters 18 Dec. 1830; "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830; "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830; "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown
London: 56 Regents Park Road 1875. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. On a stub attached to a larger colored sheet some discoloration of larger sheet folds else very good. 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Writing to Youmans that he is sending the last corrected revise of his lecture as asking for the earliest insertion into the magazine continuing that he will be giving his lecture on Human Automatism at Belfast on the 27th "which wil be rather supplemental to thatn an repetition of my Glasgow lecture. If it is well reported as I expect it will be in one of the Belfast papers would a revised Report be of any value to you" Carpenter was noted for his research in botany microscopy zoology and physiology and was a co-leader of the research team in 1868-70 on the deep sea scientific expedition aboard the "Lightning" and "Challenger." Youmans was the founder of "Popular Science Monthly' and planned the "International Scientific Series" he was a noted lecturer on science and author of several works. Provenance: From the autograph collection of W. P. Webster 56 Regents Park Road unknown
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1985. Octavo pp. i-ix x-xi xii 1 2-235 236-244: blank note: last four leaves are blanks cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with faded spine panel. #23814 Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
Savannah GA: Review Printing Co 1934. Oblong 4to. 43 pp. printed double-page Chinese style. Original cloth-backed printed boards; paper browned else very good. First edition "souvenir edition" #35 of an unspecified limited edition. An alphabet book of Georgia history told in rhyme it is the "first book printed on newsprint made from Georgia Pine Pulp; cover printed on paper made from Georgia cypress." OCLC locates 12 copies but only three outside Georgia Library of Congress Brown Virginia. <br/><br/> Review Printing Co hardcover
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Purple cloth over boards gilt lettering on top pane and spine. Spine heavily sunned some sunning fading on front panel. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Binding sound. Top edge gilt. There is some foxing throughout. Numerous drawings and photographs tipped in. This is the autobiography of the former canon of Westminster and Clerk of Closet to the King also former Bishop of Ripon. Lacking DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover. 0805009469 1989 Henry Holt and Company; 1ST EDITION/PRINTING; NO DUST JACKET; HC; Cover: shelf & edge wears o/w great condition; Fore-edge: minor age grime/tanning; Content: clean tight & unmarked; Ships Quick . Very Good. Henry Holt & Co hardcover
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