Wakefield Mass 1885. Near Fine. 1 photograph 11 x 19 cm. mounted. Approx. 1885. Shows the brick firehouse "Lucius Beebe No. 1" and a gazebo in Wakefield Mass. Caption on the back in pencil reads: "Steamer Lucius Beebe no. 1. House on commons facing Church St. formerly Housed old Yale engine. torn down 1900." The Silsby Steamer "Lucius Beebe No. 1" was named for Lucius Beebe 1810-1884 a businessman who lived in Wakefield Mass. for many years. The public library was also named for him. In Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed. unknown
1895. Very Good. 1 photograph 16 x 11 cm. mounted. Approx. 1895. Shows part of a parade of horse-drawn vehicles. Banner on center vehicle reads "Hardly Able Hook & Ladder We Save the Cellar"; the last word or words are blocked from sight. A comic float; the people on the vehicle are wearing masks. There are electric wires running overhead to a pole with an early incandescent street light. In Very Good Condition: slightly rubbed and soiled. unknown
Syracuse N.Y.: Syracuse University Press 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. DePol John. 4 34 2 p.: wood engravings; 18 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; small illustrated paste-down on front cover. With original gilt-printed clear plastic dust jacket. Black endpapers. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slight ding in upper edge of front cover; otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: 4-cm. tear from upper edge at spine; otherwise intact. Syracuse University Press hardcover
London Eng: Whittaker & Co 1835. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good -. 2 volumes: xxiv 379 5 p.; 389 5 p.: hand-colored frontispiece and hand-colored title vignette in each volume 18 hand-colored plates several in-text drawings in each volume; 21 cm. Original dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and decoration; all boards have blind-stamped decoration. Yellow endpapers. In Good- Condition: front hinge of vol. 1 completely separated and front free endpaper and frontispiece of vol. 1 detached but present text block is otherwise solid and binding is in one piece; spines are sunned; cloth lacking at ends of spines; corners are bumped; covers are slightly soiled; title pages are foxed; otherwise only occasional light foxing; pages and plates are otherwise clean and tight. Whittaker & Co hardcover
London: James Ridgway 1841. Fine. Drake Miss. Hand-colored botanical engraving of the Golden Cleome Cleome lutea. 25 x 16 cm. With accompanying text describing the plant. This engraving is dated Dec. 1841 and signed: Miss Drake del.; G. Barclay sc. In Fine Condition. A very attractive hand-colored botanical engraving from the mid-19th century. James Ridgway unknown
1877. Good. Depicting the Satsuma Rebellion. Each volume 17.5 by 11.5. Together 32 pp. 31 of which have woodblock prints. The Satsuma Rebellion was the last major uprising of Samurai against the newly formed Meiji government. The rebellion was the subject of the Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai". Covers with brightly colored woodblock prints. unknown
Paris: Edition de la Galerie Charpentier 1946. Limited First Edition. Folio with slipcase. Near Fine. Exemplaire imprime pour Madame Fernand Leval and thus presumably among the small number of copies reserved for collaborateurs of the work. Folio 33 by 26 cm. 98 1 pp. Evocative charcoal drawings by Ayme. Clean with minor wear and some sunning to the perimeter of the slipcase. Edition de la Galerie Charpentier unknown
London: Dean and Son. First edition presumed. Paper on boards. Fair. N.d. circa 1850s. Folio 13.5 by 10 inches. Not paginated 33 leaves including title page with printing on only one side per leaf. Wonderful hand-colored illustrations by unnamed artists but many with the qualiy of Tenniel. Some form part of a loose story narrative and others are part of a looser verse bond. Particularly appealing are the feline illustrations which come in several places most notably part of "The Cat Party". The leaves do not appear to have been bound in a proper order as this particular narrative moves in reverse. It is all somewhat chaotic yet charmingly so. Also a stand-out is the imagery of the "London Toy Warehouse". While some of the animal imagery is straightforward and pedestrian this is more than dominated by that which is humorous unexpected and inspired. The book was surely intended both to instruct and amuse and it is this twin objective that underlies its dual tone. The boards which are covered by illustrated paper pasted on are soiled and chewed up in the corners and the edges are rough. There are a fair number of closed tears inside near the front that were less than deftly repaired with tape some of which remains. Some soilage throughout. Still most of the imagery remains bright and appealing. Dean and Son unknown
Doubleday New York 1952 First edition no indication of printing. Copyright 1947 this edition marked 1952 on title page. Hardbound. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Price clipped although the top of the price information is visible. A tight unmarked copy some wear to jacket. With mylar dust jacket protector. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Doubleday (New York) hardcover
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