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1994ref. 9010757Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Second printing. Author's first book. Milkweed Editions hardcover books
1980ref. 9010756New York: George Braziller 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. George Braziller hardcover books
2003ref. 9006951New York: Simon & Schuster 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. 352 pp. Bound in paper covered boards with the spine stamped in silver. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1987ref. 9002597Ontario: Camden House 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Ernie Sparks. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and in color. Bound in the publisher's original cream cloth with the title stamped in silver on the spine. Camden House hardcover books
1882ref. 39128Albany: Weed Parsons 1882. 8vo 23 cm 9.25". 1 f. ii 108 pp. plans. County by country report of hospitals for the insane and mentally incapacitated with a few plans of buildings. Includes details of diets clothing activities treatment. Carpenter served in various important capacities in the mental health community of New York state including as the Commissioner for the Second Judicial District. Publisher's printed blue wrappers. Wrappers starting to detach some chipping. A good copy. Weed, Parsons hardcover books
1833ref. 17583Boston: Lincoln Edmands and Co. 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. First American From the Latest London. Frontisv6-408pp. Good solid copy in brown cloth with paper spine label. Label and cloth are faded but the book is tightly bound and internally clean. Lincoln, Edmands and Co. hardcover books
1954ref. 5087Newport Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern 1954. Limited. Collectible; Very Good. BEAUTIFULLLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1954 specially bound and numbered edition. #73 of 125 copies so designated on the limitation page and bound in 1/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Solid and clean and VG. Internally immaculate and just the sightest hint of light fraying at the outer hinges. Quarto 218 pgs. A very presentable copy and scarce as such. Signed by Author. The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern hardcover books
1898ref. 4870Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co 1898. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1898 1st edition in wonderful pictorial boards. Clean and VG with fragile--but still sturdy-- hinges and binding understandable given its age. Octavo unpaginated. "A Companion and Sequel to Mother Goose Melodies" M.A. Donohue & Co hardcover books
1811ref. 5659Cambridge MA: William Hillard 1811. 12mo. xvi 217 1 pp. 3 ff.; 4 maps. Shaw & Shoemaker 22481. Contemporary sheep; spine with red leather title label gilt-lettered. Leather dry cracked and abraded with some loss at head and foot of spine. Pages and maps with light to moderate browning; many leaves dog-eared not maps though. All edges speckled blue. Ownership inscription in ink on front pastedown. William Hillard hardcover books
1962ref. 3683New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. SIGNED BY ASTRONAUT SCOTT CARPENTER on the half-title. A handsome copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st printing. Clean tightly-bound and VG in a bright price-intact Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo 352 pgs. Tasteful former owner bookplate to front blank endpaper. Signed by Author. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1892ref. 29454Paris: Choudens Fils PN A.C. 8922 1892. Large octavo. Quarter grey cloth with marbled boards manuscript titling to spine. 1f. recto decorative title verso blank 1f. recto dedication verso blank 1f. recto cast list and list of acts verso blank xi libretto i blank 1f. recto notes on first performances named cast lists and contents verso blank 147 i blank pp. Named cast for the Conservatoire National performance includes Tarquini d'Or Cossira Grimaud and Wyns and for the Théâtre National performance Fiérens Vaguet Renaud and Héglon. Binding worn rubbed stained and shaken; hinges split. Occasional light foxing; some signatures split; title soiled and mostly detached; handstamps throughout; old plastic tape to inner margin of two leaves. First Edition. First performed in Paris at the Conservatoire National on May 18 1892 and at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra on June 17 1892. "Charpentier carried his spirit of revolt to the Villa Medici and like Debussy before him escaped from Rome to Paris on several occasions. He managed however to write the nucleus of his life's work there: the orchestral suite Impressions d'Italie the symphonie-drame La vie du poète a latterday Lélio and most of the libretto and the first act of his most famous work Louise. Charpentier's growing success in the 1890s with La vie du poète and open-air extravaganzas like the Sérénade à Watteau and La couronnement de la muse coupled with the expected scandal attached to the opera's promiscuous theme and the excitement of the Paris Exhibition led to a box-office triumph in February 1900 though the composer had nearly starved during the previous year. The vociferous young left wing hailed him as the saviour of French music though it was undoubtedly the sociological ideals of this first opera of women's liberation rather than its music which appealed." Robert Orledge in Grove Music Online. Choudens Fils [PN A.C. 8922] unknown books
ref. 23427Colour photo-mechanical portrait printed in tones of sepia red black and tan with short textual addition below portrait. Published in the satiric journal L'Assiette au Beurre in 1902. Sheet size 313 x 241 mm. With portrait of the French composer Theodore Dubois 1837-1924 to verso. Fine impression on tan wove paper. Slightly worn browned and brittle; very minor chipping to edges. unknown books
ref. B20C-wora0428Appleton. Collectible - Very Good. NY: Appleton 1890. American Edition Later printing. First published 1874 in London. lxvi7371pp. Thick 12mo. Printed decorative brown cloth with gilt lettering. Moderate cover staining and shelfwear VG. Weight: 1 pound 14.0 ounces = 854 grams. Size: 8.0 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches = 20 x 13.5 x 3.8cm. Inquire if you need further information. Gach Appleton hardcover books
1966ref. 67970NY:: Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Part of The Great Explorers Series. First printing. Previous owner's blind-stamp on half-title page else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Delacorte Press, hardcover books
ref. 217424 measures being the opening measures of the concerto in piano score marked "Allegro" at head and dated "March '39." Notated in ink on an album leaf 89 x 145 mm. An American composer "Carpenter's later works the majority of them instrumental continued to bring him much acclaim notably the beautiful and assertive Quintet in Three Movements the Violin Concerto often performed by Balokovic and the Second Symphony performed first by Walter and the New York PO." Thomas C. Pierson in Grove Music Online. unknown books
1989ref. 1342632New York: Farrar Strauss & Giroux 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Yellow spine with Green and Brown text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering some edgewear some shelfwear; Boards strong some edgewear slight shelfwear; Textblock has spotting along edges; 122 pp. 1342632. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux hardcover books
1905ref. WRCAM55252Mansfield Oh.: Melville A. Pollock 1905. 56pp. including ten full-page illustrations. Modern tan morocco gilt silk pastedowns lacks original wrappers. Recent bookseller's ticket on verso of rear free endpaper. Slight residue on endpapers from rubbing from pastedowns. Fine. An uncommon account of a two-week hunting excursion in the Sierras of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Carpenter from Ohio was primarily hunting deer and his small group departed El Paso Texas on October 23 1905 headed for their base at Casas Grandes some 165 miles to the south. Carpenter's companions were brothers from El Paso: J.F. Bennett referred to as "the Treasurer" and Hilario F. Bennett "the Photographer". Carpenter describes their hunting experiences the deer and other animals that they shot life in camp an awful meal at a Chinese restaurant their first night in Chihuahua and the Mexican landscape and people he encountered. He devotes much space to the habits and abilities of his Mexican guide called Valentine and the final chapter is an appreciation of the Mexican people. The text was edited by Melville Pollock who is also the publisher. OCLC locates eight copies at Colorado State University Library of Congress New Mexico State University Mansfield-Richland County Public Library in Ohio DeGolyer Library Autry Museum and two at Yale. PHILLIPS SPORTING BOOKS p.71. HELLER 49. OCLC 22550271 166503162. Melville A. Pollock unknown books
2004ref. 163975Florence Italy: Gli Ori and by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc 2004. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 279 pages. Features an introductory interview of Sonfist by Robert Rosenblum. Essays by Wolfgang Becker Jonathan Carpenter Lawrence Alloway Michael Danoff John Grande and Uwe Ruth. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Sonfist on the front free endpaper to a long time New York Times art critic and editor. Scarce signed. Gli Ori and by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc unknown books
1866ref. WRCAM52261Philadelphia 1866. 15316pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Binding worn and rubbed. Very good. An interesting carpenter's account book from 19th-century Philadelphia containing a voluminous amount of entries listing client names types of carpentry work done and the costs thereof. Internal evidence his name on pages 52 and 114 suggests that this belonged to Philadelphia carpenters John and W.H. Martin. The accounts start on July 22 1835 exactly one month after the 1835 Philadelphia general strike ended. Workers' rights and formative unions owe much to this strike in Philadelphia the first general strike by wage workers in North America. The strike helped alleviate long hours and low pay by involving some 20000 workers who demanded a ten-hour work day and increased wages. The strike was very successful ending in an almost complete victory for the workers. About half of the ledger deals with work done in the first five years in which it was kept 1835-1840. There are no entries from June 1847 to June 1849 and only sporadic entries from 1857 to the final entries in 1866; most of the rest of the accounts are from 1840 to 1855 except the two-year hiatus. The account book lists a wide assortment of different types of work accomplished by carpenters including framing putting up awnings "repairing a privey seat" hanging doors and windows putting up lightning rods making shutters mending floors and much more. In addition Martin seemed to occasionally make furniture specifically benches and tables for which there are some entries here. It also contains important information on the prices paid by tradesmen for supplies in Philadelphia at the time mostly lumber and nails in this case. Although there is no explicit ownership signature both internal evidence and other material purchased from the same estate suggest John Martin as the principal craftsperson and W.H. Martin as an employee or other principal of the business. The ledger offers much insight into American trade in one of its most important cities at a time of immense growth. A fascinating account book with much detail on the development of Philadelphia private homes in the middle of the 19th century. hardcover books
1848ref. 010718London: David Bogue 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Publisher's gilt and blind-stamped decorated green cloth with gilt-stamped illustrated spine. Bindings tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine Sun-faded. First Edition First Printing. 12mo. 6.75 inches tall; viii 153 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings vignettes. A handsome copy. From the Preface: The object of the following pages is to furnish the young and inexperienced angler with what has been long wanted not only a complete guide to the art of Angling but to all the whereabouts of every kind of fish that the rivers of England produce……. …….The different descriptions of tackle and of bait appropriate to the several varieties of sport the best places for resorting to and the most likely means of averting disappointment in case of accident are all treated of while the various rivers of England are traced from their source to their fall and the multifarious kinds of fish with which they abound are carefully noted. REF: Westwood & Satchell 50; Albee 34; Heckscher 357 David Bogue hardcover books
1988ref. 65603Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1988. First edition. 246 pp w/notes & index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
1979ref. 59597NY: Simon & Schuster 1979. First edition. Small red ink mark to bottom edge else near fine in near fine dust jacket. NY: Simon & Schuster unknown books
1925ref. 58755London: George Allen & Unwin 1925. First edition. Spine slightly faded else nearly fine. First edition of these two complementary studies of Shelley both focusing on his psychosexual nature. Carpenter in the first part of the book is "impelled to conclude that the poet's nature was really intermediate or double in character -- INTERMEDIATE as between the masculine and feminine or DOUBLE as having that twofold outlook upon the world. The time has gone by when a remark of this kind could be interpreted as derogatory." In the second part Barnefield brings forward "considerable positive evidence from Shelley's life and writings to show that in him was a strangely double nature and that there was certainly a homosexual COMPONENT in his make-up." London: George Allen & Unwin unknown books
1911ref. 58754London: George Allen 1911. First separate UK edition. 67 pp. Light foxing to the fore-edge and preliminaries else fine; an unusually crisp copy with the spine still snowy white. First separate British edition originally published in FROM ADAM'S PEAK TO ELEPHANTA 1892 with a new Preface by the author. Attractive bookplate of Ileene Knox. London: George Allen, unknown books
1987ref. 58220London: Unwin Hyman 1987. First UK edition. x 246 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. London: Unwin Hyman unknown books
