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1927rif. 56971Boston And NY: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards gilt titles. First edition. Gilt dulled lower points slightly bumped/exposed. Poetry for an adult audience. The colorful DJ has chipping/shallow losses toned spine. Flap price $2.00.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 91 pages . Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1927rif. 4870houghton mifflin company. First Edition. Hardcover. "Capricious Winds" by Helen Birch Bartlett is a vintage first edition poetry book published in 1927 by Houghton Mifflin Company. The book is intended for an adult audience and features original English language poetry by the author. With its classic hardcover format and inspiring content this vintage book is a valuable addition to any poetry lover's collection offering a glimpse into the literary world of the early 20th century in the United States.; 18.00 x 8.00 x 1.00 . 1927. houghton mifflin company hardcover
1987rif. 85704Albuquerque 1987. Quarto. Comb-bound manuscript with clear acetate covers; variously paginated. Xerographically reproduced from typescript. Inscribed on cover sheet: "For Nathaniel / one of three copies of the uncorrected MS - " signed dated 2/5/87. Fine with Tarn's editorial markings throughout and occasional author's corrections in ink. Bartlett's magisterial study of William Everson based on original research as well as dozens of interviews during Everson's lifetime remains the standard biography of the poet. Bartlett a poet editor and Professor of English at the University of New Mexico is considered the greatest authority on Everson; among his numerous published books on the poet are the current title published by New Directions in 1988; William Everson: A Descriptive Bibliography 1977; Benchmark and Blaze: the Emergence of William Everson 1979 and several others. This one of three uncorrected pre-publication manuscripts of The Life is inscribed to Bartlett's friend and New Mexico colleague the poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn. PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from Tarn's library in Santa Fe New Mexico. unknown
1987rif. 85704Albuquerque 1987. Quarto. Comb-bound manuscript with clear acetate covers; variously paginated. Xerographically reproduced from typescript. Inscribed on cover sheet: "For Nathaniel / one of three copies of the uncorrected MS - " signed dated 2/5/87. Fine with Tarn's editorial markings throughout and occasional author's corrections in ink. Bartlett's magisterial study of William Everson based on original research as well as dozens of interviews during Everson's lifetime remains the standard biography of the poet. Bartlett a poet editor and Professor of English at the University of New Mexico is considered the greatest authority on Everson; among his numerous published books on the poet are the current title published by New Directions in 1988; William Everson: A Descriptive Bibliography 1977; Benchmark and Blaze: the Emergence of William Everson 1979 and several others. This one of three uncorrected pre-publication manuscripts of The Life is inscribed to Bartlett's friend and New Mexico colleague the poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn. PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from Tarn's library in Santa Fe New Mexico. unknown books
1855rif. ABE-1625177066332Cambridge: John Bartlett 1855 Stamped decorated red cloth Small 8vo. 295pp. FIRST EDITION. Good condition tiny bit of loss at both spine ends. Pages very good age toned. RARE. No World Cat listings for this edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cambridge: John Bartlett hardcover
rif. 1415439A set of 20 hand-colored engravings depicting various scenes of Canada. Each is individually matted unframed and sealed in protective plastic wraps. Dimensions: mat 10 x 12 in.; image 6 x 8 in. In very good condition with light age toning. Boris "Bailo" Baranovic was born September 24 1929 in Šibenik in Dalmacija on the coast of Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia. He identified as "BB" for Boris Bailo a nickname he used or Boris Baranovic. He was a renowned artist known for his unique blend of traditional and contemporary styles. His work often explored themes of identity and culture earning him recognition in various exhibitions throughout his career. 1415439. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1856rif. 218130Providence: A. Crawford Greene 1856. hardcover. poor. A few portraits. 10 volumes. 8vo original brown cloth. Providence: A. Crawford Greene 1856-1865. The records begin in the year 1636 and end with state records for the year 1792. Volume one has been rebound in modern library buckram and was inscribed by the editor. John Bartlett was the Secretary of State of Rhode Island for seventeen years. All volumes except Vol. I are worn at the spine ends and have been crudely repaired with black tape. The front inner hinge is weak in Vol. V. The set is ex-lib from the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York and has library markings from two other libraries. A. Crawford Greene unknown
1866rif. 11112Boston: Draper and Halliday 1866. Original printed wrappers top wrapper only chipped needs re-sewing first few leaves loose; very fragile. Interior fine. Uncut and unopened. One of the most comprehensive bibliographies of the literature of the Civil War. Sabin 3743. Draper and Halliday unknown
rif. 33bnVirtue & Co. Hardcover. Fair. this appears to be the expanded edition published in about 1850 it is undated.there are 144 plates almost all of them complete with tissue guards. 2 volumes in one. the original quarter leather boards are very worn and marked and there is some damp staining that has affected the top few centimeters these do not impact on the plates themselves but only affect the edges. there are age related marks and small defects and the hinges have been strengthened. the binding is good. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Virtue & Co hardcover
1988rif. 20611ENew York: New Directions 1988. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Lee Bartlett and by the poet William Everson as Brother Antoninus to Christopher Eskelli. Everson’s inscription is in a shaky hand due to Parkinson’s disease by which he was stricken in 1972 and reads: “for my old friend and Dominican Brother Christopher with love and admiration. Brother Antoninus Oct. 1988 Portland Oregon.” Beneath which is Bartlett’s inscription: “for Christopher Eskelli with great thanks for your help with this book. Lee Bartlett Portland.” Christopher Eskelli is included in the acknowledgments as having contributed to this biography via extended taped interviews with the author. Illustrated. Fine fresh copy in a fine dust jacket. William Everson 1912 - 1994 was one of the core members of what is known as the San Francisco Renaissance in poetry and was closely aligned with both Kenneth Rexroth and Robinson Jeffers. In 1951 he joined the Dominican Order in Oakland CA thus the name ‘Brother Antoninus’ and left it in 1969 following his heart marrying Susanna Rickson. He was poet-in-residence at the University of California Santa Cruz in the 1970s and 80s where he founded the Lime Kiln Press publishing his own poetry as well as that of Robinson Jeffers and Walt Whitman. New Directions unknown
1878rif. 019038Boston: Little Brown & Company 1878. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Front endpaper detached; hinges cracked. Slight fraying to the spine head. Good. Original cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to a noted abolitionist: "Mrs. Maria W. Chapman/with the respects of/John Bartlett/1878." With Chapman's early pencil signature using her maiden name above Bartlett's inscription. Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the radical antislavery leader William Lloyd Garrison. She edited THE LIBERATOR a widely-circulated abolitionist publication. Little, Brown & Company hardcover books
1866rif. 11112Boston: Draper and Halliday 1866. Original printed wrappers top wrapper only chipped needs re-sewing first few leaves loose; very fragile. Interior fine. Uncut and unopened. One of the most comprehensive bibliographies of the literature of the Civil War. Sabin 3743. Draper and Halliday unknown books
1856rif. 218130Providence: A. Crawford Greene 1856. hardcover. poor. A few portraits. 10 volumes. 8vo original brown cloth. Providence: A. Crawford Greene 1856-1865. The records begin in the year 1636 and end with state records for the year 1792. Volume one has been rebound in modern library buckram and was inscribed by the editor. John Bartlett was the Secretary of State of Rhode Island for seventeen years. All volumes except Vol. I are worn at the spine ends and have been crudely repaired with black tape. The front inner hinge is weak in Vol. V. The set is ex-lib from the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York and has library markings from two other libraries. A. Crawford Greene unknown books
rif. 1415439A set of 20 hand-colored engravings depicting various scenes of Canada. Each is individually matted unframed and sealed in protective plastic wraps. Dimensions: mat 10 x 12 in.; image 6 x 8 in. In very good condition with light age toning. Boris "Bailo" Baranovic was born September 24 1929 in Šibenik in Dalmacija on the coast of Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia. He identified as "BB" for Boris Bailo a nickname he used or Boris Baranovic. He was a renowned artist known for his unique blend of traditional and contemporary styles. His work often explored themes of identity and culture earning him recognition in various exhibitions throughout his career. 1415439. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1850rif. 287457London: Peter Jackson Late Fisher Son & Co. The Caxton Press 1850. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Wright and Buckingham’s historical descriptions of various places in Belgium the Rhine Italy Greece and the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean with engraved illustrations by various artists. Complete with two volumes bound in one. Vol. I is complete with all 73 plates called for in the ‘Contents’ though “Great Canal and Antique Gothic House” or “Ghent” is bound in at Vol. II p. 58 and “The City of Catania and Mount Etna” is bound in near Vol. II p. 152. Vol. II is lacking pp. 25-32 and pp. 49-56 and also lacks the eight plates that would have been in those two signatures. This is quite possibly a binder’s error as there does not appear to be any explicit damage to the textblock at those locations; the binder also misplaces a number of plates though most of these errors are simply a few pages off. Vol. I with all 73 plates. Vol. II with 73 of the 81 plates. Altogether with 146 of the 154 plates which includes the frontispieces and additional title pages engraved. Some foxing to the plates; previous owners’ names on the front pastedown and recto of the initial frontispiece lacking front endpaper. Surface wear to the joints spine and corners of the boards. Some soiling to the cloth covered boards. Half brown leather with designs in blind decorative gilt rules and gilt lettering and gray cloth covered boards. Very Good. Very Good binding. Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co. | The Caxton Press unknown
1850rif. 287457London: Peter Jackson Late Fisher Son & Co. The Caxton Press 1850. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Wright and Buckingham’s historical descriptions of various places in Belgium the Rhine Italy Greece and the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean with engraved illustrations by various artists. Complete with two volumes bound in one. Vol. I is complete with all 73 plates called for in the ‘Contents’ though “Great Canal and Antique Gothic House” or “Ghent” is bound in at Vol. II p. 58 and “The City of Catania and Mount Etna” is bound in near Vol. II p. 152. Vol. II is lacking pp. 25-32 and pp. 49-56 and also lacks the eight plates that would have been in those two signatures. This is quite possibly a binder’s error as there does not appear to be any explicit damage to the textblock at those locations; the binder also misplaces a number of plates though most of these errors are simply a few pages off. Vol. I with all 73 plates. Vol. II with 73 of the 81 plates. Altogether with 146 of the 154 plates which includes the frontispieces and additional title pages engraved. Some foxing to the plates; previous owners’ names on the front pastedown and recto of the initial frontispiece lacking front endpaper. Surface wear to the joints spine and corners of the boards. Some soiling to the cloth covered boards. Half brown leather with designs in blind decorative gilt rules and gilt lettering and gray cloth covered boards. Very Good. Very Good binding. Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co. | The Caxton Press unknown books
2012rif. 024974New York NY: Archipelago 2012. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. American First. First Archipelago Books Edition stated on verso of title page; signed iwth full signature and dated Vancouver 22/10/2014 by Karl Ove Knausgaard on the title page without inscription; first several pages have a light crease in the upper right hand corner; otherwise a solid clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 430 pages. Archipelago Paperback
2018rif. 34004Brooklyn NY: Archipelago Books 2018. Very Good /Very Good . Brooklyn NY: Archipelago Books 2013-2018. Volume I a 2nd printing and the rest all first printings. Six square octavo volumes. Illustrated dust jackets; multi-colored cloth boards. Mild rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jackets with a couple minor nicks; light shelfwear to boards. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better set of Knausgaard's series of autobiographies dealing with the "banalities and humiliations of his life. Archipelago Books unknown
2018rif. 34004Brooklyn NY: Archipelago Books 2018. Very Good /Very Good . Brooklyn NY: Archipelago Books 2013-2018. Volume I a 2nd printing and the rest all first printings. Six square octavo volumes. Illustrated dust jackets; multi-colored cloth boards. Mild rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jackets with a couple minor nicks; light shelfwear to boards. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good or better set of Knausgaard's series of autobiographies dealing with the "banalities and humiliations of his life. Archipelago Books unknown books
2014rif. 024973New York NY: Archipelago 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First hard cover U.S. edition; signed and dated Vancouver 21/10/2014 by Karl Ove knausgaard with full signature on the title page at the Vancouver Intenational Writers Festival; minimal wear; otherwise a solid clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 430 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Archipelago Hardcover
2013rif. 024739New York NY: Archipelago Books 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. American First. First Archipelago Books Edition 2013 stated on verso of title page; signed with his full signature and dated Vancouver 21/10//14 by Karl Ove Knausgaard at The Vancouver International Writer's Festival; a solid clean read only once copy in collectible condition; 576 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Archipelago Books Hardcover
1978rif. 095499The Society 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Published Without Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 316 pp. 252 pp. 64 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket in good plus to very good slipcase. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages referred to as signatures are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. The Society hardcover
rif. 74519E-291. Very Good. Hardcover & Paperback. 8vo. Published by The Society 1978. 316 pgs. 252 pgs. 64 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased in a paper slipcase. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Wrappers lightly rubbed and worn. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society founded in 1842 at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. It is one of the oldest Yale secret societies and reputedly the wealthiest. The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale along with Skull and Bones and Wolf's Head. Each spring the society admits fifteen rising seniors to participate in its activities and carry on its traditions. Scroll and Key was established by John Addison Porter with aid from several members of the Class of 1842 including Leonard Case Jr. And Theodore Runyon and a member of the Class of 1843 William L. Kingsley after disputes over elections to Skull and Bones Society. Kingsley is the namesake of the alumni organization the Kingsley Trust Association KTA incorporated years after its founding.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . paperback
1856rif. B3328New York: Virtue Yorston and Company n.d. c. 1856. Nearly all original tissue guards are still present. In very good condition in decorative period binding text and plates are generally clean and crisp. Binding: Decorative publisher’s ½ pebbled calf on morocco with gilt portrait of Washington in a floral border on upper boards spine in six gilt compartments of raised bands gilt text on two and four all edges gilt endpapers marbled. Size: 8vo Illustration: With a profusion of steel engravings by Bartlett depicting views of American cities and portraits of early American presidents and distinguished individuals together with a map of North America. Volume: Volumes 1 and 2 of 3. Pages: P. Volume 1. 4 blank frontis engraved title blank title blank preface iii-iv contents 2 list of plates blank map 1-698 4; Volume 2. 4 blank frontis engraved title blank title blank list of plates blank contents blank 3-720 4. Category: Book History Virtue, Yorston and Company hardcover
1848rif. 681P27London: Daisy Isbister & Co c1848. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 7". William Henry Bartlett. The second edition of William Henry Bartlett's work on his travels around Jerusalem illustrated profusely with his engravings. The second edition of this work. Unusually clean and bright. Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A lovely topographical travel work on Jerusalem in the mid nineteenth century. The work discusses ancient Jerusalem and takes the reader of three walks around the city. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page two folding plates twenty-two plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Written and illustrated by William Henry Bartlett a British artist known for his steel engravings. Label to the front pastedown 'Miss L. Wild from W. S. Binns. . in a slight degree his sense of her uniformly good . which a pupil at Highfield Academy Oldman 10 June 1878'. Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Crack to the head of the spine and head of the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light markings to the boards. A little discolouration to the spine. Prior owner's label to the front pastedown. Bookseller label to the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the odd spot and odd area of tidemarks. Leaf block B is working loose. Very Good Daisy Isbister & Co hardcover
