1955Best.-Nr. 132487London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1955. Eight vintage full-color still photographs from the 1955 Spanish-English film. Based on the 1946 Kate O'Brien novel "For One Sweet Grape" about Ana the Princess of Eboli who wears a black patch over one eye a result of fighting a duel in defense of her king. 8 x 10 inches. A couple of corner creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 132489Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1936. Original US herald for the 1936 film. Lang's first Hollywood film and second talkie considered one of his finest efforts and one of three films in 1936 that propelled Spencer Tracy to the upper echelons of stardom. An important precursor to film noir which would develop directly from the expressionist style Lang and others brought to Hollywood from Germany beginning in the early 1930s. 6.75 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine quite bright with a coupe of tiny closed tears and light creasing to the top edge. National Film Registry. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US Precursor. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 131858Cedar Rapids IA: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 1998. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran December 12 1998 through February 14 1999. Essay by Donald Bartlett Doe and Lesley Wright who also right the rest of the captions as well. Includes numerous illustrations. A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some minor fading near the spine. Errata slip laid in. Uncommon. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. 124290Chicago IL: Richard Gray Gallery 1999. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 4 through April 9 1999 in Chicago and February 13 through March 13 1999 in New York. Brief essay by Tom Armstrong. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in stapled wrappers in a very near fine dust jacket. Uncommon. Richard Gray Gallery unknown books
1907Best.-Nr. 19668Danbury Conn: The Danbury Medical Printing Co. Inc 1907. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first edition of The "Dutchess County Regiment" in the Civil War inscribed by Colonel Joseph H. Cogswell who served in the regiment. This work is based on the writings of Rev. Edward O. Bartlett and edited by S. G. Cook and Charles E. Benton. Octavo xv 1 512pp 2. Publisher's maroon cloth title stamped in gilt on the spine. With frontispiece and illustrated plates. Regimental roster on pp. 347-486. Bookplate of American historian and author Peter Cozzens on the front pastedown. Inscribed by Colonel Joseph H. Cogswell veteran officer of the 150th New York Volunteer Infantry. Cogswell recruited Company A and served initially as its captain later rising to major and lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He fought with the 150th through its campaigns at Gettysburg Atlanta Sherman's March to the Sea and the Carolinas. Two portraits of Cogswell affixed to rear endpapers. Nevins I p. 73 Dornbusch I 558. The 150th New York Volunteer Infantry was raised principally in Dutchess County and mustered into service in October 1862. After duty at Baltimore the regiment joined the XII Corps in time for Gettysburg and later served with the XX Corps in the Atlanta Campaign Sherman's March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign including Bentonville. The Danbury Medical Printing Co., Inc unknown books
1855Best.-Nr. 376264Cambridge: John Bartlett 1855. First edition. vii viii errata 295 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth spine titled in gilt. Two scuffs to spine front flyleaf excised; faint traces of damp to fore edge of a few leaves. Very good. Morocco backed folding box. First edition. vii viii errata 295 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive copy of the first edition of this cornerstone of shared cultural references which went through nine editions in the compiler's lifetime. Grolier Hundred 64 John Bartlett unknown books
1842Best.-Nr. 369074London: George Virtue 1842. Engraved vignette title-pages in each volume map of Ireland in vol. I engraved by W. Hughes and 118 engraved plates after William Henry Bartlett's drawings. vi 170; iv 186 pp. Joseph Rickerby Printer Sherbourn Lane. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters contempoary purple Morocco a.e.g. Bartlett William. Engraved vignette title-pages in each volume map of Ireland in vol. I engraved by W. Hughes and 118 engraved plates after William Henry Bartlett's drawings. vi 170; iv 186 pp. Joseph Rickerby Printer Sherbourn Lane. 2 vols. 4to. BAL 22766 George Virtue unknown books
1850Best.-Nr. 369088London: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co 1850. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco by "Gray Binder" some minor wear. Second Edition. Engraved title frontispiece map double-page panorama of Alexandria on thin paper and 31 engravings including a map woodcuts all by Bartlett. vi ii 218pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blackmer 89; Hilmy I55 First edition Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co unknown books
1851Best.-Nr. 46359New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Bartlett William Henry 1809-54. The Nile boat; or glimpses of the land of Egypt. vi 2 218 2 adverts.pp. 34 engraved plates including frontispiece; wood-engraved text illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 254 x 171 mm. Original publisher's cloth binding of dark blue morocco-grain cloth top edges gilt the covers featuring an Egyptian felucca within an elaborately decorated Egyptian architectural frame. Very fine apart from some very slight wear at the spine. First American Edition first published in London in 1849. The binding for the American edition differs from that used for the British editions. . Harper & Brothers unknown books
1886Best.-Nr. 791321886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. Bartlett Adelaide Defendant. Beal Edward Editor. Clarke Edward Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court Monday April 12 to Saturday April 17th 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. x 313 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 6". Original cloth. Bookplate of "Sir John Hall of Dunglass Baronet" to front pastedown. Some shelfwear and dampstaining binding somewhat cocked. Internally clean. A good copy. $95. The Dunglass family was a noble Scottish family. The plate may belong to Sir John Richard Hall of Dunglass 9th Bt 1865-1928 who was an author and decorated serviceman appointed to Commander Order of the British Empire. thepeerage.com. One of the more unusual and baffling English murder cases it involved liquid chloroform and an incestuous family. Mrs. Bartlett the lover of her brother-in-law was accused of poisoning her husband in order to inherit his estate. How she murdered him remains a mystery however. Although chloroform was found in his stomach no traces were found in his mouth or throat. Unable to determine how she could have killed her husband the jury did not convict Mrs. Bartlett. unknown books
1916Best.-Nr. 48327New York: Robert H. Dodd 1916. First edition. Very good. Uncommon early twentieth century catalogue of Cruikshank's original works and illustrated books offered by Robert Dodd dealer and head of Dodd Mead's rare book department. 8.5'' x 6''. Original saddle-stapled wrappers. 40 pages. Dodd's printed presentation slip laid in. Moderate toning and soil to wrappers; light scuffing to extremities. Light foxing throughout. Robert H. Dodd unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 34298Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. 224 pp. In dustjacket. In near-fine condition. Oxford University Press unknown books
1689Best.-Nr. 313961Gloucestershire England 1689. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. Cut vertically down the center with significant loss of text. Verso worn but text on recto clear and bright. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane 305 x 540 mm. The parties involved in this document hailed from Bourton-on-the-Hill and Nether Swell Gloucestershire both in the Cotswolds district of England. The document which has been cut in half vertically a contemporary practice for such documents appears to concern the rights of widows. An attractive item related to Gloucestershire history written in English in a clear and unfaded hand. unknown books
1854Best.-Nr. 66997New York: D. Appleton & Company 1854. First edition issued simultaneously with the two volume edition. Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. Publisher's original brown cloth decoratively blindstamped. Illustrated with 2 folding frontispieces large folding map of US and Mexican border area 14 tinted lithograph plates including the Tucson plate not called for 29 full-page woodcuts and many smaller text cuts throughout. Spine rubbed along extremities edges bumped. Overall a very good copy of a very thick book. Howes. Howes. Streeter. Streeter. HBS 66997. $1250. D. Appleton & Company unknown books
1840Best.-Nr. 238057London: George Virtue 1840. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. In HARPER'S binding of half purple-morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Harper was likely the American distributor; extremities slightly rubbed vol. II covers soiled plates with scattered light foxing mostly marginal overall a very attractive copy. First edition state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States portrait and two engraved title pages tissue guards. 2 vols. 4to. Originally published in 30 parts without text and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form this is a beautiful series of views showing principal cities and scenic views engraved from drawings Bartlett made during a visit to America and Canada 1837-1838. He stayed with his collaborator the poet N.P. Willis and accompanied him on a trip West. A handsome survey of the New World. Sabin 3784; Howes B209; BAL 22755; Abbey Travel 651 George Virtue unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 61768London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co 1853. First edition. 28 steel engravings and numerous woddcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt t.e.g. Upper hinge tender head of spine chipped else Near Fine. First edition. 28 steel engravings and numerous woddcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Howes B-631; Sabin 3789 Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 239074London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co. R. Clay Printer. Bread Street Hill 1853. First edition. 28 steel engraved plates by Bartlett and numerous woodcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original publisher's pebbled purple morocco gilt extra a.e.g. minor rubbing and wear else very good. Bookplate of John Lane Merriam. First edition. 28 steel engraved plates by Bartlett and numerous woodcuts. xii 13-240 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Engravings by Bartlett 1809-1854 as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY 1840. Sabin 3789 "The principal merit of this work is in the fine plates" Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill] unknown books
1860Best.-Nr. 18645New York: A.B. Burdick 1860. Authorized Edition. Cloth. Very good. From the library of Judge William H. Holt the "Authorized Edition" of Abraham Lincoln The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln by David Bartlett. Octavo vii 1 15-357pp 5. Brown pebbled cloth title in gilt. Rubbing to tips some light foxing to text block. Rear hinge stable but cloth is fraying. Frontispiece portrait of Lincoln. Sabin 3724 Howes B198 Monaghan 26 This copy bears the ownership inscription of William H. Holt the first judge of the United States District Court of Puerto Rico appointed by President McKinley in 1900. This work by D.W. Bartlett 1828-1912 was the second book length biography of the Republican presidential candidate in 1860. It was announced by H. Dayton of New York on May 19th and released on June 4th. The first publication was released in paper wrappers but was followed by the "Authorized Edition" two weeks later with various publication imprints. The Lincoln campaign authorized no campaign biographies so this was a stretch for the publisher to claim. Horrocks 48. A.B. Burdick unknown books
1867Best.-Nr. 13718Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brother 1867. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition of the Memoirs of Rhode Island Officers by J.R. Bartlett published in 1867. Quarto viii 452pp. Paper boards over maroon cloth title on label affixed to spine. Rubbing to spine joints shaken reinforced at hinges. Complete with one plate and 34 engraved portraits all with tissue covers. All portraits in fine condition. Includes errata slip. Sabin 3744. A scarce complete work. This work is by John Russell Bartlett. Sidney S. Rider & Brother unknown books
1871Best.-Nr. TK0421Boston:: Little Brown 1871. 1871. 8vo. xii 778 pp. Contemporary full brown morocco gilt spine title blind-tooled covers raised bands a.e.g. gilt inner dentelles marbled endsheets. Early ownership signature of Cora Lee Clark 1872; bookplate of John Hamilton Rice. Very good. This volume contains a split-double with two cricketing fore-edge paintings of a BOWLER and BATSMAN. Each painting is labelled on the scene itself. This fore-edge painting was commissioned by Harrington’s with their cost-codes present. Painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton not confirmed. Little, Brown, 1871. hardcover books
1941Best.-Nr. 69303Manila: University of the Philippines 1941. 8vo pp. 2 111-200 2; 25 figures in text; printed paper wrappers; owner's stamp on wrapper short split to spine and light rubbing to edges text clean and sound very good. Includes the articles: "Cinchona cultivation and the production of totaquina in the Philippines" and "Filamentous myxophyceae of the Philippines family Oscillatoriaceae. University of the Philippines unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 66044Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1968. First edition large 8vo pp. li 3 733 1; lexicon in double column; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press unknown books
1855Best.-Nr. 62768Cambridge: John Bartlett 1855. First edition 12mo pp. vii 1 295 1; original blue cloth boards decorated in blind gilt title on spine; light wear to extremities very good. Grolier American 100 64: "There were nine editions in Bartlett's lifetime . This "nest-egg of the mind" the phrase is Christopher Morley's is as essential to the American living-room as the cook book to the American kitchen. John Bartlett unknown books
1855Best.-Nr. 59316London: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co 1855. Large 8vo pp. viii 4 202; engraved title page frontispiece and 20 plates one folding 18 text illustrations; full black polished calf gilt decorated spine in six compartments red morocco label in one marbled endpapers and edges; joints just starting later gift inscription: "Presented to the Supreme Council 33 degrees A.: A.: S.: R.: N. M. J. by William F. E. Gunley of Chicago 33 degrees Chicago Illinois August 7 1939." With the Council's stamp and an earlier bookplate on endpapers; very good. William Henry Bartlett was a prolific illustrator mostly of landscapes and a well-travelled author. His writing was workmanlike and served mainly to frame his illustrations which were popular during his time. He died of a brief illness in the process of producing this book and it was published posthumously. Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co unknown books
1880Best.-Nr. 519594Oakland California: Privately Printed for the Author / Printed at The Oakland Evening Tribune Office 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 212pp/ Reddish-brown cloth stamped in gold and decorated in black. Binding is faded on spine with moderate wear at tips of spine faint uneven darkening on rear cover slight paper residue on lower front pastedown from bookseller's nameplate else a very good copy with text quite fresh and clean. Author's Private Edition so stated on title page. The author states that 'This series of papers. were originally published in the 'Overland Monthly'. A small private edition in book form has been printed at the insistance of friends who read these essays years ago. If these pages disclose more of the freedom of outdoor life than the philosophy of private meditation it is because the author loves the woods better than the town." from two-page preface by W. C. Bartlett. A collection of nine essays many inspired by travel in California including 'A Week in Mendocino' 'A Day on the Los Gatos' 'Shadows of St. Helena' etc.; one of the essays has a brief discussion of Mark Twain's travels in California pp. 196-197. Privately Printed for the Author / (Printed at The Oakland Evening Tribune Office) hardcover books
