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1944réf. 554941Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with very nominal wear. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1938réf. 66439NY: Knopf 1938. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Light foxing to prelims else a very good hardback in an unclipped slightly darkened and rubbed jacket that has an internally tape repaired closed tear to the top of the rear joint. Knopf hardcover books
1981réf. 9832London: Prospect Books 1981. Quarto 2 lx 137 1 blank pages. Illustrated with two images "A Saxon Entertainment" and "The Peacock Feast" the later double-paged. Warner was a prominent English antiquarian and divine. Number 129 of 400 numbered copies. FACSIMILE; originally published 1791. This work was one of the first to examine the history of early English cookery at the forefront of a scholarly movement that developed over the last three centuries of the Eighteenth Century. The book contains: Warner's detailed introductory notes; The Forme of Cury copied from an ancient vellum roll thought to have been compiled about 1390 by the master cooks of Richard II; "Ancient Cookery A.D. 1381" another collection of recipes from the same vellum roll; Ancient Cookery a collection of recipes from a fifteenth century manuscript but which almost certainly dates from a much earlier period; Ancient Recipes to Preserve Fruits" from the mid-Seventeenth Century; and account of the enthronment feasts of George Neville as Archbishop of York in the reign of King Edward IV and of William Warham of Archbishop of Canterbury in 1504. Gray cloth over one-quarter brown calf. Fine. Prospect Books hardcover books
1919réf. 202375Scott and Seltzer 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration under black & blue illustrated dust jacket priced $1.75 color frontispiece 372 pp. Edgewear to DJ and small chips to corners of top of spine panel; book itself has foxing and moderate spine slant from reading. A time-travel romance in which a High Priest of the Pharoahs is transported to modern Europe. "As the conflagration across the water continued to spread and the armies of the nations locked in deadly combat surged back and forth across the face of Europe Rames grew anxious as to America's being drawn into the maelstrom and the difficulty which might ensue for him to get back to the secret chamber in the Theban hills. Scott and Seltzer hardcover books
1842réf. 20362Boston: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter 1842. A later printing of this first American translation of the Godfrey the first appearing in 1841 and the expanded dictionary. Cloth generally sunned; small chip to the spine and a bit frayed at the head and foot; label somewhat rubbed; some occasional light foxing; a good copy. Large 8vo 9.63 x 6 inches original ribbed brown or perhaps purple cloth printed paper label on spine 135 1; xc pages. Printed music in the text. A work known perhaps for its superfluity of necessary detail. The appended Universal Dictionary of Musical Terms: Taken in Part from Dr. Weber's Vocabulary of Italian Words and Phrases but Chiefly Furnished from Other Sources and Adapted to the Condition and Wants of this Country by James F. Warner has a separate title page and includes a new preface dated April 1 1842 noting that the dictionary "has been enlarged however in the proportion of about three to one. . . . The additions made by the American editor are indicated by a star ." The dictionary also includes two additional appended pages not present in the 1841 edition. Early small neat ink ownership signature on the front free endpaper. J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter, unknown books
1980réf. 17584West Kingston: Donald M. Grant 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Jeff K. Potter. Fine in about Fine dust jackets unclipped $12.00 some scuffs and a short tear to Volume One. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spines. Square and firmly bound clean internally. The complete two-volume collection of Munn's werewolf tales featuring Wladislaw Brenryk. Donald M. Grant hardcover books
1954réf. 42024New York: General Teleradio Inc 1954. First Edition. Very good. Vinyl recording of a radio spot advertisement for HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE the 1954 adventure film starring Burt Lancaster in the south pacific. The script plays up the exotic location of the film using "native drums" as background music with linnes like "cameras invaded secret native compounds peered at mystic rites weird ceremonies wild and primitive maiden dances." An interesting example of film promotion and exploitative exoticism. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record housed in blank paper sleeve with accompanying script typed 8.5" x 11" approx. recto only. Soil to label. Script torn at top left corner with mild loss. Sleeve toned with splitting at edges. Very good overall. General Teleradio Inc unknown books
1998réf. 915673London: Cape. 1998. The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cape hardcover books
1854réf. 331651New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint first published in 1853. Small octavo. Blue cloth heavily stamped in blind and in gilt on the spine and front board. "Vol. 1" written on title page the volumes were published separately with Volume 2 not published until 1855. Slight glue remnant on pastedown possibly from an affixed paper cover smudging in foxing in text but a very good copy with the gilt exceptionally bright. BAL 21043. George P. Putnam & Co hardcover books
1938réf. 512178New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition A fine copy in fresh bright dust jacket. Publisher's reply card laid in. Author's first adult novel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1983réf. 461556New York: McGraw-Hill 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Corners worn foxing on the page edges creases on some page corners good only in good dustwrapper with soiling and modest tears. Inscribed by the author to Bill Boggs four-time Emmy Award-winning New York television talk show host: "To Bill Thanks for having me on - it was my first interview & it was great! Best wishes Warner Wolf. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1925réf. 9019089London: Chatto & Windus 1925. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original blue & black patterned cloth over boards green spine label stamped in green. Spine and edges are partially faded as usual with this edition. Some shelfwear to extremities. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1883réf. 002422Cortland NY: The Standard Power Printing Establishment 1883. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. 1 4-14; beige stiff card stock wraps printed in black; age-toning and a bit of foxing to wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; occasional spots of foxing to pages; illustrated with numerous woodcuts including in-line and full-page plates; overall in very good condition. The business was established in 1860 in New York by Wyllys H. Warner and passed under the control of Bates and Johnson in 1880. The company's self-feeding boiler was patented in February of 1883 and later that same year was installed as part of its steam-heating system in the iconic Manhattan Company and Merchants' Bank Building on Wall Street. The booklet described and illustrated the parts of the apparatus its method of operating the advantages of using it etc. The Standard Power Printing Establishment paperback books
réf. 2430New York London and Montreal: The Abbey 1900. . 8vo red cloth stamped in white on spine and in white and black on front cover bottom front cover bumped. FIRST & ORIGINAL EDITION--Not a reprint. Eleven holdings in OCL. Warner P. Sutton 1849-1913. As a young man Sutton taught school in Watervliet and Ludington Michigan. In 1875 he went to Saugatuck as superintendent of schools where he taught three years and that year through his friend Senator Thomas White Ferry he was appointment as Consular Agent at Matamoros Mexico; he later became Consul and then Consul General at Nuevo Laredo. Mexico serving in these offices for fifteen years 1878 to 1893. during the terms of Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland and Harrison. In 1889 he was called to Washington by Secretary of State Elaine to act as secretary of the American delegation to the first Pan-American Conference. His greatest effort was given to improving commercial and friendly relations between the United States and the Latin republics. After leaving the Consular service Sutton e practiced International law the most notable of which was the Cheek case against the King of Siam which he won. During the Spanish-American War he served under General Miles in Puerto Rico after which he retired to his home in Saugatuck "The Beeches". New York, London and Montreal: The Abbey, [1900]. hardcover books
1976réf. 1410426Boston and Toronto: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown and Company 1976. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 304 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine beige with brown and green lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including age toning to the spine few chips to the edges and slight soiling. Mild age toning and two small stains to the jacket interior. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning. Text block has slight wear including few marks to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated. Tenth printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1410426. FP New Rockville Stock. Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
réf. 607277not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Warner Baxter in costume as The Cisco Kid held back by Edmund Lowe with his six gun drawn from the 1931 film "The Cisco Kid." Photograph is by Hal Phyfe with his logo in the lower corner and his rubberstamp on the back that reads: "Exclusive Portrait for Fox Films Corporation Please Credit Hal Phyfe" on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
réf. 607276not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Warner Baxter in costume as The Cisco Kid six gun drawn on Edmund Lowe who is holding him back about to draw his six gun from the 1931 film "The Cisco Kid." Photograph is by Hal Phyfe with his logo in the lower corner and his rubberstamp on the back that reads: "Exclusive Portrait for Fox Films Corporation Please Credit Hal Phyfe" on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. Provenance: from the estate of producer Alex Gordon. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1894réf. 6043841894 1894. "Chas. Dudley Warner" in purple fountain pen ink on paper watermarked "Original Culter Mill" Hartford January 17 1894. 4 3/8" x 7"; 1 page with integral leaf; 1894. To an unknown recipient: "Here is the autograph of Yours sincerely Chas. Dudley Warner Hartford Jan. 17 1894.". No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 1894 unknown books
1944réf. 454681Washington D.C.: Aviation Training Division U.S. Navy 1944. Softcover. Very Good. First collected edition. Small quarto. 12pp. Illustrated by Lt. Robert Osborn. Wrappers. Short splits at spine ends moderate wear and soil staples lightly oxidized a very good copy of a relatively fragile volume. Grampaw Pettibone the "Sage of Safety" an old curmudgeon who barks at young pilots for making foolish errors first appeared in a Naval aviation newsletter on January 15 1943. According to the foreword in this collection: "Numerous recommendations have been made that the Grampaw Pettibone section of Naval Aviation News be preserved in more permanent and handy reference form. This reprint from early issues is an attempt to meet those requests. ." OCLC locates 2 copies of this collection. Aviation Training Division, U.S. Navy unknown books
1993réf. 26033Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1993. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine tiny former owner name and date at the front free endpaper in a crisp Fine dustjacket. Octavo #66 in Cambridge's wonderful "Studies in Linguistics" series. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1994réf. 595143Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Quarto. Comb-bound wrappers. Fine. University of New Mexico Press unknown books
1932réf. 53425New York: Burt 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with some chipping. Burt hardcover books
1928réf. 295773New: Appleton 1928. hardcover. very good-. 245 pages. 8vo black cloth with paper titles on spine and front cover. New York: Appleton 1928. A very good- copy with light foxing. Signed on the title page by the author and with a long personal inscription on fly-leaf signed 'Jay" likely also the author. Appleton unknown books
1995réf. 26581Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995. Very Good . Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995. First Edition. Signed by Brian Warner with brief inscription to photography historian Larry Schaaf. Octavo. 241 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated glossy boards. No dust jacket presumably as issued. Errata slip laid in at front. Boards show light shelfwear with some minor smudging. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Kluwer Academic Publishers unknown books
1876réf. 10900Hartford CT: American Publishing Company 1876. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid very well-preserved copy of the 1876 1st edition. Clean and VG in its decorative chocolate boards with bright gilt-lettering and blindstamped flourishes to the panels. Very light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns otherwise clean as could be. Thick octavo 477 pgs. "Issued by subscription only and not for sale in bookstores" from the title page. American Publishing Company unknown books