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1994ref. 551942New York: Hearst Books 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 63pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hearst Books hardcover books
1993ref. 540028Orkney: Clocktower Press 1993. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Caroline Hunter. Slim octavo. 20pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Features four short pieces by Irvine Welsh; this issue was published in the same year as his novel Trainspotting. Clocktower Press unknown books
1976ref. 541716Oxford: Ziprint Parchment 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Jon Piper. Octavo. 43pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some rubbing to the rear wrap. A short-lived poetry anthology edited by James Lindesay and Bruno Tolentino with a name inspired by W.H. Auden's early 1920s magazine Oxford Poetry. Contributors to this issue Lindesay Tolentino Elizabeth Jennings Sally Purcell Ruth Padel Francis Warner John Wain and many others. Both runs of this magazine and individual issue appear scarce. OCLC locate 10 assorted copies over two records. Ziprint Parchment unknown books
1900ref. 510626New York: National Institute of Arts and Letters 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring approximately 14" x 19¾". Backed onto acid-free Japanese tissue. A bit of light creasing a couple of short tears and tiny chips very good. A scarce broadside printing president Charles Dudley Warner's address before the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters; he speaks at some length about copyright law as well as the relationship between publishers and authors "and I mean the the author and not the mere craftsman who manufactures books for a recognized market". The National Institute of Arts and Letters was formed by members of the American Social Science Association in 1898 and merged with the American Academy of Arts in 1976 to form what is now known as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Warner was an essayist novelist and friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored the The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Not in OCLC or BAL. National Institute of Arts and Letters unknown books
2001ref. 509963Los Angeles: Renaissance Books 2001. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Renaissance Books unknown books
1893ref. 457492Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated edition. Volume one of two only. Octavo. Illustrated with gravure plates. Publisher's red and green gilt decorated cloth top edges gilt green silk bookmark. Front hinge cracked spine cocked edges rubbed very good in a very good paper-backed red linen cloth dustwrapper with gilt spine lettering extremities worn lacking the slipcase. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1983ref. 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
ref. 449237Cambridge: The Golden Head Press. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall narrow quarto. Green stapled wrappers. Near fine with bumping at one corner. One of 275 copies. A poetry anthology with contributions from Edmund Blunden Francis Warner Samuel Palmer Laurence Whistler Christopher Hassall and Edward Storey. The Golden Head Press unknown books
1944ref. 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
1932ref. 444738Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Margaret Freeman. Octavo. 145pp. Fine in a nice very good or better dustwrapper with a few small chips. Scarce in jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1952ref. 446786Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 113pp. Black and white plates in rear. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1944ref. 442731Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1944. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 250pp. Wrappers. Spine with just a bit of wear near fine. University of Michigan General Library Publications number 6. University of Michigan Press unknown books
1950ref. 442758Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Second edition. Quarto. 203pp. Wrappers. Spine tone and with some wear one corner lightly bend throughout very good. Includes corrections and additions from universities and libraries as well as adding the holdings of several universities and libraries. University of Michigan General Library Publications number 6. University of Michigan Press unknown books
1836ref. 433505New Haven and Hartford: John W. Barber and A. Willard 1836. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Thick octavo. viii 9-560pp. Illustrated by 180 engravings six plates lacking the map. Full brown leather with gilt-stamped black leather spine label gilt-tooled on board edges. Owner's name inked on blank preliminary pages foxed with hints of dampstaining in margins hinges cracked leather is dry and worn and chipped a good only copy lacking the rear fly and the fold-out map. Barber a notable engraver unwittingly became the state's historian while traveling through Connecticut. He spoke to the local townspeople collected documents made sketches of important locations and buildings. This book has been called "the first popular local history published in the U.S. John W. Barber and A. Willard hardcover books
1975ref. 425028London: Arthur Barker Limited 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 161pp. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with one inch tear on bottom edge of front and rear panels. Covering the life of the ordinary soldiers from 3000 BC to the Second World War. Arthur Barker Limited hardcover books
1873ref. 410363Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt beveled edges. Illustrated by Augustus Hoppin. Hinges cracked tiny stain on bottom page edges tears on spine edges spine slightly cocked a bit still a very good copy. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
1998ref. 112727Morton Grove Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company 1998. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Pictorial paperback. Illustrated by Daniel Mark Duffy. Fine. A Boxcar Children early reader #2. Albert Whitman & Company unknown books
1969ref. 133139New York: Grossman 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. 184pp. Illustrated from color photographs. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper cover lightly rubbed. Grossman hardcover books
1884ref. 397797Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 360pp. Advertisements in rear. Gilt-stamped green cloth. Light dampstain on page corners extremities modestly worn corners lightly bumped a very good copy. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1899ref. 393329Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Decorative green cloth stamped in gilt and green by Bruce Rogers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by Edward H. Garrett. Lacking front fly owner's gift inscription on preliminary and rear pastedown still very good. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1975ref. 391432Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Stamp "Elementary Department" on endpapers and front and rear panel of the jacket else fine in near fine dustwrapper. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1908ref. 391804Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Illustrated. Very slightly bowed with bumped corners and spine ends else very good with stamps and previous owner name on the front endpapers lacking the dustwrapper. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
1939ref. 387426New York: Hearst Magazines Inc. 1939. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Half canvas and papercovered boards. Good with cracked hinges end papers missing and moderate wear at the edges but the interior pages fresh. As the title suggest a collection of 16 Cosmopolitan magazine novelettes bound into boards. Highlights include "The Four of Hearts" by Ellery Queen "The Secret of Dr. Kildare" by Max Brand "Prelude for War" by Leslie Charteris "A Sea Tower" by Hugh Walpole "The Man Who Murdered Goliath" by Geoffrey Homes "You Marry Once!" by James Warner Bellah and "Bugle in the Night" by Steve Fisher. A nice collection of stories with handsome accompanying illustrations A full list below. The stories include: 1. "Career Girl" by Isabel Moore Illustrated by Warren Baumgartner. 2. "Crazy Kid" by Grace Perkins Illustrated by John Falter. 3. "Night Club Lady" by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodgers Illustrated by Andrew Loomis. 4. "You Marry Once!" by James Warner Bellah Illustrations by Richard Lyon and William Timmons. 5. "Yesterday's Children by Adela Rogers St. Johns Illustrated by Jon Whitcomb. 6. "All Concerned Notified" by Helen Reilly Illustrated by Mario Cooper. 7. "The Unusual 3" by Dorothy Cameron Disney Illustrated by Lyons. 8. "The Secret of Dr. Kildare" by Max Brand Illustrated by E.M. Jackson. 9. "A Sea Tower" by Hugh Walpole. 10. "The Man Who Murdered Goliath" by Geoffrey Homes Illustrated by Mario Cooper. 11. "I Lost My Girlish Laughter by Jane Allen Illustrated by Carl Mueller. 12. "Sit-Down Strike" by Paul Gallico Illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt. 13. "Prelude for War" by Leslie Charteris Illustrated by O.F. Schmidt. 14. "You Can't Hang Me!" by James Ronald Illustrated by John Clymer. 15. "The Four of Hearts" by Ellery Queen. 16. "Bugle in the Night" by Steve Fisher Illustrated by Michael Dolas. Hearst Magazines Inc.] hardcover books
1969ref. 382642New York: Grossman / Mill Bridge Museum 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third printing. Quarto. 184pp. Gilt spine titles. Profusely illustrated. Near fine with remainder mark on the top page edge in a very good dustwrapper with an internal tape repair at the crown soft rubbing along the extremities and a small chip on the top rear flap fold. Grossman / Mill Bridge Museum hardcover books
1894ref. 357794Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1894. Hardcover. Good. Reprint first published in 1889. Small octavo. 331pp. Original illustrated green cloth. Bookplate rubbed front hinge cracked a good plus copy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books