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1777rif. 318819Boston: Edward Draper 1777. Reprint. hardcover. very good. Woodcut illustrations. 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. blue paper over wooden boards; leather spine. Boston: Edward Draper 1777. The 1777 edition was frequently reprinted and this is most likely an early 19th century facsimile. The binding is age-worn but the interior is fine. Edward Draper unknown books
1910rif. 6659Oxford: University Press 1910. 12mo 4 x 3 inches. Bound in attractive blue morocco tooled in gilt with cross against a paneled ground with rules some pointillÈ rosettes & other ornaments gilt spine. Two works in one: vol 1 printed on India paper. All edges finely gilt. Scarce edition. University Press unknown books
1635rif. 827351635. Edinburgh 1683. 13-1/2" x 11. Edinburgh 1683. 13-1/2" x 11.". Rare Broadside Recording a Proclamation of Charles II Enacted to Protect the Textile Industry Broadside. Charles I 1600-1649 King of England. A Proclamation Discharging Merchants and Other Traffickers to Sell or Exchange any Prohibite Commodities With Themselves Or Amongst Others. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His Most Sacred Majesty 1683. 13-1/2" x 11" 34.3 x 28 cm broadside removed from volume with loss of most of imprint statement at foot text in single column below headline and large woodcut royal arms eight-line woodcut initial. Moderate toning lightly soiled horizontal fold line through center some edgewear along left margin "94" and "August 1683" in early hand along right margin. $750. Only edition one of two issues the other published in London. Intended to support domestic textile production this broadside was sent to sheriffs and other law enforcement officials throughout Scotland. The salutation line in our copy is blank. An act from September 1681 and a proclamation from the year before prohibited the importation and sale of certain fabrics. However it permitted merchants to sell any imported stock that remained. By 1683 sufficient time had elapsed to liquidate this stock but it was apparent that many were continuing to import textiles in violation the law. The present broadside decrees that merchants cannot buy or sell any "Cloaths Stuff Sarges serges Holland Cambridge Silk-stockings or any Goods made of Wool or Lint" unless they can prove they were either made in the kingdom or lawfully imported before the prohibition. As for any remaining imported stock permission is granted to the Merchants Burgesses of Edinburgh to sell it until November 1. Afterwards it will be "Confiscat Burnt and Destroyed and the Persons guilty otherwise punished." Both issues of this broadside are rare. OCLC Steele and the English Short Title Catalogue locate four copies of ours National Archives of Scotland National Library of Scotland Harvard Business School two copies. Steele A Bibliography of Royal Proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart Sovereigns III:2552. English Short-Title Catalogue R183441. unknown books
1992rif. 1414516New York: St. Martin's Press 1992. Hardcover. Octavo xi 172 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is brown with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in black cloth. Text block has spotting to top edge. Illustrated: b&w text illustrations color plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1414516. FP New Rockville Stock. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1927rif. ST19567-213Norwood Massachusetts: Printed by Norwood Press for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927-29. Volume I the 1928 second printing; Volumes II and III FIRST EDITIONS. 255 x 185 mm. 10 x 7 1/4". Three volumes. Dark green publisher's cloth covers with a blind-ruled border and gilt text flat spine. With 93 total color plates after paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Allan Brooks 48 total pages of black and white photographic plates and numerous illustrations printed in the text. All with "Spec. Coll" and a library call number in pencil on the title verso. Volume I with a few small areas of worming mostly to rear endpaper and adjacent pages text not affected front cover with a thin trailing discoloration from damp the bindings otherwise bright and clean with just trivial shelfwear. A nice bright little-used copy internally. The result of the combined efforts of several of the most important American ornithologists of the early 20th century this is an attractively illustrated reference book intended to "interest the general public of Massachusetts and New England in birds and their rational conservation" via a usable field guide. Edward Howe Forbush 1858-1929 was an economic ornithologist who for many years served as the Director of the Department of Ornithology of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. This book represents a culmination of his career; Forbush died shortly before the completion of the final volume and it was edited and furnished with a glowing bibliographical sketch by Forbush’s colleagues who write that he was "a pioneer in the field of conservation and much of our progressive legislation of to-day is due to his far-sighted policy in urging greater protection for our wild life and to his efforts in stimulating public opinion in this direction." The first volume here covers water birds the second land birds from bob-whites to grackles and the third land birds from sparrows to thrushes. The work features animated illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1874-1927. He was a lecturer in ornithology at Cornell and an outstanding painter of birds; in the words of the Audubon Society his "work was distinguished not only by the minute detail of each illustration but by his ability to capture each species' way of acting and holding itself. Every bird he painted seemed to have its own unique and vital personality." The third volume was completed following Fuertes’ untimely death so his illustrations are supplemented with a final 24 artworks by Allan Brooks 1869-1946. Brooks like Forbush and Fuertes was a respected member of the ornithological community and furnished illustrations of birds for publications both in his native Canada and throughout the world. Printed by Norwood Press for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts unknown books
1677rif. 1345415London: printed by John Bill Christopher Barker Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1677. Hardcover. Quarto 24 pages; VG; Bound by Jon Robbins in modern preiod-style diced calf. Text block age-toned and foxed with minor chipping to edges. Table of articles: p. 23-24. Several ink annotations to title page. JR Consignment. . ESTC R2560; Wing C4002. The Thirty-nine Articles of 1563. 1345415. Special Collections - Downstairs. printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty hardcover books
1970rif. 147286London: Winkast Film Productions 1970. Two scripts a first draft script and a draft script for an unproduced film. Annotations in manuscript pencil on two pages one with what appears to be a question mark and another with a question mark and a strike. From the estate of film producer Elliott Kastner whose best known credits include "The Long Goodbye" Robert Altman 1973 "The Missouri Breaks" Arthur Penn 1976 and "Heat" Michael Mann 1996. English novelist and playwright Barry England is best known for his first novel the 1968 thriller "Figures in a Landscape" made into the 1970 Joseph Losey film of the same name starring Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell. 1900 in the Arizona border town of Berwick a group of thieves and entertainers are hatching a plan to break into the vault at the bank. The sheriff and mayor are on guard and everyone is suspicious of the weathered inscrutable old Jed Bounty. First draft screenplay: Blue titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper. Title page present noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Barry England. 161 leaves with last page of text numbered 158. Offset duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Draft screenplay: Orange untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Barry England. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Winkast Film Productions unknown books
1961rif. 41436np 1961. Near fine. Album belonging to Sergeant John A. England United States Army from his 1960 trans-Pacific cruise aboard the U.S.N.S. General Edwin D. Patrick a WWII-era transport ship based out of San Francisco. A contingent from the Republic of Korea Navy was aboard and the album focuses heavily on the Korean sailors and their interactions with American servicemen. A brilliant hand-painted title illustration in acrylic titled 'ROK NAVY' and two additional vignette works in the same medium illuminate the album. The images are clear and well composed creating a significant record of U.S.-Korean relations and of the Edwin D. Patrick which was the longest surviving of the P2 carriers in the U.S. fleet launched in 1945 decommissioned in 1968 and sent to scrap in 2010. Hardcover. Oblong folio commercial album measuring approximately 10.5" x 14.5". Green faux-leather covered boards string bound. 24 card leaves 21 with 77 black and white snapshot photographs each measuring approximately 5" x 3.5" recto mounted loosely in corners. Final 3 leaves blank an additional 3 photographs laid-in; 80 prints total. Hand-painted title illustration to first endpaper two vignette scenes on first and fourth leaves. Mild edge wear to album exterior otherwise generally near fine. hardcover books
1628rif. 1354293London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1628. Presumed First. Hardcover. Small Quarto 5.75 in x 7.5 in; VG; Bound in modern marbled boards; Text block with only the slightest age-toning; 4 45 1 pages. RW Consignment. 1354293. Special Collections - Downstairs. Bonham Norton and John Bill hardcover books
1914rif. 15480DARKNESS AND DAWN Small Maynard & Co. 1914 first edition a vg copy of this most famous and quite massive world catastrophe novel. Illustrated. Most uncommon in the first edition. Small, Maynard & Co. unknown books
1996rif. 15606THE 20TH ANNUAL BOSTON INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR / PICTORIAL POSTER New England Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association 1996 Illustrated by Barry Moser first printing measuring approximately 17" by 23" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy. New England Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association unknown books
1932rif. NF4091A HISTORY OF SMOKING Harcourt Brace And Company 1932 first American edition with the first British edition sheets a vg copy with 64 illustrations. A history of the social political and economic ramifications of this most controversial plant. Harcourt, Brace And Company unknown books
1914rif. 03425OUT OF THE REAL Winthrop 1914 first edition some light dust-soil else just about fine in wraps. A miniature book which may well be the authors first book of fiction as well. Quite scarce. Winthrop 1914 paperback books
1935rif. 03474MARVEL TALES Fantasy Publications 1935 first edition Volume 1 #4 some minor toning to the covers as can be expected else a vg copy in color pictorial wraps of this very fragile pamphlet. Illustrated with original contributions by Clifford Simak THE CREATOR Lovecraft THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH as well as other offerings by John Wyndham George Allen England P. Schuyler Miller et.al. Most certainly a must for the Simak collector as THE CREATOR was later published separately and became the authors first book. Fantasy Publications paperback books
1935rif. 03475MARVEL TALES Fantasy Publications 1935 first edition Volume 1 #4 small price stamp affixed to the front cover some light dust-soil to the covers top 1/2 inch of spine chipped as well as the upper left corner tip of several pages never entering near the text else a near vg copy in color pictorial wraps with the art of Clay Ferguson Jr. on the front cover and frontis of this very fragile pamphlet. Illustrated with original contributions by Clifford Simak THE CREATOR H. P. Lovecraft THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH as well as other offerings by John Wyndham George Allen England P. Schuyler Miller et.al. Most certainly a must for the Simak collector as THE CREATOR was later published separately and became the authors first book. Fantasy Publications paperback books
1919rif. 03427CURSED Small Maynard & Co. 1919 first edition a bright vg copy. Small, Maynard & Co. unknown books
1916rif. 03426THE GOLDEN BLIGHT H.K. Fly 1916 first edition rear inner hinge starting some soiling to the binding else a near very good copy. Illustrated. Gold no longer the standard. H.K. Fly unknown books
1973rif. 346990Somerville MA: New England Free Press 1973. 16p. staplebound pamphlet illus. very good condition. Catalog of literature for sale. New England Free Press unknown books
1881rif. 55698London 1881. Very good. Twelve monthly parts quarto 22 by 17.5 cm. 379 leaves 8 final blank. Original manuscript penned in several neat hands including 40 original illustrations mostly tipped-in on heavier paper. Title pages for vol. 1 January-June and vol. 2 July-December; index for vol. 1. Recent foliation in pencil; 75 pages with contemporary numeration in ink. Navy blue polished calf lettered and tooled in gilt marbled endleaves. Covers lightly chafed at extremities; occasional mild smudging else text about fine. Privately circulated magazine comprising essays often on historical subjects travel accounts short stories poetry riddles and puzzles along with some letters to the editor. This particular collection affords a unique perspective on a Victorian-era co-ed literary project born of youthful enthusiasm. Many of the pieces unfold serially across several issues. Floral themes depictions of girls and landscapes abound among the watercolor and ink illustrations most of which are on heavier paper and have been tipped-in. All but the last issue contain an opening illustration invoking the month. The illustrations and written pieces are pseudonymously signed by no fewer than sixteen contributors many of whom are women: Ad Lucem; Amicus; Beth; Constancy; Daphne; Elaine; Gh; Granta; Hope; Iris; Ivy; Mezereon a species of Daphne; M'one; M:zone; One of the Mob; Sinon the cousin of Odysseus who persuaded the Trojans to open the gate for the Trojan Horse; Viola. The editor's introduction and subsequent addresses attest to the ephemeral nature of the project including financial pressures. In the address to the members which appears at the opening of the second volume the editor raises the issue of increasing the subscription rate for 2 to 5 shillings per annum. "At a meeting of a few friends it was suggested that a publication of a Magazine to be circulated among the members only should be undertaken. Two members undertook to draw up a code of rules and issue a circular inviting members to join the Society the magazine of which was to be called 'The Folia Peripatetica.' The encouragement which the proposal received was quite equal to the anticipation of the promoters and many hailed with joy the advent of the Folia as a pastime and an occupation for the long winter evenings and sunny days of summer. All the contributors it is needless to say were born authors and though perhaps some were comparatively young in years yet their light was no longer to remain dimly burning under the bushel. Poets Musicians Novelists Historians all found here the medium they had long wished for. Joy joy unspeakable joy reigned supreme in the Editors office and for a season all went on as 'merry as a cricket.' But alas! vain are the hopes of man. Time was when lo a change came oer the spirit of my dream. Members finding they were after all condemned to 'blush unseen' and waste their fragrance on the limited circle of the Folia's members began to find that other and more important duties claimed their time. Some retired into distant parts of the country others went abroad or got married. In vain fresh nurses were called in and a change of Doctors -- I mean Editors -- effected Hope for a short while revived but this soon gave place to despondency. A change to Sidmouth and Plymouth only accelerated the malady. But the Folia was not to perish in this obscure way. Fate had ordained a fairer destiny. The two volumes now handsomely bound will remain for many a long year to come a fitting monument to the memory of the 'Folia Peripatetica'" editor's preface. vol. 1. "Granta" contributes several notable pieces: "University Degree Day" an eye-witness account of the 1877 ceremony where Charles Darwin received an honorary degree at Cambridge; "Jesuit Schools" prompted by the "advent of a colony of Jesuits in our secluded valley;" and "Capital Punishment" in which the author argues against "a practice entirely barbarous horrible in its details and brutalising in its effects." A piece on "Women's Rights" written under the pseudonym "Ad Lucem" is illustrated with pen drawings of butterflies. An account of Autumn maneuvers with the 20th Yorkshire Amateur Carabineers written by a participant is provided by Gh. "Hope" writes about "Shakespeare's Heroines" and "Viola" explores the lives of "Some of Our King's Wives." "One of the Mob" offers an account of "two bachelors of limited incomes" visiting Paris on the cheap. An anonymous writer compares "the translations of the old and revised versions of the New Testament" that appear in the Gospel of Matthew. "Music in Worship" by "Amicus" includes a score entitled "Augusta." An ultra-miniature 30 cm text penned within a circle and requiring magnification to read includes The Lord's Prayer a Creed and the Ten Commandments the final line noting "St. John's College Cambridge 1881." Provenance: Editorial note at close of first monthly issue noting that subscriptions for the current half year are now due and should be forwarded to No. 43 Oakley Street Chelsea. Binding: ticket of Macmichael. Stationer to the Queen. 207 Kings Road. Chelsea Watermark: Jordan Superfine. unknown books
1705rif. 47008London: s.i. 1705. Very Good. London: s.i. 1705. Pirated Edition per Case. Octavo; 19th century full blind-tooled calf by B.E. Bult spine in six compartments crimson gilt spine label all edges stained dark red red glazed endpapers; 165911pp. collated complete. Leather dried and a bit flaky along spine edges brief 19th century marginalia to a couple early leaves extensive contemporary notes to p. 592 blank pencil shelf number to rear free endpaper; Very Good and sound overall. This variant with catchword "The" on p. 564. Arsenic green binder's ticket and ownership ex libris of the British politician Edward Goulburn 1787-1868 to front pastedown. This edition described by A.E. Case's Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750 as a piracy of the first three volumes of "Poems on affairs of state." Case 237; ESTC N5917. s.i. unknown books
1918rif. 1395432Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. Hardcover. Octavo cxi 354 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine. “Reprinted from the edition of 1616” — title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #1. 1395432. FP New Rockville Stock. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1973rif. 216323New York: Dover 1973. Softcover. First edition. Paper coversVG Clean text in clean stiff paper covers with light reader's flair and 1/4" small tear on front top hinge edge. Dover unknown books
1962rif. 165838ILL: Irwin 1962. Very Good. Fourth edition. Very good. Former owner's name on sticker inside cover and written on endpaper. Some pen and pencil underlining and margin writing on pages. Corners slightly bent. Edges of spine bumped. Irwin unknown books
1982rif. 15519Rome Italy: De Luca 1982. Softcover. VG sticker on cover light shelfwear to wraps. Color wraps black lettering 14 color numerous bw and color plates. Historical biography essay eponymous essay biographic chronology annotated catalogue of the 100 pieces either by Turner or relating directly to him as in the case of pieces by his greatest copyist William Ward in the City Art Museum of Manchester. De Luca paperback books
1972rif. 39941Bristol England: Royal West of England Academy 1972. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A near fine copy. Unpaged 7 pp. 8vo. Royal West of England Academy unknown books
