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1908réf. M13447Paris:: Henri Jouve 1908. 1908. 25 cm. 8vo. 51 1 pp. Early quarter dark morocco green marbled boards; spine ends a tad worn rubbed spine faded. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Very good. RARE. Alebrand of Florence physician to the King of France wrote the first French medical book in the vulgar tongue the Regime du Corps written in 1256 a treatise that is largely devoted to the care of children. See: Chereau A. «Les medecins et les chirurgiens de saint Louis roi de France» L'union medicale ns 14 1862; Havelock Ellis Sex in Relation to Society vol. VI 1920 p. 633; Osler 1763; John Carmi Parsons & Bonnie Wheeler eds. Medieval Mothering Garland 1996. Not in Grulee. FFrye C188 Henri Jouve, 1908. hardcover books
1929réf. 54544New York: The Macmillan Co. 1929. 8vo. 243 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates maps. Tan publisher’s cloth green lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of walls of Nanking minor chipping head & foot of spine edgewear still NF/VG copy from the library of Marjorie Fleishhacker Mitau 1906-1983 and Martin Mitau 1900-1973 noted San Francisco collectors of fine printing and members in the Roxburghe Club and Book Club of California w/ their bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this graphic memoir by these two noted authors relating their experiences during the Nanking Incident in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army and Communist troops took Nanjing from Beiyang warlord Zhang Zongchang killed the American vice president of Nanking University and looted homes and businesses of Americans British Japanese and other foreign citizens. Royal Navy and US Navy cruisers and destroyers responded engaging and driving off the NRA soldiers and Chinese rioters evacuating many foreigners including the families of Hobart & Ayscough to Shanghai. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
1928réf. 79156New York; London:: The Macmillan Company Early Life; Macmillan and Co. Later Years 1928-1930. publisher's cloth in dust jackets which don't match being the American and English editions. Old ink ownership stamp in Early Life and ink signature in Later Years; both volumes tight and sound in jacket with some tanning to the spines and several chips. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. The Macmillan Company (Early Life); Macmillan and Co. (Later Years), hardcover
1931réf. 57645New York: A.L. Burt Co. 1931. 12mo. 313 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Blue publisher’s cloth Art Deco lettering front cover & spine minor rubbing shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of African native peering through bushes at the legs of a corpse and nearby pith helmet minor chipping head & foot of spine couple corners light sunning still VG/VG- copy. First Burt edition of one of the author’s scarce “Kenya novels” a romance mystery fiction developed and popularized together with fellow authors including Nora St. John Beale Nora Strange & Eslpeth Hxley published originally as Valley of Suspicion Bles 1930. This sub-genre surrounded the social milieu of British Empire proponents and upper class in the Kenya Colony between the War with decided tinges of anti-semitism and unapologetic racism. Riddell d. 1960 was a popular romance mystery and adventure novelist whose works included Dream Island Perilous Love Kismet in Kenya and others whose life experiences included working as a governess teacher matron of a board house manager of a boarding school and author. . Scarce in dustjacket. See: C.J.D. Duder Love and the Lions: The Image of White Settlement in Kenya in Popular Fiction 1919-1939 African Affairs Vol. 90 No. 360 July 1991 pp. 427-438. A.L. Burt Co., hardcover
1920réf. 78918Binghamton N.Y.: no publisher indicated no date ca. 1920. self-wrappers. Very slight tanning to the first and last leaves; otherwise fine. . 8vo. Full-page color illustration and title on p. 1 four additional full-page color illustrations and six text illustrations. . P. 12 consists of Binghampton N.Y. advertisers actice ca. 1920. no publisher indicated, unknown
1938réf. 18636Boston: Little Brown & Company. Very Good- in Poor dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream cloth lettered in blue. States "First Edition". There is some foxing to the endpapers and first and last few leaves. Foxing also to the covers and the page edges. Bookplate to a front blank. Very tight. The dust jacket is poor with a missing spine. It is completely backed with a heavy paper. Jacket is heavily worn with other larger pieces missing at the upper fore corner and upper spine areas. A large tear to the upper front. Creasing to the rear. Price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1902réf. 17978Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. If it wasn't xlib I would rate the book near-fine. A very nice copy with an owner's inscription on the fep dated 1902.; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 512 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
1978réf. 4930050Dayton Ohio: Morningside Bookshop Publishers 1978. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Facsimile Reprint. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean bright pages. Cloth over boards is slightly shelf worn. Primary sources. Facsimile; Ex-Library; 44&45; 9.25" tall; 1103 pages. Morningside Bookshop (Publishers) hardcover
1911réf. 012113London: Longmans Green & Co 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine -/Poor. Beautifully preserved copy blue cloth with pictorial pastedown titles stamped in black. Trace wear spine tip internals as nice as we might see. With printed brown dustjacket with chunks missing along spine re-pieced together. Whimsical charming illustrations by Broughton in a primitive Greenaway mode. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1911réf. 012113London: Longmans Green & Co 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine -/Poor. Beautifully preserved copy blue cloth with pictorial pastedown titles stamped in black. Trace wear spine tip internals as nice as we might see. With printed brown dustjacket with chunks missing along spine re-pieced together. Whimsical charming illustrations by Broughton in a primitive Greenaway mode. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
réf. 59-1586Ca. 1971. Black and white offset Originaly drawn with ink-wash and resist. Signed in pen by the artist with edition numbered 14/200. 18 x 24 inches. Ca. 1971. unknown
1979réf. 051067Hamilton Ontario Canada: Self Published 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 246 Pages Part 1 A Brief History And Genealogy Of Lieutenant John Crosier And His Descendants 1750-1979. Part Ii A Brief History And Genealogy Of Robert Fletcher And His Descendants 1598-1979. Part Iiii A Genealogy Of Stephen Fletcher And His Descendants 1829-1979. . Self Published Hardcover
1989réf. 19289Salem Oregon: Culp Family Publishers. Fine. 1989. First Edition. Plastic comb binding. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 233 pages . Culp Family Publishers unknown
1920réf. 401051Lewiston Maine: Journal Printshop and Bindery 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 330pp. illustrated from photographs. Green cloth gilt. Bookplate of Carl B. Scherzer spine lettering a little dull modest bump to the top of rear board some small hand corrections in the text. Inscribed by the author to Clara R. and Standish Prescott in 1920. Journal Printshop and Bindery) hardcover
1920réf. 401051Lewiston Maine: Journal Printshop and Bindery 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 330pp. illustrated from photographs. Green cloth gilt. Bookplate of Carl B. Scherzer spine lettering a little dull modest bump to the top of rear board some small hand corrections in the text. Inscribed by the author to Clara R. and Standish Prescott in 1920. Journal Printshop and Bindery) hardcover books
2011réf. 552859Rizzoli 2011. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition First Printing. Published by Rizzoli 2011. Folio. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Signed by author Paste down. Rizzoli hardcover
réf. 55-3174Mexico: Aquarius Films 1972. 94 cm. x 69 cm. Actual display poster for the movie. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico: Aquarius Films, 1972. unknown
1931réf. 391917New York: Research Bureau Welfare Council of New York City 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 38pp. Folding map. Stiff printed card covers. Bookplate of a noted collector on the inside cover tiny penciled name of previous owner small tear on map else near fine. Research Bureau, Welfare Council of New York City hardcover
1931réf. 391917New York: Research Bureau Welfare Council of New York City 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 38pp. Folding map. Stiff printed card covers. Bookplate of a noted collector on the inside cover tiny penciled name of previous owner small tear on map else near fine. Research Bureau, Welfare Council of New York City hardcover books
1878réf. 526801Adam & Charles Black 1878. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Published by Adam & Charles Black 1878. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. No dust jacket. Spotting to pages. Covers have shelf wear. Adam & Charles Black hardcover
réf. 2273LA WARD RITCHIE PRESS 1941. 1/50 PRINTED AT WARD RITCHIE PRESS VERY GOOD. LA, WARD RITCHIE PRESS, 1941 unknown
réf. 2273LA WARD RITCHIE PRESS 1941. 1/50 PRINTED AT WARD RITCHIE PRESS VERY GOOD. LA, WARD RITCHIE PRESS, 1941 unknown books
1915réf. H4809Chicago: Rand McNally 1915. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Probable first edition 1915 with advertised titles on the back of the rare jacket for items printed in 1914. 8vo 6.5 inches high lavender cloth with color pictorial cover onlay approximately 50 pp with quite a few color plates and black and white plates very good with moderate handling and finger smudges to pages minor soil to the rear cover of the book itself dust jacket good complete with moderate finger soil light wear along spine. Xmas 1918 pencil inscription on flyleaf. Part of the Dotty and Dolly series; at the end of the book after defeating the mouse we guess a rat was just too offensive the soldiers have a picnic outside with the twins Dotty and Dolly. Hurrah! Rand McNally hardcover
1941réf. 004986Dublin: The Cuala Press 1941. Correspondence by three giants of the Irish literary theatre. Not much can be said about Yeats and Shaw; but the fascinating actress/feminist Florence Farr 1860-1917 is less-known today. Among other attributes she was a Muse for Yeats and the first actress to perform Ibsen in England. This is a Very Good copy of the True First Edition which was LIMITED to 500 copies. Not common today. Edited by the English dramatist Clifford Bax 1886-1962. Blue-gray paper-covered boards with a linen spine; paper label on the spine titling in black on the front cover. Clean text; unpaginated for eight pages then 85 pages. Printed by Esther Ryan and Maire Gill on Irish paper. Bumped with some creasing to the front cover; erasures to the FFEP. Lacking the glassine wrapper; in an archival plastic protector. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Cuala Press Hardcover
1908réf. 20329Chicago: Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Softcover. A few marks in the margins where someone kept track of their reading. The fep is torn due to the way the book was bound. The fep was both attached to the front wrap and stapled to the textblock. Slight darkening of the wraps. A very nice copy of a scarce and fragile book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 101 pages . Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior paperback
