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1891ref. 628161New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 423pp. Frontispiece portrait of Douglass. Maroon cloth gilt. Bottom corner of the text block and rear board are worn down a bit not effecting any text else a bright very good copy. Reprinted in 1895 this first edition is uncommon. Issued in the American Reformers series edited by Carlos Martyn. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
1924ref. 13886Prouts Neck ME: Prouts Neck Association 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding a presentable copy. Light shelf/edge wear touch of fraying at head and tail touch of toning at preliminaries else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards paper label. 8vo. 67pp plus foldout map. Illus. b/w plates. Former owner inscription on fep. Prouts Neck Association hardcover books
ref. 10968Leicester UK: Orpheus Press for Twelve By Eight Press 2013. Limited Edition/Design Binding. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition/Design Binding. Hardcover. "A traditional American ballad on the joys of the bedroom with its companion poem "In Disapproval of Bundling". The publisher writes "Old bed sheets of several colours gave raw material for the paper but the source of the supply cannot be disclosed." I call it 'Life in the Old Goat Yet." artist statement Hollands final comment plays at the fact that she consciously chose to bind this bawdy tale in the skin of an old goat all flaws embraced. Tight bright and unmarred; archival box shows minimal shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Full native Morroccan goat complete with flea bites and scratches some highlighted in in 23c gold leaf blind tooling gold leaf highlights teg rough hand sewn headbands. 4to. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 183 of 200. Orpheus Press for Twelve By Eight Press hardcover books
1902ref. 189110New York: Jas. E. O'Neill 1902. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear to portfolio pages lightly age toned but otherwise clean. Missing plates 3 5 24 41 and 64. Oversized green cloth portfolio; 1 leaf followed by 61 loose plates. Edition limited to 750 numbered sets this being number 14 .This is part one of a three part series. A series of photogravur plates from photographs of architecture from the Renaissance Gardens of Italy. Jas. E. O'Neill hardcover books
1902ref. 189136New York: Jas. E. O'Neill 1902. Hardcover. Good overall shelfwear to boards covers not attached pages lightly age toned but otherwiswe clean and clear bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Oversized bound in 3/4 red leather and color illustrated boards; color illustrated end papers; 1 leaf followed by 66 plates. Edition limited to 750 numbered sets. This is part one of a three part series. A series of photogravure plates from photographs of architecture from the Renaissance Gardens of Italy. Jas. E. O'Neill hardcover books
1866ref. 10737Springfiled MA: Gurdon Bill 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. An early biography of Lincoln published shortly after his assassination. This set bears the ownership bookplate of the Library Association of Dark Harbor ME and indicates that it was donated by Mrs. E.P. Kinnicutt the Kinnicutt family was important in New England financial cirles and with the American Antiquarian Society. The set was given by his widow to the Dark Harbor Library an affluent enclave on an island off the coast of Maine and they bear the bookplate and very discrete marks supporting that. Dark Harbor occupies about 1/4 of the island and is largely occupied by summer 'cottages' the rest of the island is occupied by largely year-around residents. Owners of the 'cottagers' created the Dark Harbor library separate from the public library on the island and the cottage families largely Boston Brahmin donated books to be shared amongst themselves there was also for a period a fund raised among them for buying new material. Noted flaw notwithstanding overall a handsome copy in a binding that is often found rather impaired. Minor shelf/edge wear ownership plate at front pastedown signature at ffep 'early home' had been loose at gutter and shows early tape remounting ghosting of prints on tissue guards else tight bright and unmarred. Publishers brown cloth beveled edges gilt lettering in blind decorative elements brown endpapers frontispiece tissue guards. 8vo. 544pp. Illus. b/w plates. Gurdon Bill hardcover books
1869ref. 2793New York: Charles Scribner & Co 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Josiah Gilbert Holland 1819-1881 American editor poet novelist and writer was editor of The Springfield Republican and of Scribner's Magazine from 1870 until his death. Contains some of the best work of the artist engraver Elias James Whitney. Light shelf wear light fraying at head gift inscription on ffep 1882 else tight bright and unmarred. Burgundy cloth boards gilt lettering red ink labels and decorative elements black ink lettering and decorative elements decorative endpages. 12mo. 202pp. Charles Scribner & Co hardcover books
1935ref. TB28476Greenwich Conn.: The Greenwich Press 1935. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 tan buckram and blue-gray paper covered boards with bold dark blue text on the spine and a paper title label on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 61/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 164 pagesof text followed by several pages of sponsors. Illustrated with a large section of black and white photographs of homes street scenes harbors buildings etc. A very tight clean and handsome copy with on prior ownership markings of any kind. The Greenwich Press hardcover books
1994ref. 41436New York: Allworth Press and the AIGA 1994. stiff paper wrappers. Graphic Design. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 245 pages. Introduction by Steven Heller. Introduction by Steven Heller. Book has 42 essays on the subject. A fine copy. Allworth Press and the AIGA unknown books
1997ref. 2350018London: The Folio Society 1997. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Beck Ian Archie. 2005 8th printing Ford-Smith Folio 76 #913. Includes publisher's slipcase. A couple tiny blemishes to slipcase otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1997 Hard Cover. 237 3 pp. Gold cloth black titles and decorations. Essays stories plays and excerpts from the ribald Irish writer known for The Picture of Dorian Gray. Selected and introduced by Merlin Holland with illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. The Folio Society hardcover books
1855ref. 140949744Springfield MA: Samuel Bowles and Company 1855. First Edition. Good. First edition of the first book-appearance of the poem "Bars Fight" by Lucy Terry which is believed to be the oldest known work of literature by an African American. 619pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and decorated in blind. Good binding a little tender worn and softened corners sunned spine with loss bookplate to front pastedown tidemarks to prelim and terminal sheets occasional spotting to pages and evidence of biopredation. Terry's poem was preserved orally and not published until the November 20 1854 issue of The Springfield Daily Republican. It was published here in book-form the following year by Republican editor Josiah Gilbert Holland and included in this history of Western Massachusetts on account of its content. A ballad poem written as a first-person account of frontier violence it portrays an attack on two white families by Native Americans. The incident occurred in an area of Deerfield MA called "The Bars" which was a colonial term for a meadow. After this 1855 posthumous publication "Bars Fight" remained undiscovered until 1942 when it was published in Lorenzo Greene's The Negro in Colonial New England 1620-1776. Lucy Terry Prince often credited as simply Lucy Terry c. 1733-1821 was an American settler and poet. Kidnapped in Africa and enslaved she was taken to the British colony of Rhode Island. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their marriage in 1756. "Bars Fight" is the only surviving work by Terry though she was said to have been a prolific poet. Samuel Bowles and Company unknown books
1852ref. 3043London: Longman Brown 1852. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth. Very good; spine lightly sunned; unopened. 8vo xii 301 3 32 adverts pp. An advanced text that contains remarkable observations on the future of 'mental science'. Holland concluded that dreams addictions to alcohol and narcotics cerebral disease etc. would eventually become the basis for assessing the difference between normal and morbid conditions and establish a psycho-pathology of mental illness. Holland attempts to establish the veracity of this claim by examining what he considered to be the links. A prescient book. Hunter McAlpine pp. 739 - ' 42. Longman, Brown hardcover books
1994ref. 1405145New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1994. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 189 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine is blue with black lettering wrapped in an archival mylar sleeve. Negligible shelf and edge wear to jacket. Price uncut: "$20.00". Boards show minimal shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed flat in black ink by Holland on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405145. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2015ref. 1405110Berkeley: Counterpoint Press 2015. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 165 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is white with black lettering wrapped in an archival mylar sleeve. Mild shelf and edge wear to jacket. Price uncut: "$24.00". Boards show minimal shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed and dated in black ink by author on title page: "Noy Holland / November 13 2015". NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405110. Special Collections - Downstairs. Counterpoint Press hardcover books
1995ref. 2312908Boston: Little Brown and Company 1995. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. Crayon marks on some pages. 1995 Hard Cover. xii 175 pp. The minute the alarm clock punctures our dreams we go to work. We have convinced ourselves that productivity is the name of the game and that leisure is a notorious sign of laziness. In Endangered Pleasures Barbara Holland insists that enough is enough. It's time to kick back relax and relish the truly good things in life. "Delightfully quirky".--The Boston Globe. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1966ref. 1416411New York: Atheneum 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo 243 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is black and cream illustrated white print. Dust jacket in mylar; mild edge wear. Price unclipped: "$5.00". Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and grey paper to boards; slight wear to spine caps and corners slightly cocked spine. Text block has red tinted top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416411. FP New Rockville Stock. Atheneum hardcover books
1921ref. 124481New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1921. Hardcover. A Very Good edition that is scuffed around the edges and otherwise generally worn ; Holland Thompson's The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest tells the story of the invention of machines that have changed the world from the spinning jenny to the steam engine. With lively prose and stunning illustrations this book is a must-read for anyone interested in history technology or the human experience.; 8vo; 267 pages . Yale University Press hardcover books
1921ref. 124473New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1921. Hardcover. A Very Good edition that has aging to the boards and pages; The New South: a Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution tells the story of the social and industrial evolution of the South during the twentieth century. The book covers a wide range of topics including the history of race relations the economy education and politics. The New South is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of southern history sociology and industrial sociology.; 8vo; 250 pages . Yale University Press hardcover books
1892ref. 124017New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1892. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good- condition with soiling and agewear to the volume boards and foxing throughout ; J.G. Holland's Bitter-Sweet is a poetic exploration of love and loss. The book is divided into three parts: the first deals with the pain of unrequited love; the second with the joy of finding love again; and the third with the pain of losing love. Holland's poetic language is lush and evocative and the book is an excellent read.; 177 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1978ref. 58391Philadelphia And New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. Third Printing. Cloth. 0397318189 . A Fine Later Printing housed in a dust-jacket of equal condition ; Dinah and the Green Fat Kingdom is the story of a young girl who dreams of traveling to the Green Fat Kingdom. She becomes determined to find this place and when she finally does she discovers that it is not as beautiful as she imagined it would be.; 8vo; 189 pages . J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1986ref. 55095Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0385231695 . A first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in a scuffed Very Good dust-jacket; When the wealthy and beautiful Juliette moves to the small town of Greendale she assumes the quiet life of a country girl. But Juliette's apparently idyllic life is a facade and she's anything but content. One of the other girls in town Anna slowly unveils a darker side to Juliette that shocks and horrifies the naïve country girl. Juliette has been keeping a secret a dark and terrible secret that has ruined her life. Anna is the only person who knows and she is not about to let Juliette go unpunished.; 8vo; 234 pages . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
1988ref. 106697Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; The Lords of Vaumertin is a young adult novel set in the fictional kingdom of Vaumertin. The story follows the adventures of two young lords Jules and Léon as they navigate the treacherous politics of their kingdom. Jules is the illegitimate son of the king and must navigate the challenges of being a illegitimate prince while Léon is the son of a peasant farmer. The two lords must rely on their wits and strength to survive the challenges of the court the palace intrigues and the war against neighboring kingdoms.; 8vo; $6.00 . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1989ref. 102725New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Promotional Copy with publisher's letter laid in; In A Fatal Advent Isabelle Holland weaves a suspenseful and dark tale of family secrets and love triangles. When seventeen-year-old Lily moves in with her aunt and uncle after her mother's death she is excited to start her new life away from her abusive father. But Lily's new family is far from perfect. Her uncle is a recluse who spends his days in the library and her aunt is a model citizen who constantly puts her own needs before those of her niece. When Lily starts experiencing debilitating headaches she is sure that her father is to blame. But as she investigates her family's past she discovers that the secrets they've been hiding could be deadly. With only days until her birthday Lily must choose between confronting her family and protecting them or risking their lives for what seems like forever.A Fatal Advent is a gripping story of family secrets and love triangles that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.; 8vo; $6.00 . Doubleday hardcover books
1984ref. 104131New York: Delacorte Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; When Private First Class William E. Holland is killed in action his grieving family must come to terms with his death and the fact that he will not come home. Holland's death forces them to confront the reality of war and the sacrifices it demands. In poignant and moving prose Holland's father brother and wife tell his story describing the times and emotions they experienced before during and after Holland's death. They candidly share the ways they coped with the loss and the pain it inflicted on them. Holland's friends and comrades provide an eyewitness account of his heroism on the battlefield and the powerful bond of brotherhood that united them.A soldier's death is a tragedy that can be incredibly difficult for his loved ones to deal with. Holland's family shares their experiences and emotions in this moving book which provides an intimate look at the cost of war.; 8vo; $7.00 . Delacorte Press hardcover books
1992ref. 30867New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 067174643x . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with minor edgewear; Moscow Twilight is the first novel in the Moscow series. It follows the adventures of American expatriate Jack Ryan and his Russian friend and former KGB operative Anatoly Karpov as they try to foil a Russian plot to gain control of the world's oil supplies.; 8vo; 305 pages; FSA . Pocket Books hardcover books
