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1877ref. 17628Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Very Good. 1877-85. First Edition. Hardcover. ; Gff; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 3617 pages . The Historical Society of Pennsylvania hardcover
2010ref. 149731FL: M & K Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2010. Hardback. Cellophane on the front and the spine of the dust jacket is crinkly dust jacket spine is also sun faded; Signed and inscribed by the author; 384 pages . 0615413757 . M & K Publishing hardcover
19424 vols., in 1, 8vo., First Editions, with frontispieces and plates; newly and handsomely bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with double frame border in gilt, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt with an anchor device, all original pictorial wrappers (a little dust-soiled) preserved, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The definitive record of corvette service in WWII, the set comprises 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943), 'Corvette Command' (1944) and 'HM Frigate' (1946). The first three volumes were combined and issued in slightly abridged form as 'Three Corvettes' (1945). Taken together and in sequence the four volumes provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's own wartime service. Furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents which reappear in the author's masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea' (1951), arguably the finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII. Monsarrat's seatime began in HMS Campanula [broadly the 'HMS Flower' of the first volume] on the North Atlantic convoys; at one time she was the only RN vessel operating out of St. Johns. She is perhaps best known for her service in convoy OG71 (Milford Haven-Gibraltar, August 1941) which suffered so badly at the hands of a U-boat pack that it was ordered to seek shelter in neutral Lisbon. Many of the merchantmen were lost (including the SS Aquila with 22 Wrens aboard) together with the escorts HMS Bath and HMS Zinnia. The full story is related by Lund and Ludlam in 'Nightmare Convoy' (1987). He then transferred to HMS Guillemot ['HMS Dipper' in the second volume] serving on the East Coast convoys. Among the actions portrayed are the torpedoing of HMS Vortigern by E-boat S-104, and the successful destruction of an HE-111 in August 1941. HMS Guillemot's captain, Lombard-Hobson' has said of Monsarrat 'he was reserved and unpopular, but I liked him myself'. Monsarrat then assumed command of HMS Shearwater ['HMS Winger' in the third volume] operating in the North Sea out of Harwich. Individual volumes are becoming increasingly elusive. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale, especially in this condition. Enser, p.120 (HM Corvette); Law 1008 (East Coast Corvette), 1007 (Corvette Command) and 1084 (HM Frigate). Astonishingly 'HM Corvette' is not recorded by Law.
1931ref. 021122Garden City: NY: Crime Club Doubleday 1931. First edition so stated. Black cloth with bright red lettering top block edges dyed red a fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket with no rips or tears. A splendid copy. Unusual in that there is a 4 page insert on bright red paper giving a brief description and a location map! The 4th Lt. Valcour title. "An extortionist's note demanding $20000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp. There death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find the cigarette lying in Arthur's lap and Arthur's chin slumped on his chest. Valcour rushed to his side and in stunned amazement stared at the dark mark where a bullet had entered Arthur's skull!." -- Publisher This copy although not marked as such comes from the auction of the Gary Gorton Crime Fiction collection of detective fiction. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kauffer E. McKnight. Book. Crime Club Doubleday
1802ref. PHO-2092Paris, Didot jeune, an X (1802), ATLAS in-8(190x130mm), basane époque, dos lisse orné, manque au dos, brunissures en début et fin d’ouvrage, mouillure claire, légères rousseurs. ATLAS seul de l’édition in-8. Complet de ses 18 planches et 8 cartes dépliantes, De la bibliothèque de Joseph de Lazerme avec son ex-libris et timbre sec
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1865ref. 678Annapolis 1865. Folded sheets with original envelope. Near fine with original envelope. Incredible 6 page manuscript letter from a Civil War Chaplain posted at Annapolis discussing St. John's College Hospital Chapel visiting hospitals and the work of the U.S. Christian Commission in Annapolis during the war. Partial transcript: "At 2 P.M. I preached in St. Johns College Hospital Chapel & there visited some of the wards. In the evening we had preaching in the U.S.C.C. Chapel Tent which is my headquarters at College Green Barracks.Annapolis is or course a secesh town. The churches were nearly broken up by the war but now begin to look more flourishing. There is a large Episcopal Ch. here pastor of wh. is a Chaplain in hospital & a very nice sort of fellow." An unusually descriptive letter from a young man stationed at Annapolis and serving as a chaplain at the College Green Hospital Chapel. Van Wagenen survived the war but died in New York in 1866. unknown
1938ref. 010268NY: New York Historical Society. First edition. Finely bound half-bound leather. Published NY: New York Historical Society 1938. 8vo. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" xxvi246pp. "with 154 illustrations from photographs taken by the author in the years 1897-1901." Half-bound brown Morocco leather with raised bands gilt titles and spine decorations and brown linen cloth over boards marbled endpapers preliminaries on laid paper top edge gilting printed on bright coated paper. Presentation copy to the Veterans of the Seventh Regiment by the New York Historical Society with presentation bookplate on pastedown. At the turn of the 20th Century James Reuel Smith made bicycle excursions across New York City photographing and chronicling its springs and well. In 1938 three years after his death the New York Historical Society published this volume of his pictures and observations. Wear to the leather at the edges some rub at the spine mild creasing to a few page corners Veterans of the Seventh Regiment stamp on pastedown along with the same text handwritten boldly in marker else a near fine example of a scarce book. Clean and bright crisp attractive. . Very Good Plus. Half-Leather. 1st. 1938. New York Historical Society hardcover
1977ref. 047978York PA: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 77 volumes near set of the Special Publications of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society comprised by issues 1-81 lacking #s 68 71 77 and 80 for completion issued 1977-. Most volumes bound in stiff light blue wraps stapled bindings as issued. Volumes range generally VG to Near Fine a few Good a few Fine the majority showing light general handling wear a few with scattered annotations. Early issues were fairly thin; later issues ran in some cases up to 120-140 pp. most in the 80-100 pp. range. A variety of records including birth baptismal marriage death burial census ledgers family Bibles etc. throughout south-central PA including but not limited to York Lancaster Adams Cumberland Dauphin counties. Also includes Ancestral Charts 1976 Bicentennial and 1977 Articles of Confederation editions Complete Index to Ancestral Charts 1976 thus 80 volumes total. A rare opportunity to purchase a nearly complete set of this scarce publication. South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Paperback
1859ref. 32929Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. Successors to Ticknor and Fields 1859. Clean contents with darkening to covers with some staining inked name and marks to upper front cover. Scarce. 32929. Octavo single issue printed wrappers. Features the first publication of the classic tale "The Wondersmith." This story is considered an early robot story. A toyshop owner plans to massacre thousands on the Christmas holiday by supernaturally animated small toy soldiers dolls and animals with small poisoned blades. This story influenced other writers and can be seen today in popular film such as Chuckie and others. Jessica Amanda Salmonson writes in her introduction to O'Brien's works ".O'Brien is the most important figure after Poe and before Lovecraft in modern horror literature. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Successors to Ticknor and Fields unknown
1881ref. 35023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also noted; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of January 2026 2026 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown
1881ref. 35023Ottawa: Printed by MacLean Roger & Co. 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers stitched. 2 10 large folding map short closed tear 20 11 3 2 2 pp as issued. Vertical fold light edgewear. Very Good. offered with Booth C.J. President: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. Ottawa: 1889. 4 pp printed on rectos only. Caption title as issued. Pinned at upper blank corner and docketed in ink on final blank "Canada Atlantic RR Prospectus January 1889." Fine. The map in excellent condition is titled "Canada Atlantic Railway Map December 1881" accomplished by "Geo. Bishop & Co. Lith. Montreal." It measures 18" x 35" with the route of the railway; extensions and other railways also noted; other boundaries in green. All the documents creating the Company set forth in the title of the pamphlet are printed each individually numbered. The Railway as the Prospectus states "extends from Ottawa in a south easterly direction a distance of 142 miles and connects with the Central Vermont Railroad at the village of Alburgh Springs Vt. U.S.A." "The Canada Atlantic Railway CAR was a small regional railway created in 1880 by lumber baron John Rodolphus Booth. Initially planned as part of the transportation network for his vast lumber holdings the railway quickly grew into a general-purpose railway serving passengers and communities along the route. Booth's first target was to gain access to Vermont in order to connect with the Central Vermont Railway CV and further exploit the US markets" "Canada Atlantic Railway" Ontario Railways accessed at Canada-Rail website May 2018. As of January 2026 2026 we do not locate either of these documents-- or the map-- on OCLC. Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co. unknown books
1970ref. 14117Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1970. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition first printing. Davidson spent two years photographing the inhabitants of one of the roughest blocks of Harlem: "What you call a ghetto I call my home." One of the iconic books of modern photography. Photographs and statement by Bruce Davidson. SIGNED BY DAVIDSON on the title page; no inscription. Clothbound hardcover with a mounted plate to front title to front and spine of the printed acetate dj as issued. Unpaginated 130 pages; 124 full-page b&w plates; 11 x 12.25 inches. Ref: Parr & Badger Photobook Vol 2 p18; Roth Book of 101 Books p196-197; Open Book p260-261. Condition: Very Good with a dust-dulled top edge and foxing along the edges of the boards and a couple of spots to the first two pages otherwise clean and crisp in a rubbed acetate dust jacket with one tiny chip and one tiny tear. An overall nice copy. Ships the next business day wrapped in padding in a box. Due to size and weight international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted. Harvard University Press hardcover
1876ref. 15173Philadelphia: Everts Ensign & Everts. Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Exterior shows signs of wear. Spine leather has tears with covers firmly attached. Edges rubbed includes spine ends and leather protected front corners. Gilt title on front cover. Green cloth has a few small cloth bubbles. First & last two pages have edge chips. Endpaper has tape & vertical creases. Color maps & engravings In VG condition & complete. N. Y. Atlas General InformationInformation; Color maps & ngravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 100 pages . Everts, Ensign & Everts hardcover
1932ref. 42466Berlin: Carl Sabo 1932. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio 12 x 9". Unpaginated. 8pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black and white lettering to covers. This 8-page pro-Hindenburg political pamphlet was published after the first round of the 1932 German presidential elections March 13 and which saw no candidate obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast though the incumbent President Paul von Hindenburg with 49.6% failed only by a narrow margin. Hindenburg was opposed to Adolf Hitler NSDAP who arrived second with 30.1% Ernst Thälmann KPD who made it to the third place with 13.2% Theodor Duesterberg Stahlhelm who arrived fourth with 6.8%. The lesser candidates gathered 0.3% of the votes cast. These were the second and final direct elections to the office of President of the Reich Reichspräsident Germany's head of state under the Weimar Republic. Under the Weimar system the presidency was a powerful office. Hindenburg who deeply distrusted and personally detested Hitler had been motivated to run for a second term primarily by a desire to stop Hitler from winning the presidency. Nevertheless following his re-election Hindenburg failed to prevent the Nazis from assuming power. Two successive federal elections left the Nazis as the largest party in the Reichstag and anti-democratic parties in control of a majority of its seats. Under this political climate Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on January 30 1933. This pamphlet titled "Erwachen." Awakening is profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone photogravures and illustrations by C. Vogt depicting a character named Michel asleep dreaming and waking up to a better and safer Germany with Hindenburg. The last page contains the following warning: "Get rid of radicalism! Do not leave the helm of the state to the inexperienced! Your vote only for Hindenburg." Text in German. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. Carl Sabo unknown
1932ref. 42466Berlin: Carl Sabo 1932. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio 12 x 9". Unpaginated. 8pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black and white lettering to covers. This 8-page pro-Hindenburg political pamphlet was published after the first round of the 1932 German presidential elections March 13 and which saw no candidate obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast though the incumbent President Paul von Hindenburg with 49.6% failed only by a narrow margin. Hindenburg was opposed to Adolf Hitler NSDAP who arrived second with 30.1% Ernst Thälmann KPD who made it to the third place with 13.2% Theodor Duesterberg Stahlhelm who arrived fourth with 6.8%. The lesser candidates gathered 0.3% of the votes cast. These were the second and final direct elections to the office of President of the Reich Reichspräsident Germany's head of state under the Weimar Republic. Under the Weimar system the presidency was a powerful office. Hindenburg who deeply distrusted and personally detested Hitler had been motivated to run for a second term primarily by a desire to stop Hitler from winning the presidency. Nevertheless following his re-election Hindenburg failed to prevent the Nazis from assuming power. Two successive federal elections left the Nazis as the largest party in the Reichstag and anti-democratic parties in control of a majority of its seats. Under this political climate Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on January 30 1933. This pamphlet titled "Erwachen." Awakening is profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone photogravures and illustrations by C. Vogt depicting a character named Michel asleep dreaming and waking up to a better and safer Germany with Hindenburg. The last page contains the following warning: "Get rid of radicalism! Do not leave the helm of the state to the inexperienced! Your vote only for Hindenburg." Text in German. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. Carl Sabo unknown books
1959ref. 063519Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Partial run of Volumes 10 1959 through 42 1993 of Pennsylvania Folklife the influential periodical that began as the Pennsylvania Dutchman in 1949 and ceased publication in 1997. All volumes are custom-bound in dark blue cloth-effect boards lettered in gilt on spine panels two and occasionally three volumes bound in one thus 34 volumes bound in 16 approx. 130 issues total. Most volumes consist of four quarterly issues three in some years five in others during the '60s that included an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue. Lacks Vols. 9 1958 43-46 1994-97 for completion and of course Vols. 1-8 when still published as Pennsylvania Dutchman. The entire set is essentially Fine/as issued ideal for a reference library and historical society collections. Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
1890ref. 009969NY: G. D. Smith 1890. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hollyer Samuel etchings. nd - c.1890. 85 copies on paper in 12 parts complte 4to one engraving per folio each signed by Hollyer. Each printed folio signed and numbered by publisher Smith this numbered 65 of 85 on India paper. Wraps slightly browned at edges etching fine. Uncommon in this condition seldom found complete. G. D. Smith hardcover
1890ref. 009969NY: G. D. Smith 1890. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hollyer Samuel etchings. nd - c.1890. 85 copies on paper in 12 parts complte 4to one engraving per folio each signed by Hollyer. Each printed folio signed and numbered by publisher Smith this numbered 65 of 85 on India paper. Wraps slightly browned at edges etching fine. Uncommon in this condition seldom found complete. G. D. Smith hardcover books
1930Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
ref. 109031Nantes, Grinsard, 1873 2 vol. in-4, XII-452 pp. et IV-168 pp., 18 pl., index, bradel demi-percaline verte, couv. cons. (rel. moderne). Qqs rousseurs éparses. Cachet de bibliothèque avec la mention Annulé.
1917ref. 048699Princeton NJ: Princeton University Printed by E. A. Wright Philadelphia 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black pebble-grain leather lettered/illus. in gilt beveled edges oblong format top edge in gilt. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age otherwise only slight wear with firm binding clean interior with a few instances of minor foxing. Illus. private ex-libris book plate mounted inside front cover. F. Scott Fitzgerald's senior class yearbook -- though he actually left Princeton in Nov. 1917 a month prior to publication to join the 45th Infantry and never graduated he was awarded honorary membership in that graduating class in Nov. 2016. In this yearbook he appears in the Class of '18 photo front row center p. 34 and is listed in the Class of '18 p. 36 appears in the Triangle Club photo p. 130 and is listed with club members p. 131 is credited with the lyrics to "Safety First" pp. 134 and 137 appears in the board of The Tiger photo p. 154 and is listed with its staff p. 155 is listed as a member of the University Cottage Club p. 239 and Freneau Club p. 295 and is listed in the rear Directory p. 356. Princeton University [Printed by E. A. Wright, Philadelphia] Hardcover
1970ref. 44979South Carolina Tricentennial Commission. VG/NONE. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover 3-volume set in slipcase; authorized by the South Carolina Tricentennial Commission to record the visual cultural history of South Carolina 1670-1970. Light cover shelfwear to each volume edgewear thumb smudges on some pages and to black cloth slipcase light scuffing scratching rubbing. Scarce in this format. ; . South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, hardcover
1859Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with folding charts and tables in the text; strongly bound in contemporary black half calf, gilt back, a most attractive copy. The backstrip is titled 'Sailing Directions'. At the time of writing Becher was attached to the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
