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ref. 149634First Edition. hardcover. Complete with large folding map and 7 engraved plates. 468pp. 8vo handsomely rebound in new 3/4 brown calf red morocco label; offsetting from plates including onto the title page otherwise internally very good. London: John Murray 1824. "Record of an expedition to discover the northwest passage 1821-23. This journal sets forth details of the expedition especially concerning Eskimo life which were not included in Parry's official account The Journal of a Second Voyage etc." Staton & Tremaine 1289. unknown books
1924ref. 77265Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1924. hardcover. very good. Numerous collotype plates tissue guards. 285pp. 4to. Decoratively gilt green cloth spotted Bostona; Houghton Mifflin 1924. Very good. One of 515 copies. Carved oak furniture including chairs chests clocks etc. Arntzen/Rainwater P222 cites the 2nd edition of 1892. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1974ref. 89716Boston: Little Brown 1974. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 937pp. 8vo orange cloth chipped d.w. Boston: Little Brown 1974. First Edition. Little Brown unknown books
1913ref. 139125St. Louis: Reedy 1913. First. hardcover. very good. Gray pictorial cloth stamped in black & orange. St. Louis: William Marion Reedy 1913. First Edition. The author died young. This is the second and last of his two books dedicated to Joseph Conrad. Ownership signature 1915. Reedy unknown books
1924ref. 24311New York: Macmillan 1924. hardcover. good. Illustrated. 206pp. 8vo brown cloth. New York: The Macmillan Company 1924. Good copy. Macmillan unknown books
1911ref. 54399Pittsfield MA: Eagle Printing 1911. Horizontal 8vo pp. not numbered. Copiously illustrated with portraits and photographs. Paper wraps; covers detached and worn. Rest of book tight. Good only. Eagle Printing unknown books
1910ref. 31535London: Constable 1910. First Edition. 8vo pp. 281. Bound in blue cloth stamped in gilt. Front hinge tender a very good copy. An attempt to describe the long struggle that women have made for their emancipation by a supporter of the movement. Chapters deal with women to the restoration of 1750 the beginning of reform Mary Wollstonecraft and woman suffrage. With a bibliography and index. Constable unknown books
1813ref. 13720Edinburgh: Stewart for Blackwood and Baldwin 1813. First edn. 8vo pp. 80 adv. Library stamp on blank paper repair to edge of title-page; bound with the half-title in publisher's boards uncut neatly rebacked in paper. Engraved frontispiece some foxing and offsetting a very good copy. A practical guide to dealing with vermin and other problems in fruit trees. Stewart for Blackwood and Baldwin unknown books
1948ref. 39845NY: Dutton 1948. First Edition. 8vo pp. 191. Introduction by C. Day Lewis. Blue cloth. Cover little faded and scuffed o/w a VG tight copy. Dutton unknown books
1930ref. 35116NY: Dutton 1930. First Edition. 12 mo pp. 57. Printed paper over boards cloth spine. Cover slightly worn at ends of spine and corners o/w VG in little chipped and torn pink dj. How to listen to music discusses in a light vein. Dutton unknown books
1929ref. 31081NY: Dutton 1929. 22nd printing. 12mo pp. 49. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Clipping about the author laid in. Paper splattered in blue and gold over boards blue cloth spine. VG. A small essay on the nature of happiness whose message is "The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts. Dutton unknown books
1918ref. 590318New York: National Executive Committee Socialist Labor Party 1918. Softcover. Good. First edition. 16mo. 31 1pp. Printed self-wrappers. Removed from a bound volume notches at the spine a good copy. National Executive Committee Socialist Labor Party unknown books
2000ref. 502071Cambridge: Polity Press 2000. Softcover. Fine. First edition wrappered issue. 188pp. Fine in wrappers. Polity Press unknown books
1944ref. 224709Lyon: printed by Helio-Bellecour for author and photographers 1944. 20p. staplebound 12.5x9 inch self-wraps profuse captioned war photography in tinted rotogravure with substantial text; cover with spot-color flame and blood. Pages lightly toned general light crimping from handling and perusal lower corner has a shallow bump resulting in folded dog-ears. No other damage a good copy. Memorial tribute to a village destroyed by the SS. printed by Helio-Bellecour for author and photographers unknown books
1853ref. 538018Liverpool / London: S. W. Richards / T. C. Armstrong 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. xi 223pp. with the errata slip bound in following the final leaf. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Lyon with tissue guard present. Publisher's forest green cloth with a decorative design and horizontal stripes stamped in blind on both covers and spine titled in gilt. Spine and edges toned spine and textblock at the spine base spotted modest wear at corners and spine ends bottom edge with a faint stain affecting only a few leaves with a tiny marginal tidemark very good and sound. Mormon poetry by a Scottish poet with all benefits going to the LDS perpetual emigrating fund. Dedicated to apostle F.D. Richards the book contains a poem about the author by apostle John Taylor as well as poems titled "The Press" "The Prophet" "Reflections on a Bank Note" songs and hymns and poems written to various Mormon notables. According to Supporting Saints: Life Stories of Nineteenth-Century Mormons The Harp of Zion was first the complete edition of poetry published by the Mormon church as well as their first venture into the realm of creative literature. S. W. Richards / T. C. Armstrong hardcover books
1919ref. 439593New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1919. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint penciled name near fine in very good or better dustwrapper but for a couple of light ink squiggles on the front panel. Very scarce in jacket. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1955ref. 442542New York: R.R. Bowker Company 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition revised and enlarged. Small octavo. 172pp. Red cloth. Near fine. R.R. Bowker Company hardcover books
1935ref. 442543New York: R.R. Bowker Company 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 103 1pp. Green cloth. Spine lettering a trifle dull else about fine. R.R. Bowker Company hardcover books
1924ref. 396007New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the second series. Green cloth with printed paper spine label. Spine label darkened and worn still a very good copy. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1954ref. 374907Cambridge: The Poets' Theatre / The Rockwell Film Studio 1954. Unbound. Fine. Tall gray broadsheet printed in red on both sides. Approximately 5" x 15". One horizontal fold else fine. A listing of four plays their casts directors etc. including the second production of a very early play Shopping and Waiting by New York School poet James Schuyler preceded only slightly by a New York production of his first published work. The Poets' Theatre / The Rockwell Film Studio unknown books
1907ref. 509623New York: Young People's Missonary Movement of the United States and Canada 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. vii 289pp. Illustrated. Textured olive cloth stamped in white. Binding rubbed and cocked with the spine titling rubbed off and partial loss to the cover stamping gutter neatly strengthened at the frontispiece and lower hinge first three leaves with faint marginal dampstaining about very good. The story of Englishman Alexander M. Mackay's missionary efforts in Uganda in the 1870's. Includes a 2-page pronunciation guide for Ugandan words. Young People's Missonary Movement of the United States and Canada hardcover books
1974ref. 227928Brattleboro Vermont: Stephen Greene Press 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. 210pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Page edges foxed ex-library with the usual markings a good only copy in a good only dust jacket with dampstains. Stephen Greene Press hardcover books
1974ref. 226711Brattleboro Vermont: Stephen Greene Press 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 210pp. Illustrated with 17 rare drawings and photographs including three unpublished caricatures by Max Beerbohm. Fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with faint stains on rear panel short tear on spine tail. Stephen Greene Press hardcover books
1974ref. 274192Brattleboro: The Stephen Greene Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with some tears around the extremities. The Stephen Greene Press hardcover books
1926ref. 324247New York: Cosmopolitan Book Company 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with tears at the top and bottom of the rear gutter front corners are bumped and worn through soiling lacking the dustwrapper. Cosmopolitan Book Company hardcover books
