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1914ref. 59224NY: The Century 1914. First Edition. 8vo pp. 316. A VG copy in some chipped and worn dj with the original tissue over the dj on the rear panel. BAL 14265 BMC XVII 522; Osler 5169. The Century unknown books
1908ref. 49157Portland ME: Mosher 1908. Periodical. 12mo pp. 223-247. Paper wraps. Cover slightly spotted and faded o/w a VG tight copy. A Medieval poem by an unknown author supposedly about a lost love but perhaps simply an allegory. Mosher unknown books
1908ref. 7847NY: Century 1908. First edn. 8vo Pp. 421. Covers little soiled a VG copy. Century unknown books
1913ref. 6733NY: Century 1913. First edn. 8vo pp. 510. A VG copy. BAL 14272. Century unknown books
1892ref. 3402NY: The Century 1892. First edn. 8vo pp. 307. Little foxing and external wear a VG copy. BAL 14148. The Century unknown books
1999ref. 39183Alexandria VA: Time-Life 1999. First printing. Small 4to pp. 208. Index. Signed by the author. Copiously illustrated with color photographs. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. Time-Life unknown books
1902ref. 29796NY: Century 1902. Second printing. 8vo pp. 495. Red cloth stamped in white. cover little worn and soiled hinges tender o/w VG. A novel. Century unknown books
1859ref. 438384London: S.W. Partridge 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. One volume. Folio 12 ½” x 16 ½’. January 1859; January 1861 – December 1866. Custom bound for the owner George Hickin in dark blue cloth over boards gilt spine. A nearly complete consecutive run of 72 monthly issues. Lacking the August 1862 issue pp. 365-68 and first leaf of the June 1863 issue pp. 405-06 else very good with a few small early tape repairs. The British Workman was a lavishly illustrated four-page penny monthly dedicated to the industrial working classes. Its founder and editor Thomas Bywater Smithies believed that pictures were the best way to promote Christian morals temperance and the world wide abolition of slavery. The magazine was supported by the great politician and social reformer Lord Shaftsbury and Florence Nightingale distributed it to troops during the Crimean War. A scarce volume of 72 issues dating from the magazine’s golden period featuring several issues with outstanding front-page wood engravings by John Gilbert and including one by Harrison Weir. S.W. Partridge hardcover books
1861ref. 438385London: S.W. Partridge 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. One volume. Quarto 9 ½” x 13 ½”. pp. 1-288: January 1861 – December 1866 New Series Nos. 1-72. A consecutive run of 72 monthly issues custom bound for the owner Sarah A. Hickin in dark blue cloth over boards gilt spine with a manuscript note in ink on the front pastedown. One monthly issue May 1865 pp. 209-12 has been neatly cut along the gutter present and laid in its proper place the September 1865 issue has some staining and a small vignette illustration partially cut round still present else very good overall with a few small early tape repairs. The Band of Hope Review was a lavishly illustrated "improving" magazine for the children of the poor and working classes founded and edited by the Methodist social reformer Thomas Bywater Smithies. A scarce volume of 72 complete issues dating from the magazine’s golden period featuring contemporary articles on slavery and several issues with outstanding front-page wood engravings by John Gilbert and Harrison Weir. S.W. Partridge hardcover books
1908ref. 428259New York: The Century Co 1908. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Octavo. A lovely fine copy. The Century Co hardcover books
1913ref. 409608New York: The Century Co 1913. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Thirteen volume set. Olive green buckram gilt on black stamped title on spine. Illustrated by Howard Pyle Jay Hambidge Andre Castaigne Arthur I. Keller and others. Helen F. Denison's decorative bookplates on front endpapers in each volume spines lightly faded with some mottling on a few volumes else a near fine set lacking the scarce dustwrappers. Titles included are: "The Red City" "Dr. North and His Friends" "Far in the Forest" "Constance Trescot" "The Autobiography of a Quack" "When All the Woods are Green" "The Youth of Washington" "Roland Blake" "In War Time" "Hugh Wynne" "Characteristics" "The Adventures of François" "Circumstances The Century Co hardcover books
1914ref. 395299New York: Century Co 1914. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Decorative green cloth gilt-stamped. Ex-library with minimal markings hinges cracked rear endpapers stained thus good only. Century Co hardcover books
1903ref. 396012New York: The Century Co 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped tooling floral embellishment on center of front cover top edge gilt. near fine with modest wear. The Century Co hardcover books
1904ref. 393590Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1904. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Gilt stamped red textured cloth top edge gilt. Spine faded and cocked else near fine. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1913ref. 393595New York: Century Co 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth gilt-stamped. Contemporary owner's name penned on front pastedown spine ends fraying else very good. Century Co hardcover books
1913ref. 393594New York: Century Co 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth gilt-stamped. A few areas of cloth mottled still very good or better. Century Co hardcover books
1956ref. 237955New York: Simon and Schuster 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 161pp. Illustrated by Walt Kelly throughout. Some age-toning darkening at the spine and edges of the front board. A humorous guide to running for president. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1921ref. 339642Boston: Small Maynard 1921. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner's name on the front fly fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown. Resourceful young woman "puts it over" on the petty and backbiting population of a small country town. Scarce in jacket. Small, Maynard hardcover books
1957ref. 454968New York & New Haven: New-York Historical Society & the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Theodore Sizer. Octavo. 93pp. Illustrated. Green cloth gilt. "Withdrawn" stamp but no other markings else very near fine. New-York Historical Society & the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University hardcover books
1981ref. 79384London: Bratach Dubh Editions 1981. Paperback. 43p. wraps slightly toned pages evenly toned old price sticker on front wrap else in very good condition. Text in English. Bratach Dubh Editions anarchist pamphlets no. 6. Bratach Dubh Editions paperback books
1883ref. 34583Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1883. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two small stains on the rear board some light overall wear and owner name on front fly else near fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1971ref. 272800New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a little wear at the spine ends and corners in a near fine lightly soiled dustwrapper. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
2017ref. 1405577Norwalk: Easton Press 2017. Signed First Edition: #61 of 350. Hardcover. Octavo 541 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in dark red genuine leather with gilt decoration; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Very light edge wear to boards with some small scuffs on the front board. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear. Signed flat in blue ink by Weir on the limitation page. Interior clean. Shelved in Room A. 1405577. Special Collections. Easton Press hardcover books
1888ref. 11028Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1888. THIRD EDITION. Original publisher's cloth. Presentation inscription on the fly-leaf: "Nancy Gilpin with the regards of her friend Weir Mitchell." First edition of a collection of essays dealing WITH patient care and the relationship between doctor and patient many of which are directly related to women. The essays include The Physician; Convalescence; Pain and Its Consequences; The Moral Management of Sick or Invalid Children; Nervousness and its Influence on Character; Out-door and Camp-life for Women. Mitchell 1829-1914 was one of the founders of American neurology and one of the early practioners to observe various forms of doctor patient relationships. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
1897ref. 11776Philadelphia: n.p. 1897. Original printed wrappers. Volume XII of Mitchell’s case-study on Melancholy. BAL 6 14180. [n.p.] unknown books
