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1848réf. 47130Boston: Charles Fox 1848. Fox born in Roxbury Mass. near the scene of revolutionary excitement began his nautical career as a cabin boy. After a narrow . Boston: Charles Fox 1848. Fox born in Roxbury Mass. near the scene of revolutionary excitement began his nautical career as a cabin boy. After a narrow escape from privateers on a merchant ship he eventually wound up aboard the 20-gun "Protector" built by Massachusetts for service in the Colonial Navy. He recounts his two cruises in that ship under Capt. Williams his capture and imprisonment in the Jersey prison ship his escape in Jamaica and service in the Colonial Flora. Scarce not in Smith. The book is notable for its excellent engraved plates. Bound in publisher's blind stamped cloth with gold-decorated backstrip. Some wear to spine ends a very good copy. 9 x 16 cm. vi-240 pp. b/w engraved frontispiece and plates. . Charles Fox hardcover books
1939réf. 44664New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. First American edition. Fox is arguably the most generous of all the contemporary giants of small-boat design etc. at least as . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. First American edition. Fox is arguably the most generous of all the contemporary giants of small-boat design etc. at least as far as clearly explaining boat design construction and how to remain afloat. Here he presents designs and thoughts about 30 boats - cruising power and racing craft complete with plans and gentlemanly humor. He even includes his thoughts on "Roger North the 17th century yachtsman and Frederick Chapman the first naval architect." See Toy 1864. Backstrip lightly sunned else very good condition. . 28 cm. viii 349 pp. b/w plates lines. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1871réf. 71855Buffalo: Published by Order of the Grand Chapter 1871. Presumed first edition no additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Odd volume. Volume 1 only. 681pp. Octavo 23 cm Orange cloth over boards. Light soiling and staining to boards. Spine heavily sunned. 1/4" tear to cloth at head of spine. Extremities moderately rubbed. Binding solid. From the Introduction- "The earlier records of the Grand Chapter were found to be imperfect in many respects and frequently difficult of explanation. It was not until 1849 that the proceedings were published in full and yet the work now laid before the Craft will be found to embrace a very complete synopsis of the transactions of previous years. Published by Order of the Grand Chapter hardcover books
1967réf. 1415181Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art 1967. Hardcover. Quarto 199 pages booklet xvi pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear light soiling damp stain to spine. Boards in oatmeal cloth with multicolor Picasso signature on front panel. Text block has light spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: tipped in b&w frontispiece portrait and color plates. Accompanied by booklet: xvi pages b&w photographs. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB. 1415181. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions Cercle d'Art hardcover books
1973réf. 30890Scarsdale NY: Bradbury Press. Very Good in Very Good- dj. First Edition. Hardcover. a good sound copy with only minimal shelfwear but with some dampstaining along the edges of the covers more extensively on the rear not affecting the interior at all and a little bit of staining on the fore-edge; the jacket is moderately edgeworn with little bits of surface deterioration probably insect-nibbling here and there a small tea-stain near the top of the front panel and a 3-inch ragged closed tear at the bottom left corner of the front panel and a couple of other short closed edge-tears. pen & ink drawings A novel set in 1840 the first-person narrative of a young white boy who is kidnapped and pressed into service on a slave ship as it embarks on a four-month round trip between New Orleans and Africa. Accustomed to earning pennies paying his fife on the docks he is forced to play for a much grimmer reason by the ship's brutal captain who "would have the slaves 'danced' to keep their muscles strong their bodies profitable." The book was a Newbery Medal winner in 1974 the only one of the author's works to be thus honored. . c.1973. Bradbury Press hardcover books
1972réf. 655Paris: Honore Champion 1972. Good. 129 p. Wraps unopened. The text of Branch 1 accounting for the birth and formation of Reynard. Honore Champion paperback books
réf. 36757FOX Frank. SWITZERLAND. London: Adam and Charles Black 1914. 8vo. Cloth. x 203 pages 1 map 32 colored plates. First edition. Very good. unknown books
réf. 10370FRANCK-OBERASPACH Karl and Edmund Renard. DIE KUNSTDENKMALER DES KREISES JULICH. Dusseldorf: L.Schwann 1982. 8vo. Cloth. vi 243 pages 13 plates. First edition thus. A reprint of the original 1902 edition which was published in the series Die Kunstdenkmaler der Rheinprovinz with 156 in-text illustrations. Ex-library copy else very good. unknown books
1982réf. 140949111New York: RAW Books & Graphics 1982. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. A great association copy signed by the cartoonist on the rear board in black marker in the year of publication to the co-founder of The Residents Hardy Fox RAW Books & Graphics unknown books
1904réf. 140944920New York: Fox Duffield & Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. xlii 350pp. w/ frontispiece and photos. Bound in publisher's bluish-gray buckram with navy lettering. Very Good spine a little sunned cloth rubbed along edges former owern's name in pencil on front free endpaper some reading smudges and small stains throughout a few pinholes through rear endpaper. A Kentucky African-American cookbook illustrated with black-and-white photos by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Fox, Duffield & Company hardcover books
1996réf. 1414797Connecticut USA: Greenwood Press 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 216 pages. In Very Good condition. Black spine with white lettering. Bound in black cloth. Boards with minimal surface wear including bumping to corners and light stain to lower right. Shelved Rockville ND-F. 1414797. FP New Rockville Stock. Greenwood Press hardcover books
2023réf. 109342NY:: Simon & Schuster. 2023. Hardcover. First printing. SIGNED by the author on the publisher's specially bound in front endpage. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 318 pages; Signed by Author . 1668050781 . Simon & Schuster, hardcover books
1961réf. 80627Not Identified: American Theological Review. Very Good. 1961. Softcover. This booklet is soft-bound in blue wrappers with black printing on the upper cover. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. . American Theological Review paperback books
1940réf. 108914NY:: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. A later printing. Near fine in a very good minor edge wear at the spine ends and corners dust jacket. . Harper & Row, hardcover books
1967réf. 1414398Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 383 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price clipped front flap. Spine blue and beige with white and black lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including slight age toning/foxing and few minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including faint foxing and slight edge wear. Text block has slight wear including light age toning to the fore/tail edges and head edge colored lime green. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Col. CC. 1414398. FP New Rockville Stock. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
2005réf. 48664Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005. Very Good/Very Good. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005. First Edition with full number line. Octavo 25cm; publisher's boards in glossy pictorial dust jacket; xix3363pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light shelf wear corners rather bumped else Very Good and sound. Oxford University Press unknown books
1994réf. 42002Wellesley MA: Davis Museum and Cultural Center Wellesley College 1994. Near Fine. Wellesley MA: Davis Museum and Cultural Center Wellesley College 1994. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto; publisher's gray pictorial staplebound wrappers; 20pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Very light wear to margins else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page "11/7/94 / To David / Annette Lemieux. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College unknown books
1919réf. M12935London:: Macmillan 1919. 1919. 8vo. xxiv 434 pp. Frontis. plates index. Original blind and gilt-stamped navy cloth; spine a bit dulled but a very good copy. Macmillan, 1919. hardcover books
2000réf. 153912Santa Cruz CA: Chicano/Latino Research Center University of California 2000. Spiral_bound. 61p. 8.5x11 inches wraps very good condition. Working paper 26. Chicano/Latino Research Center, University of California unknown books
réf. B29759-4Providence Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design 1984. 64pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. sq. 4to. Wraps. Providence (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design), 1984. paperback books
1931réf. 007561New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1931 TEG with deckled edges. Cloth boards with vellum spine titled in gilt one plate with tiny abrasion at top edge else fine and clean. Limited to 512 copies signed by Wyeth. Illustrated with tipped-in color frontis title page and 14 color plates with tissue guards. . Signed by Artist. First Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Thick 4to. Charles Scribners Sons hardcover books
1980réf. RH1376Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1980. 1980. 8vo. x 355 pp. Cloth dust-jacket; jacket rubbed some minor edge tears. Very good. Ownership signature of Roger Hahn. ISBN: 0521232341 Cambridge University Press, (1980). hardcover books
1974réf. 1413670Dayton: Press of Morningside Bookshop 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto vi 596 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with silver print. Boards in black cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text block has owner label and stamp on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w tables. Reprint of edition published by Brandow Printing Company Albany 1898. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1413670. FP New Rockville Stock. Press of Morningside Bookshop hardcover books
1952réf. RR1439Bristol:: John Wright & Sons 1952. 1952. 8vo. x 338 pp. Frontis. 19 plates index. Grey red-stamped cloth; some fading. Near fine. John Wright & Sons, 1952. hardcover books
1949réf. NF4235Abbe David's Diary Being an account of the French naturalist's journeys and observations in China in the years 1866 to 1869 Harvard University Press 1949 first edition near fine in vg dust-wrapper. Illustrated. Translated and edited by Helen M. Fox. Harvard University Press unknown books