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1830222 p. + Engraved Frontis of Princess Victoria with original tissue guard. Text beginning to brown. XLib bookplate of Juniata College Library. School gift book with print and manuscript from the Albany Academy to Joseph B. Brown the best in his class in English Grammar & improvement in penmanship, 1831. T. Romeyn Beck, Principal on front paste down. 24mo. 150 mm. Red leather spine over paper covered boards. Spine perished. Joseph B. Brown printed in gold gilt on red leather front joint. Hardbound. Fair. Title continues 'Contents. Sir Thomas Lawrence, Angela De La Moriniere, Mozart, The Admirable Crichton, Volney Beckner, Condiac De Montcalm, Blaise Pascal, Lady Jane Grey, and Edward The Sixth'. S&S/AI 2259. PALIB 4
183748 p. + Frontis Portrait Silhouette. Needs to be resewn. 195mm. Best to be considered disbound, though the original cloth covered boards are present. Includes pieces on: The Pleasures of Fishing; The Miseries of Fly Fishing; Lawyer's Songs; Etc. This original edition is quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POETRY BX 3
1747pp. (12), 267 + Publisher's Advertisement. 12mo. Uncased. Latin text followed by the annotated English version. Written in a simple, concise style, Eutropius' history (especially in this edition) was probably originally intended for school use. SMALL BOX 1
1990A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. 430 pages. Black and white illustrations. "A triparate exploration and documentation of the history of the New York School as represented in five interdisciplinary periodicas that appeared in the late 1940's abd early 1950's: Iconograph, The Tiger's Eye, Possibilities, Instead, and Modern Artists in America."
1810328 p. Pages 143/144 and 177/178 loss of margin and a few letters. Early manuscript ownership of Susan M. Happock, 1813 on first fly leaf. Foxed. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full leather binding. Lacks spine label. A scarce little edition for use in schools. Hardbound. Good. S&S/AI 20229. PAIMP 21
1794pp. vi, 438. Some light foxing. 12mo. 205mm. Contemporary full leather binding, cracked at joints. Front board fragile. A nice example. Sarah Tuke Grubb (1756-1790) was born at York, England and traveled throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and France as a minister of the Society of Friends. This account of her life and travel with extracts from her writings is extremely informative. Especially worthy of attention is her interest in Ackworth School (a Friends boarding school for girls) and her interest in Christian education generally. These particular accounts were addressed to a friend in America who was interested in founding similar institutions there. First published in Dublin in 1792. This Second Edition, served as a model for the first American edition (Trenton: 1795). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 L Stk
2008Book shows light shelf wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 222 pages with a great many b&w photos throghout.
2002Staple-bound. Limited edition of 125. 24 pages, printed on one side only. "Joanne Kyger was an American poet. The author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, Kyger was associated with the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Black Mountain, and the New York School." [Wikipedia]
1812142 p. Small 12mo. 15 cm. Foxed. Contemporary full leather binding, spine ruled in gold. Intended for use as a Latin reader in schools. Scarce. AI 25861. SMALL BOX 6 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1971A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. This book has the scent of nag champa incense. Edge wear and creases to cover. 94 pages. Stated First Edition.
1853pp. 378, (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved half title, frontis and full page plates by Darley. Lacks fly leaves. Age stained. Large 12mo. Virtually disbound. Reading copy only. These romanticized sketches had great influence on popular imagination in mid-19th century America. The "Western types," include: the Indian, Voyageur, Pioneer, Ranger, Regulator, Justice of the Peace, Peddler, Schoolmaster, Schoolmistress, and Politician. Very scarce. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W17
1989Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 75 pages, publisher page shows no additional printings.
2011This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Hebrew. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition 'Lidia Zavadsky: Her Imprint on the Art of Clay', at the Zaritsky Artists House in Tel Aviv in September 2011. This may be the most comprehensive publication on the ceramic sculpture of Lidia Zavadsky (1937- 2001) an emigrant from Poland who decided to study ceramics at the Bezalel Art School in 1961. She eventually became a teacher there and finally the head of the department. Illustrated with over 100 color plates of photographs of works from throughout her career, also vintage black & white photographs of the artist in class, in her studio, etc. 11" high X 10" wide, 227 pages. Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1874pp. xvi, 560. Unopened. Age stained. 4to. Original full green cloth binding, decorated in silver. Gilt lettered spine. Binding dust spotted. Hardbound. The papers include: The Railways and the State, by W. Stanley Jevons; The Peace of Europe, by A. W. War; Solar Physics, by Balfour Stewart; The Talmud, by T. Theodores, etc. John Owens, a successful Manchester cotton merchant, held strong views on the relationship between education and religion. A firm Nonconformist, he objected to the dominate role that the Church of England played in education. Owens, who never married, decided that he would leave most of his wealth to help establish a further education college for men that would not have: "to submit to any test whatsoever of, their religious opinions". Most interesting. PA69/STACK LEFT
184612mo. 84p. Foxed. Original cloth backed boards. Very scarce American school book edition of Plautus. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
1982This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Slight sunning and one tiny scratch on the back cover. This is the HEBREW edition. Text entirely in Hebrew. Signed card from the curator of the exhibition laid in. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in 1983. The exhibition honored the founder of the Bezalel School, Boris Schatz (1866- 1932). Illustrated throughout in black & white with color plate frontispiece. 10" high X 8" wide, 119 pages.This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1821144 p. 12mo. Original leather backed paper boards. Very scarce American Imprint. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
1974This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. Text in French and English. for an opera performed at Theatre des Varietes, for the Festival d' Automne in December and January of 1974-75. This was one of Robert Wilson's earliest pieces first performed at the Spoleto Festival in June of 1974. Robert Wilson's 80 year old grandmother starred in it. The production toured Europe for two years. Robert Wilson founded the Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds, an experimental theater group in Soho in 1968. A pamphlet titled 'Robert Wilson: Byrd Hoffman, School of Byrds' laid in. This has a 7 page essay by Bonnie Marranca and a sheet of four black & white photographs of the performance, in 1974, with Christopher Knowles, Cynthia Lubar, Alma Hamilton, Sheryl Sutton, George Ashley, Stefan Brecht, and Scotty Snyder, taken by Johan Elbers. 8" high X 6" wide, 152 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1948283 pages. Prior owner's details neatly upon front free endpaper. Minimal light pencil markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound vintage working copy. Book
2000712 pages. Light wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
2005380 pages. Many black and white photographic plates of the key players. "An outstanding and hair-raising account of mass murder and deception that pieces together the cowardly plot and the conspirators' successful twenty-year evasion of justice." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with modest wear. Bit of soiling to edges of textblock. A quality copy. Book
1950365 pages. Topics include: Review of basic skills; Graphs; Ratio, Proportion, and Variation; Factoring; Applications of Factoring - Fractions; Indices; Equations and Problems; Square Roots; Rational and Irrational Numbers; Quadratic Equations; Systems of Equations; Logarithms; plus answers. Very clean and unmarked with slight wear. Tight and square. This book appears to have never seen a student's hand. A splendid copy! Book
1952Prior owner's details neatly inside front cover else clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Nice copy. Editorial Comment: This text contains many important practical topics which are left out of 'modern' texts. These topics include interest rate, insurance, stock, and bond calculations. Book
2005314 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unused. An excellent copy. Book
1989149 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. From the author of Syrup Pails and Gopher Tails. "Delights readers with more fondly remembered stories of the one-roomed country school." - from back cover. Letter 'C' taped to base of spine. Nice copy. Book