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New York: Humboldt Publishing Co, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. New York: Humboldt Publishing Co., [1890]. FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN AMERICA. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 506 pages. Very Good+. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; a little erasure mark on front endpaper; moderate wear; nicer than most (maybe all) examples on the market. Very scarce first American printed edition. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with 1947 date on title page, correct jacket ads and price ($2.50). Very Good in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary 1947 owner's inscription on front endpaper; A few smudges, light pemcil marks and erasures; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with almost no wear; small tear at heel of spine; a couple of staple holes at top of panels; hardly visible; likely the best jacket you'll ever see; price not clipped ($2.50). First issue of the second Curious George title, extremely scarce in dust jacket. [This isn't the Literary Guild issue that is more often seen. It appears that the other examples on the market all have the Guild dust jacket.] SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Photographs (Illustrated with). San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES. 107 pages. 23 actual albumen photographs [supposed to have 24; lacking one]. Good. tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; small tear to front endpaper; covers worn. An early photo book of redwood logging in California, published  "[An] impressive verbal and pictorial description of the logging industry on the northern coast of California"--Kurutz. References: Cowan, page 525; Kurutz, California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs 7; Miles & Reese, Creating America 74. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". 178 pages + appendix. 24 plates, 6 of them hand-colored by Edward Lear (as called for) as well as a number of text illustrations. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; foxing to endpapers; H. Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate on front endpaper; moderate wear. Thomas Campbell Eyton (10 September 1809 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories. Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. References: Nissen IVB 307; Mullens & Swan p.203. A very scarce… Leer más

New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with all first issue points. 495 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Rear hinge cracked else tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary inscription on a blank page - "Mr. Ravcoe[?] Hines / a gift from / Hon. Wm. E. Chandler / Dec. 12, 1911 / by the hand of his friend / SWC" - I'd like to think that the friend here was Willa Cather with the writer of the inscription mixing up her initials but who knows; moderate wear and bnumping to corners but still nice; dust jacket is quite worn with several chips; mostly backed with brown paper; some tears and soil. Cather's fourth book. David Stouck, in his introduction to the University of Nebraska Press edition, wrote that Cather's portrayal of Eddy "contains some of the finest portrait sketches and reflections on human nature that Willa… Leer más

Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. Hardcover. Good. Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. FIRST EDITION. Original Leather. 12" x 8". 14 [charter], 17 [table], 436 [acts up to 1730] pages Good. Tight binding; lacking most of title page (just enough to verify this as the 1726) and first blank; lacking session law after 1730 but more session law pages than often seen; several tears to first few pages; one burn mark (affecting a word on one page); some foxing; writing in margins of table; several inscriptions on front pastedown - Captain Moses Lyman, Timothy Dwight, Nathaniel Clark are some of names mentioned; covers worn. Only second edition of Massachusetts Laws. preceded on by a 1699 compilation of Acts and Laws. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1946). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING        with all first issue points              including correct number line at bottom of title page, $4.00 price on rear flap, etc.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON LAID IN CLIPPED CARD. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is worn with several chips and tears as well as a couple of small tape repairs; $4.00 price intact on rear flap. Signed first edition of the classic bestselling baby guide. Very scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. FIRST EDITION. 3/4 Leather Binding. 360 pages + folding plates, 400 pages. 27 plates (some folding) and large folding map. Very Good. Tight bindings; clean pages and covers; bookplate of famous collector James Fraser Gluck on front endpaper of each volume; a couple of tape repairs at folds of map; some wear and rubbing.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: The Appleton-Century Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: The Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue with "First Printing" on copyright page, (1) on last page of text, etc. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR LAID IN. Good. Tight binding; clean pages except light smudging to endpapers and page edges; worn at spine ends. Very scarce! Author's first book! SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co, 1884. Hardcover. Good+. Illustrated. St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co., 1884. Best Edition - contains additional material not found in earlier editions.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON ENDPAPER BY ONE OF THE SUBJECTS: D. FRANK POWELL "WHITE BEAVER".  ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH OF POWELL. Original cloth. 612 pages. Illustrated. Good+. Hinges cracked but tight binding; a couple of small tears; clean pages; some wear.  Important account of many of the great western figures, including Wild Bill Hickock, Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, Capt D.L. Payne, General George Custer, California Joe, White Beaver, Sitting Bull, Capt. Jack, etc; Includes Sitting Bull's story of the massacre at Little Big Horn. EXTREMELY SCARCE SIGNED BY WHITE BEAVER! Colonel D. Frank Powell was a good friend of Buffalo Bill Cody, a wild west showman, and civilian scout with the U.S. Army. He was subject of one section of this book! References: Howes #B-934; Adams Guns #314, Rader… Leer más

New York: Vanguard Press, 1938. Hardcover. Good/Poor. New York: Vanguard Press, (1938). FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING      with first issue dust jacket, with $1.50 price on front flap and $1.00 price for Mulberry Street on rear flap. Good in Poor or better Dust Jacket. Tight binding; some foxing to pages; covers worn; dust jacket is very worn with large chips and tears; price not clipped ($1.50). Scarce. .

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1926]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with Spring, 1926 catalog in rear. SIGNED CLIPPING FROM A LETTER TIPPED IN ON TITLE PAGE. Later 3/4 leather. 294 pages + ads. Very Good. Tight binding; light foxing else clean pages; moderate wear. Scarce first edition, especially with signature, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Printed by John Darby, 1721. Hardcover. Good+. London: Printed by John Darby, 1721. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF THREE). Leather Bound. 378 pages. Folding tables. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; covers somewhat worn; chipping to spine label. First collected edition of an important periodical that ran from 1713 to 1714 opposing treaties reducing duties on French imports. Interestingly, Daniel Defoe edited the Mercator, which was in support of the treaties.  Very scarce. Three volume set sold at auction in 2006 for almost $5,000. References: Goldsmiths 5943; Kress 3389. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. New York: The Foundation for Economic Education, (1947). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, FIRST PRINTING with correct copyright statement and correct $1.75 price on front flap of the dust jacket. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only slight wear; dust jacket is chipped with tears; price not clipped ($1.75). Scarce first edition in English. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Hardcover. Fair/Good Box. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1946). FIRST EDITION. Contains all the animal food pieces, which is very rare. Fair in Good Box. Cardboard binding split into two pieces (someone like Brian Anthony could repair and restore to almost new); all animal food pieces in little container; box taped at botoom; one corner flap of box lacking. A very scarce toy book by the author of Pat the Bunny. Especially rare with all the food pieces. Last example I saw listed was $3500. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Toronto: William Briggs, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Toronto: William Briggs, 1907. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original cloth. 243 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Good+. Front hinge just the very slightest bit cracked but tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear. "The author, a Methodist Missionary, arrived at Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) in 1862, taking charge of the mission school there. He traveled for many years all over Vancouver Island, across to the mainland, through the Fraser River and Chilliwack valleys doing mission work. He was the first protestant to carry the Gospel among the heathen Indians of the Thompson River country. His account of the impact of the miners upon the customs and manners of the Indians is most interesting."--Decker. Very scarce work on the Native Americans on Vancouver Island and elsewhere in British Columbia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with correct 1912 date on title page, correct copyright statement, correct jacket blurbs, etc. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; name on endpapers; moderate wear; dust jacket worn with chipping and tears along edges; a couple of small tape pieces on reverse.  Very scarce early romance by this author. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Spokane, Washington: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1907. Hardcover. Poor. Spokane, Washington: Western Historical Publishing Company, [n.d. circa 1907]. 669 pages. Size: 11 3/4" x 9". Illustrated.   Poor or better. Covers detached; lacking most of spine; some pages loose; some of loose pages have tears and small marginal chips (not affecting text); rear cover and last few pages quite stained; most pages fairly clean; covers very worn.  One of the scarcest histories of the Yellowstone region. "Covers exploration, Indian wars (including the Little Big Horn and its aftermath, and the Nez Perce outbreak), fur traders, missionaries & early settlement, mines & rushes, Plummer & the vigilantes, history of counties, livestock industry, etc. Truly rare."--Luther. References: Adams, 6-Guns 1532; Herd 1540; Howes Y-6. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with 1958 date on title page, correct jacket ads, etc. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; pages have small smudges and wear; a couple of tape marks on each endpaper; some wear at corners; dust jacket is a bit worn with a couple of very small chips and a larger tear; price clipped.  First issue of the classic Curious George title, scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with 1885 date on title page, etc.    SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON SLIP OF PAPER          "Oct. 29th 1873 / David D. Porter / Admiral U.S.N." Original cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Frontispiece. 357 pages + ads. Very Good+. Tight and square binding; pages very clean; covers clean; very little wear to covers; one of the best available on the market, most would grade it Near Fine.  A beautiful example of an important title by the Civil War Admiral, very scarce, especially with signature.  David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 - February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G. Farragut, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of… Leer más