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New York: Random House, 2001 260pp. A sometimes-humorous memoir of the journalist and author Helene Stapinsky's upbringing among a family of "swindlers, bookies and crooks" on the mean streets of Jersey City. Condition: Fine, with a Fine dustjacket, in a Brodart protector. Previous owner's embossed stamp on half title page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1999 463pp. Illustrated book of folklore and superstitions concerning the sea. With chapters on Weather Lore, Songs, Art, Mermaids, Spectre Ships, Reavers Privateers and Smugglers etc. Condition: As New. Dust jacket protected in mylar.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Connecticut: Pierpoint Publishing, 1993 218pp. Signed by author to half-title.The author's first novel, a tale of the seamy underbelly of Bridgeport, CT told through the eyes of Jimmy Conte, "second-rate private eye." Reporters are being murdered, and Jimmy teams up with his friend on the force, Tommy Harrington, to bust open the case and get the bills paid. The Small Press Book Review said:" ...judging from this first work, it appears that Calandro is headed for the top rank of authors in this field." Condition: Fine, with a Fine un-price clipped dust jacket, now protected in mylar.. Signed by author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1995 Hard cover, folio, 200pp. Survey of the great estates of Brazil. Translated from the Portuguese. Lavishly photographed by Nicolas Sapieha. Condition: Fine in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1994 The second book in the Barlow series. Author Robert A. Carter's writing has been described as witty and yet hard-boiled. Nicolas Barlow is - like the author - involved in the book publishing industry. He discovers his highly disliked dragon of an editor dead in the New York office, and must pound the pavement, (albeit stylishly and with great charm) in his fine Savile Row suit, in order to exculpate himself to the cops. Condition: Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. 3/8- inch spot to front of d/j. Otherwise book is crisp, clean, and like new. . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Elkin Mathews, 1916 Hardcover. Octavo. 111pp. Second edition. CONDITION: Very Good Minus. Foxed pages, especially to endpapers. Some shelf wear to covers. *** A collection of fantasy stories by Lord Dunsany, a huge influence on H.P. Lovecraft who in turn inspired Clark Ashton Smith - all three writers created worlds with ancient gods and the passage of time, and the fates of people who discover them.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.

Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, Publisher, 1973 Hard cover, 8vo., in green cloth with gold print to front board and spine. Contains two complete facsimile works reprinted from the originals in one volume, with additional introduction and portrait illustrations. Kidder: 184pp including Index, originally published by Joel Munsell of Albany, NY (1868). Baker, 23pp. originally published at The Rumford Press, Conncord, NH, 1903. Condition: Very Good Plus. Ballpoint inscription to ffep. and former owner's bookplate. Otherwise clean, bright and showing little wear. The Kidder Manuscript examines how the individuals of the fabled the New Hampshire Regiment were able to out-maneuver the British in the various expeditions of the Revolutionary War, relying on diaries and other first-hand accounts and provides the roll of individuals and dates involved. The Baker manuscript is an adress delivered to the New Hampshire Society of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in 1902. . "New… Leer más

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 2004 Soft cover, quarto, 91pp. Catalog and reference bibliography of the Scheide Library at Princeton, one of the greatest libraries of early books in the world - it is the only library outside Europe to contain all of the first four printed Bibles. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1985 336pp. Comic novel set in Maine and praised by Stephen King. Inscribed by author to front free endpaper. Condition: About Fine in like dust jacket (now protected in mylar).. Signed by author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Francestown, NH: The Golden Quill Press, 1980 Hard cover, 8vo, in green cloth, titles in silver to spine, 64pp. Signed by Author to ffep. Massachusetts Poet Elizabeth Massie Rourke( 1908-1988) was born in Concord, New Hampshire. Condition Near Fine. OCLC 6454409.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: The Institute of Mediaeval Music Ltd, 1970 Hard cover, quarto, pp [3] ii [1] 113 [1]; [2] xxiii [1] 121 [1]; [2] ix [1] 133 [3]; [4] iii [1] 72 + 37 plates. In publisher's green cloth binding. Condition: Near Fine. ** The volumes are titled: Part1 - The Motets - A Critical Study, Part 2: The Motets of the Opus sacrarum cantonium, Part 3: The Motets from the Miscellaneous Printed Editions, Part 4: The Motets found only in Manuscripts. ** Thomas Crecquillon (c.1505-1557) was a Renaissance composer of the "Franco-Flemish" school, and influential during his lifetime - the painting "Concert in the Egg" (c.1561), by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, features his music. OCLC 213788327.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1952 Hard cover, quarto, 57pp. In publisher's decorative cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. The Grolier Club is famous for producing lists of the most desirable books. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979 Hardcover, 8vo., 240pp. In publisher's red cloth binding with black lettering to spine. Signed by Bloom to front free endpaper. Condition: Small closed tear to dustjacket, which has some wear to the edges. ** Written as a "sequel" to David Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus" (1920), it sets out to create a science-fantasy based on the ancient Gnostic religion. The author, Harold Bloom, was well regarded (and popular) as a literary critic, but as a fantasy author, opinions are divided.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 Hard cover, 8vo, in black cloth boards, with title in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, pictorial dust jacket, now protected in mylar. (viii), 453pp. First American Edition. Condition: d/j sunned on spine end and partial top of front; minor soiling to rear flap. Book is clean, tight and unmarked. Novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937), was best known for her depictions of the monied classes of Gilded Age New York in her many novels, including the Pulitzer-winning Age of Innocence (1920) and The House of Mirth ( 1905 ), but she was also a prolific short story writer. Literary biographer Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, explores works in both genres, delving into the psychological dimensions behind the sometime-resident of western Massachusetts, whom she calls, " ...the most original and important woman novelist in American literature, and one of the half-dozen greatest novelists America has produced.". First… Leer más

Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1958 Hard cover, 8vo, 210pp. Inscribed by author to ffep. Condition: Near Fine. D/j Good, with some small tears to dust jacket at edges, now in mylar. Massachusetts Author George Hibbert Driver ( 1879- 1966), graduate of Amherst College, poet and theologian. OCLC 3786368. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

1111: University of South Dakota and University of Nebraska Press , 1956 Hard cover, 8vo, in tan cloth covered boards with pictorial design in gilt to top board, titles to the spine, in original dust jacket. (xv),135 pp. Condition: Near Fine (light toning). D/j is Good, with some sunning and taped repairs to inside, and is now in mylar. Ohio-born Stanley J. Morrow, (1843-1921) was a pioneer of the new yet cumbersome techniques of wet-plate photography in the rapidly expanding western territories around the time of the Civil War. There is a biography, discussing the dangers and difficulties he faced working in an inhospitable environment. From his studio in Yankton, Dakota, he ventured out to photograph the Sioux Santee Reservation, documenting the lives of the indigenous people in now-classic portraits. Later, he would photograph gold mining in the Black Hills. Prints remade from Morrow's original stereoscopic slides are now housed at The Smithsonian. The list of illustrations alone spans five… Leer más

Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization, 1984 Soft cover, 8vo, 162pp. Condition: Very Good. Title of book written in pen to spine. Pen marks to back cover. ** The author, Dr Samha Amin El-Kholy (1925-2006), was a noted Egyptian musicologist who studied at the University of Edinburgh with Henry George Farmer and was married to the Egyptian composer, Gamal Abdel-Rahim. Sections on "Music and the Religious Life", "Music and Sufism", "Music and the Intellectual Life", "Music and Social Life", "Music in the Life of the Aristocracy", "Music of the People", "The Social Status of Professional Musicians". With bibliography. OCLC 21335522.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Robert M.McBride & Co., 1938 Hard cover, 8vo, in tan cloth, titles in blue to spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket, 341pp. Printed by R.& R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh. Printed on laid paper, with frontispiece and many other illustrations and maps. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good, un price-clipped d/j. Outer rear joint shows some staining in the gutter; matched by browning along corresponding interior rear hinge--could be from gluing during manufacture? (Not seen on the front joint or hinge.) Text block edges a bit dusty, just a hint of foxing to top outer edge and fore edge of text block. Interior with mild age-toning. D/j with minor crimping, one half-inch closed tear, and a couple of marks to rear portion.** As much a travelogue as a scientific work, this highly readable title helped bring the topic of conservation to the consciousness of the Commonwealth.**Indian-born zoologist, entomologist, and early conservationist Francis Ratcliffe, OBE (1904-1970) was best known for his… Leer más

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Self-Published/ University Press, Cambridge, [1898] Copyright 1898, dated 1900, First Edition. Soft cover, large 16mo. (measuring 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches) in grey card wraps printed in brown and forest green, printed in black and red, bound with red string, the printer's colophon logo in light green, 24 pp. Promotional booklet, printed within in black and red, featuring fine printing in typeface giving homage to the work of the Kelmscott Press, with attractive dingbats, faux-medieval cuts, Gothic-style initial capitals and other similar type-stylings. Bambace attributes the graphic art to Bradley, with a signed initial capital forming the start of the first chapter and Wayside device in the colophon. (p.206) Cover art and Book miscellany makes up the first 13 pages of the pamphlet, followed by a number of testimonial letters "that should be of interest to librarians" quoting prior patrons of The Boston Bookbinding Company. Printer's colophon at rear: "Printed for Norman H.… Leer más

Boston/New York: Lee and Shephard/ Charles T. Dillingham, 1890 Reprint of the 1887 edition (12th edition). Hard cover 12 mo in green publisher's cloth with title blocked in gold to front board and in black to spine, with tan floral end papers, 73 engraved illustrations by various artists, including Nat. Brown, C.W. Reed, M.M. Tidd, F. Myrick, E.H. Garrett, F.C. Hassam, and W.H. Bricher. CONDITION: Lacking foldout Map, otherwise Very Good Minus. Light soiling and rubbing and to boards. Text block edges a bit dusty. A few pages within are soiled, (showing use as a guidebook would.)** Full of vintage advertising, as well as numerous engraved prints, many illustrating the author's methods of transport available for the early tourist. Articles recommend travel routes from Boston, some of the perils of camping, favorable fishing spots and the like.**Captain Charles Alden John Farrar (1842-1893), publisher of this guide, trained as a printer in Boston as a teen, later becoming a newspaper editor. His… Leer más