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Rinehart & Co. Inc., Toronto & New York: 1955., 1955 pp. xxi, 599. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Slightly worn dust jacket. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

R.H. Russell, New York:, 1904 11 unnumbered pages + 87 portraits. Large folio. 53 x 43 cm. 87 Wonderful photogravure portraits of many of the female social headliners of the era - including: Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Payne Whitney, and many many others. The powerful photogravure photo prints were mainly by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Histed, and others. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Large folio. Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. (1862-1932) was an American pictorialist photographer. He was one of the first Americans to be admitted to the Linked Ring, and his photographs won dozens of medals at exhibitions around the world in the 1890s and early 1900s. Ernest Walter Histed (18621947) was an English-American photographer born in Brighton. He went to United States and created a successful business in Chicago, and then in Pittsburgh. He returned to England to set up a studio first in New Bond Street and then in Baker Street, London. Then he returned to New York, and operated a… Leer más

J. Hatchard and Son, London: 1831., 1831 pp. iv, 362, (2) [Publisher's listing of the Works of the author] + Plus engraved frontis and three plates. Two plates showing cloud formations. Woodcut text vignettes. 8vo. Original full embossed green cloth binding. Small loss bottom of spine. Front joint cracked. Plates browned. Slight foxing. First Edition. Scarce and unusual gift book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NH 4 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good.

A. C. Armstrong & Son, New York: 1886., 1886 pp. x, 365, (7)[Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis, full page drawings and folding map of the Fiji Archipelago. Inked ownership. First signature slightly dampstained. Slight age staining. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn, stained and spotted. Hardbound. Early American edition of a classic on life in the South Pacific. Constance Frederica 'Eka' Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924) was a travel writer and painter. She was born in Scotland, the 12th child of a wealthy family. She taught herself how to paint, and had help from artists visiting her home, including one of Queen Victoria's favorite painters, Sir Edwin Landseer. After spending a year in India in 1867, she became interested in travel. Gordon-Cumming was a prolific travel writer and landscape painter who traveled the world, mostly in Asia and the Pacific. She painted over a thousand watercolors. Miss Gordon-Cumming received much criticism from male writers of the era, perhaps because… Leer más

Published for the Authors, Rochester: 1869., 1869 387 p. + Frontis, ** Plus a tipped-in extract from Isaiah produced in raised letters for the blind by N.B. Kneass Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Nice original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Hardbound. Very good+. Memoirs and works of eminent blind authors, including: Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others; as well as a collection of poems by blind authors including: L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. ** The little broadside in raised printing employs the Philadelphia line fonts inspired by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 for use by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind. Though helpful for years in educating the blind, many sightless persons found the Roman letters difficult to use, and all such systems were eventually superseded by Braille. This true First Edition is scarce, especially in… Leer más

The University of Arizona Press, Tucson: ()., 1972 242 p. Numerous photo illustrations. Paperback. Softcover. Covers very slightly worn. Very good.W9 RT Rear STK 0.0. Soft cover.

Leavitt & Allen, New York: Ca. 's., 1850 127p. Plus engraved frontis and full page plates. All edges gilt. 4to. Original full gilt decorated embossed cloth binding, very worn. Engraved plates have some soiling and foxing. A good candidate for rebinding. A wonderful contemporary insight into American Antebellum romantic ideas and ideals. Scarce. WOMEN 2. Hardcover.

Circulation Service, Leawood, KS: 1968-1991., 1991 116p. 8vo. Original color photograph spiral binding. Soft covers. Very good condition. Quite a nice copy of a scarce church cookbook. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! COOK 1 0.0. Soft cover. Very Good.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London: 1935., 1935 103 p. 8vo. 205mm. Original green cloth spine over paper covered boards. Edges of boards slightly faded. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Dorothy Quick (1900-1962) was a member of a small group of young girls that Mark Twain called his "little fish" and the "Aquarium Club." He liked being with these pre-pubescent girls and amusing and teaching them. Of all these "little fishes" Dorothy seemed to be the most satisfying and promising to Twain, and he taught her all he could about becoming an author. POETRY BX 1 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

J.J. Woodward, Philadelphia: ., 1827 Three volumes. Illustrated with a frontis in each volume. Early manuscript ownership of Mrs. C. Boulton, Sunberry, PA in each volume. Very foxed. 24mo. 130 mm. Virtually disbound: very worn leather bindings, boards detached and lacks rear board of Vol. III. Maria Roche is today known as a minor Gothic novelist - she was, however, a best seller in her own time. S&S/AI 30473. PAIMP 23. Hardcover. Good.

W.A. Leary & Co., Philadelphia: Ca. ?., 1852 Three volumes bound in one: pp. 262 + Frontis; 238 + Frontis; 237 + Frontis, Lacks 1/4 of plate. Mildly foxed. 24mo. 130 mm. Disbound. Maria Roche is today known as a minor Gothic novelist - she was, however, a best seller in her own time. PAIMP 23.

E. H. Butler & Co., Philadelphia: 1854., 1854 pp. xiv, 256 + Plus handsome engraved frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Engraved half title. All edges gold. Bookseller's label. Some age stain. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Front cover embossed in blind and decorated with gold designs and flowers. Spine gold lettered and decorated. Extremities bumped and very slightly worn. Very nice copy of Christmas stories and poems written by Victorian women authors, including: Mary Howitt; Mrs. Hall; Mrs. Barbauld; Mrs. Ardy; Agnes Strickland, and others. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Albion Press Edition. Printed for James Cundee, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London: 1809., 1809 pp. viii, 700, (4) [Publisher's advertisement] + Nine engraved plates (foxed). 8vo. Original full leather binding, boards almost detached. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), was the second son of George III and Queen Charlotte. His career at court, in the House of Lords, and in the military makes fascinating reading, but it is a great controversy and scandal that most concerns us here. He had become entangled with a handsome adventuress, Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852). The precise facts of Mary's early love life and adventures are open to speculation. It is certain that in 1803, under the name of Mrs. Clarke, she took a great house in Gloucester Place and began to entertain sumptuously, and that rumor from the first coupled her name with that of the Duke of York. She rushed into the wildest extravagances; she kept ten horses and twenty servants, including three men professed as… Leer más

Duprat & Co., New York: 1890., 1890 106p. Title page printed in red and black with vignette of an angel. Top edge gold. 12mo. Original cloth backed paper binding, worn at extremities. PRESS/W33 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London: (1981)., 1981 pp. xxi, 210. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Very good. Clio's Cowboys is the first truly analytical historiography of the glory days of the cattle trade. W8 LEFT FRONT STK Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, Philadelphia: -1930., 1924 45 separately printed pamphlets [1922-1929](with individual title pages and paginations) bound together. XLib (Lehigh University - withdrawn). Approx. 400 p. Thick 12mo. Full buckram cloth binding. The speakers include many prominent governmental and political figures of the era. The individual pamphlets are quite scarce. A collection such as this is virtually unique. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!PA 32 CtrStk Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

J. B. Lippincott, Co., Philadelphia: 1895., 1895 248 p. + Photo frontis. Illustrations by E. S. Holloway. Top edge gilt. Christmas card and book plate of Geneve Lightenwalter.12mo. Original blue cloth binding decorated in silver and gold. Spine darkened. Extremities slightly worn. This would make a nice gift. Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (1845-1928) was an American writer and historian. Born at Southampton Furnace, PA, daughter of Charles Wharton and Mary McLanahan Boggs she was educated at a private school in Philadelphia. She devoted herself chiefly to the study of the social history of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods of the United States, wrote a number of entertaining books and magazine articles in this field, and was chosen historian of the The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. PA 29 x2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Philadelphia: 1826., 1826 612 p. + 13 Plates. Foxed. 8vo. Contemporary full leather binding, worn. Early printed bookseller's label: "J.G. Auner. Philadelphia" Dewees was one of a small group of physicians who successfully fought the then overwhelming prejudice against the right of physicians to practice midwifery. He was probably the first American physician ever to deliver a full course of lectures upon the subject. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MED11 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1863 576 p. + Frontis and 5 full page engravings with original tissue guards. Slight offsetting onto title page. Double column. Early manuscript Christmas presentation 'Miss Juliaette Wicker, A Christmas present from her father Dec. 25, 1864. Edges marbled. Ruled in black throughout. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label. Rebacked in leather in an earlier period. Boards fragile. Hardbound. Text very good. PALIB 4. Hardcover.

International Publishing Co., Philadelphia: 1895., 1895 824p. + Frontis and full page photographs. Numerous portrait photographs of American women. Very XLib. Inner hinges cracked. 4to. Original full olive cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Binding slightly worn. Hardbound. Edited by Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle who was the wife of James P. Eagle, who served as Governor of Arkansas 1889-1893).**PRICE JUST REDUCED! WOMEN2 BOX 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.