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Illustrated. 8vo. Original leather-backed boards, gold lettering on spine, in publisher's slipcase. The Jones Library, Inc., Amherst (1937). First Edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies on hand-made paper, signed by Frost. Bottom of box slightly chipped, o/w Fine.

8vo. Original printed wrappers, spine taped, back cover detached. New York 1892. First Edition. Formed in 1880 as the result of a merger between Telephone Company of New York and American Bell Telephone, the Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Co. served the greater New York City area until 1896 when it consolidated with various other companies under the name of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Voice of Patriotism from the Army of the Potomac. 1863. Original self cover. 8 pages, uncut, 6 by 9¼ inches. The letters are as follows: Colonel Walter Harriman's acceptance of Governor, by the Union Convention held at Manchester, N.H., February 25, 1863; letter from a Field Officer of the 12th New Hampshire volunteers, addressed to the Belknap Gazette,… Saber más sobre este artículo

20. (CIVIL WAR). Townsend, John. The South Alone, Should Govern the South. And African Slavery Should be Controlled by Those Only, Who are Friendly to It. (Tract, No. 1). 8vo. original printed wrappers, stitched. 60 pages. (Charleston, S.C., 1860). First Edition. Three other editions were printed in this watershed year. Howes T317aa. LCP 10366. Sabin 96379. Work 316 (recording the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Catalogue of Books in the Boston Library, June, 1830. Kept in the Room Over the Arch, in Franklin-Place. 8vo. Boston: Printed by John H. Eastburn, 1830. First Edition. Ex library; wear to head and tail of spine; writing on inside cover and blank endpaper in pencil; o/w Fine. $225.00

1 ALS, 2 pages, dated March 5, 1878, New York, to [former] Ohio Gov. William Dennison, Jr., on "Studio Building" letterhead. Docketed and signed on the verso of the second page Dennison: "Respectfully forwarded to the President. W. Dennison . . ." William H. Beard was a New York City artist noted for his satirical animal. William Dennison was Lincoln's Postmaster… Saber más sobre este artículo

First Edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies Signed by Williams. Book marked copy #5. 8vo. Original beige cloth, in publisher's slipcase with paper label on cover. New Directions (New York 1956). Slipcase soiled and chipped at spine, paper label stating in error that the copy is #100. Spine of slipcase cracked; spine of book darkened; very light pencil notation; o/w Fine.

First Edition. Signed by Updike Limited to 75 numbered deluxe copies, specially bound. This copy is #72. 8vo. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. Lord John Press, Northbridge 1979. Fine.

8vo. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Original yellow wrappers bound in. Published by order of The Legislature; Printed, jointly by A.S. Johnston and A.G. Summer, Columbia 1848. First Edition. Binding worn, interior hinges reinforced by tape; damp staining to the first two-thirds of the book; some foxing.

Original 1906 military appointment on vellum, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and the Acting Secretary of War. Illustrated. Folio. Approximately 16 by 19 inches. Washington, DC. July 3, 1906. The appointment promotes William B. Homer to Lieutenant Colonel in the Artillery Corps. With bold signatures and the Presidential seal completely intact. 2 horizontal folds and slight wrinkling at the bottom… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Muster Roll lists names and signatures of over 100 men in the regiment as they reach their destination of Atlanta, Georgia, signed on back by Wildreck, dated October 31, 1868, Artillery Camp Post of Atlanta, GA. Also signed by each man. The document states where and when the men were enlisted, and by whom; when paid and amount paid;… Saber más sobre este artículo

ANYTHING GOES IN SWEDEN! Signed Memorandum of Agreement for the Swedish production of "Anything Goes" Agreement among Cole Porter, the librettists, and Lars Schmidt of Gothenbrug, Sweden, to: "produce the said play on the spoken stage in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in a first-class manner as that term is theatrically understood . . ." 4-page typed carbon Agreement on onionskin paper.… Saber más sobre este artículo

First Edition. Holmes' Ramble contains valuable comparisons of Mozart and Beethoven which date from only a very short period after Beethoven's death, as well as an engraved facsimile of an invitation to Beethoven's funeral. 8vo. Half-leather-backed decorated boards, gold stamped on the front and back covers with the crest of The Society of Writers to the Signet. London: Published by Hunt and… Saber más sobre este artículo

One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. This copy #248. Illustrated with 112 illustrations by A. B. Frost. 8vo. Original gilt decorated vellum; rough cut front edges; teg. D. Appleton and Company, New York 1895. New and Revised Edition. Large-Paper Edition. Fine.

Fowles, John. The Tree. The Nature of Nature. Two Essays. The Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo (1995). First Edition. Illustrated with 8 woodcuts by Aaron Johnson. One of 10 copies lettered A to J, signed by Fowles and Johnson; with an extra suite of 8 woodcuts, signed by Johnson, enclosed in linen portfolio.This is copy B. From an edition of 150 copies.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Early English treatise on maritime laws, namely navigation, shipping, tonnage, customs, and trade, printed in both Roman and black letter fonts. With an early engraved bookplate of Marques of Tweeddale. Also with the signature of Nathaniel Westland, dated 1675. Westland, a prominent merchant from Burlington, New Jersey, was appointed agent for the sale of land by the West New Jersey Society,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Original "Final Statement" for Private John Wallace of the 24th Infantry, dated May 1, 1875, 2 pages, signed by Wallace with his mark and by John Gilmore, Captain of the 24th Infantry Plus a 2-page document settling the accounts for Private Wallace, dated May 7, 1875. John Wallace, a soldier with "black complexion, black eyes, black hair, and by occupation a… Saber más sobre este artículo

8vo. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Boston: Wm. Parsons Lunt. 1869. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the cover, "John Bartlett with respect of C. F. A. Jr. " Charles Francis Adams, Jr. was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on December 28, 1861. He fought with distinction during the Gettysburg Campaign, where his company was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Inscribed on the front cover, "From Mory Sherburne to Mark Henry Wentworth Esqr." 8vo. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Portsmouth, (New-Hampshire) Printed by Daniel and Robert Fowle, 1767. First Edition. Fine.

Illustrated with 16 colored lithograph plates and 40 black-and-white illustrations of volcanoes, some full page, by Eugene Ciceri. Original publisher's ¼-red crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, over matching red cloth boards; spine with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering; aeg. Paris: Paul Ducrocq, Libraire Editeur, N. D. ca.1865. First Illustrated French Edition. A comprehensive and well-illustrated study of technical and spectacular… Saber más sobre este artículo