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London: J.Dodsley and T. Cadell, 1772. "A New Edition, Corrected." Front cover detached, but Good otherwise. An early edition of one of the most influential books on English usage. First published in 1762 and a standard text for decades after. Not stated but written by Robert Lowth, a Bishop of the Church of England and Oxford Professor of Poetry. Commonly… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Covici, Friede. 1930 on the title page, but this is the 3rd printing from 1931. An early printing of the best-selling sex manual of all time. An unusually frank work on human sexuality and the art of physical love for married couples. Written by a Dutch gynecologist and supposedly for sale only to "physicians, lawyers, ministers, educators, and social… Saber más sobre este artículo

Society of Siberian Irises, (1981.) Place of publication not stated. Signed and inscribed by the author on the brown front endpaper. Paperbound, 10 x 6.5 inches. 74 pp., index. Color plates and b&w drawings. VG with minor wear and marks to the cover. Text clean and unmarked. Uncommon signed. Dr. O. Currier McEwen was an internationally recognized authority on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Edinburgh]: National Library of Scotland, 1991. Paperbound 8vo in gray wraps. Fine. An illustrated catalog on the work of George Mackie, the noted book designer and artist who worked on more than 400 books for the Edinburgh University Press from the 1950s-80s. Issued for a 1991 exhibition at the National Library of Scotland and at Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New… Saber más sobre este artículo

Elizabethtown, NY: High Peaks Audubon Society, 1997. 2nd edition. A guide to the birds of Clinton County in northeastern New York state. A rich birding area that includes a portion of the vast Adirondack Park and is bounded by Lake Champlain and Vermont to the east and the Canadian border and Quebec to the north. With birding routes, maps, photos,… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Bombay: University of Bombay] 1951. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. First published 1939. VG hardcover; no dust jacket. Includes material on the evolution of Indian music; the physical laws of musical sound; the progression from oral tradition to folk and classical music; the unities and aesthetics of Indian music, etc. 12mo, 7.5 by 5 inches. ix, 204 pp., with bibliography… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan, 1944. 1st edition. A guide to the wild, ornamental, and economic flora of Britain. Written to accommodate everyone from the amateur gardener to the professional botanist. Numerous b&w photos and 18 color plates. x, 393 pp., with general index and index of botanical names. 8vo clothbound hardcover in color dust jacket. VG/VG with modest wear and tear to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Denver: Alan Swallow, (1963.) 2nd edition. The standard bibliography of American poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955.) 98 pp. 8vo. Near Fine in dust jacket with clear archival cover. Clean and unmarked.

NY: Gargoyle Alumni Association, (1988.) 4th edition. A history of the Gargoyle Society at Williams College. First published in 1921 and previously revised in 1940 and 1955. This edition with directory of members from 1895 to 1989. Purple clothbound hardcover, gilt title lettering and seal. 8vo. 9.25 by 6 inches. 130 pp. B&W photos. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound.