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Illustrated through out. . Vol. I: x, 500, 59 plates, Vol. II: x, 336, 36 plate Vol.III, x, 484, 65 plates, Vol. IV: x, 484, 65 plates, Vol. V. : x, , x, 496, 63 plates, x, 341 (2), 33 platesVI:. 6 vols. 4to. Recased, spines and front covers laid down. Very good Illustrated through out. . Vol. I: x, 500, 59 plates, Vol. II: x, 336, 36 plate Vol.III, x, 484, 65 plates, Vol. IV: x, 484, 65 plates, Vol. V. : x, , x, 496, 63 plates, x, 341 (2), 33 platesVI:. 6 vols. 4to.

Seller Inventory # 5750

First edition, Number 79 of 850 copies. First edition, Number 79 of 850 copies. 13 plates, 7 of them hand-colored. 190 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A splendid book, rich in detail and beautifully illustrated. With laid in card from Ambrose Clark. Siegel 88; Frazier J-1-a; Bruns J16 Original pictorial green cloth gilt. Spine darkened, some spotting and staining on outside of front cover, very good plus 13 plates, 7 of them hand-colored. 190 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 52985

314 pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 314 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the Sanora Babb. Sanora Babb (b.1907 - d.2005) led an interesting life. She was friends with William Saroyan, had an affair with Ralph Ellison, was a longtime member of the U.S. Communist Party and incorporated her own experiences of having grown up on Otoe territory with a professional gambler for a father into her writing. The Lost Traveller was her first book. This copy is inscribed to author and biographer Robert Payne by the author; "For Robert Payne, At last! Here's the sixth version of the book you believed in and so helped me keep on and on - with much affection - Sanora. Aug. 26, 1958 Hollywood" Blue buckram with lettering on spine, inscribed in black ink in the hand of the author on ffep; near fine. Illustrated dust jacket has slight bumping at head and foot of spine and faint toning though overall a near fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 338551

vi, [2], 240pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. vi, [2], 240pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Chandler vs Chauncy. Thomas Bradbury Chandler (1726-1790) was a Loyalist clergyman, devoted to the Anglican Church, who advocated the appointment of bishops for the American colonies. A debate arose between him and the unitarian minister Dr. Charles Chauncy of Boston, which this publication pursues. On the approach of the Revolution, however, Dr. Chandler moved to England and stayed there for a decade. He was offered the bishopric of Nova Scotia, but, on grounds of poor health, declined the appointment. He returned to the United States in 1785, however, resumed his relations with the church in Elizabethtown, but was unable to engage in public service. Evans 12007 Later calf backed cloth boards. Fore-edge margin of first few leaves restored, R1 torn, staining. Samuel Seabury's signature on the rear endpaper, dated 1771, partially trimmed.

Seller Inventory # 338480

Stipple engraved frontispiece portrait engraved by Gimbrede. 40pp. Partly-printed Washington Benevolent Society form accomplished in manuscript for Cyrus Washburn, signed by John Barrett, president, and Charles Bowen, Secretary. 12mo. Written largely by Alexander Hamilton, Washington's famed Farewell Address was first printed in newspapers in September 1796 at the end of his second term as President, emphasizing the importance of unity and morality, the dangers of political factions and sectionalism and warning against "insidious wiles of foreign influence." The reaction to the address was immediate and overwhelmingly positive, printed within regional newspapers and as separate pamphlets and broadsides throughout the United States. The Washington Benevolent Societies were grass-roots political clubs set up between 1808-1816 by the Federalist Party, with copies of Washington's address given to members. Thomas Gimbrede, the engraver of the portrait frontispiece, was an engraver and miniature painter, born in France in 1781. He emigrated to the United States from France in 1802. He initally did miniature work, but by 1810 he was doing work for publishers in New York City, such as John Low. He was appointed instructor of drawing at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1819 and held the position until his death in 1832. Shaw 27444 Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper covered boards Stipple engraved frontispiece portrait engraved by Gimbrede. 40pp. Partly-printed Washington Benevolent Society form accomplished in manuscript for Cyrus Washburn, signed by John Barrett, president, and Charles Bowen, Secretary. 12mo.

Seller Inventory # 338513

160pp. 4to. First Editiobn. First Editiobn. 160pp. 4to. Thoroughly renounced by Powell in later years. He died in 2016. Black wrappers. Fine copy, with price $5.95 on back cover.

Seller Inventory # 338233

First edition, extra-illustrated "sur Japon" issue, limited to 16 numbered copies (with extra plates), this is copy 21, of 7-22 copies. Text in French. Extra-illustrated issue, bound with additional plates on Japon Vellum; numbered in publisher's ink holograph, on the colophon leaf (as issued). [xiv,] 191pp. Large 4to. ONE OF 16. Constantin Guys (1802-1892) was a Dutch-born, French artist and illustrator. OCLC locates 26 worldwide holdings (of the various limited issues) [including: Yale, Arizona State, Californa(Los Angeles), Northwestern, Harvard, Museum of Fine Arts, Michigan State, NYPL, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Musem et al]. Binding has light even fading on spine, with wear at crown of spine and corners of extremities of covers, else a very good copy, with the plates and text very fresh and clean Text in French. Extra-illustrated issue, bound with additional plates on Japon Vellum; numbered in publisher's ink holograph, on the colophon leaf (as issued). [xiv,] 191pp. Large 4to First edition, extra-illustrated "sur Japon" issue, limited to 16 numbered copies (with extra plates), this is copy 21, of 7-22 copies.

Seller Inventory # 338304

Promotional pamphlet for the Colorado Camera Club. [4]pp. Printed by App-Sutherland Eng. Co., Denver. 12mo. A scarce publication, as there were fewer than 100 members of The Colorado Camera Club in 1900, and this pamphlet sought to increase membership to 150 [no holding listed on OCLC]. Printed brown wrappers. Covers are lightly creased at one corner, small chip to one corner of front cover, else a near fine copy [4]pp. Printed by App-Sutherland Eng. Co., Denver. 12mo Promotional pamphlet for the Colorado Camera Club.

Seller Inventory # 338189

61pp. 12mo (6 x 4 inches). First Edition. First Edition. 61pp. 12mo (6 x 4 inches). Scarce work on the devastation caused by a sudden flood, including the death of the author's son, Loyal Eldridge, age 19. Contemporary quarter brown grained calf and marbled boards.

Seller Inventory # 333309

688pp. 4to. Second edition. Second edition. 688pp. 4to. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE AME CHURCH. A biographical and historical dictionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, "Containing principally the biographies of the men and women, both ministers and laymen, whose labors during a hundred and sixty years, helped make the AME Church what it is; also short historical sketches of annual conferences, educational institutions, general departments, missionary societies of the AME Church, and general information about historical, theological, sociological, legal and other matters concerning African Methodism," illustrated with photographs of many of the ministers and laymen. Green cloth binding is quite mottled on spine and extremities of front cover, rear cover has early, uneven dampspotting over much of rear cover, else a very good copy, with text and illustrations fresh and clean.

Seller Inventory # 334710

26, [6, ads]pp. 12mo. 26, [6, ads]pp. 12mo. With great ad for tennis field on the last page of ads. Publisher's blue cloth. Signed "Lathrop" on ffep and title-page.

Seller Inventory # 334714

First edition, uncorrected proof. First edition, uncorrected proof. [2], xiv, 289, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Proof Copy, Inscribed. Inscribed by the author on the first page: "Uncorrected - / I wish I were. / Best / Tillie Olsen." Silences was the major critical work by Tillie Olsen, addressing "the relationship of circumstance; - including class, color, sex, the times, climate into which one is born - to the creation of literature." The book grew out of a talk delivered at the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, in which Olsen distinguished between the natural silences that reflect "that necessary time for renewal, lying fallow, gestation" in a writer's career and those silences arising from oppression and neglect, "the unnatural thwarting of what struggles to come into being, but cannot." Olsen considers the marginalization and frustration of women writers, and devotes the second half of Silences to the creative struggles of Herman Melville, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Anne Porter, and others. Buff wrappers printed in brown, spine titled in pencil. Publisher's promotional notice loosely inserted, publication date marked in ink August rather than November. Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the first page [2], xiv, 289, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 338594

First edition. First edition. Illustrated. xxviii., 321 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Almost fine Illustrated. xxviii., 321 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 338534

142; [143]-288pp. 12mo. 142; [143]-288pp. 12mo. "Poet, playwright, and religious writer. Hannah More's books on education were enthusiastically received. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education (1799) [first published in Great Britain], went through 13 editions and sold 19,000 copies. HM's views were in advance of most of her time. but she had no sympathy with Mary Wollstonecraft" (A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers 1660-1800, edited by Janet Todd, p. 227). Shaw 955 Contemporary tree sheep, minor rubbing. Minor dampstaining. Early bookplate and withdrawn stamp on the pastedown of "Library of the Northern Academy of Arts and Science, (vt.).

Seller Inventory # 338511

[6],196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. Originally published in Spanish in 1969. [6],196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Translator's Copy, with T.L.s from the Author. Nice copy of this novel of the last days of the Peron regime, from the library of Donald A. Yates, signed by both translators, and with a substantial, newsy typed letter, signed ("Adolfo") from Bioy Casares to Donald Yates, dated 7 August 1974, discussing his writing projects, and giving reports of Borges correcting the Obras completas for Emecé, dictating a book on Spinoza to Claude Hornos and stories to María Kodama, and more, also noting that Borges is well but witnessing the sad decline of his mother's health. With a partial English translation of the letter (by Yates?) on two sheets of ruled yellow paper. A choice copy. Provenance: Donald A. Yates; Gary Oleson Violet cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translator's copy with card from the publisher. Signed by the translators on the title page First edition. Originally published in Spanish in 1969.

Seller Inventory # 338522

132pp. 12mo. Sixth edition. Sixth edition. 132pp. 12mo. A later edition, after many others, beginning with the extremely rare 1707 First edition printed in Boston. One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams, a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703, was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty, ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative, published in 1682 ." (Howes). Howes W461; Evans 29893 Contemporary sheep, covers detached, spine abraded. Two contemporary lending library bookplates on front pastedown.

Seller Inventory # 338479

1 p, photo-offset. 4to. Condition: Some toning. 1 p, photo-offset. 4to. An orphan broadside from the official newsletter of the Patti Smith Fan Club, which was published by Nanalee Berry with help from Beverly, Patti's mother. This issue came with multiple pieces of ephemera, produced only for this distribution Reads: house doctor in the womb of pleasure house doctor in the womb of care. house doctor and he feels the fervor your morning w/o your nowhere. a new machine wherein a twist of the dials causes the image to project from your face.

Seller Inventory # 338249

xxiii,[i], 880pp. Illus. Copy 353 of 700. Copy 353 of 700. xxiii,[i], 880pp. Illus. Publisher's grey cloth. with number of edition on upper right panle.

Seller Inventory # 338397

95pp. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. 95pp. WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ. Ex-library copy, with neat ink number on spine and small ink rubberstamp on verso of title page-- text is otherwise fresh and clean, with no other markings. Author Morris Schappes' copy with his neat ink name on front pastedown. The binding is lightly rubbed at spine tips and extremities, small soil mark at crown of spine, spine label is tanned, with thin chip at one corner, else a very good, bright copy First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies.

Seller Inventory # 334789

Unpaginated. 8vo. First printing. First printing. Unpaginated. 8vo. Exploding Plastic Inevitable filmmaker Ron Nameth's copy. Text by Jack Kerouac for the film by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. This copy was formerly owned by Ron Nameth, known for his 1967 documentation of The Exploding Plastic Inevitable at Andy Warhol's Factory featuring The Velvet Underground. Pictorial wrappers with some light shelf wear, modest age-toning both on the front wrap and spine, Ron Nameth's ownership signature in blue ink on half title, a red stamp stating "Ronald Nameth Memorial Collection" on both the title and rep; overall a very good copy bearing a unique provenance.

Seller Inventory # 337893

Frontis. 150, [7, ads]pp. Giss Brothers, Printers. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black, with horse on cover. Very Good Ownership signature"John M. Barton/ Co.E. 36 Rige/Mass. voll/ Palmer/ Mass." Frontis. 150, [7, ads]pp. Giss Brothers, Printers. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 334774

First Edition in English. First Edition in English. [iv], 316; [iv], 331pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Wolff 138 Half brown cotemporay morocco and marbled boards [iv], 316; [iv], 331pp. 2 vols. 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 334766

Frontispiece and another plate. 66, [1] pp . Thistleton, Printer, Goodge Street, London. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in Blue paper spine detached and spine partially perished and grey boards. Spine chipped Frontispiece and another plate. 66, [1] pp . Thistleton, Printer, Goodge Street, London. 1 vols. 12mo.

Seller Inventory # 334712

353 pp. 8vo. First printing. Atwell, Allen; Green, Michael. First printing. 353 pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep: To Gareth L' Pawlowski/ the Stars./ the Stars./ Listen to the Star/ Timothy Leary." Pawlowski was author of "How They Became the Beatles, A Definitive History of the Early Years 1960-1964." Hoorwitz, Walls and Smith A7 Cloth and boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 334565

First edition (under this title). First edition (under this title). folio sheet (measuring 3 5/16 by 17 inches), printed on recto only, illustrated (reproducing a photograph, captioned 'The Soledad Brothers'). Rare Broadside Issue. Not noted by Lepper; but see Lepper (p. 18), noting an "offprint" issued under the title, 'An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis' (published in the same year?), reprinted from The New York Review of Books. A scarce publication; no holdings noted by OCLC (under this title); OCLC does cite a similar broadside publication under the title, 'An Open Letter to My Sister.,' which was published by New York Committee to Free Angela Davis [with only six locations] Folded once horizontally (as issued?); slight bumped at left fold, and at tips of corners, else a near fine copy folio sheet (measuring 3 5/16 by 17 inches), printed on recto only, illustrated (reproducing a photograph, captioned 'The Soledad Brothers').

Seller Inventory # 333597

First edition, second issue, second wrappered binding [see BAL 3378]. 140 pages [followed by four pages of ads]. 18mo. BAL 3378 Red coated pictorial wrappers. Spine has light wear, with quarter-inch chip and one-inch tear on lower spine, light wear and creasing to wrappers, else a near fine copy; fragile binding, difficult to find in nice condition 140 pages [followed by four pages of ads]. 18mo First edition, second issue, second wrappered binding [see BAL 3378].

Seller Inventory # 333399

Condition: Stitched. Browning. Illustrated, with woodcut on front cover and number of woodcut illustrations as headers of some pages. [48]pp. Uncut. 12mo. Contains solar and lunar calculations (including dates of eclipses), interest tables, postal rates, duties on various carriages, routes to and from major cities (including names of innkeepers), cures, names of probate courts, college vacations, etc.; also prints a page of poems from various sources. Evans 36413; Drake 3615 Illustrated, with woodcut on front cover and number of woodcut illustrations as headers of some pages. [48]pp. Uncut. 12mo.

Seller Inventory # 338510

First edition. First edition. 200 pp. [first ten pages photos, rest sheet music]. 4to. SIGNED BY MICK JAGGER. Pictorial wrappers with shop price sticker pasted on upper right cover, some fading and creasing along the spine, marked up with tablature in blue ink by previous owner throughout, signed by Mick Jagger in blue ink across photo of himself on ffep. Overall a very good copy signed by the Stones' front man 200 pp. [first ten pages photos, rest sheet music]. 4to.

Seller Inventory # 338124

2 vols. Thick small 4to. 2 vols. Thick small 4to. Bound in three quarters crimson morocco and matching cloth sides, all edges gilt for Asprey. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 338582

8vo. 8vo. Founded in 1792 by Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine and others, the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture is one of the earliest such agricultural societies in the United States. The Society offered annual prizes for work, experiments and inventions relating to agricultural improvement, including the cultivation of wheat and other grains; the improvement of land, including the reclamation of salt marshes; the raising of trees; the greatest stock maintained on the least land; the best vegetable food for wintering stock; the most and best wool from a given number of sheep; the best process for making cider, maple sugar, butter, cheese, flax, and salted provisions; and for the best farm journals, manures, tree plantations, advances in ploughs and ploughing techniques; etc. Many of the Society's earliest prizes are detailed within these volumes. [Vol. 1] Laws and Regulations of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Andrews, 1793. 56pp. Evans 25794; Rink 1011 [Bound with:] Rules and Regulations of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Thomas Fleet, 1796. 78pp., plus engraved plate. Evans 30773; Rink 1014. [Bound with:] On the Culture of Potatoes: extracted from communications made to the Board of Agriculture in Great-Britain. Published by order of the trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Young & Minns, 1798. 25, [1]pp. Evans 34084; Rink 1536 [Bound with:] Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Young and Minns, 1799. 103, [1]pp., plus engraved plate. Evans 35802; Rink 1127. [Bound with:] Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society. Boston: Young and Minns, 1801. 93, [3]pp. Shaw 906; Rink 1136. [Bound with:] Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Young and Minns, 1803. 93, [3]pp. Shaw 4613; Rink 1143. [Bound with:] Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Young and Minns, 1804. 61, [3]pp. Shaw 6751; Rink 1147. [Bound with:] Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Young and Minns, 1804. 111 [i.e. 112]pp. Shaw 6752; Rink 1151. [Vol. 2] Papers; consisting of Communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Adams and Rhoades, 1807. 86pp. Shaw 13036; Rink 1155. [Bound with:] Georgick Papers for 1809, consisting of Letters and Extracts communicated to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Russell and Cutler. 1809. 91, [1]pp. Engraved plate. Shaw 18054; Rink 1158. [Bound with:] Papers for 1810, communicated to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Russell and Cutler, 1810. 112pp. Shaw 20697; Rink 1160. [Bound with:] Papers for 1811, communicated to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston: Munroe & French, 1811. 114pp. Shaw 23349; Rink 1161. Contemporary half calf [vol. 1] or full tree sheep [vol. 2], vol. 1 covers detached, vol. 2 worn at joints, minor losses to spine. Early owner's signatures, ex-library (Essex Agricultural Institute).

Seller Inventory # 338554