The Headsman: or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale, in Two Volumes
by The Author of the "Bravo," &c. &c. [Cooper, James Fenimore]
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. Second American Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second American edition. BAL 3861. Spiller & Blackburn 17. Wright 581. Preceded by 3 vol. UK edition. Cloth along spine of Volume 2 torn, board corners rubbed, some pages foxed. 1833 Small Hard Cover. Two volume set. "The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons is... Read More
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Fresh Hearts That Failed Three Thousand Years Ago; with Other Things
by The Author of The New Priest in Conception Bay [Lowell, Robert Traill Spence]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Bound in preceding front free endpaper is a four-page review of Robert Lowell's work The New Priest in Conception Bay. Front joint split, front hinge just beginning to weaken, minor loss from corners. 1860 Hard Cover. iv, vi, [2], 121, 16 pp. 8vo. A collection of verse by the... Read More
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About Wise Men and Simpletons: Twelve Tales from Grimm
by [The Brothers Grimm]; Shub, Elizabeth
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8x7x0. Hogrogian, Nonny. First thus. Lacks jacket. Boards soiled, corners exposed. 1971 Hard Cover. ix, 118 pp. Etchings by Nonny Hogrogian. Includes: Foreword; About a Fisherman and His Wife; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; Brier Rose; About Elves: The Elves and the Shoemaker Whose Work... Read More
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Sixty Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by The Brothers Grimm; Lucas, Mrs. Edgar; Wilkins, Cary
New York: Weathervane Books, 1979. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x7x1. Rackham, Arthur. 2 inch closed tear to front jacket edge, 1 inch open tear to jacket spine base. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1979 Hard Cover. ix, 325 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Foreword by Cary Wilkins. A... Read More
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![Handtools of Arts and Crafts: The Encyclopedia of the Fine, Decorative and Applied Arts [Hand Tools]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/432/240/1571240432.0.m.jpg)
Handtools of Arts and Crafts: The Encyclopedia of the Fine, Decorative and Applied Arts [Hand Tools]
by The Diagram Group; Midgley, Ruth; Lawther, Gail; Cartwright, Maureen; et al
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x1. First edition. Faint edge wear. 1981 Large Hardcover. 319 pp. An illustrated encyclopedia examines the history, function, and evolution of more than 2,000 artists' and artisans' handtools -from the primitive implements of early carvers and potters to the modern equipment used by photographers.
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Brother Against Brother: Time-Life Books History of the Civil War
by The Editors of Time-Life Books; McPherson, James M. (Foreword)
New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1990. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1x9x11. First edition. Tear to jacket spine base, laminate starting at jacket spine head and spine base, jacket flaps toned. 1990 Large Hardcover. 431 pp. 390 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Published on the 125th anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox, this masterful account of the Civil... Read More
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![Bridging the Years: A Sketchbook of Early Greece History [Sketch Book] [New York]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/110/791/1606791110.0.m.jpg)
Bridging the Years: A Sketchbook of Early Greece History [Sketch Book] [New York]
by The Greece History Museum, Historical Society of Greece, N.Y
Greece, New York: The Greece History Museum, Historical Society of Greece, N.Y, 1988. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Plastic covers. 1988 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. A history of Greece, New York with black-and-white illustrations.
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![Chile: A Handbook [A General Sketch]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/903/900/1601900903.0.m.jpg)
Chile: A Handbook [A General Sketch]
by The International Bureau of American Republics; Barrett, John; Yanes, Francisco J
Washington, D.C: International Bureau of American Republics, 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rear board lightly soled and lightly scratched, ink stamp on first blank. 1909 Hard Cover. 233 pp. Red boards with gilt titles and decorations, decorative endpapers. Black-and-white frontispiece and plates, fold-out color map follows text. Includes: Geographical Sketch; Area Population; Boundaries; Topography; Orography; Hydrography;... Read More
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Plans of the Lakeshores Region
by The Lakeshores Division, Niagara Frontier Region / The National Model Railroad Association
The Lakeshores Division, Niagara Frontier Region / The National Model Railroad Association, 2003. Spiral-Bound Softcover. Good. Corners lightly dog-eared, covers creased, surface tears on covers. 2003 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 35 pp., plus 2-page appendix with map showing routes of various railroad lines. Oblong - 8 1/2 x 14. Original wrappers, plastic comb binding. A collection of detailed plans showing... Read More
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A Llewellyn Educational Guide to The Truth About Witchcraft
by The Llewellyn Editorial Staff; Cunningham, Scott
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1988. 2nd Printing. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 6x4x0. 2nd printing. An excellent copy. 1988 Stapled Binding. 29, [1] pp. A brief history of and guide to witchcraft and the Wiccan religion, which dispels some common misconceptions.
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![Forty Etchings on Copper, Reproduced from the Most Noted Examples of Modern Art and Photographs of English Landscapes. Series I [1]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/224/1679224964.0.m.jpg)
Forty Etchings on Copper, Reproduced from the Most Noted Examples of Modern Art and Photographs of English Landscapes. Series I [1]
by The Osborne & Murphy Company, Art Publishers
Red Oak: The Osborne & Murphy Company, Art Publishers. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards faintly soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken, portion of front free endpaper removed, front flyleaf creased. All image pages excellent with no marks, foxing, stains, or toning. Forty half-tone images photographically reproduced from original photographs, and copper plate etchings by various artists.... Read More
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America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible - Race in Modern America
by Thernstrom, Stephan and Abigail
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x2x10. First edition. Jacket spine head and front jacket flap bumped. Ink marginalia on three pages only, ink note on front free endpaper. 1997 Hard Cover. 704 pp. "Argues that the prevailing pessimism on the status of African-Americans and the state of race relations is... Read More
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Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
by Thernstrom, Stephan; Orlov, Ann; Handlin, Oscar
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1980. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x2x11. First edition. Jacket rubbed, jacket clipped. Light general wear. 1980 Large Hardcover. xxv, 1076 pp. "From Acadians to Zoroastrians-Asians, American Indians, East Indians, West Indians, Europeans, Latin Americans, Afro-Americans, and Mexican Americans―the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups provides the first comprehensive and systematic... Read More
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Half Moon Street: Two Short Novels
by Theroux, Paul
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket reverse foxed. Page ridges foxed. 1984 Hard Cover. 219 pp. Two short novels, "Doctor Slaughter" and "Buried Alive," offer a menacing, sinister study of double lives and their deadly implications.
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train through China
by Theroux, Paul
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 6th printing. Pages faintly toned, foxing to top ridge. 1988 Hard Cover. 480 pp. "Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romanttic tradition, by train across Euope, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in... Read More
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Brutalism: Contributions to the International Symposium in Berlin 2012
by The Wustenrot Foundation; The Department of Architecture Theory; Postgraduate Master's Program for Building Restoration at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Busse, Anette; Deschermeier, Dorothea; Kurz, Philip; Frampton, Kenneth; Colomina, B
Zurich: Park Books, 2017. Large Softcover. Very Good. 9x1x11. Corners lightly creased. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 2017 Large Softcover. 180 pp. A study of the 1950s architectural style emphasizing structure over decoration, featuring articles submitted by seventeen authors as contributions to the international symposium in Berlin in 2012. This volume is meant to accompany SOS Brutalism... Read More
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None But the Nightingale: An Introduction to Chinese Literature
by Thiele, Margaret R
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket edge wear, front jacket flap clipped with price intact. 1967 Hard Cover. 159 pp. This classic introduction to the Chinese literature is a fundamental step towards the West's understanding of the rich literary legacy of China. Readable, condensed, entertaining, the selections... Read More
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Civil War Army Swords: A Study of United States Army Swords from 1832 through 1865
by Thillmann, John H
Woonsocket: Mowbray, 2008. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x1. First edition. Minor wear to corners, two pages dog-eared. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2008 Large Hardcover. 608 pp. Covers all swords carried by officers or enlisted men in the United States army from the 1830s until the end of the Civil War.... Read More
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Royalty in All Ages: The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments, Superstitions, and Frolics of the Kings and Queens of Europe
by Thiselton-Dyer, T.F
London / New York: John C. Nimmo, Ltd. / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). No jacket.... Read More
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Herb's Pajamas: Stories
by Thomas, Abigail
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x0x7. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine base lightly pushed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1998 Hard Cover. 199 pp. With her own special brand of delicate, elliptical, and humorous fiction, Abigail Thomas offers another... Read More
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Theodore Weld: Crusader for Freedom
by Thomas, Benjamin P
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. First edition. Lacks jacket. Boards lightly rubbed. 1950 Hard Cover. xii, 307 pp. Weld was foundational to the American abolition movement. " Measured by his influence, Theodore Weld was not only the greatest of the abolitionists; he was also one of the... Read More
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The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered
by Thom, Adam
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1844. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First edition (Sabin 95370, Howes T-161). Faintly toned, otherwise an excellent copy. 1844 Soft Cover. 44 pp. Sewn binding, printed self wrappers. An account by the recorder of Rupert's Land - a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin - of... Read More
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Nazi Victory: Crete, 1941
by Thomas, David
New York: Stein and Day, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. 1972 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Includes 5 maps and 23 photographic plates. When German paratroops dropped on Crete in 1941, it was the first and only time in the history of warfare that an island was conquered from the... Read More
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A Bibliography of the Works of Richard Price
by Thomas, D.O.; Stephens, John; Jones, P.A.L
England: Scolar Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Minimal wear to corners. 1993 Hard Cover. xxii, 221 pp. "This is the first complete bibliography of the works of Richard Price (1723-1791), one of the leading radical intellectuals of the late eighteenth century. By profession a dissenting minister, he was also a mathematician,... Read More
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The Confederate Nation 1861-1865 (The New American Nation Series)
by Thomas, Emory M
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. Third printing. Jacket spine faded, light edge wear, embossed owner stamp on front endpaper. 1979 Hard Cover. xvi, 384 pp. We have for years needed a serious, scholarly, readable work on the Confederate nation that rounds up modem scholarship and offers a fresh and... Read More
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