WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
by ADAMIC, Louis
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribee's bookplate on front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. An examination of the evolution, intricacies, and absurdities of last names. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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LUCAS, KING OF THE BALUCAS
by ADAMIC, Louis
Los Angeles: Arthur Whipple, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Eizzil. One of 350 copies illustrated with woodcuts by Eizzil. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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TWO-WAY PASSAGE
by ADAMIC, Louis
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Political and social commentary on the eve of America's entrance into the war. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page.
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THE LAW BOOK PRICE GUIDE: A Market Value Reference for Antiquarian, Out-of-Print and Rare Law Boks and Documents and Other Law-Related Materials
by ADAMIAK, Richard
Chicago: Richard Adamiak, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Cloth. Quarto; xvi, 376 pages with index and bibliography. Page-by-page reproductions of various catalogs dated 1975 - 1982 from leading antiquarian booksellers specializing in the legal field. While the prices, of course, are dated, the detailed descriptions are quite valuable. The type is often very small but... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Charles Francis
Quincy [MA], 1 October 1874. Letter. Near Fine. Three-page letter on both sides of a 10" x 8" sheet to author and editor George W. Curtis responding about a series of lectures being organized by a man named Carpenter. Adams says he has an aversion "to all the system of lecturing which had been carried on so systematically... Read More
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A LETTER TO AMERICAN TEACHERS OF HISTORY
by ADAMS, Henry
Washington DC: (J. H. Furst), 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. A close to Fine copy. Publisher's green cloth; vi, 214, [2] pages. SIGNED by the author at the end of the introductory letter, as with many copies. BAL 34. One of a series of late works by Adams in which he tried to incorporate new scientific knowledge, especially in... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Henry
Washington DC, 18 January 1900. Letter. Folds from mailing, faint soiling at edges. Near Fine. Fine SIGNED handwritten four-page letter on all sides of a 9-1/2" x 7-3/4" sheet of paper folded in half to a Miss R. K. Crandall, written in answer to an inquiry about documents concerning American foreign affairs. In part: "Miss Donnely was instructed... Read More
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MONT-SAINT-MICHEL AND CHARTRES
by ADAMS, Henry
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Samuel Chamberlain. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in gray buckram with gilt-stamped black leather spine label and marbled paper slipcase. Designed by T. M. Cleland. With a new introduction by Francis Henry Taylor. Illustrated with 59 photographs made in France following the... Read More
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THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS
by ADAMS, Henry
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Touch of sunning to the spine. Fine, lacking the slipcase. Samuel Chamberlain. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in full rust-colored buckram, gold-stamped. Introduction by H. S. Canby. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Copy #360 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with 12 etchings by Samuel Chamberlain printed... Read More
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AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURYPORT ... ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Newburyport: Morss and Brewster, (1837). First Edition. wraps. Very Good and scarce. Original printed blue wrappers; 68 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blue wrapper: "Deacon Samuel Savile/from/John Quincy Adams." Books inscribed by Adams are quite uncommon, and when found are usually signed on a presentation slip pasted in rather than in the actual pamphlet or book... Read More
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THE JUBILEE OF THE CONSTITUTION. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ON TUESDAY, THE 30TH OF APRIL 1839; BEING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THURSDAY, THE 30TH OF APRIL, 1789
by ADAMS, John Quincy
New York: Samuel Colman, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a handsome binding. Bound in recent full forest green morocco leather without the original wraps and endpapers; 136 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the Inauguration of Washington at the Old City Hall. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page in ink: "Hon. Richard Fletcher/from/John Quincy Adams." Books... Read More
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ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE...
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. First Edition. Pamphlet. Some light pencil markings to text, rather even browning to pages. Slight loss of paper at the spine. Near Fine and scarce. Original printed blue wrappers; 94 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blue wrapper: "Revd. William Hawley/from/J. Q. Adams." Adams had written "Joseph" which is crossed out with... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Washington, 29 March 1830. Letter. Some splitting along the fold. Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by Adams on one large sheet of paper folded to 7-7/8" x 9-3/4" to the editor of the AMERICAN ANNUAL REGISTER, Joseph Blunt, sending corrections to his important and lengthy unsigned article dealing with the Russo-Turkish War and Greece. In this... Read More
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A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778
by ADAMS, John
Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, For William Cobbett [volume 1]; H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett [volume 2]; William Young for William Cobbett [volume 3], 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. Pencil signature on front pastedown of each volume, ink signature "Blair" dated 1798 on the title page of the first volume, the title page of the third volume browned but in general... Read More
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THE RAMPAGING HERD. A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry
by ADAMS, Ramon F
Cleveland: John T. Zubal, Inc., (1982). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Green cloth; xix, 463 pages including index. Reprint of the 1959 First Edtion. An indispensable bibliography on the American cowboy.
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AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with Archive of Related Materials
by ADAMS, Richard
Mountain View, CA, 5 Jan. 1982. Letter. Crease marks from folding. With original envelope. Near Fine. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED of 4 pages. About personal matters but primarily concerned with making corrections in an interview eventually published in the WEBSTER REVIEW in 1985. Adams mentions Kipling, Dickens, Trollope, and others, as well as his being president of the British... Read More
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AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, Richard
London, 19 June 1973. Letter. Fine. Wonderful AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, 3-1/2 pages, to the creator of the cover art for the Puffin edition of WATERSHIP DOWN which was published in June 1973 becoming a bestseller and responsible for establishing the book in the public's eye. Adams praises the artist's work: "Fiver's stare of rapt contemplation really makes one... Read More
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DRAWN AND QUARTERED
by ADDAMS, Charles
New York: Random House, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Charles Addams. Cloth-backed boards. A haunting collection of cartoons, including the first 4 of what would become "The Addams Family," is the cartoonist's first book.
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THE SECOND TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE. September 1909 to September 1929. With a Record of a Growing World Consciousness
by ADDAMS, Jane
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper. Bright, close to Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with some edgewear. Illustrated with drawings by Norah Hamilton and Morris Topchevsky. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "'Compliments of the author'/Jane Addams/Hull-House/Chicago." Uncommon in dustwrapper. Jane Addams (1860-1935), American... Read More
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Fine in an about Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #325 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy... Read More
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter... Read More
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine darkened. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with a small scratch to the leather label. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #380 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the... Read More
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter... Read More
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