THE QUAKERS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
by Jones, Rufus M.
London: Macmillan, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 8vo,blue cloth, gilt spine titles, xxxii, 603, (2), 4 foldout maps at page 580. Font hinge slightly reveled, solid, clean copy. INSCRIBED by Jones on the ffe: "With best wishes of his friend and teacher. Rufus Jones". Laid-in are two, ANS from Jones on Haverford College stationary addressed... Read More
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2 THE FANTASTICKS / CELEBRATION
by Jones, Tom and Harvey Schmidt
NY: Drama Book Specialists, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of THe FNATASTICKS and CELEBRATION published togtehr. Inscribed by both authors on the half title to Jane and Bob Emerson who ran the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years: "May 19785 Bob and Jane with many thanks and best wishes Harvey Schmidt" and... Read More
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THUCYDIDES
by Jowett, Benjamin
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1900. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. An early printing of the second edition, 2 volumes, maroon fine linen, triple, blind-ruled coves, gilt to spine, a wee faded. Williams College student '28 name and dorm address on pastedown both volumes. Soilid, nicely preserved copies.
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ANNA LIVIA PLURABELLE
by Joyce, James. Colum, Padraic (preface by)
NY: Crosby Gaige, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Joyce's prose poem later immortalized in FINNEGAN'S WAKE. This number 233 of 800 numbered copies signed by Joyce. 12mo, brown cloth, gilt-stamped front and spine, teg, 61 pp. Some shallow loss head of spine, corners moderately bumped and worn, Title page separating from binding but holding. No... Read More
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TALK ABOUT GOOD! (and) TALK ABOUT GOOD! II Le Livre de la Cuisinne de Lafeyette
by Junior Leage of Lafayette, Inc. Louisianna
Lafayette: Junior Leage of Lafayette, Inc. Louisianna, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 volumes, the original a tenth printing (1974, after the first 1967), the sequel (1979) first printing. Both nicely preserved and apparently unused with some modest rubbing to pictorial covers. Both spiral bound. A nice pair.
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From a Notebook
by Justice, Donald
Iowa City: Seamark Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. One of 317 copies printed.
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Departures
by Justice, Donald
Iowa: Penumbra Press, 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. No. 121/175 copies signed by author.
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55
by Kane, Elisha Kent
Philaelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, first edition, original brown cloth, blind-stamped front and back, with gilt titles to spine, illustrated with all plates and folding map extant. Moderate loss to cloth at spine ends, cloth unevenly faded, vol 1 slightly cocked, firm bindings, episodic foxing. Both maps, quite nice, in original... Read More
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Plastics : Common Objects, Classic Designs
by Katz, Sylvia
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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LEGACY
by Kay, Susan. (Elizabeth I)
London: Bodley Head, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. An apparently unread copy. Toned leaves (cheap paper stock). Better than vety good in unclipped dustjacket. Author's first book and winner of the 1985 Historical Novel Prize in Memory of Georgette Heyer and of the Betty Trask Prize. NOT EX-LIB, no PON.
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A KAZAN READER
by Kazan, Eia
NY: Stein & Day, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Inscribed by director Kazan on the ffe to Jane and Bob Emerson who managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years.
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AMERICA AMERICA
by Kazan, Elia
NY: Stein & Day, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Inscribed by director Kazan on the ffe to Jane and Bob Emerson who managed the Drama Book Shop for many years, the go-to bookstore for theatre professionals and aficionados. Book near fine, dustajcaket rubbed.
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NIGHT
by Keats, Ezra Jack (compiled by)
NY: Atheneum, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hall, Beverly (photographs by ). Oblong 8vo, black cloth in worn/chipped dw. Covers very good, internals near fien. Inscribed by photographer Hall on the title page by extending from the letter T in Nigh("that Night is only the background of ourselves/ To Janet and Carol/ in the foreground at last.... Read More
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The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year
by Keble, Rev. John
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler, 1857. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -. Stated New Edition on title page, dated 1857. Full moroccan brown leather, elaborately decorated in gilt all around, aeg, inner dentelles, (10), 372, (16), 10 full page illustrations incl. title and frontispiebce. Minor loss head of spine, which is scruffed. Covers lightly worn, solid binding, owner inscription dated... Read More
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THE LAST MAN with COLT PRESS 1943 PROMOTIONAL BROADSIDE
by Kees, Weldon
San Fransciso: The Colt Press, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Poet Kees first book of poetry. Number 3 of the Poetry Booklets of The Colt Press. Owner label on front pastedown. Paper label slghtly tanned and with tiny loss at its corners. Internals fine. Laid-in, folded in four is Colt Press promotional broadside "1943 Christmas gifts for lover... Read More
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The Costumes of France
by Keim, Aline
NY: French & European Pub.Inc, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sixty loose pochoir plates, bright colors, remarkably well preserved, 8 pages of text, in portfolio with stiff covers but lacking paper sides.
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Notes on American Artists 1754-1820
by Kelby, William
New York: The New York Historical Society, 1922. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine +/No Dustjacket. slight toning to endpapers, else fine, one of 300 numbered copies but this copy is unnumbered.
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Further Records 1848-1883. A Series of Letters by Frances Anne Kemble, forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood and Records of Later Life (2 Volume set)
by Kemble, Frances Anne
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Beautifully preserved pair of books. Original slate blue cloth , blind-stamped covers, gilt spine titles, publisher's endpapers. Incidental wear to corners, sound copies. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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THE WINTER FEAST
by Kenendy, Charles Rann
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 8vo, red patterned cloth front and spine with gil titles, 159p, iillustrated with scenes form the play. Inscribed with a quote (presumably from the play) by playwright on the ffe: "No one knows what chance leap may come his way upon the death of (indecipherable). Charles Rann... Read More
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THE NECESSARY EVIL
by Kenendy, Charles Rann
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 8vo, purplish, patterned cloth front and spine with gil titles, 111p. Inscribed with a quote from the play) by playwright on the ffe: " " 'I'll make them lsiten to me' p. 89 charles Rann Kennedy February 14, 1924" "No one knows what chance leap may come... Read More
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THE VISITOR
by Kennelly, Brendan. Deane, Barbara (design and illustration)
Dublin: St. Beuno's Hand-Printed Limited Editions, 1978. First Edition Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Limited edition this #27 of 250 copies. stiff, pink printed covers, stapled spine, 20 pages. Signed by Kennelly on title page. No. 3 in a series of poetry booklets hand-printed by John F. and Barnara Deane in Dublin.
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TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD
by Kennedy, Robert F.
NY: Doubleday, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, association copy, inscribed by Kennedy to James Greenfield (1924 - 2024), who served as the deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the US State Department from 1962 to 1964, and then Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1964 to 1966. "For Jim/... Read More
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FALSTAFF'S WEDDING: A Comedy Being A Sequel To The Second Part Of The Play Of King Henry The Fourth. Written In Imitation Of Shakespeare
by Kenrick, William
London: Printed for J. Wilkie, F. Blyth, T. Lowndes and W. Owen, Becket and De Hondt, T. Lewis, J. Walter, J. Almon, 1760. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo., vii + 83.,rebound jhalf leather porbabbly mid 19thC. Cover detached. Internals near fine.
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Command A King's Ship
by Kent, Alexander
NY: Putnam, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. An apparentky unread book, fine clean copy - no names, inscrptns or bkplts - in unclipped dw w/ just the tracest of fading to dw spine.
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TWO CHILDREN OF TYRE
by Kent, Louise Andrews. Wolcott, Elizabeth Taylor (illustrtaed by)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Scarce juvenile title retelling tale of David and Esther. Orange cloth stamped in black in pictorial dustjacket chipped about edges, spine browned. Review copy, with slip laid-in.
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