![[AMERICANA] RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS [CENTENNIAL EDITION SOUVENIR PROGRAM]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/892/431/1694431892.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS [CENTENNIAL EDITION SOUVENIR PROGRAM]
by Irvin Feld; Kenneth Feld
[Ringling Brothers], 1984. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 13”x 10” Large colorful program, for the 100th anniversary of Ringling Brothers. With folded poster stapled in at the centerfold. Just a trace of wear. Very Good binding.
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![[NEWSPAPERS; ANTI-MORMON] THREE ISSUES; SALT LAKE DAILY REVIEW](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/407/225/1330225407.0.m.jpg)
[NEWSPAPERS; ANTI-MORMON] THREE ISSUES; SALT LAKE DAILY REVIEW
by F. Kenyon; W. Fenton
Three issue of the short lived anti-Mormon newspaper, Salt Lake Daily Review. Billing itself as “Independent in all things, neutral in nothing”, the papers ran from August 9, 1871 through February 14, 1872, daily except Sunday. These three issues are for November 28, 1871, December 4, 1871 and January 16, 1872. The first newspaper is completely separated at the... Read More
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[PHOTOGRAPHY] [MILITARY] ROGER FENTON: PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE CRIMEAN WAR (THE LITERATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES)
by Roger Fenton
New York: Arno Press, 1973. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in publisher’s silver cloth binding with titling and decoration in blue; xi, 106 pages, followed by [4] pages listing the books in the Literature of Photography Series; with many pages of black and white photographs; there are no marks of any kind in the book. Near Fine... Read More
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BENJAMIN COLLINS AND THE PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER TRADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (OXFORD HISTORICAL MONOGRAPHS)
by Christine Ferdinand
Oxford University Press, USA, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS, AND OPTICS. WITH THE USE OF THE GLOBES, THE ART OF DIALING, AND THE CALCULATION OF THE MEAN TIMES OF NEW AND FULL MOONS AND ECLIPSES
by James Ferguson
London: J. Johnson; G. G. and J. Robinson; F. and C. Rivington; W. J. and J. Richardson; W. Lowndes; Ogilvy and Son; J. Scatcherd; J. Walker; J. Nunn; J. Cuthell; R. Lea; T. N. Longman; and Cadell, Jun. and Davies, 1799. Ninth Edition. Full Leather. near Very Good binding. 20 of 23 plates plus all 13 supplemental plates;... Read More
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BLACKBOOK. JET SET GUIDE 2009. RESTAURANTS, BARS, CLUBS, HOTELS
by Fernando Cwilich Gil; Foster Ethan Kamer; Ariel Vered (Editor) | et al.
New York: Blackbook Media Corp, 2009. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. The 2009 Second Edition of the BlackBook Jet Set Guide for restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Paris. Prepared for the traveling business class, who might need to find a "moderately" priced $70 meal for two, or a hotel... Read More
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![[ILLUSTRATED] GEMS OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION; CONSISTING OF ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIONS OF OBJECTS OF AN ARTISTIC CHARACTER IN THE EXHIBITS OF THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY GERMANY, BELGIUM NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, HUNGARY, RUSSIA, JAPAN, CHINA, EGYPT, TURKEY, INDIA, ETC., ETC., AT THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/066/1676066510.0.m.jpg)
[ILLUSTRATED] GEMS OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION; CONSISTING OF ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIONS OF OBJECTS OF AN ARTISTIC CHARACTER IN THE EXHIBITS OF THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY GERMANY, BELGIUM NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, HUNGARY, RUSSIA, JAPAN, CHINA, EGYPT, TURKEY, INDIA, ETC., ETC., AT THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876
by George Ferris
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1877. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 4to; in publisher’s terracotta cloth; with gilt titling and decoration and decorations stamped in black on the upper board and decorations stamped in blind on the lower board; iv, 164 pages with 8 pages of advertisements in the rear; small tears to the corners as... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] ALEXANDRIA THE JOURNAL OF WESTERN COSMOLOGICAL TRADITIONS [5 VOLUMES]
by David R. Fideler
Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 2000. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. 8vo; in illustrated paper boards; Volume 1, 378 pages; with a remainder mark across the bottom and a price sticker on the back; Volume 2, 429 pages; 2 cm tear to the spine; Volume 3, 486 pages; Volume 4, 435 pages; with a black edge stain; Volume 5,... Read More
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AN ANALYSIS OF BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, IN A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, TO WHICH THE STUDENT IS TO FRAME HIS OWN ANSWERS, BY READING THAT WORK
by Barron Field
New York: Stephen Gould, 1822. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. First American Edition of Barron Field's Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. A series of questions, prepared for law students, to direct their reading of Blackstone's Commentaries. Collates complete, with two additional pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear; 286, [2] pp. Previous... Read More
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THE NOVELS OF HENRY FIELDING. LARGE-PAPER EDITION
by Henry Fielding
New York | Stratford-Upon Avon: Houghton Mifflin | Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. Limited Edition. The Large Paper Edition, in 10 volumes, in paper-coved boards backed in buckram with morocco labels. Volumes I, II: Joseph Andrews; III: Jonathan Wild; IV-VII: Tom Jones; VIII-X: Amelia. The boards have minor shelfwear and soiling; the bindings are clean and tight with... Read More
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[MYSTERY] THE CLIFFORD AFFAIR
by A. [E.] Fielding
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. 8vo. in tan cloth with decorations and titling in red, with dustjacket; [3], 4-300 pages; there are no ownership or other marks in the book; the jacket has some minor loss, especially to the bottom of the spine; the jacket has not been... Read More
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[BOOK ARTS, FINE PRINTING & BINDING] RHYME SHEET NO. 3, NOW EVERY ROSE HIP
by Prentiss Taylor | Rachel Field
Washington, D.C.: The Winder Wheat Press, 1930. Signed. One of four "Rhyme Sheets" designed and hand-colored by lithographer and artist Prentiss Taylor, this being Rhyme Sheet No. 3 setting a poem with decorations by Rachel Field and printed by Prentiss Taylor at his Winter Wheat Press. ~~Pencilled on the verso: "Edition limited to 100 copies, hand colored Prentiss... Read More
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[CHILDREN] LITTLE DOG TOBY (Signed)
by Rachel Field
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Good dust jacket. Signed. 18mo; in publisher’s navy cloth; with red tilting on the upper board(vi)vii-xi 1-118 pages and spine; the dustjacket is present; it has loss to the entire top 1” of the rear panel and bit of the top of the spine; the front... Read More
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![[DRAMA] THE CROSS-STITCH HEART AND OTHER PLAYS. | THE CROSS-STITCH HEART. GREASY LUCK. THE NINE DAYS' QUEEN. THE LONDONDERRY AIR. AT THE JUNCTION. BARGAINS IN CATHAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/127/496/1292496127.0.m.jpg)
[DRAMA] THE CROSS-STITCH HEART AND OTHER PLAYS. | THE CROSS-STITCH HEART. GREASY LUCK. THE NINE DAYS' QUEEN. THE LONDONDERRY AIR. AT THE JUNCTION. BARGAINS IN CATHAY
by Rachel Field
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown, shelfwear to the spine, and small tears and wear to the edges of the dustjacket. Green cloth with a Very Good dustjacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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FREDERIC, PAR J. F. AUTEUR DE LA DOT DE SUZETTE (3 VOLUMES)
by J[oseph] F[ievee]
Paris: P. Plassan, 1799. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The 3 volume set in contemporary mottled calf, with gilt decorative fillets to the perimeter of the boards; lacking 2 of the back labels. An engraved frontispiece present in each volume; attractive marbled endpapers and the armorial bookplate of William Dickinson, Esq. Fievee... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] PICTURES IN COLOR
by Harrison Fisher
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Folio; in paper-covered pictorial boards backed in olive cloth; with 3 preliminary leaves, and 16 color plates including the frontispieces, and a black and white photographic portrait of Mr. Fisher; there is some modest toning; and the boards show modest wear; there are no ownership... Read More
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[AMERICANA] THE HISTORICAL WRITINGS OF JOHN FISKE (12 Volumes)
by John Fiske
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The monumental collection of Fiske’s writings, covering the history of the United States from 1600 through the Confederation in 1789. Volumes 1-3 comprise “The Discovery of America”; Volume s 4-5 “Old Virginia and Her Neighbors; Volume 6 “The Beginning of New England”; Volume 7-8 “The Dutch and... Read More
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[COOKERY] [MENU] THE KING OF THE SEA. NEW YORK, 1944
by Adolph Flashner
1944. Folded printed leaf, 12" x 10". ~~"The Sea Food you eat today, slept last night in Chesapeake Bay". From the storied Manhattan "King of the Sea Famous Seafood Restaurant", dated 1954. To say that this menu is liberally festooned with the days specials would be an understatement -- there are about 40 specials stapled to the edges. Fantastic... Read More
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[AMERICANA] OLD BRIDGES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. [WITH 3 PHOTOS LAID IN]
by Frederick Fleming Unger
Mercersburg, Penna: Printed by the Mercersburg Journal, 1941. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Oblong 8vo.; in publisher's grey boards, with vignette and titling in black; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~Photographic book of 31 Old Bridges of Franklin County, with image on the recto of the leaves, and descriptive text on the facing pages..... Read More
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STRANGE LANDSCAPE
by Tony Duvert | Translated by Sam Flores
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A modernist as well as Uranian novel, winner and of the 1973 Prix Medicis and translated from the French for this Grove Press Edition. Uncommon. The text block has browned a bit, and there is minor toning to the... Read More
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[ART] ISTORIA ARTA ROMANEASCA VECHE SI MEDIEVALA
by Vasile Florea
Chisinau: Hyperion, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; The Art of Romania in the medieval era; 575 pages including bibliography and index; illustrated; the bottom of the spine is bumped; a bit of soiling to the dust jacket; the dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar... Read More
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THE HARRISONS OF SKIMINO; Being a Memoir of an American Family
by Aris Sonis Focisque
Privately Printed (De Vinne Press), 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Silverfisihing to the front and back boards. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down. Uniform toning on front and back pastedowns and endpapers. Otherwise a clean tight copy. Chapter on the capture of Jefferson Davis by... Read More
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![[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. OCTOBER, 1861. VOL. 33, NO. 4](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/116/1310116231.0.m.jpg)
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT] THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. OCTOBER, 1861. VOL. 33, NO. 4
by George William Bagby (Editor) | [W. W. Fontaine]
Richmond: Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1861. The Southern Library Messenger was the most significant magazine in the South from the time of its founding by Thomas White in 1834 until its last issue in 1864.From 1860 on, when George W. Bagby took it over, the Messenger became a secessionist propaganda tool: "Severing all ties with the northern literary establishment, Bagby... Read More
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[PUBLISHER'S BOX] TOWNS OF NEW ENGLAND AND OLD ENGLAND, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
by Allan Forbes
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in blind stamped maroon boards with dustjacket, and in the publisher's box; the jacket has a couple of short closet tears and the box has some minor wear but no separation; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~Overall a nice... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE GOOD SOLDIER. A TALE OF PASSION
by Ford Madox Ford
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s black cloth binding with dustjacket; xxii, [2], 3-256 pages; there is a previous owner name and date penned on the front endpaper; the dustjacket has been price-clipped and has the “ghost” of a sticker removal near the top of the front... Read More
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