The Unrivaled Atlas of Modern Geography for Schools and Families. Forty-three Maps with an Index to 22000 Namers in the Atlas
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Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, nd. 24th Edition, 240,000th. With a tipped in 1842 Map of South America as Frontispiece. Folio. Bound in three quarters modern half brown mottled calf. Fine. 24th Edition, 240,000th. With a tipped in 1842 Map of South America as Frontispiece. Folio.
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Inscribed card "To Eugene A. Harteloo With my very best wishes for perfect heralth and happiness Charles Atlas." WITH: another Signed card (same size)
by Atlas, Charles
5 x 3 inches. Fine. 5 x 3 inches.
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Serious Advice, from a Father to his Children, Respecting Their Conduct in the World; Civil, Moral, and Religious ... Recommended to Parents and Guardians, to Governors of Seminaries, and to Teachers of Sunday Schools. [One line from Solomon]
by Atmore, Charles
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by J.H. Cunningham, no. 70, South Third-street, 1819. Early edition. Frontispiece; 36 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Early edition. Frontispiece; 36 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Oft-reprinted booklet detailing the proper way to raise modest and good Christian children. "I acknowledge my obligations for some of the sentiments contained in the... Read More
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Autobiography
by (Atomic Energy) Crehore, Albert Cushing
Gates Mills: William G. Berner, 1944. Frontispiece and illustrations, diagrams. Pp. 175. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth gilt, original dust jacket. Rubbed, gilt has oxydized, some soiling of cloth, light discoloration of endpapers, some light browning and short marginal tears to jacket, else very good. Frontispiece and illustrations, diagrams. Pp. 175. 1 vols. 8vo. Crehore was the... Read More
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Primer Topeton de un Borrego Desperso de la Manada. Al Padre Rosillo
by (ATTACK ON ROSILLO) [Cortazar y Zavala, Fr. Andres de]
[Mexico: Imprenta Americana de D. José Maria Betancóurt, calle de S. José, 1821. First edition. 12 pp. 8vo. Unbound, modern staple. Very Good. First edition. 12 pp. 8vo. Not in Medina, Palau or Sabin
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Atwood, Margaret
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First U.S. edition. 311 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter teal cloth spine and grey paper boards with with gilt lettering. Light foxing to top edge, previous ownership in black ink on flyleaf, a near fine copy in near fine illustrated dust jacket (one bump at top corner of front panel). Publisher's promotional card laid in.... Read More
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The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality
by [Aubin, Penelope]
New-Haven: George Bunce, 1798. Second American edition. iv, [5]-216 pp. 12mo. Rebound in half calf and marbled boards, black morocco lettering piece. Front free endpaper damaged with loss along fore-edge, corners of title-page creased with loss at lower corner, text toned and stained. Second American edition. iv, [5]-216 pp. 12mo. The second American edition of this tale of... Read More
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The Indifferent Children. By Anthony Lee
by [Auchincloss, Louis]
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1947. First edition of the AUTHOR's FIRST BOOK. 1 vols. 8vo. Pale blue cloth, spine ends a little faded, else very good in a slightly chipped and worn dust jacket. First edition of the AUTHOR's FIRST BOOK. 1 vols. 8vo.
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“Conditions of Sale” of property. Manuscript, 3pp., accomplished in pen
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England: 1803. 1 vols. Folio. 1 vols. Folio.
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Catalogue des Livres Précieux et des Manucrits avec Miniatures composant La Bibliothèques de M.E.M.B.
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Paris: Alphonse Labitte, Libraire de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 4, rue de Lille, 4, 1882. 882 items, with separate Index and price list. Illustrated. 303, 31 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in 3/4 contemporary pebbled crimson morocco, spine faded,t.e.g., other edges uncut. About fine. 882 items, with separate Index and price list. Illustrated. 303, 31 pp. 1 vols. 4to.... Read More
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Facts, Important to be Known by the Manufacturers, Mechanics, and All Other Classes of the Community
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New York: npub, 1831. 39 pp. 4to. Green wrappers, unopened. Marginal dampstaining throughout, not affecting text, else a good copy. 39 pp. 4to. Reprinted selections from a 1828 pamphlet published under the auspices of the New York Anti-Auction Committee, titled “Remarks upon the Aucstion System as practised in New-York....” Very reminiscent of the situation today. Shaw & Shoemaker... Read More
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New Year Letter
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber and Faber, 1941. First London edition. Published slightly earlier in America as The Double Man. tan cloth stamped in red. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. First London edition. Published slightly earlier in America as The Double Man. Bloomfield A24b
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Typescript, Signed of "The Age of Anxiety, A Baroque Eclogue" prepared by a collector and signed by Auden at the end
by Auden, W.H.
nd. 101 pp. 4to. Pages neatly preserved in archival sleeves, contained in a brown cloth ring binder. Cream cloth slipcase with marbled and gilt backstrip to spine. Minor soiling to slipcase, else fine. 101 pp. 4to. An uncommon typescript copy of Auden's Pulitzer Prize-winning poem, prepared by a collector and signed by Auden at the poem's conclusion. "The... Read More
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The Dance of Death
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber & Faber, 1933. First edition, trial copy bound from proof sheets. 37 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Olive green boards. Near fine in green printed dust jacket (spine panel toned with small loss at head. First edition, trial copy bound from proof sheets. 37 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A remarkable copy of a scarce book, a trial... Read More
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Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition, second binding, blue cloth spine titled in gilt). 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in very good plus dust jacket (some wear at top front corner). First edition, second binding, blue cloth spine titled in gilt). 1 vols. 8vo. Attractie copy of this collection.
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City without Walls and Other Poems
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. First edition. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Ownership signature of Julian Mitchell, dated September 16th 1969. First edition. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the library of novelist and playwright Julian Mitchell, author of the acclaimed play Another Country filmed in 1984). Bloomfield & Mendelson A63... Read More
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Homage to Clio
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber and Faber, 1960. First London edition. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Purple cloth. Light paste ghosting to gutters of endsheets as usual. Fine in fine dust jacket. Ownership signature of Julian Mitchell. First London edition. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the library of novelist and playwright Julian Mitchell, author of the acclaimed play Another Country... Read More
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For the Time Being
by Auden, W.H.
London: Faber and Faber, 1945. First London edition (preceded by the Random House edition of 1944). 124 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Brick cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket. First London edition (preceded by the Random House edition of 1944). 124 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Fine copy of the Faber edition, which includes a substantial little essay... Read More
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The Poet’s Tongue. An Anthology chosen by …
by Auden, W.H., and John Garrett
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1935. First edition. xxxiv, [2], 222, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, t.e.g. Fine in near fine dust jacket (minor soiling, tiny scuff at head of spine panel). First edition. xxxiv, [2], 222, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. “Poetry is no better and no worse than human nature; it is profound and... Read More
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Autograph letter signed ("W.H. Auden"), 1 p, to N. John Hall
by Auden, W.H.
Kirchstetten, Austria, 1970. 1 p. 8vo. On linen stationery, old adhesive marks showing through from verso. With original transmittal envelope addressed in holograph and signed above return address on the reverse. 1 p. 8vo. Auden writes to literary scholar N. John Hall regarding the English wit Sydney Smith: "... I don't recognise the Sydney Smith quotation. The sentence... Read More
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Journey to a War
by Auden, W.H., and Christopher ISHERWOOD
London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Illustrated, folding map at end. 301 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth, spine blocked in yellow and red. Some foxing to endpapers, near fine in very good plus dust jacket (some soiling). First edition. Illustrated, folding map at end. 301 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Auden and Isherwood travelled to China just... Read More
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The Dog Beneath the Skin or Where is Francis? a play in three acts
by Auden, W.H. and Christopher Isherwood
London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First edition, one of 2000 copies. 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. First edition, one of 2000 copies. 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Broomfield and Mendelson A9a
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The Table Talk of W.H. Auden. Edited by Nicholas Jenkins with an Introduction by Richard Howard
by (Auden, W.H) Ansen, Alan, ed. Nicholas Jenkins
New York: Sea Cliff, 1989. First edition, one of 150 copies in boards (edition of 160). Frontispiece photograph of Auden by George C. Serna. [xv], 119, [7] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand bound by Jim Fredrikson, gatherings stitched and unglued, in biscuit boards, with blockprint endpapers by Dean Bornstein, printed spine label. About fine. First edition, one of... Read More
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A Choice of Dryden’s Verse. Selected and with an introduction by W.H. Auden
by (Auden, W.H) Dryden, John
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition of this selection. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition of this selection. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the title page, “To Charles, with best wishes from Wystan”. Auden has struck through his printed name. Charles Osborne, Australian born journalist, editor, and... Read More
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Photographic Portrait of W. H. Auden
by (Auden, W.H) Gotfryd, Bernard
[New York, 1968. With the photographer’s stamp and pencil signature on verso. 11 x 14 inches. Fine. With the photographer’s stamp and pencil signature on verso. 11 x 14 inches. Fine atmospheric portrait of the poet, seated, with a cigarette in his right hand.
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