EMANCIPATION ! ITS POLICY AND NECESSITY AS A WAR MEASURE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RBELLION
by Sumner, Charles
(Boston): unidenitified, 1862. Soft cover. Very Good. Original pamphlet printed in Boston in 186, speech given by Sumnber at Fanueiil Hall on Oct 6, 1862. Measures 14 x 22.5 cm, 23 page, string tied, very nice condition, with (presumably) original or early owner name top of front cover (title page). Uncommon in the marketplace these days. Major Abolitionist... Read More
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
by Sundelrland, Wdwin S. S.
NY: privately printed, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As new, 8vo, pictorial green, polished cloth, map endppaers, 117p, bibliography. A historic report of ICR's "organization, financing and subsequent simplification of debt and capital structures through May 1955." RAILROAD HISTORY.
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Cristie's Since the War 1945-1958: An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting
by Sutton, Denys
London: Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd, 1959. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine +/Very Good. Spine ends of binding slightly bumped. Dj missing piece top of spine, small open tear top right corner front panel. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Color and black and white photographs throughout.
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Portraits of Mexican Birds: Fifty Selected Paintings
by Sutton, George Miksch; Beltran, Enrique (Foreward by)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. Cloth Spine, Paper Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Laid-in large color print, also signed by author. Full-page color illustrations throughout. Spine ends and cover corners gently bumped. Clipped dw. Binding tight, text clean.
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An Introduction to the Birds of Pennsylvania
by Sutton, George Miksch
Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Company, 1928. Green Cloth. Near Fine -. Illustrated By the Author. Color frontispiece and numerous pen-and-ink text drawings. Spine ends slightly worn, cover corners gently bumped, light rubbing to spine edges. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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Portraits of Mexican Birds: Fifty Selected Paintings
by Sutton, George Miksch; Beltran, Enrique (Foreward by)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. Soft cover. Fine. Large color illustrations throughout. Text clean, no previous owner signatures or inscriptions.
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MY HOUSE HAS TWO DOORS
by Suyin, Hans
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Book very good in worn dustjacket with chipping at corners. INSCRIBED by Suyin and dated by her May 1, 1980 on the ffe. Uncommon signed.
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CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, and of the Wonderful Things Therein, as Heard and Seen
by SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL
Boston: Otis Clapp, 1854. Later American printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Later American reprint of the English translation of 1758 from Swedenborg's Latin. In original publisher's binding, quarter finely-ribbed blue cloth, spine paper label, 8vo, iv, 361.Owner name in ink on ffe. Covers moeratley worn, solid binding, nice internals.
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The Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugal Love, After Which Follows the Pleasures of Insanity Concerning Scortatory Love: A Translation of "De Amore Conjugiali"... (Amstelodami 1768)
by Swedenborg, Emanuel
NY: American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing society, 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Early printing of American publication of the English translation of Swedenburg's spritual theses on marriage. 8vo, black cloth, blind-stamped decoration front and back, gilt-stamped titles spine. (iv) 472 (iv). Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772) was a Swedish Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher, and mystic. Swedenborg... Read More
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (14 Volumes, complete, including index)
by Swift, Jonathan. Dabis, Herbert (editor)
Oxford: Basil Blackwell Shakespeare Head, 1951. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. Complete run of the original 14 volume set, published from 1951 - 1968, issued in linen uniformly. Volume 1, A Tale of a Tub", in dustjacket, the rest not. Spines variously browned or tanned, depending on cloth and year of issue. Still, a handsome set,... Read More
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PURPOSE: A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Vol X No 2 April -June 1938
by Symons, W. T. (editor). Eliot, T. S., Miller Henry, et al (contributors). (D. H. Lawrence). (Ezra Pound)
London: The C. W. Daniel Company, 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes first appearance of Henry Miller's essay "Creative Death" a fragment from Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, which was published in book form in 1941 as part of Miller's anthology of short stories "From The Wisdom of the Heart (public library). Another item... Read More
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The Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea
by Synge, John M.
London: Elkin Matthews, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Synge's first publihed work. Rebound in half leather with detached front cover, but with original blue printed paper covers bound-in. Leaves toned as often seen. Gift inscription dated 1912 on the ffe.
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MAKING THE GROUNDS ATTRACTIVE WITH SHRUBBERY
by Tabor, Grace
Ny: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, white stamped titles and decorations on green cloth, 54 pp, 8 b&w full page photos. Minor loss to white stamp front cover, else near fine, lacking dustjacket. Incribed by Tabor on the ffe: "To Samuelk Eastman Kimball - not because he needs it but in... Read More
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An Artist in Rome: Poems by John Tagliabue Inspired by the Paintings of Adam Van Doren
by TAGLIABUE, John. VAN DOREN, Adam (paitings by). (Pelli, Cesar)
Kelly-Winterton Press, 2009. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. PRESENTATION COPY from artist van Doren to arhcitect Cesar Pelli, inscribed by van Doren on the half title "To Cesar with admiration. Best, Adam 1/31/17" With a ANS on a correspondence card (with envelope) of van Doren as lecturer, residential college seminars at Yale: "Jan 31, 2017 Dear Cesar.... Read More
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HOPI BRIDE AT THE HOME DANCE: A HOPI INDIAN STORY
by Talaswaima, Terrence (written and translated by). Sakeva, Alfonso (illustrtaed by )
(Second Meza, AZ): The Hopi Action Project (Follow Through), 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. Square 8vo, children's book format. Inscribed by author on ffe, 5/7/79, with his name in English and Hopi alphabet. Afew spots to front panel of dustjacket, else fine all around. Laid-in is a small p[iece of paper in Talaswaima's hand with his... Read More
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NORAVIND
by Talcott, Dudley Vaill
Hartford: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition, this #94 of 375 copies. Beige cloth with titles and pictorial stamped in black, pictorial endpapers, signed by the author on the limitation. Covers slightly soiled, internals neat fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Norwegian coast tales, boldly graphically and typographically presented. NORWAY.
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Claire Ambler
by Tarkington, Booth
New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good - Near Fine/Very Good -. Decorative endpapers. Front and spine title pastedown. Jacket soiled and stained.
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Where Babylon Ends
by Tarn, Nathaniel
London: Cape Goliard, 1968. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. signed by Tarn on title page, numbered 25/50.
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JUST SUPPOSE
by Taylor, Maggie and Jerry Uelsmann (photographs by)
University of Florida, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Catalog for the dual exhibition of photographers Taylor and Uelsmann at the University Galleries, University of Florida, in 2007. Long, narrow oblong, spiral bound. Near fine condition. Uncommon.
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STATISTICS OF COAL. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL COMBUSTIBLES OR FOSSIL FUEL
by Taylor, Richard Cowling
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1848, of early, comprehensive, international review of coal, uncommonly found, as is the second 1855 edition. Thick 8vo, blind-stamped, brown pebbled cloth, cxlviii, 754, 3 foldout plates. Cloth split at hinges, moderate surface wear to covers, intermittent light foxing. Firmly bound, a solid, unsophisticated copy. Found... Read More
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Seven years' street preaching in San Francisco, California; embracing incidents, triumphant death scenes, etc.
by Taylor, William ; Strickland, W. P.
NY: Published for the Author by Carlton & Porter, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated ninth thousandth on title page. Original brown cloth, blind-stampoed front and back, gil to spine, 8vo, 394, (6). Solid copy, moderate wear to covers, lightly foxed here and there. Autobiographical account of preaching to the lowlife in San Francisco who came to... Read More
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Abrégé d'histoire de Provence des origines au traité D'union (2 vols)
by TAY, MARIE
Aix En Provence: J Fabre, 1930. Second Edition. 12mo. VG+. Both volumes uniformly rebound in red, half leather over floral pattern cloth. Internals toned as expected. A lovely set.
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Report of the Planning and Park Commission - Village of Ridgewood New Jersey 1930
by Technical Advisory Corporation, Consulting Engineers
NY: Technical Advisory Corporation 0. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A beautifully preserved copy of this historic early 20thC plan for a suburban community in Bergen County, New Jersey. Small 4to, blue stiff covers, titles stamped in gilt, 77p, illustrated with 12 plates, 2 foldout tables and large foldout map at rear pasetdown. 193-.
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The Cunning Little Vixen
by Tesnohlidek, Rudolf
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. price clipped, else fine, dw clean and unmarked, illustrations bright.
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Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1857. Early US Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated third thousand on the title page. Publisher's brown blind stamped cloth with illustrated vignette and titles stamped in gilt on front, title to spine. Double title pages, illustrated w/ 14 plates throughout text + engravings to title pages. Loss to cloth at spine, edges moderately... Read More
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