Who Rules Massachusetts Women
by WOMEN'S RESEARCH CENTER FOR BOSTON
Cambridge: Women's Research Center of Boston, 1972. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's yellow printed staplebound card wrappers; [6],46pp. Just About Fine. Rubberstamp cancel on title page: "Part One: State Government." Nevertheless, this appears to be the only volume published according to OCLC.
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![Human Nature in its Fourfold State [...] in Several Practical Discourses. A New Edition, Carefully Corrected](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/981/262/1486262981.0.m.jpg)
Human Nature in its Fourfold State [...] in Several Practical Discourses. A New Edition, Carefully Corrected
by BOSTON, Thomas
Glasgow: J. and M. Robertson, 1794. Small octavo (17cm). Full period calf with leather spine label; xvi,[1]-441,[1]pp. A few leaves from the first gathering have pulled loose from the sewing and there is faint, scattered foxing, but still a tidy copy, the original binding well-preserved and the text generally clean and tight; Very Good. Early ink ownership signature ("Thomas... Read More
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Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston to Dorchester Neck. And the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston
by [BOSTON] [CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS - ENGINEERING] [TUDOR, William; Edward Tuckerman, et al, signatories]
Boston: E. Lincoln, Water Street, 1805. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Sewn wrappers; 62,(2)pp (final page a blank). Moderate foxing and discoloration to title page; text quite fresh, with sewing intact - Very Good. Documentary account of the controversy surrounding the construction of the South Street Toll Bridge [aka the Dover Street Bridge], connecting Boston to Dorchester, in the... Read More
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.; containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literally Anecdotes and Opinions of Men and Books; with an Authentic Account of the Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II in the Year 1746
by BOSWELL, James (text); Robert Carruthers (introduction; notes); Samuel Johnson (poetical pieces)
London: Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1859. Third Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt to spine, and blind embossed to covers; [xxx],[1],2-361,[3]pp. Previous owner's gift inscription inked with Christmas 1861 date to front endpaper, and pencilled fish illustration to front flyleaf. Modest shelf-wear and rubbing, with loss of cloth to spine ends and... Read More
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![The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [. . .] The Eighth Edition, Revised and Augmented [4 volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/953/297/1572297953.0.m.jpg)
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [. . .] The Eighth Edition, Revised and Augmented [4 volumes]
by BOSWELL, James
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816. Octavo (22cm) in four volumes. In contemporary brown calf, with blind roll and double gilt frame to boards; gilt tooling to board edges, rebacked in brown leather, titled in gilt on spines, all edges marbled; brown endpapers; vol I: [ii], [i]-[xxxviii], [1]-481pp; vol II: [ii], [1] 496pp; vol III: [ii], [1]-483pp; vol... Read More
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
by BOSWELL, John
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1981]. Fourth printing. Octavo. Yellow-tan cloth; dustjacket; xviii,424pp. Tight, clean, and unmarked - about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed with a faint stain to verso, still VG to Near Fine. Nice copy of this still widely-cited study of homosexuality in the early Christian west.
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La Politica Estera Italiana (1860-1985)
by BOSWORTH, Richard J.B. and Sergio Romano, eds
[Bologna]: Società Editrice il Mulino, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's glossy grey pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 360pp. Spine and upper cover spine edge a bit yellowed, else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of papers on Italian foreign policy, covering colonialism, liberal and fascistic politics, and the Vatican. Text entirely in Italian.
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The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs - De historia stirpium cammeentarii insignes, 1542 (Notable commentaries on the History of Plants). 2 Vols (Facsimile & Commentary)
by [BOTANICAL iLLUSTRATION] FUCHS, Leonhard; Frederick G. Meyer (et al), eds; Joseph Ewan, fwd
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. First printing of the Stanford Press edition. Two large, heavy quarto volumes (31cm). Quarter brown linen over coarse-woven ivory cloth; xxv,895; [900]pp. Slight rubbing to spine titles, else tight and clean - Near Fine; in the publisher's white cloth slipcase, slightly soiled at edges but still Very Good. Scholarly facsimile, with extensive historical... Read More
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Ville Cruelle
by BOTO, Eza [pseud. of Mongo Beti (a.k.a. Alexandre Biyidi Awala)]
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1971]. 12mo (17.25cm.); original yellow and red pictorial card wrappers; 223pp. Fine. Cameroonian author's first novel, originally published pseudonymously in 1954. Bildungsroman set in pre-independent Cameroon, originally published as a means of communicating the author's ideas regarding the colonial presence in Africa with minimal consideration to style. As a result, Awala changed his pseudonym to Mongo... Read More
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VAGRANT GRACE NEW POEMS
by Bottoms, David
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1999. First edition. Uncorrected proofs in printed red wrappers. New poems from this award-winning southern poet. Fine.
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ANY COLD JORDAN
by Bottoms, David
Atlanta: Peachtree, 1987. First Edition. Georgia poet's first novel. Acidic paper beginning to tone. Fine, unread in a fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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POEMS OF THIRTY YEARS [Signed]
by Bottomley, Gordon
London: Constable, 1925. First edition. Green cloth; cover blind stamped, titling in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; 187pp. Signed twice including frontispiece illustration of the author. Ink name and and "Maude Meager Chancery Lane, 1925" on ffep, attractive bookplate (Ralph M Stall) on fep, offsetting to end papers, foxing to prelims, trace elsewhere, covers heavily sunned at extremities,... Read More
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The Kingfisher
by BOTTOME, Phyllis
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Olive-green cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 347pp. Very Good, with slight rubbing to gilt on spine; in the original pictorial dustwrapper, priced "$2.00 net" on spine, lightly rubbed overall and with some small nicks at extremities, Very Good. Bottome's fourth work of fiction, a psychological... Read More
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: Les Paysans La Terre Le Pouvoir: Etude D'une Societe Agrairea Dominante Indienne dans les Hautes Terres du Guatemala
by BOT, Yvon Le (text); M. Alain Touraine (director)
Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto (29.5cm); beige paper wrappers; single-sided text; [vi],415,[3]pp. Recherche Coopérative sur Programme No. 294. Text in French. Modest shelf-wear, with soil and inked scribbles to wrappers, edges of textblock, and text; Good. Sociologist, and later worker for the United Nations and chairholder of the European... Read More
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
by BOTZ, Corinne May
New York: Monacelli Press, 2004. Quarto (28cm). Black cloth, in black pictorial dust jacket; 224pp; color illustrations throughout. Straight and sound with a few small marks to the cloth, Very Good or better. Jacket lightly rubbed, Very Good or better. Concerning miniature crime scene dioramas made by Frances Glessner Lee in the 1940s and 50s for training detectives in... Read More
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Multiplying Villainies: Selected Mystery Criticism, 1942-1968
by BOUCHER, Anthony
N.p.: Bouchercon Book, 1973. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, of which 475 are for sale (this is no.212). Octavo (22.5cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; xii,13-136,[2]pp; a 5.5" x 8.5" black and white print, featuring an illustrated portrait of Boucher by Kelly Freas, is laid in. Cloth and text edges show some... Read More
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The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North; an International Travelling Exhibition from the Collection of the National Museum of Man, Canada, and the Royal Scottish Museum
by BOUDREAU, Norman J. (managing editor); Viviane Appleton (staff editor); Norman Tebble (foreword; director)
Ottawa, Canada: National Museum of Man / National Museums of Canada, 1974. Softcover. Quarto (27cm); photographic paper wrappers; map illustrations to verso of wrappers; [ii],[3],4-208,[2]pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with light rubbing to wrapper edges, and trace foxing to edges of textblock; Very Good. Exhibition catalogue from the first major... Read More
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La Femmina Dottoressa, o Vero La Teologia Ridotta alla Canocchia
by [BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe]
[S.l.: s.n.], 1731. Octavo (18cm). Contemporary parchment over boards, manuscript title to spine, all edges stained red and brown; 191,[1]pp; engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title page. Front board slightly splayed, general minor wear, including a tiny bit of worming to lower rear corner, occasional foxing: Very Good. Italian translation of La Femme Docteur, first published in... Read More
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The Origin and Progress of Despotism. In the Oriental, and Other Empires, of Africa, Europe, and America
by [BOULANGER, Nicolas Antoine]
Amsterdam [i.e. London]: [s.n.], 1764. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo in fours (18.5cm). Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, all edges stained red; later endpapers; [ii],[283]-[286],281,[1]pp. Heavily rubbed and scuffed, front free endpaper and initial flyleaf detached, first five leaves almost detached, paper brittle, but complete: Good only. Translated by radical journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-1797). False... Read More
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The Evolutionary Potential of Quakerism
by BOULDING, Kenneth E.
[Lebanon, PA: Pendle Hill], 1964. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green staplebound card wrappers printed in blue; 31pp. Fine condition. The 1964 James Backhouse Lecture originally titled "The Quaker Mutation." Pendle Hill Pamphlet no. 136.
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The Marvelous Palace: and Other Stories
by BOULLE, Pierre (stories); Margaret Giovanelli (translation)
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); plum cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 187pp. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Elizabeth Woll, unclipped (priced $7.95), with trivial surface wear and creases, residue to front panel, and light shelf-soil to rear panel; Very Good+. First published in French... Read More
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William Conrad
by BOULLE, Pierre [Trans: Xan Fielding]
London: Secker and Warburg, 1955. First Edition. 8vo. 19cm x 13cm. Publisher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in silver gilt to spine, slight bumping and discolouration to spine ends, strong and solid in a clean example of the dustjacket with a little toning and spotting of the white rear panel, and some light marginal wear most noticeably to the spine... Read More
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Écrivains Français d'Aujourd'hui
by BOURBOUSSON, Edouard J., ed
New York: American Book Company, [1953]. First Thus. Octavo (19.25cm.); original grey cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in white; x,[2],270pp.; illus. Boards rather rubbed and a bit dust-soiled, contemporary pencil notes throughout (not in either Shahn's hand), else Near Very Good and sound. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label to front pastedown. Anthology... Read More
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On the Border With Crook. Illustrated
by BOURKE, John G.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's maroon cloth, titles and ornaments stamped in silver to spine and front cover; xvi,491pp; frontispiece and 6 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones); 4pp publisher's catalog at rear. A straight, square copy, tightly bound and free of markings. Faint old staining to endpapers and into extreme outer... Read More
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Change In The Village
by BOURNE, George (pseud George Sturt)
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. First American Edition. Octavo (19cm). Maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; viii, 309pp. Slight rubbing and wear; spine gilt a little dull; text clean, tight and unmarked - a solid, VG copy, lacking the presumed dustwrapper. First American edition, bound from British sheets. Title page is a cancel with the... Read More
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