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Jerusalem: Bamberger & Wahrman, 1960. First edition. Double column text. xi (English), xx (Hebrew), 208 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket with loss on back panel. First edition. Double column text. xi (English), xx (Hebrew), 208 pp. 1 vols. Folio.

Lewiston, Maine: Flagg and Plummer, The Leading Studio, 1900. 13 x 7-1/2 nches with the mount. Mounted. Fine. 13 x 7-1/2 nches with the mount.

New York: Derrydale Press, 1937. First edition, no. 143 of 950 copies. Illustrated with half-tones. xvi, [ii], 157 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with dark blue cloth spine. Very good plus. First edition, no. 143 of 950 copies. Illustrated with half-tones. xvi, [ii], 157 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 120; Frazier P-12-a; Morris & Howland p. 111

(New York, 1881. First edition. 1 vols. Small 4to. Blue gilt cloth,a.e.g. About fine. First edition. 1 vols. Small 4to.

1901. 1 vols. 4to to 8vo. 1 vols. 4to to 8vo.

[New Haven, CT], 1863. 36 engraved student portraits by A.H. Ritchie with facsimile signatures and 20 albumen print cartes-de-visite window-mounted 4-to-a-page. 4to. Contemporary brown morocco-grained sheep, covers stamped in gilt with "Yale" and school motto, tail of spine with owner's name, "F.F. Harrat," in gilt. Covers worn, foxing to plates. 36 engraved student portraits by A.H. Ritchie with facsimile signatures and 20 albumen print cartes-de-visite window-mounted 4-to-a-page. 4to.

[New Haven, 1891. Folio 18-3/4 x 12. Old folds else fine. Folio 18-3/4 x 12. Charles A. Gulliver's college book store was on Chapel Street and he was a photographer of Yale and New Haven as well circa 1870-1890.

[New Haven, Ct, 1863. 16 engraved portraits with facsimile signatures by A.H. Ritchie and 5 albumen print photographs of the members of DKE at Yale. 4to. Contemporary quarter morocco and cloth, with label "Delta Kappa Epsilon." Binding worn, some foxing to portraits. 16 engraved portraits with facsimile signatures by A.H. Ritchie and 5 albumen print photographs of the members of DKE at Yale. 4to. Album of engraved and photographic portraits of the 1863 members of DKE. The fraternity was founded at Yale in 1844.

[New Haven], 1869. Engraved title printed in blue, 94 albumen print photographs, comprising 22 views, 2 interiors and 4 class or group shots (all approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches) and 66 individual portraits of faculty and students (5-1/2 x 4 inches), each photograph captioned in pen on the mount, several of the faculty and student portraits inscribed by the sitter. Large 4to (12-3/4 x 10 inches). Contemporary full brown morocco, covers with blind-stamped geometric border, central title and school arms stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Rebacked, preserving parts of original spine, new endsheets, covers scuffed, damage, discoloration and stains to some pages, a few photos badly damaged or foxed. Engraved title printed in blue, 94 albumen print photographs, comprising 22 views, 2 interiors and 4 class or group shots (all approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches) and 66 individual portraits of faculty and students (5-1/2 x 4 inches), each photograph captioned in pen on the mount, several of the faculty and student portraits… Read More

np [New Haven], 1830. Small folio. One broadside, with text in two columns, ornamental boarder. Fine. Small folio. Narrative satirical poem relating to the imaginary wanderings of a young Yale faculty member (said to be George Jones, a Yale graduate) in Greece, Turkey, etc. Auxencio Maria Peno, a disgruntled Yale student from Mexico, recited this poem in the college chapel, leading to his expulsion. Copies were then concealed between the ceiling and the wood closet door in the front middle room, fourth story, north entry of old South Middle (later Connecticut Hall), where they were discovered after a fire in 1890.

[South Halidon, Reding Berk: The World Pheasant Association, 1995. Number 19 of 50 special leather-bound edition, signed. Illustrated. 268,,[4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter morocco and cloth. Very fine in matching slipcase. Number 19 of 50 special leather-bound edition, signed. Illustrated. 268,,[4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

[Boston?], 1964.

Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co, 1917. Illus. with 70 full-page plates. xviii, 380 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter cloth and patterned boards, loose in binding, missing frontispiece. Illus. with 70 full-page plates. xviii, 380 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Wilhelm Müller-Wismar was a German ethnographer (May 20, 1881 - October 10, 1916) who was a native of Wismar. In 1905 he graduated from the University of Berlin, where he studied ethnography and anthropology under Felix von Luschan (1854-1924). From 1908 to 1910 he was a member of a scientific mission to the South Pacific that was coordinated by Georg Thilenius (1868-1937) of the Hamburg Museum of Ethnography. On this expedition Müller-Wismar spent nine months on the island of Yap, of which he later published an important scientific treatise. He also took part in the Berlin-Indonesian expedition to the South Moluccas in 1913-14. Müller-Wismar died from typhoid on October 10, 1916 at the age of 35 in Malang, Java. Yap is a part of Caroline Islands in the western Pacific. Read More

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1909. First (American) edition thus, by this publisher, later printing, limited to 500 copies, printed on Japan Vellum [see Wade 13A; first issued in 1903 by Mosher]. pp. xx, 32 pages. Small 4to. Bound in cream-coloured vellum wrappers printed in green, The spine and extremities of the covers are lightly browned, else a near fine copy. First (American) edition thus, by this publisher, later printing, limited to 500 copies, printed on Japan Vellum [see Wade 13A; first issued in 1903 by Mosher]. pp. xx, 32 pages. Small 4to. Wade 13A

New York: Macmillan, 1918. First American Edition marked "Special Limited Edition.. 98, [6, ads] pp. Printed at the Norwood Press. Grey blue decorated boards by Sturge Moore. About Fine. First American Edition marked "Special Limited Edition." 98, [6, ads] pp. Printed at the Norwood Press. Wade 121

Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894. First American edition, limited to 450 copies. pp. [iv], 45, illustrated (with frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley). 12mo. Spine and covers slightly rubbed at extremities, paper spine label rubbed and moderately browned, small separation at top edge of front hinge (just started), else a near fine, unopened copy, with the text fresh and clean. First American edition, limited to 450 copies. pp. [iv], 45, illustrated (with frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley). 12mo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF YEATS' FIRST ACTED PLAY. First American edition of Yeats' first acted play; frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley. Wade 11

[Florence]: Privately Printed, 1937. First separate edition (edition of 22), this one "special copy in Tuscany" so designated by Prokosch, and signed by him in red ink beneath. With a small watercolor frontispiece drawing signed beneath in pencil, Frederic Prokosch. [8] pages. 1 vols. 16mo. Original gold-on-black geometric-design wrappers, printed paper label on front cover. Prokosch bookplate, signed by him, with his annotations on flyleaf, altering date to 1937. A few spots of light, scattered foxing on front and rear flyleaves, else a fine, bright copy. First separate edition (edition of 22), this one "special copy in Tuscany" so designated by Prokosch, and signed by him in red ink beneath. With a small watercolor frontispiece drawing signed beneath in pencil, Frederic Prokosch. [8] pages. 1 vols. 16mo. Prokosch's Own Copy. Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) was a cosmopolitan American novelist, whose first novel The Asiatics was published to great acclaim in 1935. Prokosch, educated at Haverford and… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First American edition. Owner's ink name, dated 1937, on front flyleaf; spine label slightly chipped, else a near fine copy in printed dust jacket. The scarce, white, printed dust jacket is moderately dust soiled, with a one-inch chip on lower spine, with a smaller chip at crown of spine, else very good. First American edition.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1934. First edition. vi, 617pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Owner's tiny nameplate on front pastedown. Tiny tear to cloth at crown of spine, else a fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket; printed jacket is tanned on spine, several small soil marks, several neat archival tape reinforcements on the verso. First edition. vi, 617pp. 8vo. Wade 177; 2000 copies printed

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. First American edition, variant binding not noted by Wade [see Wade 31, describing binding as "grey boards with white paper label..."]. 64pp. Large 8vo. Both hinges are just started, fragile binding has moderate wear at extremities, with light soiling, else a good to very good copy, with the text quite fresh and clean. First American edition, variant binding not noted by Wade [see Wade 31, describing binding as "grey boards with white paper label..."]. 64pp. Large 8vo. Wade 31