Titles starting with E from Yellow House Books

Jewett & Co., Boston, 1855. This title by Stowe was published a few months after Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 1852, and likewise bears the imprint of John P. Jewett, the abolitionist publisher. Printed green wrappers, 16 pp., stitched binding, all edges gilt, measuring 4.25" x 3." The cover shows date of 1855; title page shows 1854. BAL notes that the plates of a second edition were used for Jewett printings dated 1854 to 1858; by 1860 they had become the property of the American Tract So... more information

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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1977. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition of Realist art in 1977. The artists--Alfred Leslie, Philip Pearlstein, Stephen Posen, Sidney Goodman, Janet Fish, Neil Welliver, Joseph Raffael and Duane Hanson--are represented by black and white and color reproductions, along with brief essays. Tall thin quarto in stiff wraps, VG+, crisp covers, mild dent back cover. Covers are not soiled, but show spotting in bright light, as if exposed to very light water droplets. ... more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1895. First U.S. edition of a scarce title by the great historian. The book is based on lectures delivered at Oxford the two years before. This copy bears the ownership label of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, known for having led the first black regiment in the Civil War, less well-known as being the Military and Naval Historian for Massachusetts, but making for an interesting connection here. Octavo, very good plus in brown cloth-covered boards with stamped gilt design on cove... more information

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Princeton U. Press, 1983. First printing in hardcover of the second book by this author. Some spotting to top edge of book, one long thin scoration on front cover of dust jacket. DJ has one very small mark on back cover and slight crinkling at top of spine. VG+/VG+, a lovely copy. ... more information

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Milton Bradley, Springfield MA, 1914. Quarto, 89 pages, bound in brown ribbed cloth with paste-on photograph of young girl on front cover. The author's aim is "to offer those very old folk songs and games of various nations which form a natural starting point because of their simplicity for the child's musical development." An ex-library copy with no markings except for stamps on endpapers and two interior pages (the stamps on the brown endpapers are hardly visible). A well-preserved, tight copy... more information

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