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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents No. 181 of a Limited 500 edition of CHRISTIAN R. HOLMES, MAN AND PHYSICIAN by Martin Fischer. Springfield and Baltimore: Charles C. Thomas, 1937. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to Dr. Lee Foshay, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Cincinnati at the time, this 233 page book has retained not only its ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, but also its complete SLIP CASE. 7 5/8" X 10 3/4". Pages (deckled, heavy manila) = Very Good: a few pages unseparated at top, inscription page separated and laid in, slight tanning to top 20% oof most pages. Cover (blue cloth boards with 1/4 leatherette binding, gold gilt particulars both front and spine) = Fine. Jacket (blue heavy paper with black particulars) =Good: top to bottom tear on spine carefully repaired with tape from back, moderate chipping to bottom front, flaps fully in tact. Slipcase (blue, unmarked heavy cardboard = Very Good: Solid, no tears or chips, worn and sunned, 2 marks on… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE LIFE OF MOZART, Volumes II and III of 3, by Otto Jahn, translated from the German by Pauline D. Townsend, with a Preface by George Grove, Esq. D.C.L. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1882. 5 5/8" x 9 1/8", Vol. 2 = 478 pages, Vol. 3 = 443 pages plus an appendix of 4 "facsimiles" (a letter, and 3 samples of composition, as described on unnumbered page following page 443. No dust jackets, ex-reference library, missing volume I. Definitive biography of Mozart. Overall condition = Good. Rough cut quarter pages, most of those in Volume III being unseparated (and therefore unread), while quarter pages opened by hand in Volume II, making for exceedingly rough top edges, reverse covers and first and last fep's have floral designs. One of facsimile pages separated and laid in. Cover (brown cloth boards with debossed frame front and back, gold gilt particulars front and spine) = tight, light foxing, somewhat faded,… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents MAHATMA GANDHI, His Life, Work and Influence by Jashwant R Chitambar, with a Foreword by noted evangelist and long-time leader of the YMCA, John R. Mott, and an included ORIGINAL CLIPPED DUST JACKET. 16 B&W photos and diagrams. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1933. First and Only Edition. 4 3/4" x 7 3/8", 266 pages. Overall condition of book is Very Good minus. Pages = Very good: medium tanned, occasional foxing, tight and square, only marks are those on first fep (owner signature and a #). Cover (red paper over boards with small green on tan, paste on labels on front and spine) = Good: Dirt of the Ages rubbed in to all, spine very slightly loose, slight warp to back, pointed corners and relatively intact upper and lower spine edges. Original Clipped Dust Jacket (tan paper with rust, black and grey illustrated map of India and figure on Gandhi, lettering in dark brown, 2 reviews of book on back) = Good: Rubbed, tanned,… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a five-star seller, presents a VERY RARE, carefully preserved copy of MULDOON, THE SOLID MAN OF SPORT by Edward van Every. Foreword by by Jack Dempsey, with printed signature of Dempsey. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. 4 1/2" x 7 3/8", 364 pages, this former library copy has been carefully rebound. Missing dust jacket. Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages = very good, with all the added attributes of a library book on the ffe's, stamping to all 3 edges of pages, embossing to title page, all interior pages without marks but with light tanning, staining to tan colored outer edges, tight and square. Cover = Very good, rebound in green cloth with well faded yellow-gold particulars on spine, tight and square with library numbers on spine and few dirt marks. Noted appraiser JAMES BEATTIE values this book at $130.00

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents "TWO NOBLE LIVES, Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe, by their Daughter, Laura E. Richards." Boston: Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1911. FIRST EDITION of book as revised from 1901. MYSTERY SIGNATURE on title page. 5
3/16" x 7 7/16", 76 pages. Overall book = Very Good. No jacket. Not ex-library. Pages = Very Good: Previous owner's name both written and stamped on fep's and reverse covers, no marks on any text, tight, slightly tanned, mystery signature on title page (neither the author, nor either subject), Photogravure of SG Howe together with typed signature opposite title page. Cover (blue navy cloth boards with gold gilt particulars on front together with photogravures of the 2 subjects, no particulars on spine or back, tight, clear. Samuel Gridley Howe was the founder in 1829 of the Perkins School for the Blind. NOTED APPRAISER JAMES BEATTIE has ascribed a value to this copy of $75.00

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a Five Star Seller, presents WILL ROGERS, AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL, PRINCE OF WIT AND WISDOM by P. J. O'Brien. Book is illustrated, with an Appreciation and printed signature by Lowell Thomas. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1935. First (Edition Thus. 5 1/2" x 8 5/16", 288 pages, Missing Dust Jacket. Pages = Fine: tight, sharp, medium tanned, owner and pricing info (including owner label) on first fep. Cover (blue-green cloth boards with black drawing and particulars on both front and spine) = Very Good: few water marks, worn, fraying to top and bottom of spine and both bottom corners, yet tight, square and readable.