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Chicago: Miss Ruby I. Gilbert. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Fair/No jacket. 64 pages with index. Lyrics and music to about 50 songs for crusaders against alcohol in the Temperance Movement. Green wraps with black titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover heavily worn with creases and scrubbed areas, corners chipped, heavy wear at spine with a little… Read more about this item

Chicago: Woman's Temerance Publishing Association, 1885. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Fair/No jacket. 63 pages with index. Lyrics and music to over 50 songs for young crusaders against alcohol in the Temperance Movement. Blue illustrated wraps with black titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover very worn and creased with many rubbed and soiled spot, edges chipped with… Read more about this item

Annapolis, Maryland: The United States Naval Institute, 1921. Third edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 235 pages plus index. Instruction in composition designed to meet the needs of the naval officer. Black cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Heavy spotting and scrubbing of cover, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, gilt faded, owner's name "A.… Read more about this item

New York: The Poets Press, 1938. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fair/poor. 48 pages. A collection of poems by a pianist and composer of music. Yellow cloth binding with blue titles on front cover. Cover darkened and worn, some edge wear and dings, corners a little bumped, upper end of spine frayed, interior pages tanning, binding tight. Yellow… Read more about this item

Louisville, Kentucky: Angeline Publishing Company, 1924 - 1929. Some first editions. Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. Nine volume boxed set with five publishers brochures. Written in the African-American and southern dialect of Kentucky, this series offers an amusing look at the world through the eyes of a witty and sharp observer of human nature. Brown illustrated wraps with black… Read more about this item

London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 223 pages plus advertising. Introduction by Philip H. Wicksteed. The verse play first performed in 1867 about a priest and his difficult moral philosophy. Everyman's Library No. 716. Green cloth binding with blindstamped emblem on front… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 33 pages. Early work, probably published around 1930, by the English biographer, poet, critic, essayist and literary historian. Limited edition of 500 printed on Pannekoek Antique paper by G. J. Thieme in Holland. Red decorated binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt… Read more about this item

London and New York: T. Fisher Unwin, Charles Scribner's Sons. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 488 pages illustrated by tissue protected portrait frontispiece, introduction by editors. The plays are Nero, The Two Angry Women of Abington, The Parliament of Bees, Humour Out of Breath, Woman is a Weathercock, and Amends for Ladies. The Mermaid Series. Ex-library. Handsome orange… Read more about this item

New York: The Book League of America, 1918. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 278 pages. The second novel in Tarkington's Growth trilogy, documenting the decline of an aristrocratic family. Blue cloth binding with gilt titles and decorations on spine, blindstamped emblem on front cover. Cover spotted and faded, a little edge wear with bumping of corners and spine… Read more about this item

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1892. Possible First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 174 pages, indexed. A collection of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs compiles for the National and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Unions. Words and music. Gold boards illustrated with singing bird and flowers, black cloth spine, advertisement for song book on back. Much… Read more about this item

New York: Shooting Star Press, 1996. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 49 pages, with color illustrations and facsimiles of real letters in envelopes attached to pages and quotations from lovers' correspondence through the ages. In the back is a section of transcriptions of the facsimilies. Pink cloth binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine, marbled… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1984. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 73 pages. National Poetry Series. Poems with controlled passion and a political sense from a poet with a working-class background. Black wraps with multicolored titles on front cover and spine. a little edge wear to cover, minor scuffing, former owner's name on front free end… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1992. First edition thus. Trade Paperback. Good/No jacket. 419 pages with index. A collection of erotic literature and poetry from a number of sources and centuries. Illustrated wraps with black and gold titles on front cover and spine. Laminate raising on spine (I think; might be some sort of decoration and top and bottom,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 185 pages. Green paper covered boards with gilt titles and decorations on front cover and spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Some spotting of cover with scuffs and scratches, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt bright, foxing of end papers, former owner's name… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 160 pages, illustrated with a black and white photo frontispiece of two young Pilgrims and black and white drawings. A collection of Longfellow's most famous poems, including "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Village Blacksmith," the title poem and more. White cloth binding with blue decorations on front cover and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1809. New Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Carey, M.. 198 pages, illustrated with portrait frontispiece. Both volumes of the story bound in one book. Original calf binding with red title block on spine and gilt titles and bands on spine. Much wear and scrubbing to cover, although the gilt is still bright with just a little… Read more about this item

Boston: John W. Luce and Company, 1911. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 52 pages. A celebration of comedy and life in Ireland. White vellum type spine over green boards, gilt decoration on front cover with gilt titles. Wear to cover edges with cracks along spine edges, spine darkened, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt still bright, former… Read more about this item

Norwich: Samurai Press, 1907. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 32 pages, advertising on back fixed end paper. A collection of nine poems, including "Summer in England." Gray paper covered boards with black titles on front cover. Some spotting and marking of cover, light edge wear, corners bumped, most of spine cover chipped away, stain on back cover,… Read more about this item

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, c. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 246 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Hawthorne's lovely collection of myths. Red cloth binding with black border on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear, titles and color bright with a little darkening at edges, minor spotting… Read more about this item

New York: National Dairy Products Corporation, 1931. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 67 pages. The transcript of an interesting radio presentation of a trail of Napoleon Bonaparte for the murder of the Duc d'Enghien. White and brown wraps with brown titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover a little pulled at staples, soiling and spotting of… Read more about this item