Search Results: Authors starting with A from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Portland, ME: NEQ and CSM (The Anthoensen Press), 1948. Edited by Samuel Eliot Morison, et al. First edition. Green printed wraps. 8vo. pp. 143, [1]. Very Good. Light cover soil and wear. Broadsides for Freedom; Howells' New York Novel; Opposition to Lincoln in New Hampshire; "An Ambiguity of Sin or Sorrow"; Whittier's Attitude Toward Puritanism; Wilkie Collins and a Vermont Murder Trial; Teachers' Salaries in Post-Revolutionary Boston; James Ford Rhodes and Historical Scholarship; Some Newtonian Verses in Poor Richard and book reviews..

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, (1991). Edited by Dorothy Anderson. Illustrated by b/w photos, charts, cartoons, maps. Third printing of first (N) edition. c.1989. Nelson-Hall Series in Law, Crime and Justice. Washable pictorial boards. Royal 8vo. pp. vii, [2], 335, [1] photo credits. References, Indices. As New/No jacket, as issued. Still in shrink wrap..

New York: Harian Publications, (1953). Illustrated card cover stiff wraps. 12mo. pp. 128. Index. VG. Stained, rubbed cover, internally NF and a bit cocked..

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1852, 1853). Illustrated by Carl Emil Doepler 1824-1905 aka C. E. Dopler (C.E.D.) engraved titles (Erie with additional frontis map; Springfield with additional frontis engraving of the Amory), indexed text engravings (each volume) additionally by Lossing-Barritt [Benson John Lossing 1813-91 and William B. Barritt] and others. [pre-1858 early printing of] first thus edition. [c.1843 T.H. Carter, Boston as Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge &c]. Publisher dark pink backed red blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped spines with double rule gilt at top and bottom (not gilt key design), cream end papers. Globe 8vo (17cm). pp. 192; 203, 4 Ads; 191, 208; 192. Very Good/No jackets, as issued. Sunned spines (to light pink), worn corners (fray check applied), edgewear and dots of ink stain; internally near fine with light overall page toning (Maine has foxed dot on 8 pages, Springfield has small stain on double frontis). Pencil signature and assumed 10th… Read More

Boston: Published by Peirce and Parker, No. 9 Cornhill, 1832. First (SD) edition. Original cloth backed blue paper covered boards, paper printed spine title. 8vo. pp. [4] blank, 323, [5] blank. Good. Edgeworn boards, spine split and shaken, about a dozen pages with foxed stains. Quill gift inscription from J. R. Adams, Feb. 1833. Can be rebacked or rebound, but very few firsts with the original binding have survived. Treatise to the young (intended for ages 15-25) as 12 Chapters of instruction and encouragement in the Christian life. Confession, the Friend, Prayer, Consequences of neglecting duty, Almost a Christian, Difficulties in religion, Evidences of Christianity, Study of the Bible, The Sabbath, Trial and Discipline, Personal Improvement, Conclusion. The American Tract Society, New York published a 390 page copy with a double engraved frontis by Morton later in 1832. The firm Peirce and Parker was at 9 Cornhill (now Washington Street) until 1838-9 when William moved the business to Andover..

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1922. Second edition. (c.1921). Black cloth, gilt print. 8vo. pp. x, 361. VG/No jacket/In mylar protector. P.T. Barnum, Edwin Booth, Smiley Brothers, John B. Gough, Alice Freeman Palmer, General William Booth, Edward Everett Hale, John Whittier, William Booth, Dwight Moody, Henry Ward Beecher, Phillips Brooks, Booker T. Washington, Rutherford Hayes, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Jacob Abbott, and Daniel Bliss..

Paris: Unesco, (1970). First edition. Printed wraps. 12mo. pp. 65. VG. Light soil and toning to white based covers. Scarce theological study by a professor and government minister on how Islam's foundation in the Koran transcends racial discrimination..

Boston/New York: Ditson/Gordon/Peters, 1860/1869/1868/ 1872. Illustrated by engraved cover. First thus edition. 4611; 18191; 4242. 4 volumes. Folded sheet music. 4to (34.3cm). pp. 3, [1]; 7, [1]; 7, [1]; 7, [1]. Very Good. Removed from leather bound nonce volume of Hattie M. Smith with stitch holes trimmed and archival spine joints added. Foxing starting on some..

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991. Illustrated by author. First (Library) edition. First book for children. Color pictorial cloth, matching jacket. 4to. pp. [32]. As New/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Sculptor and designer..

New York: Prana Press, 1964, 1970. Later/First edition. [c.1939, A Strange Language]. 2 volumes. Card wraps/wraps with printed paper jacket. 18 and 19cm. pp. 102, [6] Ads, small tipped-in ad; 47, [1] Ad. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small areas of soil to both covers, one has previous owner stamp ffep..

New York: Anchor Books, [August 10] 2004. First thus separate (N1) edition. c.1971, 1973. Pictorial wraps. 8vo. pp. 84. Notes. As New. Publisher and Publishers Weekly review slips laid-in; author preface. Includes previously published and seven new. ISBN: 1400076587..

ZŸrich: City-Druck AG, 1968. Illustrated by Color frontis, photos, text charts. First edition. Schweizerische Meteorologische Zentralanstalt. Veršffentlichungen, 12. Tan printed wraps. 4to. pp. 34. Fine..

N.P.: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868. Illustrated by b/w frontis and 5 engraved plates by A. R. Waud (b.1828). First (SD) edition. Green blind-stamped cloth, beveled boards, gilt print and decorated spine, brown eps. 12mo. pp. [4], vi, 9-290, [4] blank. Very Good. A tad of wear to corners, some cap crushing, brown ffep removed, foxing starting..

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1938. Edited by Sterling F. Lamprecht. last page (3)...3rd edition. The Century Philosophy Series. Dark Green cloth. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1], 417. Index. VG/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Technical: bookplate and rear envelope; clean and tightly bound..

New York: Meadville Penna, Flood and Vincent, 1896. Illustrated by colored endpaper maps, b/w photographs and line drawings. First edition. Brown cloth. 12mo. pp. 350. VG. Light edgewear, soiling; tightly bound, light browning to edges and endpapers..

New York: HarperCollins, (1995). Illustrated by b/w in text. Stated First (&N1) edition. Decorated paper boards. Signed by author 18 June 1996 on title. Inscribed by "for...May all your days be glory days". 8vo. pp. xiii, 418. Index. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. ISBN: 0060172622..

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1987). Illustrated by b/w photos, maps. Stated first [US] printing and edition. c.1987 London (with different sub-title). Cloth backed paper boards. 8vo. pp. 440. Notes, Bibliography, Definitions, Glossary, Appendix, Index. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to book and jacket. London Sunday Times correspondent. (Oversize)..

Boston: John F. Perry & Co, n.d. Illustrated by F. W. Walker engraved title. 1511. Folded sheet music. 35cm. pp. 5. Very Good. Repaired inside joint..

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1964. Illustrated by b/w photos. First edition. Blue boards. 8vo. pp. 157. Near Fine/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Spine very slightly sunned otherwise bright, tightly bound..

Salem: Printed for the Essex Institute (The Salem Press), 1882. First edition. Tan stitched wraps, uncut. 8vo. pp. 241-315. Index, Volume Index. About Very Good. Chipped, torn and toned cover, internally VG. Common Fields in Salem; Perkins Family (continued); The Family of William Townsend; Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass. (part 1, before 1662). [Institute incorporated February 1848, see Sabin 23011-6]..