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Philadelphia: The Levytype Company, 1896 442pp + foldout map. Octavo (7 ½" x 5 â…œ"). In publisher's blue cloth binding with gold lettering. Illustrated with 124 engravings. The first edition in English, revised and edited by Louis Edward Levy. Includes a supplementary Appendix and fold-out map. The work was written on the eve of the Cuban War of Independence from Spain, soon after the Spanish cancelled a trade pact between the Cubans and the United States. Condition: About Good. Covers slightly dust soiled and showing edgewear. The binding shaken in places, and may be missing a leaf after the title page. Otherwise, the text is clean. ***Author Raimundo Cabrera Bosch (1852-1923) was a leading figure in 19th century Cuba, and its struggle to gain its freedom from Spain. At the age of 17 he was jailed on the Isle of Pines for trying to join revolutionary Cubans in the United States. He studied in Spain and became a lawyer, returning to build a successful practice in Havana. During Cuba's War of… Read More

Connecticut: Pierpoint Publishing, 1993 218pp. Signed by author to half-title.The author's first novel, a tale of the seamy underbelly of Bridgeport, CT told through the eyes of Jimmy Conte, "second-rate private eye." Reporters are being murdered, and Jimmy teams up with his friend on the force, Tommy Harrington, to bust open the case and get the bills paid. The Small Press Book Review said:" ...judging from this first work, it appears that Calandro is headed for the top rank of authors in this field." Condition: Fine, with a Fine un-price clipped dust jacket, now protected in mylar.. Signed by author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Chicago: Bound by Burmeier Book Bindery, 1959 Specially bound collection of papers by Donald Thomas Campbell (1916-1996), a renowned American social scientist. Bound in buckram, octavo (9 �" x 6 ⅜" - although some of the included papers are smaller). Numbered at the top of the articles from 2 - 52. Many are reprints from Journals such as "Inquiry", "Air Force Personnel Training Research Center Research Report", "The American Journal of Psychology", "The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology", etc. *** Campbell coined the term "evolutionary epistemology", by which knowledge is part of natural selection. The papers include a wide range of studies, including those conducted at Northwestern University and other colleges where he taught. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. *** Condition: About Very Good, with some shelf-wear to the covers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Lisbon: Lucidus, 1989 94pp. Portuguese text. Condition: Shelfwear and creases to covers, else about Very Good.. Soft Cover. Good.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909 Flexible cover of imitation tan suede, 12 mo., title in black and orange, fore-edge untrimmed, 78 pp. Condition: Very Good. Cover somewhat soiled, and fore-edge browned. However, the text is generally quite clean and bright and well preserved within. Not foxed. Canadian-born poet William Bliss Carman (1861-1929) published fifty volumes of poetry as well as four essay collections. He admired the Pre-Raphaelite poets in Britain, such as Rossetti and Swinburne, and belonged to a group on the Boston literary scene, The Visionists, who shared this enthusiasm. The Rough Rider was dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt.. First Edition. Flexible Cover. Very Good.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1910 Hard cover, trade edition, 8vo, in green cloth with pictorial art in color, gilt titles to top board and spine. Ex-library with withdrawal sticker from Bowdoin College on ffep., hand-lettered sticker to foot of spine, and remains of withdrawal tag on rear pastedown. This anthology is composed of a number of earlier volumes of verse by the Canadian poet-laureate. Included are: From The Book of Myths (x) 124pp.; From The Green Book of The Bards, 137pp., Songs of the Sea Children, (xi), 182 pp.; Songs From A Northern Garden, 119 pp.; From The Book of Valentines, viii, 101pp. Condition: Very Good. Moderate toning to pages. Library stickers as noted (barely used though). **William Bliss Carman (1861-1929) Nova Scotia-born poet who spent many years perfecting his craft at universities from New Brunswick to Oxford, to Edinburgh and Harvard. This edition contains some of his more erotic works, inspired by his muse and patron, Mary Perry King, perhaps inviting investigation… Read More

Beverly Hills: Mike Carter Rare Coins and Currency, 1983 Stapled paper wraps, 8vo, 34pp. Second printing. Condition: Near Fine. Pages lightly age-toned, small stain to back cover. ** A guide to the various 1921 Morgan dollars, with rarity and price guides. OCLC 10429675.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1994 The second book in the Barlow series. Author Robert A. Carter's writing has been described as witty and yet hard-boiled. Nicolas Barlow is - like the author - involved in the book publishing industry. He discovers his highly disliked dragon of an editor dead in the New York office, and must pound the pavement, (albeit stylishly and with great charm) in his fine Savile Row suit, in order to exculpate himself to the cops. Condition: Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. 3/8- inch spot to front of d/j. Otherwise book is crisp, clean, and like new. . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Hanover; Paris: Typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Joan. Aubrii.; Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Hadrianum Perier in via Iacobaea, 1605 Sammelband of THREE SCARCE EARLY MEDICAL WORKS from 1605. Hardcover, 12mo (3 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches) in vellum binding, pp [24] 258 [6]; [2] 66 [4]; [12] 348 [8]. Collation: [12] A-K12, L10 [2]; A-C12; A18, B-O12, P10 [I2 misnumbered as I3]. In Latin. Condition: Very Good Minus Antiquarian Condition. Binding is firm. Some light damp stains to corner of some pages, especially in the "Pharmacia". Some small chips & tears to fore-edges of a few pages, not affecting text. A few pages showing worming, generally at margins.** Book 1: "De Sanguine" (1605) is a book of seven "dialogues" on Hippocrates, planets, the gods, blood & "humors". The participants of the dialogue are: Joannes Fornerius IC. Petrus Gauterus Pharmacop. (pharmacist) and Joannes Carvinus Medicus (doctor). First published in 1562. OCLC 492998989. VD17 1:090922P. ** Book 2: "Incursionum… Read More

Philadelpia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1886 Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo, in pictorial green cloth with titles in black to front and spine, and cover design in white, gold and red, pictorial endpapers, 1 p. publisher's adverts, 413 pp., plus additional 2 pp. publisher's adverts. Condition: Very Good Minus : Some shelf-wear, darkening to boards, wear at head and tail of spine, pages moderately toned. Front hinge cracked but holding firmly. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown.** This was the first title in Castlemon's three-book Forest and Stream series. A description from Publisher's Weekly dated Oct. 9, 1886: " A fly-rod begins relating his story. It tells how Joe Wayring first bought it, and obtained such rare sport through it, as to call it " Old durability." It then drops the first person, continues in an impersonal way Joe's life and adventures, the latter being mostly fishing exploits in New England lakes and rivers." (Blanck, p.67) Bibliographer Jacob Blanck (Harry Castlemon, 1941) p. 66… Read More

Calcutta: Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay, 1970 Hard cover, 8vo., 50pp. Condition: Very Good. Covers dust-spiled. Owner's signature to front endpapers. Tiny tear in title page. ** Techniques on the creation of Batik, from the treatment of silk, applying wax, and dyeing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1925 Noted book collector and essayist on books, Claude Prance's copy, with his Malta address label on front pastedown, his signature in pencil, and annotation on rear end paper. Hard cover, small 8vo., in quarter green cloth with lighter green paper covered boards. Cream paper label to front board and spine titles thereon in black. Two edges untrimmed. Dust jacket in cream laid paper with green titles and publisher's advert to rear. Condition: Very Good. Stain to spine label. Moderate foxing to end papers, and occasionally light foxing within. Age toned. Dust jacket is Very Good, with small crease to front, chip to spine edge and some light foxing. Spine area a bit darkened. Protected in mylar. Contains the poem,"Roundabouts and Swings." This book of verse, originally published in 1912, was the first literary venture of Irish author and poet Patrick R. Chalmers (1872-1942.) A banker by trade, he would switch careers in his 40's and devoted himself exclusively to… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1981 230pp. Hardback, with dust jacket, in mylar cover. Chastain, who would become the president of the Mystery Writers of America in the late 'eighties, here gives us a brazen jewel heist pulled off on the streets of Manhattan to solve. Contains publisher's card. Condition: Fine, with a Fine dust jacket (minor scuffing.). Advance Reader's Copy. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1979 Hard back, with dust jacket, with a Brodart cover, 287 pp. Stamped "With Compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc. on front pastedown. Thomas Chastain (1921-1994) was a journalist turned mystery writer, eventually becoming President of the Mystery Writers of America. Inspector Max Kauffman must crack the case of an extorsionist gang threatening to lock down all the power in New York City. Condition: Fine, with a Near Fine dust jacket. D/j shows some faint soiling to both front and rear, and has one scuffed front corner. Overall however, this is a very presentable item in age-appropriate condition.. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, 1974 246pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket in mylar cover. An early, and relatively scarce,novel of the author who would go on to become president of the Mystery Writers of America in the late 'eighties. A smart and talented ex-Vietnam vet goes bad, planning a million dollar art heist in New York. Can his nemesis, Inspector Max Kauffman, foil the audacious plan? Condition: Near Fine with very light foxing to two edges text block, and one very lightly bumped corner. Jacket with a bit of interior foxing to inside flaps and slight wear near corners, to head and tail of spine especially. Overall, though, very presentable.. First printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good .

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2004 Hard cover, quarto, 335pp. Reprint edition, with bibliographies in several languages. Condition: Fine.. Hard Cover. Fine.

Boston: The Riverside Press, 1891 Hard cover in blue cloth with stamped navy floral decoration to front board, (copyright 1890). 228pp. Advice book for girls and women by Chapters include "An Aim in Life", "Health", "Self-Support - Shall Girls Support Themselves?", "Narrow Lives". Condition: About Very Good with tiny closed tear to bottom of title page. " Eliza Chester", aka Harriet Eliza Paine (1845 - 1910), was a contemporary and fellow Wheaton College student of the Massachusetts poet Lucy Larcom. She was an important proponent of ethics and education for women. Born in Rehobeth, south of Boston, she died not far from this bookseller in Groveland, north of Boston. The papers of both of these nineteenth century feminists are in the special collections of Wheaton College. OCLC 1037541678.. Book 8 of "The Riverside Library for Young People". Hard Cover. Very Good.

Syracuse, NY: D.Mason & Company, 1895 Hard cover, 8vo, in three quarter calf over maroon pebbled cloth, (rebacked), First Edition, pp xi + 843 + 348. Ex-library with painted numbers to spine, pencilled to ffep. All edges gilt. Condition: Very Good. Exterior edge wear and scuffs to corners. However, professional restoration has made this item very sound, and tight, with strong hinges and joints. Endpapers replaced. Title page is tape reinforced at fore-edge. Fore-edge of first two pages worn with very small closed tears. Original spine laid in. Mild toning. A few occasional spots of soiling or foxing but generally very clean and bright. Gilt a bit shelf worn at bottom edge but remaining bright.** Editor JOHN C. CHURCHILL ( 1821-1905) was a New York lawyer and served in a number of civic capacities, including Supervisor of Oswego County. While serving as a Republican representative in the United States Congress, he introduced the bill which was enacted and signed into law by Pres. Ulysses S. Grant,… Read More

Venice: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de‘ Ferrari, 1556 Hard cover, 8mo. pp [32] 245 [3]. Collation: *8 **8 A8-I8 K8-P8 Q4. In Tuscan Italian (original in Italian translation Florence, 1552). In 19th century rebinding of vellum over beveled edge boards, paper label to spine in red with gilt title: BARBA/TOPICA/CICERO. Edges stained red. Contains woodcut historiated initials and borders. The printer's device of Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari on the title page features a phoenix surrounded by flames, upon a globe with his initials: G.G.F. This is flanked by two satyrs and ribbons with the mottos: " Dela mia morte eterna vita i vivo" and "Semper Eadam." Dedicated to M. Francesco Torelli, Auditore to the Duke of Florence, Cosimo de Medici. *** The de la Barba brothers, Pompeio (1521-1584) and Simone, responsible for the content of the Commentaries, were well known humanist scholars. Pompeio was a Tuscan poet, philosopher and medical doctor who was called upon to serve the Medici Pope Pius IV in Rome. His… Read More

Redhill, England: Monotype Typography, 1987 Soft cover magazine, (11 ¾" x 8 ¼"). 64pp.**Condition: Near Fine. This issue of the trade magazine of printing and type design features a collection of essays on the life & works of Hans Peter Schmoller (1916-1985). He was a German & British graphic designer known for his work as Head of Typography and Design at Penguin Books.. Contains many samples of his marked-up page layouts and the final printed product. The "New Series" was a follow-on of the magazine's original publishing run between 1902 to the 1970's, originally published by the Lanston Monotype Corporation.. "New Series" No. 6. Soft Cover. Near Fine.