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New York: Henry Holt, 1927. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight and square with sharp corners. On a front free end paper it has a bookseller stamp, an owner's paste down and the same owner's name and address, otherwise it is unmarked. It is illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Some of the drawings use red as contrast. The boards are white cloth with gold titles on the front and on spine. The front board is dominated by a large photo of a yacht on a paste down. there is light staining around the edge of the rear board and the last page has a chip and has had a closed tear repaied with tape.

New Haven, CT: Yale Publishing Association, 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, and square with good corners. There is a small date on the rear paste down and a book plate on the front indicating this copy is from the collection of Harry Bacon Collamore (see below - most of his collection ended up at Trinity College). It is lightly bumped/rubbed, noticeable at the ends of the spine and tips of the corners. There is a small indentation (insect?) and the very bottom edge of the first pages. There is faint damp stain at the edge of the first few and last few pages. It has 191 pages, many remain unopened. This is generally accepted as Sinclair Lewis' first published works. Harry Bacon Collamore (ca. 1894- Sept 28, 1975) Steel company executive; examiner, National Fire Insurance Company, 1912-1916; later advanced to Chairman of the Board; retired in 1956. Chairman of the Board, Pittsburgh… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with pretty good corners (lower front very lightly bumped) and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed, a bit more so at the edges and spine. It has 192, bright, clear pages illustrated with black & white drawings bound in dark blue cloth covered boards with gold titles on the spine (rubbed).

California: Jobet Music and Black Bull Music, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue wraps with yellow titles over a full page photo of Stevie Wonder. It's lightly rubbed at the edges and has 3 pages.

New York: Harold Flammer, 1936. First Thus . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This copy is lightly rubbed at the edges. It has some very light surface soil. Blue and white front wrap with white titles. The rear has a few bars of several tunes, among then :Manana" by Brown.

New York: Random House Inc., 1958. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This stated first printing is clean, tight, square (with sharp corners), tight and unmarked. TIt is lightly rubbed. It has 342, bright, clear pages bound in light, brown cloth covered boards with dark titles on the spine and front.

Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1918. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Mary Smith Churchill. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It has light bumping/rubbing at the edges. The dust jacket is rubbed at all edges with some chipping, particularly at the base of the spine. The boards are covered in light brown cloth with gold titles on the spine and front. There is also a gilt U.S. seal on the front. It is illustrated with a baker's dozen black and white, period photos taken by the author.

New York: De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, 1928. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This vintage sheet music is clean, tight, square and internally unmarked, but there is a very small name on the front. It is rubbed at the edges. It has 5, lightly toned pages. It includes a few bars of "Pompanola" by the same trio. The music includes diagrams for Ukulele. It's in green wraps with golf ball designs and is from the musical Follow Thru which also featured "Button Up Your Overcoat".

New York: The Dectective Book Club, 1945. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked with a very small bookplate on the front free end paper. The dust jacket is complete and very nice with some light edge wear.

U. S. A.: Juvenile Publishing, 1890. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This book is basically clean, tight, square with sharp corners and internally unmarked, with a neat 1890 gift inscription on a front flyleaf. It is very lightly rubbed. It has decorative end papers and 480, bright, clear pages profusely illustrated with black & white drawings (many full page) bound in red cloth covered boards with silver titles on the spine and front. There are red and silver vignettes on the spine and front. It contains "Paul Revere's Ride" by Longfellow and "England and America" by Logan among many other articles.

Chicago: John C. Winston, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight and square. There's a name stamp on a front end paper; otherwise it is unmarked. It is lightly bumped/rubbed mainly at the edges and the spine is very lightly sunned. The boards are covered with red cloth with embossed black titles on the front and spine. There are black, white and red drawings stamped on the spine and front. It has pictorial end papers and 246 pages plus ads.

New York: C. M. Caxton, 1863. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This new edition (with an appendix) is clean, basically tight, square and unmarked. It is mildly rubbed at the edges, the ffep is out, and there are erasures on the rear paste down and pencil notes on the rear end paper. Part I, the vegetable department, has 184 pages, part II, the flower department, has 164 pages and part III, the fruit department has 189 pages. The pages are clear and lightly toned and bound in green cloth covered , blind stamped boards with tarnished gilt titles and designs on the spine.

New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1899. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with very good corners and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed at the edges, a bit more so at the ends of the spine. It has 386, bright, clear pages, gilt edged at the top, deckle edged elsewhere, bound in green cloth covered boards with black & white designs and white titles on the spine and front.

Boston: Lee & Shephard, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. This copy is clean, tight and square with good corners. "Page 15" is written at the bottom of the frontispiece; otherwise it is unmarked. The edges are lightly rubbed. The boards are covered with blue cloth with elaborate blind stamps on the boards and gold designs on the spine with blue titles. It has occasional foxing and is illustrated with black & white drawings.

New York: The Century Co., 1925. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed. It has 326, bright, clear pages bound in tan cloth covered boards with dark titles on the spine and front.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. William Henry Robinson III. This book is clean, tight and square with sharp corners. An owner's name is stamped on front and rear end papers, otherwise it is unmarked. The dust jacket has edge wear and chipping. It is lightly rubbed a the edges. Its boards are covered in light green cloth with white titles on the spine and a Little, Brown blind stamp on the front.

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1919. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This copy is lightly rubbed and is beginning to separate at the spine. There is some light surface soil. Blue/gray wraps with black titles over a drawing of a beautiful, moonlit home. On the back is a very small name few bars of several tunes including "Everyone Was Meant For Someone".

Boston: The Perry Mason Company, 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Notman, et al.. It is lightly rubbed and lightly toned. It has been stored folded in the middle so there is a deep crease there and it is a bit fragile there to the extent that there a few short closed tears there. There are a couple of small stains on the front wrap. It contains Alice ANdrews: Surveyor (Thomson), Among Negro Students (Washington), The Swamp Tiger (Miller) among other works. It is full of wonderful period advertisements and is extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. There is a great, full page photo of recently appointed supreme court justice Oliver Wendall Holmes and his enormous mustache. pp 419 - 434

Boston: The Perry Mason Company, 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Chase Emerson, et al.. It is lightly rubbed with a few short closed tears at the edges and lightly toned. It has been stored folded in the middle so there is a deep crease there and it is a bit fragile at that point and has some short closed tears. There are closed tears at the spine on the outer wrap and a small shipping label on the front. It contains In The Tideway (Tolman), Our Mr. Rib (carrington), The Rebellion of Jane (Sangster), among other works. It is full of wonderful period advertisements and is extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. There is a full page photo of the Fairbanks House in Dedham, MA on the front .pp 333 - 342 plus advertisements.

Boston: The Perry Mason Company, 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. F. W. Stecher, et al.. It is lightly rubbed with a few short closed tears at the edges and lightly toned. It has been stored folded in the middle so there is a deep crease there and it is a bit fragile at that point and has some short closed tears. There are closed tears at the spine on the outer wrap and a small shipping label on the front. It contains Under an Cake of Ice (Tolman), Blythe Haliday's Voyage (Fuller), Progress in Bacteriology (Sternberg), among other works. It is full of wonderful period advertisements and is extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. There is a full page drawing of the "new" battleship Rhode Island on the front .pp 217 - 230 plus advertisements.