Rare books from Alchemy Books

London: Headley Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Undated early 20th century. Blue cloth, gilt. Moderate edgewear. Title page has the seal of the National Brotherhood Council, London. Gift inscr ffep: "S. Williamson/Tremont Temple/Boston, Mass/ A gift from Wm Ward/of London, England". ; 12mo; 161 pages. bx 139

Boston: L. C. Page & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition; 1st Printing stated. Hardcover. Brown cloth, six color pictorial spine and top board, bright. Glossy b/w frontis, tissue intact, 5 additional full-page illustrations, all VG. 8pp ads. Front hinge weak, name ffep, moderate soil bottom board, else contents clean and sound.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo ; 364 pages. bx 138

Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921 HC Limited edition. #818 "Huit cents exemplaires, numerotes de 201 a 1000, sur Velin teinte pur fil Lafuma" Olive cloth, gilt. moderate edgewear, spine lightened. Bookplate on the front pastedown, else contents unmarked. Text in French.; 8vo; 141 pages. bx142

NY: D. Appleton. Good. 1875. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very uncommon title. Brown cloth, black embossed decoration, gilt titles, bright. Heavy edgewear,front hinge open, but holding. Eps tanning, else contents quite good. 10pp ads, incl 1pp listings for this author. ; 12mo ; 501 pages .

Chicago: Covici-McGee. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt. Spine fade. Front free endpaper signed "Mary Jayne Gold '24", her copy. Hinges starting, but holding. Contents clean, 2 edges deckle. index; 8 1/4" tall; 324 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the author: "For a dear little unknown but not always to stay so friend Laura W. Backus with the best wishes for her future from Anne Warner French. Thanksgiving, 1907". Brown cloth, gilt. Outer wear and spotting, old dampstains in the gutter, affecting margins only. 4 glossy b/w plates. 2p publisher's ads.; 8" tall; 323 pages; Signed by Author .

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B000858R70 . 1932 1st. Moderate outer wear, spine darkened. John A. Blum's copy dated 1/14/36 ffep. Handwritten on the rear endpapers, Blum (a Macy's executive) recounts a dinner with the author on 20 Feb, 1936. In part it reads: "After dinner last night, Mr Allison & I were talking about M. Thiers and he told me the real story of Thier's death...this ending...is of such a nature that its inclusion in a biography of this nature would ruin the whole thing, according to JMSA." Allison's findings are related here by Blum, dated 21 February 1936. ; 8vo; 294 pages .

Harper & Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #41/225 in the signed and numbered Charleston Edition. Presentation inscription to the author's aunt and uncle on the ffep, where it is autographed a second time by the author. Blue quarter-cloth, paper title blocks. Top edge bump, p/o gift inscriptions to front endpapers, contents clean and sound. ; 7 5/8" tall; 86 pages .

D. Appleton. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Westminster Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. 272/1000. Undated ca early 20th century. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Top edge gilt, 2 edges uncut. Bumped at corners, title page loose, but present. Ownership inscription of Basil Thomas Coleman, Columbia University, 1931.; 8 1/2" tall; 342 pages .

NY: Barse & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth, split at gutters, front hinge open but holding, chipping heel and toe. Signed by the author ffep: "With Best Wishes, from Gertrude Berg". p/o bookplate front pastedown.; 7 5/8" tall; 250 pages; Signed by Author .

NY: Four Wells. Very Good. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed October 15, 1961 by Rosenstock-Huessy ffep. Quarter-bound in black cloth, brown paper boards, gilt. Moderate bow to boards. Contents unmarked; 4to; 38 pages .

NY: Columbia University. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B0017CWHU6 . Slate Blue cloth, gilt, both bright. Signed and inscribed ffep by the author in the year of publication. Erratum slip bound in p215. Tattered, unclipped (4.50) dj; 8vo; 339 pages; Signed by Author .