Rare books from Monroe Bridge Books

London: Lonsdale, 1848 iv, 200pp bound in brown blind stamped cloth. Backstrip replaced by cloth tape, cover corners worn off, some pages have upper worn corner. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Musical notation throughout. RARE & SCARCE.

Printed By Her Family in Observance of Her 80th Birthday - September 15, 1990, 1990 AS NEW CONDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR - To Phil (Sosis, the poet) whose persistence and devotion is an example for us all - in poetry and in life - with affection, Jinny L., Dec. 4, 1990". Unpaginated in original stapled stiff wraps, with portrait of the author on the cover. POETRY

London: John Murray, 1847 IN POOR CONDITION. INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TIPPED-IN, dated 10 Dec/46. ccxlvii, 143pp, 16pp of Publisher's advertising; 359pp; 435pp, bound in blind stamped cloth. Disbound and needs rebinding, some pages have edge chips and are age darkened. Includes the half-titles. SCARCE.

Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1981 IN VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - TO HARRISON HORBLIT. ALSO CORRESPONDENCE BEWTEEN THE TWO MEN - LAID IN. 464pp, bound in original cloth, with binding and hinges tight. One pen mark in book, a few corners turned to mark the page, occasional light foxing. ASSOCIATION COPY.

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1875 IN GOOD CONDITION. 198pp, bound in original green decorative cloth, with color illustrated paper label mounted on front cover (label has edge chips). Complete with 4 mounted chromolithographs, as called for. Covers show corner wear, inner hinges cracked, BINDING TIGHT, occasional light foxing or page soiling, ownership name dated 1878.

Oban, Argyll: Oban Times Limited IN FAIR CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Good ++ Condition, protected in a mylar cover. ii, 84pp, bound in original maroon cloth, with gilt lettering on spine (still bright), with binding and hinges tight. Complete with 6 illustrations, as called for. The covers on this book are severly bowed. Dust jacket is price clipped, with edge wear/chips. Angus Macpherson, an expert piper, angler, seannachaidh, hotelkeeper and sheep farmer, comes from a family of distinguished pipers. In this book, he looks back upon the early days of Highland life, and many of the fine pipers he has known. Ownership name on ffp of "Hector A. MacKenzie, March 1956".

Philadelpha: R. P. Desilver, 1837 IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. viii, 474pp, bound in original decorative cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Cloth tape backstrip, corner wear, damp marks, ownership on ffp. Includes List of Subscribers. Title continues: In the Histories of May, Temple, Whitelock, Borlace, Rushworth, Clarendon, Cox, Carte, Leland, Warner, Macauley, Hume and Others: Particularly in the Legendary Tales of the Pretended Conspiracy and Massacre of 1641. Third Edition.

Eastport, Moose Island, Maine: Border Historical Society, 1984 IN NEW CONDITION. LIMITED EDITION, this being No. 425 of 1000. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. xvi, 191pp [1], bound in illustrated tan cloth, with binding and hinges tight. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, includes photographs.

NY: The Stone Street Press IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. 1983-1986. 3 Handcrafted books by the author, with slipcase, all paper labels intact, each book signed by the author. ISBN's - 0-943984-23-8, 0-943984-15-7, 0-9438984-18-1. POETRY.

Mexico: Editorial Pedro Robredo, 1939 IN VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION. Volumes I, II and III. Pages uncut, hence it's never been read. This Edition LIMITED to 100 copies. 409pp, [7]; 428pp. [4]; 416pp, [4], all uniformly bound in original stiff paper, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Slight age darkening to covers, vol. I has small edge tear where backstrip meets the cover. THE HISTORY OF NEW SPAIN. Text is in Spanish.

Dublin: Philip Dixon Hardy and Sons, 1842 IN FAIR CONDITION. Complete with folding frontis of the Fourth Eugubian Table, 1 map and a plate of the Perugian Stone. Lacks backstrip, a few pages detached, embossed ownership on title page. Volume 1 only. Author's obituary & newspaper article covering the auction results of the sale of his library, mounted on ffp. IRISH LANGUAGE.

Putney, Vermont: Crazy Heart Publishers, 2004 NEW, WITH AN ORIGINAL POEM BY THE AUTHOR WRITTEN-IN, SIGNED in a bold hand by the author, on the half-title page. "John Perks was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's butler, attendant, and personal secretary for seven years. This book is about their personal relationship...".

U.S.A.: Paramount Pictures Corporation / McDonald's Corporation, 1979 Collectable - McDonald's Happy Meals boxes for french fires, never used, never unfolded. Featuring 5 different Star Trek illustrations on the six boxes, from the popular series. NEW.

Somerville, TN: Jack Truett SCARCE. Circa 1995-1999. Includes undated Issues and the Fourth through the Seventh Editions. Typed letter by Jack Truett, Signed, and laid-in. "We Publish Truth For Those With Courage Enough To Read It and Think About It". Include b/w nude photos.

Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2008 INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Julia and John. [being the author and Celtic Buddhist teacher John Perks aka Seonaidh Perks] / Dear friends of Cecelia / with undoubtedly ... hearts / of Gold. Thank you for / taking the journey of this book. / Many Blessings. / Kate Aset". A soul searching quest through Ireland.