Boston: No publisher, 1884. Pamphlet. No publisher (George F. Thompson?). Boston: 1884. Pamphlet, MISSING wrappers and any pages up to the title page. 155 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, as well as a fold out bird's eye view of the Wentworth (By the Sea) Hotel. A lengthy history of..... More
Dartmouth, NH: Dartmouth College, Publisher, 1891. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Illustrated ads within. A single issue of the magazine devoted to literary topics, with this containing an essay on the optimism of Emerson, among other topics. GOOD condition. Minor chipping, tearing and creasing along the extremities. Light soiling. Minor toning in..... More
No Place: D.H. Athmer et al, Publishers. Pamphlet. No place or date, 1946. Side stapled booklet. Front cover with an illustration of the ship and two mermaids. 8 pp. A newsletter issued aboard the USS Hugh L. Scott while on its voyage from Seattle on February 5, 1946, transporting occupation..... More
Washington, DC: Dunbarton Oaks, 2015. Cloth. Folio. Mustard color cloth in unclipped jacket. Small folio. 315 pp. Illustrations throughout. A collection of essays by specialists in anthropology, archaeology, calendrics and astronomy, exploring the concept and measurement of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes. The compare the western linear concept of..... More
Boston: Civic Department of the Twentieth Century Club, 1900. Wraps. Printed wraps. 23 pp. A study of tenements in cities, discussing reform in Europe and the United States, including cities such as New York and Boston. It argues for regulation, the demolition of insanitary housing, rebuilding new housing, and creating..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. First American Edition. Cloth. First US edition. Green cloth with a small circular illustration on the front cover. No jacket. 292 pp. A fictional chronicle of a year in the life of the main character. E.F. Benson was an English author, known for..... More
No Place: Walthamstow Antiquarian Society, Publisher, 1928. Wraps. Brownish-gray printed wraps. Folio. 39 pp. With six illustrations, including black and white photos and an engraving. A work discussing the history of several notable houses in Walthamstow, a north east district in London, England, including Forest Hall, Beech Hall, Thorpe Combe..... More
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New York: Mason Brothers, 1853. Hard Cover. Blue printed paper covered boards with a leather spine. 352 pp. Small oblong format. Music, with lyrics throughout. A collection of hymns, psalms and other church songs, as well as an original cantata, Daniel; or the Captivity and Restoration. FAIR condition. Paper on..... More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936. Wraps. Wraps. Small booklet. 16 pp., including covers. A few illustrations throughout. Written in the depths of the Great Depression, this work sought to dispel mainstream myths about communism and those who were labeled communists, highlighting economic inequalities in America that keeps the wealth..... More
Allenstown and Pembroke, NH: Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee, Publisher, 1976. Cloth. Red cloth in slipcase. No jackets, presumably as issued. Fold out map present in the rear of volume one. Two volume reprint of an 1895 edition giving the history of Pembroke and the surrounding area in New Hampshire, with volume..... More
Princeton: . Princeton University (Presumed publisher), 1936. Wraps. Princeton University (Presumed publisher). (Princeton: 1936). Plain wraps. Photomechanically reproduced pages. Printed on single sides only. 113 pp. Provenance: Last name of noted American mathematician James Andrew Clarkson signed in pencil on the upper front cover. (this came from a small collection..... More
Warren, NH: A.F. Clough, Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1870. Thick cardboard stock. 7 by 3 ½ inches. A stereoscopic photo shot from a hillside, overlooking a few houses, with mountains in the distance. Photographed in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire by photographer Amos F. Clough (1833-1872). Number..... More
New York: Ziff-Davis, 1958. Wraps. Digest sized. Color illustrated wraps by Edward Valigursky. 130 pp. With a few black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this science fiction magazine featuring work by P.F. Costello, E.K. Jarvis and others. GOOD condition. Heavy foxing to the rear, minor to the..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps late 1800s, early 1900s. Single sheet, disbound from a larger work. Printed on a single side only. A short piece arguing for more temperance education instead of more repressive laws, perhaps a subtle advertisement for temperance publications written by..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1969. Hard Cover. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. No publisher or place: 1969. Silver paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Elephant folio. Eight loose plates accompanied by 8 leaves (bound half pages) of poetry. A collection of eight black and white..... More
Ottowa, KS: O.F. Decker, Publisher. Unbound. 1880s (date partially obscured). Thin cardboard box housing 96 of 100 cards. Box measures 3 ½ by 2 ¼ by 1 ¼ inches.Robin's egg blue with printing. A card game featuring trivia questions on cities around the world. Each card contains six questions. Cards..... More
Hanover, MA: Town of Hanover, Publisher, 1910. Cloth. Green cloth. 291, 474 pp. With a few photos and a small map. A town history of Hanover, Massachusetts, including notable residents and events, a look at buildings, etc. With a lengthy section of genealogies of families associated with Hanover. GOOD condition..... More
Washington: No Publisher, 1879. Pamphlet. No publisher. Washington: 1879. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. 32 pp. A somewhat long-winded speech by Edmunds, with many citations of the Constitution, various acts and laws passed throughout the 1800s, that may have somehow pertained to the use of the..... More
Philadelphia: D.G. Brinton, 1885. Cloth. Burgundy cloth. 346 pp., plus ads in the rear. A medical work providing insight into diagnosing and treating a variety of diseases that affect children, including bronchitis, croup, influenza, hysteria, scarlet fever and many other afflictions. Many treatments include prescriptions/recipes or mixtures for medicine to..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1936. Wraps. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 264-293, plus several pages of illustrations in the rear. An offprint from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, containing information on the discovery of 32 new compartments, with descriptions and names of the books in which they were found, This..... More
New York: Esquire Inc., publisher. 1940. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Folio. 158 pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine, featuring the short story 'A Man in the Way,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This was part of his collection of stories revolving around a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter, Pat..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1978. Cloth. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. 166 pp. With a few photos. A collection of previously unpublished plays, transcribed from manuscripts saved from F. Scott Fitzgerald's time at the St. Paul Academy in Minnesota. Textual notes by Margolies throughout. VERY GOOD condition. MInor fading, rubbing..... More
Madison, CT: Furioso, 1947. Wraps. Wraps. 88 pp. Single issue of this magazine with a modernist feel, featuring many writers associated with that movement. Founded by James Angleton and E. Reed Whittemore. This issue with six drawings by Pablo Picasso to accompany an edition of a work by Guillaume Apollinaire..... More
No Place: Nelmar Publications, presumed Publisher. Wraps. No place or date, perhaps 1940s-1950s. Wraps, 8 ½ by 11 inches. One wrapper illustrated and printed sideways, suggesting this was to be folded, although the rest of the text is printed as one would expect an 8 ½ by 11 inch booklet..... More
Bruxelles (Brussels): Gay et Douce, Publishers, 1881. Wraps. Printed wraps. Number 319 of 500 copies. 49 pp. Frontispiece illustration presumably done by Felicien Rops. All text in French. An apparent critical work, perhaps most notable for the frontispiece art by Belgian artist Felicien Rops, blending his usual erotic and dark/occult..... More