Early days, mostly in greater Boston, Massachusetts up until the Depression, of the well known publishing family. 18 illus, incl. family photos. Sm 8vo, 119pp. Blue paper covered boards. New in shrink wrap View More...
Cream colored cloth spine and cover titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Front cover color pastedown, repeated opp p 96 all by Arthur A Dixon. Boards lightly soiled soiled, a few pages show a little evidence and having been opened with a little less care that should be, but a handsome little book. 1p catalogue at rear: Stories old and new. A new junior library. ; Color Illustrations; 126 pages View More...
Two volumes mixed set. Vol. 1, 1857. Vol. 2, 1862. Both identical brown pebbled cloth stamped in blind with gilt spine titles, rubbed and worn. Vol. 2 with water stained covers and spine, front hinge starting. Sold as set only. View More...
Dark blue cloth, gilt title, lightly soiled and marked, tips bumpd. End papers soiled. Includes many b&w photos of WWI ship and crew, rosters, log, etc.; 211 pages View More...
Full leather worn and chipped. Paper foxed. Pencilled on end paper: Damaris Welton's Book, Oxford [New Haven, CT] Nov. 1, 1828. Presented by her nephew Jeremiah Hawkins of Tyringham Massachusetts." Damaris (d. 1847) and husband Andrew (d. 1846) interred in St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, New Haven. Hawkins a Tyringham Shaker defector ca. 1850-55; society defunct ca. 1875. Nice association item.; COMMONLY CALLED SHAKERS View More...
2 volumes paperbound facsimile from micoform, blue wraps from UMI. Numeous pencil notes and checks, a few dog ears. Good enough reading/study/reference copy. View More...
2 volumes in slipcase, beautifully illustrated with color and black and white photographs, bound in blue silk with gilt titles. Main text in Japanese. Fighting stances with Japanese and English titles. Color pictures of groups in smaller volume always with non-Japanese international names in appropriate language. Smaller volume has inadvertant fold top end paper and next leaf, otherwise fine set. Slipcase with Japanese spine title split top and bottom of spine area. Scarce.; 12.3 X 8.8 X 2.2 inches View More...
Original paper covered boards, new period spine with gilt red label. Bookplate of Dr. Ebehard Freytag, homeopathic practitioner in PA, and early founder of Homeopathic Society. "Bethm Apothecarys' Shop" in old ink top of dedication page. 3.5 x 6 two sided note laid in with medical intuitions: "Gums bleed readily & are spongy. Craves Acids......." All ten plates present. Lavender paper ink note opp. plate 1 supplying the current names of the numbered body anatomy. Paper toned., a few with old pencil marks. Very nice association copy. View More...
From the estate of and signed by late astronomer Adair Lane. 18 pp of her underlining mostly within her own article. One page with a formula. White paper covers worn and bumped. Nice association item.; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches; 704 pages View More...
Soiled, cocked paperback. From the library of the late Colin Williams (Dean Yale Divinity, Sec. World Council Churches, Pres. Aspen Inst) with his underlining and marginalia. Good study copy.; 188 pages View More...
Ink ownership of late astronomer Adair Lane on end paper, cited 5 times in the book. Fine white glazed boards, fine copy in all respects. Quite an association item!; Astronomical Society Of The Pacific Conference Series; 388 pages View More...
