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Dublin, Ireland: S. Powell, 1729. Extremely rare set of both volumes. This two volume set shows the ravages of its almost 300 year history. Full calf binding. Volume I: Contains: Volpone; or, the Fox; Catiline his Conspiracy; Bartholomew Fair; Sejanus his Fall. Conditions: Disbound: front and rear boards detached; book is split at pages 142/143. Pencilled date (1818) inside front cover, with pencilled note (2 vols) fep has name and date (not sure if it's 1810 or 1870); bookseller's pencilled notations. Volume II: Contains: Epicoene: or the Silent Woman; Every Man in his Humour; Everyman out of his Humour; The Alchemist. Conditions: pencilled price on fep; initials on title page; Disbound: front cover detached; book split at pages 188/189; rear cover is attached. We noted some pencilled brackets, line and marginalia on page 189. Full calf bindings have five raised bands on spine, worn corners and considerable rubbing. Volume one has half of the title block on spine with gilt… Read More

Montpleasant, Ohio: Elisha Bates, 1825. The author was a prominent Friend or Quaker in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. Bates became the publisher of The Philanthropist, from 1818 to 1822. The Philanthropist was the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States and also supported temperance and the fair treatment of Native Americans. Bates began publishing another periodical, The Moral Advocate, in March 1821. Bates also became the leader of the Mount Pleasant Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers.) Bates' only book, this volume, was self-published in 1825. Author Donald Good in his 1969 article "Elisha Bates and Social Reform" states that Bates' Doctrine of Friends was "judged to be one of the best brief accounts of Friends' view in existence." After the publication of his book, dramatic changes began to foment within the Quakers religion with what became known as the Hicksite - Orthodox Schism. Bates, who favored Orthodoxy, was a staunch opponent of… Read More

Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington & Co. , 1886. Title page says: Platform Echoes: Or Living Truths for Head and Heart illustrated by nearly five hundred thrilling anecdotes and incidents humorous stories, personal experiences and adventures, touching home scenes, and tales of tender pathos drawn from the Bright and Shady Sides of Life by John B. Gough author of "Sunlight and Shadow" with a history of Mr. Gough's life and work by Rev. Lyman Abbott, DD, Superbly illustrated with two hundred and twenty-five (225) engravings from original drawings by the most eminent artists. Sold only by subscription." John B. Gough (1817-1886) was a well-known temperance orator and public speaker. After the death of his mother in 1835, Gough became an alcoholic. It cost him his family. In 1842, he attended a temperance meeting and signed a pledge to abstain from alcohol. Successful in the struggle to stop drinking, Gough devoted his life to temperance reform. He traveled the world giving… Read More

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1896. Marble boards with gilt with three quarter leather cover. Spine has raised detail along spine and gilt titles with anchor design. There is rubbing to the spine. Marbled endpapers. Book is separated from leather cover, there are no breaks in the boards. 359 pages. Almost no tanning to pages. Pencilled price on blank page following. Rotogravures with tissue coverings intact. This is the Author's Connoisseur Edition: "This Edition is limited to seventy-four numbered and Twenty-six lettered copies of which this is No. 15" With introduction by W. A. Courtney, MA, LLD. The condition is close to good. For more information on Captain Marryat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Marryat Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Numbered. Three-Quarter Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1896. Marble boards with gilt with three quarter leather cover. Spine has raised detail along spine and gilt titles with anchor design. Half the exterior spine is missing. Marbled endpapers. Front cover is mostly detached. Pages remain tightly bound. 242 pages. Almost no tanning to pages. Pencilled price on blank page. Rotogravures with tissue coverings intact. This is the Author's Connoisseur Edition: "This Edition is limited to seventy-four numbered and Twenty-six lettered copies of which this is No. 15" With introduction by W. A. Courtney, MA, LLD. For more information on Captain Marryat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Marryat Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Three-Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1824. 1824 second edition of this rare, collectible volume. The first of five books in a series by the author "of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters was based upon life in (the village of) Three Mile Cross" where she lived near Berkshire, England. Her Wikipedia biography describes "Her writing has all the charm of unaffected spontaneous humour, combined with quick wit and literary skill." Rubbed gray and brown marbled boards with leather corners and leather extended spine. Backstrip of spine is missing and has been replaced with paper strip with typed title which is peeling from front cover. Leather corners are worn and the embossed design on the leather cornes and spine is worn but still visable. Bumped corners. Marbling on outside pages. 292 surprisingly bright pages. Taped repair to front pastedown. Marbled endpapers in front. Poorly blotted name on fep along with penciled booksellers notations. Small area of ink… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Very rare 1923 First Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover, with gilt titles on spine and front cover; 266 deckle edged pages. Thomas Boyd (1898-1935) was a young United States Marine who served in France during World War I. After the war he became a journalist and later opened a bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota. Other writers, including Sinclair Lewis, who came into his bookstore encouraged him to write about his own World War I experiences. Through the Wheat was Boyd's first novel. Protagonist William Hicks, like Boyd, is a young Marine serving in France. Submitted to Scribner's in 1922, Through the Wheat was rejected by editor Maxwell Perkins. According to prabook.com, "F. Scott Fitzgerald was shown a copy of the book and agitated for its publication." The book met with critical acclaim. Through the Wheat is considered one of the best examples of American war fiction and captures frontline combat and what we would… Read More

New York: Hanover National Bank, 1920. Being an account of the experiences of the men of the Hanover National Bank in the Great World War Published for private distribution 1920, very rare; we couldn't find another copy. 8vo size hardcover; 181 cream laid pages. Faded gilt titles on spine; bright gilt titles and decoration (Hanover Bank logo) on cover. Includes sepia photos on glossy stock. Following a brief biographical sketch each employee tells his story of employment, enlistment and training and service. Other information may include birth date, where and when born and where the subject went to school and where else he was employed. Employees include: Claude M. Adamson John P. Anderson John H. Barnett Ralph S. Beckhorn Richard Dewey Benson Alexander Bissett Charles Bobel James A. Bolton Arthur Francis Clarke John Clos, Jr. F.F. Christopher Richard E. Everiss Elmer A.F. Hanscom Ernest T. Gogoll George A. Godine Joseph V. Gately William Porklab Walter H. Meyer Conrad J. Meir Frank… Read More

Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1888. Two substantial, heavy volumes, weighing close to 20 pounds. Both disbound with covers detached. Leather spine and corners trimmed in gilt over maroon patterned cloth. Gilt borders all around. Leather spine has gilt titles and decorations. Bookplate of Everett Paine, a founding member of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts which was founded in 1888. Mr. Paine was the secretary there until 1906. (more info here: http://www.corinthianyc.org/history62.html) Wear to leather corners and head and heel of spine. Some soil to endpapers. Booksellers pencilled notation on blank page. Volume 1 has 957 pages. Last several pages have a small tear in margin. Several wrinkled pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white engravings. Volume 2 continues pagination at 958 and ends with 2189 pages. We noted some small staining at the pastedown on volume 2. All pages are heavy glossy stock and there is no foxing. The quality of the… Read More

London: John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1800. First Thomas Moore edition. Contains four copper engravings by T. Nugent. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, entertainer and translator. Moore is considered Ireland's national poet. He studied law at Middle Temple in London which is referred to on the title page. Text is in English and some Greek. Full leather binding, probably speckled calf. Disbound: front cover, fep and a blank page are detached. The detached blank page has some tears and soil. Cover has worn and bumped corners and some rubbing and scratching. Ex-library with bookplate on inside cover. Booksellers penciled notation on blank page follows. Name on title page. Stain at the top of frontispiece and title pages and to top margin of another engraving. Gilt decorations on spine are quite rubbed. 255 toned pages including index. We noted fingermarks to the margins of several pages. Some light foxing was noted to two of the pages with engravings and a page following one of the… Read More

Wellesley, Massachusetts: Kodaly Center of America, 1993. 8vo size trade paperback; 249 heavyweight, glossy pages with a few black and white photographs. Photo illustrated covers. First Edition with full numberline. Book is divided into sections with multiple chapters for each section: Developing the Kodaly Concept in the United States: A Personal Account The Kodaly Philosophy Kodaly and Human Values Controversies Surround the Kodaly Concept The Kodaly-Trained Teacher: "Trained Ears, Mind, Heart and Hands" From back: "For (author) Denise Bacon - teacher, pianist, composer...life changed dramatically as a result of meeting Zoltan Kodaly and spending the 1967-68 academic year in Hungary. Following a year of intensive study and investigation, she renounced her secure position as head of music in a well-known girl's private school and committed her energies to adapting and disseminating Kodaly's ideas on music education in this country. (The author is the) founder and director… Read More

New York: J. K. Wellman, 1846. Rare and highly collectible, contains one the first printings of Edgar Allan Poe's (listed as Edgar A. Poe in the table of contents) famous poem, The Raven (nevermore.) The last entry in the book is Poe's on pages 376-378. Other authors inlcude: John Greenleaf Whittier (John G. Whittier here) with The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick. Quarter leather (leather extended spine and corners) and black marbled (or rubbed) boards. 378 pages with mostly bright pages with tanned borders - pages in center tend to be bright with tanned boarders and some light foxing; endpapers are tanned. (Probably steelcut) black and white engravings. Front cover is detached (but present). Leather spine has gilt titles is rubbed and worn at head and heel. A highly desired volume, worth restoring. We note one previously folded page corner and pages 97/98 have been torn out (it was the beginning of an essay, Luther - His Faith and Work) and is missing. The first publication of this… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1966. Very rare book. Robert Cutler (1895-1974) was the first United States National Security Advisor. The position was created for him by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Cutler served in the United States Army, eventually being promoted to Brigadier General. Among his many honors, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Medal of Freedom. Stated First Edition 8vo size navy blue clothbound hardcover with gilt titles under dust jacket; 422 pages plus a section of black and white photographs From jacket: "Recalling a varied life of devotion to his country and some of its most important men, Robert Cutler takes us on a friendly tour of the corridors of power. We see Boston Mayor, later Governor and Secretary of Labor, Maurice Tobin... We see a sensitively drawn portrait of ... Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who was Cutler's first boss in Washington. There are revealing glimpses of General George C. Marshall... and there is a vivid picture of James… Read More

Copenhagen: Drud Von G. Trier, 1863. Translation: Textbook of the Israelite Religion Drud von G Trier, publisher; Kopenhagen; 1863 This appears to be only existing copy published in this year and by this publisher. First published under this title in 1825, this is the German language edition of Torat Yisrael, a Jewish school textbook. It was also published in Danish and Swedish editions prior to 1863. 12mo size hardcover with gray and blue marbeled boards under brown cloth spine, 145 pages. Sewn binding. From Introduction: "Von der religion uberhaupt, und von den mittein zur erkenntuis der religion zu gelangen. Was heifst Religion?" "From religion in general, and from the means to get to the knowledge of religion. What is Religion?" Abraham Alexander Wolff (1801 - 1891) was the Chief Rabbi of Denmark from 1829 until his death. Rabbi Wolff was the first translator of the Torah into the Danish language and the author of several works. In 1854, he was created a Knight… Read More

New York: Barricade Books, Inc., 1995. This book was effectively banned in Britain, after (then) Prince Charles (now King Charles III) obtained an injunction preventing its publication. The author had worked for years for the Royal Family whose employees are prevented by law from writing about their experiences. An American publisher accepted Berry's memoir about Charles and Diana's troubled marriage and the book was published in the United States. Prince Charles obtained an additional injunction preventing Berry from profiting from the book, and Berry basically spent five years on the run outside the United Kingdom and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from the book. An explanatory page in the book details the publisher's process for going ahead with publication despite the legal issues. The original dust jacket for the book - no jacket is included with this book - actually stated "Banned in Britain." 4th printing 8vo size hardcover with gilt titles on green cloth… Read More