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Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardback. Good. First edition, hardback. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 518pp. This copy has a prize label to the ffep from The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club which has been signed by Eric Linklater (as President), Allan C Frazer (as Secretary) and another member of the Council whose name I can't decipher. A collection of verse in Scots (as popposed to an anthology of Scottish poems) starting with anonymous verse of the 1300s through to poets born in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also includes a glossary of early Scots and modern Scots. Condition: A good solid copy, though the spine has a water-stain and is faded, and a few spots of fraying to the rear joint. The contents are very good.

Book of Month Select, 1st Edit, 1962. HBDJ , 1962, book club, PC top & bottom inner flap DJ, Nice red cloth with Gold Gilt, DJ light rub, wear tiny chips tears Extremities, tiny stain bottom pgs edge, Interior nice, tight clean light Fox & tiny stain bottom corner 5 or so pgs, F-/NF,AS-IS, 305 pgs, . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

W. B. Conkey, Chicago. HBNODJ,no date, ca. 1900, Pictorial Gold Gilt decorated Cloth Cover has minor rub, Wear, spine darkened, inner hinge starting,176 pgs, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, ads in back of bk, Top pages edges Gold Gilt, Nice & Tight, . Hard Cover.

Morris Plains, NJ: Unicorn Publishing, , 1992. Hard Cover. No Jacket.1992. 1st Edition Thus/ 1st Printing. with #1 Intact in Number Line, 4to - over 934" - 12" tall.Glossy color illustrated board with purple cloth spine Gold Gilt decoration & title slightly rubbed,Interior Nice, tight Clean, VG-/F-,NO DJ AS Issued.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Amy Rappeport Teicholz. Very Good. 1991. Single Issue Magazine. Very Good magazine with VERTICAL CREASE and a mailing liabel on the front cover and lightly bumped at the corners. 112 pages, unmarked. Marcelle Clements, Nancy Marx Better, Stacy Title, Mary Bruno, Alec Foege, Elizabeth Gleick, Wendy Wasserstein, Merrill Markoe, Barbara Jones, Betsy Carter, Helen Rogan, Lynn Snowden, Mim Udovitch etc; ECR OVR4B4; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 112 pages .

Dodge Publishing, NY, 1906. HBNODJ issued,1906, Reddish Leather with Gold Gilt decorations has much Rub & Wear & Scuff & Spinestrip MISSING, Good condition,144 pgs, Interior VG+, AS-IS, NODJ. Full-Leather.

Chicago A. Flanagan, 1912. HB NODustJacket, 1st edition, 1912, VG/G, NOJACKET, AS-IS, X-LIBRARY, usual Wear, Blue pictorial Cloth cover rub, wear, Soil & tiny small chips Extremities & along Spine, Interior relatively nice, tight clean light wear FoX & tiny edge tears & tightness due to RePair, 128 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover.

M. A. Donohue, Chicago. HBno DJ, pictorial endpapers & cvr, minor rub, no date, early,artistically attractive & pleasing binding, 12 mo, minor fox, VG, AS-IS rzp«€.

1886. Interesting Law Suits Title Guarantee and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.). Some Interesting Law Suits: Recent Legal Decisions on Questions of Title to Real Estate. [New York: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1886]. 12 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Side-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior, a few tiny chips to wrappers, internally clean. $25.

Chicago: Frederick J Drake, 1909. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Poor. 231, Viii, (100) + Ads At Rear. Disbound, String Binding Intact But Lacking Covers, Informally Wrapped In Correspondence Paper Of The Wendt Studios, With Handwritten Title By Julia Bracken Wendt And Part Of The Wendt's Bookplate. Julia Bracken Wendt, (1870-1942) A Notable American Sculptor, Illinois. Unsupported At Home Following The Death Of Her Mother When She Was Nine Years Old, She Ran Away From Home At Thirteen. By Sixteen She Was Working As A Domestic Servant For A Woman Who Recognized Her Talent And Drive, And Paid To Enroll Her In The Art Institute Of Chicago. There She Studied With Lorado Taft And By 1887 She Had Advanced To Become His Studio And Teaching Assistant. In 1893, During The Columbian Exposition She Was One Of Several Women Sculptors Nicknamed The White Rabbits Who Helped Produce Some Of The Architectural Sculpture That Graced The Exposition Buildings. She Was Awarded A Commission To Produce Illinois Welcoming The Nations, A Sculpture For The Fair. The Work Was Later Cast In Bronze And Unveiled At The Illinois State Capitol.In 1906 She Married Painter William Wendt And Moved To Los Angeles, California Where She Continued Her Success. In California She Taught At The Otis Art Institute And, With Her Husband, Was Instrumental In The Founding Of The California Art Club In 1909, Which Was Developed On The Premise Of Allowing Women And Sculptors Into The Membership. Wendt Was A Member Of The National Sculpture Society And Exhibited And Was Featured In Both The 1923 And 1929 Exhibitions And The Resulting Catalogues. Her Work Can Be Found In: Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Chicago Historical Society, The Civil War Monument, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Laguna Art Museum, Harvard University Portrait Collection,Old Los Angeles City Hall (Now Located In The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County), Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, As Well As In Numerous Private Collections. Exhibitions: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Aic, 1895; Annual Exhibition Of Works By Chicago Artists, Aic, 1899-1910 (9 Times); St Louis/Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 ; Chicago Municipal League, 1905 ; Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915 ; California Art Club, 1918 ; Solo Exhibits With Husband, Aic, 1909-21 ; National Sculpture Society, 1929 National Sculpture Society, Los Angeles (Ca) Museum. Awards: Commission, "Illinois Welcoming The Nations" For Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892 ; Commission, Exposition Park, Los Angeles (Ca). Commission, Battle Monument, Missionary Ridge (Tn) ; Sculpture Prize, Chicago, 1898; Municipal Art League Prize, Chicago, 1905 ; Gold Medal, Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915; Harrison Prize, Los Angeles (Ca), 1918