My Travels with Clara by Mary Tavener Holmes, SIGNED , She weighed 5,000 LBS. ate oranges & met the King of France, she was a rhinoceros & she was my friend, this is true story,
Mary Tavener Holmes, SIGNED on Title pg by the scholar who lives in NYC, NO INSCRIPTION, Illustrated Jon Cannell
My Travels with Clara by Mary Tavener Holmes, SIGNED , She weighed 5,000 LBS. ate oranges & met the King of France, she was a rhinoceros & she was my friend, this is true story,
Mary Tavener Holmes, SIGNED on Title pg by the scholar who lives in NYC, NO INSCRIPTION, Illustrated Jon Cannell
- Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Printed in Singapore
- Date published: 2007
J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Printed in Singapore, 2007. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 2007, 1st edition, NF-, NOJACKET, Oblong Pictorial cloth, with sticker on back cvr & lite scuff, TEXT PAPER IS SENLIS. , CONTAINS WOOD FROM WELL MANAGED FORESTS in accordance with substainable practices , SHE LIVED IN INDIA IN LATE 1730's. on boat with sea captain from Holland. Clara like the smell of tobacco. She met King Louis XV of France At Versailles Palace & saw delapidated Zoo. March 1750 she went to Rome & Lost her Horn but it grew back like hair or fingernails, then she went to Venice at christmas for carnival..Clara lived to be 20 yrs. of age . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jon Cannell.
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Winky Lost In The Rockies , Series #1, Christian juvenile fiction about Warren Wilcox, a young boy everyone just calls Winky., Winky with his dog, Boston get lost at a picnic on beautiful Snowcap Summit; this Christian fiction account of a boy trying to r
Ken Anderson SIGNED by Author on half Title Pg, FORMER OWNER STAMPS blank Endpapers which has Clear Mhylar cvr TAPED TO ENDPAPERS & Ink Name Address
Winky Lost In The Rockies , Series #1, Christian juvenile fiction about Warren Wilcox, a young boy everyone just calls Winky., Winky with his dog, Boston get lost at a picnic on beautiful Snowcap Summit; this Christian fiction account of a boy trying to r
Ken Anderson SIGNED by Author on half Title Pg, FORMER OWNER STAMPS blank Endpapers which has Clear Mhylar cvr TAPED TO ENDPAPERS & Ink Name Address
- Publisher: Zondervan publishing house, MICH.
- Date published: 1944
Zondervan publishing house, MICH., 1944 HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1944, MCMXLIV , EARLY Edition. NF-/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET , with Smiling Winky Front of Pink & Black Cvr Boards with light rub, wear , 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 IN. 66 PGS, Interior nice, Tight Clean, Light wear ,FOX. ,this Christian fiction account of a boy trying to run away from God, religious context, a Winky adventure for preteens, An adventure story with Christian elements.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.
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Terrible Tales ( includes The Mysterious Sketch, Weaver of Steinbach, Lyons Courier, Cabalist, Citizens Watch, Scene in Desert, Legend Marseilles ETC ) French
French, decorated endpapers small stain, free flyleaf light owner stampprior, This may be by Anonymous, half title pg former owner name
Terrible Tales ( includes The Mysterious Sketch, Weaver of Steinbach, Lyons Courier, Cabalist, Citizens Watch, Scene in Desert, Legend Marseilles ETC ) French
French, decorated endpapers small stain, free flyleaf light owner stampprior, This may be by Anonymous, half title pg former owner name
- Publisher: Brentanos, Printed R. & R. Clark Edinburgh
Brentanos, Printed R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. HBNODJ issued, Early no date, Green Tooled Leather Tips & on Wrap around Spine with Gold Gilt ,Minor Rub Wear Cover, Tiny Chips Extremities, 180 pgs, Gold gilt edges pgs, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ. Hard Cover.
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Marty Lu , Four Orphans' Adventures in Old Brick Farm House, Junior Books
Mary Dickerson Donahey , b/w Illustrated Frontispiece By Manning DE V. Lee MATCHES DJ Illustration, Blank Endpapers Light FoX FORMER OWNER STAMPS, Small Stain Frontispiece & TiTLE pAge
Marty Lu , Four Orphans' Adventures in Old Brick Farm House, Junior Books
Mary Dickerson Donahey , b/w Illustrated Frontispiece By Manning DE V. Lee MATCHES DJ Illustration, Blank Endpapers Light FoX FORMER OWNER STAMPS, Small Stain Frontispiece & TiTLE pAge
- Publisher: Doubleday Doran, NY Windmill Books,
- Date published: 1929
Doubleday Doran, NY Windmill Books, , 1929. HBDJ, , 1929 Early reprint, DJ some wear & small chips Tears & Tiny Chips Extremities, VG/GOOD +, small Triangular chip Back bottom DJ & some FoX, Red & Black embossed decorated cloth Cover light Wear, INTERIOR nice Tight light FoX Wear, 221 pgs. Hard Cover.
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Genealogy of Morals, FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Propounds Hsi Astounding Views on the Origin & Nature of Morality. Everything is Turned Topsy-Turvy,
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Green & White Endpapers By Horace Brodzky, FORMER OWNER STAMP & Pencil Mrks Back Blank Flyleaf, Inner Flap DJ Tears at Inner Fold, Title Page Torn Out, Preface, Inner Folds DJ NOT Glued to Book Cvr
Genealogy of Morals, FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Propounds Hsi Astounding Views on the Origin & Nature of Morality. Everything is Turned Topsy-Turvy,
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Green & White Endpapers By Horace Brodzky, FORMER OWNER STAMP & Pencil Mrks Back Blank Flyleaf, Inner Flap DJ Tears at Inner Fold, Title Page Torn Out, Preface, Inner Folds DJ NOT Glued to Book Cvr
- Publisher: Modern Library #62 On DJ Spine,
Modern Library #62 On DJ Spine,. HBDJ, GOOD-/GOOD, Undated, ca. 1940, Orange & Beige with black Print & Summation DJ light small chipping Edges Extremities YET Titles & Summary Intact, DJ spine small ends chips but Titles Intact Shows 95 cents price DJ Spine, AS-IS Title page missing, DJ glued to Cloth Cover, Interior nice tight clean light FOX ,wear, 193 pgs + ADS end with irish Fairy & Folk Tales, DJ protected by clear Acetate Mylar, Black Cloth with Gold Gilt. Hard Cover.
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Himes, Chester, title page drawing by Marc Hinkley
A Case of Rape
Himes, Chester, title page drawing by Marc Hinkley
- Publisher: Targ Editions
- Date published: 1980
New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Hardcover. 105p., in original boards and cloth spine, very good first edition in English, limited to 350 copies, signed by Himes at the colophon, in original unprinted tissue jacket, ragged at edges and protective mylar. Targ Editions, no. 7.
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COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF DOROTHY PARKER , ML#123 in Blue & GREY & White Decorated DJ of Floral Pattern around edges. 24 STORES , 1942, Stated 1st Modern Library edition , correct first issue jacket
DOROTHY PARKER , Price on Jacket Flap reads .95 cents, FOREWORD BY Franklin P. ADAMS, Previous owner's address STAMPS on front endpaper and half-Title page.blue &
COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF DOROTHY PARKER , ML#123 in Blue & GREY & White Decorated DJ of Floral Pattern around edges. 24 STORES , 1942, Stated 1st Modern Library edition , correct first issue jacket
DOROTHY PARKER , Price on Jacket Flap reads .95 cents, FOREWORD BY Franklin P. ADAMS, Previous owner's address STAMPS on front endpaper and half-Title page.blue &
- Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY
- Date published: 1942
MODERN LIBRARY, 1942. HBDJ, 1942, Stated 1st ML edition , correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) , & BACK DJ 95 CENTS & OVER 275 TITLES & PREZIPCODE COUPON, VG/GOOD+, Blue cloth Hardcover with Red Box with Gold gilt Title. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. 362 PGS + ADS End G60, the Idiot , 12mo. Pages are browning slightly with age, and corners are lightly bumped. Jacket corners and top and bottom edges of spine are torn, and there is wear to edges & small Extremities chips. DJ Spine has several creases running along it & tiny end chips, and there are two LITE creases on front cover. In protective mylar. REDTOPSTAIN ,correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) Foremost ironist in America, her verse "sharpened to arrowpoint and dipped in the bubbling acid of her wit." Includes Big Blonde, The Sexes, NY to Detroit, Last Tea ETC. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.
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Fairy, The & the Bunny-Tail ( BUNNY TAIL ) Forest Friend Series (old book)
Elizabeth B. Stuart, Illustrated Elsie M. Kroll, Protective Plastic Mylar TAPED to b/w Illustrated Endpapers with FORMER OWNER STAMP, Former Owner Inscription on Title Page, Illustrated b/w Frontispiece Matches Cover Illustration
Fairy, The & the Bunny-Tail ( BUNNY TAIL ) Forest Friend Series (old book)
Elizabeth B. Stuart, Illustrated Elsie M. Kroll, Protective Plastic Mylar TAPED to b/w Illustrated Endpapers with FORMER OWNER STAMP, Former Owner Inscription on Title Page, Illustrated b/w Frontispiece Matches Cover Illustration
- Publisher: Whitman Publ. Wisc.
Whitman Publ. Wisc.. HB NODJ, Illustrated Color Cover of Bunny Mother putting her baby rabbit to Bed, No Date probably 1920S , cover light Rub, wear Scuff & small stain, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, Interior light rub, FoX, Wear, 61 pgs, back inner hinge small Tape Residue. Hard Cover.
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In Old Carmelo ,a love story of California, CARMEL Valley IN 1820, in Beige Illustrated DUSTJACKET, SIGNED BY Alice Ball, RECREATED THE OLD DAYS & CUSTOMS OF SPANISH ARCADIA IN A NARRATIVE POEM OF SINCERITY & BEAUTY. Peaceful Life of Spanish Ranchero of Early 19th Century..
Alice Ball ,SIGNED & Inscribed ON HALF TITLE PG , Blank Endpapers, Inner DJ flap $2 with book Review by Leslie E. bliss , Librarian , Henry E. Huntington Library in Pasadena ,CA
In Old Carmelo ,a love story of California, CARMEL Valley IN 1820, in Beige Illustrated DUSTJACKET, SIGNED BY Alice Ball, RECREATED THE OLD DAYS & CUSTOMS OF SPANISH ARCADIA IN A NARRATIVE POEM OF SINCERITY & BEAUTY. Peaceful Life of Spanish Ranchero of Early 19th Century..
Alice Ball ,SIGNED & Inscribed ON HALF TITLE PG , Blank Endpapers, Inner DJ flap $2 with book Review by Leslie E. bliss , Librarian , Henry E. Huntington Library in Pasadena ,CA
- Publisher: Press of James A. Decker, Prairie City, Illinois
- Date published: 1947
Press of James A. Decker, Prairie City, Illinois, 1947. HBDJ ,1947, 1st edition, 64 pgs, BLUE Cloth with Gold Gilt lettering, F-/NFINE+,, Cover & DUSTJACKET light rub, wear light Crease, Interior nicetight clean . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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THE LITTLE BIBLE, Simple selections from Every Book in Bible, Arranged in Regular Order Small MINIATURE Black imitation morocco, Leather Bk with Gold Gilt Title on Front, Nice Condition
NOT LISTED, This Book belong to page has in INK Shirley 401-W-117, ST,. Hawthorn ??? etc WiTH Psalm 119: 105 at Btm, Illustrated in B/W, Miniature Leather Bk with Gold Gilt Title , PREFACE
THE LITTLE BIBLE, Simple selections from Every Book in Bible, Arranged in Regular Order Small MINIATURE Black imitation morocco, Leather Bk with Gold Gilt Title on Front, Nice Condition
NOT LISTED, This Book belong to page has in INK Shirley 401-W-117, ST,. Hawthorn ??? etc WiTH Psalm 119: 105 at Btm, Illustrated in B/W, Miniature Leather Bk with Gold Gilt Title , PREFACE
- Publisher: David C. Cook Publishing [ca 1952], Elgin IL
- Date published: 1952
David C. Cook Publishing [ca 1952], Elgin IL, 1952 SMALL Miniature Leather Bk with Gold Gilt Title on Front, 11/4 X 2 1/4 IN. Outer pgs edges are Red, 123 pgs + NOTES, NICE VG+ CONDITION, UNDATED Around 1952 ??. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Three Fantastic Tales Signed BY Author, LIMITED Numbered Edition, SUPERNATURAL . Modern Fantasy, Includes Man who Hated Everybody, ( a man dreams that he has been granted his Heart?s Desire ), 2nd Story is Madness of Christopher Curlew
Claude Houghton, SIGNED Opposite Half Title pg by Author, B/W Frontispiece by John Farleigh, Preface by Clemence Dane, blank endpapers Foxed,Houghton, Claude (pseudonym of Claude Houghton Oldfield)
Three Fantastic Tales Signed BY Author, LIMITED Numbered Edition, SUPERNATURAL . Modern Fantasy, Includes Man who Hated Everybody, ( a man dreams that he has been granted his Heart?s Desire ), 2nd Story is Madness of Christopher Curlew
Claude Houghton, SIGNED Opposite Half Title pg by Author, B/W Frontispiece by John Farleigh, Preface by Clemence Dane, blank endpapers Foxed,Houghton, Claude (pseudonym of Claude Houghton Oldfield)
- Publisher: Printed Chiswick Press, Frederick C. Joiner, London
- Date published: 1934
Printed Chiswick Press, Frederick C. Joiner, London, 1934 HARDBACK NODustjacket,1934 on title pg, 1st limited Numbered EDITION, #124/275 Copies, SIGNED Opposite Half Title pg, VG+ , NOJACKET,Yellow Tweed BUCKRAM Cloth , Titled in Gold Gilt & Foxing to Cvr edges, 10 X 6 3/4 IN. 79 pgs + Bibliography, HAS Remains of original glassine wrapper with paper flaps , Modern Fantasy, Includes Man who Hated Everybody, ( a man dreams that he has been granted his Heart's Desire ), 2nd Story is Madness of Christopher Curlew. ( creates on Paper a woman so Real that 1 day she come to Life, Strange case of Mr. Anatole Pickering ( HAS DREAM LIKE QUALITY ). Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece by John Farleigh,.
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Toto in Candy Land of Oz, SIGNED, Indeed there is a CandyLand in Oz. Although it is not very well known, it truly does exist. Story Adapted from book authored by Roger Baum Long Ears
Roger S. Baum , SIGNED with comment of "Toto, Too on Title pg, Illustrated COLOR Ronit Berkovitz, FORMER OWNER BOOKPLATE ON BACK Endpaper,
Toto in Candy Land of Oz, SIGNED, Indeed there is a CandyLand in Oz. Although it is not very well known, it truly does exist. Story Adapted from book authored by Roger Baum Long Ears
Roger S. Baum , SIGNED with comment of "Toto, Too on Title pg, Illustrated COLOR Ronit Berkovitz, FORMER OWNER BOOKPLATE ON BACK Endpaper,
- Publisher: Overmountain Press, TN
- Date published: 2002
- ISBN: 9781570722240
Overmountain Press, TN, 2002. HB NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, VG, NO JACKET 2002, STATED 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, WITH #1 INTACT IN # LINE, PGS, book is hard-bound with a shiny, Color-illustrated Glossy Board. . 8 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. UNPAGINATED, Original $14.95 Price on back cvr , Story Adapted from book authored by Roger Baum Long Ears & Tailspin in Candy Land, The ruler of Candy Land is His Highness, The Giant Royal Marshmallow, and he has a problem. We'll see what happens when Dorothy and Toto arrive in this delicious land. Candy Land produces most of the confectionery for the Emerald City shops. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ronit Berkovitz,.
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The Jasmine Moon Murder SIGNED , Tea Shop Mystery #5) Includes a Recipe & Tea-making Tips
LAURA CHILDS, SIGNED on Title pg , DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell , Inner DJ Flap ORIGINAL $19.95 Intact
The Jasmine Moon Murder SIGNED , Tea Shop Mystery #5) Includes a Recipe & Tea-making Tips
LAURA CHILDS, SIGNED on Title pg , DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell , Inner DJ Flap ORIGINAL $19.95 Intact
- Publisher: Berkeley PRIME CRIME NY
- Date published: 2004
Berkeley PRIME CRIME NY, 2004 HBDJ, 2004. 1st edition, Third Printing.,Hard Cover. Book Condition: , NEAR FINE/FINE, Mylar cover on Dust Jacket. 257 PGS, DJ Protected clear Mylar,. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.
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MANUEL D'ORNITHOLOGIE, OU DESCRIPTION DES GENRES ET DES PRINCIPALES ESPECES D'OISEAUX. TOME Second. Pazr R. P. Lesson, IN FRENCH
Lesson, R.P, MANUEL D'ORNITHOlOgIE, OU DESCRIPTION DES GENRES ET DES PRINCIPALES ESPECES d'OISEAUX. Marblelized Endpapers Bookplate & Owner Sticker, Half Title Page Former Owner Name in Ink, Former Owner Ink Notes on Blank Back Final Pages,
MANUEL D'ORNITHOLOGIE, OU DESCRIPTION DES GENRES ET DES PRINCIPALES ESPECES D'OISEAUX. TOME Second. Pazr R. P. Lesson, IN FRENCH
Lesson, R.P, MANUEL D'ORNITHOlOgIE, OU DESCRIPTION DES GENRES ET DES PRINCIPALES ESPECES d'OISEAUX. Marblelized Endpapers Bookplate & Owner Sticker, Half Title Page Former Owner Name in Ink, Former Owner Ink Notes on Blank Back Final Pages,
- Publisher: Paris, Roret, Librairie Rue Hautefeuille Le memE Libraire Vient De Faire Paraitre Atlas Four Les Oiseaux,
- Date published: 1828
Paris, Roret, Librairie Rue Hautefeuille Le memE Libraire Vient De Faire Paraitre Atlas Four Les Oiseaux, , 1828. TOME Second ONLY.HardBack NODustJacket, 1828, 1st Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small Brown LEATHER Cover with Rub, wear especially at Spine Area, Lesson, R.P. 1828, 344 pgs, Small Scratches spotting cover, Raised Bands on Spine with Black LabeL & Gold Gilt, Exterior edges Pages Marblelized, Interior light FoX, Wear, PENCIL & INK NOTES, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Roy Blakeley's Roundabout Hike, Series # 14, In RARE Color DustJacket Illustrated By Thomas Clarity of Smiling Boy Wearing Blue Scarf at Neck Holding a Hat, This is a Story About a Boy in the Boy Scouts
Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Internally Illustrated B/W Glossies By H. S. Barbour. B/W Glossy Frontispiece of He & Pee-Wee Were Trying to Climb with Scouts, Blank Endpapers Light FOX, Back Inner Flap DJ Lists Thru This Title
Roy Blakeley's Roundabout Hike, Series # 14, In RARE Color DustJacket Illustrated By Thomas Clarity of Smiling Boy Wearing Blue Scarf at Neck Holding a Hat, This is a Story About a Boy in the Boy Scouts
Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Internally Illustrated B/W Glossies By H. S. Barbour. B/W Glossy Frontispiece of He & Pee-Wee Were Trying to Climb with Scouts, Blank Endpapers Light FOX, Back Inner Flap DJ Lists Thru This Title
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Published with Approval of Boy Scouts of America
- Date published: 1927
Grosset & Dunlap Published with Approval of Boy Scouts of America, 1927. . It tells about many adventures to do with the scouts & Intermingled Nonsense. Famous Hike Story, Pee-Wee Accompanies the group of Scout Explorers, HBDJ, 1927, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Back inner Flap DJ lists thru this Title, VG+/VG, DJ Small wear, Tears, TINY Chips Corners , Extremities, DJ SpineEnds Tiny Chips Tears some darkening, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 237 pgs, ADS in Back Lists thru Mohawk Trail, ends Jerry Todd Whispering Cave, DJ Back Lists Tom Slade North Woods, Roy Blakley this Title, Peewee harris sunken treasure & end Hervey Willetts, Red cloth with Titles Outlined in Black, Cover Tiny Corner Ding light Wear, Dust wrapper has minimal light chipping; Text inside is clean with no inscriptions or writing. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Troupers of the Gold Coast; or, The Rise of Lola Crabtree. Entertaining biography of Lotta Crabtree, the performer and personality who became known as "The Fairy Star of The Gold Rush" and "The California Diamond". Crabtree arrived in the California gold
Constance Rourke, SIGNED by Author in Blue Ink on Half Title pg , Illustrated B/W Glossies, B/W PHOTO FRONTISPIECE, LOTTA 1867 OF YOUNG GIRL IN DRESS, Salutation,
Troupers of the Gold Coast; or, The Rise of Lola Crabtree. Entertaining biography of Lotta Crabtree, the performer and personality who became known as "The Fairy Star of The Gold Rush" and "The California Diamond". Crabtree arrived in the California gold
Constance Rourke, SIGNED by Author in Blue Ink on Half Title pg , Illustrated B/W Glossies, B/W PHOTO FRONTISPIECE, LOTTA 1867 OF YOUNG GIRL IN DRESS, Salutation,
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York,
- Date published: 1928
Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York,, 1928 HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1928, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, NF+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 262 pgs, Index ,Green cloth Hardbound Cvr with Embossed emblem & bevelled Edges light wear small light Stains. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) Spine cvr rub & Fade. Interior Nice tight Clean Light Wear Fox, , Crabtree arrived in the California gold fields at age 5 and began dancing in the mining camps at age 8. She and her family moved to San Francisco when she was 9 and Lotta continued to attract much attention on the stage for a number of years. Several years later she came east and was a sensation in the Broadway music halls. As can be imagined, the beautiful performer was ardently persued but never married; her mother, and later she herself, invested in California real estate. She retired to New Jersey, a wealthy woman, at age 45., Lotta, who became the most popular soubrette of the seventies and eighties, began her career in the gold camps of the High Sierras, and the gambling saloons and variety halls of San Francisco. Troupes appeared not only in the theatres of the cities, but took to the road by stage coach or even on foot and played in the remotest mining towns with showers of gold as their reward. This is the story of the fascinating Lotta who emerged out of this background to become throughout the country the foremost comedy actress and the pioneer in extravaganza and burlesque. Includes much about other entertainers of the time, including Ada Menken, Lola Montez, the Booths, Julia Dean, and more. Wheat's California Gold Rush. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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The Gypsies by Clebert, Jean-Paul Translated & SIGNED by Charles Duff ,
By Clebert, Jean-Paul Translated By Charles Duff , SIGNED BY Charles Duff. Decorated Color Endpapers of Gypsy Camp, Half Title Pg Sticker & Small Triangle Cut from Top Corner, 234pp. 69 Illustrations, 2 Maps. List of Illustrations
The Gypsies by Clebert, Jean-Paul Translated & SIGNED by Charles Duff ,
By Clebert, Jean-Paul Translated By Charles Duff , SIGNED BY Charles Duff. Decorated Color Endpapers of Gypsy Camp, Half Title Pg Sticker & Small Triangle Cut from Top Corner, 234pp. 69 Illustrations, 2 Maps. List of Illustrations
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton, NY
- Date published: 1963
E. P. Dutton, NY, 1963. HB NODJ, 1963, Stated 1st Edition, NF/VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior nice, tight clean light FoX, Wear, Beige Cloth with some sun & small Stains, Gold Gilt Titles Spine Bright CVR, Back blank flyleaf pencil writing, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry. Volume II [only].
ACCUM, Fredrick. [showing as spelled on title] [Frederick] [Friedrich Christian Accum] (1769-1838).
A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry. Volume II [only].
ACCUM, Fredrick. [showing as spelled on title] [Frederick] [Friedrich Christian Accum] (1769-1838).
- Publisher: Printed for the Author, 1803.
- Date published: 1803
London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson and established his own laboratory. He assisted Sir Humphry Davy until 1803 (the year this book was issued). He also began lecturing in 1802 where is students included Benjamin Silliman and William Peck. He supplied apparatus to institutions abroad. Amazingly, in December 1820, he was arrested for mutilating books at the Royal Institution Library, which triggered his exiting England for Germany. "The value of Accum's work lies in the way he saw and exploited the technological possibilities of the rapidly advancing science of chemistry." [DSB]. REFERENCES: Cole 9 (pp. 4-5); DSB I, pp. 43-44Neville I, p. 10.
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The Mind & Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.; Stones from the Brook No. 2
Kelly, Bernard; Gill, Eric (Title Page Engraving)
The Mind & Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.; Stones from the Brook No. 2
Kelly, Bernard; Gill, Eric (Title Page Engraving)
- Publisher: Pepler & Sewell, St Dominic's Press
- Date published: 1935
Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler & Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. No. 140 of 300 copies, octavo size, [46] pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'...product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine, handmade to machine-made paper, and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill, who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones, Desmond Chute, Philip Hagreen, and Thomas Derrick, among others. Per the bibliography, "[The] Title page engraving has been attributed to Gill." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter-linen buff paper-covered boards, engraving on the title page of a chalice and wafer surrounded by a stylized sunburst; octavo size (8 1/4" x 5 1/2"), unpaginated with twenty-three printed leaves, errata slip tipped in at the back, limited edition of 300 copies, this is copy numbered 140, printed at St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block and solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; slightly discolored boards and very slightly bumped corners, lacking the dust jacket. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell no. A246; note that the quotes and much of the introductory information from "Three Private Presses" by Brocard Sewell. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Geoffrey Chaucer; A Study in Genius & Ethics
Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M.; Philip Hagreen (Title-page Illustration)
Geoffrey Chaucer; A Study in Genius & Ethics
Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M.; Philip Hagreen (Title-page Illustration)
- Publisher: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press
- Date published: 1934
Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hagreen, Philip. One of 300 copies, octavo size, sixteen unpaginated leaves. The text of a lecture given in London by Fr. McNabb to the Catholic Poetry Society. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green paper covered boards, limitation page states, "300 copies have been printed by hand in Caslon 14 point Old Face type on Head's hand-made paper, January 1934. This is No. 255."; "Stones from the Brook: No. 1 Geoffrey Chaucer" (printed on the half-title); octavo size, (8" x 5 1/4"), sixteen unpaginated leaves. In a paper wrapper with black lettering on both panels and flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, boards have straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some fading to green color of both boards in uneven patches and on back boards around perimeter. The paper wrapper very good, overall light sunning, the right margin of the front flap unevenly torn vertically, and a 3/4" closed tear near head of spine. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell, no. A234, which notes the title-page engraving by Philip Hagreen. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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