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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker Publ, London, 1896. Hardback NODustJacket, 1896, Stated 13th Revised Edition, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Outer pgs edges Beautiful Marblelized, Interior nice tight clean light wear FOX, Small Red Cloth Embossed Cover Titled in Gold Gilt, Cvr light wear rub, Tiny Tears Bottom SpineCvr, 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 in. 422 pgs, Index .includes Color Maps, Edge tears to Flyleaf . Hard Cover.

Bantam Bks, NY, 1988. HBDJ, November 1988, 1st edition, 291 pgs, Blue & Green Cloth, VG+/VG+. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Walter E. Meanwell, 1924 HB NO Dustjacket, Bright Blue cloth gold gilt decorated & Titles CVR WITH 5 PLAYERS front cvr 1 holding basketball, 1924, 1st edtion, 1st Printing, Dates Match on title &Copyright pg,Interior GOOD / Cvr VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET , minor spots on blank endpapers, former owner name pencil, small stain on copyright page, Tape repair on table of contents page & small corner chip on that page, reasonable tight book, Slight rub, wear , FOX interior thruout mainly around pgs edges, 382 pgs, rub too gold gilt on Spine Cvr, some pencil underling on some pgs thruout, Relatively tight Binding ,small dogears some pgs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lange, Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. No. 136 of 400, quarto size, 140 pp. A tribute to Oscar Weil (1839-1921), born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he enrolled in the Northern cause as a private and by the end of the war he was a Major; however, injuries received during the war meant he could no longer be a violinist. He therefore turned to composing, and settled in San Francisco where he also served as the music critic for the Argonaut newspaper; he was a man much loved by the community, as attested to by this memoir. Frontispiece a tipped-in photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman; when this photograph was taken, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was living in Berkeley, having recently married the western painter Maynard Dixon. Printed by the Grabhorn Press, the renowned publishers/printers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Brown laid paper boards with a black cloth spine, red paper spine label with gold lettering and border, red paper label on the front board with gold lettering and decorative border over a slightly larger black pastedown, fore- and bottom edges uncut, plain endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece the photograph by Dorothea Lange of a painting of Oscar Weil as referred to above, title page in red and black, almost every page of text has red lettering for marginal notes and capital letters, some of which are blue; quarto size (approximately 11.5" tall), pagination: (i-xiv), (1)-119, blank (120), sectional title page "Compositions of Oscar Weil" (121), blank (122), 3 pp. of compositions (123-125), colophon page (126). ___CONDITION: Overall in near fine condition, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, straight corners with no rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; there is a minor spot or two of soiling to the front board, some light rubbing to the paper label on the front board, a hint of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, the corners are straight with some light rubbing, and the spine label is somewhat faded. ___CITATION: BCC 100 no. 19; Grabhorn Bibliography no. 58. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, 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.

NONE LISTED, 1930 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, EARLY VINTAGE, NO DATE, 1930 ? ,NF-/GOOD, NOJACKET, Interior nice tight lightwesr , Fox & some Pencillling, 8 X 5 1/2 IN. Red & Black illustrated Cloth Cvr has corner crease & seated on Bench is girl i outside wearing Dress & Reading a book with Boy Above holding Top Hat on brick wall teasing her with Twig, Titled in black on Front ,INCLUDES Flags of many Lands, Hare & Tortoise ETC.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

BUlletin Publ, NY, 1899. HB NODJ, Stated Second edition, 1899 , Original Beige cloth titled in black at top , Cover light Rub, Wear SUN extremties spine, Interior nice condition light Wear FoX, PENCIL NOTES or Marks here & There & some inner Hinge tape Reinforcement, VG-/VG, NODJ, 277 pgs + Table Contents Back. Hard Cover.

Simon & Schuster, 2002. HBDJ, 2002, 1st edition, 1st printing, with correct #1 in Number line intact, 124 pages, + photo credit. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Follett Publ. Chicago. HB NODJ, NO DATE, 1940s, Cloth Brown boards with full Paper Label of boy holding glass of Milk on Front, Cover light rub, wear , VG+/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, X-LIBRARY WITH usual wear, Pocket, stamps ETC, 40 pgs, . Hard Cover.

MODERN LIBRARY, NY, 1996 Brown & White Decorated Endpapers of runnng Torchbearer Originally Created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925.. AUTHOR WAS Golden Boy of Newly Dawned Jazz Age., HBDJ, 1996, First Printing. Fine first edition THUS, first printing with "1" in numberline. BK FINE-/ Silver & B/W DJ, FINE, AS-IS, Book is tight, clean and free of former owner writing or bookplates. Fine, mylar protected, non price clipped jacket with author's photo on front panel. Free of remainer marks, 8VO. DJ Protected by Clear Mylar cvr. 322 pgs + Editorial Board, Grey Embossed cloth with Torch bearer Running & Gold Gilt Titles on spine cv. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Lucian Bernhard.

T. Thomas Nelson & Sons ,London,. HBDJ, NOdate, ca 1920, Early Vintage, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Light Sun to DJ Has light rub, wear & tiny Chips edges Extremities, YET Titles & Illustration on Front DJ INTACT Basically, Interior nice tight clean light Wrinkly few pgs, LIGHT FOX, Wear, 378 pgs + ADS back Thru John Bunyon, DJ spine Ends Small Chips Ends Affect Words BY at top & NELSON at spine Dj Bottom, Back DJ light wear Fox, & small Corner Chip NOT affecting any Titles, which list Thru Wolfville Nights, SMALL Red & Black Decorated Cloth Cover Titled on Spine Cvr light Wear, 12mo, Publishers printed 1/6 NET on Bottom DJ Spine with Nelson under that,. Hard Cover.

Harper & Row New York, 1989. HBDJ,Sept, 1989, 2nd edition, VG+/VG+, AS-IS. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.

East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hubbard, Elbert. 20 Pp. Suede, Front Cover Gilt, Silk Moire Pastedowns. First Printing. Well Made, Heavy Paper, Hand Colored Throughout. Well Preserved, Single Shallow Chip At Top Of Spine, 3/4" Tear At Fore Edge Of Front Cover,

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 32 pgs,a story inspired by her own life about two siblings--a new baby and one diva dog. Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by the page preceding the title page. Illustrated by Daniel Roode.

Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1930. HB NO DJ,1930, 1st edition, dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, NF/VG-, NOJACKET, Small Light olive green boards with Pasted on Label with Black cloth spine with LABEL that has Crease fox on spine cvr, Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

A. L. BURT , NY, 1925. HBDJ, 1925, 1st Edition, Pretext Lists Thru this Title , BK VG / DJ POOR Condition, FRONT OF DJ ONLY, Rest is Missing,SOLD AS-IS, Front of DJ LIGHT edge chips & Tears Wear Yet Mainly Intact Protected in Clear Mylar, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear FOX TINY dogears, Black , Green & Gold Decorated Cloth Duplication of Picture on front of DJ, Cover Light Rub, Wear, 247 Pgs + ADS Thru Sisters by Grace North, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4 INCHES, The binding is solid, with no missing pages. Clean copy, from a smoke free environment. Light Scuff Spine Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET. 1940 ON TITLE PG, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, VG- CONDITION, AS-IS, PICTORIAL COLOR CVR OF DOG & CAT HAS THIN EDGE STAINS WITH BLUE CLOTH SPINE & TINY CHIPS EXTREMITIES CVR, 28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. It has a MENDED rips and 2 pages - the second to last back BLANK paper has a missing section. All pages ,28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. Binding is in good + condition. Front and back covers show wear at the corners. There are no marks within. PRINCESS, THE BLACK CAT, EYED HIM From The Corner, Then Hobbled Over , Squatted Down & Then Playfully Whacked the King on the Nose With Her Wooden Leg. He Awoke Violently , Sat Up, seeing who Had Annoyed Him, Yawned & Stretched Out Again, Princess, the Cat, Curled Up Between Dog's Paws. Up in the Big Timber country of Northwest, Dad Wilson & His Son, Bob Built & Maintained a Hunting Lodge. BOTH OF THEM WERE 1ST CLASS WOODSMEN. Their Cabin was Located in What is Perhaps the finest hunting & fishing Country in Whole U.S. & MEN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY USED TO GO UP THERE FOR THEIR VACATIONS. 1 Rainy Afternoon Bob CAME INTO THE BIG CABIN ROOM Where His Father Was Seated Before t

Funk & Wagnalls , New York London, 1904. HARDBACK NODustJacket ISSUED, 1904, 1st Edition THUS, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior Nice tightClean light Rub, Wear, 198 PGS, Small Red Cloth Cover with Illustration in Circle Bottom Right ,Cover light Rub,Wear, 16mo. First Thus. Hard Cover.

Putnam's G. P. Pub Group, NY, 1998. Inner DJ Flap $12.99, Purple Endpapers,SIGNED by Jane Seymour, HBDJ, 1998, Stated 1st Impression, 1ST EDITION, with #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE, FINE/FINE, Glossy color board Match DJ Illustration, UNPAGINATED, CHILDREN, MALIBU, CALIF. CATS LADY JANE, JENNi CLEVERCAT, Katie Tomboycat, Sean the Surfercat Live on the Beach. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Geoffrey Planer..

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good WITH TORN STORE STICKER ON BACK OF DJ. 32 pgs,is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Daniel Roode.

LONDON Shakespeare Head Press., Oxford UK., 1947. HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET , 1947, 1st UK Edition, GOOD COND, NOT EX-LIBRARY, OBLONG COLOR Illustrated Hardcover with chips creases to cover. GOOD- CONDITION, . 64 pages. No dust jacket. Black and blue pictorial boards.Front hinge is slightly split , with the text block pages are still firmly bound together. Cream pages with moderate tanning to text block edge and endpapers.Moderately stained, blemished and soiled boards with rubbing, scuffing and surface wear. Moderate edge rubbing, scuffing and wear with moderate corner bumping and splitting to the edges of the spine. Moderate creasing and scuffing to the front board. Reading copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mabel Betsy Hill,.

Berkeley publishing Group Penguin NY, 2011 HBDJ, Stated 1ST Edition, 2nd printing ,October 2011, NF+/NF+, 336 pgs, BLACK MARK ON BTM OUTER PGS EDGE, Interior nice, tight clean, DJ protected Clear Mylar, Pink boards with Lavender cloth at pine cvr Titled in gold gilt, Tiny chips DJ Extremities, , it's Carmela's Main Squeeze, Detective Edgar Babcock, Young Adult, The last thing Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava expected to bear witness to in St. Tristan's Church was a crime. But now a beloved member of their scrapbooking circle lies lifeless next to a smashed statue of St. Sebastien-and a mysterious hooded figure has absconded with an antique crucifix. - As Carmela and Ava are drawn deeper into New Orleans' French Quarter in search of the missing crucifix, they may need the help of more than a few patron saints. Because this is one killer they don't want to cross.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.

Viking Press NY, 1942. HBDJ, BK GOOD CONDITION, DJ IS VG- with some tiny black spots , X-LIBRARY usual wear Stamps etc,, NOV 1942, 10th printing,, Cvr Rub, VG-, AS-IS, , 56 PGS, Gold pebbled cover with black Titles & Black cloth Spine cvr lite rub, wear, scuff ,Half title pg newspaper cutout which has caused Foxing, DJ Priceclipped. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Aaron Douglas Adorning.

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good WITH TORN STORE STICKER ON BACK OF DJ. 32 pgs ,a new baby and one diva dog. Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Daniel Roode .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,.

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,.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Berkeley PRIME CRIME NY, 2006 HBDJ, Stated 1ST Edition, SEPT ,2006. #1 Intact Number Line, Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. FINE copy; . 275 PGS ,In the terrible wake of Hurricane Katrina, Carmela has her hands full getting Memory Mine back in business and her relationship with her ex-husband, Shamus, back on its feet. But the reconciliation is shattered when Shamus is kidnapped from their home. And when Carmela hurries to tell Shamus's Uncle Henry, she finds him sitting in his library?with a bullet through his forehead.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.

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.

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.

Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Excudit Gerardus Borstius, 1696. Second edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo (7 3/4 x 6"). [18], 492pp. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment, with handwritten title on spine. Additional engraved title by Joseph Mulder (1658-1742), a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, after an illustration by Jan Goeree. Engraved title vignette. Decorative headpieces, initials, and tailpiece. Originally published in 1683, Herman Witsius's "Aegyptiaca" compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. In this work, the Dutch theologian and professor of divinity (at Franeker, Utrecht, and Leiden) argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first. [For more information, see Ibrahim-Hilmy, p. 339; Caillet 11462 - listing the 1683 and 1717 editions; Jouin - Bibl. occultiste 797; Brunet V, 1468 ]. Binding slightly darkened along edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Text in Latin. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

[Berlin]: Vereinigung Berliner Architekten, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 58, [2]pp (Text and in-text illustrations), [56] leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Laid in, an original and unsigned watercolor on transparent paper, and the third issue of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, dated February 27, 1920. Title page decorated by Adolf Hartung. This splendid photo-illustrated architectural monograph was published by the Union of Berlin Architects (Vereinigung Berliner Architekten) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their founding. The founding members included distinguished historians as well as Martin Gropius, a celebrated architect and the uncle of Walter Gropius. By 1904, the association had over two hundred members. As seen in this book, the Union was an active participant in the architectural life of Berlin and curious about developments elsewhere. "Vereinigung Berliner Architekten MDCCCLXXIX-MDCCCCIV" features striking full-page b/w illustrated and photographic plates showing some of the best architectural examples produced between 1879 and 1904, such as: - The Berlin Dom (Cathedral), constructed from 1893 to 1905 by Julius Carl Raschdorff. - An architectural drawing of the Metz railway station, under construction at the time of the publication. The impressive Gothic-style station was built between 1905 and 1908 by German architect Jürgen Kröger assisted by the architects Jürgensen and Bachmann. - The Kaiserbrücke, a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz. The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, one of the most famous architects of his time who contributed to the development of historicist architecture. The Kaiserbrücke was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. - The New Town Hall (Leipzig), built between 1899 and 1905 by Hugo Licht. - The Lessing-Theater (Berlin), built between 1897 and 1898 by Hermann von der Hude and Julius Hennicke. The theater was destroyed during an allied air raid in April 1945. - The Bismarcksäule (Cologne), a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The statue was built by A. Hartmann. - The Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg), is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. The monument was built by W. Müller. - The Charlottenburg U-Bahn station, built by Alfred Grenander. - The Almemor (raised platform also called bema, bimah or bima) of the synagogue in Lindenstrasse (Berlin). The synagogue was built in 1881 by Cremer & Wolffensteir. Some of the buildings featured in this work were built in the style of the Jugendstill (Art Nouveau). Minor abrasion to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Text in German. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923. 1st ed. in German. Hardcover. Good. 68 mounted plates (mostly in color) plus several smaller, mostly mounted, illustrations (some color) on text pages, Original vellum quarterbinding (purple boards backed in vellum). 37 cm. Small gilt figure on front cover. Front and back cover quite faded around outlines of smaller books that protected the original color. Center half of rear joint split (and then visibly reglued). There is also a small gouge at the bottom of the front joint. Cover edges heavily rubbed. Contents sound and clean with a few creases on tissue guards. Minimal foxing. No slipcase or jacket. German text. Editions of this book also appeared in English ("Bakst, the Story of the Artist's Life") and French ("Bakst: Histoire de Leon Bakst"). Bakst was born in Grodno (now part of Belarus) to Jewish parents. He later changed his name and achieved fame in Russia and elsewhere as an artist and designer of sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes.

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1918. First Limited Edition Thus. Full Pigskin (Full Leather), with custom slipcase. Near Fine. No. 162 of 200, with one of 150 on hand-made paper of Wiggins, Teape & Co. 240 copies in all were made, including unnumbered copies (212 were numbered in one of two ways). 4to. (27 by 20 cm.) 282, [5] pp. The outstanding aspects of this edition and copy in which Ovid's verse is rendered in both Latin and German translation are magnificent decorative pigskin binding, the flowing type, and the elegant page decoration, which includes a huge variety of cameo images. These images are never repeated exactly, it should also be noted. Resulting is a book of extraordinary beauty, both exterior and interior-wise. Aesthetically the book production is true to the classical in its lines and sensibility while being securely of its own time when a sinuous Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was ripening into a modernist economy, or Art Deco. There are sensuous Rococo details, such as the gilt lines etched into the spine, while one can not but be impressed with the lack of clutter on each and every page! While the type is not a plain Roman or the like, the gentle curvature of the cursive invites and soothes the eye, and every word should be crisply clear to the modern reader. Light soiling and darkening on the spine. Clean and tight within. The slipcase has some wear.