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Post Card (3 1/2" x 5 1/2") to Gilbert Dobbs discussing several problems and thanking him for problems received and potential future problems. Signed by Laws.John Keeble in his A Tribute to B G Laws we learn Laws was born on February 6, 1861 in Barnsbury, London and died on September 21, 1931 in London, also composed problems under the noms de plume, Handley Roads (while living on Hanley Road); S. Green (while living at Stroud Green); N.R.S (the final initials of his three names. Benjamin Glover Laws); C. Hill (Crouch Hill); I. S. Lington (Islington); C. Horn (Hornsey). Keeble wrote that, "Mr. Laws started his problematic career in a column edited by F. C. Collins in Brief. . . In the issue of June 7th, 1878, Mr. Laws is announced as having sent four problems to the Chess editor, who acknowledged them, in reply to correspondent, as follows: - "We have much pleasure in inserting your two-move position. No. 2 contains three checks which necessarily render the position much below the required standard… Read More

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good -. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written for the Singer's Library, such as There is Somebody Waiting for Me by C.H. Lane, as well as some older songs. Final 3 pages, including back wrapper, lists contents of nos. 1-22 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library, and titles of nos. 1-66 of Beadle's Half-Dime Library and nos. 1-55 of Beadle's Dime Library. Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf detached, but present; small stain on first leaf; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and bright.

London: Enoch & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good -. 1 vocal score (305, [1] p.); 28 cm. Original dark green cloth. Piano accompaniment; lyrics in French and English. Title page verso and final unpaginated page contain publisher's advertisements. The final page also lists Boosey & Co. in New York and Enoch & Co. in Paris. The title page does not state that Boosey is the sole American agent, as some editions do; stamped at the lower edge of the title page: "G. Schirmer, New York." "3.50" stamped in upper right-hand corner of title page. Former owner inscription on blank leaf preceding title page: "Harry J. Schools 1904." Attached to the front endpapers are two programs from performances of Giroflé-Girofla in 1914 and 1915 by St. John's Choir in Lebanon, Pa. Harry J. Schools, a lawyer in Lebanon, Pa., was the director and pianist; the performances were accompanied by Keim's Orchestra. No date of publication; Boosey & Co. in New York was established in 1892. This edition must have appeared between… Read More

London: Novello, Ewer and Co [circa 1880s]. (4to) 93pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Three-quarter dark green leather binding with marbled boards decorated in gilt with gilt lettering to the spine. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers, musical notation. The corners and spine are worn to the boards in spots and peeling slightly and there is minor pencil annotation in the text. Based on the work of Sophocles. Book about Antigone. Adapted by W. Bartholomew. Identified on spine as Antigone. (Music, Music, Song Book).

Boston: Boston Magazine, 1993. Collector's Edition Program from Larry Bird Night - Bird: A Basketball Legend 4to size staplebound booklet; 32 glossy pages with color and a few black and white photographs. Front cover is a color illustration of Larry Bird done by famed sports artist LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012.) The back cover is a full-page advertisement of Converse sneakers through the years. There is no table of contents, but the articles include "The Ten Greatest Games Larry Bird Played In" and "The Championship Years." There are some small creases on the front cover near the staple binding, a light crease on the back cover and light wear to the bottom front corner. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press.

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

Albert Dressler, San Francisco, 1930; First Edition; Copy #195 of a limited edition of 525; large 8vo, 72 pages; illustrated; green cloth; blind stamped black titles. The life and times of John Thomas Mason, who came to Sierra County in 1851 to join the Gold Rush, remained in Rabbit Creek for the next 79 years, and was still alive at the time of writing of this book. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a single 3/4" closed edge tear on the back panel.

Sons of the Revolution in the State of CA, Los Angeles, 1915; First Edition; Copy #107 of a limited edition of 500; 8vo, 512 pages; frontispiece photo illustration. First publication of the California Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Contains a 36-page historical chronology of the state of California; the names of Revolutionary War soldiers and their descendants represented in the membership of the California chapter; a list of Sailors, Marines and Officers of the American Navy During the Revolutionary War; Revolutionary Soldiers of South Carolina; a list of Officers & Men Belonging to the American Continental Ship "Ariel", commanded by John Paul Jones, and more. Blue and yellow cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Very Good Plus, with previous owner name and address in neat cursive on upper rt. corner of f.f.e.p.

1952. Magazine: Vol. 2, July-Sept. 1952 No. 6; an 8vo size staple bound magazine, paginates from 220-262 with black and white illustrations and photographs. Contents include: The Serpollet System The Late Mr. R. H. Bolsover The Scott-Newcomb Steam System Doble Steam Cars British Light Steam Power Society Steam Launches and Their Machinery, 1909 Firing Monotube Steam Generator with Solid Fuel A 1920 Stanley Steamer wtih Modern Boiler and Burner Thermodynamics of Vapour Power-Plants for Motor Vehicles Some rubbing wear to covers, staples in binding have rusted and there are rusty areas a staple insertion points, particularly in the center fold and top back cover. There are some light wrinkles on back cover and on page 229 and wear to top of spine. Ephemera includes: 1. Published sheet, circa 1951, titles Modern Steam Power Development. There is an underlined sentence and a folded edge on the right side. 2. Published Legal size sheet, also circa 1951 with some information on Modern… Read More

Gloucester: Gloucester: printed by D.Walker, for Cadell and Davies, London, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xv,278, [1]pp. In original mottled half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered leather spine label to second compartment, binders ticket and early engraved ownership label to front pastedown, a very clean copy of this first edition.