Recent Arrivals from PWK Books

A beautiful collection of aphorisms and essays compiled by Caroline May, a 19th-century English-American editor and literary critic who was particularly interested in works by and the education of women. Brown cloth jacket with blind and gilt stamping on front and back, with texture and gild on spine. Publication date listed as 1851 on title page and 1850 on copyright page.… Read more about this item

A narrative history of medical practices in Central California. Copious B&W illustrations and photographs. Small stains and writing on interior.

History of Framingham, Massachusetts. Dust jacket is brown & beige, cover is burgundy cloth with gold stamping on front and sides. Multiple B&W illustrations. Binding tight. Small stains and writing on pages.

Collection of essays and literature. Single volume contains both Toward Liberal Education and Introduction to Literature. Gray cloth cover with burgundy and gold on front and spine. Cover has been worn, torn, and repaired with tape. Interior pages are age tanned, dog eared, and stained. Writing inside.

1907 edition of the St. John Genealogy, copy #216 of 500. Blue cloth with gold stamping on spine, rub mark on back cover. Previous owner made a protective dust jacket of plain white paper and glassine. Title page is orange and black. Fifteen B&W photographs of members of the St. John family and other family material. Protective tissue on front illustration… Read more about this item

An 1848 edition of Bunyan's classic, featuring a preface and life of Bunyan by Thomas Scott. Brown cloth cover with gold and blind stamping on front and spine, blind stamping on back. Multiple B&W illustrations. Cover has significant wear and tears, with part of spin cover missing. Binding is broken but no pages are loose. Interior is stained and age tanned.

"Bayley System" family history of the Sissons with B&W photos and illustrations. Book No. 37. Breakdown of family names state by state. Dark green covers with gilt stamping on front and back. Pages are age-tanned.

"Bayley System" family history of the Kendalls with B&W photos and illustrations. Book No. 66. Breakdown of family names state by state. Dark green covers with gilt stamping on front and back. Pages are age-tanned.

A collection of essays about California's San Joaquin River. Multiple B&W photographs. Two-inch long split at top of spine where it meets front cover. Corners of front cover and first pages are bent. Some rubbing

English translation of Undine, edited by Grenville Mellen. Book is missing front cover and spine cover, but pages and binding are intact. Back cover is badly stained and chipped. Interior is age tanned and stained, inscriptions in pencil have been crossed out. Previous owner pressed flowers in the pages at seven different places, flowers will be included.

Grosset & Dunlap edition of Harris' Uncle Remus tales, including a preface & dedication by Harris to Frost as well as an introduction by Harris. Amply illustrated with over 100 B&W drawings by Frost. Bright green cloth cover with navy lettering on front and spine. Green & cream frontpapers. Cover is worn with stains and bumping. Interior is age tanned, chipped… Read more about this item

Collection of short stories by Kipling. Dark green cloth cover with gilt and black stamping on front and spine. Inscription on frontpaper dated 1898. Deckled-edged paged. Cover and interior are stained and chipped, interior is age tanned. Binding is broken with one loose page inside. All eight B&W illustrations are intact, as is the protective tissue over the frontispiece.

Second printing of Farquhar's classic history of the Sierra Nevada mountains. B&W dust jacket over a blue cloth cover with white design on front and gold text on spine. Lavishly illustrated with several B&W photographs and a full-color frontispiece. Dust jacket is stained and chipped. Interior has some stains and inscription dated 1967 on frontpaper.

Third edition of Salvato's classic textbook on environmental science. Full color dust jacket with chipping and tears. Black cloth cover with gold stamping on front, back, and spine. Interior features multiple B&W illustrations and a fold-out diagram. Former owner's name on frontpaper. Text block is stained with some bumping and chipping.

The 1863 edition of the Records of the State of Rhode Island, 1776-1779. Volume VIII only. Book has been re-covered in brown leather. Front and back covers are completely detached from book. Traces of gilt on spine, which is badly worn. Interior is significantly aged tanned with foxing. Three B&W portrait illustrations with protective tissue intact. Two pages are attached to loose… Read more about this item

A 65-page history of buildings in Providence, RI, illustrated with numerous B&W photographs. Cover is faded blue paper with gilt stamping and dark blue decorations. Interior has red & black chapter and page headings. Spine is frayed, with binding showing. Jacket is sunned and has sizable stains. Table of contents page is chipped and completely loose. Pages are age tanned with bent… Read more about this item

A rare history of Potowomut, including a genealogical table of the two landowning families. Book is 26 pages long and stapled. Cover is beige heavy textured paper with burgundy and green on front. B&W map, table, and photograph inside. Cover & interior have small stains and are age tanned. Some bumping on corners and edges.

Blue cloth with black on front. Red & white decorative endpapers featuring Leaf's distinctive artwork. Red, black and white print on inside. Signed by author on title page--see pictures. Boards are badly warped. Cover is stained with significant tearing on spine. Binding is shaken and endpapers and interior pages are cracked. Pages are age tanned.

Volume 1 ONLY of a two-volume set. Dark blue cloth with gilt on front and spine. Bottom edge of text block is deckled. B&W frontispiece of author; tipped-in protective tissue is intact. Copyright page states date as 1909; FON on FFEP is dated 1924. FON appears written on FFEP, stamped on FFEP, on bookplate inside front cover, and for good measure,… Read more about this item

Lavishly illustrated edition of Carroll's classic. Blue cloth with blind stamping on front and gilt on spine. Glorious illustrations: Each chapter features B&W illustrations with an additional color that changes from page to page. In addition, there are eight full-color illustrated plates. Gift inscription to former owner on FFEP dated 1944. Cover is stained and bumped, with some wear at the top… Read more about this item