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NEW YORK: BOOKS, INC., 1946 LIGHT GRAY TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, RED REINFORCED SPINE. LIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE AND FADING SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK BY RHEAD. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ARTWORK FRONTISPIECE. SHAKESPEARE MOST FAMOUS WORKS. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").[6][c] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 – July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of… Read More

NEW YORK: CHATHAM RIVER PRESS, 1984 BEAUTIFUL DARK BROWN BONDED LEATHER COVER, COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED, GOLD & GREEN DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE WITH GOLD PRINT. MARBLE INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, GOLD ON PAGE EDGING, TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. NOVELS INCLUDED ARE THE TALL STRANGER, KILKENNY, HONDO AND SHOWDOWN AT YELLOW BUTTE. L'Amour, Louis, 1908-88, American writer of western fiction, b. Jamestown, N.Dak., as Louis Dearborn LaMoore. He began writing in the 1940s, contributing stories to magazines under the name Tex Burns. After the success of his novel Hondo (1953), his works appeared under his own byline. L'Amour's fluidly written novels and stories are usually set in the hardscrabble world of the 19th-century American West. They feature vivid heroes and villains enmeshed in lively plots and espouse such frontier values as hard work and perserverance. One of the most popular and prolific practitioners of his or any other genre, L'Amour had, by the time of his death, published some… Read More

NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS ORIGIN OR ADOPTION. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTING AND INDEX BACK. GREAT NUMBER OF BALLADS, FOR THE LOVER OF BALLADS, MUSIC AND VERSE. NUMEROUS BALLADS REGARDING ROBIN HOOD. BALLADS ON ALL PARTS OF LIFE ITSELF. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. MacEdward Leach (1892-1967)… Read More

U.S.A.: CHARIOT BOOKS, INC., 1959 A DIRECT APPROACH TO THE CAUSE AND CURE OF SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS RELATING TO: HOMOSEXUALITY, SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY, NYMPHOMANIA, PROSTITUTION, FRIGIDITY, MASTURBATION, IMPOTENCE PHOBIAS AND OTHERS. ADS OF BOOKS IN FRONT AND PREVIEW OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA IN BACK. VERY THOROUGH BOOK COVERING MANY TOPICS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CANTON, OHIO: CASSIDY, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, 1888 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE BOOK. FRONTISPIECE IS RUDOLPH LEONHART THE AUTHOR. WONDERFUL DETAILED HISTORY. Montezuma or Moctezuma ¿, 1480¿1520, Aztec emperor (c.1502¿1520). He is sometimes called Montezuma II to distinguish him from Montezuma I (ruled 1440¿69), who carried on conquests around Tenochtitlán. His reign was marked by incessant warfare, and his despotic rule caused grave unrest. When Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico he was thus able to gain native allies, notably in the province of the Tlaxcala. Montezuma, believing the Spanish to be descendants of the god Quetzalcoatl, tried to persuade them to leave by offering rich gifts. That failing, he received them in his splendid court at Tenochtitlán in Nov., 1519. Cortés later seized him as a hostage and attempted to govern through him. In June, 1520, the Aztec rose against the Spanish. Montezuma was killed, although whether by the Spanish… Read More

NEW YORK: A. T. DE LA MARE COMPANY, INC., 1927 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH NO MARKINGS, COVER IS A PINK AND RED DESIGN WITH TITLE FRONT AND SPINE, BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. 31 CHAPTERS WITH THE PUBLISHERS FOREWARD STATING KIFT WROTE FOR THE PRESS AND HELPED THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WITH HER YEARS AND FAMILY EXPERIENCE IN GARDENING. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF GARDENING AND FLOWERS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1950 VERY NICE LOOKING RED COVER , BLACK PRINT ON SIDE. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE ON THE JACKET COVER, SOME WEAR OF COVER WITH NICK OUT OF TOP OF FRONT LEFT, TEAR LOWER LEFT CORNER. NO MARKINGS INSIDE, TIGHT AND GREAT SHAPE, FRONTISPIECE COLOR, NUMEROUS DRAWINGS AND BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES INSIDE. VERY NICE. RECOMMENDED BOOKS SECTION IN BACK AND INDEX. GREAT FOR THE LOVER OF ARCHITECTURE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER, 1881 BEAUTIFUL BOOKS WITH TEXTURED LEATHER COVERS, GOLD AND BLACK INLAY DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND ONE LOWER CORNER. FORMER OWNER STAMP INSIDE FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. WORKS INCLUDE HARRY LORREQUER, TOM BURKE OF OURS, THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE & DAVENPORT DUNN. PREFACE PRECEDES ALL WORKS BY LEVER. FLOWING, EASY READ AND VERY ENTERTAINING. Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist and raconteur, whose novels, according to Anthony Trollope, were just like his conversation. He was a born raconteur, and had in perfection that easy flow of light description which without tedium or hurry leads up to the point of the good stories of which in earlier days his supply seemed inexhaustible. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

FLORAL PARK, N.Y.: JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 1893 RARE BOOK, BEAUTIFUL COVER IN RED WITH SILVER AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. HEAVY BOOK, WONDERFUL DESIGN AND ARTISTRY THROUGHOUT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. LOVE THE ARTWORK AND DETAIL. TWO THOUSAND APPROPRIATE GEMS OF POETRY AND NEARLY 500 AUTHORS. ALPHABETICAL LIST. A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR AMATEURS ON THE CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS INCLUDED. INDEX INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE FLOWER LOVER. John Lewis Childs (May 13, 1856 March 6, 1921) was a horticultural businessman and politician who founded Floral Park, New York. In addition to a widespread reputation for being a zealous ornithologist, Childs is also credited with founding the first mail order seed catalog business in the United States. Childs was born in Franklin County, Maine, and grew up in Buckfield. His career in horticulture began in 1874, when he took a job with C. L. Allen of Queens. Soon afterwards he began renting, then buying land in nearby East Hinsdale, Queens County, near other… Read More

NEW YORK: MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY, 1914 VERY NICE LOOKING NAVY COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 15 SECTIONS AND 30 ILLUSTRATIONS. GREAT DETAIL ON MANY SUBJECTS REGARDING PRINTS. A FEW TOPICS ARE COLLECTING, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINTSWOOD ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHY, MAKING OF PRINTS AND OTHER DETAILED CHAPTERS. Art prints are a high quality machine printed reproduction of an artists original painting. Mostly printed using specialized inkjet printers on canvas or premium grade paper. Art prints have been growing in popularity the past few years, Complex abstract art prints have been gaining a lot of interest. Frank Weitenkampf, (13 April 1866 - August 23, 1962), was an American authority on engraving and chief of the art and print departments at the New York Public Library (NYPL), where his papers are archived. Weitenkampf was born at 132 Broome Street in New York City, where he studied for two years at the Art Students' League. He worked for the New York Public… Read More

UNITED STATES: OUTDOOR LIFE, 1959 BEAUTIFUL BOOK AND ARTWORK WITH DETAILED HISTORY OF HUNTING AND FIREARMS IN AMERICA. GOOD SLIP COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT, LIGHT WEAR EDGES. NICE LOOKING BOOK COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT. 15 CHAPTERS AND INDEX. FIRST HUNTERS, FIRST FIREARMS, EARLY SETTLERS, NEW YORK PARADISE, BATTLE WITH WOLVES, KENTUCKY RIFLE, MODERN FIREARMS, GRIZZLY, BUFFALO, BIG GAME, FLYING, WATERFOWLING, MARKET HUNTERS, PREDATORS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, 1969 VERY GOOD LOOKING BLACK COVER WITH WHITE PRINT ON THE SPINE, EXCELLENT CONDITION, TIGHT AND CLEAN, FORMER OWNER HAS A IMPRESSION STAMP ON THE TITLE PAGE INDICATING OWNERSHIP, BOOK LOOKS NEW. LITTELL HAS A 6 PAGE INTRODUCTION INDICATING THAT HE HAD TO EDIT ALL DOCUMENTS REVIEWED DOWN TO THIS BOOK AND THAT THIS WAS THE HEART OF THE MATTER OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE WARSAW PACT INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Robert Littell (born January 8, 1935) is an American novelist and former journalist who resides in France. He specializes in spy novels that often concern the CIA and the Soviet Union. Littell was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family, of Russian Jewish origin. He is a 1956 graduate of Alfred University in western New York. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy and served at times as his ship's navigator, antisubmarine warfare officer, communications officer, and deck watch officer. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE CENTURY CO., 1908 DARK BROWN COVER WITH FLOWER DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD AND TAN USED. ONLY INTERNAL MARKING IS THE FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. Frances Little (November 22, 1863 ¿ January 6, 1941) was the pseudonym of American author Fannie Caldwell. Caldwell and her husband, businessman J.D. Macaulay, made their home on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Her debut book The Lady of the Decoration was published in New York City in 1906 and would be her most successful work. The "Lady" rode the wave of American interest and support for Japan in the Russo-Japanese War, and supports the Japanese cause throughout. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1910 WONDERFUL BOOK OF ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS AND GREAT THINKERS. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BARSE & HOPKINS, 1900 LIGHT BROWN, SOFT LEATHER COVER. GOLD STAMPED TITLE FRONT COVER. THIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE IS CRAIGIE HOUSE, LONGFELLOWS HOME. INTRODUCTION BY AUSTEN T. KEMPTON. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND WONDERFULLY WRITTEN IN POETRY BY LONGFELLOW. MADE INTO A FILM IN 1923. CIRCA 1900, DATE IS UNLEDGEABLE AND STAMPED INSIDE BACK COVER. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims. The Courtship of Miles Standish is set in the year 1621 against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war and focuses on a love triangle among three Mayflower passengers: Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, and John Alden. Longfellow said that the story was true, but the historical evidence is inconclusive. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul… Read More

DAVID MCKAY COMPANY: PHILADELPHIA, 1931 BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK ON THIS PROTECTIVE COVER, YOUNG LADY WITH BASKET WALKING ON A SIDEWALK. BOOK HAS ORANGE COVER, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT, VERY NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNERS NAME SIGNED IN FRONT. CREOLE LAD HELD PRISONER ONA BRITISH MAN O WAR OF 1812, MARIE SISTER TRIES TO RESCUE AND IS CARRIED DOWN MISSISSIPPI. THEY FIND VALUABLE PIRATE PROPERTY. BOOK IS MADE FOR GIRLS 10-15. ACTION AND ADVENTURE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: The MacMillan Company, 1922 NICE DARK BLUE COVER, RARE BOOK, GOLD PRINT SPINE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, NICE AND TIGHT. SLIGHT FOXING VERY FRONT AND VERY BACK INSIDE. VERY NICE CONDITION INSIDE THROUGHOUT. NICE PICTURE OF DARWIN AS FRONTISPIECE, A GREAT NUMBER OF ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. WOODRUFF WAS A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN YALE UNIVERSITY. HE WRITES A VERY NICE 4 PAGE PREFACE. WRITING THE VOLUME BRINGS TOGETHER THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS OF BIOLOGY FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENT AND THE GENERAL READER. NICE APPENDIX, GLOSSARY AND INDEX. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874 A FULL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH-DUTCH STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. MOTLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC." GOOD LOOKING BOOK, MARBLED COLORS ON PAGE SIDE AND ENDS, BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND ON COVER. LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS. SLIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ON EACH. JOHAN VAN OLDEN-BARNEVELD PICTURE AS FRONTISPIECE. STARTS WITH CHAPTER XXI- EFFECT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY III & ENDS WITH CHAPTER XXXVIII- MILITARY OPERATIONS NETHERLANDS, CONFERENCES AT GERTRUYDENBERG. TERRIFIC HISTORY AND COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874 A FULL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH-DUTCH STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. MOTLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC." GOOD LOOKING BOOK, MARBLED COLORS ON PAGE SIDE AND ENDS, BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND ON COVER. LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS. SLIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ON EACH. ARTWORK OF PRINCE MAURICE OF ORANGE-NASSAU AS FRONTISPIECE. STARTS WITH CHAPTER XXXVIII MILITARY EVENTS- AGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE NETHERLANDERS & ENDS WITH CHAPTERS LII AND LIII RELIGIOUS PEACE, PROSPECTS OF FUTURE AND CONCLUSION. TERRIFIC HISTORY AND COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, 1874 The Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547-1619) was the principal architect of the independence of the republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands after the death of William the Silent. Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-77, American historian and diplomat, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of two novels concerning Thomas Morton (1839 and 1849), as well as a number of articles for the North American Review. Motley's study of the history of the Netherlands resulted in The Rise of the Dutch Republic (3 vol., 1856), long a standard work and a popular success, and History of the United Netherlands (4 vol., 1860-67). His last work, The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, appeared in 1874. VERY NICE TWO VOLUME SET, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS, NICE RED DECORATION FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, WORN ON SPINE EDGES, SOME LIGHT FOXING IN VERY FRONT AND BACK BLANK PAGES, NICE MARBLING ALONG PAGE EDGES. TIGHT AND IN GOOD SHAPE. INSIDE PAGES IN GOOD… Read More