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Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins, 1828 First edition. 12mo (7" x 475"), xii & [13] - 171 pages. Contemporary marbled paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brown calf. American Imprints 35092a
Binding worn: rubbed, scuffed, spine partially perished, text block cracked at the title page, foxed & stained throughout, Good or so & still quite serviceable.
"The controversy between the holy pontiff, Paul V, and the republic of Venice, having been terminated by the mediation of France, in a manner preserving to the holy see the honor due to it, and to the Venetians the glory they had merited, none but the Spanish had reason to be dissatisfied As they had declared for the Pope, and had offered to subjugate the Venetians, they were offended that he had entered into an arrangement without their participation; but having discovered the secret of this arrangement, they were convinced that they had no cause of complaint against him, and that the slight they had experienced was to be attributed solely… Read More

New York: Random House, (1997). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Salter on a tipped in leaf following the ffep. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), x, [4], [1] - 365, & [4] pages. Publisher's black-lettered white paper over boards, in translucent, pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with slight edge wear & hint of creasing.
James Salter (born James Arnold Horowitz), who passed away in 2015, was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1989 & the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story in 2012. His "Recollection" includes substantial treatment of his "second life" as a writer.
"Burning the Days captures a singular life, beginning with a Manhattan boyhood and then, satisfying his father's wishes, graduation from West Point, followed by service in the Air Force as a pilot. In some of the most evocative pages ever written about flying, Salter describes the exhilaration and terror of combat as a fighter pilot in the Korean War, scenes that are balanced by… Read More

Bound volume (modern gilt-lettered blue cloth & marbled paper) containing 14 octavo pamphlets
Bound without wraps, one pamphlet lacking title page & stained throughout, (Smith/ Oratory), one pamphlet closely trimmed briefly touching some text (Clayton/ Speech Central American Treaty, 1856), scattered foxing & toning, generally very good
Itemized below in order of appearance:
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1856, 83, [1] pp.
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1857, 112 pp.
Memorabilia Sophomorum Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1856, 55 pp.
DAVIS, Thomas T. Address and Poem Delivered Before the Associate Chapters of the Sigma Phi Fraternity, At Their General Convention Held in Williamstown, Mass August 16, 1853 Williamstown: Published by the Alpha of Massachusetts, 1854, 37 pp.… Read More

Boston & New York: various publishers, various dates 1825 - 1841. Sammelband of eight octavo sermons bound in contemporary full pebbled black morocco by P. Low (with his label at the rear pastedown), the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, lettered & ruled in gilt. All edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in.
Joints & edges a bit rubbed, sermons bound without wraps, small early label of Little & Brown, "Booksellers & Importers" at the front pastedown, ownership signature of Sarah Pickering Pratt at the ffep, modest toning & sporadic foxing, brief pencil annotations in the margins of one page, otherwise very good.
Itemized below in order of appearance:
A Sermon, Delivered on the twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Boston Female Asylum. September 23, 1825. Boston: Office of the Christian Register. 1825. 20 pp.
A sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. William Parsons Lunt, as pastor of the Second Congregational Unitarian Society in the City of New York, July 19, 1828. With "A Charge" by… Read More

Chicago & New York: Reilly & Lee, (1927 copyright), later printing, ca 1942 Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.25"), 321 pages, illustrated Publisher's pictorial red cloth lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacketSporadic foxing mostly affecting endpapers, pastedowns, & edges of the text block, brief gift inscription in ink at the first blank page, otherwise very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing & brief edge wear."Billy and Jimmy are growing up Long pants at last - and a moving urge to join the movies Result - the formation of a new dramatic club - The Scallywags You'll laugh with them and at them"
 ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company, (1918 copyright), "Twentieth edition" ca. 1946. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.25"), 299 pages, illustrated Publisher's pictorial red cloth lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacket
Light foxing mostly affecting endpapers & pastedowns, bookplate at front pastedown, initials in ink at first blank page, otherwise very good in good dust jacket, browned at the spine, with light rubbing & edge wear including small losses & short tears
"The same drollery and comedy of childhood that made "Miss Minerva" so universally popular is to be found in Billy and the Major Every lover of the earlier story will want to follow the pranks and innocent rascalities of the most delightful group of youngsters in the literature of our day." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

[Hilo ?], Hawaii, Maumee Valley Chapter, 1993 (taken from spine label), number 15 of 250 signed in ink by binder Jesus Sanchez at the front pastedown. 8vo, 30 blank leaves, with printed card laid in. Koa wood backed in goat, with a pair of gilt-lettered spine labels: "YPO" & "Hawaii, 1993."A few unobtrusive scratches, otherwise fine. "The Maumee Valley Chapter is pleased to present you with this Koa wood album as a keepsake of your adventure in Paradise.The book was personally designed and crafted for you by Jesus Sanchez, world-renowned Master Bookbinder who apprenticed in the Vatican's rare book section. The covers are hand-crafted koa wood, a rare treasure found only in Hawaii, and bound with hand-tooled goat leather.The pages are acid-free French Tone paper which will endure for centuries.Few people are privileged to own an original Jesus Sanchez book. Perhaps yours can be used as a photo journal of Kealahou, as a special Guest Book, or as a record of family genealogy." ~from the laid in card, in full.

New York: Macmillan Company, (1959) Early printing Tall 4to, 60 pp. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper over boards in matching dust jacket
Edges lightly rubbed, brief spotting mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, modest toning, otherwise very good in corner clipped dust jacket (leaving $3.50 price intact), browned at the spine, with modest rubbing & edge wear including tiny losses & short tears, good or better.
Featuring whimsical illustrations in color throughout, this is the first book in a series which eventually included 18 titles "A pictorial tour of the "city of light" presenting drawings of the people, historic monuments, and modern sights of Paris" ~Abstract courtesy OCLC

[Stockholm, Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, not dated but published in 2002]. First edition, limited to 200 copies, this number 180, signed & titled by Schanilec in pencil just below the image. Original multi-color wood engraving printed on paper measuring 9.5 inches by 5.25 inches (sheet size), the image measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches Rulon-Miller/ Quarter to Midnight: Gaylord Schanilec & Midnight Paper Sales C41 K.
A Fine example. A stunning depiction of New York City's famed White Horse Tavern This print, which was issued separately, is one of the illustrations in Kenneth Auchincloss' New York Revisited (Grolier Club, 2002).

Boston, Massachusetts: Dana Estes & Company, no date (ca. 1901 per OCLC). "Illustrated Sterling Edition," eight volumes bound in four (complete). Octavos (8.25" x 5.5"), variously paginated, each volume with frontis illustration. Publisher's green cloth elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt.
Slight edge wear, couple of lightly bruised corners, spine of one volume a bit darkened, couple of cracks in the text blocks (still secure), otherwise very good.
A lovely set of Germany's most important playwright. Includes:
The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany / The History of the Revolt of the Netherlands;Historical Dramas, (ie Wilhelm Tell, Don Carlos, Demetrius, Mary Stuart, Maid of Orleans, & Bride of Messina);Poems / Letters & Essays;Early Dramas / Miscellaneous.

[Washington, D.C.]: Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center], 1964. Brochure. Original program, single sheet measuring 17 inches by 14 inches folded once horizontally & once vertically (as issued) forming 4 pages, printed on patterned light card stock, with the Seal of the United States embossed on the front cover. Slightly soiled, toned, & foxed, otherwise Very Good. Includes the text of remarks by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., excerpted in part below: "On this spot men and women, as they devote themselves to the practice and performance of the arts, will provide a continuous celebration of the shining memory of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy."

Leipzig: Weidmann, 1820. 8vo (8.5" x 5.25"), XXII & 594 pages, with engraved frontis portrait by W. Bauer. Later 19th century half maroon pebbled morocco & marbled paper over boards, the spine lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges marbled, text in Latin & partially Greek. Binding moderately rubbed & scuffed, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank page, light foxing & toning, otherwise Very Good. Please note, we are offering the first two parts (of five) only.

New York: Macmillan, 1945. Reprint originally published in 1928. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.75"), XXI & 786 pp., with illustrations from photographs plus drawings by Harry Parker. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Brief wear at spine extremities & corners, lightly rubbed, modest foxing/ offsetting mostly at endpapers, pastedowns, & edges of the textblock, gift inscription in ink at front pastedown, otherwise very good in worn dust jacket, rubbed, creased, soiled, with edge wear including tears & losses, good or so.
"One of the most authoritative and complete books on sailing and racing ever published." ~From the dust jacket.

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Volume xlvii, number 3, March, 1930. First edition. Publisher's stapled, pictorial paper wraps, folio (14.25" x 11"), 258 pages.
Moderate edge wear (particularly the lower corner, diminishing through page 25), some foxing & toning mostly affecting the covers, small mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good or better.
This voluminous issue features "White Birch," a stunning full page color illustration by Maxfield Parrish, & a contribution by Albert Payson Terhune entitled "The Scourge" which is illustrated by Robert L. Dickey. Terhune, of course, was the creator of the beloved Lad a Dog series,

New York: Dutton Studio Books in association with Hirschl & Adler Galleries, (1991). First edition. Quarto (10.5" x 9.25"), 156 pp., illustrated throughout from photographs often in color. Publisher's brick cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is slightly faded at the spine.
A splendid exhibition catalog with "87 color plates and 42 halftones." Richard Guy Wilson, who supplies the Introduction, is Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia and a a noted architectural historian.

Allentaun [Allentown], Pennsylvnia: Gedruckt bei Guth, Young und Trexler, 1851. First separate printing. 24mo, 45 pp. Contemporary cloth with modern cloth wrapping the spine.
Rebacked (rather crudely), cloth rubbed through in a couple of places, endpapers & blanks browned, sporadic foxing, previous owner's name in ink at front pastedown, otherwise good or better. As noted in Horst Weigelt's Migration and Faith: The Migrations of the Schwenkfelders from Germany to America, regarding this edition: "In 1851 it was published for the first time as a self-contained print in a revision by Josua Schultz of the 1782 version." Quite uncommon, OCLC finds 11 copies under 3 accession numbers

Sammelband, bound pamphlets. Collection of separately published pamphlets, folding plates, & extracts from periodicals bound in a 4to half black morocco album. A manuscript note in ink on the ffep (translated from the French) describes the contents as "individual works collected as a souvenir of Buenos Aires for our friend Pierre Michel-Levy, 10/11/1904." Signed by Duclout. Binding worn: rubbed, upper cover hanging by a cord, contents generally very good, one plate with long closed tear.Contents include: Conferencia final del curso de Teoria de la elasticidad dictado en le Fac de Ciencias Fisico-Matemaáticas de le Universidad de la Capital Buenos Aires: G Kraft, 1888 8vo, original wraps; 33 pp. Republica Argentina: Deuda publica exterior y capitales Europeos empleados por sociedades anonimas Buenos Aires: Felix Lajouane, 8vo, original wraps; 24 pp. Estudio sobre las hipotesis mecanicas que sirven de base a la teoria electro-magnetica de la luz [de] Maxwell Buenos Aires: Pablo E Coni, 1892 8vo,… Read More

Clifton, New Jersey: Stacy E. Walker, 1999. Original montage publicity photograph measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches boldly inscribed, signed, & dated by Stacy E. Walker in red fine line marker, with Ms. Walker's address label on the verso.
Edge wear, soiling, corner creases, couple of scuffs, tape residue on the verso, good or so & still quire appealing.
The montage presents three sexy views of the model: in bikini, cocktail dress & warrior costume.
"As the leading figure model for major fantasy, science fiction and romance publications, Stacy E. Walker has achieved unparalleled success that has captivated fans and admirers around the globe. From covers of some of the hottest magazines to appearances at prominent promotional tours, Stacy's beautiful looks, powerful talents and unique image have created a new phenomenon in the pop culture world. Media coverage soon followed. Stacy has appeared on TV, magazines and newspapers in the US, Brazil, Italy, France and Japan. She has also been part of several… Read More

Glasgow: Gowans & Gray, 1902 First edition thus, limited to 230 copies, this number 132. Small 4to, x, 587 pp, with frontis & 6 plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, with Glasgow's coat of arms on the upper cover. Top edge gilt.Spine lightly faded, small gouge along the upper joint, half-title page browned, foxing mostly at endpapers, pastedowns, & at or adjacent to plates, a good or better copy. "This volume is founded upon a similar book published by Mr John Tweed in 1883, and comprehending the years 1833 - 1883 The principal value of this reissue consists of the new material bringing this record up to date." ~Excerpted from the Introduction

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1924 - 1925 & later. Scrapbook/ photo album compiled by Christine Wilson, a High School student. Cord-bound album, oblong quarto bound in limp patterned suede {?} lettered in gilt on the upper cover. The album contains 10 partially printed pages completed in manuscript providing a title page followed by "Friends O' Mine" in which 47 friends record names, addresses & sentiments. Thereafter 17 light card leaves contain amateur snapshots in various sizes, calling cards, calligraphy, mementos, chocolate labels, a rather bizarre piece of original art depicting a gravestone, & a couple of letters, approximately 136 items in total, mounted or laid-in recto & verso. Numerous unused leaves follow.
Binding rubbed, contents with occasional modest wear but generally very good.
Ms. Wilson attended Knoxville High School and graduated in 1925. A religious young woman, one of the letters invites Christine to attend a "circle meeting" in which she should "bring [her] special offering for foreign… Read More