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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. The First Trade Edition, there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine, Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled, 3" tear top edge half-title page, light foxing to end pages, period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page, sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria, Florence, Italy, to Mr Sampson ( noted linguist John Sampson ), possiby dated 1899, with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson, I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction…
Read More (Association Copy) The Hesburgh Papers. Higher Values in Higher Education by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C. S. C - 1979
by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C. S. C
(Association Copy) The Hesburgh Papers. Higher Values in Higher Education
by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C. S. C
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Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel Publishing,, 1979. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Jim and Beth, with affectionate best wishes and prayers - & thanks. Ever devotedly in Notre Dame, Father Ted Hesburgh". . Important education and Civil Rights Association Copy. James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. Father Ted Hesburgh (1917-2015) was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and one of the nations most influential figures in higher education, the Catholic Church, and national and international affairs. Fine, with scattered underlining and marginal markings and the Armsey's blindstamp at title page and last page of text, in a Near Fine dust jacket, top corner front flap price-clipped, and in Fine blue cloth slipcase. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition , with Important Three Page ALS
by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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An Exceptional Collection of Eleven Rupert Hughes Books, with SIGNED AND INSCRIBED Presentations to Will H. Hays, of Hollywood's "Hays Code " Fame
by Hughes, Rupert
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New York: Harpers, The Century Co., A.L Burt, Grosset & Dunlap , 1912. A wonderful collection of 11 Hollywood Association Copies. Rupert Hughes was the uncle of Howard Hughes and a prolific novelist, film director, and Oscar-nominated Hollywood screen writer. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual…
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The Name of the Rose
by Eco, Umberto
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1983. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in the year of publication on the half-title page - "for Nan Miller Umberto Eco, June 83". An excellent Association Copy, Nan Miller was an editor at Indiana University Press for over 30 years. In IU Preident Thomas Ehrlich's 1993 address for Eco's Honorary Degree for Doctor of Humane Letters he noted that " ... for more than 15 years, Indiana University has been a home away from home. One draw was the university's Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies in Bloomington. Another was the Indiana University Press, which inaugurated its Advances in Semiotics series with Professor Eco's first major English publication, A Theory of Semiotics. Since then, the IU Press has published five additional books in semiotics that were authored, coauthored, or coedited by Professor Eco." First Edition stated, First Printing with complete Harcourt letter row BCDE. Very Good Plus,…
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Binding, Fine- Riviere & Son) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 15 Volumes of the Edition of 17 Volumes, Bound in 4 Volumes
by Browning, Robert; Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge
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London: John Murray, 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6, 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes ( lacking Vols. 13 and 17), as follows: Pauline-Sordello, Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I, Vols. 5 &6, and 7 bound in Vol. II, Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III, and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram, the backs richly gilt, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, scant toning at illustrations.…
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The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy
by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston
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Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
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Tours of the Black Clock.
by ERICKSON, Steve. Inscribed to Katherine Dunn (Author of Geek Love)
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New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page, and inscribed: To Katherine Dunn, best, Steve Erickson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to the white parts of the jacket. Katherine Dunn was the author of Geek Love.
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Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man
by Chubbuck, Emily
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New York: Sheldon & Company, 1867. Later edition. Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.. A scarce printing, which appears to be unrecorded on Worldcat. Part of Sheldon's "Good Boy's Library" as indicated on the spine and which were apparently previously part of Sheldon's "Sunday School Books" library. In publisher's green cloth with gilt stamp decorated spine.
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
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Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith; Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]
by Moir, David Macbeth
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New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. Good +. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at head of spine and call number in white at tail. In ink on the title page in an old hand, following the title "By Mr Moir." At head of title page in another hand: "To the UPS from Hiester H. Muhlenberg of Reading Pa." Hiester H. Muhlenberg (1812-1886) graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 and practiced medicine in Reading; later he became a banker. A bookplate and inscriptions on the front fixed endpaper indicate that Muhlenberg gave the book to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College in 1837. Title page also bears the embossed stamp of the Dickinson College Library. The half title page has been altered in ink to read: The Life of John W.…
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MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS
by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
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NY: New Directions, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Everson on the half-title page to his publisher/bibliographer, the Barlett's of Cayucos Books. "To Peter & Henrietta/once again here at Kingfisher Flat in gratitude for our long friendship Bill Everson Dec 30, 1984 Swanton, CA." Cayucos Books published Everson's Tendril in the Mesh, The Alpine Christ & Other Poems, et al. Very faint beginning toning on the dustjacket topedge (not immediately apparent); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Naer Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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ROBERT STONE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1962 - 1992
by Lopez, Ken and Bev Chaney
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Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. First edition, first prnt. Introduction by Mark Levene. Essays by Stone and Charles Michaud. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Stone to Chaney on the half-title page. "For Bev in grateful appreciation and with best wishes Bob Stone." Also signed by Stone's wife, Janice, on the page. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS
by Bass, Rick
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tom McGuane, to whom the book along with John Graves and Jim Harrison is dedicated, on the dedication page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Unusual as such.. Inscribed By Dedicatee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Bloemen Op Tegels in De Gouden Eeuw / Dutch Floral Tiles in the Golden Age and their Botanical Print
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Haarlem, Netherlands: Becht, [1994]. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. 184 pp. Bound in full bright blue cloth, title in silver on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Text in Dutch and English. Full-color and black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Erratum slip laid in. Presentation copy from Author to John Michael Montias and his wife:"For/Monsieur et Mme John M. Montias/with much respect + love/Ella Schaap/March-April-1999". Montias was an economist who became a leading scholar of the artist Johannes Vermeer, and one of the first to analyze the economics of art. Very Good+ minor age-toning to margins of pages, some fading to extremities of binding, bump to lower corner of front cover, in Very Good+ dust jacket with bumping and light wear to extremities, some sunning to spine.
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VENDETTA: LUCKY'S REVENGE
by Collins, Jackie
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NY: HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. ltr. prnt (4th). Inscribed by Collins on the half-title page. "January 1997 To Nikki, Happy Reading! Jackie." A TLS on Collins' letterhead is laid-in. Dated "January, 31, 1997" to Nikki Haskell at her Los Angeles address. "Dear Nikki: Thanks for coming to my book party. You looked sensational, as usual! Here is a signed copy of Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge for your personal library. Fondest love, Jackie." Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The TLS is an 8.5x11" sheet fiolded in half; otherwise, in Fine condittion.. The inscriptee is Nikki Haskell, the Hollywood socialite who hosted parties for A-listers and was the creator of the "StarShape" diet system, by which she became know as "the Diet Queen to the Stars." She was also producer and host of "The Nikki Haskell Show," an early cable TV program. In 2013 Haskell declared bankruptcy amid being sued by New Orleans…
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