The Poetical Works of James Beattie
London: Bell and Daldy, Fleet Street, 1866. Leather. Sm. 12mo., 244pp. Contemporary polished brown calf by Zaehnsdorf, marbled edges. (Chiswick Press: Printed by Whittingham and Wilking). A nice copy. Item #1554
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The Poet In The Desert. {A New Versito}.
Portland, Oregon: (Press of F. W. Baltes and Company), 1918. First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. 16mo., 112, (1)pp. PRESENTATION COPY to George W. Schumm, an editor of "The Nation", etc., signed by Wood. Former owner's (George W. Schumm) shelf numbers in ink on the back wrapper, small repair at base..... Item #1553
Truth; A New Year's Gift For Scribblers.
Boston: Printed By Stephen Foster, 1831. First Edition. Muslin Backed Boards. 16mo., 52pp. From the library of Eugene Field with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The errata slip, which BAL states is inserted in some copies, is present. (BAL #18413). Muslin backed boards, spine badlly chipped, front cover is..... Item #1552
A Collection Of Hymns For The Use Of The Methodist Episcopal Church Principally From The Collection of Rev. John Wesley, M.A.....Revised and Corrected....With A Supplement....
Philadelphia: Published By B. Waugh & T. Mason....J. Collord, Printer. 1836. Leather. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8", 1" thick. Original calf, spine decorated in gilt. 623pp. Minor shelf wear, "Presented by W. D. Porter" in ink on the front pastedown, else a near fine copy. Item #1551
Scripture History Abridged. In Which It Is Designed To Give Children Such A Taste Of The Writings Of The Inspired Penmen, As May Engage Them Diligently To Study The Sacred Scriptures.
Waterville (Maine): Published and Sold By William Hastings, 1828. Original Printed Self Wrappers. 16mo., 54pp. Original printed self wrappers, string bound. A very fine copy. American Imprints #35134; Rosenbach, "Early American Children's Books" #719. A re-issue of "The Holy Bible Abridged" published in 1819. Item #1550
Spiritual Wisdom Improved Against Temptation In A Sermon Preached At Stepney Septemb. 16. 1660. And Now Made To Obviate Misrepresentation.
London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1660. First Edition. Leather. 12mo., (viii), 28pp. Pamphlet bound in full polished calf, title stamped in gilt on the front cover. (see DNB under Mead, ("in earlier documents he spelled his name 'Meade' but used the spelling 'Mead' from about 1679")). A very nice copy..... Item #1549
Harmonium
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Second Edition, First Binding. Original Cloth Backed Boards. 12mo. Printed paper label on spine. The front board is faded around the edges about 1/2", the top fore-corners are slightly bumped with light wear. A very good copy. Apparently a review copy, from the library..... Item #1548
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose.
London: Printed for J. Johnson.... 1801. 8vo., Continuous Pagination, 544, (545)-1008pp. 2 Volumes. Contemporary black roan with red leather labels, spine decorated in blind, 4 raised bands in gilt. Marbled edges. Contemporary bookseller's label on the top corner of the front pastedown in each volume "J. Seacome, Bookseller & Stationer..... Item #1547
Hugo Grotius De Veritate Religionis Christianae Variis Dissertationibus. Illustratus....
1739. Vellum. Sm. 8vo., 635, (29)pp. Halae Magdeburgicae, Typis Et Impensis Orphanotrophei. Contemporary vellum binding, title in ink on the spine. Early owner's name "W. A. Nettleton" on the title page, along with two small (old) rubber-stamps. A very good copy. Item #1546
Hugo Grotius De Veritate Religionis Christianae.
Jenae: Apud Ernst. Claude Bailliar, 1726. Vellum. Sm. 8vo., 407, (12)pp., Errata. Editio Novissima. Contemporary vellum binding, title in ink on spine. Early owner's name "W. A. Nettleton" on the top margin of the title page and two small (old) rubber-stamps also. A very good copy. Item #1545
M. T. Ciceronis Orationes Omnes Perpetuis Notis Logicis, Arithmeticis, Ethicis, Politicis, Historicis, Antiquitatis....
Basileae: Ex Officina Haeredum Petri Pernae, 1583. Leather. 8vo., 776pp. ill. (Edited by) Jo. Thomam Freigium. Bound in old (probably 18th century) calf or sheep with a gilt oval wreath of leaves in the center of both front and back covers. Covers have some cracks; lacks the backstrip, which has..... Item #1544
The Black Wolf Pack
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First Edition. Original Pictorial Cloth. 12mo., 220pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 plates. (Two by Charles Livingston Bull). PRESENTATION COPY from Beard "To Gen. Milton Davis with the everlasting friendship of Dan Beard" with an additional note by Beard, "This book was written..... Item #1543
William Gropper: Retrospective
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. First Edition. 4to., 33pp. followed By "The Illustrations" Limited, "One Hundred copies of this edition were printed for the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, each containing an original lithograph, limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by..... Item #1542
The Charter Granted By Their Majesties King William And Queen Mary To The Inhabitants Of The Province Of The Massachusetts-Bay In New England.
Boston: Printed By B. Green, 1726. Folio, (2), 14pp. (followed by) The Table 17,(1)pp. Boston in New England. Printed by B. Green, Printer to the Honourable the Lieut. GOVERNOUR & COUNCIL, for Benjamin Eliot, and Sold at his Shop near the Town-House in King's Street. (BOUND WITH) Acts And Laws..... Item #1541
Woodcuts U.S.A.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. First Edition. Original Cloth. 4to., (48)pp. Twenty woodcuts, with a descriptive quote from a famous author on the preceding leaf. "WOODCUTS U.S.A. was designed by John Begg, printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, and bound by J. F. Tapley Company, New..... Item #1540
Funnybone Alley
New York (1927): The Macauley Company, Publishers. Boris Artzybasheff. Original Soft Leather. 4to. Limited to 500 copies, this being #29. Signed by Kreymborg. INSCRIBED "For my old friend Harry Hansen from his old friend Alfred Kreymborg. Labor Day 1927". Frontispiece and 6 other mounted plates by Boris Artzybasheff. "Harry Hansen..... Item #1539
Genealogy of the Merrick - Mirick - Myrick Family of Massachusetts 1636 - 1902.
Madison, Wis. Tracy, Gibbs and Co., 1902. First Edition. Original Cloth. 8vo., 494pp. ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Illustrated with photographs of family members. Light wear around the edges but a good copy. Item #1538