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1) NURSERY AESTHETICS: WALTER CRANE AND HIS PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Hearn, Michael Patrick

NY American Book Collector 1981., 1981. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" (11)pp. Illustrated by 6 illustrations in text. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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2) COMPLETE INDEX OF BOOKS BY MAX HEINDEL
Heindel, Max

COMPLETE INDEX OF BOOKS BY MAX HEINDEL
Oceanside, CA: Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Decorative binding. pp: 278+10 ads; portrait. A thorough subject-index to all of the published writings by this "authorized messenger of the Brothers of the Rose Cross." Heindel was the founder of The Rosicrucian Fellowship. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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3) LINCOLNIANA: A Collection of Pamphlets, Booklets, Mss., Magazine and Newspaper Articles...Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Hersch, Gisela & Lisa E. Landau, compilers

Indianapolis: Irwin Library, Butler Univ, 1983. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: 75 + 16; indices. Laid in is the 16-page addendum dated November, 1985, raising the number of annotated entries to 412. 11" x 8.5". (more information)

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4) AMERICAN PLAYS, PRINTED 1714-1830: A Bibliographical Record
Hill, Frank Pierce, compiler

NY: Burt Franklin, 1970. Reprint. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: (xii), 152; two plates. First published in 1934, this work contains 347 full entries, along with indices by title and publication date. 7.25" x 5". (more information)

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5) LYTTON STRACHEY: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY / The Unknown Years, 1880-1910 [&] The Years of Achievement, 1910-1932 [2 volumes]
Holroyd, Michael

NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. First US Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Approx 790pp; 32pp illus from photographs, 2 color plates, slipcase matches bindings. Holroyd, the first scholar to have unlimited access to Lytton Strachey's papers, presents a detailed biography of the noted British man of letters and biographer, a member of the Bloomsbury group. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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6) SOUTHEASTERN BROADSIDES BEFORE 1877: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hummel, Ray O., Jr., editor

Richmond Virginia State Library 1971., 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents near fine condition. 10-1/4" x 7" 501pp w/index Contains 5,355 entries: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Misssissippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia. Illustrated by full-page illus in text. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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7) LA FAYETTE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Foreword by Brand Whitlock
Jackson, Stuart W., compiler

NY: Burt Franklin, 1968. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xxiii, 226; frontispiece, two plates. First published in 1930, this work was considered "the first serious attempt at a complete bibliography" of Lafayette. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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8) RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPT THEFTS: A Security System for Librarians, Booksellers, and Collectors
Jenkins, John H

NY: Antiquarian Booksellers Assn, 1982. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. (27)pp. Foreword by Terry Belanger. 9" x 6". (more information)

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9) A FULL HOWES: A Catalog of Books and Pamphlets listed in Wright Howes' U.S.iana
Jenkins, John H

Austin, Texas: Jenkins, 1981. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Contains 2,953 descriptions, with Howes citations and Jenkins Company prices. 11" x 8.5". (more information)

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10) THE HOUSE OF BEADLE AND ADAMS AND ITS DIME AND NICKEL NOVELS: The Story of a Vanished Literature -- Volume III, Supplement
Johannsen, Albert

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. 99pp. This supplementary volume of additions and corrections, issued ten years after the main two-volume work, includes a complete list of the 121 Beadle "songsters." 11.5" x 8". (more information)

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11) HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: A Practical Bibliography and Brief Literary Estimate of Outstanding American Books
Johnson, Merle

Austin Jenkins Publishing 1971., 1971. Hardcover. Binding and contents in fine condition. 9.25" x 6" pp: v, 114 First printed in 1929 in an edition of 750 copies. Johnson includes edition and issue points of first editions. 2nd printing edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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12) A DESCRIPTIVE CHECKLIST OF THE WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED WORK OF ROCKWELL KENT
Jones, Dan Burne

NY American Book Collector 1964., 1964. 1st Edition. Photocopied and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (12)pp Jones's thorough checklist was printed in the Special Rockwell Kent Number of "American Book Collector," Summer 1964. Illustrated by Kent woodcut on cover. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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13) GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUNDS SINCE 1890
Jones, Howard Mumford

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 151pp w/index. Attempts to be that single work which covers American fiction, poetry, and the history of ideas from 1890 to 1950. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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14) HANDBOOK OF THE JAMES MORRIS MUSEUM AND THE ALINE BROTHIER MORRIS READING ROOM
Keefer, C. Murray, editor

Morris, CT: Community Hall, 1935. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 60pp; 12 plates from photographs. Commemorates Revolutionary War officer James Morris, and Aline Morris, the French-born US educator who flourished 125 years later. 7.5" x 5". (more information)

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15) OUR SOILS IN BOOKS: In Two Parts--Part One and Part Two
Kellogg, Charles E

NY American Book Collector nd (ca. 1970)., 1970. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.25" (14)pp A primer to collecting books on soil science. Illustrated by 25 illus from title-pages. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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16) THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kerwood, John R

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 448pp, index; frontispiece. Contains 2,290 annotated entries. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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17) A SENDERIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH, 1950-1968, WITH AN ADDENDUM
King, Charles L

NY American Book Collector 1970., 1970. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.25" (7)pp Updates Domenicali's 1950 bibliography of the English-language works of Ramon Jose Sender. Illustrated by two illustrations in text. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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18) LANCASTER MAGAZINE CLUBS OF THE NINETIES. Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXXIV, No. 9
Landis, D.B. and others

Lancaster, PA: Lancaster County Historical, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24pp. Other topics in this issue: "ingenious inventions of Martin Shreiner" and obsequies for Lafayette, Jefferson, and Jackson. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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19) QUESTIONED IMPRINTS: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Larson, Jennifer S. and others

NY ABAA Ethics Committee 1988., 1988. 1st Edition. Very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (10)pp Contains full descriptions of certain imprints related to Texas and the Southwest, characterized as "alleged fabrications.". First Edition. Binding is corner-stapled. (more information)

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20) D.H. LAWRENCE: Supplement to Catalogue 38
Lawrence, J. Stephan

Chicago: J. Stephan Lawrence Rare Bks, 1970. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. (16)pp; portrait on cover. Describes and offers for sale 163 D.H. Lawrence items, including a very fine copy in dj of THE RAINBOW at $2,500. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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21) LEGENDARY HEROES AND THE DIME NOVEL
Leithead, Edward J

NY American Book Collector 1968., 1968. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.25" (6)pp Identifies Dime Novel stories involving Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, and Bill Cody. Illustrated by 4 illustrations in text. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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22) THE DIAMOND DICKS: FRONTIER LAWMEN
Leithead, J. Edward

NY American Book Collector ca. 1970., 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (8)pp Traces the Diamond Dick Library from the 1878 story featuring Richard Wade (Diamond Dick) and encounters with Handsome Harry. Illustrated by 8 illustrations in text. First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)

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23) A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TO SEVENTY-FIVE MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS
Lepper, Gary M

Berkeley Serendipity Books 1976., 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. 9.25" x 6" pictorial dj pp: xv, 428 Compiles checklists of the works of 75 American novelists and poets, prominent from 1945 to 1975. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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24) COLORADO: THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF STATEHOOD. An Exhibition in the Library of Congress...1951 to 1952
Library of Congress

Washington: USGPO, 1951. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Faint dampmark on back cover. pp: iii, 75, index; 35 plates from photographs. Contains 236 annotated entries on books, maps, photographs and documents relating to Colorado history. 10.25" x 7.5". (more information)

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25) CENTENNIAL OF THE SETTLEMENT OF UTAH EXHIBITION...1947
Library of Congress

Washington: USGPO, 1947. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Spine repaired. 72pp w/index; 2 maps, 12pp illus from photographs. Has an address on Deseret by Utah Senator Arthur V. Watkins, and 414 annotated bibliographical entries. 10.25" x 7.5". (more information)

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26) NEVADA: The Centennial of Statehood, An Exhibition in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

Washington Library of Congress 1965., 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 10.25" x 7.5" pp: x, 66 Contains 134 annotated entries and an index. Illustrated by 41 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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27) WISCONSIN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION...1948
Library of Congress

Washington: USGPO, 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 64pp; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs. Contains 313 annotated entries and an index. 10.25" x 7.5". (more information)

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28) MISSISSIPPI: The Sesquicentennial of Statehood, An Exhibition in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

Washington Library of Congress 1967., 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.25" x 7.5" pp: viii, 61 Contains 125 annotated entries and an index. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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29) CENTENNIAL OF THE OREGON TERRITORY: Exhibition...1948-1949
Library of Congress

Washington: USGPO, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 76pp, index; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs. Contains 341 annotated entries on books, mss., maps, photographs and prints relating to Oregon Territory. 10.25" x 7.5". (more information)

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30) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH, 1706-1956...Exhibition in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

Washington: Library of Congress, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: vi, 31; 4pp illus from old documents. Contains 165 annotated entries, relating to Franklin's early life, as a revolutionary diplomat, a scientist, etc. 10.5" x 8". (more information)

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