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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY NY Pierpont Morgan Library 1964., 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.5" x 6.25" 32pp+25 plates History of the Library and its collections, with pictures of some examples. Illustrated by frontis, 25pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$15.00
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON. A Memorial Address, delivered on Sunday Evening, April 30th, 1882...Spring Garden Unitarian Society Philadelphia: Spangler & Davis, Printers, 1882. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 26pp. Delivered on the day of Emerson's burial, a few weeks before his eightieth birthday. Here, the Philadelphia Unitarian minister wants not only to honor Emerson but also "to seek the great secret of his life," although this tract exmaines Emerson's transcendental philosophy more than his life. Ames concludes that Emerson's "life appears like something complete. His work was done: we have it; the world will keep it. (more information)
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$30.00
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BAUDELAIRE: An Exhibition Commemorating the Centennial of "Les Fleurs du Mal Madison, WI Madison Library, U Wisconsin 1957., 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers lightly rubbed, else in good condition. 9" x 6" 32pp Catalog of an exhibition of a single collection of Baudelairiana, curated by W.T. Bandy. Illustrated by 10 illus of mss and drawings. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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BOOK LOVER'S VERSE: Impromptu. Inscribed [not by hand] to Howard S. Ruddy [an early 20th-century NYC bookseller?] NY not published 1903., 1903. Soft cover. Typewritten text and homemade covers in very good condition. 6" x 5" (12)pp "Ye Olde Bookshoppe. Part I. At the Entrance. Dear Bookshoppe olde, whose atmosphere of books and tomes so quaintly.," &c. typescript edition. Binding is salmon wraps. (more information)
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$20.00
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HARSH WORDS. An address delivered at a meeting of The American Institute of Graphic Arts...February 5th, 1940 Newark, NJ: Carteret Book Club, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight crack at top of spine, else in very good condition. 32pp. This is no. 26 of 200 copies only, printed for the Carteret Book Club by the Marchbanks Press. Cleland spoke on the occasion of the opening of the American Institute of Graphic Arts' 18th annual exhibition of the Fifty Books of the Year. This first edition was to have been followed by another edition of 300 copies, published by the Typophiles in their Chap Book series. 7.5" x 4.5". (more information)
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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, INCLUDING A SET OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THEODORE DREISER NY: Corner Book Shop, 1929. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. Some chipping along spine. 32pp. Offers a complete set of the first and limited editions of Dreiser, including SISTER CARRIE: 30 volumes for $650. 9" x 6". (more information)
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$10.00
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THE CAST-AWAY: The Text of the Original Manuscript and the First Printing of Cowper's Latin Translation
Princeton, NJ Princeton University Library 1963., 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Marbled paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9.25" x 6" 20pp + plates Edited by Charles Ryskamp. Illustrated by 8pp illustrations. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$20.00
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THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY: A Research Institution ... A Brief Description Amherst, MA Trustees of Amherst College 1964., 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Some underlining of text, else in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 18pp The Folger houses the largest collection in the Western Hemisphere of 16th- and 17th-century English books. Illustrated by 2pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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EARLY PRINTING IN GEORGETOWN (POTOMAK), 1789-1800 Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1958., 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.75" x 6.5" (28)pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1958. Goff's scholarly essay precedes an annotated bibliography of Georgetown imprints, 1789-1800, with symbols for locations in American libraries. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$35.00
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POSTCARD COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO REFERENCE WORKS NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1981. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 14pp. This bookseller's catalog contains 155 items, annotated and priced. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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Group of 8 ephemera items, promoting Little Blue Books and other H-J publications
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1920. Originals. Self-wraps. Very Good. Includes: Catalogue of 1215 Little Blue Books, 32pp; Education of the Masses, Special Combination Offer, 4pp; The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, promo, 4pp; Bargains.Build Up Your Library, 4pp; Joseph McCabe, Complete List of 50 Little Blue Books by the Famous Scholar, 2pp; Clarence Darrow says "I read the Haldeman-Julius Monthly and Quarterly diligently."., 2pp; The Key to Culture Has Begun ., 2pp; Self-help Books Worth Their Weight in Gold, 2pp, folio, with illus of book jackets. various sizes. (more information)
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$25.00
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VICTOR HAMMER AND THE WELLS COLLEGE PRESS [ephemera laid in]![VICTOR HAMMER AND THE WELLS COLLEGE PRESS [ephemera laid in]](http://i.biblio.com/b/492m/89551492-0-m.jpg "VICTOR HAMMER AND THE WELLS COLLEGE PRESS [ephemera laid in]")
Aurora, New York Privately Printed 1993., 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Gilt-stamped paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.25" x 6.25" 37pp, colophon One of 500 copies, "printed in homage by Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York." Laid into this copy are: a 4-page brochure on the Wells College Book Arts Center; and an 8-page brochure, "Typographic Conventions" by Robert Doherty, printer in residence, Wells College Press. Illustrated by 2pp lettering styles. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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CHECK LIST OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON LIBRARY Northampton, MA: Smith College Library Friends, 1975. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. 24pp, colophon; 7pp illustrations. One of 2,000 copies of this work, designed by Elliot Offner and Ruth Mortimer, and printed at the Rosemary Press. 9" x 6". (more information)
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Typewritten letter signed (TLS) on Library of Congress letterhead, to a Mrs. Thorp in Washington Washington, 1949. not bound. Very Good. 2pp in the original mailing envelope. Kremer, Keeper of the Collections, Library of Congress, provides two pages of instructions on protecting books from insects and mold. 10.5" x 8". (more information)
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EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE London: Macmillan, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. pp: (vi), 56; 2 plates. Moore had invited the author to be his biographer and they were in close contact for several years although the biography was not done. 7.5" x 5.25". (more information)
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IT'S A KIND OF A MEMORABILIA": A LETTER ABOUT THE TROJAN HORSE, WRITTEN TO F.P. FRAZIER (OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY)
NY: Lippincott, 1937. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Printed paper covers. 16pp. Morley describes how he came to write "The Trojan Horse," a modern retelling of Chaucer's "Troiclus and Criseyde". Includes references to Shakespeare's version as well as Chaucer's, along with asides re Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 7.5" x 5". (more information)
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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECK LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF ZANE GREY, WITH VALUES LISTED FOR 85 BOOKS Country Lane Books, 1970. Revised Edition. Self-wraps. Good. Piece cut from bottom of front page. 14pp. This copy was run off on an early photocopier, annotated in ink with a number of additions and corrections. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)
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PENGUINS: A Retrospect, 1935-1951
London, &c. Penguin Books 1951., 1951. Soft cover. Decorative paper covers and contents in very good condition. 7" x 4.25" (24pp) History of the literary reprint company that set out "to supply something good for all needs and moods.". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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ON USING JOHNSON'S "AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS" AND OTHER SOURCES s.l. American Literature 1938., 1938. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10" x 6.5" pp: 449-456 Offers corrections and clarifications for many entries in Merle Johnson's "American First Editions.". publ offprint edition. Binding is stapled wraps. (more information)
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THE MENNONITE HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT GOSHEN COLLEGE Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1952. First thus. Original wraps. Good. 29pp, first published in the Mennonite Quarterly Review, October, 1951. Describes the beginnings of the Library in 1924 as well as mid-century holdings, including the John Horsch Collection, rare books, etc. 10" x 6.75". (more information)
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BRITISH TRAVELERS TO THE FEDERAL CITY, 1791-1891 Georgetown: Georgetown Univ Library, 1991. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. 29pp. Annotated list of books written by foreign visitors to Washington, DC in the nation's first century. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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$15.00
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SOME BOOKS OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND PROVENANCE IN THE 1823 LIBRARY OF ALLEGHANY COLLEGE Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1963., 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.75" x 6.5" (32)pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1963. In his search for books from Franklin's library, Wolf was taken aback when he stumbled upon a large collection of early New England imprints in the library of Alleghany College, Meadville, PA. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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THE NEW PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF QUEBEC Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1921. First Thus. Original wraps. Very Good. 29pp. This offprint from the Canadian Historical Review of June, 1921, was written to explain why "only now" [in 1920] the province of Quebec was forming "its first regular Provincial Archives." The author surveys the history of Quebec in his explanation and takes a detailed look at efforts to organize the archives into a 30-volume inventory. 10" x 6.75". (more information)
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BOOKS.BOOKS.NEW AND SECOND-HAND AT S.H. ZAHM AND CO'S BOOK ROOMS, 18 & 20 SOUTH QUEEN ST., LANCASTER, PA
Lancaster, PA: S.H. Zahm. not bound. Very Good. display type. Text continues: ".School Books New or Second-hand at the Lowest Prices. Fancy Cards, Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Slates, &c. New Books Ordered at Lowest Prices. German or English Books of all kinds Bought for Cash ." Samuel Hensel Zahm, bookseller and sometime publisher, seems to have opened his bookshop in 1875 [see James Clegg, Directory of Second-hand Booksellers, 1891]. In the 1880s, Zahm was issuing catalogs, &c. WolfPac lists one Zahm imprint, a folio broadside (Our New Store.), ca. 1877. By 1903, the business had been sold to Samuel Auxer. The broadside offered here is not dated. Printed on card stock. 6.5" x 8". (more information)
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