London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1914. F. 338 pages + (4) + 24 pages of publisher's catalog at back, some unopened; Frank Harris (1856-1931) British writher, perhaps the most colorful figure in contemporary journalistic circles, an incorrigible liar, a vociferous boaster an unscrupulous adventurer and philanderer, with the aspect.....
New York: The Bibelot Brothers, 1901. F. 272 pages; seemingly a mystery story set in New York, with a lot of money, the Stock Exchange, a handless man and a romantic interest; Percy William Edward Hart (1870-1935) Canadian author; an OCLC search at time of cataloguing indicates 3 listings for.....
Leipzig: Christian Ernst Hoffmann, 1846. F. 324 pages; German language text throughout; George Hezekiel (Johann George Ludwig Hesekiel) 1819-1874 German journalist and author, novelist; this piece evidently concerning the iconic German legendary "Deutsche Michel' figure and the time of the Thirty Years War; with the small rubberstamp of Greifswald C......
Tubingae: Jo. Georgii Cotta, 1801. F. (4) + 146 pages; Latin text throughout; Karl Christoph Hofacker (1749-1793) Faculty of Law professor of some note at the Lutheran Tubingen Germany University; this essentially a dictionary or index of Latin legal terms; OCLC notes one copy, held at Huntington Library Ca.; previous.....
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1895. F. 714 pages + one page of publishers' announcements at back; tissue-guarded black and white frontispiece by C. De Grimm & other illustrations throughout; original publishers' cloth, decorative gilt spine and cover titles, bright and clean; slight edge and tips wear to binding; back.....
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1862. F. 80 + 39 pages; "Astraea..." being published in 1850, "...Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850"; Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) prolific American essayist, poet and long-time teacher, lecturer of anatomy at Harvard. (DAB), here stating in "Border Lines".....
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. F. 410 pages, index; large-paper issue; dark brick-red pebbled-cloth blind-stamped covered boards, beveled edges, gilt spine titles, all edges gilt; some shelfwear to bottom of boards, spine ends slightly worn; front endpaper has a short (3/4") closed tear, unobtrusive; faint line of discoloration on first.....
Kyoto, Japan: The Society for Publication of Wall Paintings in the Kondo Horyuji Monastery, 1951. F. Contents include 36 large size tipped-on plates printed on heavy stock (the portfolio is large, 24" x 18 1/2" size) in color and collotype, showing views and details from this temple, in Hansetsu, Yotsugiri.....
New York: D. Appleton, 1845. F. 177 pages + (14) pages of publishers announcements at back, with pagination numbers on half of the pages only; frontispiece engraving of a funeral procession, shrouded casket and pall-bearers, in a country scene, illustrated title page vignette of horse & covered wagon and a......
Paris: J. Hetzel & Cie. 189 pages; text in French throughout; marbled-paper covered boards, dark blue leather spine & corners, decorated gilt spine, gilt titles, top edge gilt; old silk ribbon-marker; binder's stamp of Brentano's Paris; leaves a bit browned; some edge, tips wear & rubbing to binding; good condition.....
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900. F. 157 pages; translated by William Archer; one of the series of the The Green Tree Library books by this publisher, designed by Henry McCarter, giving the list of additional titles as the frontispiece; small book, approximately 4 1/4" x 7"; printed by.....
Roma: Ernesto Richter. Large card 'Cartolina Gigantesca'; 7 3/8" x 9 3/4" size approximate; with photographers' titles below; no date but circa 1890s or early 20th century; sharp and clear, good delineation; a little mount paper residue on back corners; very good condition.
London: J. Pearson & Co. A large priced catalogue given to this subject, with 88 pages of text + approximately thesame number of pages of black and white illustrations of the books, bindings, facsimiles of pages of the catalogued items, including books of hours, manuscripts, collections of first editions of.....
London & Oxford: J. And C. Mozley, 6, Paternoster Row; and Parker, and Co., 1865. 3 volumes; not paginated, but hundreds of pages in each volume; Vol. I published in 1865, the second volume in 1870, Vol III with publication date of 1867; Christian religious instruction, disguised as novel or.....
London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1852. 432 + 288 pages; separate title pages for each novel, the latter dated 1850; George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860) British novelist and historical writer, DNB states "... the style of his romances parodied by Thackeray..."; bound in marbled paper covered boards, black leather spine, gilt.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. F. 191 pages + 8 pages of publisher's announcements at back; the story by Park Benjamin (1849-1922) son of the caustic editor and reporter of the same name, is interesting for its criticism of the U.S. Navy's lack of paying attention to innovation in.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of John Bright; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet; John Bright (1811- 1889) British politician, an outspoken supporter of the Union during the.....
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of John Walter, Esq., M.P.; lithographed from a photograph "...in the collection of Messrs. Barraud & Jerrard, of Gloucester Place, Portman Square."; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8" x 11" sheet approx. overall; John Walter (1818-1894) British newspaper.....
Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1944. 117 pages; language lessons, Hawiian-English vocabulary list at back; (From the Preface): "...It is the hope that such a reich language as Hawaiian, rich in expressions of feeling and emotion and beautiful in phraseology, may be perpetuated by all those who are interested in Hawaiiana...";.....
Mechanicville, N.Y. C.W. Hughes, 1905. Divided back postcard; used, with [190(6)?] cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
Baltimore: The Friedenwald Company, 1895. F. 93 pages; (from the Introduction): "...the Evangile aux Femmes is perhaps the most remarkable...this poem has never been lost sight of by the literary public of France...seems to have been a general favorite with the trouveurs and their jovial audiences..."; with information on authorship.....
New York: J.F. Taylor and Company, 1899. xxviii + 376 pages; limited edition # 17 of 350 copies; title page printed in red and black; with an Introduction by Maurice Kingsley; with the plates in two states, not called for; frontispiece not bound in, does not appear to have ever.....
London: MacMillan and Co., 1907. F. 91 pages, printed one side only; tissue guarded color frontispiece plate illustration by F.H. Townsend and with others by him in the text; (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) author, born in Bombay, wrote especially of the imperial race doing justice and upholding law, the two.....
Soldiers Field Boston Massachu: Baker Library Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1940. ix + 414 pages; index; Preface by Arthur H. Cole, Librarian, noting that "...The entries have been prepared in fuller style than is typical of the library short-title catalogue, since our purpose has been to indicate as.....
Harleyville, N.Y. Laidlaw & Wood, 1906. Undivided back postcard; used, with 1906 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
