Complete Inventory Listing for Roselle Public Library

Apuleius, Lucius. The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius. New York. Rarity Press. 1931. 282 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. "Translated out of Latin by William Adlington with an introduction by E. B. Osborn and illustrated in colour and black and white by Jean de Booschere." $5.00 Book #15 from , ,

Arendt, Hannah. On Revolution. New York. Viking Press. 1963. 343 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. First Edition, Lcccn: 63-8855 Cloth harcover of grey and beige, 21.5 x 15 cm. (app.) $10.00 Book #8B from , ,

Barnes, Albert. Barnes' Notes : Notes on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Baker Books. 1998. 5200 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Very Fine. No Jacket. 13 volumes of 14 Volume Set (missing Acts and Romans) of Barnes Notes on the Bible. Tan with Gold gilt lettering on the spine. All copies in excellent condition. Near new set. ISBN: 0801008492 $80.00 Book #25 from , ,

Beerbohm, Max. Zuleika Bobson : or An Oxford Love Story. New York. Heritage. 1960. 277 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Preface by Douglas Cleverdon and color illustrations by George Him. Grey cloth with black and white design and title in black slipcover. 16 x 29 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #60B from , ,

Blake, William. Poems of Wiliam Blake. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1973. 290 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by Aileen Ward with 12 attached color plates from Blakes illuminated books. Burgundy cloth with quarter black leather binding, with gilt title and embossed leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $90.00 Book #72B from , ,

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Amorous Fiammetta. New York. Rarity Press. 1931. 356 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. By the Author of "The Decameron." "Revised from the only English translation with an introduction by Edward Hutton." Privately printed. $20.00 Book #17 from , ,

Bond, Willliam. The Houghton Library : 1942 - 1967. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1967. 255 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. "A selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collection' with introduction by William H. Bond. Black cloth with gilt title on spine and embossed cover (lower edge water discolored). 27 x 38 cm (app.) $30.00 Book #61B from , ,

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Erye. London. Folio Society. 1965. 410 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Leather quarter binding with black and gilt title spine (worn) with green cloth coverboards in grey slipcase. Lithographs by Anthony Colbert. 15 x 23 cm. (app.) $10.00 Book #52B from , ,

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. London. Folio Society. 1964. 274 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Leather quarter binding (worn) with gilt and black design and burgundy cloth coverboards in grey slipcase. Lithographs by Charles Keeping. 15 x 23 cm. (app.) $15.00 Book #51B from , ,

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Casa Guidi Windows and Sonnets from the Portuguese. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1977. 130 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Two vol. set, edited and introductions by Julia Markus and William S. Peterson. Limited edition, No. 163 of 1000 copies. Light Green cloth hardcover with red and ivory fleur de lis liner pages and slipcase. 15.5 x 23 cm. (app.) $20.00 Book #11B from , ,

Browning, Robert. The Poems of Robert Browning. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1969. 299 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by C. Day Lewis , wood engravings by Peter Reddick. Ivory cloth with quarter blue leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #73B from , ,

Bullaty, Sonja. Sudek. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1978. 189 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Anna Farova. 76 Photograph plates in beige cloth HC with brown leather quarterbinding with yellow ribbon place mark. 27 x 28 cm (app.) $80.00 Book #19B from , ,

Bumgardner,, Georgia B. American Broadsides. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 130 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. "Sixty facsimiles dated 1680 to 1800 reproduced from originals in the American Antiquarian Society" selected and introduced by Georgia B. Bumgardner. Copy 163 of Limited edition of 1950, signed by editor. Cloth cover of brown and blue with slipcase with title plate (slightly waterdamaged) 27x37 cm. (app.) $60.00 Book #29B from , ,

Bumgardner, George. Novelle Cinque : Tales from the Veneto. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1974. 143 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by translator George H. Blumgardner. Number 163 if limted edition 1950 copies. "Illustrated with facsimiles from the 16th century manuscript" Burgundy cloth spine with gilt title and tan coverboards in tan slipcase. 18.5 x 26.5 cm (app.) $25.00 Book #55B from , ,

Burns, Robert. The Poems of Robert Burns. New York. Heritage. 1965. 191 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by DeLancey Ferguson and wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Green cloth spine with gilt title and design with brown and white floral coverboards in black slipcase. 16.5 x 26.5 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #57B from , ,

Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez. The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Barre, MA. The Imprint Society. 1972. 271 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by Fanny Bandelier, Introduction by John Francis Bannon, illustrated by Michael McCurdy, "with Oviedo's Version of the Lost Joint Report Presented to the Audienca of Santo Domingo, Translated by Gerald Theisen." Limited edition, no.163 of 1950, signed by artist. mustard colored with red leather quarter binding, illustrated and gilt lettering, in illustrated ivory slipcase (some wear). 15 x 21 cm (app.) $60.00 Book #21B from , ,

Campbell Company. Campbell Kids. None. None. 1930's. 12 pps. 8x10.5 ". First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. A dozen advertisement illustration plates depicting four Campbell Kids scenes: Valentine Mail; School Blackboard Lesson; Sliding Home (Baseball); Winter Skating Pond. In excellent condition, measuring 8x10.5", circa 1930-40's. $30.00 Book #21 from , ,

Cellini, Benvenuto. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. London. The Folio Society. 1966. 351 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by George Bull with 15 pages of photographs of Benvenuto's works.Burgundy cloth HC with gilt design and lettering in grey textured slipcase. 16 x 25 cm (app.) $15.00 Book #23B from , ,

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Cantebury Tales. London. The Folio Society. 1966. 592 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Translated into Modern English by Nevill Coghill, with woodcuts by Edna Whyte. Two vol. set, cloth hardcover with quarter leather spine in grey slipcover. 22 x 12.5 cm (app.) $25.00 Book #6B from , ,

Chekhov, Anton. Two Plays of Anton Chekhov. New York. Heritage. 1966. 153 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by Constance Garnett, with color illustrations by Lajos Szalay, and introducation by John Gielgud. Burgundy cloth cover with patterned slipcase, gilt lettering on cover and spine. 24 x 18 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #5B from , ,

Cooke, James Francis (editor). The Etude Music Magazine. Philadelphia. Theodore Presser Co.. 1944. 60 pps. magazine. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Vo. LXII, No. 9, September 1944. Music Magazine from 1944 with scores and articles. $5.00 Book #7 from , ,

Creasy, Sir Edward S. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. New York. The Limited Edition Club. 1969. 254 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Limited edition, number 1204 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator Joseph Domjan (B&W and colored woodcuts). Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Illustrated cloth hardcover in black titled slipcase (with some wear). 24.5 x 32 cm (app.) $70.00 Book #16B from , ,

Daudet, Alphonse. Tartarin of Tarascon. London. The Folio Society. 1968. 118 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated in charcoal and ochre lithographs by M. Lin-Desportes. Orange boards with decorative illustration, with gilt title on spine on black background, in grey slipcase, 21 X 14.5 cm. $15.00 Book #3B from , ,

de Balzac, Honore. Eugenie Grandet. New York. Heritage. 1961. 271 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by Ellen Marriage, introduction by Richard Aldington, illustrated by Rene be Sussan. Green cloth with ivory fleur de lis design in ivory slipcase. 17 x 26 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #54B from , ,

Defoe, Daniel. The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honorable Colonel Jack. London. The Folio Society. 1968. 320 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Wood engravings by John Lawrence. Illustrated, yellow cloth cover in black textured slipcase. 14 x 23 cm. (app.) $20.00 Book #4B from , ,

Di Bassi, Pietro Andrea. The Labors of Hercules. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 90 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated with facsimiles from the 15th century manuscript translated by w. Kenneth Thompson. Limited edition number 163 of 1950 copies. Ivory hardcover with gile title on spine in iveory slipcase. 19.5 x 28.5 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #12B from , ,

Donne, John. The Poems of John Donne. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1968. 198 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by Frank Kermode, wood engravings by Imre Reiner. Mustard colored cloth with burgundy quarter leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #79B from , ,

Esso Road Maps. War Map II: featuring The War Island and Fortress Europe. New York. Esso Marketers. 1940's. 0 pps. map. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. Folding map of world with Europe and North Africa on reverse, with changing boundaries of countries due to WWII since 1938 to about 1943. $5.00 Book #10 from , ,

Exposition Souvenirs, Inc (editor). New York World's Fair in Pictures. Long Island City, NY. Quality Art Novelty Co.. 1939. 48 pps. program. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Souvenir program from the 1939 World's Fair held in New York with 48 pages of B/W photographs. $20.00 Book #8 from , ,

F.E. Compton & Co. Compton's Picture Encyclopedia. Chicago. F.E. Compton & Co.. 1932. 4500 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Set of 15, A-Z, with colored plates in front of each section $80.00 Book #3 from , ,

Fielding, Henry. The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend Mr Abraham Adams. London. The Folio Society. 1967. 320 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Wood-engravings by Derrick Harris. Cloth hardcover with brown and white design with brown slipcase. 15 x 22.5 cm. (app.) $15.00 Book #9B from , ,

Fielding, Henry. The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. London. Folio Society. 1966. 187 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Wood-engravings by Frank Martin. Cloth cover with brown and white designand black and gilt letter spine title in slipcase (broken edge). 14.5 x 22.5 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #48B from , ,

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones : A Foundling. New York. Heritage. 1952. 778 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Color Illustrations by T. M. Cleland with introduction by Louis Kroneneberger. Marbled cover over beige cloth with gilt title spine in beige slipcase. 18 x 26 cm. (app.) $20.00 Book #56B from , ,

Forster, E. M. Howards End. London. Folio Soceity. 1973. 309 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Gilbert Phelps; drawings by Jennifer Campbell. Green cloth with gold and black designs in VG green slipcase. 15 x 23 cm (app.) $30.00 Book #69B from , ,

Frost, Robert. The Poetry of Robert Frost. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 607 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Copy 163 of limited edition of 1950 signed by designer, Rudolph Ruzicka. Two volumes edited by Edward Connery Lathem with attached frontispiece of relief portrait of author by Ruzicka.Brown cloth with paperboard designed and gilt lettering in beige good slipcase. 17 x 24 (app.) $60.00 Book #70B from , ,

Galsworthy, John. The Man of Property. New York. Heritage. 1964. 285 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh and illustrated by Charles Mozley. Illustrated cloth HC of beige with gilt lettered brown title box on spine, in chocolate slipcase. 19 x 27 cm (app.) $15.00 Book #27B from , ,

Gourmont, Remy de. The Natural Philosophy of Love. New York. Rarity Press. 1931. 183 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Translated with a postscript by Ezra Pound. Privately Printed. $5.00 Book #14 from , ,

Graves, Robert. Poems by Robert Graves. New York. Limited Editions Club. 1980. 144 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed and illustrated by Paul Hogarth, signed by Typographer Keith Freeman.Number 1204 of limited edition 2000 copies. Mustard cloth coverboards with orang and brown designs, with brown spine and gilt title. Still with waxpaper jacket inside designed and titled slipcase.18 x 26 cm. (app) $40.00 Book #53B from , ,

Grimmelshausen, Johann von. Mother Courage. London. Folio Society. 1965. 151 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by Walter Wallich, lift-ground drawings by Fritz Wegner. Beige cloth cover with navy illustration in blue slipcase (with broken edge). 14.5 x 21 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #49B from , ,

Grove Press. Fille de Joie. New York. Grove Press. 1967. 448 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. Collection of writings and illustration, violet cloth HC with gilt lettering and seal "Bon Pour Entree au Paradis 1" in photo illustrated dust jacket. 25 x 33 cm (app.) $35.00 Book #20B from , ,

Hale, Edward Everett. The Brick Moon. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 80 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy and introduction by Alden P. Johnson. Copy 163 of 1950 editions, signed by artist. Black and Beige cloth cover with gilt title on spione and telescope on cover in grey slipcase with illustrated title plate (slight fading). 18x27 cm (app.) $30.00 Book #33B from , ,

Halsband, Robert (ed.). The Spctator : Essays by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Others. London. Curwen Press. 1970. 302 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. "Selected, Edited, and Introduced by Robert Halsband and Illustrated by Lynton Lamb." Copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions for Limited Editions Club, signed by the artist. Green and yellow designed cloth cover with gilt title spine in brown slipcase with title spione plate. 19.5x28.5 cm (app.) $55.00 Book #36B from , ,

Harding, James. Earl of Chesterfield: Letters to His Son. London. The Folio Society. 1973. 201 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Selected, edited and introduced by James Harding, with wood-engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Cloth HC with red, black, and ivory oil marking with black spine and gilt title in light grey textured slipcase. 14 x 23 cm (app.) $15.00 Book #26B from , ,

Honeyman (ed.), A. Van Doren. New Jersey Archives: Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Somerville, N.J.. The Unionist-Gazette Association. 1924. 469 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. First Series, Vol.XXXII & XXXIII: Abstracts of Wills 1751-1760, Vol. II & IV. "Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc." Property stamp of Edward L. Whelan, Jr. Elizabeth, NJ. $40.00 Book #18 from , ,

Horne (ed.), Charles F. Source Records of the Great War, Vol I - VII. None. National Alumni, American Legion. 193. 3073 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Vol I: Causes ; Vol II: A.D.1914 ; Vol.III: A.D.1915 ; Vol.IV: A.D.1916 ; Vol.V: A.D.1917 ; Vol.VI: A.D.1918 ; VII: A.D.1919. "A Comprehensive and readable source record of the Wold's Great War. emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the actual words of the chief officials and most emininet leaders." Front plate "Certifies that Source Records of The Great War is issued strictly as a Registered Edition and that copy issued is to be registered in the name of its owner at National Headquarters of the American Legion, and certified in Volume i in this form." Registered in the Name of Herbert Eule and hand written inscription "Presented to Florence Ann Argast August 6, 1933." Fully indexed, with an "Official Summary of America's Part in the War." followed by maps and charts. $60.00 Book #19 from , ,

Hugo, Harold. The Boston Gazette. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1972. 200 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Boston Gazzette page images with introduction by Francis G. Walett.Limited edition number 163 of 1950 copies.Cloth cover of beige and orange with green and orange slipcase. 28x41 cm. (approx.) $55.00 Book #28B from , ,

Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. New York. Heritage. 1938. 1402 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. 5 volumes in 2 books. Translation by Lascelles Wraxall, introduction by Andre Maurois, illustrations by Lynd Ward. Minor sunning at spine of 1 book. Slipcases are very good with only a hint of rubbing. 16 x 25 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #45B from , ,

Hugo, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea. New York. Heritage. 1961. 578 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by Isabel Hapgood with introduction by Mathew Josephson, wood-engravings by Tranquillllo Maragoni. Green cloth with silver gilt title on spine (faded) and illustrated cover in silver slipcase. 17 x 25.5 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #59B from , ,

Ingraham, Joseph. Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790-92. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 248 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. "Illustrated with charts and drawings by the author. Edited, with notes and an introduction, by Mark D. Kaplananoff. Copy 163 of 1950, limited edition. Mustard cloth cover with grey illustrated boards in light gree slipcase (slightly water damaged). 18 x 27 cm (app.) $55.00 Book #42B from , ,

ingram, bruce (editor). The Illustrated London News: Coronation 1953 Queen Elizabeth II. London. The Illustrated London News & Sketch, Ltd. 1953. 68 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Depicts the Coronation of of Queen Elizabeth II containing articles,16 colored plates,and 594 portraits and illustrations. $10.00 Book #2 from , ,

James, Henry. The Ambassadors. New York. Heritage. 1963. 384 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Fine in Slipcase jacket. This book is bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine. Book is in a brown pebbled slipcase (Very Good). Illustrated with color plates by Leslie Saalberg, this is a decorative edition of James' classic novel that includes a preface written by the author. 384 pages; approx. 7"x10". $20.00 Book #24 from , ,

James , Henry. Daisy Miller. Cambridge, England. Limited Editions Club. 1969. 128 pps. 16mo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by John Holloway, illustrated with 10 water-colors by Gustave Nebel. Copy 1204 of 1500, limited edition, signed by artist. Red leather cover with gilt lettering and boxes on spine and cover, marbled paste downs, in burgundy slipcase. 12.5 x 18 cm (app.) $50.00 Book #44B from , ,

Jobe, Joseph. Extended Travels in Romantic America. Lausanne, Switzerland. Edita. 1966. 221 pps. 4to. First edition. Leatherbound. very good copy with no dust jacket. Reconstructed by accounts from European visitors to America in the 19th century, chosen and displayed by Joseph Jobe, translations by D.B. Tubbs. Red leather cover with gilt lettereing and design in green slipcase. International Book Society of Time-Life Books. 22 x 28.5 cm. (app.) $25.00 Book #14B from , ,

Johnson, Samuel. The History of Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia. London. Folio Society. 1975. 130 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Gilbert Phelps, color lithographs by Edward Bawden. Gilt title on black spine with cirle designed boards in yellow slipcase. 13.5x22 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #35B from , ,

Keats, John. The Poems of John Keats. Cambridge. Limited Editions. 1966. 337 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Selected, edited, and introduced by Aileen Ward. Illustrations from drawings by David Gentleman. This edition designed by John Dreyfus and printed by Brooke Crutchley at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Copy 1204 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. Bound in quarter red cowhide with black paper over boards. Title stamped in black and gold on the spine with a silhouette of the poet stamped in gold on the cover. Fine in a fine slipcase. 17 x 28 cm (app.) $80.00 Book #46B from , ,

Lamb, Charles. Charles Lamb: Essays. London. Time-Life Books. 1963. 181 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Edited with an introduction by Rosalind Vallance and John Hampden, with wood-engravings by Frank Martin. Black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and design in burgundy, testured slipcase. Second Impression, "binding design is based on a binding in the British Museum by Roger Payne dated about 1790-95." 15 x 22.5 cm. (app.) $20.00 Book #7B from , ,

Lanier, Sidney, ed. King Arthur. New York. Grosset & Dunlap. 1950. 282 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. 1993 printing of Sir Thoman Malory's classic with 5 color plates illustrated by Florian for the Illustrated Junior Library, with clear book jacket. Gift inscription on front page. $5.00 Book #23 from , ,

Long, Stephen K. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains. Barre MA. Imprint Society. 1972. 547 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Compiled by by Edwin James, Introductio by Howard R. Lamar, Illustrations by Samuel Seymour. Copy 163 of 1950 limited editions. Green cloth cover with brown gilt title box on spine in ivory slipcase illustrated with map. 16 x 25 cm (app.) $25.00 Book #41B from , ,

Lyon, G. F. The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Hecla. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1970. 297 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction and Illustrations by James A. Houston. Copy 63 of 1950 limited editions signed by artist.Grey cloth cover with black spine withGilt title and illustration and marbled inside boards in grey illustrated slipcase (slightly damaged on bottom).- 21.5x 30.5 cm (app.) $35.00 Book #38B from , ,

MacArthur, Douglas (speaker). General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's Report to Congress on RCA Victor Records. Camden, NJ. Radio Corp. of America. 1941. 0 pps. 3 records. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy in good dust jacket. Three records of General Douglas MacArthur's address to the Joint Meeting, Report to Congress, April 19, 1951. $20.00 Book #9 from , ,

McKenney, Thomas L. Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1972. 414 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. 29 illustration by James Otto Lewis. Copy 163 of 1950 limited editions. Green cloth cover with quarter spine of dark green with gilt title on spine. 18x26 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #37B from , ,

New Jersey Historical Society. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Newark, NJ. None. 1928 - 1967. 300 pps. 4to. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Quaterly Magazines (twenty-one in quantity), ranging from the year 1928 to 1967 (with gaps), printed in Newark, NJ. $50.00 Book #20 from , ,

no editor listed. Knickerbocker: or, New-York Monthly Magazine. New York. Peabody & Co.. 1833. 492 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. The New York monthly magazine, vol.II No. 1-6(July - December, 1833) bound in leather with exterior plate engraved for W. B. Goddard. Leather spine is worn. $30.00 Book #11 from , ,

no editor listed. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine Vol. XII. New York. Clark and Edson. 1838. 554 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. The New York monthly magazine, vol. XII No. 1-6 (July - December, 1838) bound in leather with exterior plate engraved for W. B. Goddard. Leather spine is worn. $30.00 Book #12 from , ,

Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. New York. Heritage. 1961. 269 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Howard Fast and illustrated by Lynd Ward. Linen cloth with red "flame" design and gilt lettering on navy blue spine in blue(faded) slipcase. 22 x 29 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #17B from , ,

Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail : Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. London. Folio Society. 1973. 309 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Martin Ridge ; Linocuts by Peter Pendrey. Brown cloth coverboards with orange pattern and gilt title in fine beige slipcase. 14 x 22 cm (app.) $25.00 Book #68B from , ,

Pilkington, J. G. The Confessions of St. Augustine. New York. Heritage. 1963. 296 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated by J.G. Pilkington with introduction by George N. Shuster, Illustrated with paintings by Edy Legrand. Cloth hardcover of auburn with gilt-lettered black title box on cover and spine with black slipcase. 21 x 27 cm (app.) $15.00 Book #18B from , ,

Plummer, John. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves. New York. George Braziller. NA. 359 pps. 12 mo.. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Fine harcover of beige with gilt coat of arms and title in black (slightly faded) slipcase, with illustrated plate on outside. "Reproduced from Illuminated Manuscript" and "Belonging to the Guennol Collection and the Pierpont Morgan Library." LCCN: 66-23096 21 x 15 cm (app.) $35.00 Book #1B from , ,

Plutarch. The Rise and Fall of Athens. London. Folio Society. 1967. 343 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Translated and introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert, wood-engravings by Raymon Hawthorn. Green cloth with brown gilt title on spine and medallion designs on cover in leather-look brown slipcase. 16 x 25 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #58B from , ,

Popular Mechanics. Home Mechanics Handbook No. 1. Chicago. Popular Mechanics Press. 1924. 90 pps. Handbook. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. "A compilation of 329 discoveries made by men and women everywhere. Jobs that come up about the home, both in the house and outside, are made easier by the devices and methods so clearly described in this book." A 1924 Home Mechanics guide published by Popular Mechanics Press. $5.00 Book #5 from , ,

Porter, Jonathan. Eliot Porter : The Color of Wildness. New York. Aperture. 2001. 149 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. ISBN ; 0-89381-950-6 Essays by John Rohbach , Rebecca Solnit and memoir by Jonathan Porter. Beige cloth coverboards with silver gilt tiel on spine in fine dust jacket. 27 x 35 cm (app.) $40.00 Book #62B from , ,

Prevost, Abbe. Monon Lescaut. New York. Rarity Press. 1931. 197 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. "Translated from the French of the Abbe Prevost by D.C. Moylan with eleven Illustrations by Alastair and an introduction by Arthur Symons." Privately Printed. $10.00 Book #16 from , ,

Prown, Jules David. American Painting : From the Colonial Period to the Present. New York. Rizzoli International. 1977. 276 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. ISBN : 0-8478-0049-0 . Introduction by John Walker, text by Jules David Prown and Barbara Rose with 139 reproductions as attached plates.Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and cover in good dust jacket. 25.5 x 34.5 cm (app.) $80.00 Book #64B from , ,

Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey. The 1950 Scarlet Letter. New York. The Comet Press. 1950. 296 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Rutgers University 1950 Yearbook Limited Edition - 3,800 copies. $5.00 Book #1 from , ,

Sassoon,, Siegfried. Sherston's Progress. London. Folio Society. 1974. 171 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Drawings by John Lawrence, Illustrated cloth cover with tan slipcase, 14 X 21 cm (app.) $30.00 Book #2B from , ,

Scott, Sir Walter. Waverly or: 'Tis Sixty Years Since. New York. Heritage. 1961. 447 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. "These volumes being respectfully inscribed to our Scottish Addison Henry Mackenzie by an unknown Admirere of his genius." Cloth HC with gilt title on spine, with burnt orange boards with royal design in slipcase of same. 17 x 25.5 cm (app.) $15.00 Book #24B from , ,

Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1967. 297 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by Peter Alexander, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Rust colored cloth with brown quarter leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #78B from , ,

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1971. 312 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by Stephen Spender, wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. Rust colored cloth with brown quarter leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #76B from , ,

skinn, dez (editor). House of Hammer, The. London. Top Sellers Ltd.. 1977. 51 pps. comic book. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. British comic book depicting the film "One Million Years B.C." in comic form, also includes interview with John Carradine. The House of Hammer Vo.2, No.2, November 1977 $8.00 Book #6 from , ,

Standard Oil Company of New York. Know Your Car: A Primer of Automobile Lubrication. New York. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1927. 40 pps. booklet. First edition. Softcover. ex-libris copy with no dust jacket. Publication from Standard Oil Co. of New York explaining the inside mechanics and maintenance, especially lubrication, needed for their 1927 automobile models. $10.00 Book #4 from , ,

Stedman, J. G. Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 480 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. 2 Volumes ; Introduction and notes by Rudolf van Lier Copy 163 of 1950 limited edition, signed by Rudolf van Lier. bloth cloth cover with marbled boards with spine title plate in blue cloth and marbled slipcase. 21 x 27 cm (app.) $40.00 Book #40B from , ,

Stendhal. The Red and the Black. New York. Heritage. 1954. 450 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Translated by C.K. Scott-Moncrieff; introduction by Hamilton Basso; illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Red and black designed cover boards in black slipcase. 18 x 26.5 cm (app.) $10.00 Book #66B from , ,

Stewart, Gail. The Cabint of Natural History and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1973. 150 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Three volumes first publishd in 1830 ; Fifty-six plates, twelve full color, of flora and fauna by C.W. Peale. Copy 163 of 1950 limited editions. Green and Mustard cloth cover with mustard and black slipcase with title plate. 22.5x30 cm. (app) $20.00 Book #31B from , ,

Tarkington, Booth. Monsieur Beaucaire. New York. Heritage. 1961. 121 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated by T.M. Cleland; Preface by J. Donald Adams. Burgundy and gilt coverboards in patterned VG slipcase. 15.5 x 21.5 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #67B from , ,

Tennyson, Alfred. The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Cambridge. Limited Edtitions Club. 1974. 285 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by John D. Rosenberg , wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Auburn cloth with quarter burgundy leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #75B from , ,

Thoreau, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods. New York. Heritage. 1939. 336 pps. 12mo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Cloth hardcover with green and ivory illustrated boards in green slipcase. 13.5 x 20. cm. (app.) $15.00 Book #10B from , ,

Thoreau, Henry David. Cape Cod. Portland, Maine. Limited Editions Club. 1968. 216 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in good dust jacket. Signed by illustrator, R.J. Holden.Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. Limited edition number 1204 of 15000 copies made for Limited Editions Club, NY. Illustrated hardcover with wax-paper dust jacket in light green titled slipcover. 18.5 x 26.5 cm. (app.) $25.00 Book #15B from , ,

Thoreau, Henry David. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Barre, MA. The Limited Editions Club. 1975. 327 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in good dust jacket. Introduction by Charles R. Anderson, illustrations by R. J. Holden. Signed by the illustrator, a limited edition no. 1204 of 2000 copies. Green cloth HC with oil-marked boards and gilt lettering on black titles box on spine in black slipcase (slight water damage). $80.00 Book #22B from , ,

Trollope, Mrs. Domestic Manners of the Americans. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1969. 328 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. With frontispiece a restrike of original 1833 copper engraving by David Calypoole Johnston and bound inset of his illustrations. Signed and introduced by James E. Mooney. Copy 163 of 1950 limited edition. brown cloth cover with black and gilt spine title in black slipcase.18x24.5 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #34B from , ,

Warre, Henry J. Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1970. 71 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Archibald Hanna, Jr. Copy 163 of 1950 limited editions. Ivory cloth cover with orange cover and spine gilt title boxes in green slipcase with title plate (slightly warped). 28.5 x 22 cm (app.) $30.00 Book #39B from , ,

Wechsler, Herman J. Great Prints and Printmakers. Bentveld, Netherlands. Harry N. Abrams. 1967. 244 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. 100 reproduction plates. Grey cloth with gilt title and black illustration on cover in clear plastic dust jacket. 25 x 33 cm (app.) $60.00 Book #65B from , ,

Willis, N.P. American Scenery. Barre, MA. Imprint Society. 1971. 362 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. "With 121 steelplate engravings from drawings by W.H. Bartlett. Copy 163 of limited edition. cloth cover of ivory spine with gilt titleland burgundy illustration on cover and burgundy slipcase (with slight damage). 22x28 cm (app.) $60.00 Book #32B from , ,

Wister, Owen. The Virginian : A Horseman of the Plains. New York. Heritage. 1951. 437 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Introduction by Struthers Burt, illustrated by William Moyers. Beige cloth coverboards with browna and gilt illustration and title in brown textured slipcase. 18 x 24.5 cm (app.) $20.00 Book #71B from , ,

Wordsworth, William. The Poems of William Wordsworth. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1973. 259 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 2000 limited editions. Edited and introduced by Jonathan Wordworth, illustrated by John O'Connor. Mustard colored cloth with light brown quarter leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #77B from , ,

Wyss, Johann. The Swiss Family Robinson. New York. Heritage. 1963. 354 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Illustrated with engravings by David Gentleman. Cloth hardcover with ivory boards with orange, green, gold designs in gold slipcover. 19 x 27 cm. (app.) $15.00 Book #13B from , ,

Yeats, W.B. The Poems of W.B. Yeats. Cambridge. Limited Editions Club. 1970. 135 pps. 8vo. First edition. Leatherbound. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator, copy 1204 of 1500 limited editions. Edited and introduced by William York Tindall , drawings by Robin Jacques. Olive green cloth with quarter green leather binding, with gilt title and embossed black leather portrait of author on cover, in black VG slipcase. 17.5 x 28 cm (app.) $100.00 Book #74B from , ,

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