(Paris: Les Bibliolatres de France, 1943).. 1943).. Very good. - Large octavo [11-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide]. 7 signatures are laid into printed gray wraps with a vignette of a printing press on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly bumped with a short tear to the bottom corner of the front wrap & a tiny stain to the rear wrap. There is a small piece out of the tail of the spine. 42 pages plus colophon, partially unopened. Illustrated in brown & cream with a portrait frontispiece, a title vignette & a head-piece & tail-piece by J. Pheulpin. Very good. Reprinted from the original 16... View More...
- 18mo, 6-5/8 inches high by 4 inches wide. Full contemporary brown calf with a gilt titled red leather label and floral decorations in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with wear to the edges and corners. The head of the spine is chipped with a small piece out adjacent to the rear joint. 518 & [5] pages, with decorative head & tail pieces and initials. An early owner's name is penned on the title page. There is occasional minor soiling and evidence of early worming to the front edge of the last 2 leaves of text, rear blank and endpaper. Good. The French... View More...
Paris, June 4th and June 5th, 1923.. 1923.. Fair. - Two letters by the U.S.'s unofficial representative to the Reparation Commission responding to James R. Barbour, the representative of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company. The first letter contains over 400 words typed on 2 pages of 10-5/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide buff paper, the first page of which is typed on "United States Unofficial Delegation Reparation Commission" stationery with the United States pictorial eagle logo embossed in blind at top left. In his letter Roland William Boyden writes that "I think there is no such record as yo... View More...
New York: Jul 18, 1916.. 1916.. Very good. - Approximately 107 words typed on a sheet of his personalized letterhead, 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide, and addressed to James B. Pond in New York City. Signed C. H. Boynton. Pond's red stamp Ans'd Jul 20 1918 appears in the top right corner of the letterhead. There is some light staining to the bottom right corner of the letter & the corners of the letter are lightly creased. Very good. It appears that lecture impresario James B. Pond has sought Boynton's help in contacting Russian Premier Alexander Kerensky who, Pond believes, is expected in... View More...
Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, (1919).. (1919).. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in red on the spine & in blind on the front cover. The binding is rubbed & bumped. xi & 417 pages. There is an owner's book label on the front pastedown & an ink name on the front endpaper. There is a small area of offsetting to 2 pages of the prelims. There are pencil underlinings in the text. 4 color plates, including a frontispiece with a printed tissue guard, full-page & double-page color maps & full- page & textual illustrations in black & white. Good.
- A sepia-toned original photograph of John Bright, approximately 3-1/2 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide. There is a small piece out of the top left corner of the photograph & its top right corner is slightly creased. Good. Together with JOHN BRIGHT'S AUTOGRAPH penned on a 1-3/8 inch high by 3 inch wide slip of paper mounted onto a very slightly larger sheet of stiff paper. Very good. John Bright's autograph together with a full-length portrait of Bright, seated, cross-legged, and wearing a dark suit and waistcoat with a black silk band around his neck. John Bright [1811-1889] was a British Ra... View More...
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1960).. (1960).. Very good. - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The top edges of the covers are slightly darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a tear to the top edge of the rear panel. The jacket spine is spotted with a stain near the head. 237 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Profuse illustrations in color and black & white from photographs by Edwin Smith. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Dust jacket present. View More...
- Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers with an illustration in black, white & red on the front cover reproduced from a Soviet war poster. The historic military war heroes Alexander Nevsky, Suvorov and Chapayez are depicted along with modern Soviet soldiers. There is minor foxing to the front cover. The rear cover is lightly soiled with creasing to the corners. 34 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. There is occasional light soiling & the corners of the last 2 leaves are creased. There is some pencil scribbling on page 33. Ve... View More...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are lightly bumped & chipped with soiling & small stains. The bottom half-inch of each wrap detached. 16 pages plus 5-page publisher's catalog. There are short tears to the top edges of 4 catalog pages with tiny creases to the bottom edges of 4 leaves. There is some light foxing & soiling. Good. View More...
- Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt within black rectangles on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Its rear panel is slightly soiled with a chip to its top edge. xv & 424 pages plus 8-page publisher's catalog. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First Modern Library edition with 370 books listed on the verso of the dust wrapper. There is an introduction by Hajo Holborn. Dust jacket present. View More...
- Quarto, [9-1/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Over 40 words penned on the verso of a folded sheet of creamy white paper within which is penned the correspondent's original letter emphasizing that Burdett should make an appearance in the neighborhood in support of his allies. In his reply, addressed "Dear White", Burdett expresses his conviction that he has no doubt that White is pleased with the result following Mainwairing's petition accusing Burdett of voter Fraud in the election to represent Middlesex. Burdett asks White "will you set to work immediately in your neighborhoo... View More...
- Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], soft cover bound in pictorial wraps titled in red & with a dramatic picture of a Soviet warrior after a poster by Klimashiny on the front cover. The top corners of the wraps are lightly creased. 34 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good. Among the contents of this Red Army Anniversary Issue are The Russians: Marching Song for 1943, a poem by Wytter Bynner, and tribute poems to the Red Army by John Gould Fletcher and William Rose Benet; and an exchange of letters between Ilya Ehrenburg and Pablo Neruda. View More...
- Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns' signature at the bottom left of a 3 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide clipping from an envelope. London Official Paid is stamped in red at top right above Miss Nicholson's address penned in an unknown hand. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto a larger sheet of heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good. The Irish-born British statesman Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl of Cairns (1819-1885) was a prominent Conservative statesman in the House of Lords. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain under Benjamin Disraeli. Cairns was the 17th ... View More...
- A few words boldly penned in black ink on a sheet of cream paper, 3-3/8 inches high by 7 inches wide. The paper has been mounted on a piece of card. Signed "Argyll / March 1869." The paper has been folded 4 times for mailing and there is some creasing to it from the mounting. Good. Argyll is sending a female correspondent his autograph.Scottish peer George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll [1823-1900] was a close associate of Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert. He served as Lord Privy Seal in Lord Aberdeen's cabinet [1852-1855] and then as Postmaster General in Lord Palmerston's first... View More...
September 21, 1905.. 1905.. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink filling both sides of a sheet of cream- colored 6-1/4 inch high by 4- 1/2 inch wide paper. Signed Argyll. There is some very minor soiling to the letter with a small area of light creasing to the top edge. There is an ink blot to one word on the first side. Folded once for mailing. Very good. Argyll writes about his wife's health: I am sorry to say that my wife is in a state of health which the Doctors say will become serious unless she stops exhausting functions. Winter journeying must be avoided as far as possible, so that m... View More...
NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1923.. 1923.. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on spine. The front joint is split along the top. Title, half-title, [v] pp., [1] l. & 157 pp. plus colophon. Good. Limited edition of 510 numbered copies with typography by Bruce Rogers.A bookseller's catalogue listing of the book is mounted on the rear pastedown.The twelfth century chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond recorded the achievements of Abbot Samson of the Monastery of St. Edmund in Edmunston. For Carlyle, the chronicle epitomized the virtues that modern England had lost. In the book, he first castigates... View More...
New York: George Routledge and Sons, circa [1888].. [1888].. Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth with paper labels on the spines. The bindings are lightly rubbed & bumped and the head & tails of the spines are lightly chipped. The labels are foxed with pieces out. 207 pages; 212 pages; and 240 pages. Vol. 2 is lightly cracked at p. 116. There are short tears to the front edges of 2 pages in Vol. 3. Good. View More...
Boston: Redding & Company, 8 State Street, 1852.. 1852.. Fair. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The wraps are bumped, chipped & soiled with staining to the top edge of the front wrap & a tear to its front edge. The spine has been repaired with white cloth tape which is chipped & torn. The lower half of the rear wrap is detached. 48 pages. The page corners are bumped. There is staining to the top edges of the first 2 leaves with light staining to the top corners of the pages & to the lower front edges of a few rear leaves. A fair reading copy. Carter contends that those Americ... View More...
19th Century. . Good. - Sir Edwin Chadwick's closing sentiments to education. Yours truly E. Chadwick penned on 1-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide creamy white paper. The letter s in yours is smudged. Once folded, the corners are clipped and the edges are darkened. The autograph was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants adhering to the edges of the verso. Good. The English social reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was a leader in reforming England's Poor Laws. A follower of the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Chadwick instituted major r... View More...
- sc A First Day Cover honoring Winston Churchill. The 3-5/8 inch high by 6-1/2 inch wide envelope is illustrated with a patriotic portrait along the left third honoring the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The envelope bears the 5 cent U.S. postage stamp which also bears a portrait of Churchill. Very good.
Addressed to pressman Fridolf Johnson at American Artist magazine. View More...
