London: Printed for J. Johnson, opposite the Monument; and J. Curtis, in Fleet-Street, M. DCC. LXIII. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson, opposite the Monument; and J. Curtis, in Fleet-Street, M. DCC. LXIII. Date Published: 1763 Edition: 1st Binding: First edition. 5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inches, 153-388pp., plates..... More
Date Published: 1888-1942 Binding: Gertrude Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. Atherton was an early feminist well acquainted with the plight of women. She..... More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. Place Published: London Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode Date Published: 1843 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding BRITISH LEGAL ACTS RELATING TO CANADA Victoriae Reginae Anno Sexto and Septimo Cap LXXVI An act for giving effect to a treaty between her majesty and the United States of..... More
[London]: [George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty]. Place Published: [London] Publisher: [George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty] Date Published: 1851 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: BRITISH LEGAL ACTS RELATING TO CANADA 12" by 8", pages [613..... More
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. Place Published: London Publisher: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Date Published: 1851 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: BRITISH LEGAL ACTS RELATING TO CANADA Anno decimo Quarto & Decimo Quinto Victoriae Reginae An Act for the Settlement of the boundaries between the provinces..... More
Date Published: [1829] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 7-1/2 x 10 inch autograph manuscript signed, no place or date but 1829. Folds with minor tears and one small hole near signature but not affecting. Overall condition very good “…it is now the 23rd day of the ninth month 1829..... More
Date Published: 1879 - 1910 Binding: George Washington Cable was an American novelist and reformer being notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called “the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century,” as well..... More
Cooperstown, NY: H. And E. Phinney. Place Published: Cooperstown, NY Publisher: H. And E. Phinney Date Published: 1848 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover Third US edition. 2 volumes in one. xi, [13]-276pp., vi, [7]-248pp. [4 blanks]. Rebacked with new leather spine preserving original leather boards - worn corners. Gilt..... More
Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Port Folio magazine Date Published: 1814 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding December 1814, p.3, Port Folio magazine black stipple engraved print. Engraved by [David] Edwin. Paper: 5” x 8 1/2”. Image: 3 1/4” x 3 3/4” Some very minor offsetting from..... More
Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Port Folio magazine Date Published: 1814 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding July 1814 , p.399, Port Folio magazine black stipple engraved print. Engraving by Edwin from the portrait painting of James Wood. Paper: 5 1/8” x 8 1/4”. Image: 3 1/2”..... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1990 Binding: No binding & hard cover Walter D. Edmonds was an American novelist and author of children’s and historical novels, including his best-selling work, Drums Along the Mohawk in 1936. In 1942 he won a Newberry Medal for ''The Matchlock Gun,'' about a boy in..... More
Date Published: 1923 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) Engineer. Goethals is best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. 4 ½”x 3 inch sheet of paper, signed and dated Nov. 16, 1923. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer for..... More
Date Published: 1809 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE 1809 MASTER MASON MASONIC VELLUM CERTIFICATE. This original, 9.75" x 11" ornately Engraved and Printed on Vellum. August 12, 1809 (1809), Engraved "Master Mason" Masonic Certificate, Printed on Vellum, New York, Very Good condition including the original red seal, but..... More
Battle Creek: Review & Herald. Place Published: Battle Creek Publisher: Review & Herald Date Published: 1888 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 3rd Edition. 8 x 5 inches, xxv (1), [1]-508 pp. Illustrated, 16 plates including a portrait frontispiece. page after 508 has been removed with a small piece remain..... More
Washington DC: C. Francis Jenkins. Place Published: Washington DC Publisher: C. Francis Jenkins Date Published: [1923] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding "RADIOVISION" IMAGES ARE UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT IN SCIENCE & TV HISTORY Two original images transmitted in circa 1923 by “Radiovision” and his written and inscribed 1925 book, "Vision..... More
Date Published: [1940] Binding: No binding Gypsy Rose Lee was an actress, author, playwright and ecdysiast, famous for her burlesque act (she featured the tease in striptease). Gypsy had something about her, an approachable, self-deprecating demeanor aligned with a quiet self-certainty. She was perhaps the most singularly likeable stripper in..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the author of Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, and many poetry collections, Longfellow (1807-1882) was America’s greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He was also a translator, educator, and novelist. The collection consists of 52..... More
Loudon: John Moore, Samuel Piper and Nathaniel Hill. Place Published: Loudon Publisher: John Moore, Samuel Piper and Nathaniel Hill Date Published: 1801 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Unusual document of agreement between Trueworthy Palmer, father of Polly and Lieut. Richard Batchelder, father of William. Terms include: "...shall pay Polly..... More
Florida: The Norman Film Studios. Place Published: Florida Publisher: The Norman Film Studios Date Published: 1928 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding BLACK GOLD WAS AN "ALL COLORED CAST" SILENT FILM PRODUCED IN 1928. First US edition. 14 x 22 inches opened flat, (folded size 11 inches long and 3-1/2..... More
Date Published: 1907 Binding: No binding Superb bold signature and inspirational quote in Latin , penned on a 7 x 4 inches card, in full: "Robt. Peary, U.S.N. June 10, '07 'Inveniam viam aut faciam" ["I shall find my way or make one"]. The phrase has been attributed to Hannibal;..... More
Date Published: 1909 to 1941 Binding: Booth Tarkington was an American novelist, dramatist, and Pulitzer Prize winner. During the 1910s and 1920s, he was considered America’s greatest living author. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William..... More
Date Published: 1928-1970 Binding: TATE IS NOTED FOR HIS POEM "ODE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD" (Dec. 1926) Allen Tate (American poet, critic, essayist and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress). "Tate was a well-known man of letters from the American South, a central figure in the fields..... More
Date Published: 1936-[1950s] Binding: John Willard Toland (1912-2004) was an American writer and historian, best known for his best-selling biography of Adolf Hitler. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his history of World War II-era Japan entitled The Rising Sun. This collection includes approximately 400 pp..... More
London: Chapman & Hall. Place Published: London Publisher: Chapman & Hall Date Published: 1862 Edition: 1st & 2nd Editions Binding: Hard Cover Volume 1 - 1st UK Edition and Volume 2 - 2nd UK Edition. 2 volumes, mixed set. 5-1/2 inches x 8-1/2 inches. viii,[1]-467pp.(1) ; viii,[1]-494pp.(1). New very dark..... More
New York: James Watson Webb and Daniel E. Tylee. Place Published: New York Publisher: James Watson Webb and Daniel E. Tylee Date Published: 1837-38 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: 14 Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer newspapers. 1837; Nov. 24, Dec. 15. 1838; Jan 1838, Feb. 6, 16, 20, 23, 27..... More