Description:
First edition hardcover. 1866, New York. Condition is Very Good: Library sticker on spine, pencil note on copyright page, no other library markings. Some pencil notes on front blank, none elsewhere. Occasional foxing in text. Binding is sound. Light general wear to boards. A nice copy of an uncommon book. Author aims to offend as many people as possible and succeeds. Paginates: blanks, frontis, 312, [2], blanks, plus 11 unpaginated plates. Extremely obscure item. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Author is brother of Samuel Comstock - infamous mutineer of the whaleship Globe. Such a lovely family. More notes: Satire aimed at (?) Charles Farrar Browne who was a humorist working under the name Artemus Ward. Browne (Ward) was reportedly a favorite of Abraham Lincoln. More notes: Most, but not all, first editions of this time period have the date on the title page and this copy does not. I have looked at WorldCat, online libraries and sale copies; I cannot locate any copy with a date…
Read More A Naturalist's Calendar with Observation in Various Branches of Natural History by White, Gilbert - 1795
by White, Gilbert
A Naturalist's Calendar with Observation in Various Branches of Natural History
by White, Gilbert
- Used
- good
- first
Printed for B and J. White, 1795. First edition. Leather Bound. Good. Leather bound First Edition. Leather worn, front board detached. Extracted from the papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. of Selborne. Selected by J. Aikin from White's unpublished papers written during the last years of his life. Color plate of a hybrid pheasant.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Leather Bound
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Publisher Printed for B and J. White
- Date Published 1795
- Keywords History;
More Photos
Betsey Jane Ward [Better-half to Artemus], Hur Book of Goaks (1866)(1st ed.)
by William Comstock
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$168.38
Show Details
Item Price
NZ$168.38
More Photos
I, ROBOT Grosset & Dunlap Custom Display Case with Rear Panel
by Isaac Asimov
- New
- Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Troup , Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$168.38
Show Details
Description:
Please note that the listing is for a Slipcase only. Contact Me for Custom Slipcases made to order. Each slipcase is individually hand made from the highest quality materials using time honored traditional techniques, and it is important to note that there are no acidic glues, resins, or epoxy mixes in their construction. Any paper and cloth products used are also acid free. Please note that this case has been designed to fit the 1st Edition / 1st Printing of the title and other copies are not guaranteed to fit. Specifications - 1st Edition 1st Printing Custom Slipcase - 1/4 Inch Moisture Resistant Customwood 300 gsm Textured Cardstock - Cloth lining - Titebond non-toxin original wood glue.. Slipcase Only. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slipcase.
Item Price
NZ$168.38
More Photos
Milton's Poetical Works. Volume I.
by John Milton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
NZ$200.37
Show Details
Description:
Tan calf spine and corners. Brown textured boards. Gilt banding on the spine with the title plate missing.First Volume of a two-volume set Milton's poetry was slow to see the light of day, at least under his name. His first published poem was "On Shakespeare" (1630), anonymously included in the Second Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays in 1632. An annotated copy of the First Folio has been suggested to contain marginal notes by Milton.[53] Milton collected his work in 1645 Poems during the excitement attending the possibility of establishing a new English government. The anonymous edition of Comus was published in 1637, and the publication of Lycidas in 1638 in Justa Edouardo King Naufrago was signed J. M. Otherwise. The 1645 collection was the only poetry of his to see print until Paradise Lost appeared in 1667.
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and… Read More
Item Price
NZ$200.37
More Photos
Turner's Early Sketchbooks. 1789 - 1802.
by Gerald Wilkinson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
NZ$187.72
Show Details
Description:
Original dust sheet. Green cloth with gilt title on the spine.One hundred and seventy-six early Turners, most in colour and reproduced for the first time, and 22 other reproductions.
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John Ruskin from 1840, and is today regarded as having elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, to a modest lower-middle-class family. He lived in London all his life, retaining his Cockney accent and assiduously avoiding the trappings of success and fame. A child prodigy, Turner studied at the Royal Academy of… Read More
Item Price
NZ$187.72
More Photos
Thorburn's Landscapes. John Southern.
by John Southern
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
NZ$208.81
Show Details
Description:
In the original dust sheet. Tan board with gilt title on the spine.The Major Natural History Paintings Southern,
John (Archibald Thorburn) Archibald Thorburn FZS (31 May 1860, Lasswade, Midlothian - 9 October 1935, Hascombe, Surrey) was a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife, painting mostly in watercolour. He regularly visited Scotland to sketch birds in the wild, his favourite haunt being the Forest of Gaick near Kingussie in Invernesshire. His widely reproduced images of British wildlife, with their evocative and dramatic backgrounds, are enjoyed as much today as they were by naturalists a century ago. Archibald was born at Viewfield House, Lasswade, Midlothian, the fifth son of Robert Thorburn (1818–1885), portrait miniaturist to Queen Victoria. His first education was at Dalkeith and in Edinburgh, after which he was sent to the newly founded St John's Wood School of Art in London. His stay there was only brief, since on the death of his father he sought the guidance of Joseph Wolf. It… Read More
Item Price
NZ$208.81
More Photos
The Grammar of Science
by Pearson, Karl
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 3rd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$168.38
Show Details
Description:
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. The provenence of this antiquarian volume is what makes this book unique. Pasted to the inside cover is the bookplate of Louis Agassiz Shaw, co-inventor (along with Philip Drinker) of the iron lung in 1928. 394 lightly tanned pages followed by several pages of publisher advertisements. Some rubbing wear to maroon cover. We noted some red pencil marks to equations on page 175. Some mild foxing to endpapers. A poor quality rubber cement repair has been made to inside cover and title page, so residue is visible on the seams of those pages and title page does not open flat. Shaw bookplate has caused a darkened area the shape of the bookplate, paste residue on bookplate. Small green stamp on fep, penciled price, penciled price on page v. Rubber cement residue on inside seem of back cover. Small blemish on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . 3rd. Cloth. Good/No…
Read More Item Price
NZ$168.38
More Photos
Clarke School and Its Alumni 1867-1947
by Williams, Alice Manning & John Blake
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$252.57
Show Details
Description:
Clarke School Alumni Association, 1947. Signed and inscribed by co-editors Alice Manning Williams and John Blake. Rare volume containing a history of the Clarke School for the Deaf, photographs and alumni information for this school for the deaf which offered high school preparatory and pre-vocational educational tracks. Illustrations on glossy black and white paper. Large section of alumni listings, many with checkmarks beside the name. Forward by editor Williams is an interesting snapshot in time: "For a certainty, fifteen alumni are divorced, though only four openly admitted it. All mention of divorces is accordingly omitted...the question "Are you married?" often provoked from the men the reply, "No, but I am looking for a wife." Unfortunately the editor is in no mood to serve as a matrimonial bureau..." Sunned spine and sunned bands across top of book. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong…
Read More Item Price
NZ$252.57
More Photos
Robert Herrick: The Last Elizabethan
by Mandel, Leon II
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$212.16
Show Details
Description:
Chicago: Argus Press, 1927. Unusual item. "This edition consists of 490 numbered copies and 17 copies lettered A to Q and signed by the author. This is number _________" This field would normally be filled in by hand and the book would then be signed by the author. This field is blank and the book is not signed, making it a very rare item. Brown hardcover boards have dark brown leather spine which extends about an inch and a half onto covers. Bright gilt titles and decoration on front on leather. 71 pages on handmade or heavy ivory laid paper. Sewn binding. From page 49 "The love element is the dominant feature in Herrick's poetry, and it suggests a most interesting question: Did the women of whom he sang really exist, or were they creatures of fancy? This has always been a problem, not only for the student of Herrick and his day, but for all lovers of poetry: for it animates the dispute as to whether a man can create, upon a foundation of unreality, a thing of real…
Read More Item Price
NZ$212.16
More Photos
The Knightly Soldier: A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp, Tenth Conn. Vols. - A Record of College, Field and Prison
by H. Clay Trumbull
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$210.48
Show Details
Description:
"THE KNIGHTLY SOLDIER" - A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp; Tenth Conn. Vols. by H. Clay Trumbull. 1865 1st Edition; Nichols and Noyes; Boston. "A Record of College, Field, and Prison." The book contains a frontispiece portrait of Camp, as well as 4 illustrated plates; also included is the "Description of Plates" sheet.From the Preface:"This book is not an attempt to prove that Henry Camp was brave, accomplished, and upright in all the course of his beautiful life here, or that he was fully prepared for the future to which God so early called him. It simply shows him as he was, grouping the memorial sketches of those who knew him best in the various relations of student, soldier, and Christian; with copious extracts from his own letters, written in all the freedom of family correspondence."The chapter are as follows:I. Childhood and SchooldaysII. College LifeIII. Teacher - Law-Student - SoldierIV. Roanoke and NewberneV. Camp-Life and CampaigningVI. The First Charleston ExpeditionVII. James Island…
Read More Item Price
NZ$210.48
More Photos
Holy Cross Church 60th Anniversary Cookbook
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$202.06
Show Details
Description:
Elyria, OH 8vo size softcover with large plastic spiral binding; 348 pages with separate recipe index. Original artwork for cover and divider pages by John Rodak. Recipes are "signed" with name of contributor, but there is no index of contributors. The book is typescript (you can see some errors and strikethroughs.) The separate index, also typescript appears to be a photocopy. Two folded pages of 8.5x11 inch white paper are folded in half widthwise and make up the eight-page index. It is tucked into the book. Contents include: Appetizers Breads Cakes Coffee Cakes Candy Canning-Preserves Cheese Snacks Cookies Cutout Cookies Fried Cookies Filled (Pastry) & Tarts Drop Cookies Molded Cookies Desserts Dips Dressings Frosting Meatless Dishes Meats Lamb Fish Pies Punch Rolls Salads Soups Vegetables Recipes include: Beef Olive Spread; Sauerkraut Balls; Cheese Blintzes; Buttermilk Cupcakes; Polish Babka; Polish Sweet Bread; Polish Paczki (Donuts); Braided Butter Loaf; Rich Kolachi;…
Read More Item Price
NZ$202.06
Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780373482474 / 0373482477
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Olive Hill, Kentucky, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$5.05
Show Details
Description:
Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
Item Price
NZ$5.05
More Photos
Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tempe, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$15.10
Show Details
Description:
1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
Item Price
NZ$15.10
More Photos
The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English
by Richards, I.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tempe, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$16.79
Show Details
Description:
1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
Item Price
NZ$16.79
More Photos
The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
by Becker, Ernest
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$16.84
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item Price
NZ$16.84
More Photos
More Than Forever
by McLean, Jay
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781505999471 / 1505999472
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$16.84
Show Details
Description:
2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
Item Price
NZ$16.84
More Photos
Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
by Marcus, Phillip
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780744009552 / 0744009553
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$16.84
Show Details
Description:
Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Item Price
NZ$16.84
More Photos
Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1906
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$30.31NZ$22.73Save NZ$4.50!
Show Details
Description:
Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
Item Price
NZ$30.31NZ$22.73
Save NZ$4.50
!
More Photos
A Million Miles from Boston
by Day, Karen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780385738996 / 0385738994
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$18.52
Show Details
Description:
2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
Read More Item Price
NZ$18.52
More Photos
A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
by Elizabeth Harrison
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 4th
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Garland, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$20.21
Show Details
Description:
A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
Item Price
NZ$20.21
More Photos
Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Book Club
- Jacket Condition
- Has Jacket
- Edition
- Book Club
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Decatur, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$25.26
Show Details
Description:
New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
Item Price
NZ$25.26