Search Results: Authors starting with A from Caroliniana

Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1838. First Edition. 6.25 x 4", original brown cloth with gilt cover title, 69 pp. The first book by Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo, an early American woman author who edited The Rose of Sharon annual between 1840 and 1848. The book is a moral tale for children intended to "portray the loveliness of early piety," and taking place "along the banks of the Connecticut River". 1838 gift inscription to front endpaper. Covers discolored, wrinkled and faded, binding slightly loose, foxing to pages, small splits to cloth along spine.

Philadelphia: Printed by R. Bell, 1778. 8vo, disbound pamphlet, [2], 36 pp (Lacking four leaves at the end, including pages 37 to 42 of the appendix). A rare pamphlet calling for Quakers to support the Continental Congress and pay war taxes. Evans 15843, which notes that "This edition was bought up and suppressed by the Quakers, and only a few copies escaped destruction." Toning to pages, foxing to first and last leaf, some tearing along spine, bit of chipping to lower margin of title page, inscriptions to upper margin of title page.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. Early printing. Small 8vo, purple cloth, 287, [3] pp, yellow printed dust jacket. This copy belonged to longtime journalist and associated press correspondent John Koenig Jr, while he was serving in the Air Force in England during WWII (inscribed by him in 1943). Together with related ephemera laid in by Koenig--photocopied articles, a 1940s transcript of an article on London shrines, a 1924 promotional card for Ye Olde Tiget Tavern, and most interestingly, a mimeographed poem by Margaret Marshall, Sergeant in the Auxiliary Territorial Services, the women's branch of the British military during WWII. The poem discusses her internal pain and anxiety and is accompanied by a note--"Margaret is one of Suzannes friends, a lovely girl, she has found the Army life hard and difficult, she wrote this poem when she was very ill." A near fine copy with Koenig's bookplate to front pastedown, light page toning, in a very good jacket, with dust jacket spine toned, chipped at spine… Read More

New York: Henry Harrison, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 63 pp. Uncommon title by a New Jersey poet, wife of the headmaster at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Very good.

New York: Orange Judd Publishing Company, Inc, 1938. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering, 312 pp, illustrated. Toning and foxing to pages, wear and soiling to covers, a good copy.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1907. 8vo, maroon cloth, 240 pp. Third edition, first published in 1896. Inscribed and initialed to front endpaper in a hand quite similar to that of the author. Also bears the 1950s ownership inscription of Arthur Bleakley Chandler, a prominent Augusta, GA pathologist. According to the Royal College of Physicians, "Adami’s career gained a fresh impetus when in 1892 he was made Strathcona professor of pathology at McGill University, Montreal. Here, by his own original work, the organisation of his laboratories and his ability to attract and inspire students, he quickly made a name for himself and for his department. Of his own publications, an article on inflammation in Allbutt’s System of Medicine (1896) attracted particular attention." Fraying to spine ends, fading to spine, bit of wear to corners.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket. An excellent copy, fine in a fine jacket.

Savannah, Georgia: Chamber of Commerce, 1937. Large 8vo, green cloth with map onlay, xiv, 208 pp. A very good copy with mild foxing to pages and mild discoloration to covers, gift inscription to front endpaper.

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 182 pp. Memoir of the Fiat automobile heiress' upbringing during World War II Italy and after. Very good with bit of foxing to text block edges, ownership inscriptions to front endpaper.

Boston: The Ball Publishing Company, 1920. 4to, 320 pp, long folding portrait, black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Wear to corners and edges, mild soiling and slight fading to covers, toning and foxing to pages.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1914. Octavo, original brown cloth boards, titles to spine gilt, blind stamp design and titles to front cover, black and white illustrations throughout. A lovely vintage copy of this enduring tale of girlhood. Cloth with some light surface wear to boards and along spine, corners and ends of spine bumped, gilt a gilt dull to spine, else a lovely copy.

Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue and Company, 1910 to 1920. 8vo, 8 x 5.5", green cloth with black lettering, 419 pp, frontispiece illustration. An attractive vintage copy of this classic. In excellent condition with toning to pages.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1915. Octavo, original brown cloth boards, titles to spine gilt, blind stamp design and titles to front cover, black and white illustrations throughout. A lovely vintage copy of this tale of two young girls and a runaway dog and a boy from the circus. A beautiful copy with just a hint of bumping to spine ends and corners.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with illustrated dust jacket, 546 pp. Illustrated Junior Library edition with color and b/w illustrations by Louis Jambor. A wonderful vintage edition of this beloved story. A bright copy in the pictorial dust jacket that has large several inch chip to lower front edge, chips and tears to top edge, inche even chipping to top of spine end and shallow chipping and creasing to lower part of spine, creasing and closed tears to rear bottom edge and several inch chip to rear top edge.

London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, Circa 1950. 6 x 4", purple leatherette covers with gilt spine lettering, in the original purple slipcase. Part of the Collins library of classics. In excellent condition with wear to slipcase, owner inscription to front endpaper.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. Octavo, original purple pictorial covers. A wonderful vintage edition of this beloved story. Part of the publisher's Companion Library Series. Occasional spotting to pages, boards with light soiling, sticker residue to front top corner, mild sunning to spine, wear with some closed tears to ends of spine and corners, crease along spine, still a very fun and presntable vintage copy of this title.

Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Co, Circa 1930. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 489 pp, color frontispiece and three color plates. Toning to pages, mild discoloration to covers, fading, chipping, and tearing to dust jacket.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1909. Octavo, original green cloth boards, titles to spine gilt, blind stamp design and titles to front cover, black and white illustrations throughout. A lovely vintage copy of this enduring tale of girlhood. Cloth with some white splotches to covers and spine, spine ends with wear and corners lightly bumped else a lovely copy.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with illustrated dust jacket, 546 pp. Illustrated Junior Library edition with color and b/w illustrations by Louis Jambor. A wonderful vintage edition of this beloved story. Pages lightly toned, price clipped dust jacket with chipping to ends of spine, light chips along front edges, wear along fore-edge, a few short closed tears along edges.

New York : A.L. Burt Company, 1933. 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering, 424 pp, with the original pictorial dust jacket. Photoplay edition illustrated with four b/w stills from the film starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo. Toning to pages, discoloration to spine, chipping and soiling to jacket, owner inscription to front endpaper.