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New York: Thomas Whittaker Fifty-first edition, circa 1880s. 568 pages including index. Some soil and foxing to introduction section (perhaps first 10 pages), front and back pastedowns split. 2.5 inch section missing from top of exterior spine. Name and date 1890 on fep as well as pencilled price. Unmarked pages with very little tanning. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 2000. 8vo size trade paperback; 227 pages Back cover is unique to Proof with brief information on the book's publication. Fep is a letter from the publisher about the book and half title page also states book is a Proof. From back: "Tony Earley now gives us a luminous portrait of a 10-year-old boy growing up in the Depression-era town of Aliceville, N.C. with his widowed mother and her three bachelor brothers. As Jim takes the first tentative steps toward the bittersweet boundary marking the end of his childhood, Early masterfully explores his growing awareness of the complex adult world that shelters him, and captures the pleasures and fears of youth at a time when America itself was growing up and coming into its own." Edgewear, worn corners, light soil on back cover, small spot on outside pages. . Uncorrected Proof. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.

Signed (first name only) and inscribed on fep. 4to size paperback with photo illustrated covers; 286 pages with black and white photographs throughout. From back: "This book is an autobiographical compilation of letters written to my grandchildren over a period of five years. Accompanied by photos, it chronicles their early years, beginning with adoption at birth by two fathers, while recalling in parallel my own life as a child growing up in Turkey. The book goes on to describe my journey to the United States as the first international undergraduate student at Duke University, my marriage to a professor, and my adventurous life as the wife of a prolific artist. The story unfolds through my professional life... artistic director of Boston's annual New Year's Eve Celebration, First Night... and beginning anew as a travel writer." The covers are cut about an eighth of an inch too narrow and have very light wear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity… Read More

New York: Worldwide, 2018. 12mo size mass market paperback; 281 pages From back: "Liz McCall never thought she'd go into business with her dad, but when her father retires - and sinks his entire police pension into a vintage toyshop - Liz decides to manage the store. Someone needs to help her dad turn his dreams into reality - and keep him from sneaking off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY. But Liz's father goes from former police chief to prime suspect then a nervous man who was trying to have his antique toys appraised is found in the shop with a lawn dart through his chest..." Slightly cocked and creased spine; light wear to covers, creased bottom corner of front cover.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. Green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine and cover. Spine sunned and covered sunned to a lesser degree. 219 toned pages with some black and white illustrations. Pencilled price on fep. A biography of the British poet known for "Gather Ye Rosebuds" and others. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: W.A. Butterfield, 1914. 8vo maroon cloth bound hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine and cover. 258 toned pages with black and white illustrations include frontispiece of Byles. Contents include: Birth, Education, Journalistic Writings Ordination and First Marriage Events in Earlier Ministry Pastorate at Hollis Street Church Doctor Byles as a Poet Doctor Byles's Humour Dismissal from His Church Trial Before the Town Social Standing, Friendships Last Years The Byles Family Illustrations include: Dr. Mather Byles, Rev. Increase Mather, Rev. Cotton Mather, Hollis St. Church, Thomas Hollis, others. From page 1: "From the shadows of pre-Revolutionary Boston no single figure emerges in whom sympathetic historians find a greater variety of interest than in the Tory preacher, poet, and humourist, who appears commonly in our annals as the "famous" or "celebrated" Doctor Mather Byles. In days when religious discussion was acrid and local political feelings ran… Read More

Fancy Times, 2010. 12mo size paperback; 85 pages with color illustrated covers and black and white illustrations by Michael Kupperman. A modern abridgement. From book: "L.P. Eaves was the pseudonym under which Jack Pendarvis wrote his seventy class Jungle Geronimo adventures." Edgewear, creases to front cover. The last five or so pages have some wrinkling or textural change and three pages are creased at top corner. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kupperman, Michael. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972. 207 glossy pages to this ex-library book with usual treatments and jackets covered in mylar. Each species illustrated with full-color, full page photograph. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1927. Stated First Edition 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 255 deckle edged pages "with frontispiece in colour and illustrations in doubletone and 57 in line" Contents include: Italy Italian Furniture The Early and the High Renaissance The Late Renaissance The Baroque Age and its Sequel The Neo-Classic Age Spain Spanish Furniture The Renaissance The Baroque 17th Century The 18th Century Portugal Furniture Ex-library with typical treatments. Edgewear, wear and soil to boards, both hinges are cracked; toned pages with slightly darker margins. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1968. Introduction by Marlin Perkins Stated First Edition 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 156 pages with index. From index: "The bayou country of Louisiana is a wild kingdom still virtually untouched and unspoiled by human inroads. It is as fascinating and primeval a wilderness as any place on the North American continent today. Swimming in its waters, burrowing in its earth, climbing in its great trees and flying through its air is an incredible abundance of wildlife in a world of vibrant expectancy." Ex-library with typical treatments, many of which have been crossed out with black marker, a letter D for discard is written inside back cover. Bumped corners, two worn corners and bumped and worn head and heel of spine. Part of the jacket fold (the jacket is not present) was clipped and fixed to reverse of fep. . First. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cellini, Joseph. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Grove Press, 2001. In very good condition; appears to have never been opened, but does have some light soil to edges. 345 pages with section of black and white photographs. From back cover: "Neutral Buoyancy tells the history of undersea exploration and the emergence of diving culture, beginning with the sponge divers who Aristotle witnessed using iron cauldrons to hold air underwater in the fourth century BC through the development of today's sophisticated scuba gear. Along the way, journalist and diver Tim Ecott intersperses the stories of his own thrilling adventures, taking you from the waters of the South Pacific to the remote islands of the Seychelles, while recounting divers in the clear flowing tides of Sardinia and a near-death experience in the cold gray depths of the English Channel.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Wednesday Books, 2023. 8vo size trade paperback with illustrated front cover; 309 pages Covers are unique to proof with front cover stating Advance Readers' Edition and back cover stating Uncorrected Proof. Inside front cover is praise for the book. Back cover provides an overview of the book. Inside back cover provides details on the Marketing Campaign as well as a brief biography and small color photograph of the author. From back cover: "White-knuckling her way through high school with ADHD has left Tilly Twomley in a rut... The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants. Oliver Clark knows exactly what he wants. Even though navigating the world around him as an autistic teen can be difficult, his love of color theory has always been his bright connecting light... As the duo's neurodiverse connection grows, they learn that navigating a world not designed for them is so much better together..." Edgewear, creased front cover, one creased page corner. .… Read More

Boston: Christian Science Publishing, 2004. Very Rare Russian & English Bilingual Christian Science Book: 12mo size trade paperback; 693 bright, white pages. The English text is on one side, the Russian text on the opposite page. Bumped bottom of spine, edgewear, and some wrinkles on the spine (that are a production defect, not wear.) The book appears unread. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1961. One of the Adventures in Good Books Series. Includes ephemera four page pamphet in great condition, but we note small glue stain near back. Includes: Life of Caesar by Plutarch; Michelangelo Buonarroti by Giorgio Vasari; napoleon by Emil Ludwig; Madame Curie by Eve Curie & Mahatma Gandhi. 845 pages. Bumped head and heel of spine and light soil to covers; some very light soil to top and bottom. Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Beacon, 1994. Flat signed by author on blank page preceeding title page. 12mo size blue clothbound hardcover. 121 deckled edged pages. Royal purple endpapers and topstain. Attached blue ribbon bookmark. This is a special gift edition with a new preface by the author. From jacket: "(This) is a book to turn lives around, a wise and loving celebration of family, a tough and compassionate reminder to all of America that service to others is simply the rent we pay for living... (The author) shares with us in her new preface her pride in the struggles and accomplishments of her sons, her renewed commitment ot her own 'empty nest' marriage, and her faith in an America in which no child is left behind." Bumped head of spine, bookplate on fep.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Each of the "introducers" previously wrote biographies of Lytton Strachey 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 274 tanned pages From jacket: "...(a) selection of the best of Lytton Strachey's shorter writings - 'the essay was the form most congenial to Strachey's talents. His literary virtues were those of the miniaturist: close observation of detail, and exquisite care in its selection and presentation. The limits of the smaller canvas brought out his strengths - concision and precision.'... ...thirty of his best short pieces originally published between 1904 and 1913. Strachey's subjects range from Gibbon and Macaulay to Sarah Bernhardt; from Pope to Dostoievsky; from Boswell to Lady Hester Stanhope. There are wartime pieces, a childhood memoir, an analysis of Shakespeare's final period, and a memorable description of a day spent with Vanessa Bell, Ottoline Morrell, Duncan Grant, and others from the Bloomsbury colony. The selection also includes two… Read More

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009. 245 bright, white pages in great condition. Jacket has only minor handling wear. From back "An intriguing collection of medical detective stories, this book both entertains and meets the general need for medical knowledge. -- Stephen H. Zinner M.D." Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1936. First Edition. Blue cloth cover is quite sunned on spine. Gilt decorations on front cover with embossed titles. Thin band of soil across front cover. 591 rough cut toned pages. Color illustrated endpapers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1939. Blue cloth cover with orange titles spine and titles and decoration on cover. Endpapers are maps. 592 deckle edged toned pages. Lightly sunned and bumped head and heel of spine. Inscription on half title page. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Above the Timber Horizontal 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 60 beautiful, full color pages with glorious photographs in this photo essay showing Colorado's scenery reflected in its bodies of water. In very good condition with light wear to cover. Large color sticker inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edrinn, Roger. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.