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New York: Appleton, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. 12mo. 98pp plus 10pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates).

Boston, MA: The Merrymount Press, 1921. First Edition (presumed). Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition (presumed). Wraps. Small owner ticket of Edith Guerrier (1870-1958), noted librarian and writer. After her mother's death, she settled with her mother's family in New Bedford, Mass. The family was active in the literary circle of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott and other major figures of the New England literary world. An important figure in the world of women and print. Six full page b/w photographic plates. Uncommon generally, rather scarce in the condition found here. Smith, Merrymount Bibliography, p209. Minor shelf/edge wear, discrete ownership ticket at bottom of title page (see below), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Cream paper wraps, black ink lettering and decorative elements, stitched binding. 12mo. 24pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1980. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Reprint of the 1937 second edition. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Volume I glossy taupe wraps, black lettering and decorative elements. Volume II glossy salmon wraps, black lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 292pp.;326pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Supplementary Notes (Vol. I & II). Chronological List of Specimens. Index.  .

Ireland, nd. First Printing. Very Good/Good. First Printing. Three uncommon postcards with engravings of the secret operation of 24-25 April, 1914, in Larne. "The Larne gun-running was a major gun smuggling operation organised in April 1914 in Ireland by Major Frederick H. Crawford and Captain Wilfrid Spender for the Ulster Unionist Council to equip the Ulster Volunteer Force. The operation involved the smuggling of almost 25,000 rifles and between 3 and 5 million rounds of ammunition from the German Empire, with the shipments landing in Larne, Donaghadee, and Bangor in the early hours between Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April 1914. The Larne gun-running may have been the first time in history that motor-vehicles were used "on a large scale for a military-purpose, and with striking success"." The true significance of the operation for the Unionist movement is debatable, but it remains a matter of pride and an example of heroism. It did provoke a response of more direct significance, when Erskine… Read More