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Easthanptom: Adastra Press, 1994. 1st Editions, Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Six titles, 1994 - 1996, each in fine condition, Millrat slightly faded around edges. Each limited softcover edition, each apparently unused, unread.

Philadlepha: The General Council Publication House, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, light green cloth stamped in darker green, 64 pages, illustrated in duotone photographs. The history of Lutheran church in Paris, Eglise Saint-Jean, 147 Rue de Granelle. Printed to promote American and French Lutheran cooperation post World War 1. Fine copy Scarce.

Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third Edition. Gray Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dj. Minor crease down center of spine, edges slightly rubbed. Cover edges sharp with extremely lightly rubbed corners. Binding tight. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.

Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1978. First UK Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Clean copy. Not priceclipped. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.

New York: New York University Press, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Gilt title along spine. Text clean. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions.

Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey: London, 1795. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 19thc quarter-leather over marbleized boards, 516p, with binder's instructions and errata and addenda after table of contents. Dedicated "To the Female Sex"; Walker writes, "to enforce the equality of the sexes, some pages of this wrok have been devoted.in asserting the rights of women and on every other moral subject, I have spoken from the language of my heart." Fittingly, the inscription on the fee in old-fashioned script is to "Ann Hardacre from Rachel Endworth". Covers rubbed, leather modestly worn. Internals near fine.

London: Whittaker and Co, 1835. Presumed First Edition. Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles Spin. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Part I (Vol 1, 1835): Part the First, Containing an Inquiry into the Origin of Alphebetic Writing; with Which is Incorporated an Essay on the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. x + 378 + 3 foldout charts; Part II: (Vol 3, 1841): Part the Second, on the Propogation of Alphabets and Other Phonetic Systems Throughgout Eastern Asia; and on the Vast Inferiority of Ideagraphic Writing, as Displayed in Its effects Upon Human Learning. ix + 466. Original green cloth over boards, soiled, corners worn, spines tad sunned, contents clean, firmly bound. Scarce.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. Ivanowski, Sigismond. bound in cobalt cloth with beautiful stamped pictorial cover, spine a bit faded with some rubbing at the ends, binding tight, a small water stain to prelims, does not affect text.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor. COPY OWNED BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER WITH ALS FROM AUTHOR PRESENTING THE BOOK. First edition, large 4to, purple cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, aeg, with numerous, full page "illustrations of localities and scenes around Stratford Upon-Avon by the helioytype process". Disbound copy, covers worn, spine browned. With references in the text to Rev. Beecher's visit with his wife to Stratford on Avon in 1850, with a treatment of his observations thereof. Rev. Beecher's bookplate with his address of 82 Columbia St on the pastedown. The author James Walter, a Liverpool shipowner, is declared on the title page as Major of the Fourth Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, an organization that he founded. The Volunteer Movement in England took hold after an invasion scare in 1859. The volunteer units were composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the regular British Army. The Lancashire Artillery that Walter founded was one… Read More

Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1911. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Canadian edition of the trade edition with the Thorpe illustrations, on same British plates, printed by Constable in Edinburgh. Wide 8vo, green cloth, gilt pictorial and title front cover, gilt titles to spine, xvi (1) 166 (1). Plates mounted on heavy green stock w/ printed tissue guard. Trace of wear cover edges and corners, internals fine throughout, neat owner name ffe.

NY: Cornish Lamport, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Elaborate blind stamped brown cloth, front and back, gilt spine titles. Double, 2-tone chromo forntispieces with tissue guard. 240 pages. Edges and covers moderately worn. Intermittent foxing. Solid binding.

NY: Harper Collins, 1966. First Edition - Limited - Lettered Copy. Hardcover. Near Fine. 250 copies, this #250, signed by Warren. In slipcase a tad soiled, spine a wee rubbed, else near fine.

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. No.70/300 of a special printing of the first edition, signed by author.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No. 154/250 signed by author.

(Washington): (Washington National Monument Society), 1848. No Binding. Very Good. Certificate measures a little more than 6" x 12" as it matted and framed under glass, which has a total measure of about 10" x 15". The certificate is toned and executed by hand to Chas. L Smith acknowledged his contribution of $1.00 by Daniel Douglas, agent for Washington National Monument Society. Beneath are the facsimile signatures of eight prominent Americans who were part of the Washington National Monument Society appointed in 1935 to raise funds including Z(achary) Taylor, John Quincy Adams, and Danie Webster. Individual donations were initially limited to $1 per person per year, and donors received a certificate acknowledging their donation. On November 18, 1845, theWashington National Monument Society selected a design for the monument by Robert Mills, which is pictured on this certificate. The original design called for a 600-foot tall obelisk with a nearly flat top, surrounded by a colonnaded rotunda… Read More

Kansas City: The Lowell Press, 1930. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fine -/Very Good. Corners and spine ends very gently bumped. Title in decorative green label pasted on front cover. Edges sharp, text clean. Very slight crack at spine between pages 48-49, but binding still tight and firm. Dj with faded spine and edges, minor chipping to top spine end and top panel edges, small closed tear lower edge rear panel.

Newburyport: Printed by W. Barrett, 1796. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Local printing of second American edition, Original tree calf, missing leather over foot of spine for about half inch. Printed By W. Barrett in Newburyport (MA) for sale by Thomas and Andrews, 45 Newbury Street, Boston. With bookseller ticket on the pastedown for Thomas & Wimple at Market Square in Newburyport. Worn copy, hinges revealed still holding, 2/3rds of rear endpaper cut-off.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine copy all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.

London: Country Life 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first or early printing, and the first of what evolved as three volume series. undated, c1920, 4to, gilt-pressed green cloth, x, 224, (8) with index and publisher's list in rear. Lots of plans and diagrams and stunning b&w images of English country houses, exterior and interior, plainly showing the influence of Arts and Crafts in architectural design and home furnishings and decor, plus landscape. Cloth covers faded.

Little Bear Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. SIGNED BY WEBER on title page. As new. Books plainly signed (i.e without inscription) by Weber are rare, particularly the All American series.