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New York, (1930): Farrar & Rinehart. First Edition. Octavo. Presentation copy from the author to renown artist Oscar Strobel "For/Willa Mae and Oscar/Strobel-I have had this/first edition of my first book/especially bound, a small/ expression of my affection/of their friendship./Charles B. Driscoll/Feb, 1, 1944./Arizona." 19pp., color frontispiece, illustrated, bound in a striking gilt decorated black morocco decorated with a central ship each corner with a treasure chest, decorated in an art deco stylized lines, pictorial gilt spine depicting a ship, stars and at head a treasure chest, pictorial gilt morocco turn ins depicting skull and cross bones as well as pirate hats with pistols below, yellow and gray decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, signed binding by Spink & Gabore Inc. who also inscribed the rear free endpaper "that books might live!"/Spink & Gabore, Inc./Bookbinders. A fine and handsome copy housed in a black lined cloth covered slipcase. The story of treasure, romance and bloody…
Read More Une Muse et Sa Mere; Delphine Gay De Girardin and La Gloire Du Vicomte De Launay Delphine Gay De Girardin (Two Volumes, with ALS) by Malo, Henri - 1924
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Une Muse et Sa Mere; Delphine Gay De Girardin and La Gloire Du Vicomte De Launay Delphine Gay De Girardin (Two Volumes, with ALS)
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Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres , 1924. "Une Muse ..." published 1924, "La Gloire..." , in 1925. Malo's biography of the author Delphine Gay De Girardin, who wrote under the pen name Charles de Launay. Both volumes SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title pages to Eugene Lent, Lent's bookplate front paste downs. Additionally a 3 page ALS dated 1925 with mailing envelope tipped to half-title page of "La Gloire...". Eugene Lent was the long time friend of William Randolph Hearst, his companion on European travels, a fellow Harvard student and colleague on the "Harvard Lampoon" who went West with Hearst to work at the "San Francisco Examiner". Beautifully bound in black crushed morocco, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, marbled end pages with wide gilt dentelles, Near Fine, a few small scratches to rear cover of "Une Muse" and small rubs at spine ends of "La Gloire". Malo's signed works are uncommon, and together with the ALS and fine bindings the best copy of this work available. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.
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Doubloons, the Story of Buried Treasure (presentation copy)
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The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1819, volume 89
by URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
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1819 Napoleon Waterloo Defeat Herculaneum SLAVE TRADE Punishment Gentlemans MagThe Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This 1819 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
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· Samuel Johnson correspondence
· Ancient Roman ruins found in the Tiber
· On the punishment of slave traders and slave dealers
· On Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo
· Ruins and description of Herculaneum
· Egyptian mummy on display in Edinburgh
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URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1819, volume 89
London: printed by John Nichols, 1819. First edition.
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The Adventures of Superman
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1942 SUPERMAN 1ed Superhero Graphic Novel DC Comic Lowther Color Illustrated"When Superman came out, it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene. Superman is going to live forever."
― Jack Kirby, Comics Journal
Superman is one of the most popular fictional superheroes of all time, published by DC Comics. Superman appeared in various radio shows, newspaper comics, and eventually television and movie premiers. Because of his popularity, the name Superman has become synonymous with the American comic book. The book is the first novelization of a comic book character, and the first Superman story written by someone other than Jerry Siegel. It was Lowther who first provided many now-familiar details of Superman's birth and early life.
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The history of the Civil War in America comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin.
by ABBOTT, John S.C
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1867 CIVIL WAR History Abbott Illustrated Slavery Abe Lincoln Battle Maps RARE John S. C. Abbott' writing style "did much to popularize the reading of history."
– Dictionary of American Biography
"History of the Civil War in America" is an extremely useful account of the Civil War and was published in a time wherein it would have been read as news rather than history. Though well researched, the author makes use of colorful narrative style giving these more the feel of a popular account than a sober and authoritative text. Features events leading to the cause of the conflict through Lincoln's assassination in April of 1865 and with a final chapter on the results of the conflict as of the date of publication.
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The rime of the ancient mariner
by COLERIDGE, Samuel T
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1887 FOLIO Rime of Ancient Mariner Coleridge Gustave Dore & Paton Illustrated Known as one of the English Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. Coleridge's longest poem was 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. This poem was one of the most important poems written at the end of the 18th-century, as it was known to begin the shift from the Romantic period into the Modern period of English poetry. It describes the sea voyages of a sailor who experienced dangers, adventures, and even supernatural encounters!
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The rime of the ancient mariner
New York: Pollard & Moss, 1887.
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Oeuvres De Maitre Francois Rabelais
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Amsterdam. Henri Bordesius. 1725-1726 Mixed matching binding. Bound in full calfskin. Gilt tooled spine compartments with fleural motifs. 2 volumes with raised bands. Morocco labels. Marbled endsheets. 12mo (6.5" x 4"). An esteemed reprinting of the Le Duchat Edition ( 1711 ). Brunet 4; 1059 Illustrated with an engraved pictorial half-title page, frontis,3 folding engraved plates a folding map and various page decorations throughout. Covers and spines well rubbed. Several joints starting but all covers are firmly attatched. Several head pieces lacking. Several tiny insect holes to spine label of volume 1. Several plates lightly toned with one or two folding wrinkles. Map presents toning and marginal folding and one tear to lower quadrant.A Very Good, highly decorative eighteenth century set of this very desireable printing.Featured Sets.
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Nights with Uncle Remus
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Octavo. 367pp., illustrated in color and black & white by J.A. Shepherd, bound by Bayntun in full brown polished calf, boards double ruled in gilt, pictorial spine gilt, red and brown leather labels gilt, iner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A beautiful copy, fine.
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Tylney Hall
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London: A.H.Baily and Co., 83 Cornhill, 1834. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; xx, 288; 311; 308pp. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards (with light wear only), spines divided into five compartments by double gilt fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively, all page edges marbled, half titles present, small bookselller's and early ownership labels to front pastedowns, very minor loss to front pastedown of volume three probably through label removal, light creasing to first few pages of volume three, unobtrusive spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume, overall a very good clean copy. Hood's only novel was published the same year as the abolition of slavery and is centered on Walter Tyrell, born in St.Kitts and raised in Georgian society by Sir Mark Tyrell with all the trials and tribulations of racial prejudice this brings. An attractive copy in uncommon first edition of this…
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THE DALECARLIAN CONJURER'S DAY-BOOK
by De Chatelian, Clara
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London: B.M. Pickering, 1879. First edition. Wear to spine ends, raised bands and board corners; Remains of marking ribbon at head of spine; Bit of rippling to cloth of front board; Otherwise very good condition.. Limited to 150 copies; 7" x 5" half leather bound with gilt rules and emblems on the spine and raised bandsGilt leather edge rules on the covers and marbled page edges; 488 pages.
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La Reliure. Recherches historiques, techniques et biographiques sur la reliure française. Préface par Albert Labarre.
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Paris, Editions Filigranes, 1995. De-luxe edition. Loose sheets (319 pages) in portfolio with a separate album: "Reliures rares et curieuses conservées à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France" containing 20 photos pasted-on heavy paper. Two volumes together held in slipcase.This is copy number 167 of a limited edition of 250 copies.
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Une muse et sa mère: Delphine Gay de Girardin
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Paris: Eds. Emile-Paul Frères, 1924.- XI, 341 p.: Retrato Delphine Gay tras la portada y varias láminas más; 4º menor (20,5 x 14 cm); Intonso, con todas sus barbas; Texto en francés; Cartulina suave Ed..* Cubiertas algo ajadas. LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Livre en français
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Tan, Amy | Opposite of Fate, The | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a black leather binding with gold stamping and dust cover, signed by the author. Limited to one of 200.
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Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book
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The King of the Golden River
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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.
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Ikebana Arranging Images
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Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.
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The Mote in God's Eye: Easton Press Leather Edition
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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Brown leather boards with gold writing and images and raised bands on spine; embossed image of planet, sky, and tree in gold on front and back board. Novel not issued with dust jacket. Top corner of back board shows slight wear; top edges of pages show some spotting (see pic). This is a special Collector's Edition Easton Press printing (with white bookmark) bound in leather, illustrated by Bob Eggleton with an introduction by Charles Sheffield. Niven and Pournelle's classic science-fiction tale in a Very Fine copy. Hardcover, but no dust jacket, so novel cannot be protected by archival Mylar cover.
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