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CHICAGO: FRANK V. IRISH, 1896 BEAUTIFUL AND EXCELLENT DETAILED BOOK ON AMERICAN AND BRITISH AUTHORS BY EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR FRANK V. IRISH. A GUIDE AND HELP IN THE PRIVATE STUDY OF THE BEST AUTHORS AND THEIR WRITINGS. DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE. 25 ILLUSTRATIONS OF AUTHORS AND HOMES. 60 AUTHORS, PREFACE, HINTS TO TEACHERS, INTRODUCTION, BIOS, INDEX, DETAIL EVALUATING, CLASSICS, BIBLE AS A CLASSIC, THOUGHTS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

DENVER: A.B. HIRSCHFELD PRESS, 1953 INTRODUCTION BY JIM BOND. GREAT PICTURE ON FRONT OF TABER WITH TYPEWRITER. THIS IS TABER'S FIRST BOOK, THE SECOND WAS RIFLEMAN IN AFRICA. TERRIFIC COLLECTORS ITEM FOR THE HUNTER, ENTHUSIAST, COLLECTOR. INFORMATION AND PICTURES ARE TREMENDOUS. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALLY TABER. NO OTHER MARKINGS. GREAT PHOTOS THROUGHOUT. THIRD EDITION, JANUARY 1953: 10,000 COPIES. VERY GOOD CONDITION, 1/4" SMALL PEN MARK ON FRONT COVER. WALLACE TABER IS A SPORTSMAN WHO MADE A LIVING DOING WHAT OTHERS DREAMED ABOUT. BORN A NATIVE SON OF CHICAGO IN 1915. WONDERFUL SECTION IN THE FRONT ABOUT HIS LIFE. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: D. H. MCBRIDE & CO., 1899 SISTER MARY ALPHONSA CORRY (1842-1916 ). VERY NICE FIRST EDITION. GRAY COVER WITH BLACK OUTLINE AND TITLE ON FRONT. SOME FADING ON COVER FROM AGE. ON PAGES 7-11 THERE ARE CORRESPONDING SMALL DROPS-4 ON EACH PAGE (THEY DO NOT EFFECT PRINT). VERY TIGHT AND CLEAN. NO MARKINGS. ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL ONE YEAR AT LAKE WONONA, WISCONSIN. BEAUTIFUL BOOK. TERRIFIC PIECE OF CATHOLIC LIFE AND HISTORY ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: WM. H. WISE & CO., INC., 1946 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, HEAVY WITH DETAILED EMBOSSING COVER, GOLD SOLDIER DESIGN OF ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN SCENES IN WAR HISTORY. VERY LIGHT WEAR FRONT AND BACK COVER.
TOLD BY THE GREAT ADMIRALS WHO SAILED THE FLEET FROM NORFOLK TO NORMANDY AND FROM THE GOLDEN GATE TO THE INLAND SEA.
FORMER OWNERS BOOK LABEL IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TREMENDOUS DETAIL AND PICTURES.
BINDING DESIGN USED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY U,S, MARINES, COAST GUARD, ACME NEWSPICTURES, PRESS ASSOCIATION, WIDE WORLD PHOTOS, INTERNATIONAL NES PHOTOS, BRITISH COMBINE, PLANET NEWS, BRITISH INFORMATION.
NICE INDEX IN BACK.
THANKS TO THE 3,500,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL SERVICESWHO MANNED BATTLE STATIONS FROM THE RHINE RIVER TO TOKYO BAY IN WORLD WAR II.
WONDERFUL BOOK DETAILING A MAJOR WAR IN HISTORY.
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PHILADELPHIA: HUBBARD BROTHERS, 1888 RARE BOOK, TERRIFIC PIECE OF HISTORY. GOOD SHAPE, WORN BUT STILL TIGHT AND VERY NICE ARTWORK. GREAT FOR THE COLLECTOR. THRILLING ADVENTURES, DARING DEEDS, HEROIC EXPLOITS, AND WONDERFUL ESCAPES OF SPIES AND SCOUTS, TOGETHERWITH THE SONGS, BALLADS, ANECDOTES, AND HUMOROUS INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. FORMER OWNERS NAME AND INSCRIPTION INSIDE FRONT. 9 ILLUSTRATIONS, NARRATIVES OF SPIES SCOUTS DETECTIVES, DARING ENTERPRISES OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN, INCIDENTS OF ARMY LIFE AND HOSPITAL, DEEDS OF HEROIC COURAGE AND SACRIFICE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1894 Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth (September 13, 1865 ¿ August 26, 1948) later changed her name to Maud Ballington Booth, was an Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America. She was born in Limpsfield, near Oxted, Surrey, England, the daughter of the local Anglican rector. One of three girls, she was a sister to bestselling romance novelist, Florence L. Barclay. The work of her parents in social issues led to Maud¿s interest for social welfare and social service. TERRIFIC BOOK, GREAT SHAPE, NO MARKINGS, DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT. FRONTISPIECE ARTWORK OF MISS BOOTH IN A PARIS CAFE. HISTORY AND WORKINGS OF THE SALVATION ARMY. GREAT BOOK. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BANTOM BOOKS, 1954 GREAT HISTORICAL FICTION WESTERN. COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. SMALL BURN MARK FRONT COVER. PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1954. A FULL BODIED NOVEL OF A FABULOUS YOUNG OUTLAW WHO SPLASHED THE SOUTHWEST WITH BLOOD AND VIOLENCE. GOOD PAPERBACK WITH AN INTERESTING ENTERTAINING STORY. Edwin Corle (May 7, 1906 June 11, 1956) was an American writer. His writing is noted for realistic portrayals of American Indian life in the early 20th century. After a brief stint at writing for radio, Corle began writing numerous short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. In 1934 his Mojave: A Book Of Stories was published. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1916 LIGHT COVER WITH BLACK, GREEN AND GRAY DESIGN. LIGHT WEAR. INSCRIPTION WHERE GIVEN AS A GIFT TO PREVIOUS OWNER. PICTURES THROUGHOUT THAT HELP ADD TO SCOTTISH HISTORY. TIGHT AND CLEAN. IONA ST. MARTIN'S CROSS PICTURE FRONTISPIECE. 25 CHAPTERS, CHRONOLOGICAL FRAME WORK OF SCOTLAND HISTORY. GREAT DETAIL INCLUDED. VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING FOR THE LOVER OF SCOTLAND. William Elliot Griffis (September 17, 1843 – February 5, 1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1928 WONDERFUL STORY PUBLISHED AND WRITTEN BY MR.BEAMISH. GREAT DETAIL AND INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH VERY NICE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT AND PLANE DESIGN SPINE, NICE ARTWORK AND DESIGN FRONT WITH PLANE AND TITLE, ART OF LINDBERGH LISTING CLEAN LIVING- PREPAREDNESS AND COURAGE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, PICTURES HELP TELL THE STORY. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 ¿ August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize¿making a nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. He covered the 33 1¿2-hour, 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km) alone in a single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. This was the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between… Read More

HARRISBURG: PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION, 1979 VERY NICE LOOKING BLUE COVER, GOLD INSIGNIA ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. WHITE PROTECTIVE COVER, BLUE PRINT, PICTURES OF THE MILITARY LEADERS AND WASHINGTON ON THE FRONT, LIGHTED FADED. BOOK IS VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT WITH NICE MAPS AND PICTURES INSIDE. GREAT COLLECTORS ITEM. FIRST PRINTING 1976. DECEMBER 19, 1777 TO JUNE 19, 1778. TERRIFIC BOOK. HIGHLIGHTS IN BACK, EVENTS, EPILOGUE, NOTES, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX. Valley Forge, Continental army encampment during the winter and spring of 1777¿1778, is situated on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, in Chester County, Pa., about twenty-five miles northwest of Philadelphia. After the American defeats at Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown and after the British had occupied Philadelphia (then the national capital), Gen. George Washington led 11,000 regular troops to Valley Forge to take up winter quarters. The site provided convenient access to key… Read More

BOSTON: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879 VERY GOOD CONDITION, GREEN COVER WUTH DESIGN ON FRONT, A MODERN CLASSIC, FRONTISPIECE PICTURE OF OLIVER CROMWELL. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TALES INCLUDED ARE A VIRTUOSO'S COLLECTION, AND OTHER TALES, AND LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE. FORMER OWNER NAME IN FRONT WITH DATE, LIGHT BROWNING ON EDGE OF PAGES, TIGHT BINDING, GREAT SHAPE. Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658), soldier and statesman, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1653-8). He began his career as a Member of the Long Parliament for Cambridge who returned to his native county when the English civil war broke out to raise a troop of horse against the king (see British civil wars). Until then his career had provided little clue of the greatness to come. A gentleman of modest means he had, around 1630, undergone a Calvinist conversion experience which transformed his life. Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804¿64), American man of letters, and author of two retellings of Greek legends for children, A… Read More

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1898 NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE DRWAING OF THACKERAY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY AUTHOR THROUGHOUT. MISS TICKLETOBY'S LECTURES, PAPERS BY THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR, MISC., VERSES, HISTORY FRNCH REVOLUTION, TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES, REMARKS, NOVELS, SKETCHES LONDON, ESSAYS, DINNER TIMMINS'S, CARICATURES. VERY ENTERTAINING BOOK WITH CONTRRIBUTIONS TO PUNCH. FOR THE THACKERAY LOVER. Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. From 1850, John Tenniel was the chief cartoon artist at the magazine for over 50 years. William Makepeace Thackeray ( 18 July 1811 24 December 1863) was an English novelist, author and illustrator, who… Read More

LONDON AND EDINBURGH: W. & R. CHAMBERS, LTD., 1897 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, CLEAN AND TIGHT, FROM LIBRARY OF WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE. A history, critical and biographical, of British Authors with specimens of their writings. Originally edited by Robert Chambers. Revised by Robert Carruthers. GREAT BOOK. Starting 1400 a.d. A very thorough listing. Such categories as Scottish Poets, Ballad Poetry, Prose, Dramatists, Theologians, Historians, Essayists, Novelists and others in different periods. ARTWORK in front of GOWER, CHAUCER, WYCLIFFE, GOVERDALE & TYNDALE. VOLUME I OF II. GOLD PRINT SPINE, SLIGHTLY WORN. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Boston: JAMES H. EARLE, 1880 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK LINES, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHTLY WORN. GOOD PICTURE OF JEWETT AS FRONTISPIECE. GREAT INTRODUCTION BY THAYER. BOOK TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS. DR. JEWETT AND TEMPERANCE REFORM. PHYSICIAN, ARTIST, CHEMIST, INVENTOR, TEACHER. INVOLVED AGAINST SLAVERY. PROHIBITION. GREAT BOOK. FROM BOYHOOD, PHYSICIAN, PIONEER, REBELLION, GUERRILLA WARFARE, CHILDREN, LECTURING, FAMILY, CHURCH, DEATH. A WONDERFUL LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Philadelphia, PA: HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY, 1911 ALTEMUS ANNAPOLIS SERIES. 16 PAGES OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN BACK. ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS. VERY NICE BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION. ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE ABOUT NAVY LIFE AT ANNAPOLIS. EXPERIENCE IN THE THIRD YEAR. HANCOCK PUBLISHED 4 BOOKS IN THE ANNAPOLIS SERIES AS FOLLOWS: The Annapolis Series"Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis" 1910, Altemus "Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis" 1911, Altemus "Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis" 1911, Altemus "Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis" 1911, Altemus HANCOCK WAS BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 1868 AND WROTE MOSTLY FOR BOYS TO GIVE THEM INTERESTING AND EXCITING BOOKS TO READ. Harrie Irving Hancock (1866?1922) was an American chemist and writer, mainly remembered as an author of children's literature and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as having written a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the United States. ANTIQUE… Read More

PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1963 DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY H. T. LOWE-PORTER. Paul Thomas Mann; 6 June 1875 ¿ 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist and 1929 Nobel laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. Doctor Faustus is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947. The story centers on the life and work of the (fictitious) composer Adrian Leverkühn; his extraordinary intellect and creativity as a young man mark him as destined for success, but Leverkühn desires true greatness. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Toronto, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, 1910 No date printed on book, but this poem was written by Kipling shortly after the death of King Edward VII in 1910. Kipling Eulogy.Unpaginated. Former owner name printed in front and owner library stamp in front. Purple book cover, gold print, design front, tight, 2 small pieces of paper tape between 2 pages, no markings, In back it indicates printed at the Edinburgh Press, 68 Old Bailey, London, E.C. Joseph Rudyard Kipling; 30 December 1865 ¿ 18 January 1936)[George Washington (February 22, 1732[b] – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as president of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which created and ratified the Constitution of the United States and… Read More

NEW YORK: The Macmillan Company, 1902 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, SOME WEAR ON SPINE, FORMER LIBRARY BOOK, NORMAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THE LIFE OF HAZLITT WITH GOOD DETAIL. 11 CHAPTERS; BIRTH, PARENTAGE, USA, WEM, COLERIDGE, LOUVRE, BOOKS, MARRIAGE, LONDON, STRIFE, LIFE, LECTURES, ESSAYS, TRAVELS, CHARACTER AND GENIUS. VERY INTERESTING BOOK. William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print. Augustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 20 November 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary… Read More

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909 ESSAYS CIVIL, MORAL, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATION. , FRONTISPIECE SIR THOMAS BROWNE PICTURE. FRANCIS BACON, JOHN MILTON, SIR THOMAS BROWNE. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.