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NY: Scribner's, 1950. Later edition of 1937. Small 8 Vo. Chipped, soiled dust jacket enclosed in mylar. 340 pgs incl index, footnotes in text. Liturgical origins and development to 1928. Bookplate, light foxing, ow a Good copy. No ISBN. Scarce!

NY: Sheldon & Company, 1872. 1st edition. 8Vo. Blind stamped decorative, red-orange cloth, black lettering, gilt spine title. 249 pgs, sub-title Fun Love Society & Satire. Illustrated with 200 photo etchings by Arthur Lumley (1837-1912) who was the first artist sent to the Army of the Potomac by Les

Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1986. 4To. Stiff card covers, French fold, 102 pgs limited to 1200 copies. A catalog to accompany an exhibit at the JCB to honor the 350th anniversary of the founding of Rhode Island. Numerous illustrations, 91 items,, mostly printed examples. Edges lightly rubbe

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1959. 8 Vo. Pub # 4375 0 Misc Collections, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 268 pgs. Journal of a cruise on the Brazils onboard US ship Delaware, 1841-1842 and notes onboard US schooner Enterprise, 1843. Illustrated, a Good+ copy. Slight soiling to edges, no markings.

Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dept of Labor and Industries, 1922. 8Vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, 121 pages incl bibliography, appendix. Fold out map. Photos, numerous charts, statistical tables, various historical essays. A few pencil check marks, ow a Good+ copy. Scarce! Not in Larson's Business History, Haskell, Mas

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. 1st edition. Small 4To. Large paper issue, no 132 of only 225 copies, signed by Phillips. Cloth spine, paper title label, blue hard boards. 526 pgs incl index to a large folding map in rear pocket, general index and appendices. Untrimmed edges, footnotes in text, numerous illu

Ely: Embers Hand Press, 1981. 8Vo. 12(2) pages, grey printed paper wrappers. First limited edition, this being number 133 of only 160 copies. Barcham green handmade paper. (No 79-160 on "Hayle" paper.) Cover paper handmade in the Auvergne by Richard de Bas. Tabor A-24. A fine copy.

(Haverford, PA): Privately Printed, April 15, 1946. 4To. Red cloth, gilt cover title, AEG, 80 pgs plus 16 pages blank with ruled lines for taking notes. Several illustrations including a handsome family chart with 17 small chromo coats of arms. Ancestry of Joseph Hudson Plumb, born Dec 1944, back to 1655 with

Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1933. 8Vo. Handsome brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration, 200 pgs, illustrated, definitions of technical terms. While legit in content, the author is really promoting his invention, "The Foot Pullmanizer". A Good+ copy, no markings. Scarce!

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Tall, thick 8vo. Dark red cloth, 476 pp. incl. index. Frontispiece portrait of Putnam. Scarce title! - Life and work of the founder of the great publishing house.