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Washington DC: U.S. Congress. Senate, 1842. 8vo, pp. 15. Paper wraps. VG. An excerpt from the Congressional Record regarding an appeal for reparations by the widow of a man accused, but not convicted, of being an accomplice of Aaron Burr.

Washington DC: U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1940. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xxi, 16207-17599, viii. Dark blue cloth, three-quarter leather, stamped in gilt. Marbled edges. Illustrated wtih photographs, charts, diagrams. Cover somewhat worn at edges, but a VG tight copy.

Amherst, MA: Lynx House, 1981. First printing. 8vo, pp. 165. Paper wraps. Inscribed by the author to the poet Paul metcalf. VG. A novel.

Boston: West End House, 1981. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 178. Notes, appendix. With several photographs. Blue cloth. Edges and endpapers little spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and chipped dj. A history of the boys' club that developed in Boston's immigrant West End.

NY: Viking, 1955. Third printing. 8vo, pp. 382. Includes index. Cover little worn at edges, some writing erased from title, o/w VG.

NY: Creative Age Press, 1946. 8vo, pp. 322. Illustrated with photographs. Remnants of a bookplate on front pastedown, cover little worn and moisture-wrinkled, o/w VG. Biography of the jazz pianist and band leader.

Grenoble: Arthaud, 1950. First French trade edition. 8vo, pp. 460. Translated from English into French by Th. Sermorens. Paper wraps. Illustrated with photographs. A VG copy in chipped dj. A French edition of the novel set in the Alps.

Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, 1945. 8vo, pp. 479. Black cloth stamped in blue and gilt. Cover scuffed and little soiled, edges little spotted, o/w VG.

NY: Knopf, 1984. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 193. Gray cloth. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Edges little spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped and scuffed dj. A memoir by the actress.

Washington, DC: New Republic Books`, 1980. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 244. Illustrated with photographs of the musicians. Includes discography. A nice copy in chipped and scuffed dj. Twenty-four of jazz's most important practitioners speak for themselves.

NY: Knopf, 1977. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 244. Signed on blookplate by the author on flyleaf. A nice copy in slightly yellowed dj.

NY: Harcourt, Brace. 8vo, pp. 438. Appendices, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs, portraits, and music notation.Chart of compsers and their dates on endpapers. A text-book. Slightly spotted on edges, little scuffed at ends of spine, o/w a nice copy.

NY: Columbia University, 1948. First Edition. 8vo pp. xvi, 430.Bibliography, discography, index. Illustrated with music notation. Ex library with pocket and due slip removed; owner's name on title. VG.

NY: Knopf, 2001. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 501. Notes, index. Illustrated. A nice copy in dj. Ordinary household good provide an understanding of cultural encounter, frontier war, Revolutionary politics, life in early America.

Boston: Beacon, 1992. Second printing. 8vo, pp. xvii, 350. Sources, index. Donors' presentation on flyleaf. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in dj.

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 4to, pp. 132. With texts by Leslie Jones, Laura Hoptman, Beth Handler. Published to accompany an exhibition at MOMA, 1998-99. With 141 illustrations (82 in color). A nice copy in little torn dj.

NY: Appleton, 1897. Second edn. 4to, 158 + 124 full page photographic plates of carriages, harnesses and the like. Bound in rubbed 3/4 calf and suede. Front hinge tender, a little internal staining, o/w a very good tight copy. Name on front blank. Underhill was a judge at horse shows and here "treats directly the proper appointment of sporting and non-sporting vehicles ...

Phoenix AZ: United States Indian Service, 1946. Large 8vo, pp. 174. Further reading. Copiously illustrated with photographs and drawings. Paper wraps. Front cover beginning separated, covers creased, scuffed and somewhat soiled, o/w VG. Intended for schools.

Boston: Beacon, 1957. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xxi, 484. Bibliography, notes, index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover somewhat worn at edges, but a VG tight copy.

Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 165. Orange paper over boards printed in black, cloth spine. Front hinge beginning tender, cover worn at edges, two-inch tear at bottom of spine in front, o/w VG.