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Original Book Jacket Cover for The Six-Gun Code Macaulay Company, New York, 1932.
Condition: Near Fine to Fine. fold marks, one corner darkening. Hardcover Dust jacket art by CED 19" x 7.5" tall
WESTERN FICTION VINTAGE5

1789. leather. Fair. The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality By Edward Young (1681–1765) 4"" X 7"" Tall, 408 pages Condition: Fair to Good, some distant owner stitched front and back boards back into spine. Medium foxing, two pages (317/18 & 319/20) with tears down middle and partly torn from spine, owners name Jane Ellen Esther penciled on inside of covers. Printed by John Mycall, for the proprietor of the Boston Book-store, North 59, Cornhill, Boston Date: 1789 (publication date on book)
""The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, better known simply as Night-Thoughts, is a long poem by Edward Young published in nine parts (or ""nights"") between 1742 and 1745. The poem is written in blank verse. It describes the poet's musings on death over a series of nine ""nights"" in which he ponders the loss of his wife and friends, and laments human frailties. The best-known line in the poem is the adage ""procrastination is the thief of time"", which is part… Read More

1787. leather. A New Latin/English Dictionary and A New English/Latin Dictionary 1787 by Rev. Mr. William Young Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: London Date and Numbering:1787 7th Edition. Size and Page Count: 5.25" X 8.25" Tall, 2.75" Thick
Condition:-Fair-, leather in poor condition, has been re-leather-backed in long past with the newer leather also with cracks and wear. Leather has lately been consolidated-preserved with Klucel-G. Papers inside in Good condition.
Writings on end papers front and back by pervious owners, examples Lyman Gilman's York February 24th, 1810 -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------
Title Page: A new Latin-English dictionary Containing all the words proper for reading the Classic Writers with the authorities subjoined to each word and phrase. To which is prefixed, a new English-Latin dictionary carefully compiled from the best authors in our language. Both parts greatly improved, beyond all the preceding works… Read More