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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1929 Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] ¿ 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. GREAT BOOK, NICE LOOKING, IN GOOD CONDITION. BROWN COVER WITH NICE ENGRAVING FRONT AND GOLD INLAY. 36 PAGES IN THE FRONT ABOUT OLD ENGLISH BALLADS AND FOLK SONGS. THE PAGES OF NOTES IN THE BACK ON EACH ENTRY ARE INTERESTING AND PRICELESS. SOME PENCIL WRITING IN VERY FRONT AND BACK. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME IN INK. TERRIFIC! ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1897 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING LIGHT GREEN COVER. BLACK INK DESIGN FRONT, PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE FRONT IS FORMER OWNERS NAME. LIGHT PENCIL INSIDE BACK COVER 3 LINES. NICE INTRODUCTION. Macbeth, fully The Tragedy of Macbeth, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was probably first performed in 1606. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Macbeth is a Scottish general who has been fighting for King Duncan. Three witches tell Macbeth that he will become king of Scotland. Macbeth is spurred by his ambition and his wife, and he murders Duncan and accedes to the throne. His reign is bloody and tyrannical and ended by the combined forces of Scotland and England. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1925 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, TEXTURED COVER, GOLD SIGNATURE FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE IS PICTURE OF MONROE 1922. INDEX BACK. ILLUSTRATED AND DOCUMENTED. 10 CHAPTERS ON THE MENCKEN FAMILY AND LEGEND. EUROPE, AMERICA, CHILDHOOD, JOUNALISM, VENTURES, PHILOSOPHY, MAGAZINES, MISC., FORCE AND STYLE, DA CAPO. 27 ILLUSTRATIONS. WONDERFULLY DETAILED. Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial," also gained him attention. Isaac Goldberg (1887 July 14, 1938) was an American journalist, author, critic, translator, editor, publisher, and lecturer. Born in Boston to Jewish parents, he studied at Harvard University and received a BA… Read More

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1871 RARE BOOK, DARK GREEN COVERS, GOLD PRINT, FORMER OWNERS NAME FRONT 1871, TIGHT AND CLEAN, FOLDOUT IN BACK 11' X 13' OF TABLES OF CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINE. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. ABNORMAL MATTERS, EXAMINATION URINE, ANALYSIS, DETAILED URINE EXAMINATION. INFORMING AND EDUCATIONAL. Austin Flint II (March 28, 1836 September 21, 1915) was an American physician. He carried out extensive experimental investigations in human physiology and made several important discoveries. He assisted in establishing the glycogenic function of the liver; showed that one of the functions of the liver is to separate from the blood the cholesterin, which is a product of the nervous system. and which, becoming a constituent of the bile, is afterward converted into what he named "stercorin" (better known as coprosterol), the odorous principle of feces. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1897 RARE BOOK ON A PEASANT REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND 1381. GREAT HISTORY, VERY NICE BOOK. GREEN COVERBLACK, YELLOW, BLUE DESIGN FRONT WITH HORSE AND RIDER. SLIGHTLY FADED OUTSIDE, CLEAN AND TIGHT, GREEN PAGE EDGES, THICK PAGES, FORMER OWNERS NAME SIGNED INSIDE FRONT, SMALL WHITE SPOT INSIDE FRONT WHERE A STICKER WAS. NICE PIECE OF HISTORY. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 ¿ 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885). Walter "Wat" Tyler (died 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He marched a group of rebels from Canterbury to the capital to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. While the brief rebellion enjoyed… Read More

DAVID MCKAY COMPANY: PHILADELPHIA, 1931 BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK ON THIS PROTECTIVE COVER, YOUNG LADY WITH BASKET WALKING ON A SIDEWALK. BOOK HAS ORANGE COVER, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT, VERY NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNERS NAME SIGNED IN FRONT. CREOLE LAD HELD PRISONER ONA BRITISH MAN O WAR OF 1812, MARIE SISTER TRIES TO RESCUE AND IS CARRIED DOWN MISSISSIPPI. THEY FIND VALUABLE PIRATE PROPERTY. BOOK IS MADE FOR GIRLS 10-15. ACTION AND ADVENTURE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS, INC., 1908 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, RARE. LITHOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK ARE WONDERFUL. COLORFUL COVER AND BACK OF BOOK. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC NURSERY RHYME. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an English language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin. The nursery rhyme was first published by the Boston publishing firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon, as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, and was possibly inspired by an actual incident. As described in one of Hale's biographies: "Sarah began teaching young boys and girls in a small school not far from her home [in Newport, New Hampshire]. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1900 GREEN COVER, LIGHTLY WORN, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. STAMP OF FORMER OWNERS INITIALS INSIDE, OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
AN ENTERTAINING STORY ABOUT CHURCH, CHRIST AND RELATIONSHIPS.
Mary Mackay (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli, was an English novelist.
From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, she became the bestselling fiction-writer in England, citation needed her works largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism.
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LONDON, GLASGOW: GOWANS & GRAY, LTD., 1907 Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 ¿ between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school. SIXTY REORODUCTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, PRINCIPALLY BY F. HANFSTAENGL, AFFORDING EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK. RARE, NICE LOOKING LIGHT BLUE BOOK, SOME FADING IN THE COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. ADVERTISING FRONT AND BACK, FORMER OWNERS NAME AND DATE IN FRONT, TIGHT, VERY NICE PICTURES INSIDE, GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM FOR THE ART LOVER. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK, PRINTED AND BOUND IN JAPAN: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC., 1990 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH 110 PLATES IN FULL COLOR. FROM ARTWORK SHOWING GLASS BEING MADE TO WONDERFULLY DETAILED PICTURES OF GLASS PIECES CREATED IN COLOR FROM AROUND THE WORLD. NEAR FINE PROTECTIVE COVER AND BOOK ITSELF. CLEAN AND TIGHT, WITH THICK PAGES. LARGE HEAVY BOOK. Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was named Corning Glass Works until 1989. The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York dedicated to the art, history and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

CHICAGO: W.B. CONKEY COMPANY, 1901 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on a farm in Johnstown, Wisconsin, east of Janesville, the youngest of four children. The family soon moved north of Madison. She started writing poetry at a very early age, and was well known as a poet in her own state by the time she graduated from high school. A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is¿Is Best", suggesting an echo of Alexander Pope's "Whatever is, is right." Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include Poems of Passion and Solitude, which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.NICE LOOKING… Read More

NEW YORK: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1963 NICE LOOKING MAROON COLORED COVER. BLACK DESIGN WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT. EXCELLENT ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP VELLACOTT. 20 PAGES. NOTES IN THE BACK. THESE ARE THREE TRAGEDYS. PLAYS. Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened. Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy. The Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by the Athenian playwright Euripides, during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. Euripides (c. 480 ¿ 406 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some… Read More

PITTSBURGH: T. M. WALKER, 1909 LIGHT BROWN COVER, EDGES LEATHER, SOME DISCOLORING AND WEAR OUTSIDE EDGES.INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT. THREE PAGES LOOSE BUT IN GOOD SHAPE. DIVIDED INTO SONGS, HYMNS AND INSTRUMENTAL. FIRST FEW PAGES ABOUT fOSTER'S LIFE. FOSTER WAS BORN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, PA JULY 4, 1826. INDEX LISTED, SONGS WITH MUSIC THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE MUSIC LOVER. Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American composer and songwriter known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period . He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer", and many of his compositions remain popular… Read More

Chicago: A.C. MCCLUNG & CO., 1894 Translated from German by George P. Upton. From the series of TALES FROM FOREIGN LANDS. Several pages of ads in the back. NICE COVER, TIGHT WITH NO MARKINGS. VERY INTERESTING STORY. Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 28 October 1900), generally known as Max Müller, was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life. He was one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of comparative religion. Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. He also promoted the idea of a Turanian family of languages and Turanian people. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CHICAGO: A, C. MCCLURG & CO., 1894 GREEN COVER, SLIGHTLY WORN, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT,
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CONTAINED ARE PREFACE BY AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR. 8 CHAPTERS OF MEMORIES FIRST THROUGH LAST MEMORY. ESSAYS INCLUDING THEOLOGY, LITERATURE AND SOCIAL HABITS. A VERY TOUCHING TRUE STORY BROUGHT TO LIFE FROM LETTERS. A PIECE OF TWO PEOPLES LIFE BEING VERY INTERESTING. A LOVE STORY.
George Putnam Upton (1834 – 1919) was an American journalist and author. born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834. He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books.
Friedrich Max Müller (German; 6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born philologist and Orientalist,… Read More

NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895 RARE BOOK WITH GREAT DETAIL ON SOME OF THE TOP INVENTORS OF ALL TIME. DARK RED COVER, WORNON THE EDGES, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, FRONTISPIECE IS A PICTURE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. FRANJLIN, ROBERT FULTON, ELI WHITNEY, ELIAS HOWE, SAMUEL MORSE, CHARLES GOODYEAR, JOHN ERICSON, CYRUS MCCORMICK, THOMAS EDISON, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND SEVERAL OTHERS. Philip Gengembre Hubert, Sr., AIA, (August 20, 1830 November 15, 1911) was a French-American architect and founder of the New York City architectural firm Hubert & Pirsson (later Hubert, Pirsson, and Company, active from c. 1870 to 1888, and Hubert, Pirsson, and Haddick, active from 1888 to 1898) with James W. Pirsson (18331888). The firm produced many of the city's "Gilded Age" finest buildings, including hotels, churches and residences. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893 RARE BOOK WITH GREAT DETAIL ON SOME OF THE TOP INVENTORS OF ALL TIME. DARK RED COVER, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE, FORMER OWNERS NAME SIGNED TITLE PAGE 1893, FRONTISPIECE IS A PICTURE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. FRANJLIN, ROBERT FULTON, ELI WHITNEY, ELIAS HOWE, SAMUEL MORSE, CHARLES GOODYEAR, JOHN ERICSON, CYRUS MCCORMICK, THOMAS EDISON, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND SEVERAL OTHERS. Philip Gengembre Hubert, Sr., AIA, (August 20, 1830 November 15, 1911) was a French-American architect and founder of the New York City architectural firm Hubert & Pirsson (later Hubert, Pirsson, and Company, active from c. 1870 to 1888, and Hubert, Pirsson, and Haddick, active from 1888 to 1898) with James W. Pirsson (18331888). The firm produced many of the city's "Gilded Age" finest buildings, including hotels, churches and residences. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: A CHARIOT BOOK, 1960 NICE LOOKING COVER WITH SENSUOUS ART. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE, NO INYERNAL MARKINGS. A RECKLESS LOVER- A BOLD ADVENTURER- CAUGHT IN THE INTRIGUES OF THE WICKEDEST COURT IN HISTORY. PIETRO LUSTED FOR THE QUEEN. TERRIFIC VINTAGE EROTIC BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW JERSEY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911 Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850¿94), Scottish writer of adventure stories and travel essays, especially known for Treasure Island (1883) and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), both of which have become Western cultural icons. Over the course of his lifetime, Stevenson published three collections of tales. The title story of The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887) draws from Scottish lore. THIS BOOK HAS A TERRIFIC PICTURE OF STEVENSON AS THE FRONTISPIECE. NICE LOOKING, GOOD CONDITION OUTSIDE, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, ONLY MARKING IS FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE, SLIGHT TEAR OF PAPER ONLY WHERE FRONT COVER MEETS BOOK- STILL INTACT- GOOD SHAPE. NICE BOOK. ONE PAGE HAS 1/2" THUMB PIECE MISSING. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910 DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FORMER OWNER LABEL INSIDE FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. PICTURE STEVENSON FRONTISPIECE, FIVE OTHER STORIES INCLUDED. GREAT AUTHOR AND WONDERFUL STORIES. Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Jekyll Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll and Hyde. The novella follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde. The Merry Men" is a… Read More