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NY: Rinehart, 1948. 8vo, pp. xix, 478. Bibliography. Dark gray cloth. Edges of cover little bumped and scuffed, edges of leaves little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. Essays by Conrad Aiken, E. M. Forster, Ezra Pound, Mark Van Doren, Edmund Wilson, and many others.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1948. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 153. Frontis portrait.Orange cloth. Some underlining in text, a little spotting on edge, cover little worn at edges, o/w VG. Authors include Cleanth Brooks, Helen Gardner, Wolf Mankowitz, among others.

NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1953. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xi, 177. Appendix, indices. Ex library, pocket and bookplate removed. Some tape stains on endpapers, o/w a VG tight copy in lightly soiled dj.

Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts, 1969. Periodical. 8vo, pp. 204. Paper wraps. Bookplate inside the front cover. Cover and edges little spotted and soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. Includes poems by Barry Wallenstein, Gerard Mulligan, Samuel Kaplan, and Peter Klappert; Stories by Miriam Goldman, Nancy Willard, and Lucille Clifton; "The Gap," a play by Eugene Ionesco; reviews.

Paris, 1783. First French Edition (First published in Amsterdam in 1781). 12mo, pp. [iv], 272; [iv], 270. Bound with the half titles in modern boards and morocco label. Untrimmed with marginal paper repairs, wide margins (except for the final leaves in each volume). Generally a nice clean copy. Howes R-87; Sabin 68112. This is a description of the politics, economics and demographics of the English colonies in North America. The second volume is a reprint of Raynal's book on the American Revolution (first published in 1781). Raynal is sympathetic to the revolting colonies and criticizes the policy of the British government. A French historical and political writer, Raynal (1711-1796) was educated as a Jesuit before breaking with the order and becoming curate of St. Suplice in Paris. Rose suggests that this was a work "written in a liberal strain, but without much depth or accuracy. Its mistakes were exposed in a pamplet by Thomas Paine" (Lettre Adressee A L'Abbe Raynal, 1782).

NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1936. 4to, with 13 plates, many fold-out. Blue cloth. Cover somewhat spotted, some silverfish damage on plate 13, o/w VG in chipped dj. Charts of composers and musical history, arranged chronologically so that one can see the events of a particular period at a glance.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First Edition. 8vo, pages not numbered. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy. Political and social satire. This has the strips satirizing U. S. Senator John Warner and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor that caused the Virginia General Assembly to censure Trudeau.

Mast Yard, NH: Hayward, 1850. Broadside, 7 by 5-1/8 inches. VG. A recipe for the "manufacture of 1 cart load of Dodge Hayward's Land Dressing, Worm and Insect Killer.

Mast Yard, NH: Hayward, 1870. Single leaf.

NY: Orben, 1954. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 39. Paper wraps. A nice copy. One-liners.

NY: Frederick Warne, 1931. Reprint. 12mo, pp. 59. Illustrated in color and black and white by the author. Paper over boards. Cover scuffed at botom, top edges slightly spotted, slight foxing on endpapers, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat soiled dj with small tear at top front.

Evanston, IN: Northwestern University, 1970. First edn. 8vo, pp. 239. VG. A study of the genesis of Melville's fifth book.

NY: Stokes, 1938. First Edition. 8vo, pp 352. A fine copy in little nicked and worn dj (lacks a 1/2 inch square at the lower right of the frornt cover, little rubbed at the extremities of the spine, along the bottom edge of the cover), not price clipped. Generally very good, the book is quite clean. This a collection of stories, one of which was adapted into the film *Joe and Ethel Turp Visit the President*.

NY: Holt, 1944. First printing. 8vo, pp. 72. Cover slightly worn, o/w a VG tight copy. Poems.

NY: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1919. Sheet music. Small 4to; one sheet folded. Cover illustration in tan and black. VG.

NY: Atheneum, 1965. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 239. Index. Illustrated with photographs. Red cloth, with spine in blue; stamped in gilt. A nice copy.

Ivyland, PA: John Wagnewr, 1956. Acanthus. 8vo, pp. 104. Illustrated with drawings by 'Acanthus.' A nice copy in scuffed dj. All about tea: its history, properties, how to prepare it.

Easton PA: Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to, pp. 158. With 164 black-and-white photographs. A nice copy in chipped dj. Retrospective of the work of the commercial and freelance photographer.

NY: Frederick Warne, 1932. 12mo, pp. 85. Illustrated in color by the author. Paper over boards with applied picture on front. Cover faded and stained, little worn at edges, top edges of leaves little spotted ,front hinge loose. Good.

NY: Putnam's, 1933. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 364. Index. Rust cloth. A VG tight copy. A history of the city.