Plaul, Hainer.

ILLUSTRIERTE GESCHICHTE DER TRIVIAL-LITERATUR.

(Leipzig): Edition Leipzig, (1983). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket, paper slip case. 263 pages. First edition. Hainer Plaul provides an illustrated history of German popular literature. Plaul arranged his discussion according to literary genres: sentimental literature, erotic literature, etc. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Bibliography at rear. In German. Dust cover lightly rubbed at top and bottom of spine. READ MORE about ILLUSTRIERTE GESCHICHTE DER TRIVIAL-LITERATUR

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(Poetry). Broderick, John C. (foreword).

A KEEPSAKE ANTHOLOGY OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE CONSULTANTSHIP IN POETRY.

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1987. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 44 pages. A compilation of poems read at the Coolidge Auditorium by the Consultants in Poetry in English to the Library of Congress. Contains black-and-white photographs of each consultant. Laid-in is a program card. READ MORE about A KEEPSAKE ANTHOLOGY OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE CONSULTANTSHIP IN POETRY

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(Political Science).

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1880-1930.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. 8vo. cloth. xi, 366 pages. Foreword by Howard Lee McBain. Issued to celebrate 50 years and John William Burgess. Light soiling, else very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1880-1930

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(Pollard, Alfred).

A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ALFRED W. POLLARD C.B., D.LIT., LITT.D., F.B.A.

London: Oxford University Press, 1938. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. x, 69+(1) pages. Edition of 260 copies. Pollard was educated at King's College School in London and St John's College at the University of Oxford. He joined the staff of the British Museum in 1883, as assistant in the Department of Printed Books; he was promoted to Assistant Keeper in 1909, and Keeper in 1919. Light tanning to edges of paper-covered boards, lovely frontispiece, unopened..... READ MORE about A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ALFRED W. POLLARD C.B., D.LIT., LITT.D., F.B.A

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(Pope, Alexander). Vander Meulen, David L.

POPE'S DUNCIAD OF 1728, A HISTORY AND FACSIMILE.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia and The New York Public Library, 1991. 8vo. cloth, paper cover and spine labels. xvii, 174 pages. A comprehensive account of the composition and production of the first edition of Pope's Dunciad, accompanied by a photofacsimile of a copy recording Pope's original manuscript readings. The appendices identify hundreds of textual changes Pope introduced in the later 1728 printings and record the names with which pirate printers filled..... READ MORE about POPE'S DUNCIAD OF 1728, A HISTORY AND FACSIMILE

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[Potter, Beatrix], Ivy Trent (Introduction).

MARSEILLES, GENOA & PISA: A BEATRIX POTTER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM REPRESENTING A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 1998. 13.6 x 17.3 inches. cloth. (56) leaves, (12) pages in pocket. This facsimile edition reproduces photographs, mostly attributed to Potter's father, amateur photographer Rupert Potter, in an arrangement telling the story of her life. The photographs range from studio photographs of Beatrix Potter as a baby and toddler, to one taken in the year preceding her death. The original photographs were in a variety of media, ranging from albumin..... READ MORE about MARSEILLES, GENOA & PISA: A BEATRIX POTTER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM REPRESENTING A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY

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(Pound, Ezra). (Pound, Ezra).

AT THE CIRCULO DE RECREO WITH EZRA POUND.

New Haven CT: Yale University, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, stitched, paper cover label. not paginated. A letter from Ezra Pound to Viola Baxter, May 9, 1906. A keepsake published in celebration of the author's hundredth birthday. Limited to 500 copies. The original letter is in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Faint spotting along outer edge of front cover. READ MORE about AT THE CIRCULO DE RECREO WITH EZRA POUND

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Powell, Lawrence Clark.

EL MORRO.

(Santa Barbara): Capra Press, (1984). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (6), 129+(1) pages. The hardbound variant. Designed by Ward Ritchie, calligraphy by Judy Dietrich, set in Palatino. Powell's novel of romance in the American Southwest. READ MORE about EL MORRO

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Powell, Lawrence Clark.

PHILOSOPHER PICKETT, THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF CHARLES EDWARD PICKETT, ESQ., OF VIRGINIA, WHO CAME OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1842-43, AND FOR FORTY YEARS WAGED WAR WITH PEN AND PAMPHLET.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1942. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 178 pages. First edition. Beautiful copy. Signed by the author. READ MORE about PHILOSOPHER PICKETT, THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF CHARLES EDWARD PICKETT, ESQ., OF VIRGINIA, WHO CAME...

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Powell, Lawrence Clark.

PHILOSOPHER PICKETT, THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF CHARLES EDWARD PICKETT, ESQ., OF VIRGINIA, WHO CAME OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1842-43, AND FOR FORTY YEARS WAGED WAR WITH PEN AND PAMPHLET.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1942. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 178 pages. First edition. READ MORE about PHILOSOPHER PICKETT, THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF CHARLES EDWARD PICKETT, ESQ., OF VIRGINIA, WHO CAME...

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(Powys, Llewelyn). Foss, Peter J.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LLEWELYN POWYS.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 308 pages. First edition. The brothers John Cowper Powys, Theodore Francis Powys and Llewelyn Powys were members of a prolific and influential circle of writers and poets of the early twentieth century. In this, the first comprehensive bibliography of the writings of Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939), Peter Foss not only provides a complete description of every first..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LLEWELYN POWYS

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Quinby, Watson Fell.

OPHIR.

Wilmington: n.p., 1888. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. A study of the derivation of place names from the Greek. However, the last statement is "Now the lesson to be learned from all of this, is that if the white race intermarries with the red or dark races, it is lost; if it does not intermarry it will prevail." Faintly spotted along top of back leaf. READ MORE about OPHIR

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Quinby, Watson Fell.

THE YARD OR THE METRE, WHICH WILL YE CHOOSE.

Wilmington: W. Costa, Printer, 1891. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 29 pages. A study of the metric system versus the standard system in use in the U.S. by this Wilmington physician. He proves to his own satisfaction that the metric system is not nearly as useful. Some spotting of covers. READ MORE about THE YARD OR THE METRE, WHICH WILL YE CHOOSE

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