EGGS AND BAKER; OR, THE DAYS OF TRIAL.
New York: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo. cloth. 338 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. A fine copy. READ MORE about EGGS AND BAKER; OR, THE DAYS OF TRIAL
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New York: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo. cloth. 338 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. A fine copy. READ MORE about EGGS AND BAKER; OR, THE DAYS OF TRIAL
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London: W. Heinemann, 1922. 8vo. Bound in vellum-backed cloth boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt. 126 pages. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine copy. Signed by the author on the limitation statement. READ MORE about MELLONEY HOLTSPUR
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London: William Heinemann, 1922. 8vo. Bound in vellum-backed cloth boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt. 126, (2) pages. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Vellum soiled, else fine. This copy is further signed by the author on the limitation statement. READ MORE about MELLONEY HOLTSPUR
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London: William Heinemann, 1920. 8vo. Bound in vellum-backed cloth boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt. 119, (1) pages. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine copy. This copy is further signed by the author on the limitation statement. READ MORE about RIGHT ROYAL
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London: William Heinemann, 1923. 8vo. Bound in vellum-backed cloth boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt. 96 pages. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Ownership inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Vellum soiled, else fine. This copy is further signed by the author on the limitation statement. READ MORE about THE TAKING OF HELEN
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New York: Macmillan Company, The, 1934. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 193 pages. First American edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about THE TAKING OF THE GRY
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(Dover: Bay Oak Publishers, 2001). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 59 pages. First edition. Illustrations by Andrew Kosits. Part of a series of booklets produced for children entitled "Magical History Tours". Signed by Maxson. READ MORE about ANTONI: AFRICAN AT NEW SWEDEN
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(Dover: Bay Oak Publishers, 2001). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 60 pages. First edition. Illustrations by Lesley M. Etherson and layout and maps by Louis E. Keiner. Part of a series of booklets produced for children entitled "Magical History Tours" READ MORE about LENAPEHOLKING: LAND OF THE DELAWARES
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New York, NY: Frederic A. Stokes Company, 1926. 8vo. yellow cloth. 414 pages. READ MORE about SHOT TOWERS
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Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company, 1906. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Lovely little, relatively unknown, work by John McIntyre. Some shelfwear. READ MORE about THE SWELL CRACKSMAN
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N.P. n.p., n.d. (1926). small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 79 pages. A book of poetry by this Wilmington native. Presentation on free endpaper "To my Esteemed Friend and brother - barrister, Mr. John Biggs Jr. With the compliments and best wishes of the author. Henry McKeown, Wilm, Del." READ MORE about DICKINSON DITTIES AND OTHER VERSES
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N.P. n.p., (1940). small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 93 pages. McKeown lived in Wilmington. This collection resulted from his various speechs given while at Dickinson College and Dickinson School of Law. Stained along spine which extends into the book. READ MORE about DICKINSON DOINGS
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Selected and annotated by Guy Jean Forgue with a personal note by Hamilton Owens.
New York: Knopf, 1961. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. xxxviii, 506 pages. Selected and annotated by Guy Jean Forgue with a personal note by Hamilton Owens. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about LETTERS OF H.L. MENCKEN
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Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott Company, 1895. 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in gilt. 360 pages. First edition. Poetry by these sisters, one of whom lived in Delaware. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about WHISPERINGS OF THE SPIRIT. and MY HEART LIFE
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Wilmington: Annie E. Michener, (1903). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. "Dedicated to the Children, the World Over, Who Love the Fairies." A lengthy poem by this Delaware author. READ MORE about THE FAIRIES' SECRET
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New York: Crowell, 1962. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 271 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about RESTLESS SPIRIT; THE LIFE OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
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1939. 4to. self paper wrappers. pp.17; 26. An article in The Saturday Evening Review of Literature, December 2, 1939. Some creasing of covers. READ MORE about "" ENDLESS RIVERS" (FLIX RIESENBERG, 1879-1959)."
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Minneapolis: The Ampersand Club, 1940. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 21+(1) pages. Limited to 535 copies. Lyle, pp.48-50. Spine of jacket faded. Light chipping to bottom edge of jacket. Exlibrary bookplate on front free endpaper. The first book published by the Ampersand Club of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Text of an address by Morley at the 50th Anniversary dinner of the Minneapolis Public Library, on Dec. 16, 1939. READ MORE about FRIENDS, ROMANS
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Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1926. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket, top edge cut, fore and bottom edges deckled. 64, (4) pages. First edition. (Lee C17). A collection of poems by Western, including an introduction, "A WORD IN PARENTHESIS," by Christopher Morley. Title page illustrated in gray and black by T.M. Cleland. Some pages unopened. Some color rubbed off jacket, especially around edges. READ MORE about SERENADE
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1951). small 8vo. cloth, paper label. (22) pages. First edition. READ MORE about FRANKLY, GEORGE OR LETTERS TO A PUBLISHER FROM AN AUTHOR WHOSE FIRST BOOK IS ABOUT TO APPEAR
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Two volumes.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edges dyed, dust jacket. 146 pages. Two volumes. First printing by University of California Press after the original printing by the Pennyroyal Press. Spines of jackets faded, else near fine. Illustrated by Barry Moser. These books offer a new vision of the calculated pandemonium of Alice's Wonderland. Moser's 75 original wood engravings make the anarchy of Alice's adventures concrete by depicting with invention..... READ MORE about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
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With a foreword by Edward F. Stevens.
Portland: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1941. 12mo. paper over boards. v, 26+(1) pages. With a foreword by Edward F. Stevens. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Exlibrary with markings. Light wear around edges. An essay on the personal qualities and charcteristics of this publisher who was responsible for helping to revive the aesthetics of printing in America. READ MORE about THOMAS BIRD MOSHER OF PORTLAND, MAINE
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New York: The Macmillan Co., 1947. 8vo. cloth. xii, 358 pages. First edition. Covers show minor fading and rubbing along edges.Covers the Colonial period through the 20th century. READ MORE about GOLDEN MULTITUDES, THE STORY OF BEST SELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES
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New York: The Macmillan Co., 1947. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 358 pages. First edition. Covers the Colonial period through the 20th century. Minor jacket wear. Small ownership label on corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about GOLDEN MULTITUDES, THE STORY OF BEST SELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES
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N.P. (Fishy Business Press, 2010). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), viii, 125, (3) pages. Expose of the murder of Eddie Joubert in the Poconos by this Delaware author. READ MORE about THE BOTTOM OF THE FOX, A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, DEVOTION & COLD-BLOODED MURDER
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