1.

Alden, John and Dennis C. Landis (editors).

EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME V: 1701 - 1725.

A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750.
Providence and New York: The John Carter Brown Library and Readex Books, 1987. small 4to. cloth. 597 pages. A CHRONOLOGICAL GUIDE TO WORKS PRINTED IN EUROPE RELATING TO THE AMERICAS, 1493-1750. Fifth volume (of six volumes). Entirely superseding Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana, which appeared between 1868 and 1936, European Americana is now, first of all, the most comprehensive bibliographical guide to the entire printed record of European consciousness of the Americas. With more than 30,000..... READ MORE about EUROPEAN AMERICANA. VOLUME V: 1701 - 1725

Price: $100.00 save 50% $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136908

5.

Bierce, Ambrose.

TWENTY-ONE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE.

Edited by Samuel Loveman.
Cleveland: G. Kirk, 1922. small 8vo. paper covered boards, paper cover label. 33 pages. Edited by Samuel Loveman. First edition, limited to 950 numbered copies on antique paper. A fine copy, and scarce in this condition. READ MORE about TWENTY-ONE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138047

8.

Buckingham, J. T.

THE NEW-ENGLAND MAGAZINE. VOL. IV.

Edited by S. G. Howe, Park Benjamin, John Osborne Sargent, and Edwin Buckingham.
Boston: J.T. and E. Buckingham, 1833. 8vo. Rebound in 3/4 maroon leather, leather spine label, gilt spine title, marbled boards, in maroon cloth slipcase. 524 pages. Edited by S. G. Howe, Park Benjamin, John Osborne Sargent, and Edwin Buckingham. First edition. Part IV only. Preliminary pages foxed, else a fine copy in a very nice half leather binding / slipcase. READ MORE about THE NEW-ENGLAND MAGAZINE. VOL. IV

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137394

10.

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Books About Books Book of the Year Award winner, 2023 "From the get-go, two things are obvious: one, Reid Byers has done his research, and two, Reid Byers loves books and having books in the home... the book is never a dry read. Its contents are sliced and chunked so nicely..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134228

20.

(Hart Press, The). Harte, Bret.

MUCK-A-MUCK, A PARODY.

Berkeley, CA: The Hart Press, 1942. small 4to. paper wrappers. 18 pages. Printed in limited edition of 75 copies. BAL 7565. A fine copy. Christmas card by Ruth and James D. Hart laid in. Illustrated by Lloyd Hoff. READ MORE about MUCK-A-MUCK, A PARODY

Price: $100.00 save 50% $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137553

24.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. 8vo. Bound in brown embossed cloth. Gilt spine author and title. [i-vi], [7]-215 pages. First American edition, first issue with "treacherous" for "ruddy", l.3, p.124. BAL 12122. Some wear to the spine ends and corners. Front hinge tender. Else a very good copy. An important Longfellow volume with some of his most famous poems. Longfellow claimed that his tragi-comic ballad of a Pilgrim love triangle was inspired by true events;..... READ MORE about THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137848

27.

MEDIATOR (THE). DEDICATED TO THE PORT OF WILMINGTON. VOLUME 3, NO.21.

Wilmington: J.F. Harlan, n.d. (1922). 4to. later cloth binding, gilt lettering on cover and spine, stiff paper wrappers bound in. 208 pages. B1-2263. Dedicated to the new port in Wilmington. Contributions by Mayor Leroy Harvey, history by Frederick W. Hersey, William G. Taylor on banking, C.M. Dillon on commerce, the story of Pusey and Jones, and histories of all parts of the Wilmington services. Well illustrated and containing advertisements. In a later binding, near fine..... READ MORE about MEDIATOR (THE). DEDICATED TO THE PORT OF WILMINGTON. VOLUME 3, NO.21

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 67101

32.

(Paper Specimens). Dill & Collins.

DILL & COLLINS STANDARD PAPER.

Coated and Uncoated.
Philadelphia: The Paper Mills' Company, n.d. 8vo. cloth, four ring binder. Not paginated. Coated and Uncoated. Lovely paper specimen catalogue featuring over 100 examples. A near fine copy. READ MORE about DILL & COLLINS STANDARD PAPER

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137795

35.

Staikos, Konstantinos Sp.

THE MOUSEION AND THE LIBRARY OF THE PTOLEMIES IN ALEXANDRIA: ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S VISION OF A UNIVERSAL INTELLECTUAL CENTRE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 8.26 x 11 inches (21x28 cm). hardcover. 568 pages. The Mouseion and the Library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria, which comprises 14 chapters in all, begins by taking a look at the relations between the Greeks and the peoples of the East, mainly the Egyptians and the Persians, until the end of the classical period. Next, Alexander the Great's campaign of conquest to the East is summarized and..... READ MORE about THE MOUSEION AND THE LIBRARY OF THE PTOLEMIES IN ALEXANDRIA: ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S VISION OF A...

Price: $70.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135334

38.

van Capelleveen, Paul (editor).

MATERIALIA LUMINA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR.

Berkeley, California: The CODEX Foundation and Stanford University Libraries, 2022. 12.4 x 9.6 x 1.38 inches. hardcover. 392 pages. Published by the Stanford Libraries and the CODEX Foundation in conjunction with the traveling exhibition Materialia Lumina - Contemporary Artists' Books from the CODEX International Book Fair . Materialia Lumina has extensive full color images and essays by Martin Antonetti, Betty Bright, John A. Buchtel, Paul van Capelleveen, Gerald Cloud, Mark Dimunation, Jan & Crispin Elsted..... READ MORE about MATERIALIA LUMINA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE CODEX INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137288