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  other currencies  Order nr. 136908

3.

(Baris, Bob). Logsdon, Gene.

THE MAN WHO CREATED PARADISE.

Cleveland, OH: (Bob Baris), 1998. 16mo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (vi), 54, (4) pages. Limited to 119 numbered copies. Illustrations by Luz Aveleyra. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE MAN WHO CREATED PARADISE

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130726

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. Featured in The New York Times, alongside an interview with author Reid Byers, in the article "How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?" "... a profusely illustrated, detail-crammed, Latin-strewn and yet remarkably unstuffy book ... goes to the heart of why physical books continue to..... 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

15.

Derleth, August.

COLLECTED POEMS, 1937-1967.

New York: Candlelight Press, 1967. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 302 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. READ MORE about COLLECTED POEMS, 1937-1967

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137973

18.

(Fleming, Ian). Gilbert, Jon.

IAN FLEMING AND JAMES BOND. MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION.

Royal Tunbridge Wells: Adrian Harrington Ltd., 2020. Quarto (30 x 22cm). cloth. 292 pages. A comprehensive account of the Ian Fleming/James Bond material held at The Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, compiled by Jon Gilbert, with an introduction by Dr. Martin Schøyen and a foreword by Fergus Fleming. Signed by the author. Printed on Munken Lynx paper. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a colour frontispiece and 32 colour plates. Bound in full graphite..... READ MORE about IAN FLEMING AND JAMES BOND. MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138154

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  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

30.

Ondaatje, Michael.

SECULAR LOVE: POEMS.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1985. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 126, (2) pages. First American edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about SECULAR LOVE: POEMS

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137441

33.

Peterson, William S.

MORRIS & COMPANY: ESSAYS ON FINE PRINTING.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2020. 6.25 x 9.375 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 320 pages plus 8 pages of color plates. ""Tasteful, commemorative, and personal- these describe the presentation as well as the substance of the essays collected in this anthology... Peterson's collected Essays on Fine Printing are a fine testament to the craft and the tradition they invoke." - Jessica Terekhov, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, March 2022 "...one is..... READ MORE about MORRIS & COMPANY: ESSAYS ON FINE PRINTING

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133471

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: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135334

37.

Tennyson, Baron Alfred Lord.

POEMS.

Two volumes
Boston: W. D. Ticknor and co., 1846. 8vo. later cloth over paper covered boards, paper spine labels. (iv), 231, (1); vii, 231, (1) pages. Two volumes. First edition. Rebacked with newer cloth. Some general shelfwear. Some minor foxing throghout. A very good set. Four pages of publisher's advertising dated January 1, 1847, preceding the flyleaves in vol. 1. READ MORE about POEMS

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138048

41.

Whittier, John Greenleaf.

TO THE REFORMERS IN ENGLAND.

Contained in The United States Magazine and Demoractic Review. January 1843.
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1843. 8vo. unbound. 112 pages. Contained in The United States Magazine and Demoractic Review. January 1843. Disbound. The first printing of Whittier's poem on pages 13 to 15. READ MORE about TO THE REFORMERS IN ENGLAND

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137573