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The Washington Guide, Containing … Laws Relating to the Cession of the Territory, by Maryland and Virginia, to the United States; Description of the Capitol; Corporation of Washington, with an Abstract of the Laws, as Now in Force; Columbian Institute; Horticultural Society; Historical Society, &c.' List of characters who Have Benefited the City; Mode of Applying for Patents, and Securing Copy-Rights; Capture of the city of Washington, by the British; Officers Employed in the General government; Diplomatic Agents at Home and Abroad; Penitentiary of the District of Columbia; Botany of the District of Columbia. Also, illustrated by a map of Washington City, and several engravings. William Elliot.

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The Washington Guide, Containing … Laws Relating to the Cession of the Territory, by Maryland and Virginia, to the United States; Description of the Capitol; Corporation of Washington, with an Abstract of the Laws, as Now in Force; Columbian Institute; Horticultural Society; Historical Society, &c.' List of characters who Have Benefited the City; Mode of Applying for Patents, and Securing Copy-Rights; Capture of the city of Washington, by the British; Officers Employed in the General government; Diplomatic Agents at Home and Abroad; Penitentiary of the District of Columbia; Botany of the District of Columbia. Also, illustrated by a map of Washington City, and several engravings.

Washington City, (DC): Published by Franck Taylor, (J. Crissy, Printer), 1837. Revised and expanded edition (first published in 1822 with 138 pp.). Thick 12mo. xii, 310 pp. Diagrams, five plates, folding map; ad leaf. Elliot's first guide to Washington appeared in 1822. Howes E-101. Sabin 22249. Owner's name on front... More

Price: $750.00

The Poems. Selected, edited, and introduced by William York Tindall. Illustrated with drawings by Robin Jacques. W. B. Yeats.

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Yeats, W. B.

The Poems. Selected, edited, and introduced by William York Tindall. Illustrated with drawings by Robin Jacques.

(New York): Printed at the Thistle Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1970. First edition with the Jacques illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. 4to. xviii, 135 pp. Plates, some with color, in-text illustrations. Bookplate on front pastedown, LEC "Monthly Letter" tipped in at rear, very good... More

Price: $50.00

Why the Bulldog Is Losing His Grip: A Secret Chapter in Yale Football History. George F. Gundelfinger.

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Why the Bulldog Is Losing His Grip: A Secret Chapter in Yale Football History.

Sewickley, PA: The New Fraternity, (c1923). First edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Gundelfinger's writings were intended warnings against a moral decline at Yale, exemplified by the consistent losing record in the school's football program. Gundelfinger (1884-1974) graduated from Yale's Sheffield School in 1906, earned a Ph.D. in math there in 1909... More

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The Decay of Bulldogism: "Secret" Chapters in Yale Football History. George F. Gundelfinger.

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The Decay of Bulldogism: "Secret" Chapters in Yale Football History.

Sewickley, PA: The New Fraternity, (c1930). First edition, a collected edition of the author's earlier writings on the subject of Yale football, primarily written for periodicals. 8vo. 4, (4), [9]-264 pp. Illustrated from old posters, advertisements, and line drawings. Laid in is a 1948 pamphlet by the author, bringing his... More

Price: $200.00

The Black Arrow, a Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis.

The Black Arrow, a Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition with the Wyeth illustrations. Small 4to. x, 3289 pp. Color plates, color illustrated title page, illustrated endpapers. Owner's name on half-title, but a good solid copy. Original black cloth (edges rubbed), gilt spine title, color illustrated paper onlay on upper cover. (9574). More

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The Poems. Selected, edited, and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth. Illustrated by John O'Connor. William Wordsworth.

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Wordsworth, William.

The Poems. Selected, edited, and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth. Illustrated by John O'Connor.

Cambridge: At the University Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1973. First edition with the O'Connor illustrations, 1/2000 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. 4to. xviii, 259 pp. Color plates, in-text line drawings. Bookplate on front pastedown, LEC "Monthly Letter" tipped in at rear, very good. Quarter-leather (spine somewhat... More

Price: $25.00

Three Guineas. Virginia Woolf.

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Three Guineas.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. (c1938). First American edition, review copy, stamped by the publisher on the front endpaper "Review Copy / Publication Date / Aug. 25 1938 Price $2.50". 8vo. (6), 285 pp. Verso of dust jacket reinforced at head of spine, else very good. Rust cloth, gilt... More

Price: $750.00

La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. [Preface de Camille Rodier.]. Georges Rozet.

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Rozet, Georges.

La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. [Preface de Camille Rodier.].

(Paris): Editions E. P. I. C. (1950). Seconde edition et considerablement enrichie, 1/110 copies (this #30; a total of 3000 copies printed) on papier d'Arches (originally published in 1937). 4to. 107, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, 30 plates; title page printed in red and black, sub-heads through text printed in... More

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The Greater Inclination. Edith Wharton.

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Wharton, Edith.

The Greater Inclination.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition, with the author's name as author on the spine. 8vo. (8), 254 pp. Title page decoration printed in red. A collection of short fiction. Previous owner's blindstamp on front endpaper and an internal leaf, spine gilt a little rubbed, but a lovely... More

Price: $500.00

The Fruit of the Tree. With illustrations by Alonzo Kimball. Edith Wharton.

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Wharton, Edith.

The Fruit of the Tree. With illustrations by Alonzo Kimball.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First edition. 8vo. (6), 633, (3, ads) pp. Plates. Title page printed in red and black. Original gilt-stamped red cloth (rubbed, stain at lower front joint). (9650). More

Price: $20.00

Whispering Smith. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Frank H. Spearman.

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Spearman, Frank H.

Whispering Smith. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. First edition. 8vo. ix, (2), 421 pp. Ad leaf for other titles by Spearman. Color plates. Laid in is an autograph letter, signed by Spearman April 2, 1905, from Hollywood, California, to editor Richard Watson Gilder concerning several possible writing projects aimed at periodical... More

Price: $250.00

The King of the Broncos and Other Stories of New Mexico. Charles F. Lummis.

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Lummis, Charles F.

The King of the Broncos and Other Stories of New Mexico.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Reprint (first published in 1897). 8vo. ix, 254, (6, publisher's ads) pp. Illustrated from paintings, 8 plates, frontispiece portrait of the author. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in 1915. Laid in are (1) an 18-page pamphlet, "The Works of Chas. F.... More

Price: $250.00

David Harum: A Story of American Life. Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst. With a few text drawings by C.D. Farrand. David Noyes Westcott.

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Westcott, David Noyes

David Harum: A Story of American Life. Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst. With a few text drawings by C.D. Farrand.

New York: D. Appleton & Co. (c1900). First edition with the Clinedinst illustrations, 1/750 copies (this #201). 8vo. xvii, 410 pp. Plates. Some foxing to binding, else very good. Orig. gilt-stamped decorated vellum, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. (9613). More

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An American Pilgrimage, Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner. Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell. Foreword by Harry L. Chappell. Woodcuts by Lynd Ward. Grace Scribner.

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Scribner, Grace.

An American Pilgrimage, Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner. Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell. Foreword by Harry L. Chappell. Woodcuts by Lynd Ward.

New York: Vanguard Press, (c1927). First edition. 12mo. xxii, (2), 89 pp. Plates from Lynd Ward woodcuts, title page vignette, illustrated endpapers. Scribner (1882-1922), largely self educated, had a meteoric career in social services, starting as a stenographer for a small local newspaper in 1908, eventually rising to assistant secretary... More

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Roughing It. Fully illustrated by eminent artists. Mark Twain.

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Twain, Mark.

Roughing It. Fully illustrated by eminent artists.

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co. 1872. First edition, intermediate state B (lacking three words in lines 20-21, p. 242). Thick 8vo. 591, (1, ad) pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, two frontispieces, in-text illustrations. Howes C-481: "Valuable as an autobiographical chapter in the author's life and as a vivid portrayal... More

Price: $450.00

Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription. Mark Twain.

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Twain, Mark.

Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription.

Hartford, CT, and Chicago: American Publishing Co. 1875. First edition, second state. Square 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches). (8), 17-320 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, frontispiece, in-text illustrations. BAL 3364, state 2 (footnote not repeated on p. 120, skit "From Hospital Days" not present on p. 299). Rather... More

Price: $150.00

Life on the Mississippi. With more than 300 illustrations. Mark Twain.

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Twain, Mark.

Life on the Mississippi. With more than 300 illustrations.

Boston, (MA): James R. Osgood and Co. 1883. First edition, intermediate state A (Tail-piece present p. 441, "St. Charles Hotel" p. 443). Thick 8vo. 624 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, and line drawings, plates and in-text illustrations. Card, signed by "Mark Twain," mounted on front pastedown. Howes C-480. BAL 3411... More

Price: $2,500.00

Following the Equator, a Journey Around the World. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription. Mark Twain.

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Twain, Mark.

Following the Equator, a Journey Around the World. Now first published in complete form. Sold only by subscription.

Hartford, CT, and New York: American Publishing Co. and Doubleday & McClure, 1897. First edition. Thick 8vo. (8), 17-320 pp. Illustrated from photographs, wood engravings, and line drawings, plates, vignettes. BAL 3451 (Single imprint usually preferred, but "since the title-leaf is an insert in both forms of the book, it... More

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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. With an introduction by Charles R. Anderson and illustrations by R.J. Holden. Henry David Thoreau.

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Thoreau, Henry David.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. With an introduction by Charles R. Anderson and illustrations by R.J. Holden.

(New York): Limited Editions Club, 1975. First edition with the Holden illustrations, 1/2000 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. 8vo. xv, (2), 327 pp. Double-page illustration incorporating title page, many other line drawings, illustrated endpapers. Bookplate on endpaper verso, LEC monthly letter tipped-in at rear, very good. Half-cloth and... More

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The Two Vanrevels. With illustrations by Henry Hutt. Booth Tarkington.

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Tarkington, Booth.

The Two Vanrevels. With illustrations by Henry Hutt.

New York: McClure, Phillip & Co. 1902. First edition, 1/500 copies (this #139) signed by the author. 8vo. viii, (4), 351 pp. Plates, this issue with duplicate plates on vellum. Very good. Original gilt-stamped and embossed parchment (some rubbing), top edge gilt, others untrimmed. (9607). More

Price: $75.00

Elizabeth and Essex. Lytton Strachey.

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Strachey, Lytton.

Elizabeth and Essex.

New York and London: Crosby Gaige and Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition, 1/1060 copies designed by W.A. Dwiggins and signed by the author. 8vo. (8), 244, (13, index) pp. Illustrated from portraits, plates. Morocco book label of B. v. R. Overbury on front pastedown. Some offset from label and... More

Price: $45.00

The Faerie Queene, Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII Morall Vertues. With an introduction by John Hayward, decorations drawn by John Austen, and illustrations engraved in wood by Agnes Miller Parker. Edmund Spenser.

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Spenser, Edmund.

The Faerie Queene, Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII Morall Vertues. With an introduction by John Hayward, decorations drawn by John Austen, and illustrations engraved in wood by Agnes Miller Parker.

Oxford, England: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1953. First edition with the Austen and Parker illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #1229) signed by Parker. 4to. 2 volumes: xiii, (5), 511; viii, [513]-992 pp. Plates, chapter head-pieces, and vignettes, decorated endpapers. Very good. Gilt-stamped... More

Price: $150.00

The Jungle. With illustrations by Fletcher Martin and a new preface by the author. Upton Sinclair.

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Sinclair, Upton.

The Jungle. With illustrations by Fletcher Martin and a new preface by the author.

Baltimore, MD: Garamond Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1965. First edition with the Martin illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the author and the illustrator. 4to. xi, 334 pp. Color plates, line drawings. Bookplate on front pastedown, LEC monthly letter tipped-in at rear, else very good. Quarter-leather (spine... More

Price: $125.00

Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. Louise Conway Belden.

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Belden, Louise Conway.

Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection.

Charlottesville, (VA): U. Press of Virginia for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, (c1980). First edition. 4to.(12), 505 pp. Illustrated from photographs. Describes more than 1700 marks of American silversmiths, most photographically illustrated. Very good. Silver-stamped blue cloth, decorated dust jacket (some spoiling). (9566). More

Price: $100.00

Shelley's Lost Letters to Harriet. Edited with an introduction by Leslie Hotson. Percy Shelley.

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Shelley, Percy.

Shelley's Lost Letters to Harriet. Edited with an introduction by Leslie Hotson.

London and Boston: Faber & Faber & Atlantic Monthly Press, 1930. First edition, 1/950 copies (this #465) signed by the editor. Tall 8vo. 89, (1) pp. Pastedowns darkened from binder's glue, owner's label on front pastedown, else very good. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed. (9615). More

Price: $10.00

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