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Persuasives to Early Piety, Interspersed with Suitable Prayers

PIKE, J. G. · 1832

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

18. PIKE, J. G. PERSUASIVES TO EARLY PIETY, INTERSPERSED WITH SUITABLE PRAYERS. New York: The American Tract Society, [N.d. circa 1832]. first American edition. Woodcut frontispiece and vignette to title-page. 359 pp. 12mo. contemporary brown calf, black leather spine label wi...

Japanese Nation in Evolution

GRIFFIS, William Elliot · 1907

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.83 | ¥19,156)

1907. GRIFFIS, William Elliot. JAPANESE NATION IN EVOLUTION. Steps in the Progress of a Great People. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (1907). 8vo. red cloth lettered in gilt, t.e.g.; xii + 408pp. Very good. .

Woe Shirt

BARTON, Paule · 1980

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1980. BARTON, Paule. THE WOE SHIRT. Carribean Folk Tales. As Translated by Howard A. Norman with Drawings by Norman Laliberte. Lincoln: Penmaen Press, (1980). First edition, 1/2000 copies 100 of which were specially bound, signed by the translator and artist. 8vo. green cloth-...

Under the Pines and Other Verses

COONLEY, LYDIA AVERY · 1895

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1895. COONLEY, Lydia Avery. UNDER THE PINES AND OTHER VERSES. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1895. First edition, signed presentation copy. vii, 104 pp. 12mo. green cloth printed and illustrated in green, untrimmed, teg. Good plus with soil to boards, rubbing to tail of spine and bu...

Addresses... At the Dedication of a Marker Honoring Robert Frost

MORRISON, Theodore · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1964. 9FROST, Robert). MORRISON, Theodore & Edward Hyde Cox. ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN RIPTON, VERMONT ON AUGUST 20, 1964 AT THE DEDICATION OF AN HISTORICAL MARKER HONORING ROBERT FROST. Hanover, NH: The Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1964. [12] pp. 9 by 6 inches. Pamphlet for...

Fledging Writers on the Mountain

BREAD LOAF WRITERS' CONFERENCE · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1975. (BREAD LOAF WRITER'S CONFERENCE). "FLEDGING WRITERS ON THE MOUNTAIN - 50 YEARS OF THE WRITERS' CONFERENCE." pp. 25-36. Middlebury College News Letter, Volume 49, Number 4. (Summer 1975). Photo illustrations. This article has three parts: "Crisis and Survival in the 1930'...

New France and New England

FISKE, JOHN · 1904

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1904. FISKE, John. NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904; Cambridge, Riverside Press. First illustrated edition. Illustrated from maps, portraits, facsimiles, photographs and drawings. xxx, 338 pp. 8vo. green cloth printed in gilt to upper boar...

Baroque and Rococo in Latin America

KELEMEN, PAL · 1951

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

1951. KELEMEN, Pal. BAROQUE AND ROCOCO IN LATIN AMERICA. New York: Macmillan Co. 1951. First edition. Illustrated from photographs and paintings. xii, 302 text pp. 192 plates. Blue cloth printed and illustrated to upper board and spine in white and gilt. Ink dedication to ffep...

Robert Frost, a Biography

THOMPSON, Lawrance · 1981

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1981. THOMPSON, Lawrance & R. H. Winnick. ROBERT FROST, A BIOGRAPHY. The authorized life of the poet condensed into a single volume. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981). First edition thus. Illustrations from photographs. xiii, 543 pp....

Robert Frost's Affection for New Hampshire

THOMPSON, Lawrance · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1967. THOMPSON, Lawrance. "ROBERT FROST'S AFFECTION FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE." pp. 3-26. Historical New Hampshire, Volume 22, Number 2. (Summer 1967). Illustrations from photographs. 8vo. paper wrappers, wire saddle stitch. Slight sunning to spine, else fine. .

Primitive Love and Love Stories

FINCK, Henry T. · 1899

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1899. FINCK, Henry T. PRIMITIVE LOVE AND LOVE STORIES. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First edition. 8vo. hunter green stamped in gilt and ruled in blind, 851 pp. Somewhat worn with spots of soil to the boards. The hinges are starting, and the volume is shaken. Bookp...

Drei Reiherfedern

SUDERMANN, Hermann · 1900

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1900. SUDERMANN, Hermann. DREI REIHERFEDERN. Stuttgart: D.G. Cotta'lche, 1900. 14th printing. 8vo. blue and black marbled boards over black calf stamped in gilt. Some wear and soil, hinges starting. skimming to the first two pages. A good copy with clean text. .

Pizarro

CAMPE, J.H. · 1800

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1800. CAMPE, J.H. PIZARRO; OR, THE CONQUEST OF PERU. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Helme. Dublin: P. Wogan and Company, 1800. First thus. 8vo. brown calf stamped in gilt, 128 pp. Two volumes in one. Upper board disbound, heavy soil, wear and sun. Light foxing through...

Annales D'Hygiene Et de Medicine Legale

J.-B. BAILLIERE ET FILS · 1867

$51.00 (€46.27 | £38.60 | ¥8,141)

1867. J.-B. BAILLIERE ET FILS. ANNALES D'HYGIENE ET DE MEDICINE LEGALE. Paris: Libraires de l'Academie de Medicine, 1867-69. First edition. 8vo. black calf stamped in gilt over black marbled boards. Included are volumes 28-31, 1867-69. Ex-library, with embossing and owners lab...

Aristophane

ARISTOPHANE · 1923

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

1923. ARISTOPHANE. ARISTOPHANE. Texte etabli par Victor Coulon et traduit par Hilaire van Daele. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres", 1923. First thus. Complete in four volumes. 8vo. cream wrappers printed in black. Dogeared, chipping to some edges. Mostly unopened. ...

Pindare

PUECH, Aime · 1931

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

1931. PUECH, Aime. PINDARE. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres", 1931. Second edition, revised and corrected. Complete in four volumes. 8vo. cream wrappers printed in black. Sunned, dogeared, soiled. Spine of volume IV cracked. As is. Greek poetry translated into Fre...

All About Girls

PUBLISHED FOR THE TRADE · 1891

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

1891. PUBLISHED FOR THE TRADE. ALL ABOUT GIRLS: Their virtures and failings. Illustrated. Chicago: Published for the trade, 1891. 24mo. green wrappers printed in black, 94 pp. Edgeworn, somewhat soiled, chip to bottom edge, upper wrapper starting at hinge. A good copy. .

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 6 Series, Vol 8

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY · 1846

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. COLLECTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 6 SERIES, VOL 8. Published at the charge of the Appleton fund. Boston: Published by the Society, 1846. First edition. 8vo. black cloth with a paper title label to the spine, 580 pp. Corners ...

Challenges We Face

NIXON, Richard M. · 1960

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1960. NIXON, Richard M. THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. Edited and Compiled from the speeches and papers of Richard M. Nixon. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc. (1960). First edition. 8vo. Near fine, in a price-clipped, much worn dust jacket, tape-repaired at verso. .

Book of Common Prayer

CHURCH OF ENGLAND · 1903

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

1903. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1903. First American edition thus. 4to. violet cloth stamped decoratively in pink, periwinkle and gilt, 386 pp. Sunned and worn at the spine and edges, corners bumped, binding lightly shaken. Somewh...