Charles Agvent

THE MNEMONICK AND UNIVERSAL NUMERICAL MONITOR, IN FOUR PARTS. Part First

JOERRES, Lewis · 1834

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Lewis Nichols. First Edition. Plain blue wraps (3-1/4" x 5-1/4"); 68 [1] pages. With errata slip. Apparently the other parts were never published. The author attempts to simplify the science of numbers to enable one to make computations more quickly and easily .A sca...

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE DEFECTS EXISTING IN THE PRESENT MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. OCTOBER 27, 1814

[MONROE, James] · 1814

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Washington. A. & G. Way. First Edition. Printed wraps; 18 pages. Appears to be removed from a collection of pamphlets. Prepared by Monroe during his brief term as Secretary of War, this document presents four proposals to recruit men to strengthen U.S. military forces. We are ...

BYPATHS IN DIXIE: FOLK TALES OF THE SOUTH

COCKE, Sarah Johnson · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. E. P. Dutton. First Edition. Collection of tales in dialect revolving around the Black Mammy. Illustrated with 7 plates by Duncan Smith.. Duncan Smith. Owner name dated 1912 on front blank. Hinges cracked but tight. Very Good and uncommon

RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE

MAUDSLEY, Henry · 1896

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. D. Appleton and Company. Authorized Edition. Contemporary 1/2 morocco and marbled boards. Includes a chapter on Law & Insanity.Rubbed, corners worn. Good or better. Rear hinge cracking but cover still fairly tight. Rubbed, corners worn. Good or better

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR 1827 - 1905. HALF A CENTURY IN WAR AND PEACE

WISTAR, Isaac · 1937

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Philadelphia. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. First Trade Edition. Quarto; blue cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 7 plates and a folding map. Graff 4724; Howes W-598; New Howes W-597: "Largely devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849...

THE GREENLANDERS

SMILEY, Jane · 1988

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in printed green wraps with an actual size color photocopy of the dustwrapper art folded and laid in.. Promotional material stapled inside cover. Slightly cocked. Near Fine

THE AGE OF GRIEF

SMILEY, Jane · 1987

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in printed white wraps without dustwrapper, as issued. Uncommon format of author's fourth book and first collection of stories.. Fine

DUPLICATE KEYS

SMILEY, Jane · 1984

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in printed blue wraps without dustwrapper, as issued. Uncommon format of author's third book.. Blurb sheet stapled to inside front cover.Some uneven sunning to bottom of front cover. About Fine

ELLEN FOSTER

GIBBONS, Kaye · 1987

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Chapel Hill. Algonquin Books. First Edition. Advance Copy of her acclaimed first book consisting of bound signatures. SIGNED by Gibbons on the title page.. Fine

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND NEWSPAPERS PRINTED AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 1776-1900

HILL, Frank Pierce · 1902

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

n.p.. First Edition. Limited to 300 copies.. Covers soiled with unsightly dampstain at lower rear

THE RING AND THE BOOK

BROWNING, Robert · 1949

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Los Angeles. Limited Editions Club. First Edition. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #325 of 1500 llustrated with ORIGINAL COPPE...

GIVE ME BACK MY RAGS

(SIMIC, Charles) POPA, Vasko · 1985

$218.80 (€198.51 | £165.61 | ¥34,928)

Portland. Trace Editions. First Edition. Nineteen 8" x 9" loose sheets in a portfolio. Popa was a noted Serbian poet. Of a total edition of 600, this is one of only 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Popa and Simic and containing a HOLOGRAPH POEM by Simic.. Fine

PROSE. FOUR POEMS

STRAND, Mark · 1987

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Sweden, ME. Ives Street Press. First Edition. Printed brown wraps. Illustrated with two drawings by Josef Albers. One of only 187 numbered copies SIGNED by the author.. Josef Albers. Fine

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

ONDAATJE, Michael · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. W. W. Norton & Company. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Autobiographical journey by the author, born in Sri Lanka, of THE ENGLISH PATIENT.. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

A THOUSAND ACRES

SMILEY, Jane · 1991

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Pulitzer Prize winning novel made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.. Slight foxing to top edge of bulked text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

HEWETT, Mary Crane (compiler) · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Mansfield, CT. M. Martino. Reprint. Two volumes in one; quarto (8-1/4" x 11"); cloth. This excellent catalogue gives detailed collations of 22,000 volumes including a collection of nursery trade catalogues dating back to 1776. . Fine

MEHR NICHT ERSCHIENEN...

KRIEG, Michael · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Mansfield, CT. M. Martino. Reprint. Two volumes in cloth. Limited edition reprint of 175 copies, of which only 50 were available for the U.S. market, of the most comprehensive bibliography of unfinished printed books listing primarily European publications from the beginning o...

THE GOLD BUG VARIATIONS

POWERS, Richard · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. William Morrow and Company. First Edition. His breakthrough book earning comparisons to GRAVITY'S RAINBOW and TIME magazine's Best Book of the Year.. Just about Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper

THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER

WEBSTER, Daniel · 1851

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

Boston. Charles C. Little & James Brown. First Edition. Original cloth with 5 (of 6) volumes, lacking the second volume and with volumes 3 and 5 supplied from another set. Illustrated with plates. A presentation copy with a 34-word SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author to William J...

GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

BITTING, Katherine · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

(London). Holland Press. Reprint. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.. Near Fine in a Near ...