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The American Quarterly Review No. XV September 1830

Numerous · 1830

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Philadelphia Carey & Lea 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 248pp. ight wear, miderate soiling, contents age-toned and lightly foxed, binding is tight. Ten articles on ia wide assortment of issues, including historical, political, drama, Indians, and biographical. An 8 pa...

The Little Wanderer's Friend: The Quarterly Issue of the Howard Mission and Home for LIttle Wanderers (oct. 1870)

Various · 1870

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York The Howard Mission 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 59, xiii pp. Printed wraps. Liight dampstaining and light soil to cover, contents are clean. The work of the Home for LIttle Wanderers orphanage, and appeals for charitable contributions to the Home. The Home, which stil...

A Confession of Faith Owned and Consented to by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches in the Colony of Connecticut in New-England, Assembled by Delegation at Say Brook September 9th, 1708.

1760

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,782)

New-London Timothy Green 2nd Edition 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 118pp. Moderate wear to binding, front free endpaper lacking, contents are evenly tanned, a bit of notations on endpapers, binding is sound, and book has held up rather well. This book was originally published i...

The French Convert: Being the True Relation of the Happy Conversion of a Noble French Lady from the Errors and Superstitions of Popery to the Reformed Religion, by Means of a Protestant Gardener, Her Servant.

d'Auborn, A. · 1794

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Haverhill, Massachusetts Peter Edes 70pp Paper over wooden boards, leather spine. Paper cover mostly worn away, insect holes in spine, contents age-darkened and dampstained and legible, former owner's name and verses written on endpapers, binding is tight. Fair

The Letter Writer's Own Book: or, the Art of Polite Correspondence.

Unknown · 1844

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Lipsiae (Liepzig) John B. Perry 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 180pp. Blue cloth with heavy paper book cover bound to book. Light foxing, text otherwise clean and binding is tight, former owner's name and other notations in pencil on front endpapers. Evidently former owner applie...

The Steinway Collection of Paintings by American Artists Together With Prose Portraits of the Great Composers

Huneker, James · 1919

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

(New York) Steinway & Sons Limited Edition Brown boards, gilt lettering and gilt scroll design to cove. Tipped-in presentation card on front endpaper states this edition is limited to 5,000 copies of which this is No. 1010. Twelve tipped-in illuustrated color plates with tis...

La Scala

Lotti, Giorgio and Radice, Raul · 1979

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New York Park Lane 1st Edition 237pp. Red cloth, white lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, faint spotting to top page edges. Dust jacket is unclipped and very good. Photographic narrative of both opera and ballet performed at La Scala. Near Fine Very Good

The Bolshoi: Opera and Ballet at the Greatest Theater in Russia

Pokrovskii, Boris Aleksandrovich and Grigorovich, Yuri · 1979

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York William A. Morrow and Company, Inc. 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 238pp. Red cloth covVery good condition, clean and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket is also very good. The history of two centuries of the Bolshoi Theatre. Numerous color photos. Very Good ...

Thr Bolshoi Ballet; Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR

Grigorovich, Yu., Vanslov, V. · 1984

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Neptune City, NJ Paganiniana Publications, Inc. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 317pp. Pictorial boards. Very good condition, one corner bumped. Dust jacket also very good. Concise commentary and profuse illustrations in both color and black and white. Translated from the Russia...

Heroic Willards of '76; Lif ena Times of Captain Reuben Willard

Phelps, James Andrew (Compiler) · 1917

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York William Morrow and Company 1st Edition 112pp. Tan wraps. Very light shelfwear, contents age-toned, clean and unmarked. Genealogical records beginning ins1775. Original printing from 1917, not a modern reprint. Very Good No Jacket

Ballett

Enkelmann. S. (Photographer) · 1962

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hamburg Verlag Hans Hoeppner 1st Edition 32pp. single sided. Black and white boards, text in German and French. Very light wear, contents mildly toned. Active dance photos by Siegrfied Enkelmann, each photo printed on one side only. May require extra charge for internation...

Dancers

Crickmay, Anthony · 1982

$21.98 (€19.94 | £16.64 | ¥3,509)

London-Paris-New York William Morrow and Company 1st Edition Unpaginated approx. 130pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered spine. Covers and interior are clean and sound, one corner bumped. Illustrated with action photos throughout. Very Good Very Good

Ballets Russes

Shead, Richard · 1989

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Seacaucus, NJ The Wellfleet Press 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 192pp. Black cloth, white lettering to spine. Like new condition, unworn inside and out. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Near Fine Very Good

Dance Photography of Carl Van Vechten

Van Vechten, Carl; Padgette, Paul · 1981

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Schirmer Books 1st Edition 212pp. Grey cloth, black spine backing, silver spine lettering. Book is in like-new condition in very good dust jacket. A wonderful collection of artistically creative photos of dance in the 20th century. Near Fine Very Good

Five Centuries of Ballet Design

Beaumont, Cyriil W. · 1940

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London The Studio Ltd. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 136pp. Hardcover with wear to spine ends and light corner rubbing, spine slightly darkened, text is mildly age-toned and photos all clean and unblemished. There are 24 pages of commentary by author, folllowed by 126 pages of bl...

Ballet d'aujourd'hui...of to day

Lido, Serge (Photographer) and Lidova, Irène (Commentary) · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Paris Editions Vilo 128pp, 128 photos. Red cloth, white lettering to cover and spine. Book is in very clean and sound condition, dust jacket is slightly toned along spine and upper edge. Bon état, photos en noir et blanc, A brief description of each photo appears in the back...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Rackham, Arthur · 1933

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Co. 1st Edition Arthur Rackham 287pp. No date c1933. Red cloth, black lettering and black and white decoration, 8 Rackham color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations. Very little wear, spine slightly darkened, endpapers agetoned, ...

The Psalms of David Including Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations and Numerous Decorations in the Text Depicting the Life of David as Shepherd-Poet -Warrior & King

Rhead, Louis · 1900

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

New York Fleming H. Revell Company 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Louis Rhead 284pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, 16 full-page illustrations by Louis Rhead, an introductory study by Newell Dwight Hillis. Covers very bright and clean. spine slight...

Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.

McCoy Amasa · 1856

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Boston C.C.P. Moody 3rd Edition Signed by Author(s) 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Rear cover taped with archival tape, light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at front are 5 pages of endorsements fro...

Colton's Township Map of the State of Missouri

Colton, J.H. · 1865

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York J.H. Colton Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Folding hand-colored map measures 26 x 24 inches when unfolded. When folded , fits neatly into hard cover case with gilt lettering. Case measures 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Map is age-toned and has several archival tap...