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Art for the People: The Rediscovery and Preservation of Progressive- and Wpa-Era Murals in the Chicago Public Schools, 1904-1943

Becker, Heather · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francico, Chronicle Books, 2002. Softcover. This book is a softcover with a color-illustrated matte front cover, and a black-and-white pictoral back cover. The spine is black, and the title is printed in white. French flaps. There are French flaps, and the inside front and b…

Chamberlain Day in the City. The Coloial Secretary Acknowledging the Cheers of the Crowds on His Way from the Guildhall to the Mansion House. Original Ink Drawing. Signed

Gillett, Frank (1874 - 1927); aka Edward Frank Gillett · 1903 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

London: March 21, 1903. Ink on board. Signed annotated and dated. 28.3 x 23.3cm. Intended as an illustration for The Daily Graphic. Caption for the illustration as published is attached..NY Times March 21, 1903: LONDON, March 20.-Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to-day received in…

1948 Journal of Written Lectures on Literature, Covering Famous Massachusetts Authors and Analysis of Children’S Literature

ELIZABETH HAZEN BEARD (NEE SHERBORNE OR SHERBURNE) · 1948 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$675.99 (€613.31 | £511.59 | ¥107,960)

Worcester, Massachusetts, 1948. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting journal kept by a very well-read woman in mid-century Massachusetts. The journal belonged to Elizabeth Hazen Beard (nee Sherborne or Sherburne) (1909-1993). She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to parents …

War on the Detroit: The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Boucherville and the Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer

DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS VERCHERES; JAMES FOSTER; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED) · 1940 · Round Table Books, LLC

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1940. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion and borders on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-…

1936 Diary of a 74-Year-Old Republican Who Dislikes Roosevelt and Loves Her Husband, the Superintendent of the City Public Welfare Dept.

HARRIET SUMNER SHAW · 1936 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,155.99 (€1,048.80 | £874.85 | ¥184,619)

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1936. Cloth. On offer is the diary of Mrs. Harriet Shaw (1861-1959) , wife of Albert William Shaw (1861-1940) , a prominent citizen of Berkshire, Massachusetts. Harriet L. B. (Sumner) Shaw was born in Vermont. She settled in Pittsfield, MA in 1880, whe…

19th Century Handwritten Anthology of Poetry and Quotations Compiled by an Educated Somerville, Massachusetts Woman

SARA ABIGAIL STONE · 1861 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$975.99 (€885.49 | £738.62 | ¥155,872)

Somerville, Massachusetts. Hardcover. On offer is a beautiful, sentimental handwritten journal of both popular and obscure 19th century (and earlier) poetry and quotations. This book was transcribed and organized by Sara Abigail Stone (later Carpenter) (1861-1942). She used her …

Report from the Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Acts; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix [Command 351]

House of Commons · 1881 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$72.00 (€65.32 | £54.49 | ¥11,499)

London, England, House of Commons, by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An uncommonly handsome exemplar of a scarce item, a comprehensive addition to the suite of volumes published for the Queen about the enactment and en…

1941-1945 Manuscript Notebook of a Hip Atlanta, Georgia Teen Exploring the City and Dating Her Future Husband (and Other Suitors) Before Embarking on a Remarkable Adulthood

JULIA ANN DOBSON GRIFFITH · 1940 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$455.99 (€413.71 | £345.09 | ¥72,824)

Atlanta, Georgia. Softcover. On offer is a little manuscript diary in a flip-top notebook that is as energetic and rapid-fire as the mind of any typical girl juggling the excitement of American teenage life. So busy is our author that this diary could easily be renamed “A Cool G…

Loidis and Elmete: Or An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; etc. Also: Ducatus Leodiensis: or The Topography of the Ancient & Populous Town & Parish of Leedes etc, Musaeum Thoresbyanum.

Ralph Thoresby; Thomas Whitaker, Vicar of Whalley and Rector of Heysham in Lancashire; Addenda by Rev. Dr. George Hickes, Pedigrees by Christopher Bolland · 1816 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Printed by B Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Houldsworth, Leeds and John Hurst, Wakefield, Leeds; Wakefield, 1816. Second Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; a…

The Cabinet of Poetry, Containing the Best Entire Pieces to Be Found in the Works of the British Poets

Various · 1808 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Richard Phillips, 1808. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce complete set collecting the poetical works of some of the best British authors. The first edition.Scarce as a complete set.Complete in six volumes.A striking set collecting together some of …

The Young Duke

Benjamin Disraeli; Philip Guedalla · 1926 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)

London, Peter Davies, 1926-7. Cloth. An exceptionally well preserved set of Benjamin Disraeli, all in the original unclipped illustrated dust wrappers. Complete in twelve volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappers, with a colour illustration to the front wraps.The Bradenham …

Bell&Apos;S British Theatre Comedies and Tragedies

Various · 1776 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, John Bell, 1776. Leather. A lovely collection of comedies and tragedies published in the eighteenth century, lavishly illustrated with engravings and folding plates throughout. Seven volumes containing some thirty-five plays; with publisher's advertisements througho…

Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Limited; Henry Frowde, 1896-1921. First edition. Paperback. A terrific set of illustrated volumes containing formal records of activities of the Japan Society, London. A terrific collection of twenty-one volumes containing formal recor…

Outlines to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works. - Gallerie zu Shakspear's dramatischen Werken. In Umrissen erfunden und gestochen von Moritz Retzsch. Complete in one Volume. [German and English text.]

Retzsch, Moritz (ills.) / C. A. Boettiger, Carl Borromaeus von Miltitz and Hermann Ulrici (text). · 1847 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€135.00 ($148.80 | £112.61 | ¥23,764)

Leipzig (Leipsic) Ernst Fleischer 1847 Bound, orig. half leather binding witg gilt title and decorations on board and spine, [4]pp (ititle and introd) +XCV pp. (text) + frontispice and titlepage of part two and 100 plates / engravings, 33x24.5cm., oblong, in good condition (bin…

History of the Royal Residences, the

PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry] · 1819 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$8,500.00 (€7,711.80 | £6,432.76 | ¥1,357,502)

London: Printed for A. Dry, 1819. Pyne's Royal Residences In a Fine Contemporary Straight-Grain Morocco Binding PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry]. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, …

Good Cheer Dinner in Honor of James H. Barry's Associates of the Star Press, San Francisco Dec. 23, 1911

Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant · 1911 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

San Francisco: Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant,1911. 2 pp. on card stock. 4.75 x 3.5 inches.Embossed cover with 7 course menu. James Henry Barry (1855-1927) was born on February 15, 1855 (another source cites 1856) in New York City to Mary Ann Harris Barry and William B…

Good Cheer Dinner in Honor of James H. Barry's Associates of the Star Press, San Francisco Jan. 6, 1915

Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant · 1915 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

San Francisco: Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant,1915. 2 pp. on card stock.5.25 x 4 inches.Embossed cover with menu. James Henry Barry (1855-1927) was born on February 15, 1855 (another source cites 1856) in New York City to Mary Ann Harris Barry and William Barry. In 185…

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Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 13 x 11 inches. Very Good. Some staining in top and bottom margins. Inserted into light matting. Published 23 March, 1830. Sitters: Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), Writer. Henry Goulburn (1784-…

A Political Ruse "Ye Bankes & Braes

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 10.5 x 14.5 inches. Good. Foxing throughout. Inserted into light matting. Published 17 February, 1830. Sitters: George Bankes (1787-1856), Politician and lawyer. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chan…

The Apparition. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing Street Collection. 1. Lord Lyndhurst 2. Lord Ellenborough 3. Mr. Peel 4. Lord Bathurst 5. Duke of Wellington 6. Mr. Canning

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Statesman. George Canning (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Politicia…