London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1803. Softcover. First edition. Removed. Self-wrappers. 17pp. Small hole on last leaf, some soiling and marginal wear, a very good copy. Treatise indicating that the French should be stopped at sea before they invade. Scarce. More
![Item #408844 [Brass binding die-stamp for]: South Carolina. A Guide to the Palmetto State](/pictures/thumb/408844.jpg?v=1478406052)
[New York: Oxford University Press for Puerto Rico Department of Education and The University Society, Inc., 1941]. Unbound. Brass die-stamp. Measuring 1.5" x 3.75". Original patina, else fine. The binder's stamp for the spine decoration, for the American Guide Series book on South Carolina, sponsored by the Federal Writers Project..... More
Bando Kriegsgefangenenlager, Japan: Lagerdruckerei, (1917-19). Softcover. A collection of eight rare printed items little known outside of Germany or Japan. The Bando POW Camp, located near Naruto, Japan, was set up in 1917 to house about one thousand German prisoners, both soldiers and civilians, who had been captured at Tsingtao..... More
Sidney, N.Y. Ralph B. Caswell, [1919]. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. [24]pp. Stapled brown wrappers, illustrated with an American flag. Owner's penciled name on title page, slight corner creases at the bottom of the pages and a little wrinkling on the front wrap, very good. Brief but interesting account of the..... More
![Item #420640 [Holograph collection of songs and poems]: Songs Selected from Many Authors](/pictures/thumb/420640.JPG?v=1510772950)
New York: [no publisher], 1883. Hardcover. Small square quarto(?) Approximately 5" x 6". 321 hand-numbered pages including index. Bound in contemporary gray-green buckram with "Songs" in gilt on the spine. Modest stain on rear board, small tear at the crown, very good or better, internally about fine. A voluminous collection..... More
![Item #534939 [North Vietnamese Propaganda Poster] “Ti n Công Liên T c N i D y M nh M !”...](/pictures/thumb/534939-1.jpg?v=1658520709)
[no date]. Unbound. Color stenciled poster. Measuring 17 ¼” x 25”. A striking North Vietnamese wartime poster, hand-painted with color stencils, with the artist’s name in the image. Near fine. The poster features two armed Viet Cong guerilla fighters, one female and other male, pictured above the caption (in a...... More
![Item #538181 [Photo Album] A Midwest Family Album: Images of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania,...](/pictures/thumb/538181-1.jpg?v=1663258475)
(Toledo, Ohio: circa 1905-20). Softcover. Oblong octavo (10 ½” x 7”). Textured black album. Illustrated bookplate on inside front cover. Contains approximately 200 vernacular gelatin silver photographs mounted on the rectos and versos of black paper leaves, including six laid-in. Many images are captioned in white ink on the sheet..... More
![Item #437718 [Photo Album]: 1920s Women's Trip](/pictures/thumb/437718.JPG?v=1569529045)
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Canada: 1920-1933. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11½" x 7". String-tied black leather over stiff paper boards. Contains 290 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 4" x 6", with captions. Good only albums with detached but present pages and worn edges..... More
![Item #444215 [Photo Album]: Family Photo Album from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Early 1900s](/pictures/thumb/444215.JPG?v=1591906808)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 1903-1905. Softcover. Oblong octavo measuring 7.5" x 6.75". Black leather flexible boards. Contains 100 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3.5” x 3” and 4.5" x 4" with captions. Fine with fine photographs. A family photo album from 1903 through to 1905 in Pittsburgh..... More
Hampton, Virginia: Cheyne's Studio, 1916. Unbound. Vintage gelatin silver print photograph. Measuring 7½" x 9½" on embossed mount measuring 11¾" x 13¾" with Cheyne's Studio blindstamp on lower mount. The embossed mount has moderate wear with slight loss at tips of corners, and the has a few small soil spots..... More
Roxbury, Mass. H.H. of Ruth, 1952. Softcover. Octavo. [4]pp. Stapled printed blue wrappers. Modest age-toning, near fine. Contains program for the banquet with names of speakers, officers, and adverts. More
Richmond, Va: J.W. Randolph, 1863. Hardcover. Second edition. Original blue-gray cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Handwritten paper spine label, presumably replacing the original. Both free endpapers are lacking, some ink blots on the cloth, modest wear and tear at the spine ends, a near very good copy. On the..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Smooth brown cloth gilt. Spine lettering a little dull, a couple of tiny spots on the boards, light edgewear, very good or a little better. Chock-full one page Autograph Letter Signed from Seymour Leslie in 1977 when he was 89..... More
New York: Raddock and Brothers, Ltd., (1952). Hardcover. First edition. Slightly cocked, thus near fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Bears a nice full-page Inscription by the author. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1927. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth. Contemporary owner's name, slightly cocked, near fine in a good dustwrapper with several moderate chips and tears. Dandified eastern dude is derided and attacked by cowpokes, fights with everyone in town, but ultimately emerges as a force to reckon..... More
Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Comany, 1959. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 434pp. Illustrated in black and white. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly. Front pastedown with a bit of rippling at the foredge, else fine in a lightly toned and worn, just about near..... More
![Item #398817 [Original Lithograph]: "Reconstructing a Clyde Shipyard" (1917-18). Muirhead BONE](/pictures/thumb/398817.jpg?v=1457685585)
[Glasgow, Scotland]: [1917-18]. Original lithograph printed in black (approximately 18" x 14") on wove paper with full margins (24" x 16"). Fine. Signed by Muirhead Bone in the bottom margin. A distinguished Scottish artist, Bone was nicknamed the "London Piranesi" for his ability to depict vast and complex construction sites..... More
New York: Schulte Publishing Company, 1959. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny nicks. Laid in are prospectus and information about the publication of the book. The final anthology of this much-praised and long-running series edited by an African-American poet, issued after a thirty..... More
Springfield, Massachusetts: 1851. Unbound. One page third-person Autograph Letter Signed and dated 1 May 1851 from Springfield, Massachusetts to William Beall. Measuring 7½" x 6¾". Letter entirely in the hand of John Brown and Signed with the name of his business "Perkins & Brown." Old folds from mailing, two tiny..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, (1948). Hardcover. Introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Rebound in full blue morocco gilt with two raised bands and elaborate gilt dentelles. Silk page marker. A little rubbing on the spine, else very near fine. A lovely custom binding. More
![Item #408470 [Photo Album]: Victorian Photography of the Maryland Area. Edward S. BUCKLEY](/pictures/thumb/408470.jpg?v=1478406045)
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia: 1888. Hardcover. Two volumes. Oblong small quartos measuring 10.5" x 7". Both albums are half leather and brown cloth with "album of photographs" stamped in gilt on each of the front boards. Contains 73 black and white or sepia toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 3.5"..... More
Boston: McGrath-Sherrill Press, 1917. Hardcover. First edition. Small private library stamp on the front pastedown, slight age-toning to the spine and a faint dampstain to the bottom of the rear board, still an attractive, very good plus copy, almost certainly issued without dustwrapper. Poet's first book, a sort of *Spoon..... More
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, (1975). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed, else near fine dustwrapper. The 2005 James Mangold film *Walk the Line* starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is primarily based on this, the first of two autobiographies by the country music legend. More
London: Beaumont Press, 1924. Hardcover. First edition. Preface and commentary by Edmund Blunden. Octavo. Quarter cloth and decorated papercovered boards. Bookplate of Leonard Clark, corners rubbed, a very good copy. One of 310 numbered copies on hand-made paper of a total edition of 400. This copy Inscribed by Edmund Blunden..... More
![Item #93803 [Paths of Glory] An Untitled Novel by Humphrey Cobb. Humphrey COBB](/pictures/thumb/93803.jpg?v=1457676778)
New York: Viking Press, 1935. Softcover. Uncorrected proof of *Paths of Glory* sent to booksellers before it received a title, and offering $50 to whoever submitted the best title. Printed wrappers. A small chip to one corner of the front wrap, split at the bottom of the front wrap, else..... More