THE THREAT (broadside)
NY: Hearsay broadsheets/John Love, (ca 1970). 25.5 19, inches. Silkscreen. Printed in red on beige Strathmore Charcoal paper. A very good copy, rolled. More
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FRANKENSTEIN; Or, the modern Prometheus
Northampton MA: Pennyroyal, [1984]. Moser, Barry. Broadside, 9-1/2x25 inches. Folded across at the top third. Advertises the publication of Pennyroyal's edition of Frankenstein, with illustrations by Barry Moser. One of the woodcuts (of lightning) decorates the broadside. Printed in black with Frankenstein in rust. A nice copy, rolled. .Signed by..... More
ALS, 12/18/1864, 4 pages. to his son"Dearest Georgy"
This is a chatty letter noting that they will get together next Saturday. It includes the long transcription of an "horrortorio (original?) about Calderon entitied "The Fiend" Storey was a prolific painter who specialized in historical genre paintings, the typical subject matter of the St. John’s Wood Clique, and portraits.In..... More
SIX ALS, 14 pages to to [English critic and writer Wilfrid Hugh] Chesson
Drummond was the first woman to serve as amarine engineer in the British navy during WWII. She was awarded the MBE and Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery after keeping her ship's engines running while under enemy fire. She faced immense prejudice and failed the Cief Enginsser's exam 37 times due..... More
ALS, 2 pages, 5/10/1855, with envelope, to engraver Thomas Lupton
Eastlake was a British painter and the first director of the National Gallery, and later President of the Royal Academy. He writes to Lupton sugesting that a dinner engarnment be postponed as it seems that Lortd Granville is too ill to attend. More
ALS & ANs, 5 pages. 1/1/1901, & nd. to Mrs. Will Chesson (Anglo-Irish poet, Nora Hopper)
Dike was better know as Emilia, Lady Dilke. She was a close friend of George Elliot and many contemporary readers immediately recognized her first marriage as a model for Eliot's heroine Dorothea Casaubon in Middlemarch. Her erly writings were on the philosophy of art and she ;later wrote as an..... More
ALS, 1 page, 11/27/1868 to Thomas Lupton, noted engraver and artist.
Cousins thanks Lupton for the present of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Cousins was born in Exeter and was elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1855. He engraved the many of the best of the 360 mezzotints in the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He developed..... More
THE CRY FOR JUSTICE; An anthology of the literature of social protest
Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius, (1944). 8vo, pp. 32. Introduction by Jack London. Paper wraps. [Digest 22.] Paragraphs about social reform from the works of a variety of auhors. Pages browned, a very good copy. More
FOUR ALS, 9-1/2 pages
George Clint. (Dec 22, 27, 29, 1853 + nd, (Dec, 1853) to Col. H Wyndham, concerning a portrait of his brother (Sir George Oliver Wyndham (1751-1837). Clint (1770-1854) was an English painter and engraver who specialized in portraits. After a number of jobs, Clint took up miniature painting, met publisher..... More
ALS, 1/8/1853, 3 pages. + small photograph (edge clipped) to Miss Harriet Fitzroy.
Canning hopes that Ms. Fitzoy enjoys the shawl that he had sent. More
ALS, 1 page, 7/15/1782 to Augustrus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
Hichliffe writes to thank the Duke his kind words in his behalf especailly "in the distracted and perilous state of this Country, nothing but very important reasons od a publick nature can justify ..." He ends by saying that he hopes to dine wth the Duke on the 28th ....... More
JUSTICE'S COURT; manuscript record
[Stephentown, NY. tall 8vo, (13-1/2 x 9 in) Soft leather backed boards. Laid in is a letter signed "Eddie" to his father on a law firm letterhead about hopefully getting a better job, etc. 86 pages of manuscript court records. The later pages are an accpunt book kept by a...... More
ALS; 1 page
London: 16 Jan, (19)08. Single sheet starting "Dear sir" thanking the recipient for a note of commentary on his work.A poasted sheet on the verso lists a number of works by Gissing. Algernon Fred Gissing (25 November 1860 – 5 February 1937) was an English novelist and the younger brother..... More
MANUSCRIPT GENERAL STORE ACCOUNT BOOK
(Petersburg, NY): ca 1902. Small 4to, pp 100 used of a 200 page book. The writing is a little light but the entries are easily read. This a general ledger, accomplish at the turn of the 20th century in rural NY. The account book lists wide ranging sales and prices..... More
DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7/13/1781
1 Page, Fairfax signs a document recording a pension. Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1707 – 1793) was a British Army officer and politician. He died at Leeds Castle, England, which he inherited from his mother Catherine, daughter of Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway. From Wikipedia..... More
WALL; at Storm King. essay by Kenneth Baker, photohgraphs by Andy Goldsworthy and Jerry L. Thompson
[NY]: Abrams, (2000). First Edition. 4to, pp. 93. more than 60 photographs in full color, Photograophs of a 2,278-foot stone wall at Storm King Art Center, a sculpture park on the Hudson River in Mountainville, New York. More
BERKSHIRE; A Multicultural Bridge Living History Project
[Lee, MA: Multicultural Bridge, 2016?]. First Edition. 4to, pp. 171. Bound in pictorial boards, a very good copy. The story of the Multicultural Bridge in Berkshire County Massachusetts. More
A WORLD OF LIGHT; Portraits and celebrations
NY: Norton, (1976). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 254. Illustrated with photographs. a nice copy in little chipped dj. Sarton writes about some of her friends. More
I KNEW A PHOENIX,; sketches for an autobiography.
London: Peter Owen, (1964). Reprint of the first Commonwealth edition of 1963, 2nd impression). 8vo, pp. 222. A very good copy in slightly chipped dj. (Blouin p. 36; Grier p. 135.). The first of the autobiographical works. More
PLANT DREAMING DEEP.
NY: Norton, (1968). First edition. 8vo, pp. 189. Illustrated. A nice copy in little chipped, price clipped, dj. (Blouin 36.). Probably Ms. Sarton's most well-received book. More
A COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS
30 items, most signed by Mt. Metcalf. The full list below: WILL WEST. Ashville (NC): Jonathan Williams (1956) First edition. 8vo, pp. 68. 1/500 copies. Printed wraps, a very good copy. WILL WEST. Lenox: The Bookstore Press (1973) Second Edition. 8vo, pp. 76. Paper wraps. Very good. GENOA, A telling..... More
FOUR ALS,; 1878-79
1. Jan 2, 1878, Dear sir, 2 pp. copies of a book went to Mr. Bell 2. Jan 4, 1878, a page, to Mr. Chessonly about putting Mr. Bell right 3. Jan 23, 1878, Dear sir ...1 page, having received payment 4. Jan 3, 1879, copies have ben sent. The..... More
ITALY; the vegetarian table, photography by Deborah Jones, food styling by Sandra Cook, with location phtoography by Alan Blaustein
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1994). Deborah Jones. First edition. 4to, pp. 187. A very good copy in dj. More
UNIVERSAL PATTERNS; The golden relationship art, math & nature. Design and illustrations by Sylvia T Burnside
Bradford, MA: Pythagorean Press, (1987). Sylvia Burnside. Second edition. 4to, pp. 266. Paper wraps (little bent), foredge little spotted, name on end paper, a very good copy. Book 1, revised edition. More
THE ORGANIC GARDENERS HANDBOOK OF NATURAL INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL; A complete problem-solving guide to keeping your garden and yard healthy without chemicals.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, (1996). newly revised with the latest safest organic controls. 4to, pp. 534, illustrated, Paper wraps, a very good copy. More