COMRADE PAST & MISTER PRESENT; New poems & a journal
Minneapolis MN: Coffee House Press, 1986. Advance proof. 8vo, pp. 110.Spiral bound printed wraps, press release laid in. Frontis by the author. Paper wraps. A nice copy. More
New Arrivals
TLS; 1 page, September 7, 1971 to poet and editor of Voyages, William Claire.
Little Brow. 30 lines, signed X. K. Kennedy. Kennedy writes kind words about Voyages and discusses the magazine he is starting to put ot. from Wikipedia: "X. J. Kennedy is an American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children's literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was..... More
TLS, 1 PAGE; New London, Conn, to poet and editor William Claire, 23 June [19]77
Meredith apologies for not answering a letter sooner: "I seem to answer letters for pleasure only in May and june ---the rest is hassle, joyous by and large, but hassle ..." from Wikipedia: William Morris Meredith, Jr. (1919 – 2007) was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate..... More
Typed Post Card; to poet and editor (of Voyages) William Claire, 6.I.66 (6 lines)
Booth writes about how they were not able to connect at a reading but he hopes to meet soon. Booth was born in 1925 in Hanover, New Hampshire. He attended Dartmouth College, where he studied with Robert Frost; he received his B.A. in 1947. He subsequently received an M.A. from..... More
At the National Monument Along the Canadian Border; fair copy typed poem, 10 lines
on 8-1-2 x 11 in. sheet - inscribed "For Bill C [laire] from Bill Stafford" William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 – August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist, was appointed the twentieth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970. Stafford was born..... More
THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS
Berkeley, CA: Black Oak Books, 1990. First Edition. Broadside, 13 x 10", designed and printed in black and green at Okeanos Press. Illust. by Patricia Curtan. On stiff paper, very good. Freedman A78. First separate publication. More
SABBATHS 1987.
[Monterey, KY]: Larkspur Press, 1991. First Edition. Sewn in wraps with paper label. Of an edition of 1000 copies, this is one of 900 trade copies. Tender poems by the author of Nathan Coulter and Memory of Old Jack. More
AMISH ECONOMY, Linocuts by Laura Lee Cundiff.
Versaillles (KY): Adela Press, 1996. First Edition. 8vo, (pp. 12). 1/400 copies, printed on Natur Text paper, sewn into Gainsborough wraps, and numbered. Design, composition and presswork by Alan Cornett at Larkspur Press. Fine. A poem, here first printed. More
SERVICES AT THE ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF REV. PHEBE A. HANAFORD; As Pastor of the First Universalist Church, in Hingham, Mass, Feb. 10, 1864, Phonographically reported by Rev. Wm. Garrison Haskell. Sermonds by Rev. John G, Adams, and Rev. Olympia Brown
Boston: C. C. Roberts, 1870. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 71. Bound in original cloth that is bright and clean, stamped in blind and gilt. Later bookplate on the end paper, contemporary ownership (Namie M Bond) on the blank. A fine copy. Scarce. Olympia Brown's sermon: "Land of Fellowship" covers 3..... More
ACQUAINTANCES, OLD AND NEW, AMONG REFORMERS.
[Milwaukee: by the author], 1911. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 115. Gray cloth, illustrated with photos, a very fine copy. Krichmar 4542. Rare. OP. On the front blank end paper, Brown's holograph describes how this book came to be written: "in 1911 the legislature of Wis submiited the Womam's suffrage amendment..... More
THE ROMANCE OF ASSOCIATION;; or, One Last Glimpse of Charlotte Temple and Eliza Wharton.A curiosity of literature and life.
Cambridge: Wilson, 1875. First Edition. 8vo, pp. ll4. Printed wraps (nicked and worn around the edges.) A good copy. Scarce, we haven't had a copy in 22 years! Eliza Wharton was the model for Mrs. Rowson's shamed heroine Charlotte Temple in the novel of 1791. Mrs. Dall exposes the real..... More
INQUIRY INTO THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE IN ENGLAND
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849. A new edition with the author's latest corrections, biographical notices, &c. to which is added An Inquiry into the Life and Character of King Eadwig. 8vo,pp. 268. Bound in contemporary calf (spine corroded and rubbed) cover stamped in gilt rule, a very good..... More
FURTHER NONSENSE; Verse and Prose
NY: Appleton, 1926. H. M. Bateman. First Edition. 4to, pp.119. Bound in cloth backed paper cpovered boards (some rubbed, small leather piece from another book adherring to the cover), a good copy. More
WARNE'S PICTURE PUZZLE ALBUM; COMPRISING THE DOLL AND HER DRESSES OUR KINGS AND QUEENS, THE BOOK OF TRADES, THE HORSE
London: Frederick Warne, (1873). 4to, Green cloth, spine gone, several preliminary laves separate, incomplete with just 22 of the 24 pages of illustrations. Some of the pages have been completed, especially the Kings section while The Horse has not. Interesting colour plates. More
THE GRASS HARP.
NY: Randon House, (1951). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 181. Bound in the first state coarse cloth, rear blanks most cut off. A very good copy in little nicked and worn, price clipped, dj. The author's 4th book. More
EPITOME OF THE ART OF NAVIGATION:; or, a short, easy, and methodical way to become an astronomer, and a complete navigator : containing an introduction to decimal and logarithmic arithmetic ... revised and corrected by John Adams ...
London: printed for Messrs. Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill, 1782. Early reprint. 8vo: xiv,[2],336,[140]pp, with five plates (three folding), numerous diagrams and figures in the text, tables of latitude, meridional parts, and logarithms. Bound in modern cloth backed boards. Leaves some foxed and browned. WorldCat lists just six copies. Comprehensive..... More
OBSERVATIONS UPON THE UNITED PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1705. Seventh edition, corrected and augmented. 8vo, pp. 279. Bound in little rubbed contemporary calf, a very good clean tight copy. Statesman and author, Temple was involved in the machinations of the Anglo-Dutch War. Johnathan Swift was his amanuensis off and on for 10 years, helping in..... More
THE LIFE OF TAOU-KWANG,; Late Emperor of China: With Memoirs of the Court of Peking, Including a Sketch of the Principal Events in the History of the Chinese Empire During the Last Fifty Years
London: Smith, Elder, 1852. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 279. Bound in rubbed 3/4 leather abd marble boards, lacks part of the gilt label, small bookpalte, a very good tight clean copy. from Wikipedia: The Daoguang Emperor (16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850, Chinese ) was the eighth Emperor of..... More
THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE LATE PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY, AND THE LATE JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH; including a particular description of the several battles, sieges, &c. in which either or both those Generals Commanded. Collected from the best authors in all languages, volume 1 to which is added A Supplement containing a succinct account of the remarkable events which happened in the late WAR, and wherein neither of the Illustrious Generals above-mentioned had any share, particularly in Spain. From one thousand severn hundred and one to One thousand severn hundred and six. The whole illustrated with Variety of copper plates of battle scenes, sieges, plans & carefully engraven by Claude du Bosc.
London: printed by James Bettenham, for Claude Du Bosc, 1736. Claude du Bosc. First Edition. Folio, 2 volumes, pp. 391 & 360. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in rubbed and scuffed contemporary calf (covers held by the cords). Small circular bookplate on the pastedown of each volume (belonging to William Lowther, 1st..... More
NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF THE COUNTY OF HAMPDEN MASSACHUSETTS; Containing 33 double page maps, in colors, of the cities and towns of the County: together with a double page map of the United States and the State of Massachusetts, and a driving map of Hampden County and Vicinity showing all roads in color, based upon and carefully compiled from the latest National, State and local engineering sources obtainable from the personal investigations and surveys of the publisher's corps of engineers. New and Original reade reference chart, indicating by numbers the location in the atlas of any desired plan, without resorting to the old style index system.
Springfield: L. J. Richards, 1894. First Edition. folio, bound in contemporary cloth, stained, especially the rear board and endpaper, spine repaired by back tape. Little water stain in the margins of the title page, but the maps are nice and clean and bright. 34 colored double page maps in all..... More
The DOUBLE HELIX.; Being a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
NY: Atheneum, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, pp xvi, 226 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Name on end paper. two small stickers removed from red endpaper. Bound in blue cloth binding; yellow top stain. Price clipped, Red dust jacket. A very good tight copy. More
COMMON SENSE applied to woman suffrage.; A statement of the reasons which justify the demand to extend the suffrage to women, with consideration of the arguments against such enfranchisement, and with special reference to the issues presented to the New York State Convention of 1894.
NY: Putnams, 1894. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 236. Very good, tight brown cloth, frotn endpaper partially adhering to the pastedown, inner corner of the blank chipped off and crudely repaired, lower blank corner of the title page chipped off and crudely repaired. "Questions of the day, except fpr the repaires..... More
DISPUTATIO PERJUCUNDA, qua Anonymus Probare Nititur Mulieres Homines non Esse:; Cui Opposita est Simonis Gedicci Sacros. Theologiae Doctoris Defensio Sexus Muliebrus, Qua singular Anonymi argumenta distinctis Thesibus Proposita Viriliter Enervantur. Editio Novissima
Hagae-Comitis: I. Burchornius, 1644. New edition. 12mo, 191. Bound in contemporary full brown calf, with marble end papers, rubbed along the hinges, slight losses to ther spine, lacks the leather label, little toning to the title page, but genrally a very clean tight copy. Erdman page 183; Graesse vol. 2..... More
AN ICELAND FISHERMAN; translated from the French by Anna Farwell de Koven
Chicago: A. C. Armstrong, 1889. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 252. Bound with the half title in contemporary 3/4 calf (rubbed along the extremities), a very good copy. A much reprinted story. More
CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE,; A Romaunt
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. Illustrated edition. 8vo, pp. 236. Bound in contemporary full calf, stamped in black, gilt spine, all edges gilt, some rubbed, but a very good tight copy. Bookplate on end paper and short inscription on flyleaf. With drawings by Garrett, Schell, Anthony, Smith, Perkins, Ipsen, Fenn..... More