26.
The Kingdom of the Pearl
London: Nisbet & Co. Hardcover. Good. Undated, ca. 1920. One of a limited edition of 675 copies, complete with 10 color plates. Binding worn, some foxing. A good copy. Item #21837
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Critical Criticisms of Critics on Drury's Comical French Grammar
London: George Rivers, [1879]. Softcover. Near fine. Four-page pamphlet (single sheet, folded), 4.25 x 6.75 inches, printed in blue on cream stock. One tiny nick on first page, else fine. After explanatory remarks, Drury reprints excerpts of (mostly critical) reviews of his book, "Drury's Comical French Grammar; or French, in..... Item #21836
28.
Thomas Bros. Map of Carmel-By-Sea Monterey County, California
Oakland: Thomas Brothers. Softcover. Very good. Undated, likely 1930s. 15 x 21.75 inches. Folding creases, previous owner's name (Betty Jean Newell) stamped twice on blank areas, another owner's name in pencil on the back; very good. A complete, indexed plan of the city, showing streets, lot and subdivision numbers, beachfront..... Item #21835
29.
Ulysses
New York: Random House. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Book club edition. No printing date, latest copyright date is 1946. Complete and unabridged text, with a foreward by Morris Ernst, Joyce's original foreword, and the decision by Judge John M. Woolsey lifting the federal ban on..... Item #21834
30.
The Alhambra
London: Macmillan, 1896. Hardcover. Good. 436 pp, in publisher's green cloth binding decorated in gilt; all edges gilt. A good copy, with mild rubbing to boards, paper along front hinge partially cracked (hinge still tight), mdoerate foximng -- mainly to first and last 20 pages or so. Gift inscription dated..... Item #21833
31.
How to Mix Good Drinks
Walkerville, Ontario: Hiram Walker & Sons Limited. Softcover. Fine. 3.25 x 6 in., 12 pp, stapled wrappers. Fine. Stated 14th edition, undated, but likely early 1930s, slightly before the end of prohibition in the United States. Published for the Canadian market, this relatively scarce giveaway from whisky distiller Hiram Walker..... Item #21831
32.
Gypsine, A Durable Wallcoating for Plain Tinting and Decorating in Relief
Grand Rapids, MI: Diamond Wall Finish Co. Softcover. Near fine. 6 panels printed on both sides, 3.25 x 5.75 inches when folded. Near fine, with slight edgewear. Beautifully designed tri-fold brochure for whitewash/wall tint with 10 color samples, and directions for use. The Diamond Wall Finish Company was founded in..... Item #21830
33.
Scrapbook of a Wall Street Financier, 1898-1936
11" x 14' cloth scrapbook containing 44 leaves with clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia affixed to both sides, as well as some items laid in loose. Pages tanned, occasional chipping or tears, a few items missing, but overall very good. George Briggs Buchanan (1875-1939) was a self-made multi-millionaire, described in his..... Item #21829
34.
Two Circulars from the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind (Aims of the Institution, Plan for a Lending Library
Softcover. Very good. Two publications: "The Chief Needs of Adult Blind Persons and the Chief Aims of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind (7 pp); and "A Free Lending Library for the Sightless, Circular of General Information (4 pp). Both published by the Institution in 1904, both with old..... Item #21820
35.
Official Souvenir Programme, Annual Bazaar Given by the Professional Woman's League
Softcover. Very good. Souvenir program for an event held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on December 10-12, 1908. 8" x 10.5", [32] pp, with many ads and half-tone photographic illustrations. Old vertical folding crease, one photograph circled in ink; otherwise very good. The Professional Woman's League was formed..... Item #21819
36.
Grays Harbor Toothpick - The Largest Tree Ever Handled [Original Mounted Photograph]
Original photograph of a rolling exhibit made western Washington State and sent to St. Louis by rail for display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. According to a contemporary newspaper article, the tree used to make the exhibit was "said to be the finest spruce tree yet discovered in..... Item #21818
37.
Micky Magee's Menagerie, Or Strange Animals and their Doings
London, Paris, New York, and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Second edition (first published 1897). 7.25 x 9.5 inches, 100 pp + [2] publisher's ads, in original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Complete with four color plates, dozens of b/w illustrations in the text. Front board somewhat soiled and edgeworn..... Item #21815
38.
Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1764
London: H. Woodfall, 1764. Title continues: Being the Bissextile of Leap-Year. Adorn'd with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. With Notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, High Roads, and Tables for man necessary uses. Not paginated. 4.5" x 3", in original green..... Item #21811
39.
Frank Stella Imaginary Places II
New York: Tyler Graphics, 1996. Softcover. Near fine. Pictorial folder, 9 x 12 inches, containing a title sheet, 12 loose color plates and a 4-page booklet of project notes. Slight indent to plates where the folder pocket has pressed against them, else fine. A continuation of the Imaginary Places series..... Item #21809
40.
Spanish Americas, From New York to San Francisco and Los Angeles Via Mexico, Central America, Through Panama Canal, Cuba
Softcover. Very good. Undated, ca. 1930. 9 x 8 inches, [11] pp + cover, with illustrations from photographs, full-page route map, birdseye view of the Panama Canal Zone. Light rippling to upper three inches of one edge; very good. Includes brief blurbs of the appealing qualities of San Francisco, Los..... Item #21807
41.
W.H. Curtis Folding Grand Stand on Wheels
Kansas City, MO: Curtis Folding Grand Stand Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated, 1920s. 3.75 x 9 inches, oblong, stapled self-wrappers, with half-tone photographic illustrations and line drawings. Near fine. Although little known to the general public, William Hanford Curtis (1873-1955) was a legendary figure in the circus world, credited with..... Item #21805
42.
The Life of a Pony
New York, London, Paris: Raphael Tuck & Sons. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. First Edition. Undated, 1890s. 7.25 x 14.5 inches, [14] pp, with glossy color cover, 8 color illustrations, and 19 line drawings. Light soiling to back cover, chip missing from outer paper at corner of front cover, otherwise..... Item #21804
43.
A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of That Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Late of Mount Holly, in the Province of New Jersey, North American, to Which are Added His Works, Containing His Last Epistle, and Other Writings
London: William Phillips, 1824. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 416 pp. Contemporary full leather binding, rebacked, with original spine laid down. Some toning to endpapers, but generally very clean; binding sound. Woolman (1720-1772) was an American Quaker leader and pioneer abolitionist. His Journal was first published in 1774. According to ANB..... Item #21801
44.
Forging his Chains: The Autobiography of George Bidwell, An Authentic History of His Unexampled Career in America and Europe, with the Story of His Connection with the So-Called £1,000,000 Forgery
Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 560 pp + illustrations, in publisher's maroon pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on front board. Ownership signature dated 1888 on front pastedown, two ink stamps of another owner on front free endpaper and flyleaf, some scuffing to..... Item #21799
45.
The Voice of Truth
Navajivan Publishing House, 1969. Softcover. Very good. 344 pp. Spine lightly toned, otherwise minimal wear. First printing of this edition, previously published as part of The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. Includes speeches and other short works on a range of subjects, including philosophy, religion, culture, art, literature, science, education..... Item #21797
46.
A Copy of Verses on the Unemployed and the Great Distress in England
London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as early as..... Item #21796
47.
Life and Times of H.H. Kavanaugh, D.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Church, South
Nashville, TN: 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 552 pp, in original brown cloth. Rubbing to edges and corners, brief gift inscription on front flyleaf, foxing on frontispiece (portrait of Kavanaugh) and title page; otherwise very clean, binding sound. Item #21794
48.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, From the Year MDCCXLV. To Which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomodean Conquerors in Indostan
Madras: Re-printed by Pharoah and Co., 1861-1862. Hardcover. Good. Reprint of the fourth edition (originally published in 1803), bound in contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, with black and red spine labels. Volume I: pp 466, xcvi. Heavy to edges (including small loss to lower corner of rear board), front hinge..... Item #21791
49.
The Enormous Crocodile
New York: Knopf, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Toning to top edge of boards and light rubbing to bottom edge. Internals clean and sound. Dust jacket rubbed at corners, with one small chip and a 1/4 inch closed tear. "A robust, shin-shvering jungle..... Item #21790
50.
Chinese Village (Bradley's Straight Line Picture Cut-Outs)
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley, 1924. Near fine. Complete, unused set of 8 sheets (11" x 14.25") of cardstock, each containing different elements of the village to be colored, cut out, and assembled, accompanied by a sheet of instructions and housed in the original envelope. Sheets are in fine condition; there..... Item #21787
