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  • Happenings in Our Home. Illustrated by L.J. Bridgman. GIFT ALBUM, ANONYMOUS.
    [GIFT ALBUM]. ANONYMOUS

    Happenings in Our Home. Illustrated by L.J. Bridgman

    Boston: Samuel Ward Company, 1903. Introduction by Margaret E. Sangster. Bound in white leather with gilt rules and title. The album, entirely unused, features spaces to fill in various occasions, many of them illustrated, such as vacations, weddings, Thanksgivings, school, moving, etc. Aside from trivial wear and foxing, a fine.....

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  • Rab and His Friends. JOHN BROWN.
    BROWN, JOHN

    Rab and His Friends

    Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1864. “Fourth Edition.” Publisher’s cloth; illustrated with engravings; some minor page staining along the right of most pages, and cloth fading; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed on the half-title. “Revd. D.L. Forbes with the Author’s best regards/ Nov. [?] 1, 1869.” Among the most famous dog.....

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  • Inscribed Portrait Photograph. JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG.
    FLAGG, JAMES MONTGOMERY

    Inscribed Portrait Photograph

    Undated; ca. 1920. Approximately 8 3/4 wide x 11 1/2” tall; framed and glazed. Inscribed by the subject in the lower margin, “To Aunt Edith from Monty.” Very slight foxing and marginal browning; excellent condition. An attractive portrait: Flagg, in a three-piece suit, holds the jacket open with his left.....

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  • The Journey Down. ALINE BERNSTEIN.
    BERNSTEIN, ALINE

    The Journey Down

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Laid is the four page pamphlet promoting this book. and additionally laid in is a signed holograph letter, to Perkins’s secretary, “The envelope of letters came...I read three, then I broke down and cried, I felt if.....

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  • Bright Days in the Old Plantation Time. MARY ROSS BANKS.
    BANKS, MARY ROSS

    Bright Days in the Old Plantation Time

    Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. First Edition. Black dialect fiction. Wright 286. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; comically depicting a dandified black man in front of a slave cabin. A nearly fine copy. This book relates a version of the “Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and Tar Baby” story, immortalized by Joel Chandler.....

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  • Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece [by] Arnold H.H. Heeren. GEORGE BANCROFT.
    BANCROFT, GEORGE (TRANSLATOR)

    Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece [by] Arnold H.H. Heeren

    Cambridge: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824. First Edition pf this translation; originally issued in German. Publisher’s paper-covered boards and printed paper label; some foxing and wear; very good. BAL 602; not locating a copy in original boards. In a cloth slipcase. With the ownership signature of I.W. Trimble, 1822 West.....

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  • "The Disappearance of Lady Carfax" in The American Magazine, December, 1911. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    "The Disappearance of Lady Carfax" in The American Magazine, December, 1911

    Illustrated by Steele. Small tape mend on the back cover, extending slightly onto the bottom of the spine; some rubbing; a very good copy in original wrappers. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Mr. Dooley's Opinions. F. P DUNNE.
    DUNNE, F.P

    Mr. Dooley's Opinions

    New York: R.H. Russell, 1901. First Edition. Ownership stamp on endpaper; slight offsetting from the dust jacket onto endpapers, else a fine bright copy in a professionally restored dust jacket with its price changed in print by the publisher. The sage of Ar-rchey Road gives his views on a variety.....

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  • The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare. FINE BINDINGS, MRS. COWDEN CLARE.
    [FINE BINDINGS]. CLARE, MRS. COWDEN

    The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare

    Boston: Little, Brown, 1872. Bound by Riviere in full tan calf with gilt decoration. Neat ownership inscription; minor fading and wear; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Lucy Gayheart. WILLA CATHER.
    CATHER, WILLA

    Lucy Gayheart

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. First Edition; one of 749 numbered copies signed by the author; nearly fine in a rubbed publisher’s slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Music for Chameleons. TRUMAN CAPOTE.
    CAPOTE, TRUMAN

    Music for Chameleons

    New York: Random House, 1980. First Edition; limited issue; one of 350 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine in the publisher’s slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • A Tour Through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark. MATTHEW CONSETT.
    CONSETT, MATTHEW

    A Tour Through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark

    London: J. Johnson, et al, 1789. First Edition. Quarto; with eight engravings by Bewick; properly rebacked with the original spine (probably a mid-19th century binding, signed “Wallis,” maintaining wide margins), gilt-ruled leather boards and marbled endpapers. Aside from minor occasional spotting, at least very good, if not better. All books.....

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