THE PHILOSOPHY OF GENERATION: Its Abuses, with Their Causes, Prevention and Cure.
Newman, John B. [3]-118 pages of text. Complete. Original blind-stamped cloth boards; rebacked , with new endpapers. The text is clean and unmarked. First published in 1849, this early edition is also uncommon. Early work on the subjects of extra-marital intercourse, sexual hygiene, and self-stimulation. Part I contains a general overview of sexual reproduction and the intellectual and moral consequences of proper child rearing. Part II, quoting from the title page, "Contains an account of the Abuses of the Generative Faculty, whether alone, or with the Opposite Sex; the Reasons why Fatal Consequences result; full Directions for suppressing Improper Desire, and effecting a Thorough Cure, by changing the Idiot into the Man." The author provides detailed anecdotal evidence of the dangers of self-stimulation, as perceived at that time, and devotes separate chapters to such topics as Symptoms of the Disease, Descriptions of Onanists, and Their History, Perversion of the Reproductive Instinct, Development of Disease Brought on by Onanism, and Means of Cure. This is likely the first reprinting of the 1849 first edition.- $750
- $750
NO GREEN PASTURES.
Ottley, Roi x, 234 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; in almost fine condition. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small tears and creases to the edges, and minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First printing of the First Edition, with the letter "A" printed on the copyright page.- $60
- $60
THE ROLLING STONES.
Heinlein, Robert A. [x], 276 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and a tiny tear to the top of the spine. Unclipped dustjacket (original $2.50 price intact) with several chips, creases and tears, and clear tape repairs including hidden adhesive staining; protected in archival mylar. There is not an "A" on the publisher's page, or any further indication of printing besides the 1952 statement on the title page, which indicates that this is an early printing of the first edition. Dustjacket and illustrations by Clifford Geary. The text is clean and unmarked.- $100
- $100
DOGS IN THE FIELD.
Kirmse, Marguerite Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Complete with 25 illustrations, including an engraved frontispiece that is pencil-signed by the artist. Additionally illustrated with six loose lithographed plates in a printed portfolio sleeve. Lacks the publisher's box. Foreward by John Taintor Foote. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly on the inside front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. Limited edition, hand-numbered 305 of and edition of 685. First edition.- $600
- $600
AN ARTIST’S GAME BAG.
Hunt, Lynn Bogue Unpaginated; about 60 pages. Original brown hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear, minor browning of the spine, and the gilt on the front cover is slightly dulled. Contains 48 illustrations, including a few color plates. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly on the inside front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. Limited edition, hand-numbered 223 of and edition of 1225. First edition.- $150
- $150
HOW WOMEN CAN MAKE MONEY IN THE STOCK MARKET.
Moore, Colleen xvi, 176 pages of text. Hardcover binding in about near fine condition, with minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket retains the original price; the spine is slightly faded and there is minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains the fold-out chart. Previous owner's small ownership label on neatly affixed to the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $200
- $200
DE SHOOTINEST GENT’MAN AND OTHER TALES.
Buckingham, Nash [ii], [frontispiece], [xviii], [240] pages of text. Original blue cloth binding with circular front cover illustrations intact, with minimal dulling of spine and minimal shelfwear; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Including the frontispiece, the text is illustrated with eight pages of reproductions of photographs. Previous owner's inscription (from 1935) neatly on the first free endpaper, correlating with the previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly on the inside front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. Limited edition, hand-numbered 242 of an edition of 950. First edition.- $675
- $675
DE SHOOTINEST GENT’MAN AND OTHER TALES.
Buckingham, Nash [ii], [frontispiece], [xviii], [240] pages of text. Original blue cloth binding with circular front cover illustrations intact, with minimal of dulling of the binding including the gilt, and minimal shelfwear; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Including the frontispiece, the text is illustrated with eight pages of reproductions of photographs. The text is clean and unmarked. Limited edition, hand-numbered 784 of an edition of 950. First edition.- $700
- $700
UPLAND GAME BIRD SHOOTING IN AMERICA.
Wagstaff, David; Arthur B. Lapsley; W. Arnold Hanger; Clarence H. Mackay; Erastus T. Tefft; Henry L. Ferguson; H.P. Sheldon; Paul A. Curtis; W. Averell Harriman; Lawrence B. Smith; Horace Lytle; P.N.B. Galwey-Foley; Wiliam E. Baker Jr.; Eugene V. Connett; Lewis S. Thompson xxv, [iii], 249 pages of text including an index. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and front cover with minimal shelfwear. Minor spotting to the rear cover. The top edge of the closed page edges is coated in gilt, with the other page edges deckled. Approximately one dozen pages have small spots of brown foxing to the page edges or margins. Previous owner's bookplate neatly affixed to the inside front cover. Contains illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt, Edgar Burke, William J. Schaldach, Bert Cobb, and others. Limited to 850 copies. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $275
- $275
LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT. Signed and inscribed by co-author Charles Spalding.
Spalding, Charles; Otis Carney [x], 160 pages of text. Hardcover binding in near fine condition except for spots of foxing to the boards. The unclipped dustjacket has the original two dollar price intact. Dustjacket spine is slightly darkened, lightly rubbed, and the front panel has a few small tears and a crease; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed in the year of publication "July 14 '43 For the [name withheld] - On the day the Greenling was commended. Maybe an omen I am. [signed] Chuck". Illustrated by Carl Rose. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $150
- $150
GROUSE FEATHERS.
Spiller, Burton L. [ii], [frontispiece], [vi], 207 pages of text. Original maroon cloth binding with circular front cover illustrations intact, with moderate dulling of spine and small bumps to the lower edge; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The rear board has spotting which causes minor areas of discoloration. The top edge of the closed page edges is coated in gilt, with the other page edges deckled. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly on the inside front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. Limited edition, hand-numbered 721 of an edition of 950. First edition.- $150
- $150
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WAYNFLETE, Bishop of Winchester, Lord High Chancellor of England in the Reign of Henry VI, and Founder of Magdalen College, Oxford: Collected from the Records, Registers, Manuscripts, and other Authentic Evidences.
Chandler, Richard [vi], xvi, [ii], 428 pages of text including an index. Complete with the half-title page. Illustrated with an engraved dedication leaf, engraved frontispiece portrait, four plates, and a woodcut vignette on the title page and the tailpiece. Rebound in circa 1910 quarter tan leather with cloth covered boardsTall octavo, with the binding measuring 10 1/16" x 6 1/8" [256 x 155 mm]. Minor foxing to the engraved plates. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on the inside front cover. First Edition.- $300
- $300
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA.
Hemingway, Ernest 140 pages of text. Original pale blue hardcover binding in almost fine condition. The unclipped dustjacket retains the three dollar original price, with the blue tint to the author's portrait on the rear panel and brown print on the inner flaps; protected in archival mylar. The dustjacket has several small chips to the extremities, a vertical crease on the spine, and a few small scuffs. Previous owner's small bookplate affixed neatly to the inside rear cover. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, first printing with Scribner's seal and the "A" on the copyright page.- $1,250
- $1,250
HISTORY OF THE SOMONAUK UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH near Sandwich, De Kalb County Illinois. With Ancestral Lines of the Early Members. Appended are documents, family letters, etc. tracking the Somonauk Colony to its origins in Washington County, New York, Scotland and the North of Ireland.
Patten, Jennie M.; Andrew Graham xvi, 373 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Green cloth binding with gilt spine and front cover lettering. The top edge of the closed pages are gilt coated. Contains 44 reproductions of historic photographs and documents, as well as 4 fold-out reproductions of historic maps. The text is clean and unmarked. A remarkably well preserved copy of the first edition of this publication.- $75
- $75
BELLMER.
Bellmer, Hans; Alain Jouffroy 31 pages of text. White hardcover binding with minimal browning/soiling to the extremities. Original clear acetate dustjacket with moderate shelfwear including a few tears and chips. Contains one color plate, and 26 black & white illustrations, including 14 full-page plates and a photo-portrait by Roger Van Hecke. Includes a bibliography and a list of exhibitions. No date of publication listed; circa 1960. Includes a six-page French translation laid-in loose. First edition.- $90
- $90
HEROLD.
Herold, Jacques; Patrick Waldberg 31 pages of text. White hardcover binding with minimal browning or soiling to the extremities, and minor shelfwear. Original clear acetate dustjacket with moderate shelfwear including a few tears and chips. Contains one color plate, and 25 black & white illustrations, including 13 full-page plates, and a photo-portrait by Hy Hirsch. Includes a bibliography and a list of exhibitions. Includes a six-page French translation laid-in loose. No date of publication listed; circa 1960. First edition.- $30
- $30
BARNETT’S BROOM BRIGADE TACTICS. Suitable for Church, Rink, Social, or Military Entertainments for Boys and Girls. Embracing the School of the Soldier, Manual of Arms, School of the Company, Manual of the Broom, Instructions for Skirmishing, Silent Manual, Fan Drill, Etc.
Barnett, Joseph H. 69 pages of text, followed by [iii] pages of advertisements of Chicago companies. Original printed paper wrappers are soiled and worn, with several creases. Spine replaced and tears to wrappers archivally mended and reattached with Japanese tissue by a paper conservator. Contains numerous small illustrations, many of which depict young men in various poses holding rifles, and young women posing with brooms as if they were rifles. Minor soiling scattered throughout text, with a few words written in pencil. Measures 6.5 inches (height). Stated: Second Edition.- $475
- $475
HENRI MATISSE: Catalogue raisonne des ouvrages illustres (French Edition).
Duthuit, Claude; Francoise Garnaud xxxviii, 509 pages of text. Hardcover binding with a tiny bump to a lower corner; otherwise near fine condition. The unclipped dustjacket has one tiny tear and minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Profusely illustrated in color, and black & white. Limited edition: one of 2000 copies printed. The text is in French, except pages 409-484 is translated into English. The translated text contains an essay by Jean Guichard-Meili as well as descriptions and information about over 100 books illustrated by Matisse. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $895
- $895
PRESENTATION BY THE WORLD’S LARGEST BUILDERS OF ALL-MAHOGANY RUNABOUTS. CHRIS-CRAFT. Advanced Chris Craft Models.
Chris-Craft; Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company 16 page staple-bound trade catalogue showing the various models available of different lengths, power options, etc. Minor soiling and minor shelfwear to covers, remaining clean and bright on the interior. Illustrated with 18 illustrations and photographs, as well as numerous drawings. Laid-in loose is a contemporary typed handout titled the "1928 Chris-Craft Models, Specification, and List Prices F.O.B. Algonac, Michigan" which is dated at the bottom December 8th 1927. Chris Craft; ChrisCraft.- $300
- $300
LEXICON HEPTAGLOTTON, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, Aethiopicum, Arabicum, Conjunctim; et Persicum Separatim. Cui accessit Brevis, & Harmonica. (quantum fieri potuit) Grammaticae, Omnium praecedentium Linguarum Delineatio.
Castell, Edmund; Jacobus Golius [xxxii] pages of preliminary text, followed by 4008 columns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait by William Faithorne. The first 44 columns are printed two per page; the remainder of the text has three columns printed per page. The text is printed in Roman, Italic, Hebrew, Persian and other fonts. Two volumes bound in one. Recently rebound in fine quarter black leather with raised bands on spine, gilt-lettered leather spine label, and gray cloth-covered boards. Minor rubbing to the raised bands and spine extremities. Large folio, with the paper height measuring 17.5" (450mm). Binding measures 18 1/16" x 11.5" (457mm x 290mm). Dictionaries; Polyglot; Hebrew, Latin, Persian, Semitic languages. "Dictionarium persico-latinum; opera viri cl. Jacobi Golii atque Edmundi Castelli". Several columns are misnumbered (376-378, 391-393), 487-489, etc.) and column 535 does not exist, but the text is complete. Previous owner's name stamped on the title page and on the two pages that follow. Minor foxing to many page margins. Several leaves are browned and/or creased, mainly on the fore-edge, and a few pages with small tears that were archivally repaired. ESTC R16460; Wing C1224 and C1225. First edition.- $3,500
- $3,500
CLAES OLDENBURG. OBJECT INTO MONUMENT.
Haskell, Barbara 136 pages, including a chronology and bibliography. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding. Numerous color and black & white illustrations. The front cover is a color illustration of the artist by an installation in Holland, titled "Sculpture in the Form of a Trowel Stuck in the Ground." Modern Art.- $35
- $35
FORE-EDGE PAINTING. A Historical Survey of a Curious Art in Book Decoration.
Weber, Carl J. xvi, 223 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with two tiny tears on the rear panel and minimal creasing, in excellent condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains numerous illustrations, some of which are tipped-in color plates. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $100
- $100
LOCKS FROM IRAN. Pre-Islamic to Twentieth Century. The Parviz Tanavoli Collection.
Tanavoli, Parviz; John T. Wertime 151 pages of text including a bibliography. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Contains 8 color plates and approximately 100 photographs and drawings. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $60
- $60
FOREVER OPEN, CLEAR AND FREE. The Historic Struggle for Chicago’s Lakefront. Limited edition of 250 signed by Lois Wille.
Wille, Lois 175 pages of text including an index. One of 250 copies in this limited edition; hand-numbered and signed by the author. This edition was specially printed for the one hundredth anniversary of the Montgomery Ward and Co. Hardcover: blue cloth spine with silver spine lettering; silver and black decorative leatherette boards. Protected in the publisher's gray slipcase in near fine condition. Issued without a dustjacket. Illustrated with numerous historic black & white photographs. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.- $35
- $35
HARVARD CLASS DAY 1909.
Harvard University Approximately 25 page graduation program. Stiff paperback binding with minor shelfwear, soiling and age-toning. Illustrated by three photographs. Contains a schedule of Class Day Week, Class Day, an Ode, the Class Poem, a list of Class Officers, and a list of the graduating class of 1909. Printed on Japon Vellum by Theodore B. Starr, New York. Maroon string tie binding (hand-bound).- $150
- $150