FACTOTUM
9 1/4'' x 6 1/4''. 205pp. Near fine in original clear dust jacket.
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THE TRAIL OF LEWIS AND CLARK, 1804-1904. (Two Volumes) A Story of the Great Exploration Across the Continent in 1804-06; with a Description of the Old Trail, Based Upon Actual Travel over It, and of the Changes Found a Century Later.
Wheeler, Olin D. Two Volumes. Octavo. 8.5 x 6.25". 375pp.; 419pp. Incl. index.Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. t.e.g. With over 200 illustration incl. color frontispiece by Charles M. Russell. Two fold-out maps in volume 2, missing fold-out map in volume one. Spines lightly faded, volume one lightly cocked. Light general wear.- $250
- $250
THE TRAIL OF LEWIS AND CLARK, 1804-1904. (Two Volumes) A Story of the Great Exploration Across the Continent in 1804-06; with a Description of the Old Trail, Based Upon Actual Travel over It, and of the Changes Found a Century Later.
Two Volumes. Octavo. 8.5 x 6.25". 375pp.; 419pp. Incl. index.Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. t.e.g. With over 200 illustration incl. color frontispiece by Charles M. Russell. Two fold-out maps in volume 2, missing fold-out map in volume one. Spines lightly faded, volume one lightly cocked. Light general wear. HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK 1804-5-6: In Two Volumes with Portraits and Maps
Hosmer, James K. (introduction and index) Two Volumes. Octavo. 8.5 x 6.5". 500pp.; 583pp. Incl. index. Tan cloth with brown cloth spines and gilt titles. t.e.g. Uncut and untrimmed. Reprinted from the 1814 edition with added portraits and 6 fold-out maps. Light soiling to cloth and light rubbing to spine tips and corners. Very nice set.- $350
- $350
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MILES BY STAGE
Strahorn, Carrie Adell; Charles M. Russell (illustrator) Thick octavo. 9.25 x 6.75". 673pp. Illustrated. Four color plates and vignette drawings by Russell, plus additional illustrations from photographs. Nice green cloth with mounted illustration and gilt titles. t.e.g. Light rubbing to spine tips and corners. Related illustrations and information is glued onto end-papers.- $275
- $275
THE SHIRLEY LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA MINES IN 1851-52 Being a Series of Twenty-Three Letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her Sister in Massachusetts and now Reprinted from the Pioneer Magazine of 1854-55 with Synopses of the Letters, a Foreword, and Many Typographical and other Corrections and Emendations, by Thomas C. Russell, Together with “An Appreciation” by Mrs. M.V.T. Lawrence
Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith writing as Dame Shirley Limited edition #381of 450 copies, (one of 200 copies on Exeter book Paper). SIGNED by contributor and publisher, Thomas C. Russell. Octavo. 9.5 x 6.75". 350pp. Illustrated. Grey paper covered boards, with tan cloth spine and paper title label. Light wear with some darkening to edges. Endpapers browned- offsetting. Some mild toning to page edges and a little bit of light foxing to first and last few pages. Nice solid copy.- $375
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THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SIR EDWIN LUTYENS
Butler, A.S.G. Folio. 16.5 x 12.5". 61pp. text, plus 110 plates of architectural drawings and 271 b&w photographic plates. Blue cloth binding is a little loose. Dust jacket has evidence of water damage and large tear on front. Architects stamp on end-paper. Heavy book, overseas shipping not recommended, approx. $120.- $150
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THE LAWSON HISTORY OF THE AMERICA’S CUP A Record of Fifty Years
Lawson, Winfield N. and Thomas W. Limited edition # 402 of 3000 copies. Thick quarto. 12 x 8.5". White buckram with decorative gilt stamping, gilt stamped leather label. t.e.g. Illustrated with 89 plates including 18 chromolithographs, with tissue guards. Spine a bit darkened with some spotting and soiling to white cloth. Both hinges are cracked, but the book is quite solid. Interior very clean and nice. In broken slipcase that is missing top panel.- $400
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THE CANTERBURY TALES (2 Volume set) Done into Modern English Verse by Frank Ernest Hill
Chaucer, Geoffrey; Signed limited edition #697 of 1500 copies. Folio. Printed by George W. Jones, at The Sign of the Dolphin and SIGNED by him. Two volumes: Continuous pagination 670pp. Attractive double page titles in each volume. Bound in quarter cream canvas with illustrated gray boards, Titles in black. Nice clean set with a couple lightly bumped corners. Original glassine present but only in fair condition with browning and tears. Good slipcase general wear, paper separating at bottom edge.- $225
- $225
THE CAPTAINS DAUGHTER & OTHER STORIES
Pushkin, Alexander; Illustrated by Charles Mozley, introduction by Kathryn Feuer Signed Limited edition #203 of 1500 copies. Folio. 227pp. SIGNED by illustrator, Charles Mozley. Patterned cloth covered boards with green cloth spine and gilt stamped title. With original very good publishers glassine that has wrinkling and light edge wear. Fine in near fine slipcase. Newsletter laid-in.- $35
- $35
GILGAMESH
Leonard, William Ellery; Irving Amen (Illustrator) Signed Limited edition # 203 of 2000 copies, SIGNED, by the illustrator, Irving Amen. Quarto. 106pp. Yellow cloth is decorated with an applied facsimile of clay tablet, in original glassine that is in very good condition. Lightly worn slipcase has silver-fishing to paper label. Newsletter in original envelope laid in. The Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh, from the 2nd millennium BC was rediscovered in 1849 and translated from clay tablets in the 1870s.- $55
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DON QUIXOTE. The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2 Volume set)
Cervantes, Miguel de; John Ormsby (translator) Edy Legrand (illustrator) Limited edition #461 of 1500 copies. Folio. Two volumes: Continuous pagination 682pp. Paper covered boards with yellow cloth spine and leather label. Light wear and bump to bottom of spines with very nice clean interior. Slipcase poor with splits, rubbing, tape repair and silverfishing to label. Newsletter laid-in.- $90
- $90
PRO and CON OF GOLF
Revell, Alexander H. Sm. Octavo. 7 x 4.75" 277pp. Some illustrations from photographs and line drawings. INSCRIBED. to Mrs. Howard Linn (Lucy McCormick Blair, Chicago socialite, sportswoman and designer. She founded the Junior League of Chicago and with her cousin William Blair, once entertained the Prince of Wales) in 1924. Orange pictorial cloth has a mild spottiness and is lightly faded on spine. Front hinge has some cracking, but still solid. In pictorial dust jacket that is darkened on spine and has chips and edge tears.- $325
- $325
STANDARDIZED GOLF INSTRUCTION
Dunn, Seymour Fourth edition. 12mo. 6.25 x 4.25". 159pp. Compact edition, five books in one. Illustrated. Gilt stamped blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Spine lightly turned. A few light spots on rear board, some toning to end papers. Dust jacket has light edge wear and is lightly soiled.- $100
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THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE SEA Authentic History of the America’s Cup From 1851 to the Present Day.
Neely, F. Tennyson et al; Parker Newton (pictures by) Oblong octavo. 5.5 x 8". 260pp. 46 monochromatic illustrations from Newton's originals. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in black and silver is a little dulled. Boards rubbed on edges and spine ends. Scarce.- $1,500
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