This Baseball Hall of Famer (elected 1983) managed the Brooklyn (later Los Angeles) Dodgers from 1954 to 1976, bringing them four world championships. IPS, 5" X 7", n.p., n.d. [ca. 1960]. Good plus. Yellowed tape stain at each corner and bit of general wear. Informal matte finish head-and-shoulders smiling pose..... More
Heavyweight boxing champion and father of actor Max "Jethro" Baer Jr. Uncommon IPS, heavy stock 4½" X 6", n.p., 1959. Very good. Printed promotional photograph, a handsome suit-and-tie closeup portrait. Boldly inscribed shortly before his death "To / Rollie / my old pal -- / your friend -- / Max..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1950]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Teal green paper over boards with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 217pp. Near fine/very good. Very faintest of binding wear, else internally fine; jacket a bit edgeworn and mildly rubbed, with several old and discreet mends on verso -- but complete..... More
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with yellow spine lettering and front board paper label. 95pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Spine (only) faintly sunned, else tight and bright and internally fine. Handsome first edition of the seldom-seen clothbound edition of this Works Projects Administration production, with..... More
Washington, DC: Structural Clay Products Institute, 1947. Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Quite handsome and tight first edition of this scarce industry survey that divides its illustrations into six categories: Churches, commercial, hospitals, industrial, residential and..... More
London: Printed for the Author, 1764. Paperback. Small 4to. Burgundy calf spine and marbled paper on stiff card stock. 38pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, though tight and internally quite nice. Handsome first edition of this slim satirical poem, one of the last works by the short-lived English poet and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1933]. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.T. Chapman. 8vo. Black cloth with orange lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Color frontispiece, orange decorated endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with a few tiny corner chips. Exceptionally tight and lovely first edition of this volume in this..... More
Major general in charge of the Department of Maryland and the East; as treasury secretary, he is credited with saying, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!" Printed DS, 1p, 13" X 6¼", New York, NY, n.d. Fine. Stock certificate ("Construction Stock"), never..... More
This noted Grafton, Massachusetts farmer, merchant, military and civic figure served as a captain of militia in the American Revolution, marching his minutemen to Concord and Lexington on April 19 to repel the British in 1775, joining the fray at Bunker Hill on June 17; he took prominent part in..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1958]. Hardcover. Translation by Adrian Recinos. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver spine lettering. xix, 267pp. Illustrations, map. Very good. Faint edgwewear and single tiny chip at left of spine head. A tight and nice fourth printing of this 1950 version of the history and..... More
Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1895. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grain blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and rules. iv, 722pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations, floral endpapers, marbled page edges. Near fine. Faintest of binding wear at spine head/tail. Handsome first edition of this thick biography, with lovely autograph addition..... More
This American naval ace participated in many critical Pacific Ocean operations in World War Two, flying 89 missions and becoming the first carrier pilot double ace as well as the first Hellcat double ace. IPS, glossy 8" X 10," n.p., n.y. Fine. Modern reproduction of a WW2 closeup showing a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1964]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt and burgundy lettering, glassine dust jacket, slipcase. Fine/very good/near fine. Book tight and pristine, glassine a bit age toned and edgeworn per usual. Sharp and lovely first "Special Edition," with limitation page preceding half-title page noting 500..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and blue marbled paper over boards. viii, 597pp; iv, 592pp; iv, 648pp. Numerous illustrations and partly-colored maps, 1 foldout colored map. Very good overall. Binding a tad edgeworn, with marbled paper well scuffed, though..... More
This Scottish portrait and landscape painter, friend of Walter Scott and Robert Burns, is often called the "father of Scottish landscape painting; as an architect, he designed Edinburgh's Dean Bridge and part of St. Bernard's Well; his many children were all artists of note as well. Autograph Fragment (unsigned), 3½"..... More
Just as in the U.S. a one-dollar bill may be refered to as a "greenback," "buck," "clam" or other synonyms, in England a bank note used to be called "an Abraham Newland" -- for this British banker and investor personified money as Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1782-1807)..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 354pp. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and well rubbed; front and inner flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement. Norris's younger brother, Charles G. Norris (1881-1945), himself a popular novelist and playwright, provides the..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Drawings and lithograph by Leonard Baskin. Introduction by Irma Jaffe. 4to. Grey paper over boards with paper labels, paper-covered slipcase. xvi, 153pp. Full-page plates, original tissue-guarded lithograph. Near fine/very good. Mild wear and faintly sunned spine to tight and sound slipcase. Handsome..... More
This cleric was the spiritual leader of five million Eastern Orthodox Christians, serving as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91) and the 269th successor to St. Andrew. IPS, heavy stock 5" X 7", n.p., 2 July 1973. Near fine. Handsome half-length portrait in full regalia, boldly inscribed and signed in Greek..... More
This Spanish jurist and politician served as prime minister briefly several times; also served as minister of the Interior (1905-06), minister of Justice (1905-06), minister of Public Works (1906-10), minister of State (1910-12) and president of the Council of Ministers (1912-23). DS, 2pp (recto and verso), 8½" X 12", Madrid..... More
London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Hardcover. Two volumes (out of four). 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf with gilt edges and gilt spines. li, 383pp; 431pp. 3 foldout maps and 1 foldout plate, marbled endpapers. Very good overall. Both volumes slightly splayed; spines a tad rough and tree calf shows sporadic..... More
This Russian-born American composer ended up in France after the Russian Revolution, where he performed and composed prolifically -- symphonies, orchestral pieces, piano concertos, operas, ballet and choral music; post-WW2 he emigrated to Chicago, where he taught and composed. Remarkably beautiful ALS, 1p, 6" X 11", Vanves, France, n.y. [likely..... More
London: W. and J. Richardson, 1769. Hardcover. Folio. Quarter black calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and tan cloth over rounded-corner boards. vi, (2pp), 1056pp, (16pp). Frontispiece. Very good. Internally tight, bright, uniformly lovely; miniscule modern ownership signature on title page verso. Tight and attractive first edition of this..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13" X 11"). Hand colored. Very good. Some age toning and faint soiling. Delicately colored example of this world map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More