St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 659pp. Illustrations. Very good. Quite mild binding wear only -- overall tight and internally bright and fine. Attractive second revised edition of this standard text, often reprinted, by the pioneering San Francisco pediatrician (1870-1965)..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938. Hardcover. Introductions by Stewart B. Iglehart, Henry G. Vaughan and William Du Pont Jr. 4to. White/red/blue checkered cloth with gilt-lettered paper spine label and gilt lettering and graphic to front board. (Ca. 400pp). Extensive illustrations. Good plus. Binding (mainly front board) a bit soiled, with..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with brown lettering and gilt rules, pictorial dust jacket. xxvi, 492pp. Very good/very good. Endpapers a tad age toned, with bookplate on front pastedown; jacket edgeworn (mainly along top) but overall attractive -- and still bearing an unusual blue wraparound..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1933. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit age toned, and lightly edgeworn, with spine darkened. Handsome and tight first edition of this title in the "Appleton Biographies" series," a concise..... More
New York: Chautauqua Press, 1889. Hardcover. 16mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, gilt/black emblem and black decorative rules. 168pp. Very good. Mildest of binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine and bright. Handsome first edition of this quaint early art appreciation for the masses study. Superb copy of..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1979]. Hardcover. 8vo. Navy blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 73pp, (1p ad). Fine/near fine. Perfectly handsome and tight first edition of this slim verse collection -- superbly extra-illustrated with a unique frontispiece, an 8" X 5½" typescript of Miles' short 3-stanza..... More
London: The Automobile Association, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards. 272pp, 48pp maps. Text and map endpapers. Very good. Binding mildly mildly worn, with spine slightly sunned, but overall tight, clean, nice. First edition of this in-depth road guide to, as front board notes, "Hotels Garages Service Map General..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering. xviii, 961pp, (2pp ads). Numerous illustrations (338) and eight chromolithograph full-page plates. Very good. Tight and internally near fine, with gilt bright and just faint edgewear and some "flecking" to cloth. Attractive first..... More
Daylesford, PA: Privately Printed, 1926. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff blue string-tied wrappers. (12pp). Tipped-on frontispiece. Near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of one of the famed bookman's annual keepsakes. More
Urbana: The University of Illinois Press, 1959. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 170pp. Numerous illustrations and figures.Very good. Endpapers slightly age toned, else tight and sharp. Attractive first edition of the proceedings of the Fifth Microcirculatory Conference, held in Buffalo, New York in 1958 and featuring..... More
Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1987. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 144pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Lightly rubbed edges, else tight and bright. Attractive copy of No. 19 of this quarterly hardbound compilation of the popular action strip by Caniff (1907-88). Tipped to front flyleaf..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 512pp. Very good/good plus. Faintest of binding edgewear only, else tight and sharp; jacket complete and quite presentable although age toned, rubbed and edgeworn, with darkened spine and..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1970]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red and black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xvi, 701pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Handsome, tight first edition of this thick autobiography by this organic chemist turned administrator turned diplomat (1893-1978) who taught at Harvard (1916-33) before becoming its..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xi, 530pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers a bit age toned, with small ownership signature on front pastedown; jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed. Attractive, tight first U.S. edition of this hefty work..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with orange spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 175pp. Fine/very good. Jacket lightly rubbed but sharp and nice; small front pastedown ownership signature. Attractive, tight first U.S. edition of the first book by this English educator and literary critic (1937-2007)..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, [2001]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with gilt lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 588pp. Near fine/very good. Small ownership name/date on front pastedown and roughened circular area on rear board. Outstandingly bright and tight first U.S. edition of these mostly..... More
This extreme, ahead-of-his-day advocate of women's rights, free speech, abolition and other social and economic reforms was an anarchist and pamphleteer; he began editing the anarchist magazine "The Word" in 1872 and was often arrested for his activities. Bold signature and place ("EH Heywood / Princeton / Word") on a...... More
The first Episcopal Bishop of Washington (1896-1908) is best known for obtaining the land and getting constructed the Washington National Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul). ALS, 3pp, 5" X 8", Washington, DC, 1900 November 30. Addressed to Colonel Richard Lathers (1821-1903, prominent Charleston and later New..... More
This Japanese-born Christian evangelist, social reformer and writer, known as "Japan's Ghandi," was a leader in the Japanese labor movement; he helped found the Federation of Labor (1918) and the Farmer's Union (1921); he was also a leader of the Japanese women's suffrage movement; he was twice nominated for the..... More
Tis leading proponent of Christian Universalism (which sought to reconcile all of humanity with God regardless of religion) was an influential member of the Universalist Church of America, author of a number of books on the topic, and founder/editor of "The Trumpet and Universalist" magazine. ANS, 1p, 7" X 5..... More
The principal of Kawaiahao Female Seminary in Honolulu was the second wife of Titus Coan (1801-81), a Connecticut minister known as "The Bishop of Kilaueau," long-time Christian missionary in Hawaii, and she worked alongside him and aided in his writings; her brother was Hiram Bingham II (1831-1908), son of the..... More
Instead of playing football to get into the NFL, this college football star played football and got into the NFL in order to pay for law school! Playing tackle and captain of the varsity team at University of Pennsylvania, he faced off with "Galloping Ghost" Red Grange of University of..... More
This prominent Church of England cleric, scholar and writer (whose many books included the popular 1894 "Life of Christ") was long associated with Westminster Abbey and served as Dean of Canterbury as well as chaplain in ordinary to the royal household; he was a friend of Charles Darwin's, served as..... More
London: Oxford University Press, [1973]. Hardcover. Edited by Walter W. Skeat. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xxiv, 732pp, 149pp. Near fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and quite nice of this classic text, printed two column format and first published by Oxford in..... More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. xxxii, 483pp. Very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers, else tight and nice. Second printing of this useful listing of more than 12,000 titles. More