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    Anonymous:  Remarkable Shipwrecks, or A Collection of Interesting Accounts of Naval Disasters. With Many Particulars of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings of the Crews of Vessels Wrecked at Sea, and of their Treatment on Distant Shores. Together with an Account of the Deliverance of Survivors. Selected From Authentic Sources.  Hartford, Conn.: Andrus And Starr, 1813. First Edition. Poor, as it is a candidate for re-binding. The front board is missing as is the preliminaries prior to the title page, the second to last blank end page is missing, the sewing is loose and the title page has a long diagonal crease. The remainder of the text appears to be intact and complete. 384 pages of text followed by pages 373 to 129 (sic) 429 of subscriber's names arranged by state. (Howes, R-190; Sabin, 69380)
    TB33935  $40.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Griswold, New London County [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New London County, Connecticut] Framed and Matted.  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, Circa 1868. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 12" by 15" (border to border) being page 11 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New London County of 1868. The map is drawn to a scale of 1 1/3 inches to the mile showing the fourteen districts of the town of Griswold to include Jewett City, Doaneville, Glasko, Clayville, Pachaug and Hopeville. The Quinebaug River is shown on the western extreme of the town. Insets are shown which provide more detail for the centers of Hopeville, Glasko and Doaneville. The map is contained in a wooden frame 17 3/8 by 21 5/8 inches with a beveled cut mat with an opening of 15 1/4 by 12 1/2 inches. A business directory for Griswold also appears in the lower center of the map listing banks, churches, stationery stores, a manufacturer of steel spectacles, a cotton mill, physician and dealer in drugs and medicines, a butcher, grocery and provision dealer, saloons, the Hopeville mills, and a tailor. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Griswold with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB33952  $125.00



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    Green, Thomas Marshall:  The Spanish Conspiracy. A review Of Early Spanish Movements In The South-West.  Cincinnati, Ohiio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1891. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards withbright gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with printed end sheets and with an early prior owner's name, date and place on second free end page ("James N. Arnold | Providence | Jan 1, 1892 R. I.") A previous book dealer has listed in pencil on the second free end page multiple bibliographic references for this title. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and the cloth at the lower edges of the boards are more aggressively rubbed and the cloth over the tips of the boards is rubbed through. The contents are extremely clean and tight, but there is foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Without a dust jacket. James Newell Arnold (1844-1927) was a writer, editor, historian and genealogist specializing in Rhode Island history. (Providence Public Library) 406 pages of text including an index and followed by an errata page. Considered quite scarce. (Howes, G-374; Graff, 1645; Rader, 1672;
    TB33936  $175.00



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    Malaparte, Curzio:  Coup d'Etat The Technique of Revolution.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. First Edition. Very good+ in its original blue cloth covered boards with orange text embossed on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/8 inches with cloth at the very top edge of the front board nibbled away by insects or rodents and with nibbling to the orange stain to the top edge of the text block. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with numerous shallow closed tears around the edge of the panels and spine area, but with no severe chipping. The contents are clean and without damage and there are no prior ownership markings of any kind. 251 pages of text. Originally printed in Paris under the title: Technique du coup d'Etat in 1931. This printing is the first US edition translated from the French by Sylvia Saunders. The author Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957) was an "Italian writer, filmmaker and war correspondent and one of the intellectuals who, during the 1920's, supported the rise of Italian fascism and Benito Mussolni. His real name was Kurt Erich Suckert" (International Autograph Auctions & RareBookHub). Malaparte argues that the 19th century method of government overthrow, coup d'Etat, is no longer viable and has been replaced by Marxian technique, first employed by Trotsky during the 1917 Russian Revolution. He goes on to examine the techniques used by the dictators: Trotsky, Mussolini, Pilsudski, Primo de Rivera and their methods for coming to power. In concluding the book, the author makes an analysis of Hitler's efforts at the time to come to power.
    TB33680  $1350.00




  • Moulton, Gary E.:  The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Volumes 1 (Atlas) through 13 .  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. All First Editions. All volumes in this thirteen volume set are in very good+ to fine condition in blue decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. Volume 1 (the atlas) has faded around its edges, but is otherwise in very good+ condition with the contents in fine condtion. Volumes 4 and 5 have mild, faint spots of foxing to the upper edges of the text blocks. Volume 1 does not have a dust jacket as issued; however, all other volumes are in fine dust jackets. These volumes were produced by the University of Nebraska Press under the direction of Dr. Gary Moulton as editor. Exceedingly uncommon as a complete set in first editions and in collectible dust jackets.
    TB16350  $3600.00




  • Phillips, Daniel L.:  Griswold A History Being A History Of The Town of Griswold Connecticut.  n.p.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1929. First Edition. Near fine in a more recent binding of heavy black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with new end sheets and light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 456 pages of text including a general index and a person index followed by eight blank leaves. Illustrated with a frontispiece topographical map of the town, geological map of Griswold in color, line drawings, engravings, images from photographs and a large, fold-out, hand-drawn map of the town dated 1917 by the author showing natural features and historically important homes. A rather uncommon title with OCLC locating only 63 actual copies in institutions worldwide. (Armstrong, Conn. 4018)
    TB33951  $175.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1933. First Edition. Very near fine in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and a gilt eagle on the front board and with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and rubbing to the cloth over the tips of the boards. Married with a third printing, unclipped dust jacket in very good- with the colors on the spine area somewhat faded and shallow chipping to the upper edge of the spine area and light rubbing to the lower edge of the same and with small chips and insect damage to the rear panel. Inscribed to a Dr. Henry Pleasants, Jr. on the title page with a long sentence and signed by Kenneth Roberts and dated "the 17th of June, 1934". An exceptionally scarce title to come by in first edition in a collectible dust jacket as only 5,000 copies were produced in the first printing. The dust jacket art is by N. C. Wyeth. Rabble In Arms is the sequel of Roberts' Arundel which picks up after Arnold's attack on Quebec and follows the sequence of events as the ragged army retreats down the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain. Roberts' was one of the first novelists to give credible exposure to the Battle of Valcor Island which, although a loss for the Americans, slowed the British advance down Lake Champlain to connect with the Hudson enough so that they had to return to Canada for the winter of 1776. This ultimately lead to the victory at Saratoga the following year. A handsome, clean copy of one of Roberts' most significant historical fiction novels. 870 pages of text.
    TB33953  $600.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  Much Ado About Nothing and Love's Labour's Lost.  London: [Printed by Tho. Cotes for Richard Hawkins], 1632. Removed from the Second Folio Edition. Two comedic plays by William Shakespeare removed from the Second Folio of 1632 bound together in a near fine small quarto of 1/4 polished, brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The only flaw to the binding being a small, 3/8 by 3/4 inch piece of the marbled paper near the upper center of the rear board is missing. The flaw is easily overlooked and can only be found rubbing one's fingers over the rear board. The pages in the text block are generally cockled and show a number of scattered spots of foxing. Page 115 of Much Ado About Nothing show two lines underlined in ink. That play is contained within pages 101 to 121 and is said to have been written in 1599 and was first printed on August 23, 1600. Love's Labour's Lost is on pages 122 to 144 and is said to have been written in 1592 and first printed in 1598. Both plays are printed in double columns with borders surrounding each column. (Jaggard, p.378 & p.418; Bohn, p.274, p.277, p.2256)
    TB33702  $10800.00



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    Strickland, Edwin, and Gene Wortsman:  Phenix City.  Birmingham: Vulcan Press, 1955. First Edition. Very good+ in textured yellow paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with minor soiling to the cloth over the spine and spots of foxing to the end sheets and preliminaries. Light foxing also shows on the edges of the text block. Given a sub-title on the spine of: "The Wickedest City in America". Without its issued dust jacket. Laid-in at the front of the book is a 6 by 7 1/2 inch black and white photograph of some event taking place at the front area of Posey's Photographic Studio in Phenix City taken in the mid-1950's. 284 pages of text. An investigation and white paper report on the crime and corruption that existed in the small town of Phenix City just outside of Fort Benning, GA. in the 50's.
    TB33933  $165.00



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    Swinburne, Algernon Charles:  Atalanta In Calydon.  London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. First Edition. Near fine in a stunningly beautiful, full leather binding by Zaehnsdorf bookbinders of London (1841-1983) of brown morocco, gilt stamped on both boards with a floral, Art Nouveau style with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two compartments and the floral gilt tooling in four compartments. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The insides of the boards are covered in leather and gilt stamped with the same floral designs. The first and last free end pages are covered in leather with a double ruled border around the edges. The binder's name is stamped in tiny font at the lower edge of the verso side of the front board. The book is contained within a fine, double walled, clamshell box with 1/4 brown morocco and light brown cloth covered boards with the title of the book and the author's last name in gilt with the date 1865 on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. The only flaw appears to be the front joint has been strengthened with a complementary material and a touch of foxing to the title page and a minor 1/2 inch long scratch to the fore edge of the front board. 109 pages of text followed by the original front cover of the book bound-in. "Atalanta In Calydon was Swinburne's second published work and brought him instant fame. It set the atmosphere for all his future works and was certainly a result of the contemporary Pre-Raphaelite influence. This is considered by most to be Swinburne's masterpiece." (Brentano's Fine and Rare Books, 1979)
    TB33703  $3600.00



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    Talbot, Charles Remington :  A Midshipmand At Large A Story of Newport And Ocean Yachting.  Boston: D. Lothrop Company, (1887). First Edition, 35.00. Good in worn brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt and black decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and to the tips of the boards and the fore edges of the boards. There is also a sever lean to the spine and the cloth is worn through over the lower tips of the boards and the rear hinge is broken, but holding. Without a dust jacket. 394 pages of text followed by an eight page (viii) section titled "The School of Home" and six pages of ads from the publisher.
    TB33934  $65.00



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    WPA:  The Armenians In Massachusetts.  Boston: The Armenian Historical Society, 1937. First Edition. Fine in pebbled, blue cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine and on the front board and map end pages. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with hints of soiling to the spine area and light rubbing to the colors on the fold to the front panel. One of the more obscure volumes in the WPA's collection of volumes in the American Guide Series. 145 pages followed by a bibliography and an index and illustrated with black and white photographs. A beautiful, handsome and clean copy, never read and without any prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33932  $275.00



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    WPA:  Minnesota A State Guide.  New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Editon, in first state binding. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with foxing to the end sheets a result of a reaction to the glues used in binding and with three small stains to the fore edge of the text block. There is a Christmas gift inscription on the second free end page. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chipping to the lower edge of the spine area, shallow wear and rubbing to the upper corners of same and nicks over the tips of the boards. This is the first state binding of three different binding states. 523 pages including an index, bibliography, chronology, text and 53 pages of black and white photographs near the front of the book and with 12 maps within the body of the text. The multi-colored map of the state is contained within the rear pocket. The map is in excellent condition. (Scharf & Schoyer, 239; Dykes, 149; Powell, 704)
    TB33945  $200.00



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    WPA:  Utah A Guide to the State.  New York: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and front board and with map end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 3/8 inches with very slight fading to the cloth at the head of the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, but with a 1/3 inch deep chip at the upper fore corner of the spine area, a 1 1/2 inch narrow chip on the upper rear corner of the spine area and chipping over the tips of the boards. One of the American Guide Series. 595 pages including an index, chronology, photographs, and maps. This is one of the few WPA Amercian Guide series titles not called for to have a map at the rear.
    TB33949  $135.00



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    WPA:  Missouri A Guide to The 'Show Me' State.  New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1941). First Edition, Second Printing only showing on the dust jacket. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with bright blue text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth very faintly rubbed at the corners of the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch deep chip by 1 1/4 inch long chip to the upper edge of the rear panel and nicks to the corners of the front panel. As noted above only the front flap of the jacket states "second printing" with no date on the title page and at the same price the first edition was priced ($2.75). 652 pages including an index, chronology, maps of sections of the state and photographs in several sections through-out. A separate map at the rear was not produced with the book. (Scharf & Schoyer 306)
    TB33944  $130.00



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    WPA:  New Orleans City Guide.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938. First Edition. Near fine in heavy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and on the spine. The front end sheet is printed with the street map of the city. In a very good-, price clipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with small chips from the lower edge of the spine area, small chips over the tips of the boards and several closed tears and creases to the rear panel. A pocket at the rear end paper contains a very fine, multi-colored map of the city. 430 pages containing an index, bibliography, a glossary, a chronology, a checklist of noted personalities of the city, text and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs.
    TB33943  $125.00



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    WPA:  The Oregon Trail.  New York: Hastings House, 1939. First Edition second state. Very good+ in decorated heavy tan colored buckram covered boards with brown text and decorations stamped on the spine and on the front board. The end papers are mildly foxed due to the glues used in binding. The spine is slightly tanned and the cloth over the rear lower board tip is roughly warn. Without its issued dust jacket. 244 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and illustrated with 26 reproductions of contemporary art work and photographs. This is the second state of the first edition which shows no mention of US 30 on the binding or on the title page. This volume remains in collectible condition and has the multi-colored map tipped-in at the rear end paper.
    TB33938  $100.00



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    WPA:  U.S. One Maine to Florida.  New York: Modern Age Books, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with blue and red text and decorations on the spine and front board with foxing to the end papers due to the glues used in binding. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/2 inch chip from the upper fore corner of the spine area and several short closed tears to the upper and lower edges of the front panel. The spine is slightly tanned. 344 pages with an index, a list of annual events along US 1, text, and black and white photographs through-out. with the colored, fold-out map tipped-in at the rear of the book of Route 1 showing its route from Fort Kent in Maine to Key West, Florida. One of the more scarce titles in the American Guide Series.
    TB33931  $95.00



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    WPA:  San Francisco The Bay and Its Cities.  New York: Hastings House, 1947. Revised second edition. Very near fine in light-gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with foxing in the gutters most likely from a reaction due to the glues used in binding and with a minor tape stain on the first and last free end pages. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with small chips from the ends of the spine area and at the upper corners of the front panel. This volume was written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA in Northern California and is one of the volumes in the American Guide Series. 531 pages with index,text and photographs through-out the same as contained within the first edition.
    TB33948  $75.00



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    WPA:  Arizona A State Guide.  New York: Hastings House, c1940, 1949. Seveth Printing of 1949. Very good+ in light brown cloth covered board with black text on the spine and front board and map end papers. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with a prior owner's name on the first free end page, rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower edges of the boards. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with two one inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area and 1/2 inch deep chips to the lower edge of the same and chipping to the fore corners of the front and rear panels. This is the second state binding of the first edition. 530 pages including an index, appedices, and photographs in eight sections. The 27th volume in the American state Guide Series.
    TB33939  $45.00



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    WPA:  North Dakota A Guide To the Northern Prairie State.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Second Edition, Second Printing. Very good+ in light blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black decorations on the front board and map end papers. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the dust jacket taped to the end sheets of the boards and with the typical library stampings throughout. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with the jacket taped to the book. 352 pages containing an index, appendices, bibliography, text and illustrated with two sections of photographs. The first edition of this title is extremely scarce due to the fact that only 3,000 copies of the book were printed.
    TB33937  $40.00






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