N.p. n.d. 6x7", lined music paper darkened, overall wear. THREE FULL LINES OF MUSIC WITH LYRICS IN MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION "a Victor Roger…." SIGNED BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, FAMED FRENCH COMPOSER OF OPERAS. Pencil note at top identifies this as being from the 4th act of Saint-Saens' opera "Henry VIII"... More

Lindsay & Blakiston: Philadelphia, 1854. 7.75 x 5, original gilt lettered embossed brown cloth, 347 pp + publ ads, covers moderately rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped, hinges loose, front inner hinge broken, bookplate of former owner, pp foxed but still a nicely preserved copy of the FIRST..... More

Francis Douglass and William Murray: Aberdeen, 1756. Hardcover. 2 vols. 7 x 4", full leather, 346pp; 388pp, covers worn and cracking, extremities bumped and chipping (especially spine ends) with hinges cracking (but covers still attached), former owner's bookplates, pp toned, but still a very nice set of this early Scottish..... More

T. Werner Laurie: London, nd (1911). 7.5 x 5, pict green cloth, 339pp + ads, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracked, contents toned (esp eps), soiling and spotting to edges of text block and rear end papers. FIRST ED, Second printing (with "other pulses"..... More

Random House: NY, (1934). Hardcover. 8.25 x 6", rough cloth backed pict boards, 264pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine label browned and chipped, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson...Cleveland Dec 22/'34" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE STEIN. More

J.C. Totten: NY, 1827. Hardcover. 5.5 x 3.5", leather backed boards, 96pp, ink inscription (H.H. Otis to his son W.H. Otis 1897), name & # on title, right upper blank margin of intro page lacking, foxed, corners heavily rubbed. FIRST EDITION. Howes also ascribes this to the publisher, Joseph Mitchell..... More

Girolamo Bartoli: Genova, 1590. 20 full page plates + engraved title, 10 x 7, later gilt ruled straight grained green moroccol; aeg, vp, covers a bit worn and darkened and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, spine sunned to brown and abraded, newer eps and prelims, title page reinforced, other minior..... More

np, nd (. Paperback. 8 x 5.25", one page, horizontal folds, minor edge wear, 13 lines including signature, matted and framed with half-tone portrait of Tocqueville. Letter (as far as we can tell) asks recipient about "...le bout de ma journir le reusaignment suivant avant lundi matin..." (...the bottle I...... More

George Allen & Unwin: London, (1954-1955). Hardcover. 3 vols. 9 x 5.5", red cloth, 423pp + folding map, 352pp + folding map; 416pp + folding map, extremities bumped and a little worn, eps unevenly toned, pp toned, scattered finger soiling else a decent set in worn, edge-chipped, browned, spine-sunned dustjackets..... More

Reynal & Hitchcock: NY, (1943). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims, 7.75 x 5", pict cloth, 239pp, covers rubbed with some light staining at bottom edges, extremities lightly bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned, small dark stains on foredge and bottom edge of textblock but still a decent..... More

10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries..... More

New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More

Printed by J.M. and to be sold by the Booksellers in London, 1677. Hardcover. 13 x 8.5", old calf, with renewed sipne, new label, 349pp, cover shows fire damage (burned at stake?), pieces of calf lacking, text waterstained but not moldy, textblock loose. FIRST EDITION. Imprimatur leaf present. More