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A Tillyloss Scandal by Sir James Matthew Barrieedited by E. Haldeman-Juliuspublished by Haldeman-Julius Co., Girard, KS (1893)Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 307Paperback3.3 x 5 inches, 93 pagesSir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM ( 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.Although he continued to write successfully, Peter Pan overshadowed his other work, and is credited with popularising the name Wendy. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the… Read More

MIT Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982 First edition. Volume I of Documents in American Industrial History. Dark gray cloth-covered boards, 462 pp., 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Small bump, top edge of rear board, else fine. Dustcover good (edgewear, closed tears and mild darkening of spine). Contents: Speech to the United Company of Philadelphia for Promoting American Manufactures (Benjamin Rush, 1775); Obwervations on the Commerce of the American States (Lord Sheffield, 1783); The Present State of Manufactures (Thomas Jefferson, 1785); Letters (Thomas Jefferson, 1785-1816); Address to an Assembly Convened to Establish a Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures andthe Useful Arts (Tench Coxe, 1787); Three Letters on Manufactures ('A Plain, but Real Friend to America', 1787); Agriculture Preferable to the Mechanic Arts (John Morgan, 1789); A Brief Examination of Lord Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the United States (Tench Coxe, 1791); Report on the Subject of Manufactures… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. With a pencil and pieces of paper hidden from the people of acquaintances who had come to say farewell at the Ellis Island Deportation Station, Alexander Berkman abruptly wrote the final phrases of this book. Emma thought that it is a great introduction to this book to state that before the work was completed the leaders of America started expelling men straightly and clearly for the violation of hitting against the industrial owners of America. At the dawn of the early morning, the Red Ark was gone, has left several wives and children in need of help. They did not even know of the sailing of the ship, never got the chance to bid goodbye to the husbands and fathers they might not be able to see again. After the ship went away, women and children came to the dock to pay a visit to the prisoners, making them comfortable and gave them overcoats and gloves for the coming winter. The book contains Deportation ? Its Meaning and Menace; What?s to be done?; Quotations from American and Foreign… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. With a pencil and pieces of paper hidden from the people of acquaintances who had come to say farewell at the Ellis Island Deportation Station, Alexander Berkman abruptly wrote the final phrases of this book. Emma thought that it is a great introduction to this book to state that before the work was completed the leaders of America started expelling men straightly and clearly for the violation of hitting against the industrial owners of America. At the dawn of the early morning, the Red Ark was gone, has left several wives and children in need of help. They did not even know of the sailing of the ship, never got the chance to bid goodbye to the husbands and fathers they might not be able to see again. After the ship went away, women and children came to the dock to pay a visit to the prisoners, making them comfortable and gave them overcoats and gloves for the coming winter. The book contains Deportation ? Its Meaning and Menace; What?s to be done?; Quotations from American and Foreign… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951. Presumed first U. S. edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has Some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips.. xi, [1], 307, [1] p. 23 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. A Note on Sources. Index. From Wikipedia: "Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's suffrage, as well as a gifted teacher, Dickinson was the first woman to speak before the United States Congress. A gifted speaker at a very young age, she aided the Republican Party in the hard-fought 1863 elections and significantly influenced the distribution of political power in the Union just prior to the Civil War. Dickinson also was the first white woman on record to climb Colorado s Longs Peak, in 1873. Dickinson was born of Quaker parentage, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to abolitionist parents. Dickinson's father died when she was two years old after giving… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 2001. AC6 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) paperback book SIGNED and inscribed to previous owner by Richard Nelson and Corin Redgrave on the half-title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, less than half-inch tear on the front bottom left side, curled cover, some light discoloration and shelf wear. Long an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, American playwright Richard Nelson has been praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic. He is, as the International Herald Tribune declared, "among the greatest dramatists of his generation." Madame Melville, set in Paris in 1966 before that city exploded in protest, presents the story of a fifteen-year-old American, Carl, and his beautiful teacher, Claudie Melville. In the course of one night and one day, the boy discovers an unimagined world where beauty, loneliness, sex, and art are one. The Daily Telegraph praised Madame Melville as "a play about art, music, friendship… Read More

1846. leather. Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Harper Brothers New York, New York 1846 Size and Page Count: 6.5 X 10 Tall Royal Octavo 1098 Pages Condition: - Fair - Pages 81 to 160 out of the 1098 pages are missing , from original binding (they have not been removed) the binding is in very good shape. by George L. Craik and Charles MacFarlane
Illustrations Information: 524 Wood-Cut Wood-Engravings in the first four books and another 115 with the fifth book making a total of 639 -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information:
Being a history of the people,as well as a history of the kingdom. By George L. Craik and Charles MacFarlane,assisted by other contributors. Publisher: Harper Brothers 1846 History of England is divided up into 5 time period books. Each book has 7 chapters. Each chapter deals with distinct departments of that time period.
Before the first book is a 21 page introductory sketch of the Primitive History… Read More

New York: Times Books, 1996. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm,. xvii, [1], 477, [1] pages. Acid-free paper. Illustrations. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author (Ted Koppel) on half title page. Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before Nightline, he spent twenty years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC. After becoming host of Nightline, he was regarded as one of the most "outstanding" of the serious-minded interviewers on American television. Five years after its 1980 debut the show had a nightly audience of some seven and a half million viewers. His audience was made up of people who appreciated the "plain speaking, articulateness, and topical urgency" his late-night interviews with politicians and celebrities presented. After… Read More

London: Vanity Fair, 1900.. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Minor toning to top and left edge, not affecting image. Lithograph laid-in within four pages from issue dated 24 May 1900, including letterpress biography of subject. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce.Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (30 November 1832 – 12 April 1916) was an Anglo-Irish ascendancy nobleman and politician. He was the son of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde and his wife Harriet, daughter of British Prime Minister George Canning. He was unmourned in Ireland, where he had a reputation as one of the worst and most repressive absentee landlords in the country. His estate in Portumna, County Galway, comprising 52,000 acres (21,000 ha), yielded 25,000 sterling yearly in rents paid by 1,900 tenants, and was a main target during the 1887 Plan of Campaign fought for fair rents by the Irish Parliamentary Party. Clanricarde's opposition was so… Read More

Circa 1950. New edition. Fine. 13 19 3. Tan calf half binding with gilt title and flower decoration on the spine. Blue and tan marbled boards and edges.
The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot, first published in three volumes in 1860 by William Blackwood. The first American edition was published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. The PLOT: Spanning a period of 10 to 15 years, the novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, siblings who grow up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss. The mill is situated at the junction of the River Floss and the more minor River Ripple, near the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire, England. Both the rivers and the village are fictional. The novel begins in the late 1820s or early 1830s – several historical references place the events in the book after the Napoleonic Wars but before the Reform Act of 1832. (In chapter 3, the character Mr. Riley is described as an "auctioneer and appraiser thirty years ago", placing the opening events of the… Read More

Black grained leather binding with raised banding, gilt title and decoration on the spine. Embossed Cambridge type panel with gilt decorated corners on the boards. All edges gilt. This is a magnificent leather bound edition of Smith's famous work. Still an excellent resource for identifying significant people and events. A comprehensive dictionary. William Smith (1813 - 1893) English editor and lexicographer. Smith was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor. In his spare time he taught himself classics, and when he entered University College he carried off both the Greek and Latin prizes. He was entered at Gray's Inn in 1830, but gave up his legal studies for a post at University College school, and began to write on classical subjects. He next turned his attention to lexicography. His first attempt was the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, which appeared in 1842. In 1849 followed the… Read More

Full tan calf. Brown and tan title plates with gilt lettering. Dimensions are for one volume.
FIRST EDITION of a compilation by Henry William Weber (1783–1818) who was an English editor of plays and romances and literary assistant of Sir Walter Scott. Weber was born in 1783, allegedly in St. Petersburg, and is said to have been the son of a Westphalian who married an Englishwoman. He was sent with his mother to Edinburgh "by some of the London booksellers in a half-starved state." Sir Walter Scott employed him from August 1804 as his amanuensis and secured for him profitable work in literature. Weber was described as affectionate but imbued with Jacobin principles by Scott. (Scott, Journal, 1890, i. 149). After Christmas 1813 a fit of madness seized Weber at dusk, at the close of a day's work in the same room with his employer. He produced a pair of pistols and challenged Scott to mortal combat. A parley ensued, and Weber dined with the Scotts; next day he was put under restraint. His friends, with… Read More

Leather binding with gilt title and decoration on the spine.
The first three volumes of Theobald's great work Theobald's fame and contribution to English letters rests with his 1726 Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr Pope in his late edition of this poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true Reading of Shakespeare in all the Editions ever published. Theobald's 1733 Shakespeare edition was far the best produced before 1750, and it has been the cornerstone of all subsequent editions. Theobald not only corrected variants but chose among best texts and undid many of the changes to the text that had been made by earlier 18th century editors. Edmond Malone's later edition (the standard from which modern editor's act) was built on Theobald's.
Lewis Theobald (baptised 2 April 1688 – 18 September 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary… Read More

Brown leather binding with red title plate and gilt title on the spine. embossed cambridge panel on both boards.
Halifax and its Gibbet Law," by John Bentley
First Edition of the enclosed Gibbet Law. The Halifax Gibbet was an early guillotine, or decapitating machine, used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was probably installed during the 16th century as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword. Halifax was once part of the Manor of Wakefield, where ancient custom and law gave the Lord of the Manor the authority to execute summarily by decapitation any thief caught with stolen goods to the value of 13½d or more, or who confessed to having stolen goods of at least that value. Decapitation was a fairly common method of execution in England, but Halifax was unusual in two respects: it employed a guillotine-like machine that appears to have been unique in the country, and it continued to decapitate petty criminals until the mid-17th century. The device consisted of an axe head… Read More

Brown leather binding with gilt banding, red title plate and gilt lettering on the spine. Part of a set.
Three volumes of Theobald's great work Theobald's fame and contribution to English letters rests with his 1726 Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr Pope in his late edition of this poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true Reading of Shakespeare in all the Editions ever published. Theobald's 1733 Shakespeare edition was far the best produced before 1750, and it has been the cornerstone of all subsequent editions. Theobald not only corrected variants but chose among best texts and undid many of the changes to the text that had been made by earlier 18th century editors. Edmond Malone's later edition (the standard from which modern editor's act) was built on Theobald's.
Lewis Theobald (baptised 2 April 1688 – 18 September 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of… Read More

saying he has "returned from France and found your letters of June 13th and 23rd, together with that article. I have never heard of 'Liberation' before, and the whole thing doesn't seem to me worth while following up. Concerning your question about the Hungarian meeting, at Denison Hall... It was organised at forty-eight hours notice by George Mikes, Zoltan Szabo and myself, and was overcrowded. Judith Karolyi, the daughter of Michael Karolyi, was in the Chair, and the speakers were she, Jack Priestley, Henry Green, George Mikes and Professor Seton Watson. I know of no meeting in Birmingham...", 1 side 4to., Log Barn, Weald, Kent, 23rd July Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (1875-1955) was briefly Hungary's leader from 1918 to 1919 during the short-lived First Hungarian People's Republic. He served as Prime Minister between 1 and 16 November 1918 and as President between 16 November 1918 and 21 March… Read More

New York and elsewhere: The Robert Shalkenbach Foundation, Public Revenue Education Council, The Economics League, International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, U.S. Department of State, John C. Lincoln, and other private publishers, c.1950s & 1960s. Various. Paperback. This unusual collection of nineteen pamphlets expounds progressive political and economic notions by Henry George and other like-minded scholars and political figures, including a pamphlet featuring the early progressive notions of Winston S. Churchill. The pamphlets, all undated, are circa the 1950s and 1960s. Many are published by The Robert Shalkenbach Foundation, but there are also perhaps half a dozen other publishers represented. All nineteen pamphlets are wire-stitched, varying in size from 9 x 6 inches (22.9 x 15.2 cm) to 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm). Nearly all are very good plus or better condition, complete with only minor wear and soiling. On Human Rights by Churchill is near-fine, crisp and bright with no… Read More

saying he has "returned from France and found your letters of June 13th and 23rd, together with that article. I have never heard of 'Liberation' before, and the whole thing doesn't seem to me worth while following up. Concerning your question about the Hungarian meeting, at Denison Hall... It was organised at forty-eight hours notice by George Mikes, Zoltan Szabo and myself, and was overcrowded. Judith Karolyi, the daughter of Michael Karolyi, was in the Chair, and the speakers were she, Jack Priestley, Henry Green, George Mikes and Professor Seton Watson. I know of no meeting in Birmingham...", 1 side 4to., Log Barn, Weald, Kent, 23rd July Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (1875-1955) was briefly Hungary's leader from 1918 to 1919 during the short-lived First Hungarian People's Republic. He served as Prime Minister between 1 and 16 November 1918 and as President between 16 November 1918 and 21 March… Read More

Breslau, Verlegts George Gottlieb Horn, 1763. 8vo. 50,462 p. Restored half vellum 17 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 3,2; Ebert 14990; cf. Brunet 4,151 for the French edition of 1762; not yet in VD18) (Details: The binding is not original, but originating from an other book of approximately the same size. The vellum on the boards seems old, but the leather on the back is recent. The pastedowns are new and marbled, the flyleaves are old, but not original. Greek text with facing German translation, abundant commentary) (Condition: The paper is browning & foxed; title spotted, its margins thumbed. Small hole in the right margin of the title, not reaching text. Right upper corner of 1 leaf torn off, with the loss of some letters at the beginning & end of the first sentence. Some words on 1 page erased with ink. Small hole in the last leaf, resulting in the loss of some letters. Some pencil) (Note: This book is a gesture of friendship. It was produced by Jean Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens for his… Read More

1766. The Seventh Edition. Cork, Phineas and George Bagnell, 1766. 14 cm x 21 cm. xxiv, [12 pages with list of Subscribers], 412 pages. Hardcover / Professionally rebacked, original boards with gilt lettering and ornament to style of the 18th century. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Title and following page slightly fingerstained. Else in very good condition and especially beautiful and firm after the restoration of the volume by an english masterbinder. Contains, for example, the following: Origin of the Irish / Conquest of Ireland by the English under K.Henry II / Great Depravity of the Irish / The sins of the Irish the cause of the success of the English / The Papists permitted the free exercise of their Religion / Happy State of Ireland at ther breaking out of the plot / Protestants betrayed and murdered / The Protestants, endeavour to defend themselves singly, and are treated with great inhumanity /The Priests and Jesuits uses… Read More