American Wild Life Illustrated: Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York

New York, Wise & Co, 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Blind-embossed green leatherette. xiv, 749pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations, 5 full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Small ownership name/address inkstamped on front flyleaf, inner flyleaf and rear inner flyleaf. Tight, attractive first edition of this WPA product. .

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Book number: 12613

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: WPA Natural History

The Annals of England; An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers, The Rolls of Parliament, and Other Public Records. 3 volumes

Oxford, J.H. and Jas. Parker, 1855-1857, 1855. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. All volumes are near fine with brief wear at the spine extremities and tips. Near Fine.

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Book number: b10935

The annals of England: an epitome of English history, from cotemporary writers, the rolls of parliament and other public records, vols. 1-3

Oxford , John Henry & James Parker, 1858. Used - Acceptable. Good/Fair hardbacks in brown cloth . Printed 1858, 1862 & 1857. Owner's name on front end paper of each; bindings tight; hinges cracked and neatly repaired; boards corners a little worn; spines worn, with some loss at head & foot, & brown tape repairs on joints; long tear in cloth of spine of vol.2. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_43283_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS267456I

The Australian Writers and Art Directors Award Annual, 13th edition.

Zürich, ADC 1991. Geringe Gebrauchsspuren, guter Zustand. Mit zahlr. farb. Abbildungen. 328 S., 11 Bl. 4to. OPp.

Kunstantiquariat Joachim LührsProfessional seller

Book number: 90607

Catalogue: Werbung (advertising)

Keywords: Design, Advertising, Werbung, Graphikdesign

California in the 1930s, the Wpa Guide to the Golden State: Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration

Berkeley, Etc. University of California Press, 2013. Introduction by David Kipen. xl, 713p. b/w illus. map, original stiff printed wrappers. .

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Book number: 054324

Keywords: California Americana WPA

Catalogue of the First Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Late David Laing, Esq. , LL. D. Comprising an Extraordinary Collection of Works by Scottish Writers or Relating to Scotland, Many of Excessive Rarity and Several Unique, Including Complete Series of the Publications of the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, and Other Literary Clubs; Transactions of Scotch and English Societies; Writings of Eminent Divines, Historians and Topographers; First Editions of Novelists, Poets and Dramatists; Early Voyages and Travels.

Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1879. Auction catalogue, 8vo., pp.(ii),271, printed paper wrappers; surface soil and wear to wrappers, with some loss at extremities, internally clean, a good copy.

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Book number: 37662

Catalogue: LITERATURE

Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither; Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Wither to Prior

New York, Cooper Square Publishers , 1963. Cloth. Beautiful catalogue of early editions of the works of English writers from Langland to Prior in four volumes. From 'The Cooper Square Library of Bibliography' series edited by S R Shapiro. Complete in four volumes. Containing a catalogue of early editions of some English writer's works from Langland to Wither in one volume, and from Wither to Prior in three volumes. Featuring collations and notes as well as numerous facsimiles of title pages and frontispieces, contributed to the Bibliography of English Literature. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings with titles in gilt to printed spine label. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Book number: 868A3

Catalogue: Bibliography & General

Keywords: catalogue reference illustrated facsimile reference None

Childhood's Days. A Collection of Stories for All Kinds for Boys and Girls from the Best of Juvenile Writers with Superb and Appropriate Illustrations

London and New York, W.B. Conkey, 1984. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Very good in illustrated paper-covered boards with a clath spine. Shelfwear to the edges, a few minor scratches, and some sunning on the rear panel. Very Good.

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Book number: b24011

The Complete Farmer: or, A General Dictionary of Husbandry, in all its branches Containing the various Methods of Cultivating and Improving every Species of Land, According to the Precepts of both the Old and New Husbandry. Comprising every Thing valuable in the best Writers on this Subject, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, Young, &c. Together with A Great Variety of New Discoveries and Improvements. Also The Whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle of all Kinds; and the most approved Methods of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Method of raising BEES, and of acquiring large Quantit

London: Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and R. Baldwin, 1777. 0. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. [740], 111, [v]pp. Third edition, corrected and improved. Includes index. In two parts: the dictionary is unpaginated; 'The gardener's kalendar' has a divisional title-page and separate pagination and register. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With a penny-sized mark on the upper cover. Corners slightly worn. With a frontispiece and 27 folding plates, for a total of 28 plates. With the armorial bookplate of I. Green Wilkinson. ESTC T117986; Wilkinson's bookplate referenced in: Franks, Franks Bequest, Volume III, No. 31805. With a few small and scattered stains; overall a very good copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 003257

[CARR, William].

The Dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the county of York, with a copious glossary, illustrated by authorities from ancient English and Scottish writers, and exemplified by two familiar dialogues. By a native of Craven. (2 Vols).

London: Wm Crofts. Leeds: Robinson and Hernaman. 1828 2nd enlgd edition. 8vo. Various paginations. Original brown cloth, printed paper spine labels, uncut. Sl staining to cloth, very slightly wear to spine heads, labels rubbed and worn but not affecting text.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 18346

Keywords: Dialect Yorkshire

Dialogue At Sea - Stories By Writers of the Soviet Baltic Republics

Progress Publishers Moscow 1969 Paperback. Previous owner's name inside; stamped 'Donated by the Soviet Legation Wellngton'; cover has sun marks. Good.

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Book number: 1531587

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Fiction, Short Stories

The Dime School Speaker: Comprising: I. --the Popular and Dramatic Orator. II. --the Sabbath School Orator. Drawn Chiefly from Utterances of Our Most Popular Speakers, Writers and Thinkers

New York, Beadle and Adams, 1870. Paperback. 16mo. Orange pictorial wrappers. viii, 96pp, (4pp ads). Good plus. Minor edgewear, especially along string-tied spine, but overall very attractive and quite "handleable"; usual minor age toning. Interesting, eclectic collection of brief stage pieces. Number 13 in B & A's "Speaker Series," containing speechifying from the likes of Carl Schurz, Henry Ward Beecher, Bret Harte, Edward Everett and assorted other windbags of the period. Decent copy of a "penny dreadful" difficult to find in acceptable condition. .

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Book number: 23068

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: DIME NOVELS; BEADLE AND ADAMS Drama

The Dime Youth's Speaker and Reform Orator: Comprising Topics of the Times, Treated in Beautiful Extracts and Original Discourse, Prose and Verse from the Most Noted Speakers and Writers

New York, Beadle and Adams, 1870. Paperback. 16mo. Orange pictorial wrappers. viii, 94pp, (6pp ads). Good plus. Chipped at head and tail of slim spine, but overall fairly attractive, clean and handleable; usual delicacy and usual even age toning. Interesting, eclectic collection of short oratorical speeches from authors today largely obscure. Exceptional condition, given the low-quality paper on which these were printed; largely free of the edge tears and edge chips that plague these publications. Cover title "Beadle's Dime Youth's Speaker," No. 16 of this series. Fun front wrapper graphic of a shield-wielding knight waving his sword. A "penny dreadful" spinoff. .

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Book number: 30974

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: DIME NOVELS" "BEADLE AND ADAMS American Literature Children's

Edge Walking on the Western Rim: New Works by 12 Northwest Writers

Seattle, Sasquatch Books, 1994. First Edition. 0 pp. PAPERBACK. 1570610134. Bob Peterson, photographs. Near fine in original wrappers. Light wear and a discoloration on the final page and inside of rear wrapper. Signed by Sherman Alexie, Jonathan Raban, David James Duncan, Lawson Fusao Inada, Tom Spanbauer, and Mayumi Tsutakawa. Fine.

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Book number: b12427

Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE COLLECTIONS 20TH CENTURY 1570610134

(Russey, Ella; Coleman, Nellie G.; Tolman, M. D.; et al).

The Editor: (a Journal of Information for Writers). Vol. VIII No. 2. August 1898.

(Franklin, OH: The Editor Publishing Company), 1898. 1898. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial cream & green wrappers. The wraps are soiled. The front wrap is chipped around the edges with an owner's ink name in the top corner & with a small piece out of the bottom corner. The rear wrap is lightly creased with a longer crease across its top section. Pages [266]-308 plus ads. Illustrated with pictorial initials & tail-pieces in black & cream. The top page corners are bumped & there are a few pencil markings. Good. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 17629

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; THE EDITOR; JOURNAL OF INFORMATION FOR WRITERS; AUTHORS; ELLA RUSSEY. NELLIE G. COLEMAN; M. D. TOLMAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.