My ABC Book

NY: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co, 1923. 1. Soft Cover. Publisher's glossy card wraps. Folio. 12 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Pages separated, covers lightly soiled, very brief gift inscription on final page, otherwise unmarked, all illustrations bright and clean. FAIR. Publisher's No. 611.. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Fair with no dust jacket .

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CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)

The Conquest of the Illinois

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1920. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with Tissue-Protected engraved portrait frontispiece and facsimile of the first page of George Rogers Clark's account.. Head and heel of spine show very slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 18. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xx, 190 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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DAHL, ROALD

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary

NY: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1972. 0394824725. Stated First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0394824725. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, blue gilt embossed decoration on cover, gray endpapers. 8vo. (xii), 163, (1) pp. Generously illustrated with B&W drawings by Joseph Schindelman. Former owner's name and address on ffep, else as new. The unclipped dust jacket (now in Mylar) is only lightly shelf-worn. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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GRABO, CARL

A Doomsday Masque

Chicago: Privately Printed, 1951. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Limited, Numbered Edition, Signed by the Author. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). This is No. 70 of only 500 copies printed. Publisher's black, white and red printed boards. 59, (5) pp. Illustrated (frontispiece, head and tailpieces and decoration) by Robert L. Smith. Designed and Printed by The Falcon Press, Chicago. The volume is in excellent, unmarked condition. The spine and top edge are lightly sunned, else fine. FINE. This is a presentation copy from the library of one of the individuals whom the author has thanked in the Acknowledgment. The volume contains three poems and one play (dramatic poem), the poems comprising a Prologue to the Play. The characters in this dramatic poem include: a Scientist who seeks the truth, a Mystic who sees only sham, a Misanthrope who is disgusted with the world and a Young Girl who's life is ruled by Love. Throughout the volume, the threat of Armageddon hangs over the entire work. The author, a leading authority on Shelley, taught at the University of Chicago and finally at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of many poetical and scholarly works, including The Amateur Philosopher (1917); Peter and the Princess (1920); A Newton Among Poets (1930); A Man and A Woman (1931); The Meaning of the Witch of Atlas (1935); The Magic Plant: The Growth of Shelley's Thought (1936); The Black Butterfly (1940); Crows are Black Everywhere (1945); The Creative Critic (1948); The Technique of the Novel (1964); and many others.. Private Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Fine with no dust jacket .

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GREGG, JOSIAH; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)

The Commerce of the Prairies; or, the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1926. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map. Heel of spine has slight shelf-wear, gilt on spine is slightly dulled, front cover has a few faint scratches, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 24. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii, 307 pp. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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HENRY, ALEXANDER; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)

Alexander Henry's Travels and Adventures in the Years 1760-1776

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1921. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and fold-out map. Former owner's signature on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean, seemingly unread, one corner lightly bumped, else fine. NEAR FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 19. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxxii, 340 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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HUBBARD, GURDON SALTONSTALL; CAROLINE M. MCILVAINE (INTRO)

The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (Pa-Pa-Ma-Ta-Be "the Swift Walker")

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1911. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with Tissue-Protected engraved portrait frontispiece. Head of spine has very slight shelf-wear, one faint scratch at the top edge of the front cover, and a light scuff on the bottom edge of the rear cover, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 9. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxvii, 182 pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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HUBBARD, ELBERT

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers

NY: William H. Wise & Co, 1922. University Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, lettering on tan label on spine, portrait medallion and borders blind-stamped on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle, brown endpapers. 395, (1) pp. Illustrated with engraved, tissue-protected frontispiece portrait of John Wesley, full-page portraits of each of the subject reformers, and numerous head and tail-pieces, borders and decoration. Edited and arranged by Fred Bann. Borders and Initials by Roycroft artists, and printed and made into a book by the Roycrofters, at their shops which are in East Aurora, Erie County, New York. This is Volume IX in the "Little Journeys" series. Includes sections on John Wesley; Henry George; Garibaldi; Richard Cobden; Thomas Paine; John Knox; John Bright; Bradlaugh; Theodore Parker; Oliver Cromwell; Anne Hutchinson; and Jean Jacques Rousseau. This is an unmarked, unopened copy showing only the very slightest shelf-wear. FINE.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine with no dust jacket .

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HUNTER, P. HAY

James Inwick: Ploughman and Elder

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First American Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, reverse gilt lettering and black embossed wreath and coat-of-arms decoration on cover. 12mo. vi, 194, (6) pp. Brief gift inscription on ffep, otherwise unmarked. Tight and square, seemingly unopened. FINE.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fine with no dust jacket .

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KENNEDY, WILLIAM; BRENDAN KENNEDY

Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. 0871131048. Stated First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0871131048. Illustrated by Glen Baxter. Publisher's full red cloth, black lettering on spine, black embossed pictorial medallion on cover, printed endpapers. Oblong 8vo. 40 pp. Profusely illustrated in color by Glen Baxter. The unmarked volume is in almost perfect condition with some very slight shelf-wear. The unclipped dust jacket, now in mylar, chipped and worn, particularly at the head of the spine. FINE/GOOD.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Good dust jacket .

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LILLY, JOSEPH (ED)

A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black-Letter Ballads and Broadsides Printed in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth between the Years 1559 and 1597

London: Joseph Lilly, 1867. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped decorative front and rear panels, brown endpapers, fore and bottom edges deckle. Accompanied with an Introduction and Illustrative Notes. Four additional items are included with the book: (1) An autograph letter, signed, written on both sides of a sheet, from the publisher, Joseph Lilly, dated August 21, 1867, and sent from Covent Garden, explaining how he acquired the rights to the current book, as follows: "Dear Sir, I gave L750 for the folio volume of the Old Ballads & Broadsides, at the sale of the library of George Daniel Esq, at "Sotheby's" Auction Rooms, in July 1864. I do not know the date of Mr. Daniel's birth. He was about 75 years old at the time of his death. I think he was born in Newgate [or ?]. I think his father (or mother's) family was in the worsted trade. If I can get a portrait of him I will send it to you. Yours truly (signed) Joseph Lilly." (2) Another note is tipped-in to the front endpaper, in a different hand, as follows: "George Daniels Ballads | With autograph note of Mr. Lilly the publisher stating that he gave upwards of L700 for the original. [sic] and Scarce portrait, + short Memoir of Mr. Daniel __ - Only a comparative few copies printed." (3) Also laid-in is the portrait of George Daniel referred to in Mr. Lilly's note, and (4) a short, somewhat poetic memoir of him, curiously captioned "Memoir of D._ _G." The note on the endpaper describes the portrait and memoir as scarce as there were only a few copies printed. NB: A large number of the 19th Century acting editions are promoted as containing "remarks by D. _ _G" (i.e. George Daniel). These remarks are usually two to three pages in length and contain relatively non-critical comments about the play and its production. These prefaces consist primarily of a synopsis of the play, but occasionally they contain interesting anecdotes that shed some light on both the cultural and theatrical landscape of his time. Fortunately, in a few of the scripts the critic's nom de plume is forgotten, and he is identified as George Daniel (1789-1864). He was a descendant of a Huguenot family that settled in England in the 17th century. Even as a young man he was a prolific writer, mostly of poetry, but at the age of 18 he completed Dick Distich, a novel in three volumes. Yet it would be as a poet that Daniel was to gain his first taste of pseudonymous fame, as "P___P___, Poet Laureat." P___ P___, Poet Laureat's first poem was a "sprightly squib in verse" entitled "R_y_l Stripes; or a Kick from Yar_th to Wa_s; with the particulars of an Expedition to Oat_ds and the Sprained Ancle." It was an account of the horse-whipping given to the prince regent by Lord Yarmouth for "making improper advances" to his mother-in-law. The poem was immediately and simultaneously suppressed and highly popular. Daniel's original manuscript is kept in the British Museum. Broadly satirical pieces, such as the poem described above, brought Daniel into the company of "a number of literary friends," most notably Charles Lamb and Robert Bloomfield. At the same time his exposure to the theatrical milieu of London began to grow, and he befriended some of the greatest actors of the time. The value that the actor John Kemble placed on his friendship was demostrated by a "white satin" bill of fare the actor presented to Daniel in the green-room at Covent Garden. This occurred on the night of Kemble's final performance there on June 23, 1817. This memento is also the property of the British Museum. In 1818, Daniel made his debut as a playwright with a piece entitiled "Doctor Bolus." It was successfully presented at the English Opera House and at the Lyceum. He followed that one year later with "The Disagreeable Surprise" and in 1833, with "Sworn at Highgate." Yet it seems that George Daniel's greatest contribution to the arts of 19th century London is in neither his poetry or his plays, but rather as an editor and book collector. Between 1823 and 1831, thirty-nine volumes of "British Theatre, with Remarks Biographical and Critical, printed from the Acting Copies as performed at the Theatres Royal London" were published by John Cumberland, and edited by George Daniel. Fourteen more volumes were added by 1832. Later, he also edited similar publications of acting editions for T.H.Lacy and Davison. The University of Washington a collection of many acting editions with remarks by Daniel, from a variety of publishers. Bates refers to Daniel as a book collector, one whose estate brought great wealth to his descendants when it was sold. His collection included a first folio of Shakespeare, David Garrick's cane, a cassolette, or carved casket, made out of the mulberry-tree from Shakespeare's garden, as well as many other books and artifacts from the Elizabethan age. For ten days, starting on July 24, 1864, his entire collection was sold at auction. His heirs received 15,865 pounds and 12 shillings. One of his greatest friends, it seems, was the artist Robert Cruikshank, with whom he collaborated on many of the acting editions, as well as on other publications. Daniel's last work was called "Love's Last Labour Not Lost," which contained recollections of both Charles Lamb and Cruikshank. " [Dennis Barnett, University of Washington]. A very rare association copy of this scarce first edition.. Small neat former ownership inscription on the fep; endpapers separated but hinges holding, text is clean, tight, and square. VERY GOOD.. Association Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxvi, 318, (1) pp. Signed by Notable Personage, Related. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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LYTTON, SIR EDWARD BULWER (LORD LYTTON)

The Caxtons: A Family Picture

NY: A. L. Burt Company, 1849. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering, borders, compartments and decoration on spine, blind-stamped borders on cover, textured endpapers. Both hinges sprung, some residue on fep and rep (may be ex-library), else very good. GOOD.. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 463 pp. Fair with no dust jacket .

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MANLY, WILLIAM L.; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)

Death Valley in '49

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1927. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map. William Lewis Manly (1820-1903) was an American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter, a guide of Westward bound caravans, a seeker of gold and then a farmer and writer in his later years. He wrote an autobiography, first published with the title "From Vermont to California," then a second edition with the title "Death Valley in '49," which tells of the pioneer experience in America's Far West, in particular the 1848 California Gold Rush. In December 1848, at age 29, Manly traversed California's Death Valley (today the centerpiece of Death Valley National Park) as a member of a group of emigrant pioneers traveling overland from Salt Lake City, Utah to the California gold rush (the Death Valley '49ers). These pioneers became lost in the Great Basin Desert, and entered Death Valley, having followed an inaccurate map for three weeks. Their food supplies were almost exhausted, and the oxen pulling their wagons were dying of starvation. Manly, with his associate John Haney Rogers, trekked 250 miles on foot across the Mojave Desert to Rancho San Fernando near Los Angeles, California, to scout an evacuation route for the families trapped in Death Valley, and procure food and horses if a settlement could be located. The volume shows only the slightest shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 25. Frontispiece and Map. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii, 307 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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MANLY, WILLIAM L.; MILO MILTON QUAIFE (ED)

Death Valley in '49

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1927. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt border and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map.. Former owner's signature stamp on ffep, otherwise unmarked; gilt bright, boards clean, corners sharp, text block tight, and square. NEAR FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 25. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii, 307 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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MCILVAINE, MABEL (INTRO)

Reminiscences of Chicago During the Forties and Fifties

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press, 1913. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt borders and publisher's medallion, gilt, on cover, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece drawing of Chicago in 1853.. Head and heel of spine show very slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 11. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxxiii, 137 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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