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Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science (First Edition)
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Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science (First Edition)

by Cather, Willa S.; Milmine, Georgine; [largely written by Willa S. Cather]

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New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with all first issue points. 495 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Rear hinge cracked else tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary inscription on a blank page - "Mr. Ravcoe[?] Hines / a gift from / Hon. Wm. E. Chandler / Dec. 12, 1911 / by the hand of his friend / SWC" - I'd like to think that the friend here was Willa Cather with the writer of the inscription mixing up her initials but who knows; moderate wear and bnumping to corners but still nice; dust jacket is quite worn with several chips; mostly backed with brown paper; some tears and soil. Cather's fourth book. David Stouck, in his introduction to the University of Nebraska Press edition, wrote that Cather's portrayal of Eddy "contains some of the finest portrait sketches and reflections on human nature that Willa… Read More
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A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe (First Edition)
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A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe (First Edition)

by Eyton, T.C. [Thomas Campbell]; Lear, Edward

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London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". 178 pages + appendix. 24 plates, 6 of them hand-colored by Edward Lear (as called for) as well as a number of text illustrations. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; foxing to endpapers; H. Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate on front endpaper; moderate wear. Thomas Campbell Eyton (10 September 1809 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories. Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. References: Nissen IVB 307; Mullens & Swan p.203. A very scarce… Read More
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Curious George Takes a Job (First Edition)
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Curious George Takes a Job (First Edition)

by Rey, H.A.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with 1947 date on title page, correct jacket ads and price ($2.50). Very Good in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary 1947 owner's inscription on front endpaper; A few smudges, light pemcil marks and erasures; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with almost no wear; small tear at heel of spine; a couple of staple holes at top of panels; hardly visible; likely the best jacket you'll ever see; price not clipped ($2.50). First issue of the second Curious George title, extremely scarce in dust jacket. [This isn't the Literary Guild issue that is more often seen. It appears that the other examples on the market all have the Guild dust jacket.] SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
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Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests; With Illustrations [Photographs] (First Edition)
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Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests; With Illustrations [Photographs] (First Edition)

by Cherry, Edgar & Co

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San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Photographs (Illustrated with). San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES. 107 pages. 23 actual albumen photographs [supposed to have 24; lacking one]. Good. tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; small tear to front endpaper; covers worn. An early photo book of redwood logging in California, published  "[An] impressive verbal and pictorial description of the logging industry on the northern coast of California"--Kurutz. References: Cowan, page 525; Kurutz, California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs 7; Miles & Reese, Creating America 74. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
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Heroes of the Plains; Or, Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson,...
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St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co, 1884. Hardcover. Good+. Illustrated. St. Louis: Historical Publishing Co., 1884. Best Edition - contains additional material not found in earlier editions.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON ENDPAPER BY ONE OF THE SUBJECTS: D. FRANK POWELL "WHITE BEAVER".  ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH OF POWELL. Original cloth. 612 pages. Illustrated. Good+. Hinges cracked but tight binding; a couple of small tears; clean pages; some wear.  Important account of many of the great western figures, including Wild Bill Hickock, Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, Capt D.L. Payne, General George Custer, California Joe, White Beaver, Sitting Bull, Capt. Jack, etc; Includes Sitting Bull's story of the massacre at Little Big Horn. EXTREMELY SCARCE SIGNED BY WHITE BEAVER! Colonel D. Frank Powell was a good friend of Buffalo Bill Cody, a wild west showman, and civilian scout with the U.S. Army. He was subject of one section of this book! References: Howes #B-934; Adams Guns #314, Rader… Read More
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The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the...
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The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England [and] Acts and laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England

by Early American Imprints, Massachusetts-Bay;

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Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. Hardcover. Good. Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. FIRST EDITION. Original Leather. 12" x 8". 14 [charter], 17 [table], 436 [acts up to 1730] pages Good. Tight binding; lacking most of title page (just enough to verify this as the 1726) and first blank; lacking session law after 1730 but more session law pages than often seen; several tears to first few pages; one burn mark (affecting a word on one page); some foxing; writing in margins of table; several inscriptions on front pastedown - Captain Moses Lyman, Timothy Dwight, Nathaniel Clark are some of names mentioned; covers worn. Only second edition of Massachusetts Laws. preceded on by a 1699 compilation of Acts and Laws. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
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Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production (First Edition Printed in America)
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Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production (First Edition Printed in America)

by Marx, Karl; Engels, Frederick (Edited by);

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New York: Humboldt Publishing Co, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. New York: Humboldt Publishing Co., [1890]. FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN AMERICA. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 506 pages. Very Good+. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; a little erasure mark on front endpaper; moderate wear; nicer than most (maybe all) examples on the market. Very scarce first American printed edition. .
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The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Signed First Edition)
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The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Signed First Edition)

by Spock, Dr. Benjamin

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1946). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING        with all first issue points              including correct number line at bottom of title page, $4.00 price on rear flap, etc.  SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON LAID IN CLIPPED CARD. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is worn with several chips and tears as well as a couple of small tape repairs; $4.00 price intact on rear flap. Signed first edition of the classic bestselling baby guide. Very scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
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The Presidential Election, Written for the Benefit of the People of the United States, But...
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The Presidential Election, Written for the Benefit of the People of the United States, But Particularly for Those of the State of Kentucky, Fourth Series (First Edition)

by Philo-Jackson; [Andrew Jackson]; Mitchill, Samuel L.;

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Frankfort: Printed for the Author, 1824. Hardcover. Good. Frankfort: Printed for the Author, 1824. FIRST EDITION. 54 pages. Samuel L. Mitchill's copy with his signature on title page - Mitchill was a well-known physician, naturalist and politician who was connected with Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and other notable personalities of the time. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; Samuel L. Mitchill's signature on title page; some wear. A very scarce pro-Andrew Jackson campaign book. Jackson would lose this election to John Quincy Adams but defeated Mr. Adams in the 1828 election. .
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