BALLET THEATRE
New York: Ballet Theatre, 1951. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Cover. 38 pp. With reproduction of Cocteau sketch for backdrop of the production for 'L'Amout at Son Amour". Slight damp stain of upper 2" of text. More
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Public Papers and Letters of Oliver Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina 1929-1933
Raleigh: Council of State, State of North Carolina, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 788pp., index. Portrait of Gardner on frontispiece. Several pages in middle of book have their corners bent. Boards have light age wear. Very Good. More
The Deserted Village, a Poem
London: for W. Griffin, 1772. Small Quarto. 7th edition. Half-title, engraved vignette title page, and 23pp text. Goldsmith's poem reflects on the social and economic changes that led to the decline of rural life in 18th century England. A life, he describes as being destroyed by the displacement of agrarian..... More
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith
London: William Pickering, 1835. Mall Octavo. clxxxiv, 159pp., with a beautiful fore-edge painting depicting a view of Dublin from Phoenix Park which during the time of publication, was a fifteen acres dueling ground. This volume contains his life, The Traveler, The Deserted Village, The Haunch of Venison and others. Bound..... More
The Vicar of Wakefield
[London]: The Chiswick Press for Constable and Co. And Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. Tall Octavo. 221 pp., illustrated with 225 color illustrations by Thomas Roland and with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Dr. Primrose, the title character, paints a portrait of village life, whose family endures many trials including the..... More
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History at the Royal Academy of Arts. With a Biographical Memoir and Notes on the Poems
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. Octavo. 235pp. Illustrated by woodcuts by members of the Etching Club and a biographical memoir and notes on the poems by the editor Bolton Corney. Binding beautifully bound and signed by Jansen, McClurg & Co. in full green morcco, boards trimmed in a...... More
The Hermit and the Traveller
New York: Samuel Wood (printer), 1814. 12mo. 48pp., illustrated with woodcuts. A book of poetry attributed to Oliver Goldsmith and Thomas Parnell written for children. Bound in pictorial stiff paper cover wraps, rear wrapper with publisher's catalog, some damp staining throughout, a good copy and quite scarce. More
OVER THE TEACUPS
Cambridge, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company - The Riverside Press, 1891. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pp. Gilt cover device and titles birght. some faint soiling. More
ONE HOSS SHAY WITH ITS COMPANION POEMS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. Mottled Leather. A Good Copy Later Printing. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 82 pp. Wear on all extremities, light soiling, hinges weak but intact, ribbon marker. Intro. by Holmes, owner's name dated '91 (1891) on flyleaf. Quaint. More
W.H.D. KOERNER - ILLUSTRATOR OF THE WEST
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1968. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pp. 8 full-color reproductions, 38 b&w. More
The Natural History of Plants, Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and Distribution.
London, 1894 and 1895: Blackie and Son. First Edition. Small Quarto. First English edition. 2 volumes in 4.Vols. I and II; 370-777 pp. and Vols. III and IV; 485-983 pp. Beautifully illustrated with 16 striking full page chromolithographic plates which were omitted in later editions and about 2000 woodcuts. The..... More
Mists of Dawn
Philadelphia; (1952): John C. Winston Company. First Edition. Octavo. Chad Oliver's first book, marvelous classic with jacket and endpaper designs by Alex Schomburg. "Collision with the controls of a space time machine traps a twentieth century youth in the terrifying days at the dawn of civilization, when half human Neanderthals..... More
HOOFPRINTS - W.H.D. KOERNER ISSUE
Billings, MT: Hoofprints, 1974. Pamphlet. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24 pp. Autumn-Winter 1974 issue, two full-color reproductions, essay by artist's daughter. More
Sir Thomas Wyatt's Perpetuum Mobile, as Windhover II
Ames, IA: The Windhover Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. 2 leaves. Single poem, printed on Japanese Shinsetsu paper frpom 14 point Emerson type. Bound in brown paper covers, black title, and string bound. More
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