BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
Historical Fiction — Romance, War
Bacheller, Irving. D'ri and I. A tale of daring deeds in the second war with the British. Being the memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co., (copyright 1901). 8vo. [4 (3 blank)], frontis., [4 (1 blank)], [8 (2 (blank)], 15–362, [4 (2 blank)] pp.; 7 plts. 
• Publisher's dark red cloth, stamped in gilt; front cover with a long oval illustration on-lay of a young woman. Covers soiled, front cover illustration lightly scratched. Christmas gift inscription (unsigned) on front free endpaper, dated Dec. 25, 1901. Endpapers soiled, final four pages chipped. Occasional spots of soil inside. Paper tops gilt, other edges deckle. Very good. (5851)
Women's Lives . . .Baird, Robert. Transplanted flowers, or memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq. and the Duchess de Broglie, daughter of Madame de Stael. New York: John S. Taylor, 1847. 12mo. Frontis., 159, [1] pp.
• Publisher's blind-stamped textured cloth, spine gilt-stamped; binding lightly worn, with spine gilt rubbed and dimmed. Front pastedown with bookplate of J.E. Vanderhoef, front free endpaper with early inked inscription of Susan A. Baker. Some foxing to endpapers and a few scattered spots to pages; internally mostly clean. (8958)
Washington
in a
Beautiful
Striped BindingBancroft, Aaron. The life of George Washington,
commander in chief of the American army, through the Revolutionary War; and the first
president of the United States. Boston: Phillips & Sampson, 1847. 12mo (19.9 cm, 7.8"). 223,
[1], 218, [6 (adv.)] pp.; 4 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Binding: Publisher's green-blue vertically striped ribbed cloth (predominantly seen in the 1840s, never common). Covers with gilt-stamped foliate and drawer pull frame, spine gilt extra with American eagle and portrait of Washington. All edges gilt.
• For early eds.: Sabin 3097; Howes B86. On striped bindings,
see: Krupp, Making a Case for Cloth, p. [11]. Binding as above,
very lightly rubbed, most notably at corners. Front free endpaper with old,
closed cuts/slashes and early inked presentation inscription. Plates browned;
some signatures foxed, most pages clean. 
A lovely copy. (26759)
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“Christian
Alarm-Clock!”Barcia y Zambrana, José de. Despertador christiano, divino, y eucharistico, de varios sermones.... Madrid: Por Alonso Balvàs a costa de Francisco Laso, 1727. Folio (30 cm, 11.875"). [6] ff., 406 pp., [13] ff.
Provenance: Bookplate of Stellita Stapleton (first half of 20th century; see image above right).
• Palau 24060. Contemporary limp leather with traces of ties; binding worn with a little holing. Title-page torn and repaired with some obscuring of letters; paper browned and text dog-eared with some staining and tattering, resulting in no apparent loss of text. Inked ownership inscriptions on title-page.
TWO
Quaker
Classics for
Philadelphians,
1788
Barclay, Robert. A catechism and confession of faith, approved of and agreed unto, by the general assembly of the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, Christ himself chief speaker in and among them. Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1788. 12mo (16.8 cm, 6.7"). viii, 147, [3] pp. [issued with] The ancient testimony of the people called Quakers, revived; by the order and approbation of the yearly meeting, held for the provinces of Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, 1722. Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1788. 34 pp. 
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Provenance: Front fly-leaf inscribed “Thomas G. Arnolds Book Coventry,” inked in an early hand.
• ESTC W37335; Evans 20950; Sabin 3366. Contemporary speckled sheep, worn and very slightly sprung, spine scuffed with foot chipped. Pages age-toned and variably waterstained, with occasional edge nicks and crumpled corners; yet not brittle or nasty and the volume quite pleasant for reading. (24391)
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SIGNED
Binding by
Amy Richards
Barr, Amelia
E. A daughter of Fife. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., (© 1886,
but really ca. 1895–1905). 12mo. 335, [1] pp.
popular
novelist and women's rights activist.
Binding: Publisher's green cloth, spine and front cover stamped in darker green and silver in an art nouveau design of tall thistle-like flowers. Binding signed “AR” — Amy Richards, fl. 1896–1918.
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the image for an enlargement.
• Wright, III, 317 (for the first ed.). Binding slightly cocked, very good condition. Front fly-leaf with pencilled gift inscription dated 1899, front free endpaper with later pencilled inscription. Clean and quite nice! (12905)
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A Signed Binding by
Harry B. Matthews Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston. The man between; an international romance. New York & London: Authors and Newspapers Association, 1906. 12mo. 323 pp., incl. col. frontis., facsim. p. of authorial ms., col. plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Binding: Signed binding by Harry B. Matthews. Light brown cloth with an Art Nouveau spider web and spider in black and red on front cover, along with author and title in black.
• Binding as above. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate and private ownership monogram, rubber-stamp on title-page, four-digit number in ink in one margin, charge pocket at rear, no other markings. (26419)
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A
Thrilling Adventure by
CAR —
The
First
International Motor Rally
Barzini, Luigi. Peking–Paris im Automobil: Eine
Wettfahrt durcht Asien und Europa in sechzig Tagen ... mit einer Einleitung von fürst Scipione
Borghese. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1908. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [6], 558 pp.; 32 plts., 1 fold.
map.
Click the images for enlargements. Binding: Publisher's textured tan cloth, covers and spine with stamped in brown with small pictorial vignettes evoking “the road”; title and author stamped in gilt. All edges subtly blue-sprinkled.
• Spine very slightly darkened and virtually no wear otherwise. One signature loosening; one page with a scrape (with a bit of loss to type), this and a few others with the ink's having offset or adhered pages together (usually separable); and all otherwise clean and crisp. A handsome copy. (26680)
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CanTeenage Girls Be Taught SELFLESSNESS? Bell, Catherine D. Hope Campbell; or, know thyself. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1884?]. 8vo. [8], 331, [13 (adv.)] pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. Binding: Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and gilt with the cover incorporating an elegant emblematic device featuring Apollo/Hyperion and his horses, and the spine an angel holding a small child; the number 18 can be seen in the right raking light, stamped in blind, within the bottom element of the front cover.
• Binding cocked, corners and spine extremities a touch rubbed. Page edges age-spotted; pages faintly and evenly age-toned. In fact a bright, handsome copy. (23190)
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Is She or Isn't She? Bellamy, Edward. Miss Ludington's sister. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1885. 8vo. [2] ff., 260 pp.
deception, false mediums, seances, and contrition.
Binding: Publisher's brown cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt and black in an “Arts and Crafts” inspired design.
Click the images for enlargements. • BAL 954; Wright, III, 461. Binding with light rubbing at edges and some light discolorations to covers; ex–social club library with call number on endpaper, pressure- and rubber-stamp on title-page, no other markings. Clean; in fact a nice book. (26572)
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Real . . . REVELATIONS!Bennett, Stuart. Trade bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll; London: British Library, 2004. Folio. 176 pp. 
• New, publisher's cloth, in dust jacket. (10888)
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