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Historical Fiction Romance, War
. . . the Romance of 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.
$25.00
American novel about the backwoodsmen of the valley south of the St. Lawrence at the time of the War of 1812. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.
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.
$87.50

Later edition of these accounts of the lives of Eliza Astor Rumpff and Albertine Ida Gustavine de Stael-Holstein, Duchess de Broglie, preceded by an engraved portrait of the former and by Lydia Sigourney's poem "Transplanted Flowers." Memorialized more briefly are Mrs. Grandpierre and Mrs. Monod. 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 Binding
(He'd
have Wanted the Cloth
for a Waistcoat)
Bancroft, 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.
$500.00
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Bancroft's biography of Washington, originally published in 1807, appears here as
two volumes in one in an attractive gift binding. Each volume is illustrated with two wood-engraved plates; the second volume has a separate title-page.
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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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.
$175.00

Barcia was bishop of Cadiz in the last quarter of the 17th century
and an avid and much-published sermonizer. His 42 sermons here concern the mystery
of Holy Trinity and the person of Jesus Christ as revealed in the various Feasts
of Our Lord during the Church’s year, starting with the Epiphany, including
a number on the Blessed Sacrament, and
finishing with three for Christmastide.
As the Epistola exhortatoria makes
clear, these were at least intended to be models for other preachers, and likely
were actually read as sermons. This is the third of three editions listed by
Palau (first edition 1695), and it is rare: No copies were traced via NUC
Pre-1956, OCLC, RLIN, or ARIADNA (the online catalogue of the National Library
of Spain).
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.
$225.00
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Important work by a prominent Quaker theologian noted for scholarship as well as for advocacy of religious tolerance, here issued by Joseph James together with a brief explanation of Quaker practices. The Catechism and Confession was first published in 1673 and subsequently reprinted numerous times, with the current example following but a handful of previous American editions.
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.
$30.00
Later edition (no date on title, unchanged copyright date, later
binding): Scottish romance from a
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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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.
[SOLD]
First U.S. edition. Story of betrothal, with illustrations based on watercolors by Frank T. Merrill. Title-page with printed note, “The Sale of this book in New York and
Philadelphia is confined to the stores of JOHN WANAMAKER.”
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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.
$125.00
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First edition: Account of Prince Borghese's dramatic victory in the Peking to Paris
automobile race of 1907, written by the journalist who accompanied him. The work is printed in
black-letter on heavy, very white paper, and illustrated with an oversized, folding map of the
race's route, 32 half-tone photographic plates, and numerous in-text photographic reproductions.
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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Can
Teenage Girls Be Taught SELFLESSNESS?
Bell, Catherine D. Hope Campbell; or, know thyself. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1884?]. 8vo. [8], 331, [13 (adv.)] pp.
$30.00

“New edition,” from the Warne's Star series, of this improving novel aimed at young ladies. Advertisements at front and back list evocatively other items in the Star series, and in other Warne series as well.
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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.
$150.00
Second edition. Sub-titled “A romance of immortality,” this is the tale of
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.
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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.
$85.00
Major new, path breaking work revising what we know about trade and publisher's bindings in England, Scotland, and Ireland in the period to 1800. Excellently researched and written and appropriately and fully illustrated in
color with examples of the bindings under discussion. A must for all collectors and libraries interested in the literatures and historical writings of Great Britain prior to the 19th century.
New, publisher's cloth, in dust jacket. (10888)
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