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Mystery — Scandal? 
In memoriam Elliott Speer, 1898–1934. East Northfield, Mass.: 1935. Small 8vo. 36 pp.; illus.
He was shot to death in his study on 14 September by a still unknown gunman using a shotgun! The Northfield Schools Bulletin. Vol. XXIII, January 1935, no. 1.
Craig Walley's relatively recent Murder at Mount Hermon: The Unsolved Killing of Headmaster Elliott Speer has resurrected interest in the mystery.
• Original wrappers. Fine. (17126)
Verse & Prose Inspired by Charity Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. The Odd-fellows'
offering, for 1850. Embellished with elegant engravings, and a highly-finished
presentation plate. Contributed chiefly by members of the order. New York: Edward
Walker, 1850 (© 1849). 8vo (22.3 cm, 8.75"). Col. frontis., frontis., add.
engr. t.-p., 298 pp.; 8 plts.
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illuminated
presentation plate, chromolithographed by Ackerman).
Binding: Publisher's textured denim blue cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped vignette of Friendship, Love, and Truth personified within an architectural frame; back cover with Truth stamped in gilt within the same frame stamped in blind. All edges gilt.
• Faxon 608. Binding as above, front cover and spine lightened to an attractive dark robin's egg blue, gilt showing minor rubbing and oxidizing. Presentation leaf unused. Guard leaves foxed, pages and plates generally clean. (26749)
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“Our Ninth Annual Casket” — Verse & Prose Inspired by Charity Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Odd-fellows' offering, for 1851. Embellished with elegant engravings, and a highly-finished presentation plate. Contributed chiefly by members of the order, their wives and sisters. New York: Edward Walker, 1851 (© 1850). 8vo (22.3 cm, 8.75"). Add. engr. t.-p., 204, [10 (adv.)] pp.; 10 plts.
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illuminated presentation plate, chromolithographed by Ackerman). One plate, “The Joyous Procession of the Law,” has an additional Hebrew title carefully inked in by hand.
Provenance: The front free endpaper bears a neatly inked ownership inscription dated 1860 (J.C.W. Kempe) and an additional inked “sold to” inscription dated 1871 (Aden Mc Bowman); Bowman also signed another blank, and the presentation leaf is made out to Kempe as “P.G.J.C.W. Kempe.”
Binding: Publisher's deep blue/black diced sheep in imitation of morocco, covers with gilt-stamped vignette of Friendship, Love, and Truth personified within an architectural frame; spine gilt extra with column motif. All edges gilt.
• BAL 6877; Faxon 609. Binding as above, joints and extremities rubbed, spine gilt slightly dimmed. Inscriptions and presentation leaf as above. Poetry clippings, fabric swatch, and lock of hair laid in. Scattered staining, generally light, throughout; chromo very bright and nice. (27041)
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“Cupid Befriend Me!” Ingraham, Joseph Holt. American lounger. Or, tales, sketches, and legends gathered in sundry journeyings by the author of “Lafitte,” &c. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839. 12mo. [10], 15-41, [5], 59-273 pp.
a story about General Washington entering a leaping contest and another involving the love affair between an illegitimate son of Charles I and a young maiden from a Native American tribe in Maine. 
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A “Period” Pleasure J., C.J. Otis Grey bachelor. Boston: Mutual Book Co., 1902. 8vo. Frontis., 95, [1] pp.; illus.
Scotch, champagne, and other beverages, attempts various sports and games — including
golf — with invariably disastrous results. The work is illustrated by E. Jep, and the cover signed “Bird.”
• Publisher's tan cloth, front cover stamped in black and white; binding a bit darkened overall, lacking dust wrapper. Top edges gilt. (16736)
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“On
a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868
. . .”
James,
Henry. The American. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., 1882. 8vo. 473, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Edel & Laurence, Bibliography of Henry James (3rd. ed.), A4 (for first ed.); Wright, III, 2909 (for first ed.). Publisher's brown cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt and maroon; a bit cocked, rubbed, spine with area of discoloration from now-absent label, and some light patches to cover cloth. Ex–social club library: call number on blank side of preliminary advertisement, rubber-stamp on title-page, no other markings. Pages age-toned, with faint staining in upper margins towards back of volume. (26559)
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Marriage Counsel
[Johnson, John]. The advantages and disadvantages of the marriage state: An allegory. Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1837 (date from t-p.; cover reading 1842). 16mo (10.7 cm, 4.2"). 60 pp.
The much-reprinted allegory, which originally appeared some time prior to 1757, is followed here by two brief essays on marriage. The first comes from "James’ Family Monitor" and the second from Taylor’s "Marriage Ring."
Provenance: Merriam Co. archive, with publisher’s shelf label on the cover and ink-stamp on the verso of the title-page.
• Cloth spine over printed paper–covered boards, edges a bit abraded and spine fraying at top; shelf labels as above. Pencilled ownership inscription on front fly-leaf; small tear and dog-ears to two blank fly-leaves. Light waterstaining and foxing.
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A Woman Collector's BLOCKBUSTER Collection Jones, Mrs. B.F., Jr. Important paintings by great masters. Superb works by Gainsborough, Hoppner, Romney, Lawrence ... collection formed by the late Mrs. B.F. Jones, Jr. removed from her residence at Sewickley Heights, PA. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1941. 8vo. [8], 84, [6] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. Heavily illustrated; hammer prices pencilled in.
• Original printed boards, scuffed and stained yet volume sound and pleasant enough with interior clean. 
As noted, most hammer prices pencilled in. (26156)
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NO! Copies of the BOOK in the U.S. Justinianus. A leaf from the Digestum vetus. Venice: Andreas Torresanus, de Asula, 26 March 1491. Folio (42.5 cm; 16.625"). [1] f.
Click the image for an enlargement. In 1479 Torresano acquired the fonts of Nicholas Jenson and in 1505 he acquired Aldus Manutius as a son-in-law!
In the U.S., both Goff and the ISTC only locate only stray leaves of this text: two at Stanford and one at Illinois.
Provenance: Clearly once part of a offering of The Foliophiles Incorporated, and probably from its ad hoc album Pages from the past : a collection of original leaves from rare books and manuscripts [New York: T.F.I., c1926–27].
• ISTC ij00554000; Goff J554; H 9556*; GKW 7675; Pr 4725; BMC, V, 309. Mounted on a brown cardboard backing, with a description (but no bibliographical information) on the verso of the board. Leaf in very good, bright condition. (27100)
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An Unusual Edition from
the Widow VandenhoeckJuvenalis, Decimus Junius; & Aulus Persius Flaccus. D. Iunii Iuvenalis et Auli Persii Satyrae ad fidem optimorum librorum accurate recensitae. Gottingae: Viduae Abr. Vandenhoeck, 1769. 12mo (13.9 cm, 5.5"). [2], 178 pp.
• Schweiger, II, 513; this ed. not in Brunet. Contemporary half vellum over paste paper covers, spine with early inked title; sides and edges lightly scuffed, spine with vellum darkened and chipped. Front pastedown with inked ownership inscription dated 1775, lined through; front free endpaper with 19th-century (?) inked inscription; title-page with early inked inscription reading “Carolus Comes a Wartensleben.” Back free endpaper excised. Title-page torn along inner margin and with short tear from outer edge, just touching one letter. One leaf with small ink blots and several leaves with small nicks to outer edges; scattered light foxing. A few small early inked annotations.
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