Member Catalogues
SUBJECTS: Anthropology, Astronomy, Bibliography, Bicycling, Biology, Chemistry, Comets, Darwinism, Dynamo-Electric Machinery, Egypt, Evolution, Light, Magnetism, Mathematics, Mechanical Philosophy, Natural history, Optics, Philosophy, Physics, Scientific Recreations, Steam-engine, Syria, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Voltaire, Voyages, Water. AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS: James PARTON; Peter Guthrie TAIT; Silvanus Phillips THOMPSON; Joseph John THOMSON; Lynn THORNDIKE; Robert Henry THURSTON; Gaston TISSANDIER; Wilhelm TRABERT; John TYNDALL; Emile VERDET; Auguste VILLIERS; Comte de Constantin Francois de Chassebœuf VOLNEY; VOLTAIRE; Alfred Russel WALLACE; Herbert Eugene WALTER; William D. WEAVER,; Carl Friedrich von WEIZSACKER; William WHEWELL; Henry Smith WILLIAMS; Andrew WILSON; James WOOD; John George WOOD; Arthur Smith WOODWARD; George Frederick WRIGHT; James WYLDE.
A motley array of offerings including Alaska exploration, Illinois histories, New York gangs, a scarce regimental, art, fiction . . .
The American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne is world-renowned as both a singer and educator. She has performed at leading opera houses throughout the world, including extensively at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as well as at La Scala and Covent Garden. What is not generally known is the fact that she has been a collector of music- and opera-related documents and memorabilia (including autograph letters, prints, photographs, programs, etc. spanning the 18th through 20th centuries) over the course of her long career.
The American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne is world-renowned as both a singer and educator. She has performed at leading opera houses throughout the world, including extensively at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as well as at La Scala and Covent Garden. <br /> <br /> What is not generally known is the fact that she has been a collector of music- and opera-related documents and memorabilia (including autograph letters, prints, photographs, programs, etc. spanning the 18th through 20th centuries) over the course of her long career. <br />
100 select items, all new arrivals, including Signed Books, Letters, & Photographs by Susan B. Anthony, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, and many others; Books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Norman Rockwell, among others; First Editions of classics such as A FARWELL TO ARMS and TOM SAWYER; the Nonesuch Dickens; and much more.
A selection of 101 of this year's best new acquisitions, including: a first edition of Thoreau's Walden; a nice group of 'shoulder strap' memoirs by American Civil War generals; Updike's complete 'Rabbit' series, all first editions in jackets; an 18th century edition of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man; Sigmund Freud's complete psychological writings; a complete 16-volume French translation of De Thou's Histoire Universelle; a first American edition of Dore's Rime of the Ancient Mariner; firsts of White Fang, The Old Man and the Sea, and The Name of the Wind; etc.
The catalog features dozens of examples highlighting the great range and exuberant variety of persuasive maps. Inside you will find a spectacular "Gerry-Mander" broadside, maps of the human heart, a darkly allegorical Temperance map of the Mississippi, and an archive of unrecorded maps of "The United States of Earth," and many, many more.
34 books: SUBJECTS: Fringe Medicine, History of Medicine, Spiritualism & Afterlife; AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS: Louis GALAMBOS; GALEN; Catherine GALLAGHER; Sir Francis GALTON; Hamlin GARLAND; Clarke GARRETT; Eileen J. GARRETT; Fielding Hudson GARRISON; Archibald GARROD; Elizabeth GASKING; Reginald Ruggles GATES; Norman GEVITZ; Sander L. GILMAN; Thomas GISBORNE; Bentley GLASS; William GODWIN; Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE; Oliver GOLDSMITH; Regneri de GRAAF; Harvey GRAHAM, [pseud. of Dr. Harvey FLACK]; Lindsay GRANSHAW; Douglas GRANT; Joseph GRASSET; Mark GRAUBARD; Joseph L. GRAVES; Asa GRAY; Andrew GREEN; Celia Elizabeth GREEN; John C. GREENE; Susan GREENHALGH; Mirko D. GRMEK; Michael F. GUYER; H. HARRIS; Thomas LAQUEUR; Charles MCCREERY; Rudolf MAGNUS; Roy PORTER; Jane Eliot SEWELL; William L. STRAUS, Jr.; Owsei TEMKIN.
This is our latest Mystery catalog. There are several books offered including: LAURA - Vera Caspary, BRIGHTON ROCK. AN ENTERTAINMENT - Graham Greene, THE GALTON CASE - Ross MacDonald and many more titles for your enjoyment.
In this, our final catalog for 2019, we offer several significant items such as "Nimmo's Treasury Report"...one of the "Big Four" cattle books; a manuscript brand book of Mississippi, recording 24 years of brands & the only known Brand Book for Mississippi; John G. Bourke's "MacKenzie's Last Fight,"...a true Indian Wars rarity; the rarely seen first edition of "Life of Charley Reynolds." In addition, our Photograph Gallery Supplement presents 2 photographs by L.A. Huffman, a rare Pinkerton Reward Poster for Rube Barrows, and a collection of photographs of members of the Dalton Gang after their famous attempt to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The format for Catalog 67 is a little different than what we've done in the past. We begin this catalog with 37 Featured Items, including New Arrivals and selections from our inventory. This is followed by 126 New Arrivals and selections from our inventory, all under $200. Lastly we have listed about 150 books priced at $10. Among our Featured items you will find a first American edition of Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks; Stand-Ups from Alice in Wonderland a fabulous, unused book of punch-out paper figures of the characters from Lewis Carroll's masterpiece; an awesome salesman sample which includes Palmer Cox's Brownie ABC as well as other titles some with color chromolithographs; a rare Edwin Willard Deming illustrated title, Four-Footed Willderness People; the rare and fabulous Little Machinery picture book by Mary Liddell; and lastly Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand, SIGNED by Dare Wright! Of course there is much more, including some uncommon Caldecott Medal & Honor titles, Newbery Medal winners and honors, early printings of Nutshell Library sets...browse and enjoy!
Highlights include a selection of Smokey Bear items to celebrate his 75th anniversary, Civil War patriotic covers, a lovely Tasha Tudor ALS and signed color print.