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WILLIAM ALLINGHAM - A Diary

By: Allingham, H. ; D. Radford

Price: $99.94

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1907

Seller ID: 39758

Condition: Very Good

x, 404 pages; Former owner's name on ffep and a few lines in pencil quoting Allingham's poem "The Fairies", otherwise clean and tight in original navy blue cloth binding with bright gilt lettering at spine. Upper corners rounded, portrait frontispiece. William Allingham, a writer and poet born in Donegal, Ireland, became sub-editor of Frazer's Magazine in 1870. In early 1874 he assumed the position of editor from Froude, and later that year married Helen Patterson, the watercolour painter. Allingham was a close friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who contributed to the illustration of ...
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STUPOR MUNDI The Life and Times of Frederick II, Emperor of the Romans, King of Sicily and Jerusalem, 1194-1250

By: Allshorn, Lionel

Price: $19.94

Publisher: London, Martin Secker: 1912

Seller ID: 42503

Condition: Very Good

318 pages; Former owner's name neatly on endpaper, otherwise unmarked and secure in original gray cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration at spine; scattered foxing. Engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of a medallion with Frederick II's profile; eight additional illustrated plates. Frederick II (1194 – 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. His political and cultural ambitions were enormous as he ruled a vast area, beginning with Sicily and stretching through It...
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Aaron Benedict: A Memorial

By: Anderson, Joseph

Price: $124.94

Publisher: Waterbury, Connecticut, Press of the American Print. Co.: 1873

Seller ID: 40704

Condition: Very Good

58 pages; Publisher's brown cloth, with covers divided by rules in black and with the title: "BENEDICT" in black against an industrial-shaped gilt lozenge device, chocolate brown endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor toning and spotting to the edges of the covers, a small chip of brown cloth is missing at the foot of the spine, and there is moderate foxing to the title page and engraved frontispiece. The latter is a portrait (with facsimile signature) depicting the subject: Aaron Benedict [1785-1873], an important industrialist and businessman from Waterbury, Connecticut. There are two or...
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High on the Wild with Hemingway A Pictorial Recollection

By: Arnold, Lloyd R. ; [ Ernest Hemingway ]

Price: $74.94

Publisher: Caldwell, Caxton Printers: 1968

Seller ID: 41825

ISBN: 1122326289

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

343 pages; Clean and tight in original cloth binding with pictorial endpapers in bright fresh dustjacket (red NOT faded). A pictorial recollection of "Papa" Hemingway by a close friend and photographer. Spans the years from 1939 to 1961, highlighting Hemingway's time in Idaho. Lloyd "Pappy" Arnold was Sun Valley Resort's first official photographer. Averell Harriman, of the Union Pacific which owned the resort, lured Ernest Hemingway and his soon to be third wife Martha Gellhorn to visit Sun Valley in September 1939. "Pappy" Arnold was assigned to accompany Hemingway o...
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WITNESS - The Story of a Search

By: Bennett, J. G.

Price: $134.94

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton: 1962

Seller ID: 42272

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

379 pages; Clean and secure in orginal binding in very good dustjacket with minor wear at head of spine and extremities. John Godolphin Bennett (1897 – 1974) was a British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in October 1920 and later helped to co-ordinate the work of Gurdjieff in England after the guru had moved to Paris. He also was active in starting the British section of the Subud movement, and co...
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Image for The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

By: Boswell, James

Price: $249.94

Publisher: Bellows Falls, Vt., Printed by Blake, Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington: 1824

Seller ID: 39477

Condition: Very Good-

Five Volume Set; 5 vols pages; FIve volumes in full sheepskin, covers in a decorative "tree" pattern, flat spines paneled with pairs of gilt rules, red and black leather labels, lettered in gilt with the titles and volume numbers respectively, in the second and fourth panels. Some wear and rubbing, all covers soundly attached, small pieces missing from the spines of volumes II and IV, other volumes with just trifling losses at the head of the spines. Ink signatures in each volume by J[ohn] H. Edmonds [a leading Utica, NY lawyer], dated March, 1849 -- on the front paste-down endpapers...
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IN MEMORIUM HONORABLE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS Proceedings of the Bar & Officers of the Supreme Court of the United States

By: Burger, Chief Justice Warren E.

Price: $24.94

Publisher: Washington, U.S. Supreme Court: 1980

Seller ID: 39736

Condition: Very Good+

53 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. Issued upon the death of Justice William O. Douglas, this contains the remarks of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Solicitor General McCabe, Judge Fletcher, Professor Countryman, Judge Rifkind, and a lengthy address by Justice Abe Fortas. William Orville Douglas (1898 –1980) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for 36 years and 209 days (1939–75), the longest term in the history of the Supreme Court. Douglas holds a number of records as a Supreme Court Justice, including the most opinions. Douglas w...
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Image for THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GALILEO Compiled principally from his correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, SISTER MARIA CELESTE, Nun in the Franciscan Convent of St. Matthew, in Arcetri

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GALILEO Compiled principally from his correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, SISTER MARIA CELESTE, Nun in the Franciscan Convent of St. Matthew, in Arcetri

By: Celeste, Sister Maria

Price: $34.94

Publisher: Boston, Nichols and Noyes: 1870

Seller ID: 42125

Condition: Very Good-

300 pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with faded gilt lettering at spine, cloth chipped at spine ends and lower corners. Original owner's name in pencil on ffep and at top of tp "George T. Custer / May 1870 / Ohio" Faint stain affecting first opposing blank pages. Topics include: Death of Galileo's Father. Family Circumstances. Letter of Madonna Giulia. Of Livia Galilei. Difficulties. His Brother. Letter to his Mother. Michelangelo. Galilei's Behavior. His Sister Virginia, etc. A fascinating look into Galileo's personal life.
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THEIR TRACKLESS WAY A Book of Memories

By: Chapin, Adele Le Bourgeois ; [SIGNED and inscribed to Mrs. Hennen Jennings ]

Price: $199.94

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1932

Seller ID: 42337

Condition: Very Good+

Autograph; (xvi), 330 pages; Clean and secure in original slate blue cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. Inscribed by the Author on ffep to Mary [Mrs. Hennen Jennings] - "To Dear Mary / with my love in memory / of our happy hitch / January [?] 19th to 26th 1933 / 2221 Massachusetts Ave / from Adele" Adele Chapin (1862-1938) was born in Belmont Plantation, St James, Louisiana to Louis Sosthenes LeBourgeois and Elizabeth Ann Charless. She grew up on the family plantation and was educated first at home with tutors preparing her three Yale-bound brothers and then at the Mrs...
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FIELD-MARSHALL EARL HAIG Foreword by John Buchan

By: Charteris, John ; [Brigadier General] ; [Mrs. Hennen Jennings' copy]

Price: $24.94

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribners Sons: 1929

Seller ID: 42417

Condition: Very Good

xii, (2), 407 pages; Clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. Former owner's name on first blank (after map endpapers) -- "M. L. Jennings / from H. H. /May 1929" - Mary L. Coleman Jennings. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (1861 – 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. Having served in South Africa and India, Haig then commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the First World War, on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, ...
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The Biographies of Madame de Stael and Madame Roland

By: Child, Mrs. ; [Lydia Maria Child 1802-80]

Price: $99.94

Publisher: Boston, Carter and Hendee: 1832

Seller ID: 38656

Condition: Very Good

Ladies' Family Library - 1 ; ix, 265 [1] pages; Publisher's smooth light brown cloth, flat spine with printed paper label. The spine has now toned to a pleasant shade of tan, there are a couple of narrow chips to the right side of the long label (with loss of one letter at bottom), and just minor points of light wear at the tip of the spine at the top. Diffuse foxing to the plain endpapers, title page, and scattered throughout -- as is typical of American paper of the time. Page edges untrimmed (the half title has a small tear at the fore-edge, otherwise not yet opened at the top edge to an...
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MEMORIES & NOTES OF PERSONS AND PLACES 1852-1912

By: Colvin, Sidney

Price: $14.94

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1921

Seller ID: 42530

Condition: Very Good+

327 pages; Clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine; corners sharp, oultine on front endpaper where bookplate was removed. Frontispiece photogravure portrait of the author. An interesting collection of literary and historical essays on vatious figures on the time. Sir Sidney Colvin (1845 – 1927) was an English curator and a literary and art critic. In 1873 he was Slade Professor of Fine Art, and was appointed Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum. He wrote numerous articles on fine arts subjects (including Sandro Botticelli, Albrecht Dürer, Fine Arts, Leo...
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A. A. LAMBING [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35260

Condition: Very Good

A steel engraved portrait of Rev. A. A. Lambing extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place.
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THOS. MELLON [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35263

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of Thomas Alexander Mellon extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Thomas Alexander Mellon (1813 – 1908) was a Scotch-Irish American, entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His son Andrew W. Mello...
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ALBERT M. HARPER [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35264

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of Albert M. Harper extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Major Albert M. Harper (1843-1871) served with the Pennsylvania 139th Regiment of Volunteers from 1862 until the end of the War. He returned to his education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating with a degree in Civil Engin...
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THOMAS LIGGETT [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35265

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of Thomas Liggett ( 1779-1854) extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Engraved by E.G. Williams and Brothers. Thomas Liggett was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1779 and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1791. Having apprenticed as a carpenter, he moved to Pittsburgh in 1802 and set up in building ...
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WILLIAM THAW [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Publishing and Engraving: 1889

Seller ID: 35266

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of William Thaw extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. William Thaw, Sr. (1818 – 1889) was an American businessman who made his fortune in transportation and banking. Thaw endowed science fellowships at Harvard University and Princeton University and also underwrote the building of the Allegheny...
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JOHN THAW [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35267

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of John Thaw extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Engraved by Samuel Sartain of Philadelphia. John Thaw came to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia in order to establish a branch of the United States Bank of Philadelphia. He was associated with that institution for the remainder of his life. His son wa...
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FRANCIS HERRON [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35268

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of Francis Harper extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Engraved by John Sartain. Francis Herron (1774- 1860) was of Scotch-Irish descent. He studied theology at Dickinson College and was licensed to preach by Carlisle Presbytery Oct. 4, 1797. On his return from a tour into the then western wilds...
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JAMES BROWN [Steel Engraved Portrait]

By: Cushing, Thomas

Price: $12.94

Publisher: Chicago, A. Warner & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 35269

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; A steel engraved portrait of James Brown extracted from Cushing's History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Including its Early Settlement... also Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. The portrait measures 10" by 7" with the image and facsimile autograph centered; protective tissue guard in place. Front and image are clean and nice, back has some soiling and a red mark. Engraved by A. H. Ritchie. James Brown (1780-1874) immigrated to America from Ireland. He moved with his employer from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh where they established a co...
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