Alvah Clark, A. B. A New System of Astronomy, in Question and Answer. For the Use of Schools and Academies. New York: Roe Lockwood & Son, [1820]. First commercial printing after private publication.Twelvemo. 72pp. Illustrated with in-text diagrams. Beige quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, string bound.
Group of Twelve Original Rewards of Merit, circa 1863 – 1890. Printed on card, sizes vary from approx. 1.75 x 2.5 inches to 3 x 5.25 inches. Some with ink or pencil inscriptions.
Bobby Fischer. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. New York: Basic Systems, Inc., 1966. Second printing.Octavo. xiv, 334pp. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Publisher's pictorial glossy paper-covered boards. Second printing of Fischer's classic book, employing his new (at the time) method of Programmed Instruction.
Henry James. Charles W. Eliot: President of Harvard University 1869 - 1909, Vols I & II (complete). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition.Two octavo volumes. 382; 393pp (indexed to volume II). Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, spines and front covers lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, original unclipped dust wrappers. First edition of.....
David G. Hogarth. The Wandering Scholar. London/Oxford: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, [1924]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 274pp (indexed). Publisher’s black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine. With bookplate of naval historian and author Samuel Eliot Morison to front pastedown.From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book.....
Abbé Le More. Principes D'Institution, ou de la Manèire D'Lever les Enfans des Deux Sexes par Rapport au Corps, L'Esprit et au Coeur (Principles of Upbringing, or the Manner of Raising Children of Both Sexes with Regard to the Body, the Mind, and the Heart). Paris: Veuve Desaint, 1774. First edition. Twelvemo. xvi.....
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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Lettres de Madame du Montier à la Marquise de *** sa Fille... (Letters from Madame du Montier to the Marquise de ***, Her Daughter). Lyon: Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1756. First edition. Twelvemo. [10], 406 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine decorated in gilt, with red morocco gilt-stamped title, edges.....
Samuel Livermore. Treatise on the Law Relative to Principals, Agents, Factors, Auctioneers, and Brokers. Boston: Printed by Thomas B. Wait and Co., 1811. First edition.Octavo. 258pp. Contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, gilt-stamped title to spine.First and sole edition. First American work on the subject.
[Printing] Letterpress Printing Plate from McGuffey’s Eclectic Series, c. 1900. Steel plate with copper finish. Numbered page 268. Measures approximately 6 3.75 inches.From the collection of Edward Hoyenski.
Peter Whalley. An Inquiry into the Learning of Shakespeare. London: Printed for T. Waller, 1748. First edition. [together with:] William Guthrie. An Essay upon English Tragedy. With Remarks upon the Abbe de Blanc's Observations on the English Stage. London: Printed for T. Waller, [1747]. First edition. (includes a title page for.....
Group of fourteen small, clipped black and white original photos depicting the Carrollton (Texas) High School Junior Class of 1941-1942. Each measuring approximately 1.25 x 1 inch. Some with names inscribed to versos.
University of Michigan. College of Architecture Commencement Week Program, 1930. Philadelphia: E. A. Wright Company. 1930. Sixteenmo (approx. 6 x 4.5 inches). 8pp. Embossed blue leather wraps, stab-bound, with leather ties; textured glassine endleaves. Minor rubbing and toning, else fine.