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  • THE ROMANCE OF MATHEMATICS: BEING THE ORIGINAL RESEARCHES OF A Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with som Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion

    P. Hampson

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1886)
    London 1886 first edition. Elliot Stock. Satire. Hardcover.12mo., 131pp., blue cloth with mounted paper spine label. Uncut. VG Plus. Scarce in this condition.
  • CHINESE RELIGION THROUGH HINDU EYES A STUDY IN THE TENDENCIES OF ASIATIC MENTALITY

    Benoy Kumar Sarkar

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1916)
    Shanghai 1916 first edition Commercial Press. Introduction by Wu Ting-Fang. Hardcover. Octavo, 331p., brown cloth. Good, light wear, no DJ. Not a modern reprint.
  • HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR

    William Schouler

    Hardcover (See Description, Dec. 31, 1867)
    Boston 1868 1st Dutton. Complete in one volume. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 670pp., engraved frontis, green cloth. Good, rear hinge cracked, spine ends and corners worn, text toned.
  • A Wild Sheep Chase: Notes Of A Little Philosophic Journey In Corsica.

    Emile Bergerat

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1894)
    NY 1894 Macmillan. Translated from French to English. Octavo, 315pp., original illustrated maroon cloth hardcover. VG, light wear, light soiling.
  • PHANTASMS A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS

    Roberto Bracco

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1908)
    Boston 1908. In "Poet Lore A Quarterly Magazine of Letters" Autumn Number for 1908. Sm4to. Entire issue with original wrappers bound in hardcover. Play paginated pp.241-292. Several other articles included. VG.
  • ELDER CONKLIN AND OTHER STORIES

    Frank Harris

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1895)
    London 1895 2nd edition. Heinemann. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Hardcover Octavo, 241pp., blue cloth. Bookplate of Henry Geoffry Broadbent. Signed by Harris on title page in presentation to Madam Gabrielli "The wellest woman in Lond, from the Author, Jan '95." Good plus, light bumping of corners, fading of spine. Author's first book.
  • LETTERS OF GILBERT LITTLE STARK JULY 23, 1907 - MARCH 12, 1908

    No Author

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1908)
    1908 first edition. Privately printed at Riverside Press Cambridge. sm octavo. hardcover. Green cloth. Fine photo portrait of Stark as frontispiece. Letters from Japan, China, Mongolia, Formosa, Canton, Southeast Asia, Burma and India .509p. Good plus, light wear; binding secure; hinges not cracked; no owner's marks. no dj.
  • THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICS - volumes 1 thru 6

    Maurice (ed) Horn

    Hardcover (See Description, Jan. 1, 1976)
    New York 1976 first edition. Chelsea House. Six hardcover thin 4to volumes. Red papercovered boards in original colorful dust jackets. no owner marks. Gift quality. Alphabetical reference of about 145 pages per issue illustrated with lots of bw comic panels as well as text. Fine in Fine djs (slightest amount of wrinkling on a few of the djs) Set of 6 volumes:
  • HARRY AND LUCY: TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE LITTLE DOG TRUSTY, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, AND THE ORANGE MAN

    Maria Edgworth

    Hardcover (See Description, Dec. 31, 1857)
    London 1858 New Edition. 12mo., 192pp., frontis, red cloth. Good, light rubbing
  • THE LITTLE TIN-GODS-ON-WHEELS OR SOCIETY IN OUR MODERN ATHENS. A TRILOGY AFTER THE MANNER OF THE GREEKS

    Robert Grant

    Paperback (See Description, Dec. 31, 1880)
    Cambridge 1881 Ninth Edition Charles W. Seve. Octavo, 32pp., foldout illustrations by F.G. Attwood, illustrated, 1/2 cloth with cardboard stiff wraps covers. Fair, inner hinges cracked, some stains on margins of a few leaves or illustrations, small chip at top corner of rear board, stains and wear on cover.
  • the walrus and the carpenter

    Percy E (music) Fletcher

    Paperback (See Description, Jan. 1, 1910)
    London 1910 (copyright) Novello. A choral ballad or short cantata for schools. Words by Lewis Carroll. Lyrics and music. Sm.4to., 30pp., original wraps. Near Fine.
  • FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX

    Edward and H. Brooke Moore

    Hardcover (See Description, Dec. 31, 1745)
    London 1746 2nd (1st 1744) R. Francklin. Hardcover. Small octavo, 173pp., frontispiece present and 16 full page engravings (on versos only, collated complete), full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Gilt trim on leather. Engravings by Grignion, Ravenet and Mosley, all after Hayman. Contemporary owner signature on top margin of title page (Annabella Hedley. ) Good, cover rubbed and worn, spine ends worn down; occasional light spotting, small chip at lower corner of one leaf (without loss), one leaf has professionally repaired closed tear. Front outer hinge cracking and inner hinges tender but boards still quite securely attached.