NEW ARRIVALS from RAY BOAS, BOOKSELLER
Walpole, New Hampshire
Week Ending - July 13, 2008
A Selection of fine out-of-print and antiquarian books newly catalogued
and for sale on our shelves
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Good afternoon, Monday, July14th. This week I was able to catalogue
32 "new arrivals" for you to read about below, and thanks to some more recent
purchases I have 27 "back in stocks." I have many, many books piled
up in the office to catalogue, and sadly without Cathy I will remain behind
in that aspect. I have been reorganizing and cleaning out my book storage,
and that project will be finished this week when a large number of cartons
are heading off to auction, so then I will have more time to get back to
working all the time at the computer. So, enjoy reading below, and
remember that it is easy to order from Ray Boas,
Bookseller, and shipping is less than a gallon a gas to get that book into
your hands for a "staycation." Thank you, yours, RAY |
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1. Korbel, Petr and Novak, Milan, THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS -
DESCRIPTIONS OF OVER 600 MINERALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, Chartwell Books,
Inc., Edison, NJ, (1999), color illustrations, 296pp, fine w/very good+
dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0785815201, (Order No: 54820 ),
SOLD
2. Badayev, A., THE BOLSHEVIKS IN THE TSARIST DUMA, International Publishers,
New York, n.d. c1929, 250pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket,
"With an Article by Lenin on the Work and Trial of the Bolshevik Group in
the Duma, and an Introduction by Em. Yaroslavsky.", (Order No: 54821 ), $15.00
3. Brewster, Mary B., ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT 1745-1954,
published by the church, Litchfield, CT, (1954), B&W illustrations, 186pp,
fine, gray cloth (hardcover), "A Biography of A Parish and of Many Who Have
Served It.", (Order No: 54822 ), $25.00
4. Sigourney, L. H. (Mrs.), PLEASANT MEMORIES OF PLEASANT LANDS, James Munroe
and Company, Boston, MA, 1842, engraved frontis, 368pp, good+, brown cloth
(hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, (Order No: 54823 ), $25.00
5. Seaman, Harry, THE BATTLE AT SANGSHAK: BURMA, MARCH, 1944 - PRELUDE TO
KOHIMA, Leo Cooper, London, (1989), B&W illustrations, 148pp, very good+
w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0850527201 "The true story of what
happened at Sangshak, for the author is proud to count himself amoung those
who where there.", (Order No: 54824 ), $15.00
6. Whiting, Charles, BATTLEGROUND KOREA: THE BRITISH IN KOREA, Sutton Publishing,
Phoenix Mill, Gls, UK, (1999), 184pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0750920858 "Provides a vivid account of the Korean War,
in particular Britain's involvement.", (Order No: 54826 ), $25.00
7. Krivatsy, Peter (compiled by), A CATALOGUE OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PRINTED
BOOKS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, US Department of Health, Bethesda,
MD, 1989, 1315pp, very goo+, gray cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB only one internal
mark, This catalogue lists about 13,300 books printed between 1601 and 1700.
Included are monographs, dissertations and corresponding program disputations,
broadsides, pamphlets and serials., (Order No: 54827 ), $85.00
8. Parker, Danny S., TO WIN THE WINTER SKY: THE AIR WAR OVER THE ARDENNES
1944-1945, Combined Books, Conshohocken, PA, (1994) 1st ptg, B&W
illustrations, 528pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0938289357
As Allied and German armies fought on the ground in the Battle of the Bulge,
an equally desperate battle raged in the skies overhead, as enemy air forces
fought the weather and each other for supremacy., (Order No: 54828 ), $10.00
9. Hunt, Leslie (foreword by Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris), TWENTY-ONE
SQUADRONS: THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE 1925-1957, Garnstone
Press, London, (1972), B&W illustrations, 431pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0855111100 The first history of the pre-war Auxiliary Air
Force and Special Reserve and the post-war Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons,
and the full story of the magnificent contributions by the 'weekend' squadrons
in all operational commands of the RAF, and in most theaters of war., (Order
No: 54829 ), $25.00
10. Singleton, Esther, FRENCH AND ENGLISH FURNITURE - DISTINCTIVE STYLES
AND PERIODS DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED, McClure Phillips & Co., New York,
1903, B&W illustrations, 394pp, good+, maroon cloth, teg (hardcover),
"Illustrated from original sources by H. D. Nichols.", (Order No: 54830 ),
$30.00
11. Mudd, Richard D., THE MUDD FAMILY OF THE UNITED STATES, Edwards Brothers,
Inc., Ann Arbor,MI, 1951, 1461pp, good+, blue buckgram cloth (hardcover),
Comprehensive beginning with the origin of the study of the family, and
continuing from the earliest Mudd arrivals in America: Thomas Mudd (1647-1697)
of Viriginia and Maryland., (Order No: 54831 ), $275.00
12. Pitcher, Grace Whipple (compiled by), A GENEALOGY OF THE PITCHER FAMILY
OF MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS - ANDREW, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS 1634-1978,
published by the author, n.p., n.d. c1978, 143pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover),
(Order No: 54832 ), $60.00
13. Boyer, Robert (written and illustrated by), THE AMAZING ART OF PYROGRAPHY
WITH THE DETAILMASTER, Evanston Publishing, Inc., Evanston, IL, (1993) 1st
ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 422pp, very good w/very good dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 1879260123 "For centuries, pyrographic art has been practiced
using crud and rudimentary tools. With the present day, state of the art,
variable controlled electronic burning system allows artists and craftpersons
a more precise and versatile way of creating pyrographic art.", (Order No:
54833 ), $75.00
14. Hitchcock, Edward; Hager, Albert D.; Hitchcock, Edward, Jr.; and Hitchcock,
Charles H., REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: DESCRIPTIVE, THEORETICAL,
ECONOMICAL, AND SCENOGRAPHICAL - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Claremont Manufacturing
Co., Claremont, NH, 1861, B&W text ill. 38 plates/maps, 2 vols, 988pp,
good, brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear top/bottom of spines, Wood cuts within
the text, and 38 plates/maps follow the text in Volume II. Small tear in
first map. Clean and tight set internally, some edgewear on the spines and
corners of the boards., (Order No: 54834 ), $250.00
15. Herrick, Francis Hobart, AUDUBON THE NATURALIST: A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE
AND TIME - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1917
1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover),
Volume I, 451pp; and Volume II, 494pp. Nice clean and tight set., (Order
No: 54835 ), $85.00
16. Schomburgk, Robert H., THE HISTORY OF BARBADOS COMPRISING A GEOGRAPHICAL
AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND - WEST INDIAN STUDIES, Frank Cass,
London - Portland, OR, (1998), 722pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0714619485 First published in 1848. "A Sketch of the Historical
Events Since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural
Productions.", (Order No: 54836 ), $125.00
17. Kaminkow, Jack and Kaminkow, Marion, A LIST OF EMIGRANTS FROM ENGLAND
TO AMERICA 1718-1759, Magna Charta Book Company, Baltimore, MD, 1966 2nd
ptg, 288pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), Transcribed from microfilms
of the original records at the Guildhall, London., (Order No: 54837 ), $20.00
18. Howard, George Elliott, PRELIMINARIES OF THE REVOLUTION 1763-1775, AMS
Press, New York, (1970), B&W illustrations, 359pp, fine, blue cloth
(hardcover), ISBN 0404033555 First published in 1905. The struggle between
the English colonies and the parent state lasted from the peace of Paris
in 1763 until the appeal to arms in 1775., (Order No: 54838 ), $15.00
19. Burns, Zed H. (foreword by Porter L. Fortune), CONFEDERATE FORTS, Southern
Historical Pubs Inc, Natchez, MS, 1977, B&W and color illustrations,
107pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A look at nine of the forts
of the Confederacy., (Order No: 54839 ), $12.50
20. Pares, Richard, WAR AND TRADE IN THE WEST INDIES 1739-1763, Frank Cass
& Co., Ltd., London, 1963, 631pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket,
soiling to cloth, First published in 1936., (Order No: 54840 ), $125.00
21. Copplestone, J. Tremayne, TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERSPECTIVES (THE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1896-1939) - HISTORY OF METHODIST MISSIONS VOLUME IV [VOL.
FOUR], United Methodist Church, New York, 1973, 1267pp, very good w/lightly
chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Picks up after the earlier volumes presenting
the Methodist missions established after 1895., (Order No: 54841 ),
SOLD
22. Phillips, James L., and Brown, James A. (edited by), ARCHAIC HUNTERS
AND GATHERERS IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST - NEW WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD,
Academic Press, New York, 1983 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 349pp, fine,
maroon boards (hardcover), ISBN 0125539800 Fascinating collection of essays
and studies on recent developments in the studies of hunter-gatherers in
the American Midwest., (Order No: 54842 ), $115.00
23. Barbosa, Pedro and Castellanos, Ignacio, ECOLOGY OF PREDATOR-PREY
INTERACTIONS, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005, 394pp, fine, pictorial
boards (hardcover), ISBN 0195171209 Examines the role of predation as a force
that shapes the behavior, ecology, and evolution of vertebrate and invertebrate
species., (Order No: 54843 ), $15.00
24. Ramblings by: Chamberlin, Edwin; Bailey, Louise; Burton, Natalie; Glover,
Katherine Blandin; Lamarre, Margaret (et al), HISTORICAL NOTES OF BATH NEW
HAMPSHIRE 1765-1965, Courier Printing Co., Inc., Littleton, NH, 1982 2nd
ptg, B&W illustrations, 141pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published
in 1965. Bath, like most North Country towns, is primarily an agricultural
town., (Order No: 54844 ), $30.00
25. Cleary, Vincent J., AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS 01002 - ONE OF THE BEST SMALL
TOWNS IN AMERICA, published by the author, n.p., (2003), 179pp, very good+,
wraps (softcover), (Order No: 54845 ), $30.00
26. Kinkle, Roger D., THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC AND JAZZ
1900-1950: VOLUME 1, 2, 3, AND 4 - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Arlington House
Publishers, Westport, CT, (1974), 4 vols, 2642pp, very good, black cloth
(hardcover), ISBN 0870002295 Volume 1: Music Year By Year 1900-1950; Volume
2: Biographies A through K; Volume 3: Biographies L through Z; and, Volume
4: Indexes & Appendices., (Order No: 54846 ), $60.00
27. Tenenti, Alberto, PIRACY AND THE DECLINE OF VENICE 1580-1615, Univ. of
California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1967, 210pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), Pirate warfare played a prominent part in Mediterranean life
during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Its influence
was significant both in the decline of Venice and the shift of the economic
hegemony of Europe., (Order No: 54847 ), $20.00
28. Fischer, Diane P. with contributions by Linda S. Ferber, Twig Johnson,
Nancy A. Piwowar and John Zielenski, PRIMAL VISIONS: ALBERT BIERSTADT "DISCOVERS"
AMERICA, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, (2001), B&W and color
illustrations, 90pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0936489626 Catalogue of
the exhibition of the same name., (Order No: 54848 ), $85.00
29. Haire, Virginia C.; Hill, Lillian D.; VanHorne, Madge L.; and White,
Gwen A., BRIDGING GENERATIONS THROUGH TYRRELL COUNTY MEMORIES, Scuppernong
River Festival, Columbia, SC, (1996), B&W illustrations, 174pp, index,
very good++, glossy boards (hardcover), (Order No: 54849 ), $60.00
30. Nichols, Rudge and Poole, Caroline N., PETER POWERS PIONEER: THE STORY
OF THE FIRST SETTLER IN HOLLIS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, The Rumford Press, Concord,
NH, (1930), ill. by Sears Gallagher, 132pp, very good w/good dustjacket
(hardcover), Printed for the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Hollis, New Hampshire.
One of 550 numbered copies., (Order No: 54850 ), $17.50
31. Cornelius, Mary H., THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER'S FRIEND - REVISED AND ENLARGED,
Thompson, Brown, & Co., Boston, MA, (1871), 312pp, very good, decorated
green cloth (hardcover), "In preparing this little volume, my aim has been
to furnish to young housekeepers the best aid that a book can give in the
departments of which it treats." Very nice clean, tight and sharp copy.,
(Order No: 54851 ), $30.00
32. Daniell, Jere R., COLONIAL NEW HAMPSHIRE: A HISTORY, KTO Press, Millwood,
NY, (1990) 2nd ptg, 279pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover),
ISBN 0527187151 First published in 1981. A comprehensive and thoroughly readable
history of New Hampshire's turbulent colonial years., (Order No: 54852 ),
SOLD
And, following are 27 "back in stocks" for this week:
33. Ginzburg, Ralph (editor), EROS - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE; INCLUDING:
VOLUME ONE, NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR, Eros Magazine, New York, 1962,
B&W and color illustrations, 4 vols., very good++ to fine set, pictorial
boards (hardcover), All four issues published, including the Marilyn Monroe
issue. The nicest set we have owned in almost 20 years!!!, (Order No: 150
), $50.00
34. Carman, Bernard R., HOOT TOOT & WHISTLE: THE STORY OF THE HOOSAC
TUNNEL & WILMINGTON RAILROAD, Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VT,
1963 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 44pp, very good, wraps (softcover),
'A 24-mile cliffhanger that taught the big ones a lesson.', (Order No: 234
), $15.00
35. Mead, Jr., Edgar T., OVER THE HILLS TO WOODSTOCK: THE SAGA OF THE WOODSTOCK
RAILROAD [WOODSTOCK, VERMONT], The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VT,
1967, B&W illustrations, 44pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover),
(Order No: 238 ), $14.50
36. Tompkins, Peter, THE MAGIC OF OBELISKS, Harper & Row, Publishers,
New York, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 470pp, very good+ w/very
good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, ISBN 0060148993 The author
explores the entire history of man's association with obelisks; the many
early and current theories about them and their magical and physical properties;
the adventures encountered in engineering and moving 300-ton monoliths; their
association with sexual rites and the hermetic wisdom of ancient Egypt; and
their suspected influence on and connection with many secret societies and
historic figures., (Order No: 1064 ), $20.00
37. Foley, Edwin, THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE: ITS FORM, COLOUR, &
HISTORY -- VOLUME I ONLY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1911, B&W and
color illustrations, 427pp, good+, teg, blue cloth, gilt stampings (hardcover)
SEE NOTE, A survey of the world's beautiful woodwork covering all periods,
styles, countries. Tipped in color plates, B&W text illustrations, correlated
charts of British woodwork styles, decorative furnishing accessories, etc.
PLEASE NOTE - OFFERED IS VOLUME ONE ONLY -- And This copy is LACKING PLATE
FOLLOWING PAGE 103., (Order No: 1729 ),
SOLD
38. Hornor, William Macpherson, HORNOR'S: BLUE BOOK PHILADELPHIA FURNITURE:
WILLIAM PENN TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, Highland House Publishers, Alexandria,
VA, (1977) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 340pp, very good+ w/very good+
dustjacket (hardcover), Definitive work of the 18th century Philadelphia
American craftsmen. Originally published in 1935, a cross index has been
added of the 502 items illustrated and a cross index to the references.,
(Order No: 2288 ), $100.00
39. Teller, Walter Magnes (edited and with commentaries by), THE VOYAGES
OF JOSHUA SLOCUM, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1958) 1st
ptg, B&W illustrations, 401pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover),
Of all the great American sailing ship captains, Slocum is the most legendary.
Gathered here are his "Voyage of the Liberdade", "Voyage of the Destroyer
From New York to Brazil", "Sailing Along Around the World", "Rescue of Some
Gilbert Islanders", and the "Aquidneck Correspondence.", (Order No: 3819
), $12.00
40. Fauster, Carl U., LIBBEY GLASS SINCE 1818: PICTORIAL HISTORY &
COLLECTOR'S GUIDE, Len Beach Press, Toledo, OH, (1979), B&W ill., 71
color plates, 415pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), For the first
time, this compilation of the history and noteworthy wares of Libbey Glass,
records the heritage of a factory whose prestigious accomplishments often
escape the recognition it deserves. Over 1,300 collectible items are shown.,
(Order No: 3897 ), $90.00
41. Jewitt, Llewellynn, THE CERAMIC ART OF GREAT BRITAIN - NEW EDITION, REVISED,
J. S. Virtue & Co., Ltd., London, (1883), nearly 2, 000 B&W ill.,
642pp, good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Jewitt's
encyclopedia work was one of the first to cover the entire field of British
ceramics, embracing a full lifetime of patient and thorough research., (Order
No: 4231 ), $50.00
42. Smith, Nancy A., OLD FURNITURE: UNDERSTANDING THE CRAFTSMAN'S ART - A
GUIDE TO COLLECTION, APPRECIATION AND PRESERVATION, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis,
IN, (1975) 1st ptg, 214 B&W ill., 191pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0672518945 Author explores the qualities of wood - its
growth and grain, its constant movement - and shows how the joiner and later
the cabinet maker turned them to his benefit. Organized into two parts:
Furniture-Making Techniques, and What Happens to Furniture with Time.
Informative., (Order No: 6481 ), $10.00
43. Taber, Gladys, THE BOOK OF STILLMEADOW, Harper & Row, Publishers,
New York, (1984) reissue, ill. by Edward Shenton, 273pp, very good w/very
good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060152400 First published in 1948, this
is the first printing of the 1984 reissue., (Order No: 6907 ), $5.00
44. Layton, Robert, THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ART, Columbia University Press, New
York, 1981, 53 B&W figures,15 B&W plates, 227pp, very good w/good
dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231052820 This original and thought-provoking
examination of some of the questions basic to an appreciation of art objects
uses examples from the recent work of small-scale societies, and some surviving
examples from earlier cultures that traditionally lacked their own system
of writing., (Order No: 10429 ), $12.50
45. Randi, The Amazing & Sugar, Bert Randolph, HOUDINI: HIS LIFE AND
ART, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W
illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN
0448125463 Making use of hundreds of photographs, posters, playbills, and
Houdiniana from many different collections, this book is a dazzling panorama
of the Master Magician's life, the art that he practiced, and the colorful
times in which he lived., (Order No: 12121 ), $12.00
46. Stanton, William, THE GREAT UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1838-1842,
Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1975), B&W illustrations, 433pp,
good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520025571 Leaving Norfolk
in the summer with six ships and several hundred men, the 40 year old Lieutenant
Wilkes traveled to the polar regions, the South Pacific, and to the coasts
of what are now Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, exploring, fighting
with natives, mapping, and collecting scientific specimens of everything
encountered., (Order No: 12296 ), $12.00
47. Abdill, George B., A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER'S ALBUM: THE SAGA OF STEAM ENGINES
IN AMERICA (FIFTH IN THE OLD RAILROAD SERIES), Bonanza Books, New York, orig
pub 1965, great B&W photographs, 190pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), (Order No: 12937 ), $6.00
48. Abdill, George B., THIS WAS RAILROADING, Bonanza Books, New York, orig
pub 1958, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover),
Historical collection of rare photos and true stories about the tracks, trains
and trainmen of the Pacific Northwest...including Northern California., (Order
No: 12990 ), $7.00
49. Ziegler, Philip, OMDURMAN - THE CRUCIAL AND BIZARRE BATTLE THAT WAS ENGLAND'S
REVENGE FOR THE MUDER OF GORDON AT KHARTOUM, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1974
1st Amer, B&W ill., maps, 241pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover),
ISBN 0394489365 Originally published in 1973. The marvelously told tale of
one of the most bizarre and extraordinary battles in modern history that
was England's revenge for the murder of Gordon at Khartoum: The year - 1898;
The place - The Sudan, (Order No: 15551 ), $5.00
50. Matthew, Donald, ATLAS OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE, Facts On File, Inc., New York,
(1983), 64 maps, 293 B&W & color ill, 240pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0871961334 This atlas surveys the history of European culture
and society from the decline of the Roman empire to the discovery of America
in the late 15th century., (Order No: 17977 ), $12.00
51. Horgan, Edward R. (foreword by Faith Andrews; introduction by Robert
F. W. Meader), THE SHAKER HOLY LAND: A COMMUNITY PORTRAIT, The Harvard Common
Press, Harvard, MA, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W ill., B&W maps, 224pp, very
good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0916782220 A fascinating narrative
history of a religious community. The author has chosen the little-known
communities of Harvard and Shirley, Massachusetts for his study., (Order
No: 24584 ), $6.00
52. Clendinnen, Inga, AMBIVALENT CONQUESTS: MAYA AND SPANIARD IN YUCATAN,
1517-1570, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (1987), 245pp, very good
w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0521333970 The author reveals the
interior history of the processes of conquest, colonization and conversion
in one isolated corner of Spain's empire in the New World., (Order No: 34803
), $12.50
53. Stephens, John Lloyd (edited, and with an introduction by Victor Wolfgang
von Hagen), INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETRAEA, AND THE HOLY LAND,
Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, (1991), B&W illustrations, 474pp,
very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0811800482 First published in New York
in 1837, this volume made John Lloyd Stephens a literary sensation overnight
and led him to write other books, including reports on some of the earliest
explorations in the Mayan cities of Central America., (Order No: 35828 ),
$5.00
54. Johnson, Hugh (foreword by), THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF WOOD, Simon and
Schuster, New York, (1976), B&W and Color illustrations, 276pp, very
good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671224360 The most beautiful and
versatile of all our natural materials as it has been used in a thousand
ways throughout the ages and throughout the world. Contents include: The
Anatomy of Wood; The Renewable Resource; Architecture in Wood; Sacred Buildings;
Living with Wood; Wood in Transport; Rural Craft and Industry; Engineering
in Wood; Ships and the Shipwright; Artistry in Wood; Lore, Legend and Belief;
World Timbers. A fascinating look at wood, and I have had a copy in my own
collection for years., (Order No: 39900 ), $12.00
55. Barnes, Frank T., HOOKS, RINGS & OTHER THINGS: AN ILLUSTRATED INDEX
OF NEW ENGLAND IRON, 1660-1860, The Christopher Pub. House, Hanover, MA,
(1988), B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
inscribed by the author, ISBN 0815804407 Iron artifacts, which chronicle
day-to-day living in early New England, have been brought together for the
first time in this remarkable book by author/collector Frank Barnes., (Order
No: 42498 ), $100.00
56. Horton, Louise S.; Underhill, Elizabeth H.; and, Deal, Eleanor D. (prepared
by), PIERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1764-1947, The Green Mountain Press, Bradford,
VT, n.d. [1947], B&W illustrations, 236pp, good+, blue/gray cloth
(hardcover), Contents include: Early Settlers; Religion: Then And Now; Education;
Geographical Aspects; Business Life In General; Life In Piermont; Historical
Sketches; Family Histories; Genealogies; Those Who Served; Anecdotes., (Order
No: 46140 ), $35.00
57. Black, Mary C. (preface by), ERASTUS SALISBURY FIELD, 1805-1900: A SPECIAL
EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO HIS LIFE AND WORK, JANUARY 20 TO MARCH 17, 1963, Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller, Williamsburg, VA, [1963], B&W and color illustrations,
unpaginated, good+, wraps (softcover), The 115 portraits and other paintings
that make up this first major exhibition of Erastus Salisbury Field's work
are on loan from almost 40 museums and individuals, and comprise about half
of his known work., (Order No: 46322 ), $20.00
58. Lewis, David L.; McCarville, Mike; Sorensen, Lorin; and The Auto Editors
of Consumer Guide, FORD: 1903 TO 1984, Beekman House, New York, (1983) 1st
ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 384pp, very good w/very good dustjacket
(hardcover), ISBN 0517414430 "A complete and unique chronicle of the make
that put America on wheels, with all the history-making Fords and the stoires
of the people who made them.", (Order No: 49044 ), $8.00
59. Teale, Edwin Way, NEAR HORIZONS: THE STORY OF AN INSECT GARDEN, Robert
Hale Limited, London, (1947), B&W illustrations, 327pp, good+ w/lightly
chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author describes how he watched the life
of his insect garden, a Lilliputian world of extraordinary fascination.,
(Order No: 53240 ), $8.00