Monumenta.
Newport, R.I. Monumenta Newport, 1974. Wraps. 4to. 96 pp.; catalogue of biennial exhibition of outdoor sculpture in Newport, Rhode Island, with many b&w plates; covers scuffed; lightly soiled.
New Arrivals
American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
New York: The New York Public Library, 1927. Paperback. 8vo. 44 pp. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Light rubbing to front and rear cover. Begins with the first known view on the Western Hemisphere, a crude German woodcut, depicting a cannibalistic scene in "the country of the King of.....
The Platinotype 1977.
Arlington, VA: Violet Press, 1977. Booklet. 4to. 30 pp. Spine edge on both covers is light sunned and rubbed. Corners have very slight wear. Rear cover has light foxing in patches. Author explains the chemical process behind Platinotype photography printing.
Red Book National Used Car Market Report.
Chicago: National Used Car Market Report, inc., 1946. Cloth. 16mo. 288 pp. Cover lightly soiled and worn around edgesPages slightly yellowed, pen marks to back inside cover. A guide to the used cars available in 1946, arranged by model and price.
The Architectural Heritage of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1915.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. 230 pp., folio. Green cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. Moderate rubbing, some scuffing, soiling,dampstaining, flexing & shelfwear to boards. Sunning, soiling, shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding holding sturdy. Some foxing & soiling to textblock edges. Some foxing.....
Belinda.
New York: Arbor House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 439 pp. 8vo. Anne Rice writing as Anne Rampling. Quarter cloth in dj. First edition. Bumping to dj sp. head and upper corners, laminate creased. Sl. bumping to book sp. ends, light wear to board edges.
City of Pawtucket Golden Anniversary Program: 1886-1936.
1936. Stapled Wraps. 4to. 143 pp. In very good condition. General wear to edges and covers, light soiling to back cover, small tear at lower spine end. Very light soiling to endpapers and some text fore-edges, slight sunning to text margins, staple binding to ffep slightly rusty. Interior otherwise clean.....
Newport Remembered, A Photographic Portrait of a Gilded Past.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994. Cloth. 4to. 171 pp. Light bumping to spine ends. LIght sunning to dj spine and cover edges. Photos and text on the Newport mansions.
How to Find Out by Asking: A Guide to Oral History in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island: Valerie Quinney and Linda Wood, 1979. Booklet. 4to. 46pp. Light soiling to covers. Chapters -- Planning an Oral History Project, Researching the Case, Constructing the Interview Format, etc. Stored in plastic bag.
The Newport Waterfront Bibliography.
Narragansett, RI: 1978. Binder. 4to. 16 pp.Binder with mylar covers is in fine condition. Bibliography includes references on general land use, historic preservation, housing, tourism, commercial fishing, etc.
A History of Greene and Vicinity 1845-1929.
Providence, RI: Privately Printed, 1976. Reprint. Cloth. 101 pp., 8vo. Green cloth hardcover w/ gilt lettering. Reprint. Very light bowing & shelfwear to boards. Light cocking & shelfwear to spine. Binding tight. Some faint soiling to textblock edges. Pgs clean & crisp.
The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (3 volumes in slipcase).
Dublin: Eamonn de Burca, 1995. Cloth Hardcover in Slipcase. 8vo. 589,538,598 pp. Spine ends and corners are very lightly bumped. Books and slipcase are in excellent condition. With a new introductory essay on P.W. Joyce by Mainchin Seoighe.
The Library of American Biography: Second Series. Vol. I: Lives of Robert Cavelier De La Salle and Patrick Henry.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1848. Hardcover. 8vo. 398 pp. Light browning to covers and light bumping to spine ends and cover corners; Light soiling to covers and spine; foxing to first and last few pages and fpd and rpd.
The Library of American Biography: Second Series. Vol. V: Lives of Count Rumford, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, and Samuel Gorton.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1847. Hardcover. 8vo. 408 pp. Light browning to covers and light bumping to spine ends.foxing to first and last few pages and fpa and rpd. White paint marking to bottom edges of rear cover.
The Library of American Biography Second Series Vol. II: Lives of James Otis and James Oglethorpe.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1847. Hardcover. 8vo. 405 pp. Light browning to covers and light bumping to spine ends.foxing to first and last few pages and fpa and rpd.
Lord Rosebery.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1931. red cloth. VG. Cloth boards & gilt bright except spine, bumped & darkened. 8vo 592 pp. Front hinge starting. Title page few waterstains. Scottish member of House of Lords in Parliament, Foreign Secr. Friend of Gladstone and Ascot luminary.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 84, December 1891, to May 1892.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Half-Leather. 8vo. 974 pgs. Some wear to leather, corners bumped. Front and rear hinge split, ex-library stamp on fpd, endpapers soiled. Articles include, "Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett" by Anne Thackeray Ritchie, "An Indian Fair in the Mexican Hot Country" by Sylvester Baxter.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 63, June to November, 1881.
Harper & Brothers, 1881. Half-Leather. 8vo. 960 pgs. Some wear to leather, corners sl. bumped. Back hinge split, some foxing to interior. Articles include, "Assassins and Nihilists", by Hugh Craig, "Adirondack Days", by Henry Vane, others. Ex-library with stamp on fpd.
Buildings of Rhode Island.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 704 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Society of Architectural Historians Buildings of the United States. 900 building entries, 330 photos, & 55 maps; coveringa ll 39 towns & cities of Rhode Island. Light cocking to spine but.....
The Harold P. McGrath Collection of the prints of Leonard Baskin.
Northampton, MA: Hatay Stratton Inc., 1987. Paperback. Unpaginated, oblong 8vo. Spiral-bound paperback. Five hundred copies of this catalogue have been printed by The Oxbow Press. Some slight scuffing & shelfwear to covers. Pages clean & crisp.
Gene Swenson:; Retrospective for a Critic
Lawrence, KS: Museum of Art, 1971. Paperback. 104 pp. 4to. Paperback. October 24 - December 5, 1971. Scuffed, lightly soiled. Wear to edges. Tiny chip to front lower fore edge. Sm. chips to sp. ends, spine creased and sunned. Binding split between pgs 78-9. Glue action to hinges.
The Old School and the New School, or the Invitation and the Answer.
Thompsonville, CT: No Publisher Stated, 1866. Paperback. 24 pp. 8vo. Booklet. Dampstain to rear cover & lower 3 inche text block fore-edge, as well as top of title page at fore-edge. Small number notation to corner of front cover.
Moby Dick; the Journal Entry 24
the Journal, 2008. Paperback. Unpaginated. 8vo. Paperback. No date, circa 2008. Scuffing and light edge wear. Supplement to The Journal, entry 24. Color photos with essay by Canadian artist, Terence Koh.
Aunt Brown's Birthday.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. Quarter Cloth Over Boards. oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Rebacked with new cloth corners over boards. Scuffing, soiling, ink and ballpoint illustrations to front cover. Board exposure to all edgees, top of rear board. Several closed tears (1"-3") scattered to bottom.....
The History of America in Documents: Original Autograph Letters, Manuscripts and Source Materials, part I and part II only.
Philadelphia & New York: The Rosenbach Company, 1949. Wraps. 4to. Part 1 and 2 only. (of 3) Spines and corners nicked, edges creased, nicked. Light soil to wraps.Tear to cover of volume 1. Catalogue of ephemera, manuscripts, letters relating to American history, from the Bernaldez Codex of Columbus's votages, a......