June 25, 2008
Collectible
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Walden Or Life In The Woods
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Walden
Or
Life In The Woods
By
Henry David Thoreau
With
Wood-Engravings By
Thomas W. Nason
Published 1939 By The Heritage Press
A Beautiful Pictorial Hardcover Just About 8vo Housed In A Clean Entrance And Interior Slipcase
The Book Is In Near Fine Condition Exhibiting Fine Wood Engravings Some Text,Some Full Page Blank On The Reverse In A Very Good+ Seagreen Slipcase
This Is The Contents:
Economy
Where I Lived, And What I Lived For
Reading
Sounds
Solitude
Visitors
The Bean Field
The Village
The Ponds
Baker Farm
Higher Laws
Brute Neighbours
House Warming
Former Inhabitants; And Winter Visitors
Winter Animals
The Pond In Winter
Spring
Conclusion
Quarterbound Beige Buckram Spine With Dark Green Lettering And Pictorial Paper Hardcover Boards
335 Pages Complete Tight Contents Secure At The Hinges And Gorgeous Full Speckled Page Edges
Housed In A Clean Entrance And Interior Slipcase
Fairfieldsbooks
June 21, 2008
Poetry
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When you startle awake in the dark morning
heart pounding breathing fast
sitting bolt upright staring into
dark whirlpool black hole
feeling its suction
Get out of bed
knock at the door of your nearest friend
ask to lie down ask to be held
Listen while whispered words
turn the hole into deep night sky
stars close together
winter moon rising over white fields
nearby wren rustling dry leaves
distant owl echoing
two people walking up the road laughing
Let your soul laugh
let your heart sigh out
that long held breath so hollow in your stomach
so swollen in your throat
Already light is returning pairs of wings
lift softly off your eyelids one by one
each feathered edge clearer between you
and the pearl veil of day
You have nothing to do but live
Anonymous
Fairfieldsbooks
June 15, 2008
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ON AUCTION Fairfieldsbooks
A Compilation Of The Messages And Papers Of The Presidents
Prepared Under The Direction Of The Joint Committee On Printing, Of The House And Senate, Pursuant To An Act Of The Fifty-Second Congress Of The United States
With Additions And Encyclopedic Index By Private Papers
Published By The Bureau Of National Literature,Inc.
A Complete Full Leather Registered 20 Volume Compilation Copyrighted In The Year 1897
Volumes I through 12 has only one date: It states Copyright 1897 by James D. Richardson, Book XIII ends with William McKinnley March 5th 1900, Book XIII thru XVIII have no copyright dates, Book XX is Index M-Z and begins with McKinley then goes into various information. Quote on copyright page for books XIX & XX:: Copyright 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917 by Bureau of National Literature.
This Is A Registered Set/Registry No. G11184–And The Space Reserved For The Registry Certificate In Volume One Is Unmarked/The Registry Certificate Is Still Loose And Laid In
The Set,A Complete Compiliation Is In Fine Condition
It’s Superb,Just Gorgeous,Beautiful,-You Name It
Please Read The Registry Slip As Is Exactly Stated:
The Messages & Papers Of The Presidents
A Compilation Authorized By An Act Of The Fifty-Second Congress Second Lession And This Set Is Printed By Authority Of An Act Of The Fifty-Fifth Congress, First Lession, From Plates Made By The Government To Which Have Been Added By Private Enterprise,Subsequent Messages And Encyclopedic Index,Bringing The Compilation Down To 1918 And Is Subscribed For By___________ Of Bureau Of National Literature By R. R. May 04,1919 Registry No. G11184
What The Work Is:
Messages And Papers Of The President Is A History Of The United States, As Shaped And Summed Up By Those Who Have Directed The Nation’s Policy.
It Is A Work Of Reference Of United States History, Compiled From The Original Sources-In Fact,It Is The Original Sources.
It Is Authorized By The Government Itself
It Is Endorsed By Administration Officials, And By Senators An Representatives In Congress.
It Sets Forth And Epitomizes, From The Loftiest Point Of View, The Progress Of Every Institution Embracing Every Phase Of Our Educational, Religious, Social, Economic, And Political Life, All Our Commerce And Industries, Such As Agriculture, Manufacturing, Mining Transportation, Invention , Etc.,Etc.
Our Relations With Other Lands And Peoples Are Here Crystallized In The Diplomatic Correspondence Of Our Chief Executives. The Story Of Our Wars, Their Causes, Hardships, And Results Is Succinctly Told By Those Upon Whom The Responsibility For Their Conduct Has Fallen.
It Includes A Complete General Index, Grouping Together The References To The Progress And Development Of Our Great Institutions Through All Administrations.
It Is Profulsely Illustrated With Rare Engravings ,Some Of Which Have Never Before Appeared In Any Book. They Consist Of Portraits Of The Presidents, Government Buildings, And Copies Of Historic Paintings Such as ” The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence,” Etc., etc.
It Is The Only Work Of The Kind Which Brings The Reader Face To Face With The Personality Of Those Who Have Made Possible This Great Land Of Liberty.
To Possess This Work Means Practically An Opportunity To Occupy The Presidential Chair Of Each Administration,And See How The Government Has Been Conducted, How The Administrative Policy Has Been Shaped And How Our History Has Been Made.
This Is A Solid Edition,A Complete Compilation In 20 Volumes Including Encyclopedic Index A-L,And Encyclopedic Index M-Z With Biographic Index
All Published With Nothing Missing
Includes Supplemental Pamphlet And Signed And Numbered Registry Slip
Fine In Full Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Binding
Presidential Coat Of Arms Gilt Stamped At The Front Covers And Spines
Gilt Rule At The Front Covers And Spines
Gilt Lettering At The Spines
Blind Embosssed Presidential Coat Of Arms At The Rear Covers
Full Gilt Page Edges
Superbly Illustrated Throughout With Tissue Guarded Plates
8582 Total Numbered Text Pages/Both Volumes For Index Unpaginated
6 Inches Wide And 9-1/2 Inches Tall/A Large Octavo Set
June 12, 2008
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ON AUCTION
History
Of
Literature
By H. A. Taine, D.C.L.
Translated From The French By H. Van Laun
One Of The Masters At The Edinburgh Academy
New Edition Published 1880 By Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly
London
This Is A Solid Edition A Complete 4 Volume Set In Near Fine Condition
Bound In Half Tan Leather And Marbled Boards
6 Compartments And 5 Decorative Bands Ornamented In Gilt With Red Leather And Black Leather Title Labels Lettered In Gilt At The Spines
Full Marbled Page Edges
Marbled Pastedowns And Endpages
Title Pages Decorated With Laurel Wreaths
1818 Total Pages
This Is An Octavo Editon
As Is Stated Exactly On The Preface Page:
This Edition, Of Taine’s History Of English Literature Has Been Carefully Revised And Compared With The Original.All The Quotations Have Been Collated And Verified Anew, And No Trouble Has Been Spared To Make It As Accurate As Possible.
For The Favourable Reception This Translation Has Met With From The Press And The Public, I Feel Much Indebted.
H. Van Laun.
June 10, 2008
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ON AUCTION Fairfieldsbooks
The Vision;
or,
Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise
Of
Dante Alighieri.
Translated By The Rev. H. F. Cary, A. M.
Illustrated With Plates Blank On The Reverse/No Mention Of Illustrator
Published By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Somewhere Around 1814 By The Preface Page
In Near Fine Condition Bound In Full Leather Marble Calf Binding
About The Binding:
To Create The Effect Of Marble Calf The Binder Stains The Surface Of A Light Colored Calfskin With Diluted Acid. The Use Of Diluted Acid Can Create A Variety Of Effects. One Special Variation Of This Technique Is Known As “Tree Calf,” Named For The Visual Image Created On The Surface Of The Leather Of A Tree Trunk And Spreading Branches. Marble Calf Bindings Reached Great Popularity During The Nineteenth Century. Marble Calf Should Not Be Confused With Marbling,The Process Of Using Color Inks Or Paints To Create Decorative Patterns On A Variety Of Surfaces Including Leather, Paper, And Cloth.
All Original In Full Leather Marble Calf Binding/All Boards Edges Trimmed In Dentelle Gilt
Elaborate Gilt And Gilt Title Over Black Leather Label At The Spine
12mo
Full Gilt Page Edges
Decorative Pastedowns And Endpages
Red Bordered Pages
Complete Tight Contents Secure At The Hinges In 452 Pages
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