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five, unused, on one uncut sheet, 5 x 12 1/2 inches.

By: "Reward of Merit" for school children, 1820's?, '30's?

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: rewardofmeritforschoolchildren,1820's?,'30's?65e

Each 5 x 2 1/2 inches, all different designs. Undated but probably early 19th century, no publisher's/printer's imprint. These were given to students by their instructor to reward hard work or good behavior and as an incentive to further success. In Fine condition.
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A Practical Treatise on Testing and Working Silver Ores.

By: Aaron, Charles H.

Price: $260.00

Seller ID: aaron,charlesh.260sanfrancisco;dewey&co.-proprie

San Francisco; Dewey & Co.- Proprietors of the Mining and Scientific Press, 1876. First edition. Original full black leather, gilt lettered on the front, illustrated, 114 pp., vi pp. of ads. Some rubbing to the edges of the leather; a few leaves lightly foxed. A Very Good copy.
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An Essay Toward a Theory of Art.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.35london:martinsecker,1922

London: Martin Secker, 1922. First edition. Printed quarter cloth and paper boards, printed dust jacket, 115 pp., top edge stained, others uncut. Very Good in a very good jacket.
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Drowsie Frighted Steeds.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.75leeds:chorleyandpickersg

Leeds: Chorley and Pickersgill, 1928. First edition (Gawsworth, 1932, p.32). Original printed wrappers. Four leaves with a facsimile leaf inserted. Discussion of a disputed reading of Milton. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical Society, November, 1928. Presentation copy: "D.G.(or Q?) with the writer's compliments, L.A." Abercrombie (1881-1938) began as a mystical and metaphysical "leading poet of the new generation" (Oliver Elton in DNB). Necessity pushed him to take a teaching post (he wound up at Oxford) and his later years were monstly engaged with criticism....
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Interludes and Poems.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.100london:johnlane,thebodl

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, New York: John Lane, 1908. First edition (Gawsworth, 1932, p.22). Original green cloth, gilt. Abercrombie's first book. J. Cuming Walters' copy, his signature and label. Bound without ads; another copy in this cataloguer's possession has eight leaves of ads bound in the back. A Very Good copy.
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Principles of English Prosody. Part I, The Elements.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.75london:martinsecker,1923

London: Martin Secker, 1923. First edition (Gawsworth, 1932, p.28). Part I was all that was published (NCBEL, V.4, column 995). Original quarter yellow cloth, lettered in black, over buff paper boards. Signed: "Lascelles Abercrombie" on the title. Bookplate. A Very Good copy.
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Romanticism.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.100london:martinsecker,192

London: Martin Secker, 1926. First edition (Gawsworth, 1932, p.31). Original quarter yellow cloth, lettered in black, over buff paper boards. Presentation copy: "Patrick and Maud Abercrombie from Lascelles Abercrombie". Patrick was brother to Lascelles. Half a dozen worm holes to fore-edge, the worst penetrating 1/4 inch, else Very Good.
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Speculative Dialogues.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.75london:martinsecker,(191

London: Martin Secker, (1913). First edition, second issue (Gawsworth, 1932, p.26). Original brown cloth, printed paper label, top edge stained brown. Ownership signature of "Patrick and Maud Abercrombie", the brother and sister-in-law of the author. Some wear, browning to spine label, light foxing to preliminaries. A Very Good copy.
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The Sale of Saint Thomas.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.60dymock,gloucestershire:p

Dymock, Gloucestershire: Privately Published, 1911. First edition. Original printed wrappers, stringbound, 39 pp. Wrappers a little worn and stained, a Very Good copy.
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Twelve Idyls And Other Poems.

By: Abercrombie, Lascelles.

Price: $125.00

Seller ID: abercrombie,lascelles.125london:martinsecker,192

London: Martin Secker, 1928. First edition (Gawsworth, 1932, p.32). Original quarter yellow cloth, lettered in black, buff paper boards. Presentation copy to brother Patrick: "L.P.A. from L.A." Two mild worm holes in fore-edge, less than 1/4 inch deep. A Very Good copy.
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Carte de visite photograph of Charles Francis Adams.

By: Adams, Charles Francis.

Price: $40.00

Seller ID: adams,charlesfrancis.40adamsisabout55.hewastheso

Adams is about 55. He was the son of John Quincy Adams and the father of Henry Adams. Imprint of Charles D. Fredericks, New York. A Fine copy.
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Selected Letters.

By: Adams, Henry.

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: adams,henry.25cambridgeandlondon:harvarduniversi

Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1992. First edition. Original cloth, gilt, pictorial dust jacket, both Fine. Illustrated, 587 pp.
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A Brief Handbook of American Authors.

By: Adams, Oscar Fay.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: adams,oscarfay.50boston:houghtonmifflin,1884.fir

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt, 188 pp. Adams' second book (BAL 55), the first was A Brief Handbook of English Authors. A little rubbing, a Very Good copy.
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More Fables.

By: Ade, George.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: ade,george.50chicagoandnewyork:herberts.stone,19

Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. First edition (Johnson and Blanck, 4th ed., p.6). Original tan cloth, lettered in blue, decorated in two shades of blue, top edge gilt, others uncut, illustrated (by Clyde J. Newman), 218 pp. Printed at the Lakeside Press. A little dust soiling, a Fine copy.
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People You Know.

By: Ade, George.

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: ade,george.60newyork:r.h.russell,1903.firstediti

New York: R.H. Russell, 1903. First edition (Johnson and Blanck). Original printed paper boards, illustrated by John T. Mc Cutcheon. Offsettingn from something laid in at pp. 14-15. A Fine copy.
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True Bills.

By: Ade, George.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: ade,george.75newyorkandlondon:harperandbrothers,

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1904. First edition (Johnson and Blanck). Original printed cloth, illustrated by Harry Smith. A Fine copy.
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San Francisco Billheads (2),

By: Adolph Sutro?s Horses.

Price: $85.00

Seller ID: adolphsutro?shorses.85thearcolaoilcompany.forveter

for veterinary care - a house call to the Cliff House in San Francisco - "A. de Labrousse, Dr., Veterinary Surgeon", 1125 Market Street, 1885 - and services of a livery stable, "R.W. Harris, Livery, Sale and Boarding Stable, 897 Montgomery Street" 1881. Both in Fine condition.
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Principles of Zoology...Part I Comparative Physiology.

By: Agassiz, Louis, and Augustus A. Gould.

Price: $67.50

Seller ID: agassiz,louis,andaugustusa.gould.67.50boston:gou

Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1848. First edition. Original purple cloth, gilt, decorated in blind, illustrated, 216 pp., 9 leaves of publisher's ads bound in back, one leaf of ads before the frontis. This was reprinted many times. Gould was a Boston physician and conchologist. Agassiz had delegated his share of the writing to his assistant, Edouard Desor (Irmscher, 2013, pp.89, 101). This was Part 1 of a proposed series, but no other volumes were published. Old private library (Bela Chapin) markings, including an inked number on the spine; book label of Sydney Ross (1915-2013), Professo...
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Preliminary Report on Excavations at the Injun Creek Site, Warren, Utah.

By: Aikens, C. Melvin.

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: aikens,c.melvin.60noplace:universityofutah,1965.

No place: University of Utah, 1965. Special report to the Board of Commissioners of Weber County, Utah. Stapled mimeograph, self-title, 21 pp. Jesse D. Jennings copy, his stamp on the self-title. Paper slightly browned, a Fine copy. Scarce.
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Scottish Literature in English and Scots.

By: Aitken, W.R.

Price: $27.00

Seller ID: aitken,w.r.27detroit:gale,(1982).originalcloth,4

Detroit: Gale, (1982). Original cloth, 421 pp. Not an anthology but a checklist, bibliography. Volume 37 of the American Literature, English Literature, and World Literature in English, Information Guide Series. Ex-library, lots of markings. A Fine copy.
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