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Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman THE MARSHAL
Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill 1912 First Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good
pp: (x), 423; 6 plates after Andre Castaigne . 8" x 5.25" The Alabama-born writer (1860-1936), best known for her sentimental story of Lincoln (The Perfect Tribute), here offers a novel set in France during the rise of Napoleon.
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25.00 USD
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Anonymous FOUR YEARS IN THE UNDERBRUSH: Adventures as a Working Woman in New York.
NY Scribner's 1921 First Edition
pp: viii, 315. Pictorial cover, showing the Manhattan side of the Queensborough Bridge. The anonymous author states that she had written four successful novels before attempting this realistic account by living as an unskilled working woman in New York City, 1916 to 1920, working in 25 different occupations. She worked in factories, banks, department stores, as a social worker, a waitress, &c., and discovered that in many jobs, the female worker was exploited.
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85.00 USD
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Barr, Mrs. Amelia E. THE BEADS OF TASMER
NY American News / Robert Bonner's Sons (1894) Original Cloth Very Good +
pp: 395, (6) ads; 2 plates, head- and tail-pieces by Warren B. Davis. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. 7.25" x 4.75" This novel tells the tale of Donald and Roberta and the power of the ivory Beads of Tasmer to bring them together in marriage, plus the miraculous happiness and prosperity that the Beads brought to the simple, pious peasants of the household of the Torquils.
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50.00 USD
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Carey, Matthew (1760-1839) Autograph Note, Signed (ANS), dated June 11 [ca. 1800], to John Scofield Esq.
Original manuscripts Very Good Signed
One-half page in ink. "My dear Sir / I am particularly desirous of seeing you this afternoon. Yours truly, M. Carey / June 11." Addressed on verso, with note at top: "Matthew [sic] Carey." Remnant of wax seal. 4.25" x 8" Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, arriving there in 1784. Over the next few decades, Carey was very active in local and national affairs as well as editing and publishing a variety of tracts, periodicals, and books, including the first American atlas published in America.
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125.00 USD
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Cruso, Solomon THE LAST OF THE JAPS AND THE JEWS: signed.
NY Herman W. Lefkowitz 1933 First Edition Original Cloth Very Good Signed
334pp; light shelf-wear to spine ends. 7.5" x 4.5" This futuristic novel opens in 2390 with Indian warriors along the east coast of America, unified to repel invasion by "the white enemy." As the plot develops, the Chinese, Turks and Indians, with nature's help, destroy most other nations on earth. This is a presentation copy from the publisher, signed by Lefkowitz, March 26th, 1935.
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100.00 USD
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Dawson, A.J. HIDDEN MANNA
NY A.S. Barnes 1902 First edition Original Cloth Very Good
pp: x, 322, (5) ads. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. Gift inscription. 7.5" x 5" .
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Deland, Margaret THE WAY TO PEACE
NY Harper & Brothers 1910 First edition Original Cloth Good + alice barber stephens
pp: vii, 92; frontispiece, 6 plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 8" x 5.25"
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15.00 USD
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Dunn, Martha Baker 'LIAS'S WIFE: An Island Story
Boston L.C. Page 1901 First Edition Original cloth Good Albert F. Schmidt
pp: (x), 263; frontispiece and seven plates. This romance novel, set on a small island of the Maine coast, includes much local dialect. Front free-endpaper removed. 7" x 4.5".
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20.00 USD
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