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AC0005.
Lamb, Dana Storrs, 1900-1986, Illustrated by: Line-drawings
On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers
Publisher: Barre Publishers Barre, Mass. 1963. [9], 97, [1] p. Printed by Johann Enschedé in Harleem, Netherlands. Ltd. ed of 1500. Colophon on last page with printer's device. Selection of articles first appearing in The Anglers' Club Bulletin and The Atlantic Salmon Journal. With mylar wrapper in slip case with illus. title pasted down. Olive cloth binding with spine title and dry fly on front board in gilt. TEG. Illus. endpapers, illus. or type ornament design at head of chapters. Book VG+, with small speck on edge of top board. Mylar wrapper VG, a few small mars near spine. Slip case G slightly bowed with edge wear, 1" split front lower left. First Edition. Mylar in Slip Case. Cloth Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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AC0010.
Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825, Illustrated by: Chromolithographs
Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms: What to Eat and What to Avoid
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J.B. Young & Co. London; New York 1894. 126, [1] p. with undated 8 p. SPCK catalogue bound in at end. Olive cloth boards with color stamping in black, red, green, yellow, and white on spine and front board. Floral endpapers. Plates 1-9 depict 26 edible mushrooms, pl. 10-18 depict 22 poisonous. Pl. 18 with: W. Griggs, Chromo-lith printed at bottom. William Griggs (1832-1911) was an innovative lithographer and developed a technique for color photolithography. Top and bottom of spine with slight wear, discoloration from acidic bookmark top inner margin p. 60, pl. 6. Small discoloration top margin p. 61-62. Some plates separating from facing page, nothing loose. Half-title with H. P. Burt written in green pencil; embossed stamp Henry P. Burt, New Bedford, Mass. on t. -p. Burt was an amateur naturalist and contributed to E. W. Hervey's Flora of New Bedford and the Shores of Buzzard Bay. First Edition. No Jacket as Issued. Decorative Cloth Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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AC0020.
Miyamori, Asataro, b. 1869, ed. and tr., Illustrated by: Half-tones
An Anthology of Haiku, Ancient and Modern: with 72 Autographs and Pictures, Including 18 Coloured Pictures
Publisher: Maruzen Company Ltd. Tokyo 1932. [4], xxix, [1], iii, [1], 841, [1], iv, [1] p. Printed by the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry, Ltd. 72 illus. on 63 plates. Col. illus. facing p. 56, [109], 137, 151, 187, 209, 251, 267, 425, 444, 490, 524, 686, 717, 732, 736, 769, 807. Plates facing p. 209 and 512 not in List on p. [i]-iii (2nd count. ) In English with Japanese and transliteration. Lavender/brown silk with gilt title and author on spine and front board, blind stamped chrysanthemum on front board, TEG. Errata slip pasted in before last p. (colophon in Japanese. ) Foreign prices in colophon with slip pasted over. Both board feet rubbed near front and spine, front board top corner bumped. Spine slightly faded with crease in middle, small stain middle left, discoloration at head. Small spot on pl. facing p. 61. "The present volume is a thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged edition of One Thousand Haiku Ancient and Modern, published in 1930, which was intended for Japanese students of English. " : Preface. First Edition. No Jacket. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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AC0025.
Irving, Pierre Munroe, 1803-1876, Illustrated by: Stipple and Line Engravings
The Life and Letters of Washington Irving. By his Nephew, Pierre M. Irving
Publisher: G. P Putnam New York 1862. BAL 10198. 4 vols. Vol. 1 (1862): [5], 6-483 p. , 16 p. undated publisher's catalog, frontis, plate facing p. 232; Vol. 2 (1862): [5], 6-492 p. , frontis; Vol. 3 (1863): [5], 6-9, [2], 14-403 p. , frontis. ; Vol 4 (1864): [7], 8-450 p. , frontis. Index: p. [413]-450. Sunnyside Edition. Green ripple cloth, blind stamped boards, gilt stamped spine with floral decoration surrounding title at top; publisher's device and "Sunnyside Edit. " at bottom. Brown coated endpapers. All frontis. stipple engravings, vol. 1 plate facing p. 232 line engraving. Vol. 1 frontis. engraved by Henry Bryan Hall, 1808-1884, after 1805 Paris drawing by John Vanderlyn, 1775-1852, with facsim. 1808 inscription by Irving; plate engr. by John (or Johannes) de Mare, 1806-1889, after picture by John Wesley Jarvis, 1780-1840. Vol. 2 frontis. engr. not signed after picture by Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794-1835. Vol. 3 frontis. engr. by H. B. Hall after bust by Robert Ball Hughes, 1806-1868. Vol. 4 frontis. engr. by Frederick W. Halpin, 1805-1880, after drawing by Charles Martin, 1820-1906.
Text block edges darkened. Light foxing verso free endpapers and facing leaf. Frontis. and tissue guards variously foxed and offset, plate and tissue vol. 1 facing p. 232 more heavily. Variable offset and show-through in text. Signatures of former owners, "Harriet Stark" and "Charles Stark Newell" on half-title or fly leaf. All spines, vol. 3 more so, vol. 2 top 1/2 inch and vol. 3 top 1 inch front boards slightly faded, tops bumped. Small specks on boards, small ding on vol. 2 back board, vol. 3 front. Vol. 1 p. 165-168 improperly cut, with lower outer corner folded, resulting in overhang when unfolded. Vol. 4 with 1 inch tear starting from gutter, 1 inch tear in gutter. First Edition. No Jacket. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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