Black Swan Books

A. [E.] Fielding

[MYSTERY] THE CLIFFORD AFFAIR

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo. in tan cloth with decorations and titling in red, with dustjacket; [3], 4-300 pages; there are no ownership or other marks in the book; the jacket has some minor.....

Price: $150.00

Alfred E. Burr

[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPERS] THE HARTFORD DAILY TIMES, 1851

Richmond, VA: Virginia Illustrating Company, 1917. This collection of seven issues of The Hartford Daily Times, runs from January 13 to May 7, 1851. Each issue is 21 ½” x 16”, folded into quarters. 4 pages, 2 unbound leaves. This.....

Price: $200.00

Alice R Huger Smith | Herbert Ravenel Sass| D. E. Smith

AMERICANA] A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. 4to; in the publisher’s grey cloth; with burgundy decorations on the upper board and tilting on the spine in burgundy; xii, 97 pages, complete with 30 paintings in.....

Price: $500.00

Alister E. McGrath

[SCIENCE] THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean copy with no marks of any kind, showing very little wear.

Price: $95.00

Amy E. Blanchard | Pictured by Ida Waugh

WHEN MOTHER WAS LITTLE GIRL

London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton, c. 1900. A rebacked copy in the publisher’s patterned cloth binding with a pastedown title and an oval pastedown illustration of a little girl. The edges and corners show wear.....

Price: $95.00

C. A. Sainte-Beuve | E. J. Trenchmann (Translator)

CAUSERIES DE LUNDI (8 VOLUMES; COMPLETE SET)

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1909 [?]. Hard Cover. The complete set of the Routledge edition; there is a previous owner name pencilled on the front pastedown.

Price: $195.00

Catharine E. Parson

[DOMESTIC ARTS] [COOKERY] KITCHEN ECONOMY COMFORT COOKING. SELECT COOKING RECEIPTS.

South Bend, Indiana: The Malleable Steel Range Mfg. Co., [1907]. Stapled Pamphlet. With history and advertising for the Malleable Steel Range cooking appliances, as well as numerous recipes for staple foods; images of several different Malleable Ranges, as well as.....

Price: $65.00

Charles Dickens | C. E. Brock [Illustrator]

[FINE BINDINGS] THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. Three Quarters Leather. Large 8vo. three quarter burgundy morocco over burgundy cloth; xx, 687 pages, with 16 full page color plates by Brock; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the first.....

Price: $250.00

Item #250127 [SCIENCE] I) EOCENE OF THE LOWER COWLITZ RIVER VALLEY, WASHINGTON; II) THE...

Charles E. Weaver

[SCIENCE] I) EOCENE OF THE LOWER COWLITZ RIVER VALLEY, WASHINGTON; II) THE POST-EOCENE FORMATIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON, III) THE OLIGOCENE OF KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON -- PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: (FOURTH SERIES, Vol. VI, Nos. 1, 2 AND 3, pp. 1-52, pl. 1; May 6, 1916)

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1916. Octavo. Original Wrappers. Bound in printed wrappers; general edgewear including a bit of loss to the paper covers at the top of the spine; one folding plate/map; scarce;.

Price: $75.00

Charles E. Willett

[GENEALOGY] THE ALFRED C. WILLETT FAMILY HISTORY

Kingsport, TN: Collier Printing Company, 1994. Hard Cover. 4to.; in the publisher’s bright blue cloth binding; xii., 263 pages including the Index; with illustrations, maps; a clean copy with no marks of any kind.~~Alfred C. Willett (1842-1929), son of John.....

Price: $150.00

Clarence E. Weaver; Illustrated by Metropolitan Eng. Co

[VIRGINIA] [RICHMOND] SKETCHES OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA

Richmond, VA: Central Publishing, 1924. Illustrated by: Metropolitan Eng. Co. Who’s Who and What’s What. 10 1/2” x 8” x 1/2” with a light brown soft cover and stapled binding. With 223pp, 64 of which contain photographs showing city architecture.....

Price: $175.00

Item #297120 [SPECIAL PRESS] THE LAST RECORDS OF A COTSWOLD COMMUNITY: BEING THE WESTON SUBEDGE...

C[harles] R[oberts] Ashbee | E[dmund] H[ort] New (Illustrations)

[SPECIAL PRESS] THE LAST RECORDS OF A COTSWOLD COMMUNITY: BEING THE WESTON SUBEDGE FIELD ACCOUNT BOOK FOR THE FINAL TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF THE FAMOUS COTSWORLD GAMES HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED AND NOW EDITED WITH A STUDY ON THE OLD TIME SPORTS OF CAMPDEN AND THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF WESTON

[Chipping Camden]: [The Essex House Press], 1904. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Small quarto; in white buckram lettered in gilt to the spine; 4 preliminary leaves; [iii]-lvi, 59, [1] page, with illustrations including map; the edition limited to 75 copies issued.....

Price: $950.00

E. B. George

THE STEAM AGE IN WESTERN ONTARIO

F. J. Ram, Publisher, 1976. Hard Cover. Second Edition. A clean and tight copy of the Second Edition, with folding map at the rear of the book. Dustjacket shows only light wear, and there are no marks of any kind.....

Price: $80.00

E. C. Whitaker | Martin Bucer

[RELIGION] MARTIN BUCER AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Great Wakering: Msyher-McCrimmon for the Alcuin Club, 1978. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth binding, with dustjacket; 183 pages; there is a previous owner bookplate on the pastedown; there don’t appear to be any marks or underlining in the.....

Price: $60.00

E. C. [Edward Craddock] Ratcliff | A. H. Couratin; D. H. Tripp [Editors]

[RELIGION] LITURGICAL STUDIES

London: S.P.C.K., 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding, with dustjacket; vi, 250 pages, including the Index; there is a previous owner bookplate on the pastedown; there don’t appear to be any marks or.....

Price: $75.00

Item #296800 [RICHMOND] [CONSTRUCTION] “SOME KIND OF GUY”. THE LIFE OF E. CARLTON WILTON,...

E. Carlton Wilton | Paul R. Cramer

[RICHMOND] [CONSTRUCTION] “SOME KIND OF GUY”. THE LIFE OF E. CARLTON WILTON, SR. AS TOLD TO PAUL R. CRAMER

Richmond, Va. The Dietz Press, 2001. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo.; in the publisher’s teal cloth binding; ix, [1]-118, followed by a [1] page appendix listing some of the developments constructed by Mr. Wilton; there are no ownership marks of.....

Price: $150.00

Item #297329 [VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE. CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER...

E. G. Swem

[VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] BROTHERS OF THE SPADE. CORRESPONDENCE OF PETER COLLINSON, OF LONDON, AND OF JOHN CUSTIS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1734-1746

Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 1949. Soft Cover. 8vo.; an offprint from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, [18], 18-201 pages, including the Index; with an inscriptions from Mr. Swem to Mary [Goodwin], ~~With inscription from the author: “To.....

Price: $100.00

Item #296530 [CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE] [NEWSPAPER] JUNE 10, 1862 ISSUE, WEEKLY CATAWBA JOURNAL,...

E. H. Britton (Editor and Proprietor)

[CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE] [NEWSPAPER] JUNE 10, 1862 ISSUE, WEEKLY CATAWBA JOURNAL, CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Charlotte, NC: 1862. Broadsheet; approximately 22 x 16” , printed on both sides; as one would expect it is chock full of war news; folded, with minor loss at the folds and the beginning of separation.~~The Weekly Catawba was printed.....

Price: $200.00

Item #242627 STEAM FROM KENYA TO THE CAPE: An Enthusiast’s Guide to the Steam Locomotives of...

E. Talbot

STEAM FROM KENYA TO THE CAPE: An Enthusiast’s Guide to the Steam Locomotives of East, Central and South Africa

England: The Continental Railway Circle and Halcyon Books, 1975. Octavo. Soft Cover. 86pp. Illustrated soft cover binding with very light edgewear to extremities. ; no markings in text.

Price: $90.00

Item #271407 [RICHMOND] A HAND-BOOK OF LATIN NOTES. BASED FOR THE MOST PART UPON THE SYNTAX OF...

E. W. Bosworth [McGuire’s School, Richmond, Virginia]

[RICHMOND] A HAND-BOOK OF LATIN NOTES. BASED FOR THE MOST PART UPON THE SYNTAX OF THE LATIN VERBS AND CASE RELATIONS OF PROFESSOR PETERS (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA) AND GILDERSLEEVE’S LATIN GRAMMAR.

Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1899. Hard Cover. First Edition. A Latin primer prepared by E. W. Bosworth of the McGuire’s School in Richmond, presumably for the use of the students at the school. An uncommon Richmond item.

Price: $75.00

E. W. Locke

THREE YEARS IN CAMP AND HOSPITAL

Boston: Geo. D. Russell & Co., 1870. Hard Cover. First Edition. This First Edition copy was rebound in a library style binding by Civil War historian James I. Robertson; it has his initals stamped in gold at the bottom of.....

Price: $150.00

Item #289326 ST. ENOCH STATOIN HOTEL GUIDE TO GLASGOW AND FAVOURITE SCOTCH TOURS, WITH...

E. W. Thiem [Manager]

ST. ENOCH STATOIN HOTEL GUIDE TO GLASGOW AND FAVOURITE SCOTCH TOURS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. A SOUVENIR PRESENTED TO VISITORS.

[Edinburgh]: [J. Bartholomew], 1888. Original Wrappers. A rather uncommon 19th century guide to Glasgow and vicinity. 155 pages with illustrations, plates and folded map. This copy has had the rear wrapper reattached with japanese tissue, and a new spine in.....

Price: $75.00

E.T. Paull

[MUSIC] E.T. PAULL SHEET MUSIC (LOT OF 19)

Richmond, VA & NYC: E.T. Paull Music Co., 1894-1924. E.T. Paull (1858-1924) was a composer of marches and sheet music publisher. He was the first to use 5-color lithography for his sheet music, making them highly collectible pieces. This group.....

Price: $450.00

E.T. Paull

[MUSIC] [RICHMOND] BEN HUR MARCH SHEET MUSIC

Richmond, VA: E.T. Paul Music Co., 1894. 14” x 10 1/2” softcover sheet music of Chariot Race or Ben Hur March, by E.T. Paull and “Respectfully Inscribed to Gen. Lew Wallace”. Signed on front cover by Leah E. Fisher. 8pp.....

Price: $65.00