Friends Online Booksale 2

On-Line Book Sales Offered by

The Friends of the Westerly Memorial Library and Wilcox Park

The Friends of the Library offer books of rare or unusual value on the Library web site. Items are described as fully as space allows. Further information may be requested. Using the e-mail of the Friends Book Sale Chair (margylong@gmail.com), place your order, mailing a check made out to the Friends of the Westerly Library to the following address. In most cases shipping and handling is included.

Friends of the Westerly Library

44 Broad Street

Westerly, RI 02891

More titles to be posted; keep checking.

Inquiries or purchases: margylong@gmail.com 

1. The Song of Hiawatha, The Frederic Remington Illustrated Edition, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 387 illustrations of Indian artifacts. Bounty Books, New York, 1968. A facsimile reprint of the rare 1890 edition. Gold cloth boards, single sticker in inside cover page, the only marking; dust jacket with some wear. 226 pgs with an additional 16 pgs of vocabulary & notes. $15

2. The Lion That Wasn’t, Oleg Zinge, author/illustrator, Bancroft & Co, London, no date of publication. Printed on boards with cloth spine, 11 1/4 x 8 1/8”, 12 pgs. Condition of this charming children’s book is good; no d.j. $30

3. Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction, compiled by Hallie Quinn Brown, Xenia, Ohio, 1926, 1st ed., original green hard cloth boards, worn gold embossed title and silhouette of woman on cover, no d.j. H.Q.Brown was hon. Pres. of the National Assoc. of Colored Women. ex-library. $195

4. Friends, Edgar Albert Guest. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1925. Off-white paper covered boards, gold, black & turquoise cover design. 6 1/2 x 5 1/2,” 30 pgs, color decoration top of each page, no d.j., owner plate inside cover. $10

5. LA/SF: A Sketchbook from California, Christian Schellewald. Signed by illustrator. ISBN: 1933492104, Design Studio Press, 1st ed, 2006. Cloth boards with embossed title and inset plate; 10 3/4 x 8,” 120 pgs, four color & black & white plates; new book. $40

6. Linear Algebra, Second Edition, Hoffman, Kenneth; Kunze, Ray. Prentice Hall, 1971. Hard cover, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2,” still in shrink-wrap cover. $75

7. the lives and times of archy and mehitabel, don marquis, doubleday doran, 1933, red cloth cover with gray spine, black printing, george herriman, illustrator 477 pgs, 4 3/4 x 7 1/2.” Printed during WWII with “in conformity...” symbol and statement. Good copy; previous owner signed front inside cover. $10

8. Let’s Be Broad-Minded! The Bunk-side Book of Brighter Yachting, Dennis Rooke, illustrated by Alan d’Egville, Blakes, London, 1948. Hard cover, no d.j., title on spine faded, 7 1/2 x 5, 110 pgs. Cover shows some wear, otherwise very good copy. $10

9. Poems of Tennyson 1829-1868, Alfred Tennyson. Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1929. 6 3/4 x 7 3/4” book very good in dark blue buckram with gilt design on front cover and spine, 752 pgs, no d.j. Inscription to former owner inside front cover. Index of titles. $6

10. Pan the Piper & Other Marvelous Tales, Anna Curtis Chandler, illustrated with works of art and old manuscripts. Harper & Bros, NY 1923, First edition, original dk blue boards showing some wear; gold embossed title and figure on front cover, ex-library. $25

11. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, illustrations by Willy Pogany, Dutton & Co, NY, 1929, First Ed. Light purple cloth boards with faded gilt lettering, spine and front cover. Beautiful full color illustration of all characters on front and back inside covers. Previous owner “colored” Alice slightly on pg. 15; otherwise, inside clean. $150

12. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720, Including Colonial Utensils and Hardware, Wallace Nutting, Marshall Jones Co., Boston, 1921. Recovered, ex-library, 10 3/4 x 7 3/4,” 587 pgs., good condition. $25

13. History of Book Publishing in the United States (in 4 vols., complete), John Tebbel, RR Bowker, NY 1972. Ex-library with attendant markings; dk. blue cloth hard cover with milar wraps. All four volumes in very good condition. $350

14. Old Paris from Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre to Saint-Medard, Henri Didier, Viator Series, Paris, not dated. White boards and interior fronts piece show some tone dating. 64 pgs with charming architectural drawings by the author; slight tear top of spine. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2” Good inside. $25

15. Cyclone and other Poems, Eva S. Browning, Parnassus Press, NY, 1930. This copy is 145 of 320, ex-library with usual markings; soft cover, badly worn. $20

16. The Singing Mouse Stories, E. Hough, Forest and Stream, NY, 1895. Green linen cloth with gilt cover design by Will Bradley, beautifully delicate b&w drawings on margins of vignettes. 7 x 3 3/4” and 179 pgs in length. Spine pulling away from binding inside cover; could be mended. $35

17. Rambles in Rome - An Archeological and Historical Guide, S. Russell Forbes, 10 Edition, Thomas Nelson Sons, London, 1907. Black titles to spine & gilt decor to front. Minor edge wear, previous owner’s book plate inside front cover, some personal (charming) mementos, very well preserved map of Rome in back pocket, interior maps and illustrations. A gem! $45

18. The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger (ISBN: 3851952596), North South Books, 1994, inscribed and signed by the artist. Paperback with plastic cover; very good condition. 9 x 11,” 110 pages, beautiful 4-color illustrations of fairy tales, some photos of artist at work, and explanation of technique. $50

19. Waverly Novels, Sir Walter Scott, Vols 1-4, 6-8, early 1900’s, Collier, NY. Green cloth boards, gold lettering on spine and illust. on cover, 9 1/4 x 7” in good condition. $80

20. The Wooing of Martha Pitkin Being a Versified Narrative of the Time of the Regicides in Colonial New England, Charles Knowles Bolton, Copland and Day, Boston, 1895. Hardcover, half leather, half marbled paper, condition, poor; lose binding. Ex-library with common markings. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4,” 2nd printing of 350 copies, 28 pgs. $70

21. Trivia, Logan Pearseall Smith, Doubleday, Doran & Co., NY 1933. Hardcover bright green boards, no dj, previous owner’s name in front cover & book store stamp bottom of page; 7 1/4 x 3 1/4,” 157 pgs; good condition. $6

22. Through Four Seasons, Edith M. Patch and Harrison E. Howe, MacMillan, 1937, NY, Book Four of the Nature and Science Readers series, good drawings and photos, sound copy, hardbound, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2,” 331 pgs, indexed. $10

23. The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale; or, Camping and Tramping for Fun and Health, Laura Lee Hope. Gross & Dunlap, 1913, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4,” 212 pgs with ads, beige pictorial cloth boards, green lettering and picture on cover. 1/16’ of spine and top cover worn badly. Outdoor series for young adult girls. $8

24. Encyclopedia Britainnica, 15th edition, 1984 This is a 19 volume set in excellent condition. It includes 4 annual volumes: 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. Additionally, this offer includes l volume of the Propedia Outline of Knowledge and 10 volumes of the Micropedia. Much knowledge can be found on line today, but a wonderful set like this is a must for the serious student, especially at the above price. One would need to get the latest in the areas of science on line, but history and literature don't chance. We can arrange to have picked up. $50

25. Pieter Brueghel The Elder, Gustav Gluck, Commodore Press, London, 1936. Ex-library, rebound, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2,” unpaginated, 63 plates, majority 4-color tipped-in. “The Netherlandish Proverbs” with overlay numbering each proverb which is printed on facing page. $40

26. A Beginner’s Guide to the Sea, Frank Knight, Macmillan, London, 1955, 1st ed. Condition of book is good with good d.j. 6 3/4 x 7 3/4” tall; 234 pgs., b & w photos and explanatory diagrams. $18

27. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Harcourt, Brace, 1943, NY. Clean beige cloth hardcover boards with brown print, d.j. fair, small rip top cover, spine discolored. Book condition very good. Inscription inside front cover. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 “ tall, 93 pgs. $15

28. Introduction to Complex Variables, (ISBN 0721642608), Frederick P. Greenleaf, WB Saunders, 1972. Like new copy; previous owner’s last name inside cover; otherwise, not other markings. $15

29. A Heart-Offering to the Memory of the Loved and The Lost, Charles Thurber, Geo.C. Rand, Boston, 1853, ex-library. Hardcover brown embossed cloth with a blindstamped vignette of a funeral urn on a plinth surrounded by a wreath. Spine cover broken from front cover, edges worn, some foxing inside. $50

30. A Heart-Offering to the Memory of the Loved and The Lost, Charles Thurber, Geo.C. Rand, Boston, 1853, ex-library. Hardcover brown embossed cloth with a blind stamped vignette of a funeral urn on a plinth surrounded by a wreath. Spine cover broken from front cover, edges worn, some foxing inside. $50

31. The Dwindling Party, Edward Gorey, a Pop-Up Book from Random House, NY, 1982, all pop-ups in working condition, 4 color in very good condition. $50

32. Dali by Dali, Eleanor R. Morse, translator, Harry N.Abrams, Inc, New York, 1970 1st edition. Light brown textured hard cover, 5 1/2 x 7” 156 pages. Illustrated in color and b & w; no d.j. fine copy. $15 SOLD

33. Canoemates; A story of the Florida Reef and Everglades, Kirk Munroe, Harper Bros., 1920. Green cloth covered boards with illustration on cover; no dj. pencil inscription inside front cover. Shows some wear top and bottom of spine. $12

34. Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, edited by Sarah J. Hale and Louis A. Godey, Volume 65 From July to December ,1862 [with] Peterson's Magazine. Brown hard cover boards, spine stamped in gilt, binding rubbed. Engraved illustrations throughout, 3 of which feature some hand-coloring. Good condition. $45

35. The Art of Simon Dinnerstein [SIGNED BY ARTIST] (ISBN: 1557281424 / 1-55728-142-4) University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1990. Original Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+/Near Fine. Dinnerstein, Simon (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Simon Dinnerstein on half-title page. Stated first printing of first edition of retrospective volume assembled by the artist himself. Oblong volume bound in original maroon/brown cloth with gold lettering to spine and bottom edge of front cover. Contents clean, binding sturdy and tight. Dust jacket has pale yellow background lettered in dark brown with full-color reproductions of Dinnerstein paintings inset on front and back panels. $30

36. Birds Worth Knowing: Little Nature Library, Neltje Blanchan, Doubleday, Page & Co. NY, 1917. Hard cover original green cloth cover with title in gilt. Pictoral paste-down on cover. no dj. Spine top, bottom and corners slightly bumped; generally very good condition for a book this age. 48 lovely National Association of Audubon Society color prints. 7 x 9” 257 pgs. $18 SOLD

37. A Cartoon History of Our Times, David Low, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1939. Introduction and text by Quincy Howe. Hard cover, 1st edition, fully illustrated with cartoons, most of which first appeared in the Evening Standard of London. Subject matter depicts coming WWII. 173 pages. 11 1/2 in x 8 in. Boards and spine show wear, boards soiled. Head/tail of spine, edges and corners worn and bumped; interior good. $40

38. Pilgrims’ Tales from “Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims,” F.J.Harvey Darton, lllust. Hugh Thomson, Dodge Publishing Co., NY no date. Red paper boards with black lettering and 4-color insert. Spine and cover worn. 6 x 4 3/4 “ - 120 pgs., 5 4 color illustrations, 3 b&w. $10

39. What a Young Man Ought to Know, Sylvanus Stall, from “Sex and Self Series,” with 15 pages of pictured “Commendations from Eminent Men.” The Vir Publish. Co., Philadelphia. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4”, 269 pgs with advertising at end. Maroon boards, spine slightly bumped. $15

40. Canadian Fairy Tales, Cyrus MacMillian, The Weekend Library, London, 1928. Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on front board and spine. Front and spine ends show some slight wear; owner’s name front endpaper, otherwise very good. No d.j. 4 1/2” x 6 3/4” Introduction John Grier Hibben.  $10
 

41.The Quest of the Colonial, Robert & Eliz. Shackleton. The Century Co., NY. 1908. Harry Finn, illust. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4” hard cover, green cloth-covered boards with white lettering, paste-on pictorial illustration of woman on cover. 51 photo illustrations in addition to drawings of furniture, architectural details, etc. Some slight wear on cover, spine; owner’s name in pencil on inside frontispiece.    $18
 

42 .Voices of the Night, Ballads and Other Poems, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hurst & Co., no date. Decorative cloth boards, bumped spine; binding loose, but no loose pages; pencil inscription frontispiece, 295 pgs.    $6
 

43. Homemade Fishing; Bass and Trout Waters You Can Build Yourself, Verne E. Davison, Stackpole, Harrisburg, 1953. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Blue covered boards with dj with some chips. 6” x 9”, 205 pgs.     $30
 

44. Washington, City on the Potomac, Russell Baker, Arts Inc., NY 19058. Charming drawings and colored pencil sketches by Fritz Busse, complementing Baker’s text. Oblong volume bound in original pictorial hardcover. Condition, good. $12
 

45. More Borrowings; A Compilation of Helpful and Beautiful Thoughts From Great Authors, compiled by Sarah Yule & Mary Keene, Dodge, NY, 1893. Original grey, textured cloth boards, gold guilt cover, spotted. Index of authors. 89 pgs. binding loose, but no loose pages.     $15
 

46. Silesian Folk Tales; (The Book of Rubezahl), James Lee & James T. Carey, eds., Illustrated by C.F. Arcier, American Book Co., NY 1915. Decorative cloth binding, ochre with red and black Silesian design. Map frontispiece; 180 pgs., followed by pronunciation guide. Good, tight copy, 5 x 7”, no dj, no markings.  $35
 

47. Sand in Their Shoes; The Story of American Steel Foundries, Franklin M. Reck, illust. John Langston, 1952, no place. dj with some bumps, book condition, fine. Possibly young adult. 153 clean, unmarked pages.    $12
 

48. The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems, Wm Henry Drummond, G.P. Putnam’s, NY, 1907. Moderate to heavy wear on cloth boards. 5 1/4 x 7”, 137 pgs.  $8
  The Cuckoo Clock, Mrs. Molesworth, Dutton, NY, 1967 reprint of 1877 classic. Dust jacket price clipped, slight spine wear, otherwise fine. Clean tight copy. 8 1/2’ x 5/ 1/2”, 165 pgs., 3 color illustrations, 20 b&w.     $10
 

49. The Elements of Style, Wm Stunk, Jr., & E.B. White, Macmillan, 7th printing, 1960. Hard cover black boards with gold gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket some bumps on top. Previous owner’s name in ink, frontispiece; otherwise, no markings; clean & tight    $8