Baltimore: Charles C. Thomas, 1937. Illustrated with b/w images throughout. 705 pages. Thick 4to, reddish cloth. Baltimore: Charles C. Thomas, (1937). First edition. A very good(-) copy--light foxing to outer edges, tearing to lower edge of first several pages, previous owner inscription to front pastedown; fading to cloth, rubbing at spine ends. More
Rochester: University of Rochester, 2000. Illustrated. viii + 255 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; a few very small spots of discoloration in pages before introduction, top edge lightly spotted. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, (2000). A near fine copy. More
New York: New York University Press, 1999. Frontis, illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 433 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: New York University Press, (1999). A very good(-) ex-library copy--foxing to outer edges, and stamps removed from rear endpaper, several pages with light creasing to upper corner--in a very good(+) wrapper, but with flaps glued to pastedowns. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1952. 277 pages. 8vo, pale purple boards, dust wrapper (page edges and dust wrapper foxed; foxing across back cover). Boston: Little Brown, (1952). A very good copy, page edges foxed, in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Buenos Aires: 1926. Autographed note signed with a mounted 4.75 x 3.75-inch" photograph, in the form of a greeting card. The photo and note together measure 5 x 7.75 inches. Buenos Aires, November 3, 1926, in Spanish, thanking the recipient for his kind words of encouragement. Lavalle has signed with his full (scarce) signature. Excellent condition. Prominent Argentine surgeon and a pioneer in the search for a cure for tuberculosis. His groundbreaking paper "Biological treatment of osteoarticular lesions" was so..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Illustrated. 308 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly spotted. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1986). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
1 page. 7 x 8". An affidavit from a physician attesting that Issac S. Collins, a Clergyman from Massachusetts, reports he has created a cure for Consumption, quoted in part: "...says that 20 years ago he expected to die long before this with Consumption, but has lived quite stable by taking horehound occasionally after taking cold ... andthen English Commercial Tea, made hot and let stand until cold, and drink it for months ... at a time his spittle was..... More
New York: Hoeber, 1940. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 205 pages. 12mo, red cloth. New York: Hoeber, (1940). Reprint. Presentation copy with inscription by Webb on front endpaper. A very good copy--sunned spine. More
I just finished reading about the store and your family in Nick Basbanes newest book, Patience & Fortitude. I had previously read an article in Book magazine. I wished that I lived near so I could visit your store, it looks and sounds like a place I dream of getting lost in. Basbanes book mentioned that your father began a memoir but was, sadly, unable to finish the work. Would it be in anyway possible to read what must be a great historical adventure in bookselling? I wish you all continued success and a very long existence.
I *Just* got the books. Satisfied is way too common a word. Superlative is way to low to describe the condition of the books. I am astonished! You have under-graded their condition. They are "As New", they have never been read! I have been collecting books for some 40 years. There is no remnant of thumbing through the pages. The spines are mint, and the covers and corners are immaculate. I am grateful to you for the low cost of these volumes, and they shall be well read (except for the Latin passages, at least until I have gained some fluency in that as-of-yet unexplored language, though I have a passing acquaintance with it). You have gained a life long client! Many thanks for the great pack job, as the USPS was none to gentle with the box. It was somewhat "ventilated" when they put it on my doorstep. But the books held up very very well. Sincerely Yours,