First Edition. Uncommon nautical adventure novel. Found in 'Searchable Sea Literature', Maritime Studies Program of Williams College. "Bill left college to go to sea at age seventeen in a career that lasted four or five years and logged seven passages around Cape Horn. Before his sailing career was ended by ill health, he had attained the rank of mate. After retiring from the sea, he lived in the San Francisco area, where he became involved in the socialist movement." Very Good, modest cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #26874

First Edition stated. AVRC dustjacket art. "This is a three generation story, by one of Holland's greatest writers, showing the evolving revolt of Dutch women. Beginning with life in a cozy old Dutch household in Leyden in 1840, the settings of the three periods are picturesquely given and the recurring drama of women's chrysalizing is unfolded. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few shallow spine end chips. Item #21076

Second Printing. Joan Austen dustjacket art. Novel of a Russian woman's love life. Very Good in Good only dustjacket, with edge chips, mild staining to spine, loss to rear spine edge. Item #21040

First Edition. Frank Higgins dustjacket art. Labor themed novel, the author's first book. "A child of the Pennsylvania coal valleys, hoped that life would be spent with Charlie. It was for him that she took the course in literature, that she left the silk mils and studied to be a nurse. But there were different things in store for her, the finer things that she deserved". Scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #25130

First Edition. Romance of a young woman raised in an east African seaport who goes to England. Near Fine in Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket. Item #15577

Original blue cloth covering with gilt lettering to spine and cover with lovely blind stamped embellishment. 1920 Reilly and Lee commercially printed, cloth bound scrapbook. Charming memory book from a Cornwall, New York girl, chronicling her early childhood and family photos, grammar school and high school (Washington Irving High School graduating class of 1928), and life as a coed at Hunter College. Throughout the book are photos fastened on page with scrapbook corners. Approximately 51 black and white prints ranging from baby pictures to girls in caps and gowns. Much of the scrapbook focuses on her time at Hunter College. Memorabilia including the commencement service program, parties, outings, entertainment, class plays, clubs, fraternities/sororities, personal letters and correspondence and newspaper clippings. Also included is the subjects telegram informing her she has been awarded her Master's Degree in English from Columbia University. The flyleaf is marked as This Record Kept by Alice Georgia Bantecas, believed to be the same Alice Bantecas mentioned in Reynold Levy's book, They Told Me Not to Take that Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center. The Reilly & Lee Co. published these beautifully illustrated memory books which became popular gifts. Very Good. Item #31369

14.5x23.5. Beautiful, detailed and coloured map with inlet of Ridge Mills. Item #33916

First Edition. Scarce in dustjacket. Romantic comedy involving a young dramatist who finds himself participating in a planned, half-executed elopement, and who falls in love with the sister of the male-eloper. Near Fine with wear to cloth at edges and modest soiling, in a Very Good dustjacket, two dime-sized abrasions to front cover, modestly soiled, spine darkened, shallow edge wear. Item #19537

First Edition. Braun dustjacket art. A "very modern" novel, "written by a man who, in a world of chaos, still has faith in that spark of human courage, human warmth, human compassion that will continue to make man rise from the ashes of his own undoing..." Near Fine with very light wear to cover, in Very Good Plus unclipped dustjacket with wear at edges and corners, and tiny neat trim on flaps. Item #24266

Fifth Printing, same year as First. Norwegian novel of a young man raised in poverty who raises himself up to success but "dimly conscious of not having reached the heart of his own existence". Very Good, some dampstains to cloth, cloth nick to lower spine end, foxing to endpapers, in edge chipped dustjacket, few centimeters off lower spine end. Item #21720

First Edition. Original wrappers, 16 pages, 3 by 5 inches. Collection of cocktail recipes (Grasshopper, Banshee, Pink Squirrel) including Bols brand alcohol. Very Good. Item #35497

32.5x33. A partial, coloured and highly detailed map of Brookline with Naples Road and Freeman Street to the North, Powell Street to the East, Beacon Street to the South, and Harvard and Centre Streets to the West. Item #33978

32.5x 33. A partial, coloured and highly detailed map of Cambridge's Wards 1 and 5 with Linnaean Street to the North, Beacon Street to the East, Mellen Street to the South, and Walker Street to the West. Item #34012