What I don’t understand – as my colleagues clog mailboxes, virtual and real, with Holiday Sale – 50% Off!! and catalogs full of Christmas Gift Ideas – is why anyone would give a used book for Christmas? We don’t generally give used clothing or used shoes. I suppose a used car might be okay, but what if it turned out to be a lemon? We don’t give used food, either. So why would I give you a used copy of Madeleine Albright’s memoir or James Patterson’s latest thriller? (Dog-eared pages and teeny food stains. Yechh!)
The material offered in this list is not part of any Holiday Sale. Nor are these items intended to be Christmas Gift Ideas. They’re just fine books, manuscripts, and ephemeral items that I’ve had the pleasure of discovering in recent weeks, and it’s that pleasure of discovery that I’d like to share with you.
We suggest email orders – to tenpound@tenpound.com, or through the “Contact” tab on our website. These are time stamped and readily answered. Telephone communication is a little less certain, but may be attempted by dialing 978 283 5299
As usual with our fine book lists there will be no charge for postage or insurance on items mailed within the US.
Happy Holidays,
Greg
Allen, Gardner Weld.
Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution.
Massachusetts Historical Society, ( 1927), (Boston)
4to. vi, 356 pp. b/w plates.
Item #:41423
Price: $75
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Anon.
World Premiere, Elmer Cliftons “Down to the Sea in Ships”
(Whaling Film Corporation), ( 1922), New Bedford
24 pp. b/w ills.
Item #:41404
Price: $50
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Blaney, Henry.
Journal of Voyages to China and Return. 1851 – 1853.
Privately Printed, ( 1913), Boston
xiv, 134 pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:41412
Price: $100
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(Blunt, G.W.)
Memoir of the Dangers and Ice of the North Atlantic Ocean.
E. & G.W. Blunt, ( 1863), New York
31, (2 ads for Blunt's books and charts) pp. b/w folding frontispiece chart.
Item #:41422
Price: $50
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Brett, Edwin.
Notes on Yachts.
Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, ( 1869), London
131, (48 illustrated ads) pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:41411
Price: $150
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Broadsheet.
The Bold Privateer.
Thomas W. Scroggy, ( n.d. Circa 1858), Philadelphia
Item #:41402
Price: $50
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Chandler, John... John Diston.
The New Seaman’s Guide and New Coaster’s Companion.
David Steel, ( 1802), London
Oblong 8vo. iv, (1) - 261, (7 - adverts for Steel publications) pp. b/w ills. and frontispiece plate.
Item #:41421
Price: $200
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Chart.
South Pacific.
James Imray and Son, ( 1892), London
Blueback chart, 74 x 41 inches.
Item #:41430
Price: $750
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Chart.
Western Pacific. Chart No. 4.
James Imray & Son, ( 1883), London
Blueback chart approx. 41 x 51 inches.
Item #:41429
Price: $400
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Chasseloup-Laubat, le Marquis de.
Code Commercial de Signaux a l’usage Batiments de Toutes Nations. Edition Francais.
A. et W. Galignani, ( 1866), Paris
xxvii, (10), 234, 315, 20 pp. Color plates and b/w illustrations in text.
Item #:41410
Price: $75
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Cheever, Henry T.
The Island World of the Pacific.
Harper & Brothers, ( 1851), New York
12mo. 406, (1), (10 adverts) pp. b/w engraved frontispiece, ills, and chart.
Item #:41417
Price: $150
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(China).
King’s Regulations, International Regulations, Orders, Notifications, and Rules of Court. Issued Under the China Orders in Council, 1904 – 1910 During the Year… (1912-1914 and 1918-1928).
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Shanghai
Two 8vo volumes, variously paginated (About 300 pp each) Text in English and Chinese.
Item #:41407
Price: $750
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Griffin, A.P.C.
List of Books Relating to Hawaii (Including References to Collected Works and Periodicals).
GPO, ( 1898), Washington DC
26 pp.
Item #:41418
Price: $35
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Griffin, Howard.
Four Poems.
Eudora Press, ( 1976), New York
Unpaginated (16) pp. b/w etchings.
Item #:41382
Price: $300
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Haviland, Edward Kenneth.
American Steam Navigation in China. 1861-1867.
Peabody Museum of Salem, ( 1983), Salem, MA
pp 85-295, plus 9, 4 (index) pp.
Item #:41419
Price: $35
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Hitchcock, Frank Harris.
Our Trade with Japan, China and Hongkong: 1889 to 1899.
GPO, ( 1900), Washington DC
168 pp.
Item #:41416
Price: $50
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Hunt & Co.
Hunt’s Yachting Magazine. 18 Volumes, 1853 – 1874.
Item #:41427
Price: $1250
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Lindley, Captain Augustus.
A Cruise in Chinese Waters.
Cassell Petter & Galpin, ( n.d), London
256 pp. b/w plates and ills. throughout.
Item #:41420
Price: $100
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