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Rare Books General Collection

Contains volumes of general literary significance, including early editions of works by authors such as Chaucer, Dickens, and Blake.

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By the Aurelian wall and other elegies [binding]
Moderate olive green (C125) vertical rib cloth; vignette of portion of wall and tower in black and reserved green, gilt sky, within large single black rule frame with 4 lettered compartments at head, lettering in black with gilt initials; spine lettered in gilt; all edges untrimmed. H: 17.7 cm.; W: 11.7 cm.; D: 2.7 cm.
Cabbages and kings [binding]
Black (C267) cloth; four playing card king figures in brownish-orange, cream and black with large moderate green cabbage below, black title on brownish-orange background at head and author's name in brownish-orange on black background at foot; signed "WJ", i.e. William James Jordan; spine lettered in brownish-orange. H: 19.7 cm.; W: 13.7 cm.; D: 2.2 cm.
Cape Cod [binding]
Moderate olive (C107) wavy diagonal fine rib cloth; 3 stylized plants, lettered upper panel within triple ruled border, all in gilt; front cover design repeated on back cover in blind; motif repeated on spine in gilt; t.e.g. Unsigned; designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman. H: 19.4 cm.; W: 13.4 cm.; D: 3.3 cm.
Complete quadrille call book and dancing master
Pale green (C149) paper binding; triple panel on front cover, center panel with illustration of dancers in formal dress in black and red, upper and lower panels with black-outline red lettering, black rule borders; spine and back cover lettered in black. H: 16.7 cm.; W: 10.7 cm.; D: 1 cm.
Concerning all of us [binding]
Series binding in very dark bluish-green (C166) calico-texture cloth; lettering within decorative oval and scroll design, overall pattern of torches and bows, all in gilt; torch with bow, lettering within circle on torch and lettering below torch on spine, all in gilt; bottom edge untrimmed. H: 15.3 cm.; W: 9.4 cm.; D: 1.5 cm.
Cottage residences, or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds adapted to North America [binding]
Dark grayish-green (C151) fine vertical rib moire? cloth; gilt vignette of window, balcony and ivy, blind stamped floral border within blind stamped thin and thick rule frame; blind stamped portion of design repeated on back cover; gilt lettering, rule, and vignette of chimney on spine with blind stamped rule and flower bands; pale yellow endpapers. H: 23.4 cm.; W: 15.7 cm.; D: 2.7 cm.
Dancing and dancers of today : the modern revival of dancing as an art [binding]
Deep red (C14) calico-texture cloth; lettering in center with art nouveau leaf design around, all in gilt; motif repeated on spine; signed "CA" (unidentified); t.e.g., untrimmed. H: 26.1 cm.; W: 19.5 cm.; D: 1.7 cm.
Dancing and its relations to education and social life : with a new method of instruction, including a complete guide to the cotillion (German) with 250 figures [binding]
Grayish-olive (C110) very fine diagonal rib cloth; decorative interlocking pattern in olive and gilt; front cover repeated on back cover in blind; lettering, leaf ornament and rule in single rule panel on spine, lettered at foot, all in gilt. H: 19.3 cm.; W: 13.1 cm.; D: 1.1 cm.
Dick's art of gymnastics : containing practical and progressive exercises applicable to all the principal apparatus of a well-appointed gymnasium plainly described [binding]
Vivid dark green (C147) diagonal fine rib cloth; gilt vignettes at corners with men using equipment (parallel bars, trapeze, rings, and vaulting horse), gilt lettering and black Eastlake ornaments in central panel with black crackle border between vignettes; large central blind stamped ornament on back cover; gilt lettering and ornaments on spine; tan floral design on endpapers. H: 19 cm.; W: 15.4 cm.; D: 2.7 cm.
Dracula [binding]
Dark orange yellow (C72) linen; center vertical panel with forested mountain in light olive, gilt rayed setting sun, dark blue birds and castle partially obscured by mountain within dark blue rule border, dark blue lettering above and below, all within dark blue thick rule border; dark blue lettering and three flying birds on spine; untrimmed. H: 19.9 cm.; W: 13.2 cm.; D: 2.9 cm.
Dreyfus : the prisoner of devil's island : a full story of the most remarkable miliary trial and scandal of the age [binding]
Moderate bluish-green calico-texture cloth; man in military uniform speaking in front of panel of seven men in miliary uniform, lettering, all in dark yellow, black, blue, and red; sword, lettering, rule and interlocked chain on back cover in dark yellow. Deep reddish-brown leather spine with rules, decorations and lettering in gilt mounted on rear paste-down. H: 24.5 cm.; W: 17.3 cm.; D: 1.7 cm.
Durang's Terpsichore, or, Ball room guide : being a compendium of the theory, practice, and etiquette of dancing, embracing a description of the cotillions, polka and mazurka quadrilles, gallopades, polonaises, and an essay on waltzing : with all the othe
Grayish-blue fine vertical rib cloth; woman seated and standing man grabbing her hand, lettered above and below, all in gilt. H: 11.1 cm.; W: 7 cm.; D: 0.9 cm.
Echoes of life [binding]
Dark bluish-gray (C192) very fine diagonal rib cloth with beveled edges; wings coming out of clouds and lettering in silver, black and reddish-brown; lettering and raining clouds on back cover in silver, black and reddish-brown; clouds and lettering on spine in silver and black. H: 30.2 cm.; W: 24.3 cm.; D: 3 cm.
Edwin Booth in twelve dramatic characters [binding]
Dark green (C146) pebble grain cloth with develed edges; gilt figures of tragedy and comedy on a stage, gilt heart and torch within circular frame, lettering in reserved dark green, all within blind stamped double rule border; border repeated on back cover; a.e.g. Dark grayish-brown (C62) coated endpapers. H: 36.2 cm.; W: 27.7 cm.; D: 5.5 cm.
Edwin Forrest [binding]
Deep blue (C179) diagonal fine rib cloth; small gilt center vignette of Tragedy mask within black rule and gilt dotted line border; cover decorated with four empty squares with black borders, two black lettered panels, floral ornaments, black rules and dotted lines; motif continued on spine in black and gilt; yellow coated endpapers. H: 19.8 cm.; W: 13.3 cm.; D: 2.2 cm.
Elizabethan sea-dogs
Dark blue (C183) calico-texture cloth; seven panels ruled in gilt, center panel has ornamental design with United States seal altered slightly in center and open books in corners, panel at head lettered, center panel at food lettered with floret, all in white and gilt, all within triple ruled border in gilt; motif repeated on spine in white and gilt; top edges gilt, untrimmed. H: 20.7 cm.; W: 13.4 cm.; D: 2.6 cm.
English as she is taught [binding]
Moderate olive calico-texture cloth; two panels within decorative leaf border within double rule outer border, upper panel lettered with two rules, lower panel lettered, all in red and dark blue; front cover repeated on back cover; untrimmed. H: 18.5 cm.; W: 12.6 cm.; D: 2.9 cm.
Enoch Arden
Dark purplish-blue (C201) wave grain cloth; ornamental blindstamped frame within triple ruled blindstamped border; front cover design repeated on back cover in blind; floral ornamental design, lettering and rule on spine in gilt; all edges gilt. Brown coated endpapers. H: 14.5 cm.; W: 9.4 cm.; D: 1.6 cm.
Eve's diary [binding]
Moderate red calico grain cloth; stylized apple tree at foot of cover in green, black, and reserved red, white lettering outlined in black at head of cover with white rule, single apple below in green and black with bite mark in reserved red; white lettering and apple ornament on spine. H: 20.8 cm.; W: 13.7 cm.; D: 2.2 cm.
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven [binding]
Moderate red calico grain cloth; cream cloth onlay(s?) stamped in blue and black, depicting Captain Stormfield riding his space vehicle with smoke trailing from his cigar and from the vehicle, creme lettering; cream lettering on spine. H: 20.8 cm.; W: 13.8 cm.; D: 2 cm.

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