Ransom's Family Receipt Book 1890
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co, 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Wraps stained, leaves browned (cheap paper stock), publisher's stitched spine. More
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co, 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Wraps stained, leaves browned (cheap paper stock), publisher's stitched spine. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, half pebbled leather over marbelized boards, gilt titles spine, 338 9. Solid copy. More
NY: The Library of America, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. More
NY: The Library of America, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set, apparently unread. More
NY: The Library of America, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set, apparently unread. More
Antwerp: Martini Nutii, 1623. Old Calf. Small 8vo, old calf, spine perished, boards holding loose, 332p + (8). Uniformly toned throughout. More
South Bend IN: South Bend Bait Company, 1936. Soft cover. Fishing tackle catalog of the South Bend Bait Company for 1936, pictorial covers, stapled spine, approx 5 x6", 112 pages, copiously illustrated all manner of fishing equipment - rods, reels, tackle and flies (in color from pages 51 - 62)..... More
NY: E A Buck, 1883. Soft cover. Three discontiguous issues: Vol 105 No 12 (April 21, 1883), Vol 106 No 24 (Janueary 12, 1884), and the issue for December 26, 1885, which is lacking title page and the first page or 2. More
Soft cover. TAXIDERMY EPHEMERA. about 75 pieces, from early 1950s- early 1970s, includes approx. 28 catalogs from hunting and taxidermy firms large and small: Penn Taxidermy Studios (Hazelton PA); MJ Hoffman (Brooklyn NY); Orvis; Maurice Corporation (Portland OR); Whitepanel Co (Bonta LA); Brady's Panels (Pittsburg TX); JW Elwood Supply Co..... More
Tibet: handmade 0. No Binding. Prayer book in Sanskrit acquired by an American traveler in Tibet late1960s/ early 1970s. Hand-carved, and hand-written but no illustrations. Perhaps a Buddhist sutra. Sold as is. More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 0. Early Printing. Hardcover. Copyright 1837, no date, likely 1855. Stout 8vo, black half leather over marbelized boards, 648 pages, illustrated, plus 4 maps. More
Hudson (NY): William E. Norman, 1811. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Printed by William E. Norman, No.2 Warren Street. 8vo, half leather, 143 pages, covers heavilyworn and some signatures springing but holding, stained throughout. Definitelyunsophisticated. OCLC list 3 institutions. More
Syndney: Hutchinson, 1984. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, as new in fine dw. More
Boston: State Street Bank, 1915. Soft cover. 64 page illustrated brochure about the whaling industry, largely focused in New Bedford and Nantucket, published not too long after the whaling industry had seen its demise with the advent of oil. An early, popular history of the whaling commerce. Some loss to..... More
Seneca Falls, NY: US Department of Interior/ National Park Service, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Draft document for the planning of the Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls, NY. Large 8vo, paper covers, glued spine, 89 pages, including 4 fold out plates with detailed plans for the development..... More
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1969. Masson. Delaunay (original lithos). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. With original lithographs by Masson and Delaunay. Covers near fine. Lithos and internals fine. More
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1969. Esteve. Capogrossi (original lithos). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. With original lithographs by Esteve and Capograssi, plus extensive articles on Alexander Calder, et al. covers near fine, lithos and internals fine. More
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1970. Marini. Bergman (original lithos). ManRay (cover design). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. With original lithographs by Marini and Bergman. Cover design by ManRay. Covers near fine. Lithos and internals fine. More
Dublin: John Archer, 1790. First UK Edition. Calf. .Fables for the Female Sex. Original or very old mottled calf boards, rebacked with leather spine and red leather label with gilt title. Cover edges and corners rubbed, corners gently bumped. Pages slightly toned, some staining to edges of pastedowns, ffe, and..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University (printed by The Andover Press), 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. All men, all white, to a person. As new copy still in a tattered brown paper dustwrapper issued by The Andover Press, the printer, with a statement about the yearbook's private nature, its limited printing and its..... More
NY: Community Press Publication/ Horizon Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lacking dustjacket, near fine copy - no names, inscriptions, bookplates (NOT ex-lib). More
London: Longmans, Green, 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, pub brown cloth, blind rules, gilt tites spine, coated endpapers, xiv + 304p, illustrated. Slightest wear to spine ends nd corners, some light fozxing largely confined to prelims and rears, solidly bound. uncommon Mitchell title. More
St Louis MO: A.S. Aloe Company, 1946. Soft cover. Large medical supplies catalog, 588p, typographically typical of commercial catalogs of the period, filled with loads of illustrtations, which when it gets to the surgical detail is kind of fascinating in a creepy kind of way. Cover edges just a tad..... More
NY: Abbey & Imbrie, 1911. Soft cover. Two-tone pictorial covers, stapled spine, approx 5 x 8", 176 pages, mostly b&w, profusely illustrated, 2 pages of flies in color. Loss to front cover around edges, and paper over spine, still firmly bound, internals clean. More
NY: Random House, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A memoir by the legendary Broadway writer/director/ producer George Abbott humorously inscribed to a doctor friend (perhaps his personal physician) : "To Dr, Tymason Hoping this doesn't hurt him any more than he hurts me. George Abbott" . Dustjacket is toned and chipped..... More