London: Religious Tract Society, 1820. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A lot of 10 juvenile chapbooks, each printed by the Religious Tract Society (London) uniform in format, measuring 6 x 10 cm, undated (c1820s), illustrated with woodcuts. Printed paper covers moderately soiled, bindings solid, any unusual features noted. Burder, Rev. G...... More
Chicago: Montcomery Ward & Co, 1940. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1940 catalogue of wallpaper samples from retailer Montgomeryt Ward. 87 pages with 78 full page samples. Pictorial paper covers. cover sa wee soiled, the rest apparently unused. More
Washington DC: Davis & Force, Printers, 1825. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Original wrappers with loss aboy edges, sides untrimmed. 149p, foxing to edges, most leaves uncut. Uncommon in this printer's issue. More
London: T. & R. Hughes, 1809. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A scarce early 19thC British juvenile. 12mo [4], 188 p., [1] engraved frontispiece, quarter leather over blue/gray paper-backed boards. Spine heavily worn as are edges all around. OCLC identifies only 10 collections with the title. Northern Territory Australia. More
NY: American Field Service. Soft cover. AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE LETTERS. Eleven copies of the AFS (news)letters variously dated between 1943-1945: Nov 1943 No. 19, Dec 1943 No. 20, Oct 1944 No 30, Dec 1944 No 32, Jan 1945 No 33, Feb 1945 No 34, Mar 1945 No 35, Apr 1945..... More
NY: Saml. Gabriel Sons & Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. OUR TREES; THEIR BARK LEAVES FLOWER AND FRUIT (title on cover) AN ALBUM OF OUR TREES: A GUIDE TO ASSIST THE YOUNG NATURE STUDENT AND A PERMANENT RECORD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LEAVES Includes 3 pages of colored printed, paste-ins..... More
Paris: Editions a la Sirène, 1921. Preinted. Soft cover. Printed covers in original glassine. An apparently unused copy, 12mo, 232p with text contributions by Jean Cocteau, Pierre Mac Orlan, Max Jacob, Darius Milhaud, André Salmon, Erik Satie, Jacques-Emile Blanche, Fernand Fleuret, et al. With woodcut illustrations and text decorations by..... More
Cincinnati: American Chauffeur Publishing Co, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4 copies of the magazine for automobile owners and chauffeurs. Each copy uniform in format and graphic design, each around 40 pages, with lots of technical information, articles and illustrations about specific models. mechanicals and motoring in general. The issues..... More
Nashua NH (Sringfield): Charles T. Gill (John M. Wood), 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 12mo, printed paper with engraved pictorial over boards. xx + 21-180, with engraved figure of male letter writer (same as cover) verso of fly across form title, with engraved vignettes throughout. Title page identifies..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1889. Half Vellum. both covers detached, but text block and plates beautifully clean, corners bumped and edges a bit worn, a good candidate for rebinding. More
Boston: Phillips Samson, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A distinctive copy of the first volume of the most famous American magazine of literature, art and politics in a custom cloth binding undertaken, presumably, by the publisher. An unblemished binding of Volume 1, Numbers I - VII from November 1857 through May..... More
NY: King Features / Golden Press, 1968. 1st Edition. No Binding. An as new copy still in publisher's shrink-wrap with $2.75 sticker. In the style of, but not, Peter Max, the 12-sheet (each 12.25 square), spiral-bound calendar measures 24.5 x 12.5 if it were wall displayed. In illustrated envelope, designed..... More
NY: King Features / Golden Press, 1968. 1st Edition. No Binding. An unused copy. In the style of, but not, Peter Max, the 12-sheet (each 12.25 square), spiral-bound calendar measures 24.5 x 12.5 if it were wall displayed. In illustrated envelope, designed to be used as a mailer. The calendar..... More
1885. Reprint Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. An 1885 reprint of the 1728 curio printed by A. Moore of London. 12mo, brown cloth boards, leather label, vii + 38p. Some spotting, largely confned to blank prelims and rears. More
London: Mather and Platt Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. corners bumped, cloth quite worn at spine, very scarce trade catalogue. More
London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1950. Red Cloth. Gilt title and crest pressed into front cover, spine ends slightly rubbed, very small white spot top edge front cover, minor toning to free endpapers. Dj with light soiling to panels, closed tear top left corner front panel, chipping to lower spine..... More
Lucerne: C.J. Bucher, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Continuous run from 1975 to 1981, 16 volumes, library bound, with private school stamps here and there. Internals as new. More
Pawlet, VT: Claude Fredericks, 1962. Limited Edition. Paper Covers. limited to 220 copies, blue paper covers contain a sheet of tissue paper with the prayer in italian and a sheet of thicker stock with english translation, just the slightest rubbing at the folds. More
Soft cover. A patent of Spanish nobility, (300 x 210 mm) 34 ff. 27 lines written in black ink within double-lined ruling (211 x 130 mm) Each folio with notary's endorsement along bottom central ruling. 12 section headings in two-line chrysographic (gold) lettering on field of crimson; 15 section headings..... More
Chicago: Art Institute, 1933. Soft cover. The 1933 title is a second edition, 1934 is a first. Solid copies both, printed at The Lakeside Press. More
Boston: C. F. Libbie & Co, 1898. First Edition. Cloth. Two volume catalog bound in cloth. Original paper covers bound in. Some weari top spine top right corner of front cover, and top left corner of rear cover. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. More
Birmingham: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Hardcover. 1772 edition by famous printer Baskerville. 8vo, old (perhaps original) binding of mottled calf and delicately designed compartments in gilt to spine, marbleized endpapers. Front hinge revealed but holding. Numeral 6 indelicately written in purple marker on fly. Engraved frontispiece. (6) 276 (2). More
mostly Spain: 1791. No Binding. A collection of handwritten and printed documents and miscellaneous papers, totalling 54 items, many mult-paged, in Spanish, French and German, partly from the library of Diego Clemencín, broadly dated between 1791 and ca. 1870, in various hands. This collection brings together a significant set of..... More
NY: G. W. and C. B. Colton & Co, 1869. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large fold-out map, printed in tissue-grade paper, and thus fragile, separating here and there along folds. Still pasted into cloth backed covers, brown cloth, gilt titles, where the cloth over spine has seen some loss but still..... More
Philadelphia: Gedrudt ben M. Billmener, 1814. Full Calf. 8vo, original calf, dried and rubbed, but firmly bound with clasps with leather bands but fasteners on front edge missing. Woodcut forntispiece of David receiving the Pslams from the Heavens, 585p + 7 (regsiter/index) + 26 (catechism). A solid copy. More