NY: The Derrydale Press, 1931. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Only 750 copies, Pictorial covers, illustrated by Paul Brown. Light spotting to prelims and here and there, spine modertaley soiled, still a solid, thoroughly presentable copy. HUNTING FOXHUNTING HORSES EQUESTRIAN. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Oblong format, red cloth stamped in white and black. Limited edition #283/750 copies. No dustjacket, lower left corner of front cover and lower right of rear stained, unfortuinately, but not affecting text. Good reading copy of one of illustrator Brown's signed..... More
Hoboken NJ: Keuffel & Esser Co, 1949. Soft cover. An used pair of trade catalogs for K + E, 41st edition, for 1949, part 1, 255 pages, Part 2, pages 256-411+ index, profusely illustrated with diagrams of precision tools. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. More
NY: Internatiional Press of Sexology, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Two uniform volumes, sotcover, oblong format. Are you a breast man, or a butt man? Both? Here's a nice pair, uniform in condition, spine sunned on the breast title. More
LA: Melrose Publishing, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, fine in fine dw. More
Philadelphia: Davie, Oliver, 1900. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First trade edition, after the title's first appearance by subscription, copyrighted 1894. Publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in silver, xiv + 359pp, 90 full page illustrations. Spine a wee shaken, still a sound copy with clean internals. More
NY: Sagamore Press, 1936. Hardcover. Four annuals sold as a lot, uniform in binding and format, no dustjackets, cloth soiled mostly at spines which show some wear at tips. Reportage on the famous SEABISCUIT in all four volumes. All sound bindings with near fine internals, same previous owner name on..... More
NY: The Derrydale Press, 1931. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Pub green cloth, red label title to spine. 150 copies, this #135. Cloth faded, more so at spine. Clena internals. Solid copy. HORSES. More
NY: The Derrydale Press, 1931. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Pub green cloth. 750 copies. Modest edgewear. Solid, clean copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. HORSES BREEDING JUMPING RACING. More
Washington: GPO, 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Six volumes, original green cloth. OWNERSHIP COPY OF DR. JOHN H. BARTHOLF, US ARMY WHO SERVED FOR THE UNION IN THE 18th INFANTRY, NY. with his signature in four of the volumes. According to https://www.18thnyi.com/, after being mustered out with the NY 18th Infantry..... More
London: J. Pitts. No Binding. Broadside verse, one sheet, blue paper, approx, 14.5" x 9.5", four column, two woodcuts, over first two columns and title over the woodcuts. Folded down middle, corners creased where soiling has collected. The University of Chicago's Special Collection lists a copy in its Song Sheet..... More
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Early printing of first edition. Slight darker discoloration top of front cover, internals near fine. Solid copy. More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Wide 8vo, red cloth decorated in gilt, gte, xxiii + 384p, lots of duotone plates. Printed in England, published by Lawrence & Bullen in London there. Corners worn, loss at spine ends, soiled especially to spine, lacking ffe, foxed here..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, early printing. Lacking dustjacket, corners worn, sound binding. Solid reference copy. More
NY: Dutton, 1899. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J. W. Turner, James Whistler, Claude Monet, Jean Manet, et al). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, decorative binding (signed SI) gilt-pressed acorn and oak leaf design, rust cloth, get, sids untrimmed, x + 200p, illustrated with 6 photogravure plates and about three dozen half-tone blocks..... More
NY: Oelrichs & Co, general agents (for North German Lloyd), 1914. Hardcover. Manifest for the last voyage of the German passenger steamship SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie 1905 which left New York bound for Bremen via Plymouth, England and Cherbourg, France. Buily in 1905, the ship was placed on the South American..... More
NY: Basic Bokks, 1959. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. First American edition of Riviere's translation. Light brown cloth, each volume apparently unread. No bookplates either. Solid set. More
NY: Oxford University Press, 1960. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Mixed set Vol I is the third printing (1960) stated second edition, Vol II is the second printing (1944) of the first edition (1943); Vol III is the 5th printing (1960) of the first of Highet's translation (1939). Three volumes complete, blue..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, with folded frontispiece, vignette on title and other illustrations, 4to, cross-hatched leather, gilt-ruled with dentelles, then inner blind, bound by Bayntun in Bath and recently sensitively rebacked with spine with gilt laid back down..... More
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill, 1899. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Third edition (15,000 imprinted Nov 1899) after the second (10,000 Oct 1899) and first edition (5700 Sept 25 1899). Baum's early book and wind-up to the famous Oz series, illustrated by Denslow whose art followed down Baum's yellow brick road to publishing..... More
NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1884. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon early McLoughlin picture book. Pictorial covers, backed in red cloth. 12 pages, all stiff printed boards, with all variety of natural and household objects for children to identify. Objects listed by name, by page, on inside rear cover. Edges heavily worn, some..... More
NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon early McLoughlin picture book. Brilliantly colored pictorial covers, backed in red cloth. Floral- patterned decorated endpapers. Descriptive text and wondeful chromolithographs of domestic animals, small aninals, wild animals, game animals, small birds and large birsd. Covers moderately soiled, edges worn, internals much..... More
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon children's title, printed in Germany, that anthropomorphises kitchen utensils to charming effect. (Now we know where Disney animators were inspired for Beauty and The Beast, particularly the "Be Our Guest" episode.) Pictorial covers, cloth backed in..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Second Edition Thus. Hardcover. The Carroll classic with Newell's illustrations in its second printing (1902 stated title page) after the first ig 1901. Cream-colored paper covered boards, gilt-stamped titles and gilt stamped Alice front cover, gte, sides untrimmed. Illustrated with 40 monotone plates and text..... More
Providence: Printed for the author, 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First editon, plain covers, cloth backed. Wood engravings on thin blue paper precede title page. Small stain at gutter of blue leaves and a larger stain in the rear signatures, else internals lightly foxed here and there, edges spotted. Solid binding..... More