NY: Frederick Fell, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First-hand account of Ted Peckham (1911- 1975) founder of international escort agency, first launched in Manhattan, of "eligible young men... available to lonely ladies of all ages". An interesting look at Cafe Society of the 30s and 40s. Apparently this Peckham guy was..... More
NY: Coward-McCann, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first edition. Yellow cloth covers, titles stamped in blue in robust pictorial of blue, green and yellow that matches endpapers. 163 pages, duotone photographs of country wildlife and farm animals, decorations by Bronson. Cloth a bit dusty. Dustjacket soiled a bit, browed spine..... More
NY: Williiam R. Scott, Inc, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth, stamped in daker green. In soiled dustajcket, mostly at spine, missing a chip lower edge front panel and closed tear at the bottom of the fold of the rear panel. JUVENILE about young Mexican boy, written by American woman..... More
NY: The Century Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon title by Edith Ballinger Price (, 1897 - 1997), American writer and illustrator of eighteen children's books, who studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and later at the New York Art Students League and the..... More
NY: Williiam R. Scott, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine first issue dustjacket of sleeping baby cradled in crescent of a moon. $1 price on inner flap. Dustjacket has a closed tear front top edge and small tear bottom rear edge with an attendant small..... More
NY: R.R. Bowker. 1970. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Third edition 1970 (after the first of 1955), this edition issued without dustjacket, as new in publisher's cardboard shipping box. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1880. Hardcover. No date, c 1880 glazed pictorial covers, olive-colored cloth spine, Lawson's illustrations by chromolithographs printed by Ernest Nister of Nurembourg. Corners worn, cover a bit soiled, internals very nice, indeed. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Uncommon new, revised edition of Tileston's collection that replaces the Greenaway illustrations in the first edition c 1892 with those of Margeurite Davis. Red cloth stamped in gilt, light green stained top edge in Davis' pictorial dustjacket. Dustjacket is soiled and dulled..... More
Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Press, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete set. Purple, faux-satin cloth stamped in gilt, cheaply produced set. Spines a wee soiled but sound all around. Women from the man's point of view. Anachronism, chauvinism, sexism rule. A real timepiece. More
NY: David McKay Company, 1930. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon first US edition, scarcer stlll in dw. Near fine book, some spotting to endpapers, red lined with pictorial pastedown in dw with same pictorial. Dustjacket is soiled but presentable. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. THE collectible copy. More
Lonson: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Pub green cloth, with fire-breathing dragon in gilt front cover, 8vo, aeg, xi (iii) 366 (ii), pub adverts in rear, numerous illustrations throughout. Early 20thC bookplate pastedown. Corners, slightly worn. Solid, clean copy. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon international fairy tale title in original Art-Deco styled dustjacket in blue/ white/ silver, worn at folds and with some loss at spine ends and corners. Still, presentable. More
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Scarce title, scarcer still in decorated dustjacket of striped colors which match endppaers. Dustjacket moderately soiled, spine faded. Still, presentable. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon title, scarce in dustjacket which is moderately worn and soiled and with some obvious chips about its edges. Still, a presentable copy. More
NY: Philosophical Library, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy (not ex-lib) with some underliniung in blue ink throughout, and late 1990's newspaper clippings about the assisyted suicides for which Kevorkian became famous years after the publication of this book. Uncommon. More
NY: Quadrangle, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Near fine in near fine dw. No names, bookplates, inscriptions. More
NY: Hastings House, 1946. Rivera, Covarrubias, Oroozco, et al (art of). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Comprehensive mid-20thC review of Latin American artists in woodcut, etchings, lithis, aquatint, etc. 26 pages text and glossary, then 37 -186 pages of reproductions by artist and country. An apparently unused copy, internals as new, in..... More
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, and a few surface abrasions lower left front cover. 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