Quattordicesima Edizione Ufficiale; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 404 pages; Leather spined with paper covered boards. Soundly bound and generally clean. A vintage application of an additional paper covering over the boards (not spine) to afford better protection to the boards. Some moderate soiling to the endpapers and light shelf rub to leather at spine ends. Minor dent to the page block has stressed the top front corner of the last 20 or 30 leaves. Solid copy. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 746 pages; Passau, Mangoldischen Hofbuchdruckerei; 1791. 2 volumes bound as 1. Paged continuously [4] 1 - 746; with seperate title pages for the volumes. Squat, stout volume in period patterned paper over boards. Binding sound and snug with boards sound in joints. Paper over boards rubbed over spine edges with flaking and light chipping; boards visible at spine edges but remaining well bound. Scattered toning and foxing to text is generally mild. Spine panel unlettered but a rectangular paper label is mounted near crown with a hand lettered 3 digit numeral. Sound and... View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; Johann Albrecht, Lancaster; 1804. 1st edition of this important and enduring Lancaster Mennonite songbook. Bound in full period calf; both clasps and straps are lacking, but brass bosses and closures are intact. Light shelf rubbing to leather at spine ends and over the raised bands. Text block is intact and the paper is supple, though with expected light uniform toning. Prior owner inscription to 2nd blank endpage appears to be dated 1804 and 1807. Prior owner names appear to be Schenck and Denlingen, but the page is crazed with apparent insect predation or deterior... View More...
Square 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 20 pages; Slim square format hardcover in color pictorial glazed paper boards. Floral themed gift book with handsome color lithograph printed floral designs framed by verses from well known poets. Sound but a little weak in the inner front hings. Small short closed tear in the paper covering in the front hinge. Uncommon gift book. VG- View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 410 pages; Two volumes in 1. Soundly bound in full calf with red morocco title label to spine. 286; 124 pp. "Psalms" with separate title page dated 1845 by Peck alone. Soundly bound and generally neat. A short split in the leather along the front joint at the bottom. Prior ownership of the Hope Church of Mt. Hope penned to front pastedown. Moderate foxing throughout. VG- View More...
Beadle's Dime #18; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 95 pages; Slim paperback in pictorial wraps. Sound clean copy has light abrasions to covers at spine ends. Prior ownership penned top edge of cover. Small bookseller stamp inside front cover. Light bump lower front corner. Rather well preserved example. VG- to VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages; Issues 1 -12; all that were published. Bound together in a mid/late 19th century 1/2 leather over marbled paper. Includes numbers 1 - 12 of this short lived monthly devoted to the concerns of the early American frontiersman. Much on brewing, cider making, horse and mule keeping, clearing and planting etc. Extensive and regular content devoted to education. Leather rubbed lightly over spine edges and at corner tips. Binding snug. Expected general toning to page stock. Damp line visible to front and bottom edges but with only a mild tide line visible among the firs... View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; In red cloth with titles gilt stamped to cover and spine. Author/compiler unnamed "A Redemptorist Father" Illustrated. Externally clean and bright with just faint shelf rub at extremities. Contents complete and clean, but binding slightly shaken and a split in the binding mid book with one signature starting slightly. No loose or missing pages. Clean complete copy with a weak binding that could be easily repaired and tightened. Uncommon. G+ to VG- View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 122 pages; HC in original terra cotto colored cloth with decorative title design in black to cover and plain title letteredin black at spine. Soundly bound and clean; no marks. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends with mild bumping to corners. A few superficial scuffs to the cloth boards. Uncommon Catholic juvenile title. About VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; Hardcover, 1st edition. Soundly bound in original dark green cloth with title-lettering in gilt to spine panel. Light shelf rub and tiny and nicks to cloth at spine ends and corners. Tenderness and partial splits in the gutters of the coated lining sheets. Light foxing to front endpapers and slight scattered soiling in the text. 20 page publisher's catalog added at rear. Begins with the virtues of eating horses and fungi, goes on to fish culture and ends with the growing of silkworms in your yars to clothe your family. Earnest humor? Now timely. Chapters o... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages; 1st printing with Scribner "A" on copyright page. In publisher's textured tan paper covered boards with title lettering boldly in blue to cover and spine. Soundly bound copy, slightly cocked in the spine, has prior owner name penciled neatly to front endpage. Light shelf soiling to boards and usual expected light offset toning in endpage gutters from 1940's era binder's glue. Solid copy lacking the elusive dust jacket. VG- View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 413 pages; Original cream colored printed card stock covers. Square sound and solidly bound. Illustrated with numerous glosy stock ills. Cover stock crimping along the edges which overlap the page block by a fraction of an inch. Mild shelf soiling to covers. Upper corner of page block bumped and lightly dogeared. Touch of very mild chipping to cover stock at spine ends. Text solid and unmarked. About VG; Uncommon View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; Large format HC in textired maroon cloth with title design in yellow and black to cover; spine unlettered as issued. Essentially a training camp year book with Company group photos and individual head shots, along with history and some editorial content. Solid copy; original owner has placed small pen checkmarks adjacent to a small number of photo portraits, presumably of friends and mates. Soild and decent. VG- thus. ... Oversize set may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 83 pages; 2001 Addison Gallery of American Art. Oversized paperback in glossy pictorial flap-fold covers. Soundly bound and clean; light bump tail of spine and mild handling wear to edges. Slight stress crease in the front margin of the first 20 or so leaves. Ansel and Robert Adams photographs lushly printed throughout. VG- to VG View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 476 pages; Everyman's Library. 1st Everyman imprint of this title with no indication of subsequent printings. Printer's notice for Temple Press at rear. Soundly bound in original trade binding of ribbed red cloth with decoratively gilt panelled spine. Mild crimping and light rubbing to cloth at spine ends with mild fray to cloth at crown. Red cloth is lightly sun faded at spine but with gilt still bright. Binding a little shaken. Prior owner name and 1911 purchase date penned neatly to pictorial front pastedown endpage. The 1st printing of the Everyman edition. [Se... View More...
Color Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 1969 P. C. Publishing Limited. Slim HC in color pictorial boards. Publisher's 29c price printed on cover board. Binding sound and contents bright. Light rubbing to covers at board corners. Short, mild stress crack across unlettered spine. Several prior onwer names inside front cover, two of which have been penciled over. Sound decent and still attractive copy. VG- View More...
B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; HC. Early printing with Willcox Smith illustrations. Stout HC in original green cloth with pictorial design to cover in 3 colors and decorative titles in gilt to spine. Mild shelf tapping to boards at corner tips and light crimping to cloth at spine ends. Illustrated with 12 b&w plates on glossy stock from designs by Jessie Willcox Smith. Prior owner bookplate to front pastedown. A considerable number of pages opened roughly along the bottom edge with corresponding short closed tears shallow jagged chips etc. A few pages mid-book with light spo... View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 184 pages; Original brown cloth with ornate patterns and rules stamped to covers and spine. Gilt titling to spine is bright. Just very mild chipping to cloth at spine ends and light bumping to corners. Contents clean and neat; just very mildly foxed endpages. A paper label mounted inside front cover with period school/provincial library ownership in manuscript. Solid neat copy; quite scarce. An early title by the man who went on to become the first president of the American Vegetarian Society. He also wrote numerous volumes on diet and health w/ focus on the health ... View More...
1882 Henry Holt HC. 1st Edition. From "Leisure Hour Series." Series advertisement listing on front endpg indicates this copy is a 1st Edition. Binding is square, sound and firm. Dark yellow cloth boards have very little shelfsoiling, w/ decorative black stamping. Sunned and edgeworn at spine. Pgs. 279-282 are partly detached, slightly frayed along fore-edge from shelf wear. Usual light age-toning to text, no marks or stains. Two interesting period bookseller's labels to front paste-down endpg. An excellent copy, VG; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 548 pages; 1882 Henry Holt HC. 1st Edition. From... View More...
frontis portrait; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; [1908] Self-published with no publisher, place or year indicated. Soundly bound in original green cloth with double border in blind and titles with double rules in gilt to spine. Floral patterned endpapers are sound though lightly toned. Prior owner name in pencil to front pastedown. This being Vol I only, "Psora & Pseudo Psora." In the preface Allen refers to Volume II shortly to be published. Small short run in the cloth over the front joint and just mild shelf evidence to cloth at extremities. Light shelf soiling to cloth of the upper board. Q... View More...
