New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Cloth. 12mo; 209, [1] + [6]pp publisher’s ads; gilt-stamped green-grey metallic thread cloth; upper edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom deckle; gift inscription to ffep; sunning to rear board, age-toning to paper; very good. Collection of Kipling’s poetry, including 18 Barrack-Room Ballads. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 246pp; blue cloth over board, gilt stamped title to spine; blue & white map endpapers; gift inscription to verso ffep dated 1949; 32pp b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; light foxing to edges, no bad odors; clipped color..... More
No place listed: Bath's Centennial Committee, July 21, 1947. Stiff wraps. 4to; color printed white stiff wrapper, vignette of 2 ships and a world to front; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; soiling to wrappers, binding tight and pages clean; very good minus. Located in 3 WorldCat libraries. Scarce. Listing of the..... More
Portland, Maine: L.H. Nelson Company, Proprietors of Nelson's International Series of Souvenir Books, 1906. Second Edition. Stiff wraps. Second edition. 8vo oblong; [32]pp; gilt-embossed title and vignette to stiff purple wrapper; 2 staple binding; 31 b&w half-tone photographic illustrations with titles; sunning to front with discoloration, light shelf-wear to wrapper..... More
Boston: Graves, Locke & Co., Publishers, 1879. Stiff wraps. Boston Stereotype Foundry, No. 10 Spring Lane, printers. Map: Plan of Ferry Beach Park, Cottage Lots, Ferry Beach, Saco, Maine; 2pp Fold-out illustrated bird’s-eye-view map with vignettes: Balloon View of Old Orchard, Me., along with On the Beach at Low Tide, and 11..... More
Portland, Maine: G.W. Morris, Publisher, 124 Franklin Street, No date [c. 1890]. Stiff wraps. Tucker Printing Co., Portland, Maine. 8vo oblong; [56]pp; stiff tan wrapper, embossed title lettering and cartouche, half-tone photographic illustration onlay to front; string tied binding; thick glazed stock; 50 full-page b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; 4pp text;..... More
Bath, Maine: Times Company Printers, 1907. Stiff wraps. Includes: PLUMMER, Edward Clarence. Bath the City of Ships. 8vo; [170pp]; grey stiff wrappers, pictorial front with title; stab-stitched binding; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; 52pp advertisements from Maine stores, services; chipping to spine tail, ownership in light pencil to front wrapper above title;..... More
No place listed: No publisher listed [Ira C. Foss, Proprietor], [1907]. Stiff wraps. The Lakeside Press Co., Portland, Maine, printer. Cover title : The Checkley, Prout’s Neck Maine, Ira C. Foss, Proprietor 16mo oblong (5 3/8” x 7”); [24pp]; stiff tan wrapper color printed shoreline scene with sailboats to front; 2 staple binding;..... More
Westport, Maine: Henry A. Swanton, 1922. Henry A. SWANTON. First Edition. Stiff wraps. The Times Company, Bath, Me., printer. Henry A. SWANTON, illustrator. First edition. 12mo (6 ½” x 3 ½”); [56pp]; stiff cream wrapper printed with a b&w illustration of a rocky coastline and the title; 3 b&w half-tone..... More
Garden City, New York: Junior Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. Marguerite DE ANGELI. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth. Marguerite DE ANGELI, illustrator. First edition, later printing. 8vo square; [86pp]; green textured cloth over board, vignette of a bird on a flowering branch stamped in brown to front, title and..... More
[Garden City, New York]: Junior Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1939. Marguerite DE ANGELI. First Edition. Cloth. Marguerite DE ANGELI, illustrator. First edition. 8vo square; [88]pp; glazed brown buckram over board, stamped line drawing of a young boy with a book to front, title and author to spine; yellow pictorial..... More
Augusta, Maine: Charles E. Nash, 1883. Cloth. 12mo; vii, [i], 258pp; blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and author to front, black-stamped border with ornaments, blind-stamped rear panel; red-stained edges; ownership stamped to ffep; bookbinder’s stamp to rfe: ‘Smith & Reid, Bookbinders, Augusta, Me.’; light shelf scuff to spine head..... More
Chicago: Standard Education Society, Inc., 1962. Cloth. 4to; 192pp; color pictorial cloth over board; green and white pictorial endpapers; text with color illustrations; a few stray pencil marks; near fine. One hundred forty-six (146) craft and art project ideas for children, many from everyday materials found in the home. For..... More
Jerusalem, Ramat-Gan, Tel-Aviv: "Massadah" and "Alumoth" No date [c. 1960s]. Arthur SZYK, designer and illustrator. Metal. [RELIGION] [JUDAISM]. Arthur SZYK, designer and illustrator. Octavo; [96pp]; hard silver-colored embossed metal jacket inset with Persian turquoise, accented with red, green and white coloring; braided silk bookmark; color illustrated and color text; leaves..... More
Bavaria: J.W.S. & S. printers, No date [c. early 1900s]. Cardboard covers. [JIGSAW PUZZLE] [JUVENILE] [TOY]. The box measures 14 1/4" long x 8 1/2" wide x 1 1/4" deep, and its top has a color pictorial onlay and the title "Little Hollanders" gilt-embossed. The box corners have split, and..... More
London: Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. George CATLIN. First Edition, Later printing. Cloth. [NATIVE AMERICANS]. In Two Volumes. W. and A.K. Johnston, Printers, in Edinburgh and London. Later printing. Quarto; 530pp in 2 volumes; publisher's original gilt-stamped cloth re-backed; gilt tops' fore-edge and bottom untrimmed (deckle);..... More
Wien [Vienna]: Jos. Riedls, [1826]. Boards. [ALMANAC] [GERMAN LANGUAGE]. English translation of the title: The Violet: a little book of cheerful and exciting lectures for a friend, tenth year 1827. Size: 4 ¼” x 2 ¾”; 120pp; blind-stamped pink glazed paper over board, stamped gilt dentelle border to front and rear..... More
No place listed: Manuscript, Sept. 4, 1918 through Nov. 11, 1920. Stiff wraps. [MANUSCRIPT] [NEEDLEWORK]. Octavo (8vo); 97 leaves; stiff wrapper with handmade dust jacket of green stiff paper, hand-lettered title and author to front; bookseller stamp to front pastedown, partially covered by handmade dust jacket; old cloth tape reinforces..... More
Worcester, Massachusetts: Achille J. St. Onge, 1965. Tasha TUDOR. Full leather. [MINIATURE] [POETRY]. Tasha TUDOR, illustrator. Joh. Enschede’ en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, printer. Miniature ( 3 11/16” x 2 11/16”); [36]pp including endpapers; grass green lightly pebbled leather, gilt-stamped title surrounded by a gilt twig oval; all edges gilt; light yellow..... More
London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1887. First Edition. Half Bound Leather. [HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT] [COOKERY]. First edition. Octavo; vii [i], 988pp; half-bound in maroon leather with pebbled cloth, gilt stamped title to spine; blue endpapers; black and white illustrations; light shelf wear to boards; light age toning of paper; very good..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1911. Albert D. BLASHFIELD, decorations. Cloth. [J.C. LEYENDECKER, illustrated binding onlay]. Octavo; viii, 240pp; dark green basket-weave cloth with stamped white lettering to front and gilt-stamped spine, color illustration onlay to front board of a putti or Kewpie about to carve a turkey; illustrated endpapers; 7..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Martin Frost. First American Edition, 3rd State. Full leather. First American edition, third state. Octavo; 366pp; dark green grained calf, gilt border, 5 raised-bands and gilt-stamped spine with 4 ornaments; all edges gilt; double fore-edge paintings; marbled endpapers; original publisher's green cloth..... More
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Rome: Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1607. Camillo CINGIO. Ephemera no binding. [PRINT]. A copper-plate engraving from the book, Considerationi sopra tuta la vita di N.S. Giesu Chriso, [Considerations on the Whole Life of Our Savior Jesus Christ], authored by Bartolomeo RICCI, and published by Bartolomeo Zanetti in Rome, 1607. Double matted print..... More
Paris: J. Minot & Cie, and F. Appel, No date [c. late 19th c.]. Cardboard covers. [SCRAPBOOK] [TRADE CARDS] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. Quarto (4to) oblong; [44pp]; thick grey board with three stab-holes tied with black string; black construction or sugar-paper leaves; 264 chromolithographed trade cards pasted-in, in set of six per..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Eugen GAUJEAN, engravings. First Edition. Cloth. Publisher’s note: 300 copies printed for England and 200 copies for America. Quarto; xxii, 273 [1]pp; stamped violet-blue cloth over board, color illustrated cover, gilt-stamped spine; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; watermarked paper; 10 color engraved plates inserted with..... More