[New York]: McLoughlin Bros. Publisher, 30 Beekman [Street], No date [c. 1863-1869]. Wraps. 12mo; [7pp]; yellow pictorial wrapper relief printed in red and navy, rear wrapper publisher’s ads for Paper Dolls—Book Form and Paper Furniture; publisher’s string binding; ownership in pencil on verso front wrapper; color pictorial title page; color..... More
No place listed. No publisher listed. No date [c. 1900.]. No binding, ephemera. 14 ½” x 14 5/8”; heavy paper stock, embossed, die-cut, glazed chromolithograph; minor creases at edges; colors are bright and paper sturdy, light age-toning to verso; near fine. A surprisingly large, highly detailed and colorful die-cut pictorial..... More
Eklingen und Munchen [Germany]: J. F. Schreiber, No date [c. 1915]. Sibylle von OLFERS. Boards. [GERMAN LANGUAGE.] 8vo oblong; [14]pp; dark green pictorial boards, tan paper shelf-back; chromolithograph illustrations; sunning to rear board, scuffing of board edges, 2” chip to foot of shelf-back, light age-toning; very good minus. Sibylle von..... More
[London]: [Harold Munro], 1920. [Albert RUTHERSTON, wrapper design]. First Edition thus. Wraps. [DRAMA.] First edition thus. Square 8vo; ii, 24; color pictorial paper wrappers; yapped edges; first and last leaf pale green paper; 6 pages of advertisements; production notice on verso title-page; lower edge untrimmed; yapped edges chipped and small..... More
New York: Random House, Inc., 1965. First Edition thus. Boards. [JUVENILE.] First edition thus. 4to; [189]pp; color pictorial glazed paper over board; color pictorial endpapers and title-page; light soiling to boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, edge chips, some creasing and soiling, 2” x 3” piece from rear dj upper..... More
No place listed [Massachusetts]: 1812. No binding. [VOTER’S RIGHTS] [GERRYMANDERING] [GOVERNMENTAL PAMPHLET.] 8vo; 8pp; no binding, disbound leaves; text clear and easy to read; age-toning and light chipping to edges; very good plus. In 1812, Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1744-1814) was Governor of the state of Massachusetts and a member of..... More
Philadelphia: Weber Print, No date [c. 1915]. Ryan WALKER (?). Wraps. [POLITICS] [U.S. SOCIALIST PARTY.] Cover title: Jo-Ben’s Uncle Sam. Come on Fellow Citizens, We’ve Another Job On Hand, Price 10 cts. 12mo (7 3/8” x 4 ½”); 31, [1]pp; relief printed pictorial wrapper in red and navy, a poem on..... More
[Chicago]: The Erle Press, 1951. Evelyn HANSEN. Boards. 4to; [23]pp; color pictorial paper over board; color pictorial endpapers; b&w pictorial title-page; illustrations in both color and b&w; 3 songs with musical scores; scuffing to edges and corners; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear flap publisher’s ads; light creasing, chipping and..... More
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No place identified. No photographer identified. No date [c. late 19th c.]. No binding, photograph. [TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPH] [MELAINOTYPE] [FERROTYPE.] 3 ½” x 5”; image is clear; japanned verso; light scratching to surface; very good plus. A tintype or ferrotype photograph of five young women and three young men, most likely..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899. Oliver HERFORD. First Edition. Boards. [ALPHABETERIAN] [RHYMING VERSE]. The Heintzemann Press, Boston. First edition. 8vo; [54]pp; grey paper over board printed in red and black; grey cloth shelf-back; black and red alphabetic pictorial endpapers; booksellers ticket to ffep “W.B. Clarke Co., Boston;” relief printed illustrations..... More
London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd., No date [1931]. Wraps. [TRAVEL] [ADVERTISING] [EPHEMERA.] 8vo; 287 [1]pp; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper; b&w photographic illustrations; ads; chipping and creasing to wrapper; very good. Interesting look at the early 20th century British travel industry. Leicestershire cabinetmaker Thomas Cook founded an agency in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. N.C. WYETH. Cloth. 8vo; xv [iii], 503pp + [1] publisher's ad; black cloth over board, color pictorial paper onlay to front, gilt stamped title on spine; duotone pictorial endpapers; color pictorial title page; 9 color glazed plates with titles; book seller's ticket "Paul Elder's..... More
New York: Barse and Hopkins, Publishers, 1916. V. Floyd CAMPBELL. Later printing. Boards. [POETRY] [RHYMING VERSE]. V. Floyd CAMPBELL, illustrator. Presumed first edition, later printing [1917]. The Traveling Bears Series of books #7. 4to; 58 [2]pp + [4pp] publisher’s ads; color pictorial boards, grey cloth back-strip; b&w pictorial title-page; color..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942. First Edition. Wraps. [HISTORY] [WWII]. A.W. Rushmore, format. H.W. Wolf Book Mfg. Co, manufacturer. First edition, October printing. 8vo; vi [2], 32pp; stiff blue wrapper with flaps, front flap price “60 cents”; set in Linotype Baskerville; light age-toning of wrapper edges..... More
Amsterdam: 1673. Later printing. Map no binding. Later edition. 12 ¼” x 16”, 11 ¼” x 14 ¼” within the neat line; plate mark visible; two vertical folds as issued; large pictorial figural cartouche; scale of measurement; compass rose; animals throughout map; not trimmed but narrow lower margin; fine. An..... More
Lausanne [Switzerland]: Jean Marguerat, 1945. First Edition. First edition. 98 [2]pp; gilt-stamped title on brown cloth; 9pp text; 82pp b&w photographic illustrations with titles; credits for photographs on p[100]; unclipped b&w pictorial dust jacket lacking price, light soiling and rubbing of edges; fine in very good plus dj. The first..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. Clare Turlay NEWBERRY. Boards. First edition. 12mo oblong; 30 [1]pp; pale green pictorial boards with a vignette of a puppy on the front; color pictorial endpapers; bookseller’s ticket to ffep “Lauriat’s Books, 91 Franklin St., Boston”; color pictorial half-title, title and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 681 Fifth Avenue, 1923. Cloth. [SPORTS]. 8vo; x [ii], 293pp; green ribbed cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and border, vignette of snowshoes to front, armorial bookplate of George H. Hopkins to front pastedown; 8 b&w photographic illustrated plates; b&w line drawings in text; light..... More
New Yok: J. H. [Joseph Hutchins] Colton & Co., 1855/1857. Map no binding. Inset map: Continuation of the City and County of New York on a reduced scale. 17 ¼” x 27”; 15 1/8: x 24 7/8” within the neat line; engraved and hand-colored; light age-toning of paper, a few spots;..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Second Edition. Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo; [i-ii], [i]- vi, [1]-322pp; inserted publisher’s catalog preceding title page dated May 1850; Metcalf and Company imprint on copyright page; publisher’s blind-stamped brown cloth over board, gilt title on spine; pale yellow endpapers; title page printed in black..... More
Germany: No date c. 1895. Print no binding. [HOLIDAY]. [Victorian Cupid-Ship Valentine.] 9 3/8” x 5 7/8”. Embossed, die-cut, color-printed, 3-dimensional Valentine greeting card with honeycomb pop-out and red transparent light-window, marked “Printed in Germany.” Bottom stand printed, “To My Valentine,” and printed on the heart of roses die-cut, “A..... More
New York and London: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, 1895. Newton A. WELLS. 1/4 cloth. [ILLUSTRATED] [GARDENING / HORTICULTURE]. 4to (12” x 10 ¼”); [20pp]; quarter-bound tan gilt-stamped buckram, iridescent green textured paper with roses, gilt-stamped title to cloth label; ownership dated “Christmas 1897” to ffep; 6 color lithograph illustrated..... 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
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
