Kenosha, Wis. Samuel Lowe Co., 1941. Paperback. [192] p.: full-page illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with identical illustrations on front and back covers. Cover title: Mammoth 192 Page Paint Book. "L-1050" -- on cover. Each page has a caption below the illustration, in many cases telling a popular children's story or..... More
La Haye, France: Paul Scheltus, 1702. Paperback. "publié le 15 Mai 1702." 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Plain wrappers (later). Woodcut title vignette and initial letter. Knuttel, 14762. The French translation of the official declaration of war against France and Spain by the Netherlands on May 15, 1702..... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1991. Paperback. 38, [4] p.: illustrations (1 color); 27 cm. Black-and-white illustrated paper covers. The archive included photographs, recordings, memorabilia, autograph music and printed music, and works of art relating to Mathilde Marchesi (1821-1913), Salvatore Marchesi (Cavaliere de Castrone, Marchese della Rojata, 1822-1908) and their..... More
S.l. Value Bar Prep, 2015. Paperback. 239, [1] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes answer key to 100 questions. In Near Fine Condition: lower corner of front cover creased; clean and tight. More
Stratford, Ont. McLagan Furniture Co., 1915. Paperback. [1], 31 leaves: illustrations; 31 x 45 cm. Brown card covers with gilt embossed cover title; stapled. No date of publication. George McLagan established his furniture business in Stratford, Ontario, in 1905. This catalog features suites for the dining room and bedroom, and..... More
Liverpool, Eng. Meccano, 1920. Paperback. 12 p.: illustrations; 17 x 25 cm. Green wrapper printed in green and black with front wrapper photograph of a boy and a kitten. Inside of front and back wrapper contains drawings aimed at boys. Contains a catalog intended for the American market as the..... More
Elizabeth, N.J. Meccano Co., 1925. Paperback. 8 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Stapled; front printed in green and black. Includes an article about the invention of the torque converter by George Constantinesco and directions for reproducing it using Meccano parts, and directions for making a model hydraulic crane. In Very Good..... More
Dover, Pa. A. Allison & Son, 1880. Paperback. [2], 62 p.; 16 cm. Black cloth spine; dark brown card covers, the front printed in black with advertisement for J. F. Zoellin & Co., wholesale druggists, Philadelphia. Ruled pages arranged by category with an advertisement for a Philadelphia business in the..... More
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Treasury, 1851. Paperback. 10 p.; 24 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "7" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. No date of publication but published in response to the declaration in 1851 by the state treasurer, John M. Bickel, that the Bank..... More
Philadelphia: Mendelssohn Club, 1898. Pamphlet. [12] p.; 18 cm. White card cover with embossed title; stitched. Printed in dark green. The concert featured: Lillian Carllsmith, contralto; Gertrude Isabel Keppelman, violinist; and Mrs. J. Maree-Corbin and Thomas a'Becket, pianists. This was Thomas A'Becket, Jr. (1843-1918), a Philadelphia composer and musician. Scarce..... More
Valparaiso, Ind. Lowenstine's Department Store, 1890. 15 x 18 embossed, die-cut advertisement from Lowenstine's Department Store in Memphis, Tenn. The chromolithographed image shows two smiling children in lace and ribbons holding a book with "Merry Christmas" on the outside. In gilt on the blue dress "Compliments of Lowenstine's Department Store."..... More
S.l. s.n., 1890. 1 chromolithographed illustration with "Merry Christmas" at the lower edge (11 x 9.2 cm.) and a ruffled pink silk border. Attached to a cardboard stand. The illustration is a rural scene showing person walking down a road under a full moon, a house with a lit window..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Treasury, 1840. Paperback. Blair & Rives, printers. 72 p.; 23 cm. Disbound and lacking original wrapper. An executive document from the 26th Congress, 1st session, this is the official report from the United States Treasury sent by President Martin Van Buren to the U.S. Senate regarding..... More
Schaffhausen, Switz. George Fischer Limited, 1947. Hardcover. 53 p.: 16 p. of illustrations; 30 cm. Red cloth spine with white handmade paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine and cover titles: Johann Conrad Fischer 1773-1854 a Swiss Metallurgist. No dust jacket. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper: R.J. Luebbers. In..... More
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Samuel Bronston Productions, 1961. Hardcover. [32] p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Hardback with color illustration wrapping from the back cover onto the front. Cover title. Published the year that the movie King of Kings came out and illustrated with photographs from the movie as well as portraits of..... More
Barcelona: Ramón Sopena, 1930. Hardcover. [52] p.; many illustrations, including 4 full-page color illustrations; 25 cm. Dark green cloth spine; paper over boards. Color illustrated front board; publisher's advertisements on back board printed in red and black. Part of the series Biblioteca para Niños. "Nihil obstat" June 15 1917 --..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1909. Hardcover. 178 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations (1 double-page, folded); 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Cover title: Michel-Ange: Peinture, Sculpture..... More
Leicester, Mass. Russell Manfacturing Co., 1946. Six children's card games in their original illustrated boxes, labelled vol. 1-vol. 6, and the original red cardboard case with "Mickey Mouse Library of Games" in an embossed silver-on-black paper label across the front. Individual card boxes are 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm..... More
New York: Vanden Houten & Co. printers, 1887. Hardcover. 113 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. The chairman of the board of editors was Floy McEwen, later a well-known doctor. Includes illustrations by William H. Johns, later president of the..... More
Baltimore: Miller Fertilizer Co., 1950. Paperback. [approx. 24] p.; 15 cm. Red card covers printed in gilt with advertising. Pages are graph paper; several have been removed. Inside of both covers bears ingredients for various types of fertilizer offered by Miller Fertilizer Co., which was founded in Baltimore in 1937..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Paperback. xiii, [3], 271, [1] p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contains 113 Jewish folktales. In Near Fine Condition: edges lightly rubbed; one page corner creased; clean and tight. More
London: J. Limbird, 1836. Hardcover. Title continued: "Select Extracts from New and Expensive Works; Poetry, Original and Selected; The Spirit of the Public Journals; Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences; New Facts in Natural History &c." viii, 472 p.: frontispiece portrait of Felicia Hemans, many full-page and in-text illustrations; 22..... More
Philadelphia: Central High School, 1906. Hardcover. 1 bound volume containing the monthly publication The Mirror for the school year 1905-1906 of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa. 26, 26, 30, 30, 26, 30, 30, 30, 26, 30 p., 8 leaves of illustrations: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth; marbled fixed endpapers..... More
Philadelphia: Central High School, 1908. Hardcover. 1 bound volume containing the monthly publication The Mirror for the school year 1907-1908 of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa. 32, 34, 36, 42, 40, 40, 40, 38, 36, 70 p., frontispiece and 8 leaves of illustration: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm..... More
Paris: Pierre Simon, 1739. Hardcover. 74, 392, ccxv, [5] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: a-c12 d2(-d2) A-Q12 R4 a-i12 k2 (24mo). Contemporary dark green ribbed morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and volume number in second and third compartments. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments; gilt-tooled leaf..... More