Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1958. Hardcover. 161, [1] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Blue cloth spine with dark blue spine title; illustrated blue, yellow, and red paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations include 8 full-page color illustrations and many in-text drawings. Gift inscription on blank page following front endpaper. Includes..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1897. Offered here are 11 issues of volume 3 (lacking no. 10, Oct.) of Thomas B. Mosher's late 19th-century publication The Bibelot, as issued in their original grey stiffened paper wrappers printed in red and black. [approx. 360] p.; 15 cm. Each issue contains several..... More
Middletown, DE: CreateSpace, 2015. Paperback. [2], iii, [1], 628, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Cover, title page, Preface, and Table of Contents are in English and Greek. The remainder of the text is in Greek. The Preface is signed by Kyriakos Michael Tsiappoutas and Andreas Ioannou Koraes. In Near Fine..... More
Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Bijbel-Compagnie, 1837. Hardcover. "Door last van de der Hoog Mog: Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden en Volgens het Besluit vande Sinode Nationaal gehouden in de Jaren 1618 en 1619 te Dordrecht." 416, 132, [96], 65, [2] leaves [1422 p.]: music; 17 cm. Full contemporary calf with five..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Pennsylvania-German Society, 1908. Paperback. First published in 1893; reprinted 1908. 292 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of H.L. Fisher, 1 tissue-guarded leaf of a portrait of Geo. C. Heckman: 1 full-page illustration; 25 cm. Original brown wrapper printed in black. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are..... More
London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1889. 1 chromolithographed print 37 x 25 cm. by the unidentified artist who signed: Hay. Without the biographical text. The Rev. Henry Arthur Morgan (1830-1912) was a Master of Jesus College, Cambridge University, from 1885 to his death in 1912. In Near Fine-..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1937. Hardcover. 294, [3] p.: full-page illustrations; 12 cm. Color illustrated cover. #1414 in the publisher's The Big Little Book series. First printing of the first edition -- number 239 appears in illustration on p. 239. Cover artist is Henry E. Vallely; illustrator is Juanita..... More
New York: Jemima M. Mason, 1840. Hardcover. 716 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red leather label in second compartment: "Blackwood's Magazine." Remains of small paper label at head of spine. Five issues bound together..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1838. Hardcover. Imprint includes T. Cadell, London. [4], 850 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine" and decoration; blind-tooled decoration on spine. All page edges speckled black. Marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Library..... More
New York: Leonard Scott & Co., 1846. Hardcover. [2], 776 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine"; blind-tooled decoration on spine. This volume contains fiction (including satire and horror), reviews and other nonfiction including travel, and poetry, all published anonymously, as..... More
San Francisco: Bolerium Books, 1985. Paperback. 42 p.; 22 cm. Light grey card cover printed in blue; stapled. The inside of front and back covers are included in pagination. No date of publication. Lists 844 items relating to American labor history. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
New Haven, Ct. Sidney Babcock, 1840. Anderson, Alexander. Paperback. 16 p.: 6 full-page woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. Green wrappers with elaborate borders. Front wrapper has title, imprint, and illustration of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. Inside front and back wrapper contains decorative border and illustration, each signed with Alexander Anderson's AA..... More
Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1950. Hardcover. [10], 568 p.; 19 cm. Black faux-leather vinyl cover with yellow spine and cover title and cover illustration. Includes Synopsis of Chapters, Pronouncing Vocabulary, and Index. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean and..... More
New York: Naftoli Gross, 1948. Hardcover. 335, [1] p.; 24 cm. Publisher's faux leather cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles in Hebrew. Entirely in Hebrew with Yiddish translation, except for the added English title page. Inscription in Hebrew on half title page, dated 1949. In Very Good Condition: corners..... More
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1938. Downs, Dorothy. Paperback. [20] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Illustrated paper covers signed: "D + D Downs." Dorothy Downs created the cover art for many children's books published by Saalfield, as well as paper dolls published in the 1930s. Cover title. "No. 146-C" -- on..... More
New York: s.n., 1956. Paperback. [12] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. The Boy Friend ran on Broadway from Sept. 30, 1954 to Nov. 26, 1955. For the first 11 months it featured Julie Andrews as Polly, in her Broadway debut. That role was filled by Jo Ann Bayless for the final..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1936. Paperback. 256 p.: illustrations; 13 cm. Paperback printed in red, white, and blue. Former owner's name written on back cover: Richard B. Kirkpatrick. Used fairly regularly to record his daily activities, this diary provides a look at the life of a 24-year-old reporter..... More
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New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1937. Paperback. 2 volumes: 256, 256 p.: illustrations; 13 cm. Paperback with red background and color illustration. Former owner's name written faintly on front cover of 1938 diary: Richard B. Kirkpatrick. At the time, Richard B. Kirkpatrick (1912-1987) was a reporter for the Cincinnati..... More
London: Charles Fox, 1883. Hardcover. [448 p.]: illustrations; 30 cm. Contemporary half calf with red cloth boards. Dark brown endpapers. Includes serial stories: Jack Rag -- Dick Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London -- Lionel the Bold -- The Cruise of the Alabama by Lt. Leslie Gordon -- King Harry..... More
Netherlands: 1710. Paperback. "Uyt het Engelsch vertaald." 27, [1] p. ; 19 cm. Signatures: A-C4D2 (4to). Woodcut initial letter. Disbound. Knuttel, 15906. No publication information; page 27 is dated London, 10/20 February 1710. The identity of the English-language original, if it exists, has not been established. A very scarce pamphlet..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1896. Paperback. [14] p.: black-and-white and chromolithographed illustrations; 31 cm. Sewn card covers with cover title in red and gilt and chromolithographed front cover illustration of three children riding donkeys on a beach; back cover has smaller chromolithographed illustration of a boy holding a bouquet, within..... More
Philadelphia: Filadelfijas Brivo Latvju Biedribas, 1982. Paperback. 76 p.: illustrations, portraits; 28 cm. Stapled paperback with brown cover with silver cover title. The history of the Brivo Latvian Society in Philadelphia from 1892 to 1982. Known today as the Philadelphia Society of Free Letts, the Society is the oldest Latvian..... More
New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as..... More
Providence, R.I. Brown University, 1897. Pamphlet. [8] leaves: illustrations; 16 cm. Tied card cover with front cover illustration and embossed gilt title. The class day program committee consisted of: Wilbur Allen Scott, Sanford Keith Gurney, and Albert Orson Foster. The Promenade Concert was by the Reeves American Band. Listed in..... More
Providence, R.I. Brown University, 1896. Pamphlet. [8] leaves: illustrations; 17 cm. Tied card cover with front cover illustration. The class day program committee consisted of: William Alexander McAuslan, Leon Hayes Denison, and Edwin Allen Locke. The Promenade Concert was by the Reeves American Band. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is..... More