New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. 56 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with black spine title and cover illustration. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "T.C. Tatman 1946." Thomas Cooper Tatman (1917-1996) did graduate work in German philology and taught German at Temple University, Lincoln University, and Friends..... More
Munich: Fr. Bassermann, 1924. Hardcover. "255stes bis 261stes Tausend." [6], vii, [1], 355, [1] p., frontispiece portrait: illustrations; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with red-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges red. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's advertisement for other works by the author on final page. Printed in red..... More
London: Jombert, Libraire, 1819. Seconde Édition. Imprint lists London and Paris. 3 volumes ([2], xxxvi, 356 p.; [2], 464 p.; [2], 363, [1] p.): frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1, and 14 additional plates (part folded); 17 cm. Contemporary half dark green morocco; white paper with green and..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1909. Wain, Louis. Hardcover. [48] p.: 7 full-page color illustrations, many color illustrations with text; 25 cm. Grey paper over boards; black, green, and purple cover illustration of female cat with ball of yarn sitting next to kitten in a cradle. Grey fixed endpapers. No..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, 1913. Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham. Hardcover. 50 p.: color illustrations, music; 28 x 36 cm. Orange cloth spine with yellow, blue, and black decoration paper over boards. The original orange printed label was removed from the front board and a color illustration of a knitting woman, a...... More
S.l. s.n., 1895. Pamphlet. [12] p.: illustrations in black and red; 19 cm. The front illustration has a stylized signature: E. Carrell or Yarrell? No publication information; not listed in WorldCat. The illustrations and text suggest that it was published in the 1890s. A "humorous" criticism of the activities of..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1889/1893. Furniss, Harry. Hardcover. 2 volumes (xxiii, [1], 400 p.; xxxi, [1], 423 p.): each with frontispiece and 45 in-text and full-page illustrations; 19 cm. Full straight-grain scarlet morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Burgundy morocco spine labels with gilt-tooled title and author; gilt-tooled..... More
Jamaica, N.Y. Marion Press, 1900. Paperback. 14, [2] p.; 17 cm. Stapled brown wrappers. Wrapper title printed in dark brown within elaborate frame. Pages are unopened. A satire on Boswell's Life of Johnson, reprinted from The Casquet (Glasgow, 1835). Attributed to James Beresford on p. [2], but subsequently attributed to..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. Hardcover. [12], 141 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth spine with white spine title. Brown paper over boards with white title and white-and-black cover illustration. Endpapers have illustration of a man on a horse with very long legs. No dust jacket. Former..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. 52, [2] p.: 5 illustrations; 19 cm. Continuous illustration on cover with list of 6 titles in the series Cobb's America Guyed Books. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket repeats the cover illustration and titles. Two pages following text contain publisher's advertisement for Cobb's..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1914. Hardcover. First published in 1909. [160] p.: cartoons; 15 cm. Green cloth with white spine and cover titles; dark green decoration on spine and front cover. Publisher's advertisements on final 4 pages. Small bookseller's label from Brentano's, New York, on back fixed endpaper. Undated gift..... More
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Paris: Laurent Prault [and] Bailly, 1769. Hardcover. Nouvelle édition. 2 volumes: [4], xlviii, 479 p.; [4], 552 p.: frontispiece in vol. 1; 17 cm. Original speckled calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; red and black morocco labels with gilt-tooled title and volume in the second and third compartments..... More
London, Eng. Gilbert and Reed, 1807. Hardcover. 14th edition. 122 p.: frontispiece, 3 leaves of wood-engraved plates; 16 cm. Contemporary tree calf with green morocco spine label and gilt-tooled spine decoration. Gilt-tooled edge decoration. Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, cf. British Museum Catalog. Error in pagination: p. 43 numbered 34. In..... More
London: W. Kidd, 1835. Hardcover. [4], 316, [4] p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates: title vignette and many in-text illustrations; 17 cm. Publisher's maroon rib-grained cloth with gilt-stamped decoration and title on spine: Cruikshank's Comic Library. Both boards decorated with bind-stamped vase with flowers. All page edges gilt. Yellow..... More
Nashville, Tenn. Cokesbury Press, 1932. Hardcover. Copyright by Whitmore & Smith. 404 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with black spine title and orange and black cover title and illustration. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: Happy Club. Arranged by month, with 4 or 5 party suggestions per month. Includes suggestions..... More
New York: Livermore & Rudd, 1856. McLenan, John. Hardcover. 264, [10] p.: frontispiece, many in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Publisher's black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and illustration; blind-stamped pattern on both boards. Blue endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on 10 unpaginated pages following text. Q.K. Philander Doesticks was the pen name used..... More
London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1911. Hardcover. viii, 98, [2] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Wrapper printed in red and black, over plain card cover; color pastedown on front wrapper. Publisher's advertisement for The Cities series on unpaginated page following text. Originally appeared serially in Punch; first published in book..... More
New York: Adriance, Sherman & Co., 1851. Hardcover. [4], 96 p.; 19 cm. Blue-grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Top page edges black. Each page printed within ruled borders and floral corners. First edition. The author of this poem satirizing the authors and..... More
New York: Fawcett Publications, 1954. Paperback. 4th printing, Oct. 1954. 159, [1] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with cover illustration by Barye Phillips. The author, John Faulkner (1901-1963), was the younger brother of William Faulkner. In Cabin Road, as in his other novels, he presents rural Southern life with a bawdy..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. [6], 185, [1] p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 24 cm. White cloth spine with black spine title; blue-green paper over boards with dark blue-stamped main character's name on front board "Jimmy Jibbell." Color illustrated dust jacket. Quote by Art Spiegelman on..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1995. Hard Cover. xii, 99 p.; 19 cm. Green cloth spine; beige paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Historiated initials. Contents: 'Twas the Night before Solstice -- Frosty the Persun of Snow -- The Nutcracker -- Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer -- A Christmas..... More
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Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1951. Hardcover. v, [1], 139, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine title, and red cover illustration. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Contents: Pennsylvania German Wills by Russell Wieder Gilbert -- Humorous Tales Told by..... More
![The Burglar's Story [in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine vol. 14, no. 69 August 1949]. W. S. Gilbert](/pictures/thumb/006768.JPG?v=1546037345)
New York: American Mercury, 1949. Paperback. 144 p.; 19 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Double Exposure by Ben Hecht -- Crisis, 1999 by Fredric Brown -- How Pearl Button was Kidnaped by Katherine Mansfield -- Riding the Ghost by Harl Cook -- Query by "Seamark" [Austin Small] -- The..... More
New York: Illustrated Editions, 1932. Gilbert, W.S. Hardcover. Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Company, New York. 232 p.: frontispiece, in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Brown suede spine with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; green textured cloth over boards. No dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. Contains the lyrics (without music)..... More
Francestown, N.H. Golden Quill Press, 1958. Hardcover. 64 p.; 20 cm. Dark red faux leather cloth spine with red and white cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Red and white dust jacket in mylar cover. A collection of short humorous poems previously published in various magazines. Inscribed by..... More