New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Paperback. A Fireside Book. 176 p.; 17 cm. Paperback. At head of front cover: "He's hard as rock, tough as nails, dense as concrete. He's Mac Slade, private dick." A tongue-in-cheek detective story. In Very Good Conditon: corners slightly rubbed; bottom page edges slightly..... More
Leipzig: George Wigand, 1895. Hardcover. [8], 46, [2] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title; red and black cover title and illustration. All page edge red. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Half title bears the red stamp of Institut Tilly, Berlin. No date of..... More
Seattle: Seal Press, 1985. Paperback. 269, [3] p.; 22 cm. Paperback; cover illustration and design by Deborah Brown. Originally published in Norway as Egalias Dotre in 1977. Part of the publisher's Women in Translation series. Publisher's advertisement for other titles in the series follows text. Although her works had been..... More
Copenhagen, Denmark: Willy Breinholst, 1960. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. Printed by C. Hellstrom & Co., Copenhagen. Former owner's name at head of front cover. No date of publication, but around 1960. Stamped on the back cover: "Received Sales Department Jan 24 1966." The..... More
London: G. Auld, 1786. Hardcover. Title page continued: "Dedicated, by permission of Momus, to the lovers of fun. Compiled by His Merriness's Secretary." xii, 348 p.; 18 cm. (12mo). Contemporary morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title. Plain red paper over boards. Printed by G. Auld, for W. Cavell; J. Ridgeway;..... More
New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 291 p.; 24 cm. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated first edition. A humorous look at the computer industry. Made into a movie by the same name in 2002. In Fine/Fine Condition. More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co., 1964. Hardcover. [10], 175 p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth with gilt and black spine title. Green endpapers. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. Book club edition. Contents: Canadian Spring -- Walking: Its Cause, Duration and Effect -- The Peaceful Pursuit -- Confessions of..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. 63, [1] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Green cloth with black spine title and cover illustration. No dust jacket (as issued?). Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "T.C. Tatman 1946." Thomas Cooper Tatman (1917-1996) did graduate work in German philology and taught German at..... More
Munich: Braun & Schneider, 1881. Hardcover. Dritte Auflage. [1], 59 leaves: illustrations; 28 cm. Light red linen; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Binder's label on front fixed endpaper for McNamee, Cambridge, Mass. No date of publication. Gift inscription at head of title page to Francis A. Foster, Christmas 1881..... 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
New York: Beginner Books, Random House, 1959. Hardcover. 61, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Yellow cover with black and red spine title; white, red and black cover title; and color cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket with the Cat in the Hat and slogan of Beginner Books on the..... 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, 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
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: 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