London: J. Murray (successor to Mr. Sandby), 1768. Hardcover. "The Fifth Edition, Corrected." [2], xv, [1], 406 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Lyttelton's Dialogues." Gilt-rolled board edges. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut headpieces..... More
Plainfield, VT: Daughters, 1976. Paperback. [6], 160 p.21 cm. Paperback. A humorous novel about a young woman in Los Angeles who wants to be an artist and the various men in her life. In Very Good+ Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1936. Thurber, James. Paperback. 100 p.: illustrations; 36 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina. Contents include: Laugh, Town, Laugh! by Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick [George Kaufman and Katharine Dayton's First Lady, and Bella and Sam Spewack's Boy Meets Girl] --..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. Cruikshank, George. Hardcover. [4], viii, 236 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of engraved plates; 19 cm. Dark brown/purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title. Boards have yapp edges. Dark green-black endpapers. The author is D.M. Moir, cf. NUC pre-1956, 389:452..... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. viii, 168 p.; 19 cm. Original plain brown paper over boards; printed paper spine label. Pages are untrimmed. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: "Frances Richards Vigors 1819." A humorous poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852) recounting..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. Hardcover. vii, [1], 213, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary half black morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on red leather label i second cmopartment. Gilt-tooled decoration on spine. Purple cloth over boards. Top page edges gilt..... More
Philadelphia: Royal Publishing House, 1889. Hardcover. xv, [49] p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt and dark brown stamped front cover illustration and decoration; sample spine title in gilt and dark brown stamped on back cover. Sample gilt-stamped spine title in leather attached inside front..... More
New York: Methuen, 1980. Hardcover. 128 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Black cover with yellow spine and cover titles; photographs of the authors on the front cover. My Word! was a British radio quiz panel game that was broadcast of the BBC from 1956 to 1988. In Fine Condition: clean and..... More
Berlin: Rowohlt Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. "26.-37 Tausend." 95, [1] p.: color illustrations; 21 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Lacking dust jacket. Gift inscription in German, dated Feb. 1, 1937, on front free endpaper from Heinz to Elenita in memory of a wonderful day in Werdenfelser Land, Garmisch. Hubert Mumelter (1896-1981)..... More
Berlin: Paul Franke Verlag, 1930. Hardcover. "21.-25. Tausend." 309, [3] p., [16] p. of illustrations; 19 cm. Oragne-brown cloth with dark brown stamped spine and cover titles; dark brown and green decoration on spine and front cover. Top page edges yellow. No date of publication, but gift inscription on front..... More
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Fitchburg, Mass. Weyerhaeuser Co., 1974. Paperback. 17, [1] p.: illustrations (1 fold-out); 28 cm. Stapled paperback. Parkinson's tongue-in-cheek comments about the drafting of annual reports are cleverly illustrated by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1900. Hardcover. 316, [4] p., frontispiece and 15 leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. Red cloth with white spine and cover titles; black illustrations on spine and front cover. Publisher's advertisements on 4 pages following text. Inscription and stamp on front free endpaper indicating that this..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Hardcover. ix, [1], 273 p.; 21 cm. White cloth spine with silver spine title; red paper over boards with facsimile author's signature in blue on front. Top page edges red. No dust jacket. A collection of short humorous pieces by S. J. Perelman, many..... More
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch [Caspar Fritsch], 1781. Hardcover. xxviii, 490, [138] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a8 b6 A-2Q8 2R2 (8vo). Original black paper-covered boards. All page edges red. Light green endpapers. Colophon: Lipsiae, Ex officina Breitkopfia. Woodcut title vignette and head-pieces. Faint stamp on front fixed endpaper: "Swarthmore College..... More
New York: Sharlee Company, 1933. Paperback. 64 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with illustration of an early 20th-century Baron Munchausen and price of $0.10 on both front and back. Wrapper title: Baron Munchausen Stories. Original author: Rudolf Eric Raspe. No date of publication. The year 1933 is assigned by WorldCat. Contains..... More
Emmaus, Pa. Rodale Books, 1954. Clauss. Hardcover. 30 p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Light brown cloth spine with gilt-stamped spin title; colorful patterned paper over boards. Light blue, white, and black dust jacket. In verse. Translation of Satire Contre les Maris. Copyrighted in England and published in Emmaus, Pa., and..... More
Worthington, Mass. K. McDowell Rice, 1905. Paperback. Second edition. 43, [21] p.; 20 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Advertisements for other plays by the author on final 20 unpaginated pages. Katharine McDowell Rice (1859-1945) was an author of children's books and many humorous plays. She studied dramatic literature and..... More
New York: Three Sirens Press, 1931. Hardcover. Copyright 1931 by Illustrated Editions Co. 184, [2] p.: full-page illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Salmon endpapers. Red ribbon bookmark. Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Co., New York. Publisher's catalog on final..... More
Paris: Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1904. Hardcover. [8], 215 p.; 19 cm. Morocco-grain cloth over flexible boards with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. All page edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. "Deux cent quatre-vingt-cinquième mille." Advertisements for other works by Rostand published by Eugène Fasquelle on page facing title page. In..... More
Chicago, Akron, New York: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1906. 65 leaves, loose (probably removed from the original book): illustrations; 17 cm. Top edges gilt. Consists of the title page and 64 illustrated toasts. Charming turn-of-the-last-century illustrations with toasts, both serious and amusing. In Good Condition: several have finger soiling along edges..... More
Munich: Georg W. Dietrich, 1922. Hardcover. 50, [2] p.: color frontispiece and 9 color plates; 28 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-ruled border on front board. Kleinodien der Weltliteratur, Buch 22. Printed by the Roßberg'sche Druckerei in Leipzig; the color woodcut illustrations were produced by the..... More
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 80 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Victor Moore. Contents include: I Wanted To Be an Actress as told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick by Katharine Cornell [part 2 of 6] -- There's No Place Like Broadway by Walter Huston..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1931. Hardcover. xlii, [2], 118 p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with paper spine label printed in green. No dust jacket. A satirical comedy about politics, written by Shaw shortly after finishing his nonfiction The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. Former owner's inscription at lower..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1919. Hardcover. lv, [1], 295 p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with paper spine label with title: Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of the War by George Bernard Shaw. No dust jacket. Very small label on back fixed endpaper: Hochschild, Kohn & Co. Hochschild, Kohn &..... More