Haarlem, Netherlands: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1957. Hardcover. 33, [3] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Blue decorated paper over boards with gilt cover title and gilt printer's emblem on back board. With, loose, one sheet bearing New Year's wishes from Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Dutch, French, English, and German. Contains..... More
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Print Shop, 2001. Paperback. 36 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled illustrated wrapper. A well-illustrated small guide to collecting Currier & Ives prints from experts known to Antiques Roadshow fans. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
S.l. s.n., 1928. Hardcover. [6], 365, [1] p.; 25 cm. Original black faux-leather cloth with blind-stamped title at head of spine between double blind rules. Front board has blind-stamped emblem within triple-ruled border. Title vignette of eagle in front of stars, holding arrows and a olive branch, within a laurel..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1922. Hardcover. xxxviii, [2], 255 p., frontispiece portrait of Lincoln; 15 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title "Lincoln's Addresses" and cover title. Series title on front cover: Macmillan's Pocket Classics. Series list on 2 preliminary pages for Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics. Contains 22..... More
Veenendaal, Netherlands: Gaade Uitgevers, 1987. Hardcover. xii, 170, [2] p.: many illustrations (most black and white, some color); 22 cm. Brown linen with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title. Blind-ruled border on both boards. ISBN: 9060178416. Entirely in Dutch. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp... More
Chicago: American Library Association, 1924. Hardcover. [8], 94, [2] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Billings with facsimile signaure; 23 cm. Original dark green cloth spine with brown paper over boards; printed paper spine label with title: John Shaw Billings: A Biography. Series title page indicating this is the first title..... More
New York: Richard R. Smith, 1930. Hardcover. xvi, 417 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with patterned blue cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title and cover title: Men and Books. No dust jacket. Title page printed in blue and black. Includes reflections on books by many authors including Ralph..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1961. Hardcover. T.p. cont'd: "Offered for sale at the book shop of David Magee." xv, [1], 63, [1] p.: frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates ; 30 cm. Original grey-tan cloth spine with decorated paper boards; printed paper spine label. One of 250 copies printed at..... More
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London: Maggs Bros. 1955. Paperback. [4], 144, [8] p.: frontispiece and 8 full-page illustrations (numbered as plates); 21 cm. Green-and-white wrappers printed in black. Cover title: "Shall we join the ladies?" Contents: Books by Women Authors, or illustrated by Women, Autograph Letters -- Books about Women -- Books from the..... More
London, Eng. Fleuron Limited, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed at the Curwen Press. [12], 80, [4] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits, 11 full-page facsimiles; 26 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Printed dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. This is number 188 of 200 copies for sale in England..... More
Oxford: Printed for the Company at the University Press, 1913. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 241, [3] p.; 30 cm. Vellum spine with blue cloth over boards. Black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Top page edges gilt. This is no. 152 of a limited edition of 250 copies, signed by Horace..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. Paperback. [2], 121-162, [4] p.; 21 cm. Yellow wrappers printed in black. Half Moon Series, vol. 2, no. 4, April 1898. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous numbers of the series. "Half Moon Series Published in the Interest of the New York City HIstory..... More
Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Co., 1876. Hardcover. Sixth edition. 304, [8] p.: map; 20 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; dark blue ruled decorations on spine and both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Former owner's name on first blank leaf following front endpapers: Mary A. Basto, Boston..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. Paperback. 10 p., [3] p. of illustrations; 25 cm. Grey card cover printed in black; stapled. Reprinted Nov. 1927 from The Bulletin of the New York Public Library of Nov. 1927. Paul D. Bailey prepared the list 33 hornbooks given to the library..... More
Madrid: Juan Antonio Lazano, 1780. Hardcover. [36], 443, [1] p.: 57 leaves of paleographic engravings; 36 cm. Half calf with marbled paper over boards (possibly a 20th-century binding). Six spine compartments between raised bands; red morocco labels in the second and fifth compartments with gilt-tooled title "Letras Cursivas Antiguas y...... More
1930. Hardcover. [144] p.: color frontispiece, 63 black-and-white illustrations; 23 cm. Grey-blue cloth with silver-stamped title on both front and back covers; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. No dust jacket. Includes 8 page order form following text with no orders filled in. This is a saleman's dummy for a...... More
Greenwich, Conn. Literary Collector Press, 1905. Hardcover. 49 p.; 15 cm. Grey paper over boards; paper labels printed in red and black on spine and front board. This is no. 62 of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on American handmade paper. Title page printed in red and black..... More
New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. [4], 195-304, [2] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 6. Contents: Miss Willa Cather from Nebraska by George Seibel -- The Life & Death of..... 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
Portland, Me. Thomas Bird Mosher, 1899. Paperback. Printed by Smith & Sale, Portland, Maine. [8], 57-101, [1] p.; 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. This issue contains the second part of Gertha's Lovers: A...... More
Portland, Me. Thomas Bird Mosher, 1899. Paperback. [6], 277-207 [sic 297], [3] p., 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. This issue contains The Two Sides of the River and Other Poems by William Morris..... More
Austin, Texas: W.M. Morrison Books, 1992. Paperback. Compiled and edited by Shelly and Richard Morrison. "20,000 price entries for Western Americana offered for sale in 1991. Includes books, pamphlets, maps, documents, photographs, government documents, broadsides, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines and journals, etc." xi, [1], 228 p.; 28 cm. Paperback with front..... More
New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1950. Carruth, Paul. Hardcover. [4], 311-406, [2] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. Title page in green and black. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 7. Contents: The Poet and the Pirate [re..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1930. Williams, Gluyas. Hardcover. xii, 252, [4] p.: frontispiece and many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Green cloth with dark green spine title and cover title, and cover illustration. No dust jacket. Two unpaginated pages of publisher's advertisements for works by the author follow text. First..... More
München: Carl Kuhn, 1910. Paperback. [4], 14, [2], 30, [4] p., 4 leaves of facsimile illustrations; 21 cm. Original paper covers with faux vellum wrapper printed in red. Series: Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde in Facsimile-Ausgaben und Neudrucken, 1. Facsimile reprint of the first known printed edition, with caption..... More