Valley Cottage, N.Y. Aleph-Bet Books, 1990. Soft Cover. [48] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. White wrappers printed in black, included in page count. Catalog continues onto back wrapper. Contains descriptions of 371 items. No date of publication; probably issued in 1990 or 1991. In Near Fine Condition: white wrapper very slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. More about Catalogue 38: Children's Books & Illustrated Books
Bruxelles: Oeuvre Nationale de L'Enfance, 1925. Hardcover. [4], 364, [8], 148, [8], 139, [3] p.: 3 frontispieces; 23 cm. Leather spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped title in second and third compartments. Marbled paper over boards. No dust jacket. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in red and... More about Catalogue de la Bibliothèque
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901. Hardcover. Printed by the Riverside Press, Cambridge. xliii, [1], 205, [1] p., engraved frontispiece; 24 cm. Brown linen spine with red spine title: "Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Catalogue of Authors." Brown paper over boards with paper label on front board printed in red and... More about A Catalogue of Authors Whose Works are Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Prefaced by a...
New York: Jacob Bros. 1888. Paperback. [12] p.: music; 19 cm. No date of publication; latest copyright date on individual pieces in catalog is 1888. Contains the first three lines of 11 pieces of piano music available from Jacob Bros. Includes pieces by Frederick G. Richmond, F.W. Meacham, J.W. Turner... More about Catalogue of Popular Instrumental Music for sale by Jacob Bros., Pianos, Sheet Music and Books,...
London: Smith and Robins, 1842. Hardcover. xxiv, 250 p.: 1 leaf of engraved portrait of Horace Walpole, in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Later 19th-century brown cloth spine with original boards. Engraved cover title: A Catalogue of the Contents of Strawberry Hill. Engraved title page. George Robins, the auctioneer, advertised the sale... More about A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole [provenance:...
New York: Grolier Club, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed by the De Vinne Press. vii, [1], 85, [1] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 3 leaves of portrait plates, 2 facsimile leaves; 24 cm. Speckled white paper over boards with gilt-stamped cover title; red leather spine title with gilt-stamped spine title... More about A Catalogue of the First Editions of the Works of Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Together with a...
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1940. Paperback. First Edition. [104] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark grey with yapp edges. The catalog includes a portrait by Alice Kent Stoddard of Edna Phillips with her harp (she was the first woman member of the Philadelphia Orchestra);... More about Catalogue of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture January...
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1939. Paperback. Second Edition. [100] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Yellow wrappers printed in grey with yapp edges. The catalog includes a portrait of Deacon William Mann by Julius Bloch; paintings by Charles Prendergast, Daniel Garber, George Biddle, Georgina Klitgaard, Mary Townsend Mason, Edward... More about Catalogue of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture...
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1941. Paperback. Second Edition. [94], viii, [2] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Maroon wrappers printed in light blue with yapp edges. The catalog includes Virginia Armitage McCall's painting Bach Festival and paintings by Max Weber, Sarah Blakeslee, Molly Luce, Thomas H. Benton, N. C.... More about Catalogue of the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture January...
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1937. Paperback. Second Edition. [2], 32, [12] p., [54] p. of illustrations; 20 cm. Green wrappers printed in silver with yapp edges. The catalog includes paintings by Grant Wood, Henriette Wyeth, Walter Emerson Baum, Daniel Garber, Alice Kent Stoddard, William J. Glackens, Georgina... More about Catalogue of the One-Hundred-and-Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of...
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1934. Paperback. Second Edition. 66, viii p., [50] p. of illustrations; 20 cm. Purple wrappers printed in gilt with yapp edges. Yellow endpapers. The catalog includes a portrait of Alonzo Jennings by Julius Bloch; paintings by Daniel Garber, Katherine Morris Wright, George Biddle... More about Catalogue of the One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of...
Easton, Pa. Christian Jacob Hütter, 1812. Hardcover. "Nach vorher gegangener Collation mit denen alten Exemplarien." Also known as the Heidelberger Katechismus. [12], 288 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]6 A-U6 V6 W6 X-Y6 (12mo). Original calf spine with grey paper over boards. Title vignette of American eagle. Numerous decorative printers' ornament... More about Catechismus, oder Kurzer Unterricht Christlicher Lehre, wie derselbe in denen Reformirten Kirchen...
Beaver, Pa. Beaver College, 1900. 1 sheet 24 x 16 cm. Illustration of a log cabin, signed E. Bott. Although the centennial referred to in the title is that of the founding of Beaver County in 1800, the emphasis on Military Day was on Beaver County's role in the American... More about Centennial Program: Military Day Wednesday, June 20th, 1900
New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, 1969. Paperback. 126, [2] p.: music; 19 cm. Stapled purple covers. Contains 119 hymns. In French. Translation of: Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts. Includes index. Former owner's name at head of title page. In Very Good-... More about Chantant et Vous Accompagnant de Musique dans Votre Coeur
New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1970. Paperback. 129-192 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Green wrappers with Maurice Sendak illustration on front wrapper. Contains catalog numbers 199-329. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More about Chapbook Miscellany: A Paper Menagerie [vol. 1 Autumn 1970
New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1970. Paperback. 65-128 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Beige wrappers with Maurice Sendak illustration on front wrapper. Contains catalog numbers 132-198. The conjugate leaves pp. 91-92 and 101-102 were not inserted and stapled with the rest of the leaves; however, they are present, loose, and untarnished... More about Chapbook Miscellany: Juvenile Temptations [vol. 1 Summer 1970
New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1970. Paperback. 193-264 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Light beig wrappers with Maurice Sendak illustration on front wrapper. Contains catalog numbers 330-491. This catalog included table and board games, card games, jig-saws and picture cubes, optical toys, and mechanical and novelty books. In Near Fine- Condition... More about Chapbook Miscellany: The Children's Hour [vol. 1 Winter 1970
New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1970. Paperback. 64 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Yellow wrappers with Maurice Sendak illustration on front wrapper. One of 500 copies. "A selection of more than one hundred titles culled from Peter Parley to Penrod, a bibliographical description of the best-loved American juvenile books, originally compiled... More about Chapbook Miscellany: The Rollo to Rebecca [vol. 1 Spring 1970
1915. 5 typescript leaves in blue folded cover stamped "May 17 1915." Charles Muehlhauser died intestate on Dec. 24, 1874, leaving his widow, Mary Muehlhauser, and seven children. Mary Muehlhauser died on 3 April 1915 and by this document her remaining heirs released the dower righst to four tracts of... More about Charles Muehlhauser Estate Release of Dower 1915 to Jacob B. Kline
Chestnut Hill, MA: Adams Brown Co., 1945. Paperback. 6 p.; 22 cm. Folded pamphlet. This pamphlet is about the "Miraculous New Insecticide" DDT, or dodiphenyltrichloroethane. It discusses its use during the war and expectations of post-war use, listing 13 American companies from which experimental quantities could be obtained. Scarce. In... More about Chemical Progress, no. 4, Aug. 1, 1945 [DDT Miraculous New Insecticide
Durham, N.C. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1943. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Printed in black and white. An advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Includes photographs of Waring and various performers with the Pennsylvanians, as well as advertisements for Chesterfields. Among the performers profiled... More about Chesterfield Presents Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians in Pleasure Time
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1905. Gookin, Frederick W. Paperback. 75, [1] p.: illustrations of bamboo throughout; 17 cm. Beige wrappers with wrapper title and illustrations. Some pages unopened. The lovely bamboo drawings are signed F.W.G. for Frederick W. Gookin (1853-1936), the Chicago banker, calligrapher, and designer. About two years prior... More about Chicago Literary Club Year-Book for 1905-1906
Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1907. Gookin, Frederick W. Paperback. 76, [2] p.: illustrations of trees; 17 cm. Beige wrappers with wrapper title and illustrations; front wrapper illustration printed in red and green. Some pages unopened. The tree illustrations are printed in green and are signed F.W.G. for Frederick W. Gookin... More about Chicago Literary Club Year-Book for 1907-1908
New York: Random House, 1944. Hardcover. Copyright by Artists and Writers Guild. [2], 53, [1] p.: color and gilt illustrations; 31 cm. Grey cloth spine; illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with both color and black-and-white illustrations by Masha. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slight... More about A Child's Book of Bible Stories: From the Garden of Eden to the Promised Land Told by Jane...
New York: Chips Publishing Co., 1895. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrated; 16 cm. Wrapper printed in red and black, and included in page count; stitched. Chips was a short-lived literary publication that appeared monthly at first and then weekly, from March 1895 to June 1896. This issue contains: a drawing of... More about Chips from Literary Workshops: Weekly Illustrated Magazine Dec. 14, 1895, vol. 2 no. 15