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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Philadelphia, Pa. William McCulloch, 1798. Paperback. [1], 6-48, [4] p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 (8vo). Lacking first 4 leaves (title page and front matter?). Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch, printer, bookseller, and stationer, No. 306, Market, near... More