(Gardet: Paris), nd (1830s). Telescopic peepshow featuring six engraved hand colored panels, four of which are diecut and are connected at the sides by paper gussets, all of which collapse into a box that has floral panels on the sides. The other remaining panels are on the front of the..... More
Privately Printed: np, nd (1920s?). Hardcover. 10 x 6", cloth, 640pp, uncut edges soiled, scattered light foxing else good in worn and soiled dustjacket. NUMEROUS PLATES BY GUSTAVE DORE. "With Twenty Additional New Illustrations". Gargantua and Pantagruel. More
Rand McNally: Chicago, 1898. 14 x 11.5, cloth, 159 pp, fully illustr with color maps, silver decorated brown cloth, moderately worn, hinges cracked, text sound. Reprint. More
Rand, McNally & Co.: Chicago, 1907. Hardcover. Colored maps, 7.25 x 6", maroon cloth with silver lettering/dec, 189pp + "Population of the United States Census of 1900...", covers lightly worn, extremities bumped and fraying, some edge-toning to text else a remarkably preserved and attractive copy of this SCARCE little atlas..... More
Circus Publishing Co:, np 1942. Illustr by Peter Arno, photos, ads, 11.25 x 8.25, pict stapled wraps, 72 pp, covers rubbed, lightly soiled and spotted, contents thumbed and a bit used. With Peter Arno cartoons throughout (along with the ever popular Jack Romer cartoon). Scarce. More
Artur Wolf Verlag: Wien 1923. Tipped-in color plates, 9.5x6", gilt dec cloth, corners bumped, covers worn and soiled. FIRST EDITION. More
np, nd (postmarked 1908). Paperback. 3.5 x 5.5". Postally used, creasing, edge wear, light soiling, pencil note else good. Postmarked Forestville and Westfield, New York. "These gowns and caps and scrolls you see, We give you now as your degree". Two bears in caps and different colored gowns. More
London 1878. Illus, 11.5 x 8.5", quarter leather; green pebbled cloth, unpaginated, ex-lib, disbound, covers worn, corners bumped & worn, lacking spine cover, soiling, smudging, creasing, text block cracked, loose signatures, illus nos. 25 & 26 cut out. FIRST EDITION. More
E.P. Dutton: NY, September 1922. Hardcover. Nineteen full page color illus. with tissue guards plus text illus. by Ann Fish. 11.5 x 9", black, cream and tan checkerboard pattern cloth, black cloth spine with gilt lettering, 108pp. Cover well worn, spine sunned, torn and peeling, corners bumped and very well..... More
London. 10x7.5", pict boards, 170pp, spine gone, chipped covers heavily worn and loose, with some staining. Contributions by Shaw, yeats, Beerbohn, etc. FIRST ISUE, WITH 10 (OF 11) DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY, Also art by Pennell and Whistler. More
np (Germany), 1540-1841. Illustr, 7 x 8.25, blue patterned boards with vellum spine and corners, unpag (94pp). Covers fair/poor, soiling, tears, loose pages, covers loose, cigaret(?) burns on one page, some abrasions, chipping. An intriguing collection, no apparent reason or logc as to the placement of the artwork. With the..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1890. 18 x 13, hardcover, 32 pp introduction, 103 pp index, color frontispiece flags of all nations, 89 color maps of the world and various geographic divisions, quarter bound leather, very heavily worn, boards detached, backstrip gone, end leaves front and rear detached and laid in..... More
J & E Bumpus: London, 1927. 15 x 11", cloth backed pictorial portfolio containing six beautifully illustrated music sheets (with music and lyrics), portfolio is worn at edges, the string ties are missing, the music sheets are toned with some offsetting from other sheets, but still striking. "...collected and sung..... More
Bancroft & Co,: London n.d. (1950's). 8x10.5", cloth backed pictorial mechanical boards, first page needs regluing else a nice pop-up. ILLUSTRATED WITH 8 COLOR POP-UPS BY V. KUBASTA. More
Vienna 1922. Color plates, 9.5x6.5", gilt dec cloth, 115pp, corners heavily bumped, lower front cover missing the cloth, covers sunned. FIRST EDITION. More
Constable & Co: London. nd (1919). 11.5 x 9, vellum backed boards, 170 pp, teg, corners creased on illust opposite 58 and 130, corners badly bumped, covers soiled some, text block cracked, one illustr with mounted loose else ok. LIMITED TO 575 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. WITH 16 FULL..... More
"The Song of Songs" Publishing: Jerusalem. 1930. 25 color tipped in plates plus tipped in illustrated title page, 13 x 9.5, decorated blue cloth, unpag, very worn copy, extremities bumped and worn through, hinges loose, inner hinges broken, pages browned and brittle, one illustr detached, page edges chipped (incl front..... More
The Hayes Lithographing Co.: Buffalo n.d. (circa 1900). 5.5x4", color pict boards, (16)pp, covers shabby and soiled but NICE GENTLE COLOR LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. More
Esquire: New York, 1942. Illus., 14 x 10", pict wraps, 310pp. Covers creased, worn, chipped, soiled, small tears along sides of spine, contents have some light toning, a few small edge tears, creasing else good to very good condition. "Miss Santa Claus" is a foldout and "April" and "September" are..... More
np (France?), nd (late 19th c. 3.5 x 5.5, no publisher listed, only the #2 7014, 7538, 7540. Postally unused, light soiling/spotting/wear, one card has creasing and tears near upper left corner, printed on the back "Carte Postale." One card shows a clown balancing a chair on his chin and..... More
Merrill Publ. Co.: Chicago, 1939. Paperback. Illus. in color by Milo Winter, 13 x 9.5", pict stapled textured self wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, contents nice and bright. Nice, but a little frightening, illustrations by Milo Winter. More
Whitman Publishing: Racine, WI, 1935. Illustr in b&w and red, but with three full color double page pop-ups, 10.5 x 8, color pict wraps, 15 pp, covers worn and creased, pp toned and used, rear cover and last two leaves with shallow edge tear; first pop-up nice, second has some..... More
G&B Chicago, nd (1910s?). 5 x 3.5, postally unused, light wear and soiling else good. One young woman is wearing a bathing suit and seated on a bench, the other is wearing a sweater, shorts, shoes and socks, and is holding a pole. Sold as a pair only. More
np (Tokyo), nd (c 1890s). 2 volumes. 28 two-page color woodblock prints illustrating "Japanese proverbs outlining everyday life" (according to MS note included), each 12 x 8.5, string tied wraps, covers worn, pp toned a little but pages clean and color illustrations still vibrant. WITH 28 TWO-PAGE COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT..... More
Bronxville, NY, 1970. Hardcover. Illus. by Valenti Angelo, 9.75 x 6.75", vellum backed red boards with glassine cover, unpaginated, a nice, clean, fresh copy in browned and holed (at spine) glassine cover, in lightly worn and soiled slipcase. LIMITED TO 55 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #18), SIGNED BY VALENTI..... More