Washington, D.C., 1937. Paperback. Color illus. by Howard Chandler Christy, 3.5 x 5.5", postally unused, Jamboree sticker on reverse. Light soiling and spotting (reverse), pinholes else good to very good condition. Comes with a colorful flyer: "Heed Scouting's Call. Ring The Bell For Liberty. Vote As You Think But Vote..... More
Garden City 1911. Illus, 7 x 5", limp cloth, 400 w/index + ads, ink names on first ad page (one name crossed out) & front cover, covers well worn, 1.5" piece of spine lacking else ok. 2nd ed. Gordon Grant cover art. More
Clayton's: Detroit (1909). Illus, 8x5.5", stapled pict wraps, (16)pp, covers lightly stained. Giveaway booklet by this Detroit clothier showing boys dressed in suits playing various games with directions on how to play them. More
Cub Section, Boy Scouts of America: NY, 1938. 2 volumes. Illustr, 7 x 4.5, printed wraps, 144 pp; 140 pp, covers a bit worn and soiled, contents toned with some pencil writing else a good set of these two relatively scarce scouting items. More
Ward & Lock: London, nd (1880s?). Illustr, 7.25 x 4.5, gilt stamped cloth, 374 pp, all edges gilt, some text block cracking, extremities frayed, some rubbing but still an unusually nice copy. With the binder's ticket of Leighton, Son & Hodge. More
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, (1837). 6 x 3,75", polished calf, 288pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, spine label with small chip at the top, hinges loose, pp toned and spotted (esp. prelims), some pp dogeared else a nice copy. NUC locates only two copies of this edition..... More
The Girl Guides Association: London, 1950. Hardcover. Photos; illus., 5.5 x 4.25", pict green cloth, 324pp, covers a little worn but still a nice, bright copy. Ships from the U.S. More
McLoughlin Bros: NY 1901. Drawings, 7.5 x 5.5", stapled pict wrasp, (10)pp, covers spotted, spine split. Yellow Dwarf Series. More
D. Lothrop and Co: Boston, 1882. Illustr, 9.5 x 7.5, gilt decorated cloth, 206 double column pp, covers worn and soiled, extremities badly bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned with some finger soil. More
Henry Altemus: Philadelphia, (1905). Hardcover. Illus., 6.5 x 5.25", dec cloth backed pict boards, 47pp, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped and worn, spine unevenly toned, front inner hinge cracking, frontis torn at gutter, eps unevenly toned, pp used with some finger soiling, in a rare but darkened, stained edge-chipped/torn..... More
Rand McNally: Chicago, 1940-1941. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8", pict stapled wraps, 48pp each. All issues curled, covers have tears, light soiling and creasing, spines have edge tears and splitting, two issues are detached (one lacks last page and next to last page lacks a piece), June has the puzzle..... More
Fisher & Brother: Philadelphia et al (1834). Illus, 3 x 2.5", gilt-stamped cloth, 192pp, poor copy: lacks pp 161-62, pencil scribbles, damp staining, hinges cracked, signatures loose, dog eared, covers poor, warped, darkened, waterstained, extremities frayed, etc. SWAF. More
Church Book Society: NY, 1854-1855. Illustr, 6.5 x 4, half leather, marbled boards, 288, 284 pp, covers heavily rubbed (esp spine), hinges loose, contents heavily foxed, else a charming book filled with inspirational stories and poems. More
London January 1871. Lots of woodcuts, 8 x 6", half leather, 186pp, covers poor, front cover detached, rear almost detached, ink names & dates, spotting, soiling, tears, dogeared, loose pp, smudging, a few pictures colored in (with watercolors, neatly). Many nice illustrations, sold as is. More
Kiggins & Kellogg: 88 John St., New York, (1849-1855). Paperback. Illus., 3.25 x 2", pict sewn wraps, 16pp. Light soiling and staining, string loose else good condition. Pencil name of Mary E.L. Theaker. "Charles...saw a very pleasant old gentleman come down the chimney, on a nice little pony..." Charming chapbook..... More
Raphael Tuck & Sons: London, nd. Illus., 8.5 x 6.5", pict wraps, (8) pict linen pages, cover rubbed and discolored, extremities worn, spine chipped, some finger soil but still a decent copy. More
Birn Brothers: London nd (circa 1940s). Color illus, 10.75 x 8", cloth backed pict. Boards, unpaged, ink inscription, last page torn & tape (clear) repaired, rear inner hinge badly broken, acidic paper browned with minor staining, corners bumped and/or chipped, extremities dented, on illus slightly altered. More
T. Nelson and Sons: London 1868. "With Thirty-Two Pages of Illustrations printed in Oil Colours", 11 x 7.5",m cloth, unpaged, worn, hinges broken, sunned spine torn, corners frayed, rep lacking. Partially used as a scrapbook on blank pages with clippings from contemporary periodical ads. More
Boy Scouts of America: NY (1938). Photos, 8x5", pict. Stapled wraps, 63 w/index, hand stamped name on cover and title else good. 2nd ed. Service Library No. 3703. More
Frederick Warne: London, nd (c 1880s?). Color illustr, 10.5 x 9, linen backed pp, covers very worn and darkened, bottom forecorner chipping, spine badly broken, contents quite worn, too, with linen edges unraveling; blank pp (linen backing) used as a Victorian scrapbook, with newspape illustr, poems, color gift cards (including..... More
John Marshall and Co.: London, December 1, 178. Frontis, 6 x 3.5", blue marbled paper over boards, leather spine, raised bands, 124pp + ads. Disbound, covers taped on with cello tape, lacks? free endpapers, frontis pasted to inside front cover and lacks tip of a corner, first signature detached, scattered..... More
A. H. Payne: Leipzig nd (c. 1890). 11 x 7.5", cloth backed boards, 528pp, 211 illustrations, first several leaves loose, lacks front free end paper, boards worn & soiled. More
Thos. Dean & Co: London, nd (c 1850s). Color frontis and title vignette; 13 hand colored illustr, 5.75 x 4.5, gilt lettered embossed cloth, unpag, pp printed on one side only, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, spine sunned, hinges loose, ink signature of former owner, pp toned with some finger soiling..... More
Whitman Publ. Co.: Racine, WI 1930. Color illus, 11.5x9.5", pict boards, (6)pp, top corner bumped, slight erosion to bottom of back panel, front cover wrinkled and light soiling else ok. "An Indestructible Book." More
Scott, Forseman and Co: Chicago, IL, nd (c 1963). Three panels of 10.75 x 8.5 connected, minor wear, perforated but not removed, one piece (blank part) missing but still a nice, bright, clean copy with "Suggestions" booklet and original envelope (with pencil name, wear else good). Remarkably well preserved piece..... More