Book Guild: Sussex, England 1977. 9.5 x 6.5", cloth, 243pp, illus, appendices, index, ink gift inscription to front free end paper else near fine in near fine dw. First edition. More
Detroit Public Library: Detroit. 1922. 9.5 x 7, cloth, 86 pp, index, lightly soiled bookplate, signed gift presentation by Gracie B. Krum, former director of the Burton Historical Collection, vg. FIRST ED. More
Privately printed: Detroit. 1915. 9 x 6, cloth, 314 pp, index, blue cloth with gilt titled red morocco spine label, signed gift presentation by Gracie B. Krum, former director of the Burton Historical Collection, issued without jacket, FIRST ED. More
Forest Press: NY 1909. 10 x 7.5", cloth, 76pp, frontispiece, 19 tipped-in plates, laid papter, moderate wear, ink gift inscription. More
Schober & Co.: Detroit, 1876. 9.25 x 6", cloth, 606pp with index, covers worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine sunned, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, ink signature of former owner on front blank, pp toned and a bit used with some foredge soiling. Included is a short, one..... More
D. Appleton and Co.: NY, 1912. Hardcover. Illus. by Charles Dana Gibson, 7.5 x 5", gilt-lettered red cloth, 441pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly fraying, hinges loose, end papers unevenly toned, long gift inscription from former owner (Christmas presentation, 1914) on ffep, pp edge-toned..... More
np (Paris), nd (c, 1845). 28 engraved views of Paris, oblong 10.5 x 13, gilt stamped embossed red boards, covers heavily rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and frayed, hinges loose, bookplate of famed collector Otto Orren Fisher, ink gift presentation inscription dated Oct. 1857, eps foxed with small stain at..... More
Seely, Jackson & Halliday: London, 1882. Illus., 7.25 x 5.25", full gilt-dec leather, 266pp, covers worn with extremity wear, spine sunned, hinges loose, pp toned and spotted at ends, PRIZE BINDING FROM THE WHITGIFT MIDDLE SCHOOL, with emblem on front cover, but with gift bookplate covered inside front cover. Handsome..... More
F. W. Robinson: Philadelphia 1879. Illus by author, 12 x 9.25", dec cloth, unpaged, aeg, stain on title & following page, inner front hinge badly broken, gift inscription from 1883, covers heavily worn, extremities frayed. More
McLoughlin Brothers: NY, 1905. 12 x 10, hardcover, chromolitho plates, cloth backed pict boards, edges worn, scattered smudging or foxing to plates, ink gift inscription, hinges sound, good second or early printing. More
Doubleday: NY, 1933. 12 x 9, cloth backed boards, fully illustrated in polychrome and monotone, pictorial boards, a couple short closed tears to jacket, ink gift inscription to half title page, else a very nice attractive copy, vg in vg jacket. Early printing. More
Metheun: London, 1936. 7.5 x 5, cloth, 93 pp, frontispiece, 35 diagrams, small stain and moderate soiling to price-clipped jacket, ink gift inscription to front free end paper, vg in good jacket. FIRST ED. More
Paris, 1962. One page, 8.25 x 5.25, fold else nice. De Havilland writes to a regular correspondent (Don Miller) regarding his Christmas card to her, and her travels to Paris; also mentions five months in the US shooting "A Gift of Time" with Henry Fonda (". . . a magnificent..... More
Mack, Andrus, and Woodruff: Ithaca, 1840. 9.5 x 5", full leather, red leather spine label, 41pp. Covers very well worn, rubbed, etc., front cover detached, gift inscription, contents foxed else good condition, text block tight. More
Rosenbaum & Hart: Berlin 1911. 7.5 x 5.5", cloth, 234pp, decorated yellow cloth, moderately soiled, internally clean & tight, ink gift inscription from Dr. Oskar Emden to Baron von Reitzenstein, noted German cultural historian & sexual ethnologist, a few library markings form the Reichsinstitut fur Geschichte des neuen Deutschland Bibliothek..... More
Edizioni Mela Verde: Turin, Italy. 1975. 9 x 6, softcover, 40 pp, b&w illustr, French text, index, vg in vg jacket, lengthy signed personal gift inscription by artist. FIRST ED, LIMITED 1000 cc. More
np, nd. 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-lettered pebbled black cloth, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, end paper unevenly toned (from old newspaper clipping included). Inside the front cover is a long list of gift inscriptions (in ink and pencil) from friends or relatives; essentially, a...... More
Saalfield: Akron, OH, 1916. 7.5 x 5, 246 pp, frontispiece by F. Schwankovsky, Jr. Black, red and blue decorated gray boards, jacket heavily chipped, ink gift inscription, hinges sound vg in fair jacket. Early printing. More
Harry N. Abrams: NY, 1956. 11 x 9, hardcover, well illustr, white printed black cloth with gilt titled mylar jacket, top edge foxed, ink gift inscription to front end paper otherwise a clean, square copy. FIRST ED. More
C.H.A.B. Publications: Brussels. 1996. 9.5 zx 7, softcover, 100 pp, well illustr, appendices, bib, cloth backed wrappers with dust jacket, lengthy gift inscription by author, vg. Second ed., SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. More
National Historical Association: Dayton, OH, 1924. 10 x 7, cloth, 1064 pp, 623 pp, illustr, end notes, index, orig blue buckram, ink gift inscription volume 2, vg FIRST ED. More
The Century Co: NY, 1896. 7.75 x 5", gilt-dec and gilt-lettered blue cloth, 212pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, pp toned with some light staining to bottom edges of some pp, else a decent copy of this fairly controversial book: "At Saint Judas's" may well be the..... More
Salvatore Sciascia: Rome 1985. 11 x 9.5", cloth, 109pp, 100 color & b/w plates, bib, Italian text, gift inscription in ink, withdrawn stamp to rear end paper otherwise vg in vg dw. First edition. More
Bobbs-Merrill: Indianapolis, (September 1907. Illus. by Virginia Keep, 9.5 x 7", red cloth, paper illus. affixed to front cover, (105)pp. Covers are lightly warped, spine lettering faded, corners/spine tips bumped and worn, contents have name stamp, 1907 Christmas gift inscription, bookdealer label (Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco), text block..... More
Steyremuhl: Vienna, 1926. 7. 5 x 4.5, wrappers, 112 pp, 50 figures, scattered light staining to wrappers, ink gift inscription to title page, else vg. FIRST ED. More