np (Samarkand?), nd (c 1800s). 8.5 x 5, later floral-print boards, 129 leaves of thick, waxy paper with two columns of 15 lines each, manuscript poetry in Persian in black and gilt, with gilt, green and blue borders, 11 bright color miniatures depicting people (many with halos of flame) and..... More
Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. 750. Ads, photos; illus., 14 x 11.25", cloth-backed boards with color pict label affixed to front cover, 132pp, covers heavily worn and soiled, library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a retired librarian who did this to all of his own books), extremities..... More
Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. Hardcover. Photos; ads, 14 x 11", gilt-lettered boards with color pict label on front cover, 132pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and worn, paper library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a librarian who did this to all of his own..... More
Rebman: London & NY, 1897-1914. Hardcover. X-Ray images, size varies from 11 x 7" (wraps) up to 12 x 9" (hardcover), pagination varies. Condition: the unbound issues have toning, chipping, tears, loose pages and some lack one or both covers, overall good. Of the bound issues, one is disbound with..... More
Sebastianus Mabre-Cramoisy: Parisiis (Paris), 1674. Extra engraved title; illus., 8.75 x 5.5", highly gilt-dec red leather, aeg, vp, covers heavily rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and chipped (esp. spine ends), hinges loose, pp toned with scattered marginal staining and soiling, with some added old engravings, and bound with a portion..... More
Medallic Art Company: np, 1919. Hardcover. Bronze. Obverse shows a winged female holding a sword (Victory) with a radiant sun behind, with the words "Vixit Vixit Vixit" [he has lived, in the present and future]; reverse is a scroll (topped by an eagle) with "In Memory of One Who Died..... More
Tho. Simons: London, 1683. Hardcover. 7 x 4", rebacked decorative calf, raised bands, red spine label, gilt lettering, (14)343 + Contents. Covers worn and unevenly darkened, extremities bumped and chipped, some charring to the front covers near the new spine, inner hinges reinforced, contents toned, spotted with minor worming, ink..... More
The Evening News Association: Detroit, MI, 1900. Paperback. Colored photos, oblong 8 x 11.5", limp brown cloth, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, some finger soiling, but colored photos still bright with tissue guards (mostly good); with large section on The Detroit News. Photos of the waterfront..... More
(Angelus and Jacobus Britanicus: Brescia), (1496). Hardcover. 17.2 x 15 cm (7 x 4.5"), later gilt-lettered and embossed polished calf, a-RR4, covers rubbed (especially spine), hinges starting, extremities bumped and lightly chipped, some finger soiling, some small edge repairs, a few pp near center with water stains in lower margin..... More
Harper's: NY, 1860-1865. 6 Vols. Illus.; ads, each 16 x 11.25", half red leather; marbled boards, vp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities lightly worn, hinges loose, some tears to pp, some spotting, last issue (Dec 30, 1865) is missing everything but first cover and verso, else a very nice set..... More
Oxford University Press: NY, nd. 7.25 x 5, full limp leather, aeg, 1087 pp + Concordance + index + maps, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges cracked, contents (especially endpapers) badly waterstained, pp creased, a poor, loose copy of the Red Letter Edition of the King James..... More
N.p. (Detroit) 1911. 12x9.5", padded pigskin, (8)pp, printed on rectos only, covers worn, minor interior soil else a nicely printed (calligraphed) tribute. SIGNED BY THOMAS NEAL AS PRESIDENT OF GENERAL MOTORS, AND HENRY M. AND WILFRED C. LELAND, FOUNDERS OF CADILLAC. Shaw was president of Detroit's First National Bank, and..... More
Alfred Mudge & Son: Boston, 1869. Paperback. Six tipped-in original photos, 9.25 x 6", gilt-lettered flexible cloth, 57pp, covers worn and puckering, spine abraded, staining to upper forecorner of text (and photos), pp toned and used, with former owner's ink name on front fly. SCARCE. More
D.D. Spellman: (Detroit) 1905. Approx 12x9", image framed and glazed to 18x25", matte finish, sepia tone photo of Hopkin (misidentified on india ink caption at bottom as "Hopkins") in his studio. Hopkin was a prolific, celebrated painter of landscaped and seascapes and his pictures still turn up in old deatroit-area..... More
np (Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania), 1791. Hardcover. 6.25 x 4", full leather, raised bands, red spine label with gilt lettering ("Nisbet Metaph"), hand pagination is incomplete, textblock is 1", Covers worn/scuffed/scraped, corners bumped and worn, spine tip and outer hinges professionally repaired, lettering on spine label faint, inner hinges cracked..... More
Chez Henri Tardieu: Paris an X, 1802. 2 volumes in one. With 122 of 123 full page engraved plates, oblong 6 x 8.25, full leather, 149 pp, covers very worn, spine cover missing, covers detached, front cover split in two vertically with portion missing, extremities bumped and chipping, pp detached..... More
Humphrey Phelps: NY, 1832. 16 x 20", folded into a 5 x 2" gilt-lettered leather folder, colored in outline, one tear at a fold repaired and now browned (at right margin and into the Atlantic Ocean, not at land) else a nicely preserved example; map shows the US to Arkansas..... More
1883. Hardcover. Frontis portrait of Queen Victoria; illus. (including the Queen's dogs), 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-dec and gilt lettered beveled green cloth, 404pp, covers rubbed and worn in spots, spine ends bumped, inner hinges tearing, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, "Bound by Burn & Co" label inside rear..... More
Typographia Balleoniana: Venetiis [Venice], 1741. Hardcover. Two full page illus., title vignette, 8 x 5", highly gilt decorated red leather; aeg, 453pp + index, covers rubbed and lightly scratched, extremities bumped and worn, spine quite worn and lightly chipped at ends, front outer hinge worn, endpapers toned, light marginal foxing..... More
(Johann Gutenberg: Mainz), (1455). One sheet of watermarked paper, 15.5 x 11", with two columns of 42 lines each, printed in black Gothic letter, in black with red and blue, one brown spot (about 1" in diameter) over one column (front and back), some worming in one margin, old glue..... More
4.75x4.75x2", top and bottom cuts original, a couple of chunks out at corners else v.g. with darkened barss plaque with Presidential seal affixed to one face. Removed during the Truman renovation of the White House of 1950, probably base of column, or flooring, about 5 pounds of history! Would look..... More
np, 1990. Hardcover. Oblong 8 x 10", black/white photograph, photo in nice condition in a black frame 18 x 20" and double matted (black and grey). This is a copy of the famous photo (by an unknown photographer) showing Tibbets, Van Kirk and Ferebee posing below the nose of a...... More
London, 1700. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", full leather, 376pp, covers very worn and waterlogged with old paper adhesions to front cover, front outer hinge cracked, rear cover and last two leaves detached (but present), bottom inch of spine cover detached (but present), title page browned around the margins, textblock toned..... More
(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
P. Byrne, Grafton-Street: Dublin, 1794. Hardcover. A few have illus., 8.5 x 5.5", marbled boards, leather spine and corners, raised bands with gilt dec., leather spine label with gilt lettering, pagination varies. Covers worn, soiled, scuffed/scraped, replacement spine label, spine and corners missing small pieces, outer/inner hinges cracked and archivally..... More