London, 1776. Eight engraved plates, 11 x 9, full tree calf, 322 pp, covers a bit rubbed with a couple of spots, extremities bumped, tiny holes at top and bottom of spine, hinges loose, old bookplate (Essex Historical Society), prelims missing, top margin of title page missing, pp toned and..... More
F&M Schaefer Brewing Co.: NY, 1955. Hardcover. Walnut double frame 11 x 21 x 3", glass, cardboard display 10 x 8", three rows of die-cut team members, each row spaced so as to create a three dimensional effect, brown easel stand on reverse which matches the frame. The wood frame..... 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
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
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
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
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
np (London Film Productions: London), 1948. 17 x 12, one sheet, with crayon and watercolor illustration, creases, tears, edges chipped, pp browned, but SIGNED "BEATON," with ink manuscript instructions at bottom, referring to "Dolly:" Dolly Oblonsky was played by Mary Kerridge. The dress is brown with purple accents. Fantastic item..... More
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas: NY 1934. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 371pp, couple minor pencil notes, ink name, spine darkened, in edge-chipped dw with chip at top of back panel with cello-tape repair, minor edge tears, spine darkened, some wrinkling. FIRST EDITION. More
Printed for the Author at the Artists Press: London 1906. 94 plates; 102 text illu, 13.25 x 10.5", elaborate blind-tooled oasis morocco, ribbed spine with wooden boards and engraved clasps, teg, subscribers' list, a bit worn with scribbled-out name on fep. LIMITED TO 270 NUMBERED COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER... More
Ticknor, Reid and Fields: Boston 1850. 7 x 4.5", later 3/4 red leather by Brentano's, top edge gilt; marbled end papers, 322pp, small ding in spine, erasure on fep, title worn & soiled with spotting that continues next few pp, pp321-322 in facsimile, minor text spotting, lacks publisher's list, new..... More
(Paramount 1946). Nice 14.5x23" sketch accomplished in watercolor and gouache showing Stanwyck wearing a periwinkle gown with parasol. More
St. Louis, MO `, 1923 `. Two printed photos and a printed explanation at top of one sheet, oblong 6 x 8.5", toned, folds, minor wear and soiling, but WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY HOUDINI. Houdini writes: "Dear Dr. Prince [?]. Hope alls well. I can "visualize" the test of the..... More
np (Antwerp), 1585. 330 engraved plates, oblong 11 x 13", embossed and gilt-ruled/gilt-dec leather with later gilt-lettered spine label, covers heavily rubbed, outer hinges cracked, extremities bumped and chipped (esp. spine ends), hinges loose, pp toned and used with some spotting and finger soiling to margins, a few plates closely..... More
np, nd (c. 1968). Approximately 10 x 8, b&w portrait of Kennedy by Philippe Halsman, matted and framed to 14 x 12, not examined out of frame but appears very nice. INSCRIBED "FOR DANIEL MULCAHY WITH BEST WISHES" AND SIGNED BY ROBERT KENNEDY. Magic Marker signature a bit light. It..... More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, (1960). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth backed boards, 296pp, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket with a hint of moisture at bottom of rear panel. Ninth Impression in an Eighth Printing Dustjacket, but INSCRIBED "To Marian Osmond..... More
Edition Die Galerie: Wien Worcester Kobenhavn Torino Meppel, nd (1934?). 24 numbered photogravures with tissue guards, 12.5 x 12, cream boards with gray lettering and spine, unpag. Covers soiled, rubbed, small glue (?) remnant on front cover, light extremity wear, boards slightly warped, one tissue guard slightly chipped, another has..... More
B. Franklin and D. Hall: Philadelphia, 1757. 6.75 x 4.25", full leather, 23pp, covers very worn, extremities bumped and chipped, rear outer hinge torn, 23pp, covers very worn, extremities bumped and chipped, rear outer hinge torn 2/3 of the way down, old bookplate of former owner (James M. Hosier) inside..... More
np (London), 1902. Hardcover. Frontis + 15 color plates by author, 5.25 x 4", pink pictorial boards, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, front cover a bit sunned, spine and top edge of front cover a bit soiled, end papers foxed else a nice copy, in a custom-made, lightly worn, splitting..... More
Washington, DC, 1955. Paperback. Two cent postcard, oblong 3.25 x 5.5", front cover with pre-printed stamp, postmark, address written by Ezra Pound; reverse with written message from Pound, INITIALED "Ez P." BY EZRA POUND. Pound writes to a Corporal in the US Army at Fort Benning, GA, answering two questions..... More
np (Washington, DC), 1957. Paperback. Plain paper, 11 x 8.5", some yellowing, spotting, folds, in the original mailing envelope: roughly opened, yellowed, spotted, worn. "Dear N___ I haven't seen the N. Repug. Artl/merely heard that it doesn't stink. Too much fun in Brasil, Tokyo, Melbourne...Illiteracy of the senate being punctured..... More