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
Philadelphia, 1891-1894. Paperback. Lecture tickets range in size from 2.5 x 4" to 4 x 5", colors are 2 red, 2 blue and remainder cream, all but two are signed by the instructor or the dean ie. James Tyson. (Dr. Tyson was the first professor of pathology at U of..... 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
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
Privately printed, 1992. Cartoons, 9.5 x 8, gilt lettered padded leather, 377 pp, covers a bit worn and soiled, inner hinges cracking, some finger soiling to text block, some yellow spots in text block near rear of book else a nice copy of this very scarce and important book, published..... More
Harry N. Abrams: NY, (1977). Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 9", black cloth, 258pp with index, spine ends a little bumped else a nice, clean copy in a yellowed and rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A SNAKE, INSCRIBED "Pour Anne & Peter, cordialement..." AND SIGNED "Alechinsky" BY..... More
The Company of Stationers: London 1820. 5.25x3", full period reddish-brown straight-grain morocco, decoratively ruled gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, ink name, bookplate, piece of preliminary page cut out, shows some wear but an attractive copy. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BEING A VIEW..... More
Riccardi Press/Philip Lee Warner/The Medici Society: London, 1914. Hardcover. Illus. by John Tenniel, 9 x 6", gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco with five raised spine bands; teg, SIGNED BINDING BY ZAEHNSFORF, 131pp, extremities a little rubbed, hinges a bit rough and tender, old stain on rear cover (hardly noticeable), textblock edges..... More
Paris (1956). B/w illus, 14.5 x 10.5", pict boards, spine defective, covers very worn (esp at edges), contents very loose, eps soiled, spotted & stained, ffep wrinkled, title page a touch soiled. MISSING ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS!!! (except for cover) BUT BOLDLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED TWICE BY MARC CHAGALL (ONCE IN..... More
Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik: Istanbul, 1949. 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered embossed (portrait of Churchill) red pebbled cloth, 392pp, covers worn and darkened, foredges of both front and rear covers badly waterstained, hinges loose, minor finger soiling to endpapers and a few other pages else a decent copy of one volume from..... More
J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1924. Frontis plus 60 tipped-in illus., 10.75 x 8.25", gilt-dec brown cloth, 122pp, covers a little rubbed, some bubbling of cloth (old water damage?), extremities bumped, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner on front blank, last page unevenly toned (from old newspaper clipping?) else..... 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
William B. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, (1998). Hardcover. Photos, 13 x 11", rough cloth with pict photo label on front cover, 1i + 1016pp, covers a little rubbed, minor finger soiling to foredge of textblock else a nice, fresh, clean copy of this SCARCE facsimile of what is considered to..... More
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Coward-McCann: NY, 1928. Hardcover. Illus., oblong 10 x 7", pict boards, unpaginated, minor extremity wear else a nice, clean copy in an extremity-worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this one #105) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Missing the called-for original wood-engraving signed by the author, though. More
Harper & Row: NY (1968). 8.5 x 5.75", cloth backed boards, 170pp, minor extremity wear else vg in dw with minor wear to edges. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (w/"5.95 & Jerry Bauer photo). 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
The Viking Press: NY, 1959. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", two-tone cloth, 246pp, spine ends bumped, extremities a little worn, some rubbing to front cover ("H" in "Haunting" a bit light) else a nice, clean copy in an extremity-worn (but still beautiful) dustjacket with some light soiling to rear panel and..... 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
Doubleday, Doran & Co.: np, 1941. Frontis portrait in vol. one, 8.75 x 5.75", gilt-dec maroon buckram; teg, covers lightly edge-worn, hinges loose else nice copies in rubbed, soiled, toned and edge-worn and edge-torn dustjackets. Missing vols. 8-10, 17, 20-21, and 28. But LIMITED TO 1010 NUMBERED SETS, SIGNED BY..... 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
Methuen & Co.: London, (1926). Hardcover. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard, 7.25 x 5", gilt-ruled and gilt-pict limp green leather; aeg, 158pp, spine a little sunned, extremities lightly worn, small spot in margin of foredge for last few pages, a few other light spots but still a remarkably well preserved..... More
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Macmillan & Co: London & NY, 1893-1898. 8 Volumes. 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-ruled green morocco w/elaborate gilt inner dentelles, aeg. Includes: The Renaissance, Appreciations, Marius the Epicurean I & II, Plato & Platonism, Greek Studies, Gaston de la Tour, Imaginary Portraits. More
