GPO" Washington, DC 1877. 11.5 x 9", half leather; marbled boards, 635pp, 44 figures, fold-out color map in rear, index, ex-lib, moderate markings, edges & joints worn, internally clean & tight. FIRST EDITION. More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, (1941). Illus. by author, 9.25 x 7.25", pict red cloth, unpaginated, covers rubbed, finger soiled and waterstained, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents with some finger soiling, in a waterstained, rubbed soiled and badly torn dustjacket. Early edition (price on front flap is "37-$2.75", NAP), SIGNED..... More
Ballatyne: Edinburgh. 1827. 7.5x5", full leather, contemporary blue morocco, gilt decorated, five raised bands on spine, gilt lettered red spine title labels, lightly worn owner's bookplate in each volume, all hinges sound, very good. FIRST EDITION. More
Francis Douglass and William Murray: Aberdeen, 1756. Hardcover. 2 vols. 7 x 4", full leather, 346pp; 388pp, covers worn and cracking, extremities bumped and chipping (especially spine ends) with hinges cracking (but covers still attached), former owner's bookplates, pp toned, but still a very nice set of this early Scottish..... More
Carey, Lea & Blanchard: Philadelphia, 1833. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8 x 5", original cloth backed boards, ads + 201pp; 197pp + publisher's ads, covers well worn with some soiling and red ink marks, extremities bumped, volume 1's paper spine label 99% gone with a couple of very small holes in..... More
Random House: NY, 1934. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", black cloth, 57pp, covers rubbed and a bit dusty, top edge of back cover with some paper adhesion, endpapers unevenly toned; still a good copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE..... More
Random House: NY, (1934). Hardcover. 8.25 x 6", rough cloth backed pict boards, 264pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine label browned and chipped, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson...Cleveland Dec 22/'34" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE STEIN. More
Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae: Pragae [Prague], 1675. Hardcover. 173 plates of martyred Jesuits, 12.25 x 7.75", 18th Century boards, 548pp, covers rubbed, outer hinges cracking, extremities bumped and worn, foxing and light marginal (mostly) staining, finger soiling to foredge else a beautiful copy with gruesome images of Jesuit martyrs looking saintly while..... More
Philadelphia, 1893-1894. 12 Volumes. Philadelphia 1893-1894. "With 36 Steel Plates", 9 x 6", 3/4 brown leather; marbled boards, teg. As is: some staining (inside & out) plus crown chipping. More
Typis Scheaelinnis: Cracoviae, 1671. 4.75 x 2.5, full leather, 284 pp with Errata, covers heavily rubbed and scuffed, front cover and first few pp detached, remnants of old latches (torn from back covers), extremities bumped and chipped (esp spine ends), missing front blank, ink writing inside front cover and on..... More
Harcourt, Brace and Co.: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 6", blue cloth, 310pp, covers rubbed and darkened along edges, spine toned, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying, pp toned, frontis detached (but present); still a good used copy of the Third Printing from October 1934. INSCRIBED "En souvenir of the..... More
Lovat, Dickson & Thompson Ltd.: London, (1935). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard, 7.5 x 5", pict beige cloth, 303pp, covers worn and unevenly darkened, spine ends bumped, eps toned, no dustjacket, FIRST EDITION ("First Published 1935"), INSCRIBED "To Miss Veronica Hutchinson with best wishes from..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR..... More
Robert Clarke & Co: Cincinnati, 1862. 7.75 x 5, gilt lettered cloth, 121 + xlii + 6 pp catalog, covers somewhat worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine faded, hinges loose, scattered spotting and toning, light marginal stain near front, ink name at top of one page, old ink inscription (dated..... More
10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries..... More
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More