A.D. Worthington & Co.: Hartford, CT, 1885. Hardcover. Illus., 9 x 5.5", gilt-lettered embossed brown cloth, vp, covers worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine darkened, inner hinges cracking, rear fly and order blanks torn off and missing, pp toned. Salesman's sample copy with sample leather and cloth spines... More
(The Corvine Press: np), (1978). Paperback. Illus., 8.5 x 6", limp cloth, 98pp, covers a bit rubbed, spine a little worn, spine label chipping else a nice copy. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #64) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE... More
Artemus Verlag: Zurich, (1949). Hardcover. Color and black/white illus., oblong 10.5 x 8", cloth packed pict boards, unpaginated, covers yellowed and a bit soiled, title page with some finger soiling else a nice copy. In German. More
np (Detroit, MI), 1997. Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", pict stapled self wraps, (12)pp, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy of this souvenir booklet prepared for the funeral of the first African-American mayor of Detroit. More
The Detroit News: Detroit, MI, nd (c. 1950). Paperback. Illus. and floor plans, oblong 8.5 x 11", pict stapled wraps with cloth taped spine, 102pp, covers with a little edge wear, tiny abrasion to bottom edge of back cover, contents toned but still a remarkably well preserved piece. Architects included... More
np, 1975. Paperback. Illus., photos, 11 x 8.5", cloth tape backed wraps, vp, covers lightly rubbed, unevenly sunned, contents a little toned around the margins else a nice copy. SCARCE. More
Joannem Moretum/Officina Plantiniana: Antwerp, 1609. Hardcover. 57 full page engraved illus. by Theodoor Galle and Karel van Mallery; with 38 divisional tailpieces by Galle, (40) + 696pp + pp, 19th Century morocco ornately gilt with inlaid green morocco frame on covers and spine; aeg, extremities a bit worn, title page... More
Mettemichischen Buchladen: Cologne, 1745. Hardcover. Frontis and seven other full page engraved illus., 7.5 x 4.5", full red morocco with silver cornerpieces, cath and clasp, block printed floral paste-downs; aeg, edges gauffered, outer hinges a bit worn, covers darkened, spine with some minor abrasions, contents toned with some foxing and... More
np (Grosse Pointe, MI), nd (c. 1940s). Hardcover. Oblong 4.5 x 6", string-tied cloth, unpaginated, cover worn, pp toned with some finger soiling, first page waterstained; a well used copy. Autograph book kept by a young Madeline Hurley of Grosse Pointe, MI; the first few pp have name and addresses... More
Paris, Chez L'Auteur Rue de Seine, 31, (1849). Hardcover. Nineteen (of twenty) full page color plates by (Jean Baptiste) Leveille, 8 x 5", contemporary mottled calf, gilt dec spine, leather spine label with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. Covers very well worn/rubbed/scraped, lacks about half of spine cover, outer/inner hinges cracked... More
The Liturgical Press: Collegeville, MN, 1955. Paperback. 9 x 6", pict stapled wraps, 80pp, front cover with vertical crease, minor wear and uneven sunning, rear cover lightly soiled else a nice copy of the Fourth Revised Edition. More
Broadside Press: Detroit, MI, (1971). Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, 30pp, covers lightly rubbed, old brown adhesion mark across part of top edge of back cover, contents nice and clean. Fifth Printing, March 1971. More
Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, MD, (1984). Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.25", red cloth, 387pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine ends bumped, extremities worn, small tear to bottom edge near front forecorner, contents good, in a rubbed and soiled dustjacket. 12th printing but INSCRIBED "To Dick with warm personal regards- and thanks...Oct 1985"... More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, (1901). Hardcover. Photos; map, 8 x 5.25", gilt-dec green cloth, 382pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine rubbed, eps browned, front inner hinge cracked, small marginal stain to top of textblock; a good copy only of the FIRST EDITION ("November 1901"). More
Crown Publishing: NY, (2004). Hardcover. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", two-tone boards, 394pp, spine ends bumped, minor shelf wear else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed, edge-worn dustjacket with a tiny ink mark on front cover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "To Pat, May Africa always shine for you... More
Swan Sonnenschein & Co.: London, 1906. Hardcover. Color folding frontis; text illus., 7.5 x 5", cloth, 270pp, covers heavily worn and darkened, extremities badly bumped and fraying, spine quite worn, front inner hinge cracking at title page, pp toned, textblock edges spotted, title page with finger soiling along fore-edge and... More
Frederick A. Stokes Co.: NY, (1911). Hardcover. Color frontis; photos, 8 x 5.5", pict green cloth, 312pp, covers rubbed and spotted, extremities bumped, spine sunned, pp spotted and toned, but still a decent, usable title. FIRST EDITION, "May 1911." More
Philosophical Research Society: Los Angeles, CA, 1944. Hardcover. Illus., 9.25 x 6", embossed blue cloth, 200pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, ink inscriptions from former owner on front flys, pp lightly toned else a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION. More
J.B. Ford: NY, 1874. Hardcover. Frontis; text illus., 7.5 x 5", gilt-dec (dying goose) green cloth, 285pp + ads (for guns, gunpowder, magazine, etc.), covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, minor finger soil and edge-toning, foredge of textblock spotted else a nice example of the First Edition. More
Frederick A. Stokes: NY, 1928. Hardcover. Illus., 7.5 x 5", pict boards, 69pp + "The Hands of My Friends" forms, extremities a little worn, spine ends bumped, inscription from former owner on front fly, pp toned, in a rubbed, edge-worn, toned and soiled, price-clipped dustjacket with a chip out of... More
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.: Indianapolis, IN, (1930). Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", black cloth, 320pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine a little cocked, pp toned, inner front hinge tender else a good copy in a rubbed and darkened (esp. spine) dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE title. More
The Norman Remington Co.: Baltimore, MD, 1920. Hardcover. Folding map, 7 x 5", cloth backed portfolio with 6.5 x 4" 6pp booklet and 17 x 27" folding chart; cloth-backed pict boards, portfolio is a bit worn, booklet has blindstamp on cover, folding chart has one closed hole, overall some toning... More
Henry Altemus: Philadelphia, 1893. Hardcover. Illus., 7 x 4.5", dec cloth, 118pp, covers heavily worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, contents used with much finger soiling, but still a usable example of the FIRST EDITION. More
Crime Club/Doubleday Doran: Garden City, NY, 1937. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", red cloth, 294pp, covers rubbed, lightly stained and bumped, extremities bumped and fraying, pp (especially endpapers) toned, front fly with upper fore-corner clipped; a rather well worn copy, but SCARCE. FIRST EDITION. Native American author! More
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