Old Taylor Distillery: Frankfort, c. 1966. hardcover. 8" high, base is 4 x 4.75", some minor chipping at extremities, underside missing a corner, bottom scraped and worn affecting label, but overall very good. Dr. Daniel Williams graduated from Chicago Medical College in 1883, and was one of only four African-American... More about Plaster, bronze-colored bust of Dr. Daniel Williams by Inge Ruth Hardison
Central Books Concern: Chicago, 1880. Hardcover. Illus., 7 x 4.75", gilt-dec reddish-brown cloth, 209pp + 14pp publisher's catalogue, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped and torn, pp toned, worn and finger soiled; a rather well-used and bargain-priced copy. More about PRISON LIFE IN DIXIE, Giving a Short History of the Inhuman and Barbarous Treatment of our...
D. Reidel Publishing Co.: Dordrecht, (1985). Hardcover. 9 x 6", boards, 380pp with indexes, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, edges of textblock yellowed, in a rubbed, extremity-worn and unevenly sunned dustjacket. Synthese Historical Library Volume 27. SCARCE. More about JEAN BURIDAN'S LOGIC, The Treatise on Supposition, The Treatise on Consequences, Translated, with...
Privately Printed, 1925. Paperback. 9 x 5", pict stapled wraps, 18pp + Excerpt from Albert Bigelow Paine's biography of Twain, covers a bit unevenly sunned else a nice, clean copy. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES, this copy is unnumbered. Number One of the Airedale Series. More about FIRESIDE CONVERSATION IN 1601 at Ye Time of Queen Elizabeth
The Midwestern Press: MUS: East Lansing, MI, 2003. Paperback. Photo portrait of Sleight, 9 x 6", stapled wraps, 42pp, a nice, clean, fresh copy of this SCARCE booklet. Contains section from John Robertson's MICHIGAN IN THE WAR pertaining to the 102nd, and Sleight's reminiscences of the war. WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER... More about LIEUTENANT WILLIAM E. SLEIGHT AND THE 102nd REGIMENT, U.S. COLORED INFANTRY, IN THE CIVIL WAR
Henry Hold and Co.: NY, 1921. Hardcover. Frontis, 9 x 6", cloth backed gilt-lettered boards, 75pp + pp, covers rubbed and soiled, lower extremities badly bumped, contents toned, old signature card from former owner affixed to ffep with an old Christmas stamp (leaving shadow of the stamp on front paste-down)... More about MOUTAIN INTERVAL
Junior League of Lansing: East Lansing, MI, (2004). Hardcover. Photos, 9 x 6", glossy pict boards, 163pp, a nice, clean copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. More about THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LANSING, 1948-2003
Duffield & Co.: NY, 1906. Hardcover. Portraits, 7 x 4", gilt-dec boards; teg, 135pp, covers worn and soiled, spine ends torn and chipped, extremities somewhat worn, inkstamp from former owner inside front cover, a rather worn and loose copy of this fairly SCARCE title, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1906. More about THE PILGRIM'S STAFF, Poems Divine and Moral, Selected and Arranged by
Munroe, Francis, and Parker: Boston, 1808. Hardcover. 2 vols. 7 x 4.25", full tree calf, 328pp; 300pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and worn, outer hinges starting, spines abraded, spine tops starting to chip, old ink writing on front fly of volume one, some toning else contents still nice and bright. English hymn writer. More about THE WORKS OF MRS. ANNE STEELE Complete in Two Volumes, Comprehending Poems on Subjects Chiefly...
Dodd, Mead and Co.: NY, 1893. Hardcover. Color illus., 10 x 7", green cloth, 207pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, rear cover stained, front inner hinge cracking, rear hinge reinforced, pp toned and used, ink name of former owner inside front cover; a decent, usable copy. More about THE DEVIL'S PICTURE-BOOKS A History of Playing-Cards
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1938. Hardcover. Illus. by Louise Mansfield, 8.5 x 8.25", cloth, unpaginated, covers worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, contents toned and a bit used, in a very worn, edge-chipped, toned, sunned and incomplete dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP). SCARCE. More about THE QUEEN'S EARRINGS, Or How the Jenkenson Family Went to the Coronation
E.P. Dutton: NY, (1927). Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", yellow cloth, 86pp, one little bump to bottom edge of front cover, bookplate and paper address label from former owners else a nice copy in an edge-torn, spine-darkened, lightly soiled but still good, elusive dustjacket. Third printing. More about CHIPS OF JADE Being Chinese Proverbs with More Folk-Sayings from Hindustan and Other Oriental...
Joannis Mechioris Bencard: Francofurti ad Moenum, 1697. Hardcover. Extra-engraved title showing Charles IV and Leopold I; text illus., 12 x 8", vellum rebacked in much later leather, covers extremity bumped and chipping, soiled, minor toning, finger soiling, with some ink marginalia, bookplate from "Bibliotheca Renessiana" inside front cover, fold-out facsimile... More about TRACTATIO DE BULL AUREA, ARGENTEA, PLUMBEA ET CEREA in Genere, nec non in Specie de Aurea Bulla...
Watkins: London, (1974). Hardcover. Illus. including color plates, 9.5 x 6", red cloth, 193pp with index, covers lightly rubbed, extremities lightly fraying, ink inscription from former owner inside front cover, pp pretty good. FIRST EDITION. More about THE MYSTICAL TOWER OF THE TAROT
Sunburst Press: Portland, OR, (1978). Paperback. Illus. by George Knowlton, 8.5 x 5.5", pict wraps, 90pp, covers rubbed and soiled, pp a bit edge-toned else a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "To Janis & Tom- Thanks for the hospitality & renewal..." AND SIGNED "Phil" BY THE AUTHOR. More about OF BEASTS AND BEASTLY IMAGES: Essays Under the Bomb
(Yogi Publication Society: Des Plaines, IL), nd. Hardcover. 2 vols. Frontis portraits, 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-lettered red cloth, 269pp; 283pp, covers worn, extremities lightly bumped and worn, old paper address labels on front flys, vol. 1 with light grease stain to upper fore-corners of last several pp; a good, used set MISSING VOLUME 3. More about THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY With Portraits [vols. one and two only
Chilton Books: Philadelphia, (1964). Hardcover. Photos, 8 x 5.5", blue boards, 199pp with index, a nice, clean copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/creased dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. 1942 race riot. More about THE DETROIT RACE RIOT, A Study in Violence
(Rand McNally: Chicago), (1890). Hardcover. Frontis photo portrait, 8 x 6", gilt-lettered black cloth, 74pp + pp, covers very worn and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cover half gone, pp toned and used, a very loose copy. SWAF. Boudinot was a Confederate Captain, a Representative to the Confederate Congress... More about ELIAS CORNELIUS BOUDINOT, Born August 1, 1835, Died September 27, 1890 ["In Memoriam"
William Heinemann: London, (1957). Hardcover. Color frontis, 8 x 5.25", blue-green cloth, 245pp, extremities bumped and lightly worn, pp toned, address label from former owner on front fly else a nice copy in a worn, edge-worn, toned and spotted, price-clipped dustjacket. FIRST UK EDITION. More about LADY WU, A True Story
E.P. Dutton & Co.: NY, 1950. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", black cloth, 226pp with bibliography, covers rubbed with large ring stain on front cover, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, old ink inscription on front fly from former owner, book ticket from "The Cottage Bookshop" in San Rafael, CA, endpapers spotted... More about AN OUTLINE OF MODERN OCCULTISM (Enlarged Edition
Warner Books: (NY), (1998). Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", two-tone boards, 322pp, minor shelf wear, address label on front fly from former owner else a nice copy in a lightly toned and very lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE, who adds the... More about MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
L.N. Fowler: London, 1909. Hardcover. 6.75 x 4.25", blue cloth, 66pp + ads, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, inner hinges cracking, pp toned else a decent copy of this SCARCE early edition. More about BRAIN-CULTURE OR PHRENOMETRY: Auto-Suggestion and Cerebral Stimulation, What it is, and How it is...
Seaside Publishing Co.: Long Beach, CA, 1921. Paperback. 9 x 6", gilt-pict wraps, 160pp, a worn and toned copy of this SCARCE title. Includes a loose announcement for the book "NUMBERS PLEASE!" by Dr. Unite Cross. More about FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NUMEROLOGY
Desclee Co.: Tournai/New York, 1962. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.75", gilt-dec black cloth, 1882pp, 100pp; 77pp, covers rubbed, foredge at top of rear cover abraded, bookplate and inkstamps from former owner on front fly else a nice, usable copy. More about THE LIBER USUALIS, With Introduction and Rubrics in English, Edited by the Benedictines of Solesmes
The John Winston Co.: Philadelphia, (1904). Hardcover. Photos, 8 x 5.25", highly gilt-pict red cloth; teg, 519pp with index, covers lightly rubbed, extremities lightly worn, EX-LIBRARY with just inkstamps on foredge and bottom-edge of textblock, and on front fep, old pocket on rear fly (that is torn) otherwise a nice... More about SWITZERLAND, Picturesque and Descriptive