np (Ohio), nd. Paperback. Oblong 2.5 x 4", black on gold, printed on one side. Punch holes, light creasing else good. Stamped "F.W. Woolworth Co. Of Ohio Vendor's License No. 1809631."
David Vondersmith/Rotograph Co. NY, Sollott Printing House, PA, Geo. W. Hales, PA, G.L. Thompson, PA, 1907. Paperback. 3.5 x 4.5". Hales is postally used, creased, soiled and stained, the remaining two have light creasing and soiling. Images: Ben Franklin shaking hands with a dressed up elk (Vondersmith), "Father Penn" with...
The League Against Yellow Journalism: np (San Francisco), nd (1930s). Paperback. Stamp oblong 1 x 1.5", red and white lettering, cream and navy background. Stamp has staining, creasing and missing tip of one corner. The League devoted itself to demanding truthfulness and decency from the daily press. A special target...
np (Cleveland), nd (1874?). Paperback. 4 x 2.5", pale blue wraps, blue and red lettering, front cover shows a child holding a flag and cross, unpaginated (one leaf folded in half). Creasing, light soiling and pencil marks, split in two and held together with clear tape else good. Signed by...
np, nd (1876). Paperback. 2.75 x 1.25", linen(?) eagle atop a shield with flags against a starry background, faces of the two candidates on a red and white striped background. Stained, soiled, edges fraying else good. Colors still bright. Democrat Tilden was running against Rutherford B. Hayes in what turned...
np, nd (early 1930s?). Paperback. Black and white, oblong 8 x 10". Light scratches, staining in margins, small abrasion on the front, edge/corner wear, removed from an album, glue stains on reverse else good. Would look nice framed.
np (Cincinnati), (1975). Paperback. Photos by Cal Kowal, 8 x 8.5", spiral bound stiff pict wraps, unpaginated, covers quite worn (esp. at spine), contents a bit used, with 45rpm: Veto Records disc in back of Mr. Spoons playing Spoon Rag, Spinning Spoons, Spoon Tune and Dueling Spoons; disc hasn't been...
Joseph Cundall: London, 1846. Hardcover. 14 full page hand-colored plates, 6.75 x 5", gilt-lettered embossed blue cloth; aeg, 56pp + 56pp + 28pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, front inner hinge cracked with fly and frontis detached (but present), one illus. detached (but present), pp toned, but still...
Industrial Publishing Corp.: Detroit, MI, 1964. Paperback. Photos, 8 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, 98pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, extremities lightly worn, ink writing on title page, former owner's ink name on p5 else a fairly nicely preserved copy. "What to see, what to do, how to go, where to eat."
George H. Doran: NY, (1913). Hardcover. 7 x 4.5", limp black leather with gilt-dec spine; teg, 484pp, a well-used copy with front cover and first few pp detached (but present), covers worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped, rear cover and last few pp detached, pp481-482 torn in half...
Twinrocker Handmade Paper: Brookston, IN, 1994. Hardcover. 9 x 7.5", patterned plastic three-ring binder with price list and 35 paper samples in plastic sleeve; also included is the Swatch Set envelope with 32 other handmade paper samples. The lot.
Detroit, nd (1940s-50s?). Hardcover. "Remembrance" Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul. 4"hm 6"circumference, brown leather body, brass top with brass "side squeeze", canister. Leather rubbed, scratched, soiled, brass heavily soiled, lacks a screw at the bottom. Shown on the lighter body is an image of the plant with the name etc......
Doubleday, Doran: Garden City, NY, 1942. Hardcover. Illus. by John Tenniel, 8 x 5", gilt pict and gilt ruled red cloth, 192pp, covers rubbed (esp. spine), extremities lightly bumped and worn, paste-downs darkened from glue else a decent copy. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip present.
William Tegg: London, nd. Hardcover. Illus. title page; illus. in text, 7.5 x 5", gilt-dec (little female fairy stepping on a lily pad surrounded above by cattails and three leprechauns), green cloth, 487pp + publ. ads, covers quite worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned with scattered spotting...
George H. Doran: NY, (1914). Hardcover. 7 x 4.5", limp leather with gilt-dec spine; teg, 503pp, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends badly chipped, front hinge torn down 2" from top, inner hinges cracking; a decent, used but rather fragile copy. INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson...March 12, '23"...
Major Books: Chatsworth, CA, (1976). Paperback. 7 x 4", pict wraps, 192pp, covers rubbed and somewhat creased, some soiling to rear cover, spine with vertical creases, contents very browned. FIRST EDITION (NAP), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, LOREN D. ESTELMAN, ON TITLE PAGE, dated "4/28/00", congratulating recipient.
J.W. Arrowsmith: Bristol, 1898. Hardcover. Ads, 6.5 x 4", green cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label, 208pp, cover well rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, eps spotted, pp a bit edge toned, ink name of former owner inside front cover; a decent copy of this SCARCE edition. FIRST EDITION.
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1942. Paperback. 8 x 5.5", printed wraps, 788pp, front cover very worn, soiled, creased, spine browned and creased with a piece torn, REAR COVER MISSING, rear blank detached (but present), pp well used and finger soiled. UNCORRECTED AND UNREVISED PROOF. SCARCE.
Publ. by Author: Stockbridge, MI, (1931). Hardcover. Original photo of crude illus. of Lincoln by author, 8 x 5.25", gilt-lettered blue pebbled cloth, 65pp, covers worn and soiled, black stain on cover over author's name, extremities fraying, ink names of former owners on front fly, pp toned; still a good...
vp (most Malabar Farm), vd (1930s-40s). Paperback. Most short notes regarding invitations to the farm or scheduled meetings in Cleveland, six in original mailing envelopes, some wear but still a good collection. Another TLS, dated July 7, 1944, on Malabar Farm letterhead and in original mailing envelope, mentions "Louis" and...
Mills Music: New York, 1935. Paperback. 12.25 x 9.25", blue and white wraps, (6)pp. Covers creased, worn, soiled, ink name, spine splitting, contents creased with light soiling. "A dance to do up here in Harlem, So, someone started Truckin'. As soon as the news got 'round the folks downtown came up to Harlem..."
Rhodes and McClure: Chicago, 1896. Hardcover. Illus., 8 x 6", pict brown cloth, 477pp + 37pp + publ. ads, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, small hole in spine near top, ink date stamp (April 17, 1896, Kansas City, MO) on front fly, pp toned; a rather SCARCE title, in...
Duell, Sloan and Pearce: NY, (1947). Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 249pp, covers worn and soiled, spine ends bumped, pp (especially endpapers) toned. FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS: WILLIAM PITT, CHAS. PATTERSON, LARRY HAWKINS, JACK HEIL, CHARLES BODURTHA, M.R. KELLY AND HOWARD BEAUFAIT, and one other, Eleanor...
Michigan Society of Architects: Detroit, MI, 1954. Paperback. Photos; ads, 12 x 9", glossy wraps, 56pp, covers worn and soiled, some abrasion to rear cover, some interior soiling, one paragraph of the Wright speech circled in ink else a decent copy. SWAF.
Calga Publishers: (Los Angeles, CA), (1970). Paperback. Photos, 7.5 x 5", wraps, 192pp with Bibliography, minor cover wear, pp a little edge-worn else a nice copy of this truly scientific study, for adults only.
