GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. "The Internationals 1950".
Western Badge and Novelty Co.: St. Paul, Minn. 1950. Hardcover. 1 1/2" pinback with image of train. Nice condition. More
New Arrivals
HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MONASTERY AND CHAPEL ROYAL OF HOLYROODHOUSE: With an Account of the Palace and Environs.
Mrs. JNo. Petrie: Edinburgh, 1819. Hardcover. 8/8 plates (including a folding plan), 8.5 x 5", 1/2 lea, marbled boards, 118 w/index, inner front hinge detatched from text block, cello-tape repairs, title browned, covers rubbed, top of spine at front hinge torn. More
"A Collection of Shapely Pin-Ups in Full Color but Stripped of All Their Clothes" [cover title].
np, 1944. Hardcover. 7 x 4", yellow cloth with front cover title and picture labels, unpaginated, front paste-down browned, covers worn and soiled, inkstamped name and bookplate of former owner inside front cover. A gag book: originally a book name "America" by Coyle, turned into a book safe containing six..... More
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ELECTRICAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS, Effective July 21, 1952.
np, 1952. Paperback. 9 x 4", stapled wraps, 55pp, covers rubbed, unevely sunned and lightly soiled, contents nice. More
ERIE LACKAWANNA RAILWAY COMPANY...Scranton Division, Susquehanna Division, Buffalo Terminal Division, Mahoning Division, Marion Division, Time Table No. 4...Sunday, February 24th, 1974
np, 1974. Paperback. 9 x 5", wraps, 139pp, covers lightly rubbed else a nicely preserved piece. More
THE DREAMERS
The Caxton Society: Pittsfield, MA, 1910. Hardcover. Color illus title page by Raymond Nott; tipped-in frontis illus also by Nott, 9.5 x 6.5", embossed limp leather, 5pp, covers quite rubbed, extremities badly chipping, prelims (incl illus title page) badly toned, ink presentation inscription from "Cax", some finger soiling; what you..... More
"THE DAILY CITIZEN" Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday, July 2, 1863. J.M. Swords, Proprietor. [WALLPAPER]
July 4, 1863. Paperback. One page, approximately 17.5 x 10", printed on the back of wallpaper, framed 11.5 x 19", wood, double-sided glass. The newspaper facsimilie has scattered light staining, fold creases, small holes, light soiling else good, frame has scratches, scuffing, wear and missing some of the decorative trim..... More
Autographed note signed by Sarah Bernhardt. Detroit 1901.
1901. Paperback. Oblong pale blue paper 4.75 x 3.25" mounted on a cream colored album page oblong 5 x 8". Light soiling & creasing, note is unevenly trimmed with abrasions on left margin (doesn't affect signature), album page has toning and removal marks. Note is in French and hard to..... More
Handwritten letter from Gunning & Blodget's "Detroit General Detective Police & Collecting Agency" to their client, Mr. J. Miller.
August 24th, 1860. Paperback. Lined letterhead, 10 x 7.75". Fold creases, toning at creases, occasional light spotting else very good. The agency writes that they have received the client's letter with the papers to be served "on Palmer". The letter continues that "politics have been very high" due to the..... More
ANATOMY OF A HEEL
Universal Publ: (NY), (1964). softcover. 7 x 4", pict wraps, 152pp + ads, cover a bit rubbed, extremities worn, old ink writing from former owner at top of first page, pp toned else a good copy of this SCARCE title. FIRST EDITION. "One after another, girls fell viction to Ray..... More
A MAN THERE WAS
Triangle Books: NY, 1939. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", blue cloth, 319pp, extremities bumped and a bit worn, ink inscription from former owner inside front cover, inner hinges cracking, pp toned, but still a good copy in a rubbed, and extremity-worn/chipped but mostly complete dustjacket. Triangle Books reprint, but still a...... More
LOST LIGHT [advance reading copy signed].
Orion: (London 2003), 2003. Paperback. 7 x 4.25", glossy wraps, 341pp, extremities a bit worn else a nice, clean, fresh, tight copy. FIRST ORION PAPERBACK EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. More
LITTLE ALFRED, By the Author of "Little Ella".
Lane & Scott, for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1850. Hardcover. Illus, 4.5 x 3", leather backed marbled boards, 194pp + publ catalogue of "Valuable Books for Sunday-School Children", covers rubbed and worn, extremities chipping, ink writing on front endpapers, pp toned and foxed and finger soiled..... More
THE LORD OF THE RUSHIE RIVER
Blackie And Son Limited: London And Glasgow, nd (circa 1950)? Hardcover. Twelve color plates (incl. frontis), text illus., 5.5 x 4", pict. boards, pict. dust jacket, 48pp. Covers have light soiling/staining, edgewear, corners and spine tips bumped & worn, ink inscription, contents have light soiling & creasing, couple of margin..... More
THE LOST KNIFE
D. Lothrop & Co: Boston, nd. Hardcover. Illus, 5 x 3.5", red cloth with little pict title on front cover (a little boy playing a violin), unpaginated; with one page ad for publisher's books, covers a little worn, endpapers quite toned, first couple of pp have rough foredges, but still..... More
OCCULT CHEMISTRY, Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds [facsimilie edition].
Health Research: (Mokelumne Hill, CA), nd. Paperback. Illus, 11 x 8.5", plastic comb bound wraps, 396pp + pp, covers worn and lightly soiled, pp edge-toned and used. SCARCE facsimile reprint of the Theosophical Publishing House 1951 Third Edition. Edited by C. Jinarajadasa and Elizabeth W. Preston. More
BLACKS IN DETROIT, A Reprint of Articles from the Detroit Free Press, December 1980.
The Detroit Free Press: Detroit, MI, 1980. Paperback. Photos, 12 x 9", pict stapled wraps, 112pp, covers a bit rubbed and lightly soiled, extremities a bit worn, old price sticker on title page, still a nice copy. SCARCE. More
MAGIC DIALS, The Story of Radio and Television...
Polygraphic Company of America, np 1939. Hardcover. Photos, 12 x 9", pict boards, 142pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and chipping, pp toned and used. INSCRIBED "With kindest regards...June 27, 1941, Montreal" AND SIGNED BY E. C. GRIMLEY, PRESIDENT OF RCA CANADA. More
OCCULTIST UPDATE, An Inter-Edition Supplement to Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapychology, Issue Number 1 1978.
Gale Research Co: Detroit, MI, 1978. Paperback. 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 62pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities worn, corners creased, contents nice. SCARCE. More
BIRD CENTER CARTOONS, A Chronicle of Social Happenings at Bird Center, Illinois.
A.C. McClurg: Chicago, 1904. Hardcover. 12 x 9", cloth backed pict. boards, unpaged, bookplate, corner extremity worn, almost shabby. FIRST EDITION, WITH TEXT AND DRAWINGS BY McCUTCHEON. More
PAN PIPES, A Book of Old Songs...
George Routledge: London, 1883. Hardcover. Oblong 9 x 12", cloth backed glazed pict boards, 51pp, ink gift inscription in year of publication, inner hinge badly cracked, extremities chipped. FIRST EDITION, EACH PAGE WITH COLOR DRAWING BY CRANE. More
BIJBEL Dat Is de Gansche Heilige Schrift...
A. W. Sijthoff: Leiden nd, c. 1878. Hardcover. Illus incl color lithos, 12 x 9", embossed and gilt-lettered full mottled calf with working brass clasps, 956pp; 338pp in double columns (Het Niewe Testament, Sijthoff 1878) extremities a bit worn, covers rubbed, front outer hinge starting to crack at the top..... More
COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND... [four volumes, legal classics library].
Legal Classics Library: (Birmingham, AL), 1983. Hardcover. 4 Vols. 10.5 x 8.5", gilt-ruled leather with red & black leather spine labels; aeg, vp, very minor wear else a nice, clean set. Facsimile of the Clarendon Press: Oxford 1765 edition. More