Tragos Press: Brunswick, ME, 1965. Illustr by Thomas Cornell, 10 x 6.5, string tied printed wraps, unpag, covers a little worn but still a nice, fresh copy. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, WITH ORIGINAL PRINT BY THOMAS CORNELL, SIGNED BY CORNELL IN PENCIL, LAID IN LOOSE. More
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, 1867. Illus. by Richard Doyle, 11.5 x 9.5", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict blue cloth, aeg, 80 leaves with illus. on rectos only, covers rubbed and soiled around edges, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends tearing, a couple of holes in front outer hinge, hinges loose, old..... More
Muller & Co.: Potsdam 1920. 10 x 7.5", half leather; patterned boards, t.e.g., 154pp, illus. Limited to 150 copies on handmade paper, covers designed by Bernhard Lorenz, spine faded & peeling, torn near top at gutters, missing lower edge, gilt-dec & let. More
George H. Doran: NY, nd (c 1920). Tipped-in plates by Edmund Dulac, 11.5 x 8.5, cloth with gold/black paper cover label, 174 pp, covers very worn and darkened, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinges cracking (more so in front), pp toned and thumbed, all plates are..... More
Johnson, Fry & Company: NY, 1862. 119 full page engravings plus title pages, 11xp", gilt ruled half leather with raised bands on spine, marbled boards and endpaper, 488, 470. Covers well worn, rubbed, scraped, paper peeling and chipping, creased, corners bumped and worn, edgeworn, gilt decorated and lettering on spine..... More
The Caxton Press: Christchurch, 1948. Paperback. 18 engravings. 11.5 x 9", pict stiff wraps, covers worn, minor spotting and finger soil to endpapers, prints nice and clean. More
The Stouffer Corp: Cleveland, 1957. (Menu was from a Detroit area restaurant.) Color illustr, 9.25 x 7, stiff wraps, unpag (4 pp). Creased, light soiling, specials are stapled to inside front and back else good. Cover illustr shows a wood burning stove with a teakettle and pots, a mantle with..... More
Philadelphia 1907. 11x8", cloth w/color label, 186pp, numerous tears with tape repairs, some smudging and soil, etc. possibly an early rebound copy, covers worn, some pp remarginized. FIRST EDITION, WITH COLOR AND B/W DRAWINGS BY R.K. CULVER. More
Barse & Hopkins: NY (1917). Illus by V. Floyd Campbell, 11 x 8", 62pp, upper right corner badly stained, ink inscription, dw present but stained & lacking large chunks. Sold as is. More
Green Tiger Press: (NY), (1980). Illus., 5 x 5", glossy pict wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy of the Fifth Printing. More
Muller & Co.: Pottsdam 1920. 10.5 x 7", 235+table & plate list, lea. backed boards, t.e.g., spine worn & faded, chipped, missing tips, split along edges, front cover loose, cocked, covers faded, front inner hinge cracked, f.e.p soiled, split. WITH 36 (O. More
np, (1914). Hardcover. 9.25 x 5.25", boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, soiled and with light staining at foredge of front cover, extremities bumped. This is a mock-up done by Edwards himself, with handpainted cover illustration and lettering (with his intertwined initials). Next, there is a mock-up title page written in pencil..... More
N.pp. (1914). A delightful book bound in boards with original front cover decoration. Likely a pre-publication mock-up of a book containing several original drawings, most in color. The complete title "Old Lavender - Little Chapters of an Old Quaker Household in a nearby town". Apparently unpublished as no listing in..... More
Century Co., xxxx. 19.25 x 14.25, marginal soil staining, esp at corners, minor red spotting to image, reverse discolored. Image titled "Brittany 1896" shows young maiden leaning on seawall with her basket and ships in background. More
W. Strange and B. Steill: London, nd (1829). 35 of 36 handcolored aquatints (inclu the double frontis), text illlustr, 9 x 6.5, 19th century polished calf, gilt ruled with gilt decorated inner dentelles, edges and spine, gilt lettering on spine and spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 368 pp..... More
Peach Dale, RI, 1975. One sheet, 11 x 8.5", folds, edge-wear, with pencil notes from recipient at top, stapled to a number of other sheets of annotated, photocopied sheets of biographical info; prepared for inclusion in an authors' biographical reference book. Neatly penned letter, politely complaining about having to fill..... More
np, January 1912. Ink and pencil sketches, 8.5 x 6, unpag (110 lined pages, 58 are filled in). Covers fair, spine chewed up, waterstaining, soiling, smudging, one page neatly clipped out, loose in covers. Titled "Thought Cabinet," Elias has written down excerpts from favorite authors/poets such as Pope, Emerson, Beecher..... More
np, 1980. Illustr by author, 8.5 x 7, pict stapled wraps, (14) pp, cover worn, corners creased, contents good. Epic multi-generational saga about the history of a family from feudal times through the present. No, not that. A funny monkey story by the founding member of the music group Half..... More
Macmillan: London, 1940. Illustr, 9 x 6, pict boards, 338 w/index, couple corners and bottom of spine bumped else ok in darkened and chipped (esp spine head) dw. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1904. Eight color full page plates plus illustr title page by Maxfield Parrish, 9.5 x 7, black cloth with color illustr label on front cover, 199 pp, covers heavily worn and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, some holes in cloth cover near spine, hinges loose, pp..... More
London & New York nd (1840s). 15 x 11", gilt-dec panelled red leather, gilt-dec spine with raised bands, dentelles gilt, aeg, two volumes in one, 66;66pp, 59 of 60 steel engravings, covers worn esp extremities, front cover detached and rear hinge badly cracked, half the outer margin missing 1/8", foxing..... More
Harper Brothers: NY, nd (c 1850). 9.5 x 6.5, half leather, xvi introduction with one folding map, 25 maps mostly in color, 44 pp, shelf worn, backstrip detached, ink owner's name lower fore corner gently bumped, small bump to fore edge. Early printing. More
Gerry de la Ree 1971. 20 loose prints of drawings in folder, 12 x 9.25", slightly yellowed, in original but heavily soiled mailing envelope. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES. More
Anthony Finley: Philadelphia. 1827. 13.5 x 10.5, disbound, 58 handcolored maps (missing 2 maps, #5 Canada, #18 Virginia), some chipping to edges of first several maps otherwise maps remain very bright, as is. FIRST ED. More
Ball Publishing Company: Boston, 1913. Hardcover. Black and white illus., oblong 5.5 x 15", brown boards, black lettering and illus., unpaginated. Covers very well worn, rubbed, soiled, stained, inner hinges tender, 1913 Christmas gift inscription, small area of light staining on last page and rear free endpaper, soiling/smudging, creased corners..... More