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 Apparently unpublished as no listing in.....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
(Edwin Aprill: Ann Arbor, MI), (1966). Paperback. 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit worn, spotted, toned & soiled, ink name of former owner on first page. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, ED APRILL. 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
Michael Di Capua Books, (2002). Hardcover. ILLUSTRATED BY FEIFFER, oblong 7.25 x 8.5", boards, unpaginated, very good condition in dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND DATED BY FEIFFER IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION. More
Michael Di Capua Books, (2002). Hardcover. ILLUSTRATED BY FEIFFER, oblong 7.25 x 8.5", boards, unpaginated, very good condition in dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND DATED BY FEIFFER IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION. 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
NY 1912. Tipped-in illus, 13 x 9.5", pict cloth, teg, unpaginated, covers worn, soiled, stained, extremities worn, corners bumped & worn, spine spotted & tips bumped, front inner hinge cracked, text block cracked, pp loose, offsetting, sptting, tears, waterstaining on upper area of last text page & reps, lacking plate..... More
Dodd, Mead and Co: NY, 1913. 16 full page tipped-in color plates by Harrison Fisher plus color paper cover label; decorations by Theodore Hapgood, 13 x 9.25, front cover and spine nice, rear cover with evidence of old water staining, hinges loose, former owner's bold pencil name and date (1915)..... More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, 1909. Illustr, 11 x 9, cloth w/color pict label, unpaginated. Darkening to front cover, rubbed, scratched, corners lightly bumped & worn, spine slightly cocked, spine tips bumped, worn & starting to fray, ink inscription, edge tears to free front endpaper, upper corner of rear endpaper creased..... More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, 1909. Illlust, 11.5 x 9, cloth with pictorial cover, unpaginated. Covers worn, rubbed, soiled and spotted, ink inscription, spotting & staining to endpapers, front inner hinge cracked, loose signatures, scattered light spotting, small stain in margin of a text page else good. CONTAINS 21 FULL PAGE..... More
Indianapolis (November 1909). Illus, 11.5 x 9", pict cloth, unpaginated, covers soied, rubbed, small abrasion on front cover illus, light bumping & wear to coenres, spine slightly cocked, label (?) removed from lower spine area, spine tips bumped, page edges spotted, inner hinges cracked, light smudging & spotting else good..... More
Ivison & Phinney: NY, 1859. Hand colored maps, 9.75 x 8.25", covers heavily worn and spotted/soiled, spine ends chipped (esp bottom of spine), hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, pp toned, several kiddy inkstamps on title page, a rather worn, soiled, darkened copy, but still usable. More
Life Publishing Co: NY, 1905. Illustr, 7.25 x 5.25, pict tan boards, (108 pp). Covers worn, stained, soiled, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine cocked, torn and chipping, pencil name, rear inner hinge and text block cracked, signatures a little loose, small tear, soiling, spotting, light staining. From..... More
Macmillan: NY, 1976. 11 x 8.5, cloth, 253 pp, illustr, 0025387103, a couple short tears to head of jacket spine, lower foecorners gently bumped else a clean, sound, true first ed, vg in vg jacket. FIRST PRINTING. More
Moffat, Yard & Co: NY 1919. 10 x 7.5", pict cloth, 78pp, text block cracked, few thum marks, spine tips faded else nice in edge-chipped & edge-torn, soiled & worn dw. FIRST EDITION, WITH THREE FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES AND B/W DRAWINGS AFTER ARTHUR RACKHAM. More