Illustr, 16 x 11.25, pict stapled wraps, (1237) - 1270. Covers creased, worn, soiled, spotted, torn, missing small piece out of back cover, split along spine, contents soiled, creased, chipped, tears, centerfold detached but present, staining, majority of pages are clean and good. Included in the issue: "A True History..... More
Kay Kamen Inc.: NY, 1935. Illustr, 4 x 3.75, pict stapled wraps, 144 pp, covers heavily rubbed and soiled, corners chipped, old Crowley Milner Co. (Detroit Department Store) Toy Department ink stamp on rear cover. Printed by Whitman Publ. Co., Racine, WI. Scarce. More
Inkograph Co.: NY n.d. (circa 1935). 5" incl. Mickey head on top, decal near seperation. Doesn't seem to work, decal slightly chipped at foot, ebvious wear and storage soil, clip also dull. More
Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler: Philadelphia, 1855. 32 handcolored maps (several of which are insets), 11.75 x 9.75", cloth backed pict boards, ix + plates, covers very worn, darkened, creased, abraded, extremities bumped and rounded, few dark spots on rear cover, hinges loose, inner hinges cracked, ink and pencil writing inside..... More
Grosset and Dunlap: NY (1942). Oblong 8x10.5", spiral bound boards, unpaged, slight musty odor, one page beginning to come detached, minor text spots and soil, in moderately dirty and edge frayed dw. WITH 4 ANIMATED COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS PLUS OTHER DRAWINGS BY JULIAN WEHR. More
Harper & Brothers: NY, (1955). Cartoons, 12 x 9", unpaginated, covers a little edge-rubbed, hinges loose, a little browning to end papers, minor damping at end else contents good, in a rubbed, soiled, and edge-worn dustjacket. INSCRIBED "For W.G. Power with best wishes from..." AND SIGNED BY CARTOONIST SYD HOFF..... More
White, Stokes & Allen: NY, 1886. Eight of ten illustr, 18 x 13, gilt decorated cloth, 54 pp. Covers poor and almost detached, loose and detached pages and plates, tears, staining, soiling, spotting, text block cracked, lacks two plates: Moorish Incense by Ferris and Old Trinity & Wall Street by..... More
Longmans, Green & Co.: London, 1902. Color illustrations by W. Graham Robertson, 15.5 x 11.5", cloth backed pict boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, spotted and toned, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, contents toned and foxed, with a bookplate inside front cover announcing that the book is now being published by..... More
Funk & Wagnalls Company: NY, London, 1923. 12 x 8.75, address label covering most of the word "Digest," light wear and soiling, a few small tears else good. Shows a fireside scene with a dozing child and dog asleep in a chair awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus, Santa shown..... More
np (UK), nd (early 1800s). Hardcover. Oblong 4.5 x 6.5", copper plate with some oxidation at bottom margin (and over parts of title), other wear, attached to wooden block. With photocopy of the image included (though quite light); image shows a number of well-dressed men on horseback in foreground with..... More
Werner: Chicago, (1892). Maps; illus., 14.75 x 11.75", dec cloth, 534pp, covers quite worn, extremities bumped, stained and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, contents toned at edges BUT STILL CONTAINS NICE, CLEAN MAPS (INCLUDING FULL PAGE CITY MAPS). More
(Gardet: Paris), nd (1830s). Telescopic peepshow featuring six engraved hand colored panels, four of which are diecut and are connected at the sides by paper gussets, all of which collapse into a box that has floral panels on the sides. The other remaining panels are on the front of the..... More
Rand McNally: Chicago, 1898. 14 x 11.5, cloth, 159 pp, fully illustr with color maps, silver decorated brown cloth, moderately worn, hinges cracked, text sound. Reprint. More
Circus Publishing Co:, np 1942. Illustr by Peter Arno, photos, ads, 11.25 x 8.25, pict stapled wraps, 72 pp, covers rubbed, lightly soiled and spotted, contents thumbed and a bit used. With Peter Arno cartoons throughout (along with the ever popular Jack Romer cartoon). Scarce. More
Artur Wolf Verlag: Wien 1923. Tipped-in color plates, 9.5x6", gilt dec cloth, corners bumped, covers worn and soiled. FIRST EDITION. More
London 1878. Illus, 11.5 x 8.5", quarter leather; green pebbled cloth, unpaginated, ex-lib, disbound, covers worn, corners bumped & worn, lacking spine cover, soiling, smudging, creasing, text block cracked, loose signatures, illus nos. 25 & 26 cut out. FIRST EDITION. More
London. 10x7.5", pict boards, 170pp, spine gone, chipped covers heavily worn and loose, with some staining. Contributions by Shaw, yeats, Beerbohn, etc. FIRST ISUE, WITH 10 (OF 11) DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY, Also art by Pennell and Whistler. More
np (Germany), 1540-1841. Illustr, 7 x 8.25, blue patterned boards with vellum spine and corners, unpag (94pp). Covers fair/poor, soiling, tears, loose pages, covers loose, cigaret(?) burns on one page, some abrasions, chipping. An intriguing collection, no apparent reason or logc as to the placement of the artwork. With the..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1890. 18 x 13, hardcover, 32 pp introduction, 103 pp index, color frontispiece flags of all nations, 89 color maps of the world and various geographic divisions, quarter bound leather, very heavily worn, boards detached, backstrip gone, end leaves front and rear detached and laid in..... More
J & E Bumpus: London, 1927. 15 x 11", cloth backed pictorial portfolio containing six beautifully illustrated music sheets (with music and lyrics), portfolio is worn at edges, the string ties are missing, the music sheets are toned with some offsetting from other sheets, but still striking. "...collected and sung..... More
Bancroft & Co,: London n.d. (1950's). 8x10.5", cloth backed pictorial mechanical boards, first page needs regluing else a nice pop-up. ILLUSTRATED WITH 8 COLOR POP-UPS BY V. KUBASTA. More
Vienna 1922. Color plates, 9.5x6.5", gilt dec cloth, 115pp, corners heavily bumped, lower front cover missing the cloth, covers sunned. FIRST EDITION. More
Constable & Co: London. nd (1919). 11.5 x 9, vellum backed boards, 170 pp, teg, corners creased on illust opposite 58 and 130, corners badly bumped, covers soiled some, text block cracked, one illustr with mounted loose else ok. LIMITED TO 575 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. WITH 16 FULL..... More
"The Song of Songs" Publishing: Jerusalem. 1930. 25 color tipped in plates plus tipped in illustrated title page, 13 x 9.5, decorated blue cloth, unpag, very worn copy, extremities bumped and worn through, hinges loose, inner hinges broken, pages browned and brittle, one illustr detached, page edges chipped (incl front..... More
The Hayes Lithographing Co.: Buffalo n.d. (circa 1900). 5.5x4", color pict boards, (16)pp, covers shabby and soiled but NICE GENTLE COLOR LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. More