Thomas Boys: London, 1820. Hand-colored engraved title and frontis + 11 (of 12) full page handcolored plates by Cruikshank, 9.5 x 6", recently rebacked half leather; marbled boards, 240pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and chipping (new spine nice but plain), pp foxed (esp. plates) and soiled, still and interesting and..... More
1822. Two volumes. Foredge, text illustr, 5.25 x 3.25, blind tooled red straight grain goatskin, gilt decorations and ruling on covers, raised bands, gilt ruled panelling on spine with gilt decorations with gilt illustr of a ship on three of the panels, gilt lettering, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt..... More
London. 16 x 11.5", half leather; marbled boards, engravings (none in color), 429-652 and 1-444, disbound, spine lacking, covers somewhat duct taped to each other, covers fair, loose signatures, text block splitting, spotting, smudgind, soiling, tears, foxing, creasing, approx 3 engravings partially colored-in, leaves pressed in , missing pp 221-236..... More
np (Chatelain, Amsterdam), nd. (4 various editions were published between 1705 - 1739, map is from ?) 17.5 x 38, printed on two sheets and joined at the center, uncolored. Toned, scattered spotting, creasing, chipping, small tears, approx 3" of upper area where map sections were attached has become unsealed..... More
The Map Collector: Hertfordshire, 1980-1982. Illustr, 11.75 x 8.25, pict wraps, 72, 74, 76, 76, 76, 86, 80 pp. Covers have light wear, scratches, creases, corners and spine tips bumped, paper peeling on the spines of a few issues, contents good/very good. Articles by R.V. Tooley, Madeleine B. Stern, Heather..... More
Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler: Philadelphia, 1854. Colored map, oblong 16 x 25.75", folds down to 5.25 x 3" with gilt-lettered embossed faux leather case, toned, folds, browned at folds, one fold torn (at bottom margin); case is worn at extremities and wrinkled at spine; otherwise a nice brightly colored map..... More
Humphrey Phelps: NY, 1832. 16 x 20", folded into a 5 x 2" gilt-lettered leather folder, colored in outline, one tear at a fold repaired and now browned (at right margin and into the Atlantic Ocean, not at land) else a nicely preserved example; map shows the US to Arkansas..... More
The University of Michigan, The University Library. 1976. 11 x 8.5, stapled sheets, 16 one-sided pages. Light soiling, toning, chipping, creasing else good. "This bibliography was prepared for the seventeenth AXRL Rare Books and Manuscript Collections" which was held 14 - 17 July 1976 at the University of Michigan, Ann..... More
The University of Michigan, The University Library. 1976. 11 x 8.5, stapled sheets, 16 one-sided pages. Light soiling, toning, chipping, creasing else good. "This bibliography was prepared for the seventeenth AXRL Rare Books and Manuscript Collections" which was held 14 - 17 July 1976 at the University of Michigan, Ann..... More
The University of Michigan, The University Library. 1976. 11 x 8.5, stapled sheets, 16 one-sided pages. Light soiling, toning, chipping, creasing else good. "This bibliography was prepared for the seventeenth AXRL Rare Books and Manuscript Collections" which was held 14 - 17 July 1976 at the University of Michigan, Ann..... More
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
The Century Co.: NY, 1913. Hardcover. 13 full page color illus. + black and white text illus. by Arthur Rackham, 9.5 x 7", black cloth with color illus. label on front cover, 262pp, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped and torn, front inner hinge cracking, pp..... 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
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
Hodder and Stoughton: NY & London, nd (1912?). Hardcover. 28/28 full page plates (with tissue guards) by Edmund DuLac, 11 x 8.5", blue cloth, attractive blue and black decoration on front cover and spine, gilt lettering, gilt endpapers, unpaginated. Covers have light wear, corners and spine tips bumped and worn..... 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
Privately Printed: np, nd (1920s?). Hardcover. 10 x 6", cloth, 640pp, uncut edges soiled, scattered light foxing else good in worn and soiled dustjacket. NUMEROUS PLATES BY GUSTAVE DORE. "With Twenty Additional New Illustrations". Gargantua and Pantagruel. 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