S. Peck (New Haven), nd (1850s?). Hardcover. 3.75 x 3.25", brown thermoplastic, center oval with flower pattern, edges have scrolls and leaves, metal hinges, interior with velvet pad and glass covered section with gilt stamped gold colored trim on top and below the glass. Light wear, small chip on side..... More
Johann Friedrich Steinkopf: Stuttgart. 1795. 7 x 4, full leather, 636 pp, index, boards detached chipped and creased, scattered staining, numerous leaves dogeared, text complete, sound and usable, chipping to last couple leaves, poor to fair condition. Second ed. More
Le Group AMPM: Montreal. 1980. Color photos, oblong 8.25 x 10.75, pict wraps, 127 pp, covers with minor shelf wear, contents a little toned else a nice, fresh copy. More
L.L. Olds Seed Co.: Madison, WI, 1943. Paperback. Photos (some in color), 10.25 x 8", pict stapled wraps, 76pp + order blank, covers rubbed, spine cover torn 4" up from bottom, paper address label on back cover was folded over foredge and is now torn with 1" affixed to front..... More
Grand Rapids. nd (1920s?). Oblong 7 x 10, linen backed with paper covered linen back tabe extending 1 inch beyond photo, tab has punch holes. No photographer listed. Soiling, light scratches and edge curling, chipping else good. Photograph taken on a residential street, one of the trailers has an ad..... More
Essex Reed, 1994. Paperback. 8 x 10". Creasing, tape on edges, edge tear else good. The scene is not identified, but it is a building site. A small house/trailer is up a hill, barely visible and the main focus is the side of the hill with "scrape" marks and crumbled..... More
Detroit, 1888. Hardcover. Brick is red clay, 8 x 4 x 2", statement of authenticity 4 x 8.5", the copy of the death certificate is on 8.5 x 11" copy paper, contents legible. On October 22, 1926, Harry Houdini was resting in his dressing room in Montreal prior to a...... More
Detroit, 1888. Hardcover. Brick is red clay, 8 x 4 x 2", statement of authenticity 4 x 8.5", the copy of the death certificate is on 8.5 x 11" copy paper, contents legible. On October 22, 1926, Harry Houdini was resting in his dressing room in Montreal prior to a...... More
Holy Spirit Mothers' Club: Binghampton, NY, nd (1950s?). Paperback. Illus., 9 x 6", pict stapled stiff wraps, 36pp, covers a little rubbed and darkened, contents nice and clean. Includes Kolachki, Palatsinki, Goulash, Borsch, Paska, etc. More
Detroit Photographic Co., 1898. 7 x 9, creased, torn, missing small piece out of upper right side, light soiling on reverse. Shows a group of well-to-do people riding mules on the trail along the mountainside with farms and another mountain in the distance. Attractive but sold as is. More
np (Detroit?), 1946. Paperback. No photographer listed. 8 x 10", black and white. Pinhole, creased else good. Shows Bennett performing his jumbo card trick. Detroiter Zina Bennett, M.D., 1891-1965, was famous for his routine using jumbo cards and created the ZinaB Deck and belonged to many, many magic clubs. "To..... More
(American Philatelic Publ. Co.: NY), (1894). Paperback. Illus., 6.75 x 3.5", wraps, 592pp, covers worn, darkened, soiled; edges chipping, pp toned; the three separate catalogues adhered at spines. SCARCE. More
The Mercantile Publishing Co.: Detroit, 1889. Illustr, 8.5 x 6, cream-colored cloth with black lettering and decorated with gilt "veins." 400 pp. Covers extremely well worn, rubbed, stained, soiled, etc., front cover almost detached from text block, rubbed, stained, soiled, etc., front cover almost detached from text block, rear inner..... More
The United States Playing Card Company: Cincinnati. nd (1920s). 52 cards, 2.5 x 1.75, red backs with scenes from "Little Lord Fauntleroy" + 2 advertising cards with red printed box 2.75 x 1.75. Cards are very good, box is fair/poor. The "Fauntleroy" cards were introduced in the 1880s with four..... More
Published monthly by the Employees of The American Packing & Provision Company, Ogden, 1930. Paperback. Illus., 9 x 6", printed grey stapled wraps, 12pp. Covers creasing with light toning and spotting, contents creased else good condition. Some of the contents: "A Trip Through The Plant Of The American Pack", "News..... More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: NY, 1973. Photos, 9 x 7", stapled wraps, (16)pp + photos, covers a little rubbed and darkened, else a nice copy of this exhibition catalogue, featuring the works of Alice Boughton, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz and others. SCARCE. More
La Park, PA 1911-12. Illus, 9.5 x 6", wraps, pagination varies, covers stained, chipped, tears, soiling, spotting, former owner's name in the margin of a few issues & on a tiny bit of masking tape on the rear of another issue, creasing, missing a smalll area of rear lower margin..... More
Illustr, 10.75 x 7.25, boards with S. Wendell Campbell color illustr label on front cover, 80 pp in double columns, covers worn and spotted, extremities worn, spine ends chipped (esp top), hinges loose, contents nice. Party like a flapper! Includes ideas like a Circus Party for children, a Prison Party..... More
Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London, 1920. Diagrams, 10.25 x 7, library buckram, vp, covers with minor shelf wear, hinges loose, pp toned else a nice volume. Bound in: 1916-20; 1921-25; 1926-30. More
Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London, 1920. Diagrams, 10.25 x 7, library buckram, vp, covers with minor shelf wear, hinges loose, pp toned else a nice volume. Bound in: 1916-20, 1921-25, 1926-30. More
Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London, 1899. Diagrams, 10.25 x 7, library buckram, vp, covers with minor shelf wear, hinges loose, pp toned else a nice volume. Also included: 1897-1900, 1901-4, and 1905-8. More
London 1890. Diagrams, oblong 8 1/2 x 10", cloth 216pp+ ads(incl. Full page pen), a.e.g., inner hinges cracked, darkned cover frayed with slightly torn hinges. FIRST EDITION. More
np (Columbus, OH), nd (c 1890s). Photo frontis, 9.25 x 6.25, cloth, 314 pp with index, covers heavily worn and soiled, hinges loose, contents toned, pencil notes in rear. Revised Ed. More
Fawcett Book No. 496. Greenwich, Conn. 1961. Photos, 9.25 x 6.75, pict wraps, 144 pp, covers a bit worn and yellowed. More
Phin Phillips: Cincinnati, OH, 1901. Ads, 9 x 6, printed wraps, 48 pp, cover worn, darkened and badly edge chipped, pp toned and used. SWAF. Buying guide from 1901. More