Anti-Slavery Token: Front shows a stocking foot surrounded by stars with date 1863, reverse "North Star" large star surrounded by smaller stars.
np, 1863. 2mm, copper. Rubbed, worn, small dent on edge else good to very good condition. SCARCE. More
np, 1863. 2mm, copper. Rubbed, worn, small dent on edge else good to very good condition. SCARCE. More
Anti-Utopia: Brooklyn, 1990. Illustr, 11.5 x 11.25, steel-clamped printed rubber covers, 100 pp, minor wear, circular blindstamp "God Preserve the Marginal 1990 Anti-Utopia," with small wooden carved object with tag stating "Pera'gera, meditated upon an axis of admittance," with worn and unevenly toned packing board, in acid-etched, steel, hinged box..... More
Wm. Clark et al: London, 1815. 4 volumes in 2, beautiful full page engravings, 6.75 x 4, fairly recent black buckram, unpag, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, contents toned with minor spotting but a handsome set with wonderful engraved plates. More
Antique Automobile Club of America/North Dakota Region: np, 1974. Paperback. Photos; ads, 9 x 6.5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, extremities a bit bumped, endpapers and textblock edges spotted. Still, a SCARCE item. More
Ohio Historic Auto Club: Toledo, 1953. Paperback. Photos; ads, 11 x 8.5", stapled wraps, 40pp, very very light cover stain else nice copy of a very SCARCE program. More
Detroit Public Library, 1912. Illust, 9 x 6, stapled wraps, 30 pp, light soiling to covers else vg. FIRST ED. More
Medallic Art Co.: NY, 1951. Hardcover. 3", bronze. Light wear, very good to fine condition. On the back of the medal "American Hotel Block Built 1807 Remodeled As Hotel 1835 S.E. Corner Jefferson And Randolph. Where As A Drug Store In 1838 Eaton Chemical And Dyestuff Company Was Established In..... More
James Humphreys: Philadelphia, 1803. Hardcover. 5.75 x 3.5", full tree calf, 263pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and chipping, beginnings of some spine creasing, missing front and rear flys, ink name of former owner on title page, old wax seal remnants, scattered spotting, but still a decent, old-looking decorative leather binding..... More
Detroit April 12, 1927, revised. Designed by well-known Detroit architect Charles N. Agree, 10 hand-drawn linen sheets. 26.5 x 30", light wear & soiling, a few edge tears, holes punched in left margins. A two-story brick building with stone balconies, carves stone details & a Spanish tile roof... More
Kasztu ir Spaustuweu "Lietuvos": Chicago. 1896. 8 x 5.5, green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 255 pp. Covers moderately worn, rubbed, scratches, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine cocked, approx 1.25" tear along upper spine gutter, inner hinges cracked, endpapers have soiling and ink scribble, ink note on one..... More
Saalfield: NY, 1969. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", color pict wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light creasing, contents have toning and short edge tears, one page is torn out. Not colored in, very good to fine condition. SCARCE. More
Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. 750. Ads, photos; illus., 14 x 11.25", cloth-backed boards with color pict label affixed to front cover, 132pp, covers heavily worn and soiled, library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a retired librarian who did this to all of his own books), extremities..... More
Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. Hardcover. Photos; ads, 14 x 11", gilt-lettered boards with color pict label on front cover, 132pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and worn, paper library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a librarian who did this to all of his own..... More
J.A. Smiley, Assessor, December 17, 1883. Paperback. Oblong 2.5 x 8.5", printed on one side. Fold creases, light toning else good. There are four categories listed: Valuation of Real and Personal Property, Valuation of Personal Property subject to a State Tax, Carriages, Watches. For watches "100" was written in. On..... More
London 1756. 8x5", 76pp, marbled boards and leather spine (with raised bands) which are worn and rubbed, corners bumped, extremities worn, bookplate, front inner hinge cracked, front endpaper loose. Small stain on top edge, bottom edge has some wavy pages, endpapers soiled, spotted and browned with offsetting from bookplate. Blank..... More
Colour Ltd.: London, 1920-21. 14 x 10.5, cloth, five issues bound together in blue cloth, polychrome apple device to front board, original wrappers and supplemental material removed before binding, hinges cracked moderately worn. Filled with great illustrations of the period. FIRST THUS. More
W.B. Conkey Co: Chicago, nd. Color litho frontis; b&w text illustr, 9.5 x 7.25, color decorated gray cloth, unpag, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, top of spine torn, inner hinges cracking, contents toned and worn with finger soil, few pp coming loose, but still seems complete. SWAF..... More
D. Appleton and Co: NY, 1869. Illustr, 11 x 8.25, half leather w/gilt lettering and decoration, raised bands, 644 pp. Covers stained an spotted, corners bumped and worn, light shelfwear, number on spine (no library markings), front inner hinge cracked, scattered spotting and staining, toning, small tears, chipping, text block..... More
(W.C. Both [sic?]: Chicago), nd (c. 1919). Paperback. Six maps (including one double-page of Europe); illus., 6.5 x 4", stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit worn, front cover with glue marks and abrasion from removed illustration(?), contents very good condition. "An Appreciation: As a mark of appreciation the valor and..... More
The People's Daily Press: np (China), 1995. Color photos, 11.5 x 8.5, brown embossed boards, 446 pp + pp, extremities lightly bumped, hinges loose, contents nice and clean and sharp, in lightly worn dust jacket. NOL. More
(U.S.G.P.O.) Washington D.C., 1871. Paperback. 9 x 5.5", 4pp (printed on 3pp). Removed, light wear and toning else good. James Tufts, acting governor of Montana from 1868-1869, sought reimbursement for "expenses incurred and supplies furnished for the Indian service in Montana" which included investigating "depredations committed by the Blackfeet Indians"..... More
T. and T. Longman: London, 1753-1754. 10 of 12 volumes in 5 of 6. 6.5 x 4, gilt ruled leather, vp, covers very worn, spines creased and chipped, extremities bumped and fraying, contents with scattered soil else decent, each volume has crowned "V" bookplate, "Dr" bookplate and ink-stamped "Brougham" creasts..... More
Ipswich 1954. Illus by Arthur Szyk. 10.5 x 8", cloth, 330 double-col. Pp. With: THE NOTE UPON THE ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE FIRST VOLUME. Ipswich 1954. 10.5 x 8", cloth, 136 double col., pp. More
London 1786. 8x5", later tree calf (Mexican style binding), 334pp, inner front hinge cracked, p. 189-90 lacking corners affecting text, p 141/42 with small marginal chunck out, new end papers else ok. FIRST EDITION. (errata present). More
Chicago, 1935. Nine cards. Oblong 3.25 x 4.25, blue lettering and photos on white background. Light wear and creasing else vg. Five husband and four wife cards. "Your future husband will be a nudist cult doctor. . . The old idea of having nothing to wear will be true with..... More