Corinphila Auctions: Zurich, 2001. Hardcover. Color photos, 10.75 x 8.25", gilt-lettered textured boards, 455pp, extremities lightly bumped and worn else a nice, clean copy in a lightly edge-worn and spine-sunned dustjacket. Includes the Prices Realized from Auctions 126-128, an unused addressed return envelope, partial (missing rear cover) color mailing promoting..... More
Illus, 10 x 6.5", wraps, 471pp, minor cover wear & fade. 1974 reprint. More
Creative Crafts: Heartland, MI, 1941-1944. Paperback. 14 issues. Ads, each 11 x 8.5" (though a few pp are 8 x 14"), stapled mimeographed self-wraps printed on rectos only (mostly), vp, pp with folds, worn and toned, last issue with folds and edge-chipping/tears; still a remarkably well-preserved, SCARCE collection. Includes: April..... More
np (Indiana?), 1961. Photos, oblong 5 x 8, pict stapled self wraps, worn, pp toned else a nicely preserved piece of ephemera. 13 weekly coupon pages dated from September through December, 1961, offering "Extra Top Value Stamps" with purchases of specific Kroger items, to be used toward the purchase of..... More
Supreme Magic: (Bideford, UK), (1980). Paperback. 9.75 x 7.25", pict stapled wraps, 8pp, a nice copy with the uncut sheet of miniature cards laid in loose. SCARCE. More
(Lansing, MI), 1989-1996. Hardcover. 26 issues. Illus., 11 x 8.5", self wraps, 8pp each, some horizontal folds else a nice collection from Oct-Dec 1989 to Oct-Dec 1995, plus the June 1996 (14)pp issue that announces the resignation of Robert Graves, the editor (and is considerably more professional looking). SCARCE. More
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc, 1235 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI Feb 1928 to Aug/Sept 1941. Illus, 9 x 6", pict stapled wraps, cover soil & wear else good. Mostly ads/articles advertising Kodak products. One dup: April 1929. No real local content. More
(The Chess Player), nd. Paperback. 9 x 6.25", pict stapled wraps, 50pp, covers lightly used, old price sticker on front cover, pp toned. SCARCE. More
Wm. Ackland: Melbourne, 1938. Hardcover. Photos, 8.75 x 5.5", red cloth, 262pp, extremities fraying, back cover delaminating at foredge corners, contents nice and clean. More
Flint, Mich. nd. Oblong 4 x 9, color artwork on one side. Light wear, soiling and creasing, sunning. The Burroughs products shown are "Flint City Mills Pride of the Cook Room Fancy Pastry Flour," "The Little Princess Self Rising Pancake Flour" and "Fancy Blended Patent Seal of Michigan Bleached Flour."..... More
Record Tower Cranes/Briere: London & NY, 1963. Paperback. Photos, 9.25 x 6.75", pict spiral-bound wraps with clear plastic overlay at front cover, unpaginated, covers a bit worn and soiled, pict wraps, front cover with a small chip from foredge, pp toned, first seven weeks bound upside down, last page toned..... More
H.R. Harmer, Inc.: NY, 1955-1958. Paperback. 16 catalogues, each with photos, 9.5 x 6.5", vp, covers a little rubbed and darkened, extremities a bit yellowed, title page of #16 with some adhesion marks in lower margin due to inclusion of "Bid Form" mailer; a used but still good collection. No..... More
Allen's Nurseries & Seed House: Geneva, OH, 1923. Illustr, 9 x 6, pict stapled wraps, 34 pp + order blank, covers worn and soiled, spoine with new cello tape reinforcement, contents good, with original return envelope. "Stayman's Winesap" pictured on front cover. More
Fournier: Paris 1781. 5.5 x 3", full leather, 120pp, 45pp, 36pp, 105pp, 102pp, lacks front board, spine broken through center. First edition. More
(Publishing House Moravian Chess: Czech Republic), nd. Hardcover. 8 vols. Illus., 8.5 x 6", brown cloth, vp, corners lightly bumped and worn, contents nice and bright. Facsimile reprints of the Hartwig Cassel and Hermann Helms original editions. Sold as a set only. More
Volume 8 1894. 10.5 x 7", wraps, 90pp, spine torn, moderately stained & wrinkled copy. WITH Vol. 9 1896. 137pp, uncut, vg. The pair. More
Aperture: (Millerton, NY), (1977). Hardcover. Photos by Andre Kertesz, 8.25 x 8", glossy pict boards, 95pp, extremities a bit bumped and worn, covers a little rubbed, contents nice. FIRST EDITION (NAP), INSCRIBED "To Bob V____" AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER, ANDRE KERTESZ, who adds the date "4/21/82". SCARCE signed. More
George Wahr: Ann Arbor, MI, 1904. Hardcover. 9 x 6", cloth, 607pp with index, covers worn and soiled, front hinge cracked, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned and finger soiled and used, former owner's ink inscription on front fly (dated 1907); a used, loose copy, but still usable with loads..... More
Robert G. Spence Co: St. Louis, nd (1967/1968). Illustr, oblong 9 x 11, printed stapled light orange wraps, 96 pp + ads. Covers have light soiling and creasing, ink name, light chipping to lower edge of spine, contents have ink name and light creasing else good/very good. Reprint of the..... More
Culinaire Inc: NY, 1990. Mostly photos, 13 x 9.5, pict glossy boards, 80 pp, covers nice except for some extremity bumping, hinges loose, old paper clip indent on front fly else a nice copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON FRONT ENDPAPERS BY PHILIPPE PADOVANI and GEORGE MAVROTHALASSITIS (as "G. Mavro"), ALSO..... More
np (Institut Pestalozzi: Paris), nd (c. 1910?). 70 glossy pages with tissue guards containing from 7-10 small sepia-tone photos on each page reproduced from glass slides with captions in English, oblong 6.5 x 10, full gilt lettered morocco, five leather tabs on foredge, very nice condition except for some very..... More
John Leng: London, 1938. Illus., 8 x 6", printed pale blue boards, 371pp + index. Spine sunned, bumped with small tear, hinges tender, front cover warped, covers have light spotting, contents toned, last page has a small edge tear else good to very good condition. A book of helpful hints..... More
Fonda, Iowa (1913). 5.5x4", stapled wraps, 20pp, abrasion marks on inside front cover with a couple of glue stains, covers creased. The Dixon Co. also sold fences and coal. More
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.: Rochester, NY, 1917. Paperback. Illus., 10 x 6.5", pict wraps, 126pp + index, covers rubbed and darkened, spine ends rough and torn, contents used with some finger soiling, inner hinges reinforced with cloth tape; cover title: "Projection Apparatus" More
(Bann-Up Employees Group) np, (2014). Paperback. 11 x 8.5", glossy pict wraps, 75pp, underlining on one page, covers a bit used but still a nice, clean copy with lower corners slightly bumped. SCARCE. More