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Calvin, Cass Co., MI: 1897. Single sheet, 8 by 12 inches. A two year mortgage at 7% for $200. payable to John R. Carr of Cassopolis for property in Calvin Township by Lottie Carter and Sarah E. East. Attested by two witnesses as well as Leandere Orborn, Justice of the..... More
New York: Derby, & Jackson, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 425pp. Publisher's ribbed brown cloth embossed in blind on the boards and with gilt title on spine. Yellow coated papers. Wear at edges and spine tips, occasional light soiling, else a very good copy. Alice Cary, with her sister Phoebe..... More
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1952. First edition. Very good. Folio. 389,(3)pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board; map endpapers of Oaxaca in the 16th century. Illustrated with 527 photographs of line drawings of ancient figured urns. One of 500 copies. Memorias del Instituto Nacional..... More
Mérida, Yucatan: Dante, (2000), but 2013. Limited edition. Softcover. Oblong folio, softcover, approximately 13 by 17 inches, including borders. Eight full color prints by Castro Pacheco: La Siesta (1992), Los Músicos (1979), Los Amantes (1992), Mujeres Platicando (1992), Mujer en Rojo (1979), Mujer en Blanco (1990), Mujer Recargada (1985), and..... More
Paris: La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1990. Fernando Botero. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 161,(3)pp. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board, the latter having an illustration of a bull in addition to the title. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white, with 74 illustrations on full..... More
n.p. (London): n.p. (Longmans), n.d. (1811). Very good. Single page copperplate engraving. 8 by 10 inches, the image being 6 by 8 inches, and matted in an 11 by 14 inch mat. Later handcoloring. Light foxing, a light tide mark on the lower corner not affecting the image, else a...... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 321pp. Red cloth printed in black on the spine, Illustrated with a facsimile of the manuscript. Index. A fine, as new copy. The dustwrapper is fine as new as well. Mayan Christian copybooks, Chilam Balams and native..... More
late 1800's. Original Victorian Christmas and New Year's cards dating the the late 19th century. Generally single sheets, folded, about 3.25 x 5 inches to a little larger The fronts are chromolithographed; two have an applied fringe. Friendship verses. Faint soil but generally in very good. condition and unused. Two..... More
London: E. Jones, 1696. Hardcover. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf, probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label, gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the..... More
Petrograd: 1923. Single sheet of heavy wove paper 13 by 18 inches with blue, red, green and gold calligraphy congratulating the circus orchestral director on twenty years of service. Addressed to Dear Colleague Stanislav Martinovich Novitsky from the Guild (Collective) of Circus Workers, and signed by what appears to be..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 287pp. Blue cloth spine, gilt title; green paper over boards. Trace of sunning along the top else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has a trace of wear, but is near fine as well. Inscribed..... More
Madrid: La Viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1798. Softcover. 8vo. 427pp. Contemporary limp velum, manuscript title on spine (now faded). Front free endpaper has perished, and foot of the spine lacks a small piece of vellum, some staining, else a very good copy. In Spanish. More
n.p. Privately Orinted, (1936). Hardcover. First edition. Plates, map of Ireland Hunts on endpapers. 99, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. About fine. Higginson, British and American Sporting Authors, p. 407; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 87. Inscribed: "For Edith and Curtis, two of the best sports..... More
NY: Camilla Lucas, (1951). Portfolio approximately 6-1/2 by 8-1/2'. Printed stiff paper cover. 8pp. of text by Madeleine Connat laid-in, followed by nine etchings of 18th century four-wheel coaches in vivid colors: a Berlingot; 2 Cabriolets Ouverts; 3 Berlines; a Cabriolet; a Coupe; and a Caleche. The etchings are printed..... More
n.p. Thos. Cook & Son, 1924. Hardcover. The Fifth edition. 8vo. 141pp. plus ads. Green cloth printed in black on the upper board. Printed endpapers. With three fold-out maps. One map (Peking) has a short separation at one of the folds (no loss) else the maps are in fine condition..... More
New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2013. Jacket design by Julie Dillon. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue, with a new "Note from the Author" and with a new jacket illustration by Julie Dillon. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed on the title page by the author "For Wendy"..... More
NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, (c. 1965). Early Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, early printing, with EFG on the copyright page. Original printed cloth. Bookseller label on free front endpaper, else a fine copy. The dustwrapper is lightly worn at the head of the spine and at the upper fold..... More
Cincinnati: Fox Moon Publications, 1997. Illustrated by the author. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Miniature volumes. 2¼ by 2¾ inches. Designed by Gabrielle Fox and finely printed in red and black letterpress at Larkspur Press. One of 100 copies; this is No, 82. Volume one contains text, illustrations, selected bibliography..... More
Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1923. First edition. Softcover. 4to. (18),150pp. Stiff printed wraps. Backgrounds, lyrics (in Irish Gaelic), English translations and music for 80 traditional songs from the Gaeltacht. Light wear else a very good copy. More
San Francisco; Denver: The Colt Press; Allan Swallow, 1942;1950. Limited edition. Two works bound in one. 'The Helmsman' is one of 300 copies and is signed by the author on the title page. Brown cloth printed in green on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Orange cloth. Spines blocked in black and gilt. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper, else in near fine condition with only traces of wear along the bottom. The dustwrappers have some chipping along the edges and rubbing at the folds, else..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 192pp. Black cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and on the upper board. Illustrated throughout, both in text and full page. Three of the full page illustrations are in color. The endpapers have tape marks where the dustwrapper was..... More
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2014. Limited edition. Fine. 16 pages, sewn paper covers. This is a favorite poem of audiences by Santa Fe’s fourth Poet Laureate. Calligraphic cover, title page and initial letter by Judythe Sieck, with decorative elements based on Muybridge’s Horses in..... More
var. Five items relating to Glen Dawson: 1. Glen Dawson's Centennial Birthday Party, 2012, single sheet folded program; 2. Glen Dawson at 100, single sheet invitation to the party, 2012; 3. Glen Dawson at 100: three sheets listing his achievements and covering the time from 1905-2012; 4. "The Hills of Home", a finely printed..... More
Boston: E. G. House, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 598pp. Folding map and two plates, one a portrait of the author, the other of Abba Thulle. The second edition, identical to the first. Modern half pigskin, spine tooled in blind, marbled paper boards and endpapers. occasional light foxing else a...... More
