Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, (1883). Wraps. Thin folio (9 by 11 inches). 10 leaves, including the wrappers. Illustrated through in full color of two shade chromolithograph. The leaves appear to have been guarded at an early date, with a new spin and a lower corner repair with the same card..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. Frontispiece. Seventh edition. On Van Gelder paper in a printing of 550 unnumbered copies. Bound in full morocco, spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, leather lettering label, gilt. Gilt tooling on boards. Decorated endpapers. Gilt rubbed in places, lettering and bands..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1913. Stapled wraps. 12mo. Frontispiece. Vellum paper covers with Lapp edges. Spine and upper board printed in brown. One of 550 copies. A couple of spots on the spine else this is a very good copy. More
Boston: Boston Job Print, 1878. Broadside. Broadside approximately 9½ by 22 inches printed in black ink thin purple paper. Woodcut of a giant squid attacking a three-masted clipper. W. C. Coup had been affiliated with Barnum and had been responsible for such innovations as three rings and a circus train..... More
London: Scholastic, 2000. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth-textured paper, gilt titles on spine and upper board. Cover Illustration by David Scutt. A near fine copy with just a trace of soil and wear. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is near fine as well. Signed by..... More
Ingolstadii: Typis Edegianis, 1658. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (2-1/2 by 4 inches). (16),267,(5). Later (18th cent?) quarter leather. Spine in six compartments with raised bands; gilt titles and leaf designs. Marbled paper boards and endpapers.Engraved title as well as a typeset title page. Tiny bit of marginal dampstain and..... More
New York: The Schilling Press, Inc., (1922). First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Red embossed cloth blocked with a dragon and title on the upper board in gilt. Illustrated with diagrams of game moves. Gilt lightly darkened, pencil ownership name, else a very good copy. The scarce first edition, much reprinted. Accompanied..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1831. Hardcover. 12mo. 4 volumes. Quarter dark brown leather, marbles paper boards. Spines tooled in gilt. Illustrated throughout with over 400 in text woodcuts of animals. Hinges cracked but firm, edges and hinges worn with age toning. Text block in near fine condition. Overall, a good looking..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1960). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii,(1),177pp. Dark gray cloth, spine printed in white. Illustrated throughout with photographs. A near fine copy with only a trace of war. The dustwrapper is not price clipped and shows the original $5.00 price. It is a little rough..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Four volumes. Thick 4tos. Brown buckram spines, gilt; tan buckram boards with the upper boards blocked with a rule in gilt and an illustration by the author. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with photographs as well as line drawings by the..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Dark green cloth with the English title on the spine and upper board in gilt, and with a design in blind on the upper board. And with the title and design on the lower board in Hebrew, A fine copy..... More
Salem, MA: Joshua Cushing for Cushing and Appleton, 1803. First US edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. Folding frontispiece plan of the City and Lake of Mexico. viii, 333; iv, 440, [1] pp. Contemporary marbled sheep, red leather lettering label, gilt, black circular numbering labels, gilt. Spine tips and corners..... More
London: Heinemann, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Map of Prydain double page frontispiece. Small bumps on the upper right corner of the upper board and on the spine tip, else a fine copy. The duswrapper is not clipped. There is..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in dark blue. Blue endpapers. Top edge foxed, boards yawning slightly and lightly browned with age on the edges and the spine, else this is a very good copy. The dustwrapper..... More
Albany (?): Sprague? (ca. 1850). Wraps. 8vo. 8pp, with large hand-colored woodcuts and the text in verse. There is an indication that this issue was bound in green pictorial wraps, but this copy was bound without them. While it appears complete, we are classifying it as disbound. It is..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2004). First edition, first printing. Fine. Oblong folio. (188)pp. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine,. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a tiny closed marginal tear on the rear panel else is in fine condition. Created and Illustrated by Terryl Whitlatch..... More
n.p. n.p., 1825. Stiff card. Six engraved handcolored scenes cut out and positioned via paper bellows against a backdrop of large buildings. The scene depicts a stately garden: fountains, gate, flowers, and numerous people strolling and enjoying the park. 4½ by 5 inches. When fully expended it is over 30..... More
London: George G. Harrap, 1929. Arthur Rackham. Limited edition. Hardcover. Full vellum; gilt. Top edge gilt. No. 476 of 575 copies of the English edition, out of a total edition of 775 copies. 12 mounted color plates by Rackham. Signed by Rackham. The vellum is pure cream-white. Neat gift inscription..... More
(Tacámbaro, Mich.): Taller Martín Pescador; Juan Pascoe, 2019. Limited edition. Wraps. Small 4to. 44pp. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe and Martín Urbina on Tamayo de Ponte paper in an edition of 140 copies, though the printer has told us that the actual number is less than that. This is number..... 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
Russia: 1917-1918. Three pieces of ephemera: 1. Mortgage, Imperial Bank, 1917, bearing a 5 kopek stamp. Coupons n the reverse have not been completed. 2. Letter regarding an inheritance, 1918, with three 50 kopek stamps. 3. Resident Certificate, 1918, All have been folded but are in very good condition. More
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: Coward-McCann, (1956). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 186pp. Black cloth, lavender spine title. Ownership name on the front free endpaper dated September 7, 1956, else a fine bright copy. The dustwrapper has a couple of small chips at the edges and is light darkened at the spine..... 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
London: Ferret Fantasy Ktd, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 96pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. One of 49 copies signed by the author, of a total edition of 56 copies. This is copy No. 45. Introduction by Nelson Bond, who also signed at..... More
