New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. Hardcover. First edition thus, as a preliminary version was published in 1890. 12mo. 195pp. Yellow buckram blocked in black and silver. Buckram soiled, rear inner hinge crack, light on the upper nargin of the last dozen pages, but a very good copy. "Indespensable..... More
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 45pp followed by publisher's catalog. Brown cloth embossed in blind on the boards and in gilt on the spine and upper board. Neat ownership name dated 1872 on the front free endpaper, else a near fine copy. More
New York: Random House, (1956). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan textured paper boards blocked in black and gold, and with a paste-on of Lunt and Fontaine on the upper board. Illustrated with scenes of the Broadway play. The paste-on is a little rubbed else this is a near..... More
n.p. n.p., 1994. Hardcover. Thick folio. Bound in maroon faux leather, gilt spine title. This is the Acquisition 'Bible', containing all of the documents relating to the purchase of the stock of Heritage from Quaker State by G. E. Capital in 1994. Documents are tabbed for convenient access. Laid in..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. With Illustrations by Howard Willard. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram, spine printed in dark red. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. Light aging else a near fine copy. Signed by the author on a preliminary..... More
Hermosillo: Los Talleres de Impresora y Editorial, S. A. de C. V., (1960). Wraps. 4to. 93,(3)pp. Printed wraps, with the Sonoran coat of arms on the upper cover. Wraps lightly soiled and unevenly sunned else this is a very good copy of what appears to be budget report as ewell..... More
México, D. F. Manuel Porrúa, S. A. Librería, 1978. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 57,(9)pp. followed by 10 full page plates of the Mayan Codex. Printed wraps. Light wear but a very good copy. One of 1000 copies. The plates show the entire codex, and the text of D. Martínez explains..... More
México: Ecuador, 1966. Wraps. Facsimile of the 1789 edition published by Pedro Bombelli in Rome. 8vo. Unpaginated. Each page is an engraving with a text caption depicting the life of Blessed Sebastian . Printed wraps. A very good copy. In Spanish. Sebastian de Aparicio y del Pardo (1502 – 1600)..... 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
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
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
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1896. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 577,(1)pp. followed by publisher's ads. Green pebbled cloth, glt spine title. Five star maps in pocket at rear. General light wear, the maps have a partial separation at one of teh folds (no loss) else this is a good copy..... More
.n.p. LIFE, ca. 1944. Wraps. Folio. Six pages in color reproducing sixteen of Denslow's drawings, as well as eleven incorporated into the text, from the first edition of the first Oz book. The pages are adhered to stiff paper wraps, and are an extract from a larger periodical. There is..... More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, var. A folder containing a large number of items, all related to the Rampant Lions Press: 1. Bookplate printed for King's College Library; 2. Sparrow, John, "Lapidaria Octava", 1/200 copies; 3. Munby, A. N., Book-collecting in the 1930s. Inscribed by Sebasian Carter, the printer; 4. "In the Beginning", Prospectus; 5. "In..... More
