Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light grey cloth with green lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 65pp. Very good/very good. Spine lightly sunned and pastedown leaves a bit toned as usual; ownership signature/date on front flyleaf; jacket a bit edgeworn, with several small edge chips..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1920]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Hugh Spencer. 12mo. Light green cloth with black lettering and black and orange front board pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 114pp, (2pp ads). Color frontispiece, 3 full-page color plates. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with couple of archivally closed... More
Boston: Loring, Publisher, [1876]. Hardcover. 16mo.Emerald green cloth with gilt and black lettering and decorations. 206pp, (6pp ads). Very good. Mild edgewear and touch of rubbing; tiny chip on front flyleaf and odd glossy bookplate of a J.D. Williamson on front pastedown; nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. A tight..... More
Galena, IL: Miner's Lodge No. 273, 1958. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff gold wrappers with blue lettering and device. 16pp. Near fine. Super tight and handsome sole printing of this early Galena masonic lodge that (to cite title page) "covers... a complete history, review of statistics, list of Past Members, membership roster... More
This Hungarian-American operatic mezzo-soprano made her debut in New York in 1911 and headlined at the Metropolitan Opera for 19 seasons. IPS [Kesslere], heavy stock 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. [dated 1926 on verso in another hand]. Near fine. Dramatic sepia-tone full-length portrait of Matzenauer in "Parsifal," beautifully inscribed and... More
Prussian composer (including the noted symphonic ode "Das Meer"), pianist and conductor. On a 4¼" X 2 3/4" slip bearing an imprinted "The Autograph Collection of / Howes Norris, Jr." along the top, Nicode signs large and bold in black ink, adding place (near Dresden, Germany) and date below: "Langebruck... More
New York: The New American Library, [1966]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with yellow lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 373pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with a few tiny edge chips. A tight, quite nice first edition of this biography of the fiery... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1929]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering. viii, 378pp. Very good. Mildest of edgewear only, else internally tight and bright. A tight and nice later printing of this quite useful survey and checklist of sources. From the collection of famed... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1952. Folio (50½" X 41"). Heavy glossy stock with black wooden dowels along top (with original metal eyelets and wire) and bottom edge. Very good. Outstanding example of this modern classroom map in a superb state of preservation, with a mild pleasing golden overall age... More
London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750. Paperback. 4to. Self-cover. Pp. 187-92. Very good. Minor binding traces and faint folds. Handsome decorative device at top of first page and large rubricated capital "S." A tight and quite nice issue of this weekly ("Numb. 32") edited by the celebrated Dr. Johnson... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, [1958]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 226pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Book fine but for age toned front endpaper from long-ago newsprint contact; jacket bright and nice though faintly edgeworn, with single..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, [1984]. Hardcover. Introduced and edited by Max Allan Collins. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket, burgundy cloth over boards slipcase. xv, 234pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine, tight and perfect first edition, limited on rear colophon to 250 copies numbered (this... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1879]. Hardcover. 16mo. Green cloth with gilt and black lettering, gilt spine decoration and ornate black decorations. v, 326pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Very faintest of edgewear only. A wonderfully tight and bright first edition of the final title in the 3-volume "Boy... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and orange, ivory and gilt pictorial spine and front board stamping. vi, 255pp. Frontispiece, 19 full-page called-for illustrations, floral endpapers. Very good. Just the lightest bit of mild edgewear (mainly at head and tail of faintly sunned... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. Hardcover. 12mo. Green pebble-grain blind-embossed cloth with ornate gilt spine lettering and decorations. 328pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, 5 full-page engraved plates. Near fine. Faint text block age toning. A tight, truly bright and lovely early (not first) printing of this 1868 fiction, with... More
N.p. Atlantic Publishing Co., 1893. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with black and gilt lettering and ornate black pictorial stamping. 578pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page plates, floral endpapers. Good plus. Edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with discreet brown cloth tape inner hinge reinforcement; text block lightly age toned as usual, with a.... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. Hardcover. 12mo. Maroon blind-embossed cloth with ornate gilt spine lettering and decorations. 336pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, 2 full-page engraved plates. Near fine. Endpapers (only) a bit age toned, with 1867 nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Nicely tight and bright early (not first)... More
New York: Hurst & Company, [1913]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Martin Lewis. Small 8vo. Green/gray cloth with blue and orange lettering and blue, orange and white pictorial stamping. 316pp. Halftone frontispiece, 3 full-page called-for plates. Very good/good plus. Book faintly edgeworn only, with endpapers slightly age toned and nonauthorial 1916 gift... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1937]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Thomas Somerfield. Frontispiece by Reginald Mills. 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering and dark blue and ivory pictorial front board stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Color frontispiece, 6 full-page called-for line drawings. Very good/very good. Faint binding edgewear, with spine... More
West Point, NY: The De Vinne Press, 1898. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter linen spine and green paper over boards with gilt lettering. 237pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 21 full-page called-for plates. Good plus. Binding is edgeworn, rather rubbed and age toned, with spine rough and age toned but complete... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1957]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvii, 459pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint discoloration along outer edge of front board and couple inoffensive stains on page edges; mild age toning to front flyleaf from long-ago newsprint contact;... More
New York: Bramhall House, [1950]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Carter Lucas. Small 4to. Green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 235pp. Maps, numerous illustrations, map and pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Faintest of mild edgewear; mild jacket edgewear, with single small chip at head of spine. A tight, handsome... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1925. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth spine with paper label and tan paper over boards. xvii, 451pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint edgewear and touch of rubbing, but overall tight, clean, handsome -- and internally fine. An attractive fourth printing of this... More
The "Dean of American stamp designers" was a prolific artist and book and magazine illustrator; between 1947 and 1962 he is considered sole designer of 60 U.S. postage stamps, the best known being his 1962 "Project Mercury" 4-cent stamp, and was closely involved in the creation of 77 stamps. Signed... More
Evanston: Chicago Historical Bookworks, [1993]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 70pp, (1p). Very good. Tight and decent first edition, limited to 100 copies -- a sound working copy, with a handful of inked margin checkmarks and circled items and couple of notes and comments. Though outdated price-wise it's uncommon and... More