New York: Scholastic Book Services, [1966]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild wear and rubbing to outer wrappers (only) and small stain at bottom page edges-- tight and internally quite nice. Reprint edition of this 1938 classic. The true first edition is..... More
New York: John Lane Company, [1916]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark green and light green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 288pp. Frontispiece and illustrations by the author. Very good overall. Tight and fairly nice, marred only by water stain at upper margin of front preliminary leaves and most pages; front..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1932]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (24pp). Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Moderate wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally near fine. Nice copy of the slimmer softbound edition of this popular mice tale. whThe hardbound Whitman edition as well as the..... More
Davenport, IA: By the Author, 1880. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration and black rules. xvi, 176pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Quite mild binding edgewear, else tight, bright and near fine. Handsome first edition of this slim how-to by New Hampshirite Charles (1824-1900), who moved to Davenport..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full calf with gilt lettering on burgundy calf spine label. viii, 1451. Marbled page edges. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a bit scuffed; text block mildly age toned, with occasional foxing -- more so on preliminary leaves. A tight and..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1874]. Hardcover. 16mo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt and black lettering and extensive black decorative stamping. iv, 277pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, but tight and lovely and spine giltstamping beautifully bright. Handsome first edition, first state, of the middle volume in the..... More
San Francisco: Night Shade Books, [2006]. Hardcover. 8vo. Teal blue cloth with black lettering. 218pp. Near fine. This tight and attractive first edition bears a full-page pictorial colophon (same graphic as jacket, which this copy lacks) before the half-title page limiting it to 250 copies signed by both Manzarek and..... More
New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884. Hardcover. 16mo. Khaki green cloth with gilt lettering and rules. vi, 49pp, (4pp ads). Text endpapers. Very good. Quite mild binding edgewear; internally tight and near fine; contemporary ownership signature on inner flyleaf and on each pastedown. Tight, attractive first edition. Patton (1812-1903)..... More
Chicago: Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Preface by Mortimer J. Adler. 4to. Pale teal blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, slipcase. ix, (ca. 100pp). Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase sunning and rubbing. Errata slip and printed letter from publisher laid in. A tight and handsome copy of..... More
Columbus: J. & H. Miller, 1851. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full black calf, heavily blind-embossed and with extensive gilt spine lettering and decorations. xiv, 1002pp. Engraved frontispiece and title page, numerous full-page steel engravings, marbled endpapers. Very good. Minor binding wear only; tight and internally quite nice, though preliminary leaves show..... More
New York: United States Publishing Company, 1874. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full calf with gilt spine lettering and rules. viii, 693pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page plates, marbled page edges. Very good. Minor binding edgewear; endpapers a bit age toned; contemporary ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A handsome, quite tight fifth..... More
New York: A. Francis and W. Boardman, 1832. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full speckled calf with gilt spine lettering and decorations. 556pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved plate, marbled page edges. Very good. Binding rather rubbed and scuffed; preliminary leaves a bit age toned and moderately foxed. A tight, nice first edition of..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1910. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light green cloth with gilt lettering and dark green and orange pictorial stamping. xv, 502pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else tight and internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of the first book..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. 207pp. Extensive illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; mild wrinkliness (no dampstaining) to many text pages. A tight and decent first edition of this influential, superbly-illustrated text by the noted Italian-American furniture designer and sculptor (1914-90). More
Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, 1834. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Full calf with gilt spine lettering and rules, five compartments. xxxvii, 624pp; viii, 517pp. Frontispieces and engraved title pages, illustrations (some foldouts), foldout map, marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a tad scuffed, with gilt..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, [1904]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pale green cloth with gilt lettering and ivory, dark green and burgundy pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp, (2pp). Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Jacket clean and bright but edgeworn, with large chip at top of front..... More
Chicago: Gross & Delbridge Company, 1896. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering over bevel-edged boards. xiv, 772pp. Very good. Faint binding wear only; couple of neatly inked medical notes on inner flyleaf and inked/pencilled medical notes on rear flyeaf; half dozen quaint contemporary medical newsprint clippings neatly tipped..... More
New York: J.B. Ford & Company, 1874. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Emerald green cloth with gilt and black lettering and ornate black pictorial stamping and decorations. vii, 332pp, (9pp ads). Small steel-engraved illustrations. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; front and rear pastedown ownership signature. A tight, bright and charming first edition..... More
New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1932. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with silver lettering and medallion, pictorial dust jacket. v, 266pp. Pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn (mainly at spine head/tail). Handsome reprint edition of this bestseller, a coming-of-age tale involving an Iowa farm family's visit to the..... More
Durable leading lady of the 1930s and '40s, awarded an Oscar for "Mildred Pierce"; later excelled at playing wronged wives and crazed spinsters. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. Very good. Inoffensive small tape mar and wear at each corner. Quite attractive head-and-shoulders glossy glamour portrait of Crawford in middle..... More
This German-American master wood carver, famed for his ecclesiastical groupings, was related to the German potter Anton Lang (1875-1938), whose sole acting experience was in playing Jesus Christ at the famous Oberammergau passion play -- then in 1930 and 1934 Alois played J.C. in the same passion play. Postcard PS..... More
This noted educator was one of the founding teachers (physics and chemistry) in the 1870s at what became Southern Illinois University, rising in the administration until 1897, when he was named their fourth chancellor -- a post he held until 1913; the university expanded greatly during his administration, and today..... More
N.p. Arno Press, [1977]. Hardcover. Complete 8-volume set. 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt lettering and decorations. Each volume 223pp except the last, which at 224pp ruins the symmetry. Extensive illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Very good overall. All are tight and nice, with just a touch of edgewear..... More
New York: Henry Hope & Sons, [1926]. Hardcover. Folio. Black cloth spine with paper label and pale red paper over boards with paper label. 141pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and lightly age toned, as are endpapers, but overall tight and internally fine; purple ownership..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff red wrappers. Pp. 241-276pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive copy of "This Bulletin... devoted to various aspects of art forgery. The first four articles are adapted from a series of seminars presented by the Museum in November..... More