New York: The American News Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and pictorial stamping. 631pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page plates, all text pages ruled in red, floral endpapers. Very good. Spine faintly dulled, else tight and internally near fine. Thomas Wright..... More
Chicago: Breeder's Gazette Print, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and green cloth. 1087pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Very faintest of mild edgewear only -- overall tight, bright, lovely. Handsome first edition of this scarce breed chronicle -- and not the green cloth with..... More
N.p. Wisconsin State Prison, 1939. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 36pp. Small graphics. Very good. Lightly, evenly age toned as usual. Unusual jailhouse publication, the February 1939 issue (Vol. 5, No. 2) of this "monthly magazine, written, edited and printed by inmates of the Wisconsin State Prison...." Filled with..... More
N.p. Wisconsin State Prison, 1938. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 32pp. Small graphics. Very good. Lightly, evenly age toned as usual. Unusual jailhouse publication, the October 1938 issue (Vol. 4, No. 10) of this "monthly magazine, written, edited and printed by inmates of the Wisconsin State Prison...." Filled with..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 359pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty history of the fabled Remington Arms Company. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. Hardcover. Edited by Julian Huxley. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 175pp. Frontispiece, 3 illustrations. Fine/near fine. Faint age toning to spine of otherwise-superb jacket. Aldous' famed brother Julian edited this tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1965 gathering of essays by..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 336pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket remarkably free of edge chips and edge tears, with spine just lightly age toned. Wonderfully bright and tight first edition of this sequel to her..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale green cloth with dark green lettering and orange rules. x, 255pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite tight and internally bright and near fine, with mildest of binding edgewear and faintly sunned spine; front flyleaf ownership signature. Attractive first edition..... More
Tours, France: Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1873. Hardcover. 8vo. Green calf spine with gilt lettering and rules and marbled paper over boards. 381pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece + engraved title page, 2 full-page tissue-guarded plates, marbled endpapers. Very good. Internally tight and near fine, with preliminary leaves a bit age toned..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., [1941]. Hardcover. Preface by Donald Culross Peattie. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xxix, 886pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers age toned per usual; jacket a tad edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned; bookplate on front pastedown. A tight, quite..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [1882]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth with white lettering and front board red and black pictorial stamping. 288pp. Frontispiece, iIlustrations. Very good. Spine lettering quite rubbed, else binding bright and nice, internally tight and near fine; front pastedown nonauthorial gift inscription. Attractive and tight..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. x, 1030pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers age toned per usual; jacket a tad edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned; bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and handsome copy of this "Authorized..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1922. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 332pp. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn, with spine lightly sunned; text block lightly age toned as usual, with bits of sporadic foxing and age toned endpapers; faint floral mustiness. Tight and decent first edition. Folded press..... More
Philadelphia: L.A. Wollenweber, 1850. Paperback. 8vo. Yellow printed wrappers. 46pp. Very good. Mild edgewear and faint vertical fold; text block lightly age toned. First edition.The influential "Pennsylvania Ministerium" is the oldest Lutheran church body in the U.S. and created the first Lutheran liturgy; originally called the "German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium..... More
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1936]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Robert A. Graef. 24mo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 100pp, 1p ad). Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good. Mildly edgeworn, with text block lightly, typically age toned; front inner hunge cracked but strong; large pencilled front flyleaf ownership signature. Tight and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Crawford. 8vo. Brick cloth with black spoine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. 191pp. Illustrations. Very good. Boards a bit faintly, irregularly sunned, else text block tight and fine; faint floral mustiness. A tight and nice first edition of the..... More
Kansas City, MO: H. Alfred Flwoer, [1913. Hardcover. 16mo. Dark blue cloth spine and light blue paper over boards. (24pp). Pictorial engraved title page, 2 bookplates (as issued). Fine. Outstanding, pristine first edition of this "little brochure of interest to collectors of bookplates" -- though Fowler engaged three of the..... More
N.p. N.p., [1897]. Hardcover. Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Small 4to. Green cloth with black-bordered gilt and black-bordered burgundy lettering and black, gilt and burgundy pictorial stamping. xii, Frontispiece, full-page plates and numerous small illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear only; front pastedown ownership signature and large nonauthorial 1899 gift inscriptipon..... More
Chicago: A.C. Becken Co., 1936. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with blue and burgundy lettering and blue, gilt and burgundy decorations. 780pp. Extensive illustrations (some color and some partly color). Very good overall. Binding typically a bit edgeworn and age toned, but sound; text block mostly near fine; front flyleaf seemingly..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1933]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 260pp. Numerous plates and line drawings. Very good/very good. Bit of age toning and few pages with minor foxing; jacket a bit edgeworn and rather age toned and lightly soiled; faint floral..... More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., [1950]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 372pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only; faint floral mustiness. A tight and nice first edition. Front jacket panel boasts: "The cream of Lincoln's wit and wisdom arranged for delightful..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, rules and graphic. xiv, 375pp. Extensive tables and figures. Near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Wonderfully tight and nice first edition of the 25th volume in M.I.T.'s "Radiation Laboratory Series." Physicist, educator and long-time CalTech president Lee..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 375pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 full-page plates floral endpapers. Near fine. Tight and most attractive later printing of this fiction first published by Roberts in 1876, a volume in this publisher's large "Louisa M...... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 365pp, (18pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, floral endpapers. Near fine. Handsome and tight later printing of this fiction first published by Roberts in 1886, a volume in this publisher's large "Louisa M. Alcott's Writings"..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 325pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, floral endpapers. Very good. Very faintest of edgewear and few minor foxing spots to text, else quite tight and bright. Handsome later printing of this..... More