New York: New Avon Library, 1943. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback (MMPB). Mass Market Paperback (6 1/2" x 4 1/4"). Fabulous cover art of blonde, be-earringed skeleton woman. Read crease and a bit of edge rubbing/peeling to spine, but nonetheless, quite square and tight. Pages yellowed, after more than seven..... More
Peking, China: China Record Company, 1966. Record. 7-inch, 33 1/3 rpm. Chinese record. Fabulous graphic on the cardboard sleeve depicting six smiling youth, several with red party scarves about their necks. The cardboard sleeve is creased in several places. The record shows a bit of grit from the five decades..... More
Oxford, England: Printed at the Theater, An. Dom. MDCCVII, 1721. Fourth Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo, 7 5/8" x 4.50". Half-bound diced calf over catspaw marbled boards, with tooled design to spine and corners. Five raised bands (six compartments), with contrasting (red) spine label, brightly lettered in gilt. with design to each..... More
London, England: Typis Du Gardianis, 1652. Ninth Edition. Disbound. 12mo. IN LATIN: 5 1/8" x 2 7/8" Removed from boards (not present). All edges gilt. Blue, red and white marbled endpapers. Front free endpaper detached but present. Ex-Libris to front free endpaper with armorial coat of arms depicting a handful..... More
Juneau: Rie Munoz, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated boards, oblong folio [12x11 inches]. Nice bright cover color illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Rie Munoz ("Rie") on dedication page. 335 pages, 350 color plates. More
Danbury, Connecticut: Behrens Publishing Company, [1862] 1887. Third Edition, Paperback. Pamphlet, 7.25 x 4.50. Sunning and discoloration to top and spine edges, and spine paper covering missing an inch, at top and at bottom. Probably the third printing of Thomas's bartender's Guide. First published by Fitzgerald and Dick in 1862..... More
Portland, OR: Krinke Music Publications, Inc., 1935. Paperback. Folio (12"' x 9"). Colorful cover with elf-like musicians. An early piano-lesson system with cut and paste images. Signed and inscribed "Best Wishes from The Composer. Esther Cox Todd to ____________. More
Amsterdam: Michiel de Groot, 1668-1670. Paperback. Lot of Five Pamphlets, all octavos in wraps. In 17th-Century Dutch. Loose translations in English (provided by a native Dutch speaker) as follows: 1. "The Dutch Gardener"..Describing all kinds of "prince-like", royal gardens showing how to plan, sow and decorate with trees, flowers and..... More
San Francisco, CA: The Wasp Publishing Co., 1886. Paperback. Magazine, stitched. ; 13.50" x 10". First page partially torn along fold. The Wasp (also known as The Illustrated Wasp), The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, The Wasp News-Letter and the San Francisco News-Letter Wasp) was "an American satirical magazine" published from 1876..... More
NEW YORK: Merriam-Webster, 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is probably the very last printing of the 1959 edition of this venerable, storied, exhaustive, beautiful, and last-word version of Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, First issued in 1934 and last printed in 1961 before giving way to the Third Edition..... More
