1935. Leather-bound. This is an actual white leather baby shoe, not a book. SIGNATURES Amelia Earhart Roscoe Turner; Frank Hawks (aka “Meteor Man”); (Later-to-become Admiral) R.E. Byrd (VERY faint, above bottom seam, down and to the left of Earhart’s signature) Shoe is nested in a decorative, hinged, wooden box, with..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: The Drygoodsman, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (9.50" x 6.25"). Brick-Red cloth-covered boards with black, embossed border to front board, and black lettering as well. On cover, title reads: "The Drygoodsman's Handy Dictionary for the Dry Goods and Shoe Trade". Corners bumped. Discolorations/stains to boards and in..... More
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Plotkin, Barnett. First Edition. Leather_bound. FINE. This limited First Edition Society volume is bound in rich brown full leather with gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. The classic hubbed spines of three raised bands have gilt text and decorations stamped in the..... More
Tokyo: Daito Art Printing, Co., Ltd., 1959. Hardcover. Light sunning to spine. Black lettering on spine and gilt and black graphics with number 16 on front of red cloth boards. Color and black and white photographs. Fold-out photograph page precedes p 277. 282 pp. Clean, bright, tight. Photgraphic cruise book..... More
Chicago, IL: A.T. French / Souvenir Publishing . Company, 1898. Hardcover. Fo. 15.75" x 11.5". Bound in green cloth boards, with illustration of U.S. Navy ship to front board. Contains over 150 original illustrations in black and white, as well as numerous maps in color. Also contains Historical, Military, Naval..... More
Guatemala: Editorial Piedra Santa, 1981. STATED FIRST EDITION. Paperback. One of 3000 copies in the true first edition of poems by this Nobel-prizewinning poet, novelist, and journalist. Cover completely taped over to protect (or else safely obscure) book. Pages yellowed. Last page rubbed, creased, stained and partially detached. Fifth in the..... More
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Biblioteca Folha, [1813] 1998. Softcover. Rasgar a última página (sobre o autor e dela obras) Tear to last page (concerning the author and her works). Paginas 382. More
Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs of old telephones. 179 pp. including index, plus 13 pp. of advertisements at end. Dark blue boards with silver schematic telephonic design to front board, and gilt lettering - to spine as well..... More
New York: The Frick Collection, 2010. Hardcover. 4to. 11" x 9". Bound in black cloth boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Color illustrations throughout book. 208 pp. "This elegantly designed, fully illustrated volume presents more than two centuries of exquisite drawings by spanish artists..." (Front flap of book). More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue and Co., 1872. Leather_bound. 337 pages. Frontis illustration of Browning with tissue guard. Decorated title page with title and publisher in red. Full red padded embossed leather. Small chip at top of spine and very small chip at bottom of spine hinge. Titles in gilt, all edges..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Hardcover. Reprint, circa 1950's. Illustrated gray cloth depicting Tarzan riding an elephant in the jungle. Octavo. Illustrated endpapers, nice clean copy in bright color illustrated dust jacket with the Zane Grey listings on the back. Jacket has an 1/8th inch chip at top of spine..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1927. Hardcover. Mild wear to boards and extremities. Double in-blind rules to olive-green, cloth-covered boards. Gilt titles and design on spine. 37 black and white illustrations. Three figures. 103 pp with authorities cited, explanation of plates, and index. (9.25 x 6 x .5"). Clean, bright..... More
London: Macmillan, 1891. John Tenniel. Hardcover. Stated People's Edition, twenty-fourth thousand. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel including full page frontis. 174 pages of text, followed by "An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice.", the poem "Christmas Greetings [From a Fairy to a Child]", three pages of publisher..... More
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First American edition in first state binding. Orange boards with blue graphic to front board, blue . lettering to spine. Slight rubbing to extremities. One small corner nudge to bottom rear corner. Bright and bold Dustjacket design by Boris..... More
Portland, OR: Salmon Trout Steelheader, 1978. Jeff Dayne. Second Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 11" x 8.25". Bound in green boards with silver lettering to spine and front cover. Minor foxing to page edges, and light rubbing to dustjacket. DJ now protected in mylar. Contains numerous black and white photographs of fishermen..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press Company, 1890. Leather_bound. Complete two volume set. Volume 1 published 1890 and volume 2 published 1893. xii,844 + 652 pages. Index to each volume. Half-leather over marbled boards, gilt spine titles, thick quartos. Both volumes have chafed corners, edgewear and scuffed boards. Spine to volume..... More
Biloxi, MS: Taylor Publishing Company, 1989. Hardcover. AS NEW. Still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. "Colt collectors Ken Condry and Larry Jones have collaborated on a very informative text on Colt commemorative guns produced to date. The book contains over 200 hardbound pages with a 9x7 inch photo of each commemorative..... More
West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1993. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. A few minor stains to front. A crease along front edge of cover. This is one of 1250 copies from the first edition, it is however NOT one of the 26 copies lettered A-Z, signed and bound in cloth. 109 pp..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1957. John Woodhouse Audubon. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1957. 34 plates, 2 in color reproduced from Audubon's original pencil sketches and water colors which are in the Southwest Museum and are the only remaining illusstrations from..... More
San Francisco, CA: George Spaulding (Steam Book, Card and Job Printer), 1879. Hardcover. Complete reports of the Common Schools, Courses of Study, Evening Schools, Annual Exams/Questions, Papers Used, list of "Medal Pupils", primary school by primary school. list of schools and teachers, and even obituaries: "...Miss Mary R. Miller...1846-1879...Her early..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lee and Blachard, 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. 833 pages plus 22 page publisher catalogue. Calf binding with black paper label. Text clean, stains to rear endpapers and some margins of cataloge. Binding shaken but sound. Spine has two short tears at top, corners worn and scuffing to boards..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. 30 volume complete set of the works of Charles Dickens, bound in blue boards. Top edges gilt. Foredges and bottom edges untrimmed. Some pages uncut. Each volume measures ~ 8.5" by 5.5". Minor wear to extremities. Some minor dings to edges, and some..... More
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. LEATHER BOUND. Sunning to spine. This limited First Edition Society volume is bound in dark red full leather with black and gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. The classic hubbed spines of three raised bands have gilt..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1978. FIRST THUS. Softcover. Oversized book. 9" x 10.5". Sunning and light shelfwear to card covers. Over 200 plates featuring black and white photographs throughout book. With notes to the plates at beginning of book. More
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. 9.5" x 5.75". Minor rubing to edges, with a few faint stains to endpapers, and minor creasing to front pastedown. Illustrated with diagrams, charts and photos. Dust jacket chipped at corners, closed tear at top front of dj, with shelf wear to..... More
