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1860413691860. ANONYMOUS. LITTLE LILY'S TRAVELS. London: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. 16mo. decorative purple cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Very Good bright; ink inscription front endpaper little scattered foxing text. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
012870New York; nd. ca.1850: Carlton and Porter. 18mo. Two books in one. 24pp. and 30pp. One full page and one textual illustration. A child's lesson book on the Old Testament: designed for Sunday school teaching. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth spine lettering gilt covers faded and stained lacks front free endpaper corners and spine ends worn contemporary owner's gift inscription. A good copy of which only three copies located on OCLC. Carlton and Porter unknown books
108081London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1895. Small slim 8vo 8 pp. text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Some pages creased cover slightly discolored joint has a tear some stains; good. § Father Tuck’s “Dolly Dear Series†Artistic Series No. 2304. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes “Little Jack Horner†“A Little Cock-Sparrow†and “Puss in Boots†retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. Raphael Tuck & Sons unknown books
108084London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1890-1900. Small slim 8vo. 8 pp. in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Cover slightly darkened edges slightly frayed some stains; good. § Father Tuck’s “Dolly Dear Series†Artistic Series No. 2802. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes “Little Bo-Peep†“The Fisher of Lea†“Thank you Pretty Cow†and “As I was going Along†retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. Raphael Tuck & Sons unknown books
004890Eton: The College Press 1906. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 447 pp. Though a Huxley and a Sassoon are included not further identified. Eton: The College Press, 1906 unknown books
1980175766n.p.: no publisher stated 1980. Magazine. 50p. 5.5x8.5 inches illustrations very good first edition booklet in camp green stapled pictorial wraps. no publisher stated unknown books
45693NY: McLoughlin. Large 8vo pp. not numbered. Four large cromolithographic illustrations with accompanying little verses. Paper wraps printed in green red and gilt. Gilt cover picture books. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Cover some chipped and stained some spotting inside o/w VG. For little girls. McLoughlin unknown books
1934265266New York: Covici-Friede 1934. Hardcover. 347p. 8x5 inch cloth boards in dust jacket top edge tinted green a nice production of the first edition. Condition is fair to good there's a severe reader's crease lots of binder's paste staining to both endsheets the dj spine is faded to illegible. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1965002714Chicago: Postal Region 7 1965. First Edition. Bright-yellow die-cut card stock and red movable human figure with with legs and upper body articulated via 4 grommets; 5 1/2 x 3 1/4; text in black; small bumps to corners of card and minor wear to edges of figure; small spot to upper margin of recto; very good condition. Intended to be distributed among postal workers the card illustrated the proper way of lifting heavy packages without one hurting himself/herself. Apprently concerned with disabling injury costs and costliness of replacements for injured employees the card also featured an extensive table of "per annum rates" for the above-mentioned payments. Postal Region 7 unknown books
184540064Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1845. Small 8vo pp. vi 188. The young American's library. Blind-stamped tan cloth gilt lettering on spine. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Cover somewhat worn and stained front cover and frontis near detached some foxng throughout o/w VG. Lindsay & Blakiston unknown books
1919283529New York: Life Publishing Company 1919. Vol. 74 No. 1934. 4to. 33pp. Minor soiling. Some chips and tears to page edges. Measures 11" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light general interest entertainment magazine. This issue like the publication generally is full of illustrations jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society literature politics and drama. At the center is a two-page print by Charles Dana Gibson "His Favorite Topic." In good condition with light wear. Life Magazine was published for 53 years before Henry Luce bought it out in order to use the title for his own publication which is the Life we know today. This earlier general-interest magazine featured some of the greatest writers editors and cartoonists of its era including Charles Dana Gibson Norman Rockwell and Harry Oliver. This copy is a rare example of this early publication.<br/><br/> Life Publishing Company unknown books
1899283524New York: Life Publishing Company 1899. Vol. XXXIII No. 858. 4to. 17pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling. Measures 11" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light general interest entertainment magazine. This issue like the publication generally is full of illustrations jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society literature politics and drama. It opens with the poem "Cupid's Moving Day" and at the center is a two-page print by Charles Dana Gibson "The Education of Mr. Pipp." In good condition with light wear. Life Magazine was published for 53 years before Henry Luce bought it out in order to use the title for his own publication which is the Life we know today. This earlier general-interest magazine featured some of the greatest writers editors and cartoonists of its era including Charles Dana Gibson Norman Rockwell and Harry Oliver. This copy is a rare example of this early publication.<br/><br/> Life Publishing Company unknown books
1933235342New York: J.W. Pratt Co 1933. Vol. XXXVIII No. 977. 4to. colour pict. wrappers 32pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling and vertical fold. Cover measures 11" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light general interest entertainment magazine. This issue like the publication generally is full of illustrations jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society literature politics and drama. It opens with a piece entitled "Patriotism" by Tom Masson and at the center is a comical two-page print entitled "Love in the Garden." An early cartoon by Art Young is also included on page 67 with pencil notations by the artist. The magazine is in very good condition with light wear. Life Magazine was published for 53 years before Henry Luce bought it out in order to use the title for his own publication which is the Life we know today. This earlier general-interest magazine featured some of the greatest writers editors and cartoonists of its era including Charles Dana Gibson Norman Rockwell and Harry Oliver. This copy is a rare example of this early publication.<br/><br/> J.W. Pratt Co unknown books
1899283522New York: Life Publishing Company 1899. Vol. XXXIV No. 893. 4to. 16pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling some chips to edges. Front cover detached back cover missing. Measures 11" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light general interest entertainment magazine. This issue like the publication generally is full of illustrations jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society literature politics and drama. It opens with a piece entitled "To The New Year" by Tom Masson and at the center is a two-page print entitled "New Year's Eve." The magazine is missing it's back cover and the front cover is detached. Otherwise in good condition with light wear. Life Magazine was published for 53 years before Henry Luce bought it out in order to use the title for his own publication which is the Life we know today. This earlier general-interest magazine featured some of the greatest writers editors and cartoonists of its era including Charles Dana Gibson Norman Rockwell and Harry Oliver. This copy is a rare example of this early publication.<br/><br/> Life Publishing Company unknown books
1905283525New York: Life Publishing Company 1905. Vol. XLVI No. 1192. 4to. 13pp. Sewn binding fragile. Minor soiling. Library stamped on cover and at back of tipped in print Richards Library Warrensburgh NY. Measures 11" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light general interest entertainment magazine. This issue like the publication generally is full of illustrations jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society literature politics and drama. Includes tipped in full color print of Chevalier Conried by Albert Levering and at the center is a two-page print by Charles Dana Gibson "Sister's New Beau." In good condition with light wear. Life Magazine was published for 53 years before Henry Luce bought it out in order to use the title for his own publication which is the Life we know today. This earlier general-interest magazine featured some of the greatest writers editors and cartoonists of its era including Charles Dana Gibson Norman Rockwell and Harry Oliver. This copy is a rare example of this early publication.<br/><br/> Life Publishing Company unknown books
296647Original poster. Image measures 28 1/8" x 21 1/2"<br/><br/> This original World War I-era poster includes a message in Slovak warning against speculators and urging people not to sell their bonds or stamps. An English language version of this poster was published reading "Don't Let Swindlers Persuade You to Part with Your Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps". Similar posters were published in Italian Hebrew/Yiddish Russian and Polish. This poster includes the additional line 'Pozor na Spekulantov' which translates to "Beware of Speculators!" <br><br>War loan posters like this one were produced in great volume during the First World War to encourage people to support the war effort financially. The poster is in good condition with minor tears to edges and some staining along lower left margin. Notations in ink of inventory numbers deaccessioned by the Long Island Historical Society 1923 as noted verso.<br/><br/> unknown books
19357217Paris: Les Editions Nationales 10 Rue Mayet; Le Société. 1935. Octavo 210 x 16.5 cm. 38 8 pages. Illustrated with color lithographs by Edy Legrand. FIRST ORDINARY EDITION one of thirty-five thousand copies on velin d'alfa. A promotional item serving the producers of Roquefort cheese with text by two of the greatest of French mid-century food writers and illustrations by the great illustrator and painter Edy Legrand. Tiny bit of bumping to corners; otherwise internally fine. In tan wrappers printed in blue and black; wrapper edge rubbed and spotted. Good plus. Les Editions Nationales, 10 Rue Mayet; [Le Société...] unknown books
1751WRCLIT52451London: Printed for R. Griffiths 1751. 17 i.e. 191pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume some tanning and corner creases small natural hole in blank margin of title else very good. First and only edition of this unsigned caution about laxity among the parish clergy leading to an increase in Popery as well as "swearing drunkeness robberies whoredom adultery and almost all manner of wickedness." ESTC online locates three copies only the Huntington copy resides in North America and as in those copies p.19 in this copy is misnumbered '17.'. ESTC N25558. Printed for R. Griffiths unknown books
197025554Berkeley: Berkeley Poster Workshop circa 1970. Light creasing along right edge. In fine excellent condition. Silkscreen poster. 11 1/2 x 18 inches. An anti-war poster from the Berkeley Political Poster Workshop featuring a version of the "Lets Have Peace / Lisa" logo here being painted by a little girl onto a t-shirt worn by a man who resembles MalaquÃas Montoya. Printed on bright lime-green paper. The Political Poster Workshop was a loose collective of student activists that formed in 1970 out of screenprinting classes led by Montoya an important figure in the Chicano Art Movement and lecturer at Berkeley. Berkeley: Berkeley Poster Workshop unknown books
5407312mo pp. 27. Sponsored by a variety of companies: Nestles General Mills American Dairy Association etc. Illustrated with several photogrpahs and some small drawings. Paper wraps. Some rodent nibbling at bottom of spine o/w VG. unknown books
1933180623002Racine WI: The Commercial Press Co 1933. Second Edition. Like New. Second edition. 64 pp. Publisher's pale yellow wraps printed in green. Promotional "High Life Sale Co." rubber stamp and hand written details to front and rear cover. Wraps lightly soiled and worn pages toned corners bumped. Scarce. The Commercial Press Co unknown books
1965197666Paris: Esprit de Joie 1965. Paperback. 59p. 8 b&w plates at rear text in French unopened pages good trade paperback in plain white wraps with pictorial dj. The dust jacket has an extra wide front flap and only covers half of the rear cover. The plates are from photos of Classical female forms in paintings and sculptures. Esprit de Joie paperback books
208431no place: no publisher no date. Magazine. 32p. 5.25x8 inches illustrated with nude drawings of women cavorting price on cover in ink lightly-worn digest-size magazine in blue stapled pictorial wraps. Two short stories and two poems. Erotica for lesbians. no publisher unknown books
1838182047Moulins.: Desrosiers Fils. 1838. 1st edition. Contemporary quarter calf over stippled black cloth. Unpaginated. . Good corners worn spine ends detached hinges split scattered light foxing. folio. French text. From a 15th century manuscript. Large book requires extra postage. Engraved title engraved borders blue initials red headings engraved plates after 15th century originals. Desrosiers Fils. hardcover books
1855002736Vienne Vienna: M. Auer 1855. Very good. First edition in French translated and published in the same year as the original Russian; 10 1/2 x 7; pp. 1-25 7; green wraps printed and ruled in black; illustrated with three plates by Jos. Stoufs; lacking portrait frontis else complete; tiny white label to upper left corner; faint discolored spot to margin of front wrap; small chips to tips of spine and slight curling to corners; scattered foxing mostly to margins and verso of plates; in about very good- condition. Published anonymously the booklet was allegedly written by Count Dmitrii Nikolaevich Bludov alt. Dimitri Bloudoff 1785 - 1864 - a Russian noble imperial official and a member of the inner circle of Emperor Nicholas I. Over time Bludov served as Minister of Justice Minister of the Interior Chairman of the State Council and President of the Academy of Sciences. He was also a historian author founder of the Arzamas Literary Society close friend of Turgenev Karamzin and Zhukovskii and legal advisor to Nicholas writing many of his speeches editing the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire in 1841-1842 drafting a new Criminal Code in 1845 and presiding over the court that condemned the Decembrists to death. The book gave the official version of Emperor Nicholas' death i.e. pneumonia resulting from an untreated cold touting his unwavering Christian values and refuting the circulating speculations that the ruler had committed suicide while the Crimean War was raging. M. Auer paperback books