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1862001479Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 1862. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 107pp. Brown embossed boards gilt lettering to cover. Boards are edgeworn spine chipped and missing pieces from top and bottom some foxing and offsetting of text but very readable and the binding is holding nicely owner's pencilled name and address on front free endpaper rear free endpaper torn. Complete musical score with lyrics in 2 acts. Music composed by Julius Eichberg and the libretto by Benjamin E. Woolf. An American comic opera first performed in Boston in 1867. <br/> <br/> Oliver Ditson & Co. hardcover
1889201470New York: White & Allen 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Woolf M. Red cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards with black & red lettering & illustrations 8vo 50 pp. Light wear & discoloration to covers free front endpaper removed generally a clean & solid copy. Racist portrayals of Chinese and Southern Blacks as they play & cheat at poker. "Humor" it was called. White & Allen hardcover
188941383New York and London: White & Allen 1889. Early printing. Red cloth spine over blue illustrated paper-covered boards. Significant wear to binding darkening soiling and chipping/rubbing to paper covers and edges. Paper somewhat age-toned. A Good example. 50 2 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> White & Allen hardcover books
1851138529London 5611-5622 1851-1862 Publication Dates Also In Hebrew Calendar 1851. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 342 pages; Physical desc. : iv 342 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Jewish sermons English. Sermons English - 19th century. Text in English with some phrases in Hebrew. Notes: ""Published at the request of the council of Founders"". London, 5611-5622, 1851-1862 (Publication Dates Also In Hebrew Calendar) hardcover
188998460New York: White & Allen. 1889. 1st ed. octavo original faded illustrated boards restored in half-leather b&w full page illustrations pp. 50. Previous owner's signature front free endpaper some staining to pages otherwise very good condition. 'Humourous' story about card players in New York's Chinatown. 1st Edition. White & Allen hardcover
1820023294New York: George H. Doran. Original green cloth. First American Edition. 1 of 1500 copies. Fading and mottling on the spine Very Good. Lacking the Dust Jacket. Kirkpatrick A4b. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1820. George H. Doran hardcover
188823005694New York New York: Dick & Fitzgerald 1888. Good to very good. Upper wrapper detached. Minor toning dust soiling chipping to extremities and spine. One or two minor stains. Paper brittle. First edition scarce with only 3 copies listed on OCLC as of March 2023. "The Mott Street Poker Club" is a fictional account revealing the underground card and gambling scene in New York's Chinatown. Utilizes common anti-Asian stereotypes and sentiments from the time including frequent use of a phoneticized "Chinese accent". The anonymous author Alfred Trumble dates unknown possibly pseudonym wrote several books on eclectic subjects ranging from New York's underground card scene to the Crusades with illustrations by Gustave Doré Dickens' interest in jails Parisian night life and "The Mysteries of Mormonism". He is an odd and shadowy character begging for further research by scholars.<br /> <br /> 8vo 9.25" by 6" pp. 50 4 pp. adverts stapled in original illustrated yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Ink stamp of Kleinteich's Book Store Brooklyn NY to title-page. Dick & Fitzgerald unknown
1899072368London: John McQueen. 267pp hardback green decorated cloth gilt with 10 colour plates title page printed in two colours some spotting private bookplate and ownership signature illustrated by Hans Reitz scarce pictures available on request rubbing to extremities . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1899. John McQueen hardcover
