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1862288307New York: Harper's 1862. unbound. very good. Woodcut. Sheet measures 15.75" x 11". Shows a small tear at left margin image unaffected. In very good condition.<br/><br/> Pages 371/372 of the June 14 1862 edition of Harper's Magazine. Images at top show Robert Smalls and the Confederate gun-boat "Planter". These images are accompanied by the initial six paragraphs of the article relating "one of the most daring and heroic adventures since the war commenced" in which Smalls a small crew and their family members escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering the Confederate gun-boat and running it the safety of USS Wabash a US Navy steam ship at Port Royal SC. At the bottom of the sheet is an image titled "Feeding the Negro Children Under Charge of the Military Authorities at Hilton Head South Carolina". <br><br>Harper's Weekly was a New York-based illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916. The magazine featured foreign and domestic news fiction essays on many subjects and humor. Its most well-known contributor was Thomas Nast who made his career doing political cartoons for the publication.<br/><br/> Harper's unknown books
185291603NY:: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1852. Hardcover. B001L49Q72 . Illustrated with engravings. First edition thus. Thick quarto bound in decorated brown cloth with gilt lettering marbled endpapers. Worn and frayed at the spine ends and corners chipped corners to endpapers previous owner's name on title page occasional foxing throughout text block else good. ; 864 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1997182679McGraw-Hill Education 1997-07-22. Hardcover. Like New. Clean has a good binding and crisp pages no marks or notations. McGraw-Hill Education hardcover books
200416117JSan Francisco: Chronicle Books 2004. First edition Second printing. Large quarto. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy. From the library of Hugh Hefner with a Hefner bookplate and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Opening with an introduction by Hugh Hefner this is a terrific collection of comics which appeared during 50 years of publication of Hefner's Playboy Magazine. The Playboy Magazine founder was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover and his library was loaded with items like this reflecting his passions. Bound in the publisher's glossy red boards. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. In the illustrated dust jacket and uncommon publisher's wraparound title band with the jacket being really sharp and the band being lightly worn. Chronicle Books hardcover books
197122873EChicago: Playboy Magazine 1971. First Edition. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy with his bookplate affixed to the inner front cover and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Illustrated catalogue issued to accompany a European exhibition of illustrations that appeared in Playboy Magazine with a foreword by longtime Playboy Magazine Art Director Arthur Paul. Laid in is a printed exhibition schedule that began in Milan Italy and ended in Munich Germany. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 7 3/4†x 7 7/8†staplebound unpaginated. About fine condition with just a hint of handling to the covers in printed wrappers. Hugh Hefner was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover. The first issue of Playboy was October 1 1953 with Marilyn Monroe as the first centerfold and its final printed issue was released on March 17 2020 with the magazine now available online. The magazine played an important part in the so-called ‘sexual revolution’ and still remains one of the most recognizable brands in the world. Notable for its nude and semi-nude centerfolds the magazine also published a wide variety of short stories and serializations by such significant writers as Arthur C. Clarke Ian Fleming Vladamir Nabokov Ray Bradbury Saul Bellow P.G. Wodehouse Chuck Palahniuk Roald Dahl Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood. Then there were the interviews and terrific cartoons by Jules Feiffer Shel Silverstein Gahan Wilson and more. Playboy Magazine unknown books
197822872EChicago: Playboy Magazine 1978. First Edition. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy with his bookplate affixed to the inner front cover and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of illustrations artworks and photographs that have appeared in Playboy Magazine over its first 25 years of publication selected by longtime Playboy Magazine Art Director Arthur Paul. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 8†x 8†staplebound unpaginated. About fine condition with just a hint of handling to the covers and a faint bit of discoloration 4†x 2†to the upper right corner of the front cover in printed wrappers. Hugh Hefner was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover. The first issue of Playboy was October 1 1953 with Marilyn Monroe as the first centerfold and its final printed issue was released on March 17 2020 with the magazine now available online. The magazine played an important part in the so-called ‘sexual revolution’ and still remains one of the most recognizable brands in the world. Notable for its nude and semi-nude centerfolds the magazine also published a wide variety of short stories by such significant writers as Arthur C. Clarke Ian Fleming Vladamir Nabokov Ray Bradbury Saul Bellow P.G. Wodehouse Chuck Palahniuk Roald Dahl Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood. Then there were the interviews and terrific cartoons by Jules Feiffer Shel Silverstein Gahan Wilson and more. Playboy Magazine unknown books
1949295627New York: Heritage Magazine Inc 1949. hardcover. very good. Volume I. Features monotone and color photography.with Unpaginated folio colorful pictorial boards corners of binding & spine a bit rubbed. New York: Heritage Magazine Inc. 1949. A very good copy with a near fine interior.<br/><br/> Volume I No. 6<br/><br/> Heritage Magazine, Inc unknown books
185191604NY:: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1851. Hardcover. B00LU5XE98 . Contributions include the first appearance of any part of Melville's MOBY DICK - "The Town-Ho's Story" Chapter 54 of the novel. Illustrated with 171 engravings. First edition thus. Thick quarto bound in decorated brown cloth with gilt lettering marbled endpapers. Worn and frayed at the spine ends and corners previous owner's name on front endpage and title page occasional foxing throughout text block else good. ; 864 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1985300398Farmingdale NY: Trans-High Corporation 1985. Map. Measures 10 7/8" x 16 1/8".<br/><br/> Published as the centerfold of High Times Magazine issue No. 121 September 1985 this unusual map shows the geography of the global drug trade in the 1980s. Distorting the size and scale of continents and oceans the map is naively drawn to show generalized information through icons and informally written text. Simple icons represent various parts of production and trade including growing refining and money laundering. The mapmaker uses slang terms and makes funny comments throughout the map. On the verso is a single page map centered on the North Pole showing the international trade routes of drugs.<br/><br/> Trans-High Corporation unknown books
196416259NY: American Heritage 1964. First edn. 8vo pp. 153. cover little worn o/w a fine copy. A picture book about Marco Polo's travels with text. Gives some historical background about the places and peoples Polo described. American Heritage unknown books
196230816NY: American Heritage 1962. 4to pp. 431. Heavily illustrated in color and black-and-white. Paper over boards with cloth spine stamped in gilt. Little moisture-staining or soil on edges cover little worn in spots o/w VG in little torn dj. An illustrated guide to the civillizations of Egypt Mesopotamia Indus Valley Crete Mycenae Anatolia the Etruscans Khmers and Mayans. American Heritage unknown books
19702792New York: American Heritage 1970. Cloth. Very Good . Dust jacket frayed at crown and heel. American Heritage hardcover books
1894010137London: Lika Joko 1894. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No. Issue number one of this magazine of humor and political satire. An excellent near fine example in tall stapled wrappers. <br/><br/> Lika Joko paperback books
196822928Sparta Il: Laugh-In Magazine / Laufer Publishing 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bound volume of the first twelve issues of Laugh-In Magazine spawned by the television show of the same name. The cover to the first issue has some tearing at the top left hand corner else all of the issues are in clean very good condition. <br/><br/> Laugh-In Magazine / Laufer Publishing paperback books
193980648Budapest: Hungaria Magazine 1939. Paperback. Very Good. black & white photos 40p. Illustrated wrapper. 33cm. Lightly worn. "Published especially for the New-York World's Fair under the auspices of the Hungarian National Office for Tourism." statement inside front cover. <br/><br/> Hungaria Magazine paperback books
1963263120Fawcett Publication 1963. June 1963 issue of True The Man's Magazine containing the Ian Fleming article: Hong Kong: Bargain Town by the China Sea. Bit of wear at the spine and the corners of the pictorial cover. Fawcett Publication unknown books
193435853Battle Creek Mich: Kellogg Company 1934. 1st printing presumed. Green paper wrappers stapled. Modest wear. A VG copy. 3 - 46 pp. Illustrated. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>A how-to for aspiring young lads. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. Kellogg Company unknown books
1921269077New York: John Lane 1921. First. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. 8 issues bound with covers in 1 volume gray buckram; spine label rubbed. New York: John Lane December 1921 - July 1922.<br/><br/> Vol. LXXIV Nos. 297 -302.<br/><br/> John Lane unknown books
190491632NY:: Century Co. Good. 1904. Hardcover. Contains parts of Jack London's THE SEA-WOLF and the concluding parts of Edith Wharton's ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS which includes five color plates by Maxfield Parrish among many other illustrations. First edition thus. Large thick octavo half bound in burgundy leather raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards and endpapers. Shelf worn repaired at the hinges else good. ; 980 pages . Century Co., hardcover books
200819784Japan: Magazine House Mook 2008. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Paperbound folio. Glossy Japanese magazine featuring articles on everything from food to fashion to travel to entertainment subjects. Editor-in-Chief is Takefumi Ishiwatari. Photographs by Kishin Shinoyama. Fine condition in tall illustrated bound wrappers. Text primarily in Japanese with some English. Magazine House Mook paperback books
1939851641939. JAPANESE MAGAZINE Tôyô Bunka Kyôkai publishe. GAHÔ YAKUSHIN NO NIPPON THE ADVANCE IN JAPAN. Tokyo Showa 14 July 1939. Volume 4 #7. Printed illustrated wrappers 32.5 x 24 cm. A photo magazine illustrated in color and bw captioned extensively in Japanese throughout with more substantial articles as well. Important and interesting magazine for the home front on Japanese progress in the Asian war and the darkening situation in Europe which would erupt into WWII within a month. Combined with more gentle fare on baseball sumo mountaineering etc. A bit worn externally but overall very good condition. Very ephemeral and hence scarce. unknown books
1940851651940. JAPANESE MAGAZINE Tôyô Bunka Kyôkai publisher. GAHÔ YAKUSHIN NO NIPPON THE ADVANCE IN JAPAN. Tokyo Showa 15 June 1940. Volume 5 #6. Printed illustrated wrappers 32.5 x 24 cm. A photo magazine illustrated in color and bw captioned extensively in Japanese throughout with more substantial articles as well. Interesting magazine for the home front on Japanese progress in the Asian war and on the war in Europe The German invasion and defeat of France lasted 6 weeks in May and June of 1940 A bit worn externally the covers are detached but present - overall good condition. Very ephemeral and hence scarce. unknown books
193277661NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine. 1932. Hardcover. B00S717G7Y . 50 puzzles - all free of markings. First edition. About fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. A bright clean and well preserved copy. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1855159588New York: Samuel Hueston 1855. First. hardcover. near fine. Frontispiece portrait and illustrated throughout with 48 other steel engraved portrait plates protected by tissue. 505pp. Short thick 4to. Beautifully bound in original thick leather with charming gilt-stamped pictorial covers and spine a.e.g. N.Y.: Samuel Hueston 1855. First edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Samuel Hueston unknown books
1855117992New York: SAmuel Hueston 1855. hardcover. near fine. Frontispiece portrait and illustrated throughout with 48 other steel engraved portrait plates protected by tissue. 505pp. Short thick 4to original charming gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth covers a.e.g. N.Y.: Samuel Hueston 1855. First edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> SAmuel Hueston unknown books
