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19241320636Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1924. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 95; Fair; red spine with black text; no jacket; cloth shows very noticeable wear to edges and corners; slight rubbing wear to exterior; sturdy boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; broken hinge; missing pp 28-48 as is; frontispiece; illustrated;. 1320636. FP New Rockville Stock. Rand McNally & Company hardcover books
1967Embry 184812Princeton University Press 1967. First edition first printing. Fine in very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a few short closed tears in mylar cover. Princeton University Press, 1967. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1948268Hartford Conn: Wadsworth Atheneum 1948. Softbound. VG may have interior foxing or soiling/discoloration to wraps. White stapled wraps. viii 60 21 pp. 39 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with A loan exhibition Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Nov. 12 1948 to Jan. 2 1949. Whitney Museum of American Art New York City Jan. 8 to Jan. 30 1949 of works by Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole 1801-1848. With an essay by Esther Isabel Seaver. 21 plates follow the catalog. A major exhibit of Cole's work and the first one in the 20th century. Catalogue of 155 works exhibited paintings drawings engravings lithographs and Staffordshire China with notes on selected works. A nice introduction to Cole if you need one. Wadsworth Atheneum unknown books
19309022332Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 1930. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original decorated cloth over boards. Cloth is rubbed at the edges and extremities. <br/><br/> University of Pennsylvania hardcover books
2014UEARTHI00LAWDutton 2014. Very Good. Earl Esther. This Star Won't Go OUt. Earl Lori and Wayne; Green introduction John. New York: Dutton 2014. 431pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with subtly bumped extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine with subtle soiling on rear panel near top edge. Dutton hardcover books
1953001468Brooklyn: Nat Comm Def Negro Lea. 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps fine. Photo-illus. cover. . Nat Comm Def Negro Lea paperback books
20001312431London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Penguin Group 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover; Shades of blue green spine; Light shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise clean; Boards are strong and clean light bumping to corners binding solid SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page ivory toned pages; Ivory toned text block exterior text block clean; 247 pp. 1312431. FP New Rockville Stock. Hamish Hamilton Ltd (Penguin Group) hardcover books
1909SB1185San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 350 copies unnumbered octavo size 72 pp. Esther Brown Tiffany 1858-1918 a resident of Cambridge Massachusetts was both a writer of prose and a playwright with her plays having been performed by the Cambridge Dramatic Club and the Players of Newton. <br/><br/>This book published in 1909 by Paul Elder and Company under the direction of John Henry Nash can be called a "modern miracle-play". The major characters each have their own "ah-ha" moments which bring them closer to their actual goals of service to God.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Light blue laid paper boards paper labels to front and spine with black lettering and a thin double rule in red cream endpapers fore- and bottom edges uncut frontispiece is an illustration of "The Dream of Life" by Michaelangelo with lettered tissue guard two pages of Historical References explanations at the end limitation statement at the very back of the book.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: We would have graded this book as fine were it not for some slight sunning to the spine. The hinges are solid the text block is strong and square the corners are perfectly sharp the light blue boards barely show any soiling even over 100 years after publication. The volume is free of prior owner markings and the pages are clean and bright.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply please contact seller for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Paul Elder and Company hardcover books
198830929'New York & Oxford: Facts on File 1988. First edition review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 4to pp. xi 1435; text in double column; fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Facts on File unknown books
1969236823New York: Benjamin Blom 1969. hardcover. very good-. Many Illus. 2 volumes in one. Thick 8vo blue cloth back cover lightly soiled. New York: Benjamin Blom 1969.<br/><br/> Benjamin Blom unknown books
192251730NY: Century 1922. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxii 360. Index. Dark green cloth with decorative stamping in gilt light green and red. A fine copy in little nicked dj. The Author describes the History and Evolution of the Elizabethan Garden it's Plants. From the library of Alta Rockefeller Prentice. Century unknown books
193173454New York: William Farquhar Payson 1931. New edition with added Introduction and Bibliography. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos & illustrations index xxv 366p. Hardcover. 24cm. No Jacket. <br/><br/> William Farquhar Payson hardcover books
2003915005London: Hamish Hamilton. 2003. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Also signed by a "ferry girl" as mentioned on page 28 of the text. With two photos of the ferry girl at work laid in. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
1967026034New York: Delacorte Press 1967. 1st Edition. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. 74p. b/w illus. dj quarto format A Seymour Lawrence book. Delacorte Press unknown books
1967012458New York: Delacorte Press 1967. 2d Printing. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. 73p. b/w illus. quarto format dj A Seymour Lawrence book. Delacorte Press unknown books
2002UFRAOTH00DCXlibris 2002. Good. Franklin Esther. The Others at Monticello: Volume 1. NP: Xlibris 2002. 399pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with gentle bumps and a slightly bowed front cover. Xlibris paperback books
2003UFRAOTH00LRXlibris 2003. Very Good. Franklin Esther. The Others at Monticello Volume II. Inscribed. NP: Xlibris 2003. 423pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners. Inscribed by Franklin on title page. Xlibris paperback books
191728689NY: The Symphony Society of New York 1917. 8vo pp. 312. Well illustrated. VG. Another copy one hinge tender. VG. $20. Aimed toward youngish music students. Discusses the instruments their histories names music in which they are featured etc. The Symphony Society of New York unknown books
1934011865New York NY: Hay System 1934. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First edition 2nd printing. Quarto 4to. 406 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and minor staining. No dustjacket. Contains two portraits and numerous black & white photographs of prepared dishes. A few pages with minor staining to edges. Includes three ephemeral items: folded brochure titled The Hay System the Way to Health advertising Briarcliff; a 5 dollar certificate of admission to a cooking instruction class of the Hay System; the original shipping manifest/invoice listing the purchase of this book and other items. Hay System Hardcover books
1999246558New York: Simon & Schuster 1999. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated in black & white. 416 pages. Tall 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster 1999. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Simon & Schuster unknown books
1997120070Chicago: Polychrome Books 1997. Unpaginated 30 p. hardcover. 1/2 inch puncture in crease where front board meets spine. Children's book illustrated with paintings by Mika Takahashi about a little girl coming to terms with her grandfather's decision to return to China in his old age. Polychrome Books unknown books
193657826New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. 326pp. gilt printed burgundy boards previous owner bookplate very light scuffing to covers else Very Good. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
2011287168Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2011. paperback. very good. 8vo pr. wrs. Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2011. Very good<br/><br/> Europa Law Publishing unknown books
20129027856Milan: 5 Continents 2012. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. Illustrated with color photographs. <br/><br/> 5 Continents hardcover books
1947304815Berkeley University of California Press 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Introduction "Robert Frost and the Mertins Collection" by Fulmer Mood. Frontispiece b/w portrait photograph with facsimile autograph 1 facsimile reproduction. Dust jacket price clipped; few nicks. Very good. 91 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Chronology of the composition of Frost's poems with an annotated bibliography. Signed and inscribed by Louis Mertins to Florence Fisk White on front free endpaper; also signed and dated by Esther Mertins on front free endpaper August 7 1947. With a one-page TLS of Louis Mertins Riverside CA August 6 1947 laid in loose. Crane p.261; one of 1500 unnumbered copies. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1947. hardcover books