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1920175604Wien/Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling 1920. Softcover. VG. Tan cardboard with yellow cloth spine black lettering and illustration on front boards 96 pp color and bw illustrations. Written in German. Children and house fairy tales based on the collection of Brother Grimm. Images by Otto Tauschek. Text by Hans Fraungruber. In this collection the first tale is "Konig Droffelbart" Gerlach's youth library # 12. Gerlach & Wiedling paperback books
20026190Portland ME: Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing 2002. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Tight bright and unmarrd. DJ bright and clean. White cardstock stiff wraps. 12mo. 38pp plus np plates. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. <br/><br/>Explores a curious lawsuit regarding the buried treasure of renowned Pirate Captain Kidd and a cast of characters from Cotton Mather Fredrick Law Olmsted Lady Dunmore John Jacob Astor. Photographic illustrations reproduce several paintings frontispiece shows John Jacob Astor dressed in the regalia of a Fur Trapper of 1813 and there is also a reproduction of a letter from F.L. Olmsted. A new issue of the minor classic story by Franklin H. Head founder of the Chicago Liars Club telling the tale of Frederick Law Olmsted"s $5000000 lawsuit against John Jacob Astor in 1898 for his theft of the Pirate Captain Kidd's treasure. A hoax that has at various times been taken as true. The colophon is inaccurate: the 400 "trade edition" copies were never printed and only 50 of the 100 listed hand-bound copies on hand-made paper were printed. Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing paperback books
20037HOLTZAPFFEL John Jacob. THE PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF ORNAMENTAL OR COMPLEX TURNING. New York: Dover 1973 8vo. Cloth dust jacket. xxiv 656 pages. Being a reprint of this definitive book on ornamental and complex turning originally published as volume five of the 1894 edition of Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. It is an incredible text book based on the Holtzapp family's work in perfecting their craft over a period of one hundred and thir years. Very good. unknown books
1973113439Chicago IL: The Wine Press 1973. First edition. Broadside. Measures 11" x 17." One of only 90 numbered copies with this being number 28. A near fine copy. Signed by Jacob. Uncommon with only 4 copies listed in OCLC. The Wine Press unknown books
193776774London: George G. Harrap & Co. LTD. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardback in DJ. 9 by 6 inches in green cloth with gilt titlling corners bumped with foxing to the page edges. The dj is worn and stained but whole. . George G. Harrap & Co. LTD. hardcover books
1893S11179Stuttgart:: J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung 1893. 1893. 8vo. xvi 503 1. Frontispiece 1 plate 12 figures index. Quarter navy blue cloth over tawny paper-backed boards; top front cover dented corners worn but generally very good. J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung, 1893. hardcover books
6708London Robert Cocks 1860. 2nd edition. Publisher's blind-stamped pebbled cloth professionally rebacked with the original gilt lettered spine retained new endpapers vii 92 4 pp. 3 full-page plates. Scattered light foxing cloth chipped at the head and heel of the spine else very good. <br/><br/> London, Robert Cocks, 1860. hardcover books
030642London 1996: National Portrait Gallery. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. remainder mark at top edge and on first white page. Contents; Foreword introduction bibliography Attitudes to picture framing in Britain and abroad techinques and practice development of the framesurvey of picture frames in the National Portrait Gallerynotes glossary and frame sections general index. 224 p. National Portrait Gallery unknown books
1958198063NEW YORK MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY 1958 1958. DUST JACKET PRICE CLIPPED; ACTRESS STEFFI SIDNEY'S COPY; PICTORIAL ENDPAPERS. FIRST EDITION SO STATED VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 1958 hardcover books
2008115210.1Zwolle Netherlands: Waanders Uitgevers 2008. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with color illus.; 270 pp.; 270 color and bw figures 57 color and duotone plates. Text in Dutch; Accompanied an exhibition held at the Museum Het Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam and the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aken where the exhibition was titled "Der grosse Virtuose Jacob Becker 1608/9 - 1651"; Extensive annotations. Waanders Uitgevers paperback books
1934WRCLIT70311New York: Liveright 1934. Decorated cloth. First U.S. edition of the posthumously published final volume of the trilogy translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. About fine in very faintly used dust jacket with tiny edge tear. Liveright hardcover books
190212607New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. ex-lib; staining to covers; hinges starting; contents clean and sound; Good- First Edition; 1st Edition . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1842813761842. FE. ABBOTT Jacob. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall a very good and attractive copy. unknown books
184410168616mo leather spine and boards 4 illustrations including frontispiece 144 pp. Some wear to spine and extremities foxing a bit heavy in places; otherwise good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. The OCLC locates 6 copies of this edition. heritage-history website. OCLC. T. Harrington Carter & Co., books
1859288262Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co 1859. Second. hardcover. very good. 410 pages. Thick 12mo original brown cloth. Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co. 1859. Second edition. Some foxing still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Contains "On Self-Limited Diseases" G.M. 2212 originally published in 1835.<br/><br/> Phillips, Sampson & Co unknown books
2009045532Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009. vii 362p. original stiff printed boards Studies in language companion series 112. John Benjamins Publishing Company unknown books
1865242829New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. hardcover. very good. Herrick H.W. Frontis. plus two engravings. 192pp. 16mo blue cloth decorative spine; corners bumped head of spine chipped ownership inscription front free endpaper. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. A very good copy. Scarce.<br/><br/> The Mary Gay Series. III: Work for Summer<br/><br/> Hurd and Houghton unknown books
1892130734London: Chatto & Windus 1892. hardcover. Color frontispiece and 100 black & white illustrations by J. Larwood. 536pp. thick 8vo original gilt- pictorial burgundy cloth; title and frontispiece lightly foxed inner hinge a bit weak small chip in margin of last page. London: Chatto and Windus 1892. Tenth Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
194088588Tientsin 1940. Reprinted in a reduced size. Hardcover. Good. illustrations xvi 339p. Contemporary hardcover binding. 23cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Front joint reglued to deal with some chipping and splitting. Contents sound and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1982014548Fort Worth Texas U.S.A.: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 480p. index. Profusely illustrated with a history of the arist who traveled with the American Fur Company in the 1830's and observed the frontier across the Rocky Mountains and all along the Oregon Trail. Amon Carter Museum of Western Art hardcover books
193012281Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1930. hardcover. 1 engraved plate. 10pp. 299-308. IN: American Journal of the Medical Sciences vol. 7 1830. 8vo 1/2 calf marbled boards. Philadelphia: Caret & Lea 1830. Very good.<br/><br/> GM 4316.<br/><br/> Carey & Lea unknown books
1980Embry 103909Editions Medicina Rara N.d. Circa 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1587 edition. Fine in fine slipcase. One-half vellum. Editions Medicina Rara, N.d. Circa 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1587 edition. hardcover books
1997Embry 180191The Classics of Medicine Library 1997. Facsimile reprint of 1637 edition. Fine. Full maroon leather decoratively gilt. Includes the "Notes from the Editor." The Classics of Medicine Library, 1997. Facsimile reprint of 1637 edition. hardcover books
1950WRCLIT30785New Brunswick: Princeton 1950. Quarto. Cloth. Folding maps. First edition. Top edge dusty else near fine in a spine- darkened dust jacket with some chipping to the toe of the spine. A nice copy. Princeton hardcover books
1996165278London: National Portrait Gallery 1996. Hardcover. VG- a clean tight copy with only a hint of shelf rubbing; unbroken spine; appears to be unread. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Glossy black dust jacke twith color-illustration and white lettering. 224 pp. with 190 color & bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery Nov. 8 1996 to Feb. 9 1997. This is a study of picture framing in Britain written wih the intention of provoking a change in attitude in this underrated art form. It covers 500 years of painting following changes in fashion and technique tracing links with wider European taste and connecting with other decorative arts. National Portrait Gallery hardcover books
