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1949157925New York: Avon Publishing Company 1949. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon Books 214. Collects nine stories. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-244. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1165. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 743. In 333. Tymn ed Fantasy Literature pp. 140-41. A fine unread copy. #157925 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
1932WRCLIT28415Jamaica NY.: The ARRA Printers 1932. Small octavo. Oversized stapled printed wrappers. First separate printing of this story reprinted from its 1917 periodical appearance. Wraps a bit soiled at edges shallow spot on top edge toward end a couple small chips to overlap lower edge but a near very good copy of a cheaply produced pamphlet. CURREY p.366. BLEILER p.138. The ARRA Printers paperback books
1947WRCLIT65940New York: New Collectors' Group 1947. Quarto. Black cloth lettered in gilt with title in three lines.Plates. Text in double columns. Foretips slightly bumped otherwise a very good or better copy without the unprinted dust jacket. First edition first state of the binding. One of 1000 numbered copies in addition to an unknown number of out of series copies. This copy has the cancel copyright notice affixed to the verso of the title. In addition to contributing the illustrations Bok completed the work writing chapters 8-27. CURREY p.364. BLEILER p.138. New Collectors' Group hardcover books
1946158348New York: New Collectors Group 1946. Large octavo illustrations by Hannes Bok cloth. First edition. First binding of tight weave mesh black cloth. Of two states issued simultaneously this one has the illustration of a nude man on page 19. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1166. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 744. In 333. A bright nearly fine copy in very good unprinted tan paper dust jacket with a touch of wear at edges. #158348 New Collectors Group unknown books
1655216782Venice: Giovanni Turrini 1655. unbound. very good. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 2 7/8" x 4". 1655.<br/><br/> This miniature map of Persia belongs to a period of great cartographic interest in the early-to-mid 17th century. Conscious of the great popularity of Abraham Ortelius's miniature atlas which the famous cartographer first published in 1577 Giovanni Turrini produced a now-rare Italian version of the atlas "Il Teatro del Mondo" in which this map was included. It includes the region between the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea in the south. Cities are labeled and rivers and forts are drawn with great care. The map is in very good condition with no chips or tears and light staining to edges. Foredges inked in red and Italian text on verso. Giovanni Turrini was an Italian publisher based in Venice. Scarce.<br/><br/> Giovanni Turrini unknown books
191918345Leipzig and Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag 1919. Boards. Very Good. The 1919 1st edition rebound in marbled boards over a brown spine. The front cover of the original printing the wrappered edition neatly pasted onto the front panel. Solid and VG with small former owner name at the top of the title page and occasional pencil underlining to the text. Attractive and very presentable as such. <br/><br/> Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag hardcover books
1949019473New York NY: Shulsinger Brothers 1949. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 96 and 76 pages of text. Text is in Hebrew and English. Hardcover bound in original midnight blue velvet has moderate rubbing and shelfwear sunning to the extremities and a few spots of scuffing. Contains color illustrations by Siegmund Forst. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Shulsinger Brothers Hardcover books
1980182702New York: Shengold Publishers Inc 1980. Signed and Inscribed. Hardcover. VG/G light rubbing to corners. dustjacket has edge-wear w/ tears & chips; rubbing chipping & tear to corners; spine ends chipped; back cover upper edge torn & curled. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 14 pgs w/ 79 bw plates. glossy illustrated dustjacket w/ red printing. Signed and inscribed by the artist on title page. Also includes a typed letter from former Isreal Prime Minster Menachem Begin to the artist discussing a possible project letter also has a copy in Hebrew. Shengold Publishers, Inc hardcover books
14380Svinin. SVININ YARMOLINSKY Avraham. PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811 1812 1813. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1930. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece xviii 46 5 51 plates. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A memoir on Svinin who was a Russian diplomat artist and author with a portfolio of his watercolor sketches showing his travels throughout the Unite States 1811-1813. Introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. Very good in used dust jacket. unknown books
1904833New York: Andersen Auction Company 1904. <p>Together two pamphlets. 8vo. 230 x 155 mm. 9 x 6 inches. 33 pp.; 37 pp. Original toned printed wrappers; some light soiling to wrappers corners chipped otherwise good copies. </p><br /> <p>These copy with a presentation bookplate inside the back wrapper pasted-in by the New England Historic Genealogical Society citing the catalogue as a gift from Anderson Auction Galleries; with numerous ownership stamps in blind of the NEHGS. With a printed Bid Sheets and envelope. </p><br /> <p>Together 750 lots devoted to President Lincoln early life political campaigns presidency and administration and the Confederacy. A special section is devoted to Lincoln and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Many lots of printed ephemera and pamphlets.  833</p>. Andersen Auction Company unknown books
5782London Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1927. One of 66 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper from a total edition of 370 copies printed by Richard Clay and Sons London. Bound in vellum and lettered in gilt on the spine uncut. Lacks ribbon ties otherwise fine. <br/><br/> London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927. hardcover books
1936019119Glendale CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co 1936. First Edition. Large Octavo. The editor has combined the manuscripts of Johnston Edwards and Ferguson into one work without making any changes to the text except punctuation and capitalization. All three men participated in the war against Mexico their occupation of New Mexico and California. They march from Sacramento and Missouri to take over this land for the United States under the leadership of General Stephen Watts Kearny and General A.W. Doniphan. Portrait frontispiece 368pp. folding map with an appendix containing muster roll of volunteers. Bound in maroon cloth spine lettering and top edge gilt uncut. A lovely nearly fine copy of this important historical event. The Arthur H. Clark Co unknown books
18261197002Boston Philadelphia: Cummings Hilliard & Co.; Carey and Lea 1826. First American. Octavo; vg-/none; brown cloth spine with remnant white paper label and black text; near total loss; unreadable; ex libris signature title-page; shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; deckle; Part I "Northern and Central Africa" 255 pp.; Part 2 "Journal of an Excursion" 104 pp.; Part 3 "Appendix" 112 pp.; light foxing; tables maps plates split starts hinges and joints; spine crown and foot chipping and tears; spot staining; edges wear and fraying; front board with very old arithmetic study; else very good. 1197002. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Cummings, Hilliard & Co.; Carey and Lea unknown books
192730635London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Limited edition one of 1050 copies 8vo pp. xx 213 2; engraved title-page vignette; original brown buckram red leather spine label gilt; spine darkened spine label chipped otherwise a very good partially unopened copy. <br/><br/> Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1271716th president of the United States who held the country together during civil war and abolished slavery. Newspaper "The Independent" New York May 4 1865. 1 page 18" x 25". Front Page Including a poem entitled "President Lincoln Dead" and a central headline "The Last Word and Deed of Abraham Lincoln. Some spotting some tearing around edges and at the creases not affecting the text and a small amount of paper loss from the top right hand corner of the banner. unknown books
20081325216New York: Eos; Harper Collins 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 303 pages; VG/VG; spine is grey with yellow lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering has price uncut '$25.95' has minimal shelf wear; binding has minimal shelf wear; pages clear; signed by Martin Abraham and Dozois on the title page and by Connie Willis on the dedication page; shelved case 8. 1325216. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Eos; Harper Collins hardcover books
20112298840Abraham's Lady LLC 2011. Soft Cover. Near Fine. A very nice copy. 2011 Soft Cover. 143 pp. "This book is a unique record of magnified photos showcasing what "real" people wore in this hugely popular time period. Abraham's Lady, LLC paperback books
1933016857NY: Dutton. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good owner's bookplate later printing Games knots tricks and more. . Dutton hardcover books
183331283Philadelphia: James Kay Jun. and Brother 1833. First Thus. Large octavo 22.5cm.; full contemporary speckled calf two black gilt spine labels; 557pp. Boards a bit shelf-worn with old soil spots corners lightly bumped textblock a bit foxed and soiled numerous contemporary and later 1930s ownership inscriptions to front endpapers else a Very Good example. "University Edition" - bottom spine label. Collected lectures delivered by Blair during his tenure as the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh first published in London in 1784 shortly after the author's retirement. James Kay, Jun. and Brother unknown books
1923100305Soho: Nonesuch Press 1923. First Nonesuch Press limited edition of the Odes of Anacreon. Octavo bound in three quarters vellum over gold paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine illustrated with four full-page tissue-guarded copperplate engravings of Cupid Bathyllus Europa & Venus headpieces and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden. One of only 725 copies produced this is number 680. In very good condition. Founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their mutual friend David Garnett The Nonesuch Press was established in the basement of Garnett's bookshop in Soho. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used a small hand press to design books and then had them printed by commercial printers. Among the press's best-known editions were the collected works of William Congreve and William Wycherley and translations of Cervantes and Dante. Originally published in 1686 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle's Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds is considered to be one of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment offering an explanation for the heliocentric model of the Universe suggested by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543. Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1928480341928. EPSTEIN Abraham. THE CHALLENGE OF THE AGED. With an Introduction by Jane Addams. NY: Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press 1928. 8vo. grey cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Epstein on front endpaper to a well-known financier & banker: "To Frank A. Vanderlip with high esteem and warmest regards Abraham Epstein March 21 1929." Good. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
20077410El Cajon California: Nineteen Hundred Press 2007 First edition. One of 115 numbered copies. Edited by Gale W. Sheldon. 50pp. plus ten page appendix. Foreword by Gary F. Kurutz. Illustrated with four wood engravings by James Horton. Map ends. Bound by John Robinson at the Tortoise Press in half Nigerian goatskin marbled boards. A very fine copy. Includes three letters sent by Goodrich from the California gold fields in 1857 to his wife and family back East enhanced by 4 woodcuts of mining scenes. A lovely production. Nineteen Hundred Press hardcover books
1895TB28062New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1895. First Edition. Very good in light green buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with very light rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and foxing to the end sheets. Without a dust jacket. Written in pencil on the title page beneath the pseudonym Heclawa the following inscription appears: "From the author A. Lincoln Himmelwright" The upper edge of the title page bears the name of a previous owner in pencil. Also of interest facing page 172 is a photograph titled "The Return to Kendrick" of six horsemen surrounded by many men standing in front of a building. Someone has drawn in pencil an arrow connected to one of the horsemen to the author's name also written in pencil. Given how obscure the faces of anyone are in this photograph it would have been the author or someone with first hand knowledge to make this identification. 259 pages of text and appendices followed by a fold-out map of the "Clearwater Basin and adjoining Territory" of what is now Idaho and western Montana. Illustrated with a frontispiece eleven engravings eleven photographs and one line drawing. The author published this book using a pseudonym due to the controversy surrounding the discovery of this lost hunting party for leaving their cook George Colegate behind unable to walk and thinking he was close to death. The cook's body was located year later six miles from where he had been left to die. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
186534970New York: Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St. 1865. Folio broadside 12" x 16". Black and white bust portrait of a well-groomed bearded Abraham Lincoln. He wears a dark jacket and vest with a white button-down collared shirt and dark bow tie. In very small print below the caption appears to be the number 205 or possibly 105. Moderately tanned small white scattered spots. Several closed tears at edges and corners several archival tape repairs on verso. Good. Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. unknown books
1865D11161perhaps Washington DC see below: Published Annually for the Trade 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth over flexible boards 72 x 122 mm; unpaginated with printed dates 3 per one side of a page plus a little preliminary matter year-at-a-glance postage rates list of Sundays and some blank pages for notes at rear. Pencilled entries for most days usually a general log of hours worked but briefly mentioning Abraham Lincoln's funeral on April 19 when he would have still been in Washington DC. Cloth quite tattered; some pencil rather faint. <br/><br/> Published Annually for the Trade hardcover books
