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1943116354Sydney: The Clarendon Publishing Company 1943. Octavo drab boards spine printed in black. First edition. Seventeen brief stories which had earlier periodical appearances in Australia. The writing is as drab as the binding. Miller and Macartney 1956 p. 49. A nearly fine copy. #116354 The Clarendon Publishing Company unknown books
192673772NY: Harold Vinal 1926. First edition. 59 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a small chip to top edge of the rear panel and light edgewear. NY: Harold Vinal, unknown books
1871277513Boston: D. Lothrop & Co 1871. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. One of Lothrop's "New $500 Prize Series" books. In the publisher's green cloth with elaborate titling blocked in gold with decorations in the Eastlake style stamped in black. A handwritten Sunday School award presentation "for the year's Golden Texts" dated 1894. Overall a nice copy. And we have to admire the author's name -- Faith Andsight. Very Good binding. D. Lothrop & Co unknown books
1955132424Culver City CA: Waterlow and Sons / RKO Radio Pictures 1955. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release circa 1955 of the 1954 US film. <br/><br/>A potboiler of sexual repression based on screenwriter Hugh Brooke's story "Fear Has Black Wings" about a young woman in a loveless marriage without hope until her sister brings her handsome new boyfriend to town. Produced at the tail end of the film noir era. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light soil on the verso of one still else Near Fine. Waterlow and Sons / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1876103968Stuttgart: Von Ebner & Seubert 1876. Hardbound. VG ex archival art library set with old labels on lower spine perforation stamps on both title pages. Clean tight and fresh look very nice on the shelf. Half-leather with 4 raised bands deckled edges gilt embossed title. Vol. 1: XI 388 pp. Vol. 2: 459 pp. Profuse line engravings within the text. Text in German. A standard history in a lovely binding. Von Ebner & Seubert hardcover books
11648NORWALK SILVERMINE 1967. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. NORWALK, SILVERMINE, 1967 unknown books
197172922New York Washington London: Praeger Publishers 1971. Octavo cloth. First edition. Historical anthology collecting three stories and six extracts from longer works by Francis Godwin John Wilkins Cyrano de Bergerac Ralph Morris Edgar Allan Poe Richard Adams Locke and others comprising fiction and factual speculation about the moon lunar voyages and early astronautics. Of value for the inclusion of several rare texts; "A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air in an Aerostatic Globe. To the Newly Discovered Planet Georgium Sidus" by "Vivenair" 1784 and "The Great Steam-Duck" by "A Member of the L.L.B.B." 1841. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1779. Reginald 03242. Walter T. Shirley bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 5 mm closed tear and faint associated wrinkle at tail of spine panel. #72922 Praeger Publishers unknown books
18884035Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1888. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear light toning at spine small soil mark at front board light dust staining at top of text block else tight bright and unmarred. Grey cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements grey ink decorative elements decorative endpages frontispiece tissueguards. 12mo. 197pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Poetry related to the history and life in and around central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River valley. Lovely plates by Darley and Lummis. J. B. Lippincott Co. hardcover books
2010Embry 152613Sunstone Pess 2010. First edition first printing. Faint rubbing still fine. Glazed boards no dust jacket. Sunstone Pess, 2010. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
20111332654Brooks/Cole 2011. Softcover. Octavo; G Paperback; Green spine with White text; Covers have some edgewear some shelfwear creasing along spine and both covers faint scratches on both covers; Textblock has underling in pencil on many pages pencil marks along tail edge; 485 pp. 1332654. FP New Rockville Stock. Brooks/Cole unknown books
1884WRCLIT26367London: Hildesheimer and Faulkner 1884. Small octavo. Cloth backed glazed pictorial boards. Illustrated with chromolithographed and sepia toned illustrations by Ellen Edwards and John Staples. Neat gift inscription corners slightly nicked light soiling to boards but very good. Hildesheimer and Faulkner hardcover books
20009003019Boston: Godine 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original dark blue cloth with the front cover stamped in blind and the spine stamped in gilt. Endpapers are illustrated. Dust jacket. <br/><br/> Godine hardcover books
196916100scsCharlottesville VA: The University Press of Virginia 1969. Published for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. First Edition. Large square octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover xv 138 pp. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with slight wear along edges. “This account of Shaker inspirational drawings generously illustrated with twelve color plates and eighteen figures deals with a significant area of Shaker culture never before studied in detail.All the extant Shaker inspirational drawings that could be located are listed here in an important check list compiled by Susan Terdiman. The listing is in alphabetical order according to the present location. A chronology outlining Shaker history frojm 1706 to 1867 and a biliography listing books and pamphlets giving a comprehensive account of the history and the religious doctrines of the Shakers are also included. Emphasis is placed on studies of their culture during periods of revival.†The University Press of Virginia, 1969. Published for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. First Edition. hardcover books
1940135955New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1940. Softcover. Good Ex-lib. labels at spine bookplate inside front cover pocket inside back cover usual markings; Moderate wear to wraps. Red cardboard library binding with original wrap pasted to front cover; Approx. 24 pp.; 23 bw figures. Focuses on hat ornaments and pendants; Includes an essay by Dennis; Scarce. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback books
19679664NorwaLK CT: Silvermine Publishers 1967. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1967 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright price-intact VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine crown. Quarto 93 pgs. <br/><br/> Silvermine Publishers hardcover books
194510453LA CITY 1945 1945. STIFF PICTORIAL WRAPS VERY GOOD. Soft cover. LA, CITY, 1945 paperback books
19294222Chicago: Rand McNally 1929. 68pp. Square octavo 23 cm x 20 cm Black and white illustrated wrappers with vertical fold at the center as issued. Very good. Promotional work from the Santa Fe Railroad for the prospective tourist to the southwest that includes descriptions altitude population industries points of interest historical tidbits etc. of all the towns and stops along the Santa Fe line from Chicago to San Francisco. Illustrated with black and white views and maps.<br/><br/>"The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System traverses the heart of romantic America - the land of the conquistadores and padres the pathfinders traders and pioneers. Some of the most remarkable scenery in the world is found on its lines and in the vast frontier hinterland to north and south. Santa Fe tracks tap the most fertile farming sections of the United States and regions rich in mineral wealth." - p.3. Rand McNally unknown books
192913343NY PAYSON 1929 1929. SIGNED BY ABDULLAH SEVENTH PRINTING GOOD-VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. NY, PAYSON, 1929 unknown books
19352036634International Magazine Company Inc 1935. Magazine. Very Good. LaGatta John. A few faint corner creases closed tear on rear wrapper along spine base. 1935 Magazine. 170 pp. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2. John LaGatta illustration on front wrapper Lucky Strike cigarette advertisement on rear wrapper. Color and black & white advertisements photographs and illustrations throughout. Cosmopolitan Magazine was founded in 1886 and purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1905 who merged it with another smaller publication he owned in 1925. It was called 'Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan Magazine' until 1952 the year after Hearst's death. During this period it published the first appearances of many novels and short stories by notable authors some complete within one magazine others as serials. Includes: a complete short novel: Career by Faith Baldwin; nine short stories: The Innkeeper's Wife by Vina Delmar; The Goddess Was Mortal by Oliver La Farge; A Matter of Money by Bart Carrel; Some Day I May Surprise You by Arthur Tuckerman; Love and Vacuum Cleaners by Royal Brown; Mountain Music by MacKinlay Kantor; Christmas for Agnes by A.J. Cronin; Breach of Promise by Damon Runyon; Without Benefit of Jury by Peter B. Kyne; three serials: Don't Ever Leave Me by Katharine Brush; Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas; Blow Desert Winds! by William Corcoran; seven articles: The Lighted Candle by Mary Roberts Rinehart; Dictators: American Style by Frank Hanighen; Five Years. What Have They Done to Us by a Symposium of Famous Americans; The Best Gift of All by Mrs. George B. Simmons; Hollywood is My Home Town by Louella O. Parsons; No Santa Didn't Bring Me That Bobsled! by O.O. McIntyre; Diamond Jim by Parker Morell; one special feature: At the Metropolitan Opera by McClelland Barclay & Deems Taylor. International Magazine Company, Inc unknown books
1981193183Flammarion 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Burgundy cloth covered boards- no dust jacket. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Flammarion hardcover books
1925285883Ashland: F.E. Myers 1925. paperback. very good. Illutrated. 414 pages 8vo brown printed wrappers with decorative embossed cover somewhat edgeworn. Ashland: F.E. Myers & Bro. Company 1925. A very good copy.<br/><br/> F.E. Myers unknown books
002916Crown. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. 1st ed. f/f. Crown hardcover books
001275Atheneum 1993 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New/As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:1-56282-425-2. Atheneum, 1993 Paperback books
1953WN44132ACambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1953. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. TEG. Upper board somewhat bowed. A sound copy of this signifcant study of ancient history. Third Impression. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Cambridge Univ. Press Hardcover books
1954WN44132BCambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1954. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. TEG. Book very sound. One of the series of this classic historical work. Second Impression. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Cambridge Univ. Press Hardcover books