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19312906Oakland: Published by the Author 1931. 1st edition. Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr. F/VG two small pieces msg from upper edge of dj frnt panel. Ex-lib faint stamp on top edge of text block. 252 pp. Illustrated w/ drawings & photographs. 8vo. 23cm x 15.5cm. <br/><br/>A reminiscence by a friend. Published by the Author hardcover books
1930292777London: Locomotive Pub. Co. 1930. Soft Cover. Good binding. The booklet opens to the color frontispiece of the "Standard 4-6-0 Locomotive 'Royal Scot' Class" followed immediately to the Foreward. If there was a title page with publisher information it is not present.~~There are a number of black and white illustration of L.M.S. locomotives and eight color plates including the frontispiece. There wrappers have some wear with minor loss to the top of the spine. 51 pages. Good binding. [Locomotive Pub. Co.] unknown books
2000215602000. Hardbound. VG/VG. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 127 pp. About 184 color plates a few bw as well. Essay written by Richard Cork. The first book to fully examine this artist's work. hardcover books
197034744London /Florence: Sotheby's 1970. First edition. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy with a small bump to head of spine. 174 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Provenienti dalle proprietà di: S.A.R il Principe Paolo di Jugoslavia F.L. Trevelyan di Taormina Conte Luigi Arborio Mella di Torino and la Raccolta di un Bibliofilo Romano.Descriptions in Italian & English. 477 lots. Sale code: MANUELA. Sale date 22 Ottobre 1970. 477 lots. "Early Italian books including Ariosto Orlando Furioso Zatta's edition 1772-1773 and Baskerville's edition 1773; Bandello Le Novelle 1554-1573; Bartlett & Willis Canada Pittoresque 1843; B.M.V. Officium illustrated by Piazetta 1740; Tissot's Sainte Bible one of 20 copies on Japon 1904; Boccaccio Il Decamerone Paris 1757; Cervantes Ibarra's edition 1780; Columna Hypnerotomachia Polifili 1499; Dante Divina commedia 1491 1520 1529 and Zatta's edition 1757/8; Eusebius Historia ecclesiastica Mantua 1479; Bergomensis Chronica 1506; Hyginus Poeticon astonomicum 1517; Marcolini Le sorti 1550; Martialis Epigrammata 1480; Moneglia Ercole in Tebe 1661; Natalis Evangeliae historia imagines 1593- 95; Politanus Opera 1498 and 1499; Ptolemaeus Geographia 1598; Ruscelli Imprese 1566; Santos I Diarii 1879-1903; Tasso Gerusalemme Liberata 1590; Vecellio Habiti di tutto il mondo 1598; and also Italian literature Italian and French illustrated books books on emblems a good series of albums of engravings by Piranesi large collections of productions from the Aldine and Bodoni Presses and several incunables." Title page in English and Italian. Oct. 22 1970. OCLC shows copies at only five institutions: Getty Lib. Co. Phila. NY Met. Mus. Grolier Victoria & Albert. Sotheby's unknown books
1869401958London: J. E. Adlard 1869. First edition. Library stamps on plates endleaves/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Plates. Original cloth. <br/><br/> J. E. Adlard hardcover books
190547838n.p. 1905. 1st Printing. Off white card stock gilt lettering colored embossing to lower corners written in blue ink. AEG. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light age toning and soiling to recto. Glue/paper residue and names written in pencil to verso. Gilt a bit dull. Overall a nice menu from a classic restaurant. Broadside. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>"The Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 on a site on Coventry Street near the theatres of the West End which had been formerly occupied by the notorious Argyll Rooms where wealthy men hired prostitutes." wiki unknown books
1912M10402London:: Spottiswoode & Co. 1912. 1912. Thick 8vo. 8 1354 pp. Light toning of pages faint water stain to bottom margin. Modern green cloth gilt-stamped spine title original cover cloth with gilt-stamped ornament laid on. Embossed library stamps of Columbia University Library. Very good. Spottiswoode & Co., 1912. hardcover books
186042183London: Society of Antiquaries of London 1860. First edition. Later plain limp cloth covers. Rebound in limp blue buckram; contents very good. 4 245 pp. Illus. with 13 color & b/w plates. 4to. Numerous articles. Provenance: M.A. Veeder. Dr. M.A. Veeder 1848-1915 was both a physician and a geologist. Society of Antiquaries of London hardcover books
175647549London: Printed in the Year 1756. 1st Printing. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 cc printed. Disbound red edgestain. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nr Fine. 2 38 pp. Headline for pp 24 - 28: A Further Account of the Domesday Survey. 4to: A1 B - D4 E5 F2. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed in the Year unknown books
1072<p>Unpaginated 8 pp. offset litho publication pairing texts about drinking sex food and art with illustrations by Wilson Geiser and others. Small folio tabloid. Very good with mild toning at the extremities. A small approx. 1 in. closed cut to upper margin of front wrapper. Unbound folded sheets. 115</p> books
1903WN55758New York: The Macmillan Company 1903. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and red black and white pictorials on spine and upper board. Pictorial endpapers tissue guarded frontis and pictorial title page. Sept. 1903 reprint. Goodwin and Bull illustrations throughout. Binding worn and soiled and book has had some dampness but text generally clean and good. . Reprint. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
184818982London: Edward Marsh 1848. 12mo. viii 21 pp. <br><br>bound with Observations on the Christian doctrines and practices of the early friends; with some notice of the state of religion in this country in the early part of the seventeenth century. Being a reprint of introductory remarks to a memoir of George Fox first published in Philadelphia 1837. London: Edward Marsh 1848. 12mo. 2 81 pp. bound with Extracts from approved documents of the religious Society of Friends relating to Christian doctrine. Second edition. London: Darton & Harvey 1837. 8vo. iv 1 623 1 pp. bound with A brief statement on tithes first printed in 1832; and a testimony to the authority of Christ in His Church first printed in 1840. Both issued by the Religious Society of Friends. London: Edward Marsh 1845. 8vo. 3 420 pp. bound with On the Christian doctrine of the teaching of the Holy Spirit as held by the Society of Friends. London: Edward Marsh 1847. 8vo. 3 415 1 pp. bound with The unlawfulness of all wars and fightings under the Gospel. Given forth by the religious Society of Friends at their yearly meeting held in London 1841. London: Edward Marsh 1845. 8vo. 3 416 pp. bound with Historical sketch of the origin of the Christian discipline or church government of the Society of Friends. London: Edward Marsh 1845. 8vo. 3 440 pp. 19th-century full cloth title gilt-stamped on spine. Spine sunned much of cloth of spine chipped and missing; text block separated at front hinge inside; front cover nearly separated from spine. Ex-library; paper shelf label on front cover call number inked out; bookplate on front pastedown; rubber-stamped date on rear free endpaper; pencilled library markings on front endpapers and verso of first title-page. Pp. 7176 brittle with shallow tear in top margin and crease-marks across top outer corner. Edward Marsh hardcover books
1882229160London Illustrated London News 1882. 1882. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of beautiful women or scenes of nature and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 72 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. The nature scenes are drawn by F. De Neck. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1882]. paperback books
190840193N.p. San Jose: by the Association 1908. Single sheet 21.5cm x 26.5cm; printed on both sides with blank portions accomplished in manuscript. Signed in ink by John F. Mecklen Secretary and E.F. White President; this certificate No. 1565 was issued to one L.R. Nash a San Jose metalworker. Light edgewear and faint vertical folds else Near Fine. <br/><br/>The San Jose Labor Temple was established around 1903 under the joint auspices of the San Jose Building Trades and Central Labor Councils. Jack London had a prominent role in the founding of the Labor Temple and reputedly wrote substantial portions of both The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf in then-President Harry Ryan's office. by the Association unknown books
192751829New York: Rudge 1927. hardcover. very good. With an appreciation by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach and an introduction by Lawrence Park. 58 illustrations. 197pp. 4to green cloth-backed boards lightly rubbed; some pages carelessly opened. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1927. Very good.<br/><br/> One of 1000 numbered copies this one signed by the author.<br/><br/> Rudge unknown books
1910219461910. LONDON Jack. BURNING DAYLIGHT. An Absolutely New Serial of Thrill-ing Interest. Special Fiction Supplement Boston Sunday Post July 24 1910. Tabloid-size insert devoted solely to an installment of the novel BURNING DAYLIGHT published simultaneously in New York Herald. Not issued in book form until October 1910. This installment is Chapters XXII-XXVI. Quite brittle chipped at head of spine with tears at fore-edge. An extremely scarce format. unknown books
1928699981928. LONDON Jack. LONDON'S ESSAYS OF REVOLT. Edited and introduction by Leonard D. Abbot. New York: Vanguard Press 1928. Second printing. 12mo. brick cloth. Ink ownership. Corners lightly bumped with a small patch of soil to front board. A very good solid copy in a sunned mildly soiled dust jacket with some light chipping to the edges. unknown books
1910219451910. FT. LONDON Jack. THE SEA WOLF. Special Fiction Supplement Boston Sunday Post Sept. 11 1910. Tabloid-size insert devoted solely to an installment of THE SEA WOLF end Chapter IV through beginning of Chapter IX. A fragile copy separating at spine and darkened and chipped at top edge. A very scarce format. unknown books
192611080ELondon: Readers Library 1926. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the silent film of the classic London tale starring Milton Sills. Ownership signature and address and blindstamp. Very good lightly used copy in a bright dust jacket with a long tear across the front panel which has been repaired with tape on the interior and with a couple of other tiny tears and chips and one 1/4†piece missing along the spine fold. The front panel is a color painting of Sills as Wolf Larsen stripped to waist steering his ship with the rear panel illustrated with a painting of the ship being tossed by rough seas. Scarce. Readers Library unknown books
19794429NY CROWN 1979 1979. SIGNED BY KINGMAN FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Authors. F. NY, CROWN, 1979 unknown books
184116635London: Mead 1841. hardcover. very good. Engraved frontispiece & title vignette 25 engraved plates of public buildings. 104pp. Small 4to original purple pebbled cloth backstrip slightly faded. London: J. Mead 1841. Very good.<br/><br/> Interior descriptions of London's most famous metropolitan buildings.<br/><br/> Mead unknown books
19295935Washington: Maggs Bros. 1929. Folio. 6 3 blank 232 2 1 blank pp.; illus. & 17 plts. <br><br>A catalogue of 106 rare Americana. Exhibited at the Library of Congress in the spring of 1929. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers; torn at top and bottom of spine and soiled. Inner hinge starting. Short tear to bottom edge of half-title. Top outer corners bent. Pages clean. Good. Maggs Bros. unknown books
193844905London: Passenger Transport Board 1938. Tall slim 4to pp. 72; chart frontispiece folding map printed in red and black in rear black and white photographs throughout; original red printed wrappers yapp edges; edges a bit rubbed and worn some soiling else very good and sound. <br/><br/> Passenger Transport Board unknown books
18907468London: printed by Nichols and Sons 1890. 2 volumes large 4tos illus. in text throughout plates some folding some in color near fine in original brown cloth. Containing a total of 27 scholarly articles on archaeology and antiquities the majority on northern subjects. <br/><br/> printed by Nichols and Sons hardcover books
1993330661993. Fell A. London. Modern Origins Developments and Perspectives against the Background of "Machiavellism." Book I: Pre-Modern "Machiavellism." Westport CT: Praeger 1993. xvii 409 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket. Fine. $90. Volume Five from the Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State series. unknown books