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1994285024New York: Harper 1994. hardcover. very good/near fine. Black & white photographic illustrations. 451 pages 1/4 black cloth blue boards bound upside down. Nw York: Harper Collins 1994. First Edition. Light foxing on page edges and small remainder mark on top edge else near fine.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
251862No place. No date. Limited edition #80 of 200 copies. . Brown cloth gilt cover title no spine title. . Near fine. . 26.5x19.5 cm. . Offprint from 1952 Paper Maker magazine article. hardcover books
1929153293New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd 1929. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-265 266: colophon original orange cloth spine panel stamped in black. First edition. A weird mystery thriller with murder seemingly committed by supernatural means. Bleiler 1978 p. 157. Not in Reginald 1979; 1992. Hubin 1994 p. 642. Cloth just a bit dusty a nearly fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Tony Hughes with faint vertical crease at center of spine panel and a couple of small insect holes along rear flap fold. #153293 Payson & Clarke Ltd unknown books
2003Embry 190991St. Martin's Press 2003. Second printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. St. Martin's Press, 2003. Second printing. unknown books
194778089New York: A. A. Wyn 1947. Hardcover. Good/Good. index viii 392p. dj. 23cm. Minor cover spotting. Head of backstrip lightly frayed. Endpapers browned. Jacket rather chipped along edges and the backstrip is faded. <br/><br/> A. A. Wyn hardcover books
1966120533New York.: Avalon Books; Thomas Bouregy and Company Inc. 1966. hardcover. vg/g some sun to jacket. 12mo. inscribed and signed by the author on the front free end paper. Avalon Books; Thomas Bouregy and Company, Inc. hardcover books
1926141451New York.: The Macmillan Company. 1926. 1st edition. hardcover. very good with a very good dust jacket; some wear to jacket with small pieces missing along edges of dj. sm4to. The Macmillan Company. hardcover books
1910670New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1910. First edition. First edition. Thick octavo. Blue wavy grain cloth with bold gold stamped floral design on cover and spine by Margaret Armstrong. Eight full-page illustrations in color by F. H. Townsend. Border decorations throughout in light green by Armstrong. A fine copy. Gullans & Espey #17 notes that the lettering may have been redone by another artist. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
191046422New York: Putnam's. Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. NY/London: Putnam's 1910. 340 pages hardbound. First edition. A VG copy in a tight clean gilt stamped blue cloth binding. . Putnam's hardcover books
18992289600H.S. Nichols Ltd 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition one of 500 copies. Boards lightly soiled bookplate of Alexander Cochrane on each front endpaper. 1899 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. xlviii 337 3; vii 1 348; viii 356 pp. 8vo. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.H. Freese. Includes frontispieces of Madame d'Epinay Jean Jacques Rousseau and Le Baron de Grimm. Madame d'Epinay "was a French writer a saloniste and woman of fashion known on account of her liaisons with Friedrich Melchior Baron von Grimm and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who gives unflattering reports of her in his Confessions as well as her acquaintanceship with Denis Diderot Jean le Rond d'Alembert Baron d'Holbach and other French men of letters during the Enlightenment. She was also one of many women referenced in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex as an example of noble expansion of women's rights during the 18th century." - Wikipedia H.S. Nichols Ltd hardcover books
1899184031London: H.S. Nichols 1899. Hardcover. Good light shelfwear to boards expected age toning to pages but text is otherwise very clean and clear. Bookplate of previous owner inside each front cover. Volume 3 frontis is torn loose protective tissue guard sheet has tears. Three volume set bound in red cloth with gilt tooling and lettering; each volume has a bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guard sheet; Volume 1 xlviii 337 pp. Volume 2 348 pp. Volume 3 356 pp. "Edition strictly limited to 500 copies." Includes bibliographical references v. 1 pages xlv-xlvi. Translated with introduction and brief notes by J.H. Freese. H.S. Nichols hardcover books
19781324665Tokyo: Japan Publications Inc 1978. First Printing. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 136; VG-/G; white spine with black text; dust jacket has some rubbing to exterior; light smudges to front; minor dings to edges; crease to rear flap; cloth has clean exterior; minor wear to corners and spine edges; text block has slight shelf wear to exterior edges; small smudges to exterior fore edge; profusely illustrated; interior clean;. 1324665. FP New Rockville Stock. Japan Publications, Inc hardcover books
1962276512London: Macmillan 1962. hardcover. very good/very good-. Illus. 8vo green cloth d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. London: Macmillan 1962.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
19301310066New York: The Macmillan Company 1930. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 289; G/no-DJ; green spine with gilt text; cloth has moderate wear to exterior; age toning to edge; text block has darkening to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; frontispiece with tissue guard; slight writing to ffep; interior shows browning. 1310066. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
193028552New York: The MacMillan Company 1930. 8vo; pp. xi 1 289; 12 plates including frontispiece; very good. Green cloth boards gilt on upper cover and spine. Endpapers have minor tape stains. "This volume forms the second and concluding part of a biography the first part being The Early Life of Thomas Hardy published 1928. <br/><br/> The MacMillan Company hardcover books
185947323Philadelphia: G.G. Evans 1859. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; red cloth decoratively stamped in blind and gilt; 240pp. Boards comprehensively soiled rubbed and worn; leading corners bumped; spine gilt dulled heel and crown chipped. Foxing and dampstains throughout textblock else bindings sound a Good and complete copy.<br/><br/>Those craftier bibliophiles might be interested in trying their hands at the really retro patterns and projects in this 1859 needlework handbook. Compiled by Florence Hartley the text assumes a basic level of skill with a needle and thread and includes patterns/ideas in bead work knitting and crochet quilting tatting/guipure/lace work embroidery braiding netting feather flowers and more. Hartley advocated needlework as essential to a woman's overall happiness and usefulness to society making this craft guide an interesting look back at 19th century values and mores. G.G. Evans unknown books
186154214Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley 1861. 8vo pp. 240; frontispiece and a profusion of illustrations throughout text; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine the covers ruled in blind surrounding a central blindstamp in the shape of a small handled purse the title stamped in blind in the center; one crack at the base of the spine extremities a little rubbed; all else very good. This copy with the ownership signature of one Nellie Marshall Hobart Del. Co. N.Y. An invaluable guide to the activities costumes and accessories of women in the US just before the Civil War. First published in 1859 the book was still in print in the 1890s. <br/><br/> J. W. Bradley hardcover books
1342877Chicago: H. T. Fitzsimmons Co n.d. Saddle-stitched. Octavo; G- Saddle-Stitched Paperback; Yellow Saddle-Stitched spine; Covers have moderate edgewear moderate shelfwear small open and closed tears along edges of both covers and spine rusting to staples staining to both covers bending to corners; Textblock has age toning marking in pencil on some pages; 40 pp. 1342877. FP New Rockville Stock. H. T. Fitzsimmons Co unknown books
1986038320Berkeley: Judah L. Magnes Museum 1986. ix 150p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers. Judah L. Magnes Museum unknown books
1999Embry 196721Johns Hopkins U. Press 1999. First edition first printing. Remainder dot to lower edge else fine in fine dust jacket. Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1999. First edition, first printing. unknown books
190922085.1New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1909. Hardcover. VG- Bookplate from a previous owner;. One vol. Light blue paper boards with dark blue cloth spine gilt letters on spine & front cover 160 pp. Numerous bw plates. Subtitle: Commemorative of the Tercentenary of the Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in the year 1609 and the centenary of the first use of steam in the navigation of said river by Robert Fulton in the year 1807. One volume only of this two-volume set and complete in itself. Contains an annotated catalogue of 606 works consisting of American paintings furniture silver ceramics glass pewter and textiles. Many items are pictured here as well. The Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover books
190922085New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1909. Softcover. VG- with cover lightly faded and lib. stamp on front but interior nice and clean. One vol. Blue wraps. 160 pp. No illustrations. One volume only of this two-volume set in paperback and complete in itself. Contains an annotated catalogue of 355 works including American paintings furniture silver and other objects of art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback books
199976571New York NY.: DK Publishing Inc. Very Good. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red paper covered boards with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine in a very nice dust jacket. The covers have a touch of light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with nice color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by the illustrator Mary Grandpre on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Illustrator . DK Publishing, Inc. hardcover books
1929WRCLIT25592London: Heinemann 1929. Cloth and boards. First edition. One of 775 numbered copies signed by the author. Corners bumped spine a bit dust soiled else very good. Heinemann hardcover books
190539992San Francisco: Clubwoman's Guild 1905. First Edition. 8vo pp. 97. Frontis portrait signed by the author. Light blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cover somewhat soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Poems. Clubwoman's Guild unknown books