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1934167650New York: Pynson Printers 1934. First edition. Hardcover. September 1934. Includes a original limited edition lithograph titled A Connecticut Interior. Lithograph is 8.5 x 11 inches and it is in fine condition. This issue of the Colophon also contains articles on The Beginnings of the American Circus by R. W. G. Vail The Unfortunate Dr. Dodd by Mark Holstein and Why Does Nobody Collect Me by Robert Benchley with designs by William Steig. A very good plus copy with some wear to the spine. No dust jacket as issued. Internally a clean copy. Includes some laid in ephemera. Pynson Printers unknown books
1906272246Philadelphia: George Barrie 1906. First. hardcover. good. Plates. xxi 535pp. 8vo publisher's 3/4 brown morocco margins uncut spine rubbed head of spine worn spine lightly sunned. Philadelphia: George Barrie 1906. First Edition<br/><br/> One of 100 numbered copies. The History of North America volume XV.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
192242584Shanghai: Commercial Press Ltd 1922. First edition thin 12mo pp. xv 1 40; 28 illustrations mostly full-page and mostly from photographs; Shanghai ownership inscription on front free endaper dated January 1923; very good in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. Concerns the dragon in Chinese life literature mythology etc. <br/><br/> Commercial Press, Ltd hardcover books
1922263652Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. xv 40p. slender hardcover spine panel chipped interior toned but otherwise very good. Black and white photos interspersed in text. With an introduction by Fong F. Sec LL.D. On the role of dragons in Chinese culture with some comparison to the western dragon. Commercial Press unknown books
1922231519Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. First. hardcover. near fine. 28 black & white illustrations. xvi 66 pages stitched. Slim 16mo green cloth with gilt dragons on front cover. Shanghai: Commercial Press 1922. First Edition. Scarce. Near fine.<br/><br/> Commercial Press unknown books
1991Embry 163486Madison Books 1991. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Author's disclaimer sheet laid in Madison Books, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1926WRCLIT80078New York: Anderson Galleries Sale 2108. 1926. 4356pp. Printed wrapper. Frontis. Spine somewhat chipped and a few corners turned; a good copy. Newton's early duplicate sale with an essay in justification leading off - though describing manuscripts as duplicates is stretching it some. 194 lots. FLECK 280. Anderson Galleries Sale 2108... unknown books
192844897Boston: Little Brown 1928. Second printing. 8vo pp. 410. Index. Illustrated. Gray paper over boards with navy blue cloth spine. Cover little scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy. Little, Brown unknown books
184657512New York: Burgess Stringer & Co. No. 222 Broadway corner of Ann Street 1846. 8vo pp. 125 1 ads; text in double column; removed from binding wrappers wanting; all else very good. Wright I 784. <br/><br/> Burgess, Stringer & Co., No. 222 Broadway, corner of Ann Street unknown books
1998156283Hannover & Zurich: Kestner Gesellschaft & Scalo 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 207 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran March 14 through May 24 1998. Edited by Carl Haenlein. Essays by Carsten Ahrens Monika Faber Rudolf Kicken and Michael Stoeber. Includes numerous black and white images. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Kestner Gesellschaft & Scalo unknown books
1979W104NGWashingtion D.C.: National Gallery of Art 1979. Pictorial paper wraps in very good condition. Catalogue of 1979 exhibition at the National Gallery. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. . First Edition. Paper Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue. National Gallery of Art Paperback books
1897114580Boston: George H. Polley & Co 1897. Hardcover. Plates all VG with only light age toning to fore edges. Art museum ex-lib. donation plate inside folio front cover. Stamp and title in white ink on spine; general shelf wear to spine and corners. Tan cloth with maroon cloth spine and corners. 63 loose leaf plates introductory page and table of contents page. Maroon fabric ties. Oversize and a bit overweight. Will require extra postage. Illustrated survey of colonial furnishings as they appeared in their colonial interiors. The last four plates in this volume show houses or interiors from Portsmouth NH and Newburyport MA. The bookplate shows that this volume was donated by the wife of architect Michel M. LeBrun. Napoleon Le Brun & Sons the sons being Michel and his brother Pierre won the commission to design the new Home Life Insurance Company building in Manhattan a building on the frontier of the "skyscraper" era in New York. A common title in academic libraries but scarce in the marketplace. Includes Title-page Introduction sheet Contents sheet printed on both sides listing 63 plates and the plates themselves. George H. Polley & Co hardcover books
1970S10566Cambridge MA:: MIT Press 1970. 1970. 8vo. viii 351 pp. Index. Metallic silver cloth white-stamped spine dust-jacket; front jacket torn spine ends chipped. Ownership signature. Near fine in good jacket. ISBN: 0262160358 MIT Press, (1970). hardcover books
1970RH1293Cambridge:: MIT Press 1970. 1970. 8vo. viii 351 pp. Illus. index; pen mark on fore-edge. White stamped spine over silver cloth dust jacket; jacket torn corners nicked. Very good. MIT Press, (1970). hardcover books
192043180Boston: Atlantic Monthly 1920. Third impression. 8vo pp. xxi 373. Index. Illustrated. Donor's presentation on flyleaf owner's bookplates on both pastedowns.Tan paper over boards with cloth spine and paper label. TEG. Corners and edges of cover little worn o/w VG. Presentaion to writer and teacher Mary Ellen Chase with her bookplate. Atlantic Monthly unknown books
192041353Boston: Atlantic Monthly 1920. Third impression. 8vo pp. xxi 373. Index. Illustrated. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Paper over boards cloth spine. One hinge tender edges of cover slightly worn o/w VG with front of dj laid in. Atlantic Monthly unknown books
1918013661The Altantic Monthly Press 1918. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In A very Good Plus Jacket.First Issue Jacket With-out Wrinting On Front Panel Very Scarce Excellent Well Preserved Copy. The Altantic Monthly Press Hardcover books
1918007101Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1918. 355 pp. with no index illustrated top edge gilt same dates 1918 at TP and CP. SCARCE in dust jacket and possibly a Review Copy with 8 pp. pamphlet laid in titled "Christopher Morley on The Amenities of Book Collecting" which was reprinted from the Philadelphia Ledger and "issued for free distribution to lovers of books" by the Publiaher. Pamphlet measures 4" x 6" Near Fine faint crease. The book is Very Good front hinge starting period prior owner book plate front paste down rear end pages light toning and attached to rear paste down is a newspaper clipping in shape of a bookmark on collecting literary book plates that mostly talks about A. Edward Newton"s book plate. Uncommon in Very Good dust jacket chips and toning at spine small chips at flap folds. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Atlantic Monthly Press Hardcover books
191943582Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1919. Second edition 8vo pp. xxi 1 373 1; color frontis plates throughoutt.e.g. early owner's inscription on front free endpaper and card of Govenor of Colorado Julius Gunter laid in minor edgewear a very good copy in cloth-backed boards with paper label on spine. One of the most famous of the 20th century book-collecting adventures with much on Boswell Johnson and the Victorians. <br/><br/> Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
19229013667Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1922. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Illustrated. Bound in half red leather and green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
19207179Boston. The Atlantic Monthly Press. 1920. Bound in 3/4 grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. t.e.g. 8vo. Profusely illustrated with various monochrome and colour photographs drawings paintings etc. Mild wear to spine. Some offset to ffep else a Near Fine crisp and pristine copy. The Atlantic Monthly Press. hardcover books
1922285199Boston. : Atlantic Monthly Press. 1922. . 4th printing. . hardcover contemporary half brown morocco over brown cloth raised bands gilt spine title top edge gilt marbled endpapers. . Cloth covers lightly spotted otherwise a very good copy in an attractive binding. . 8vo. Color frontis numerous illustrations. Atlantic Monthly Press. hardcover books
191866742Boston: Atlantic Monthly 1918. First edition. xiii 373 pp w/index. Foxing to page edges else near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Boston: Atlantic Monthly hardcover books
7215Boston Atlantic Monthly Press 1922. 4th impression. Brown morroco and cloth boards lettered in gilt on the spine marbled endpapers t.e.g. 373 pp. Fine. <br/><br/> Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, [1922]. hardcover books
1920LV2665Boston:: Atlantic Monthly Press 1920. 1920. Third impression. 8vo. xxi 1 373 1 pp. Color frontis. profusely illus. index. Early half morocco gilt-stamped with five raised spine bands over pale cloth t.e.g.; head replaced with kozo some neat repairs. Bound by G. P. Putman’s Sons and printed by The Knickerbocker Press. Very good. Very entertaining promotion of book collecting particularly English literature and history meaning Dr. Johnson and his circle to Oscar Wilde. Atlantic Monthly Press, (1920). hardcover books