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18301718221st Cong. 1st Sess.: HD106. 1830. 57 1 blank pp disbound. Light tanning scattered foxing. Good. AI 5155. HD106. unknown books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
19464326Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company 1946. 42pp Oblong quarto 25 cm x 30.5 cm Gray printed wrappers with a photograph of the Upper Colorado on the front panel. Better than very good. 20 tinted plates 16.5 cm x 20 on white leaves with the facing page prints a paragraph description of the view. All images are sights that one could see riding the D&RGW through Colorado. Double-page plate at the center 21 cm 51 cm 'Colorado's Highest Mountains.' Double-page pictorial map at the end. The Smith-Brooks Printing Company unknown books
4697Offered here is a rare and unusual collection of designs and drawings the work of what appears to be a single binder for Riviere & Son from the late 1920's with a very few possibly later. There are 8 large designs for spines with some drawings tool impressions two of which are in color; 4 smaller designs for spines; 7 small "snippets" of tooling designs; 7 front cover designs some drawings some with tool impressions; 26 rubbings of bindings covers spines etc. various sizes; 4 miscellaneous: a sheet of oasis leather samples used for the Andrew Lang Fairy Books tool roll samples for a set of Shakespeare a small piece of paper with what looks to be time studies for various bindings e.g. ìΩ Plain 50 minî spine design samples from various sets of English authors sheet with various pictorial tools used and which authors titles etc. to use them e.g. a witch on a broom and ìThe Arthur Rackham Fairy Bookî. A variety of paper has been used in these examples some thicker but much of it quite fine i.e. tissue quality. Some small tears and browning from being folded for decades but overall most pieces in nice shape. A most scarce archive of original bookbinding records from one of the most famous bookbinding companies in the history of modern bookbinding. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1986WRCLIT50428St. Louis 1986. Whole numbers 5 and 19. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. Edited by Jan Garden Castro et al. #5 is a special issue devoted to "World Myths" and is an inscribed presentation copy from contributor/advisor Carol Kyle. #19 features two interviews with Toni Morrison. unknown books
19911338865Bali: Image Network Indonesia 1991. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G Hardcover w/ DJ; Green spine with White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear some shelfwear small open tears along head edge of spine fraying and small open tears at corners; Boards strong some edgewear some shelfwear rubbing to corners; Textblock clean; 240 pp<br /> <br /> Oversized book. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1338865. FP New Rockville Stock. Image Network Indonesia hardcover books
2687Chicago: The Company Poole Bros. Printers and Engravers 1896. . Large 8vo buff printed wrappers back pictorial; some chipping and soiling to wrappers. First published in 1887. Many of the illustrations are engraved after the photographs Jackson took on his trip with Ernest Ingersoll and which were published in Ingersoll's "Crest of the Continent". The copyright for Ingersoll's book and the present one were both give to S. K. Hooper the Passenger Agent for the railroaD. Chicago: [The Company] Poole Bros., Printers and Engravers, 1896. unknown books
18751379143d Cong. 2d Sess.: HED76. 1875. 72pp disbound partly loosened. Light chipping at heads of a few leaves no text loss. Good. HED76. unknown books
121116hardcover. 554pp. 8vo cloth. Doubleday 1955. vg On education on South America.<br/><br/> unknown books
2472Boston: The Company Alfred Mudge & son Printers 1878. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed some minor fragments missing from the bottom margin of the first few leaves not affecting text One holding library only in OCLC. Lists all capital expenditures for the year bridge building and other repairs; a breakdown of all shipments sent and the usual financial disclosures Boston: [The Company] Alfred Mudge & son Printers, 1878. unknown books
3003Boston: The Company; Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1878. . 8vo dusty pink wrappers front printed; some chips; slightly soiled One holding library in OCLC Boston: [The Company]; Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1878. unknown books
3055Boston: The Company:Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1874. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed Boston: [The Company]:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1874. unknown books
1893WRCAM22985Philadelphia 1893. 39pp. Plus large folding map laid in. Original printed wrappers. Negligible chipping to upper margin of front wrapper. Very good. With John Birkinbine's report on water volume potential of the St. Louis River at the head of Lake Superior. Map depicts portion of St. Louis River in Minnesota showing property of the St. Louis River Water Power Company from Thomson to Fond-Fu-Lac. unknown books
187526463Fall River Mass: Fiske & Munroe Steam Book and Job Printers 1875. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 76 pages. Publisher's green cloth gilt. 8vo. Blank spine title "Water Works City of Fall River." in gilt on front board. Frontis is illustration of the Engine House. Fall River binder's ticket on front pastedown endpaper. Cloth. The first annual report of the works. Contains 1. The history of the works and operations of the water commissioners and of the Watuppa Water Board previous to Jan. 1 1875 -- 2. The report of the water registrar -- 3. The report of the engineer and superintendent giving a description of the works. Fiske & Munroe, Steam Book and Job Printers unknown books
188436643Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1884. Second edition. Cloth. A very good copy spine ends worn boards rubbed plates fine and quite uncommonly except for two small marginal tears without blemish. 2407-2901 pp. i.e 494 pp. plates. Illus. with 61 folding b/w plates 3 other plates and occasional in-text drawings. 8vo. Published first as part of "48th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc.; No. 37." [U.S.] Government Printing Office hardcover books
183920069Boston 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. offered with REPORT RELATING TO EXPENSES OF WARREN BRIDGE. HD29. 7 1 blank pp. Disbound loosening. Light scattered foxing. Good to Very Good. Reports on the bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 2. unknown books
183920407Boston 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Inscribed in top margin "K.H.T. from Stedman Bullrick of Concord Mass." Very Good. Report on the two bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 2. unknown books
19215013<p><b>Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir et ses amis</b><b>. Deluxe edition with a dry point by Renoir in double state. </b>Riviere George. Paris: Floury 1921. DELUXE edition. One of the 150 copies on Japon Paper with one original drypoint by Renoir "Le chapeau epingle" Delteil 8 in double state black and sanguine and one color lithograph "Tete de jeune fille" on front cover. The book is enriched with many illustrations on diverse paper and size. Rebounded with original soft cover well preserved inside.</p> Floury hardcover books
1921181928Paris: H. Floury editeur 1921. Hardbound. VG or better copy. The drypoint etching printed on Wove paper is in excellent condition. Cover which is an original lithograph also is in excellent condition but is harmed by being bound-into the cloth along it's extreme left edge. The book has very nice shelf appeal with a leathe rlabel showing some wear. Original color-illus. wraps finely bound-into coarse woven beige cloth. with remnants of leather spine label. 273 pp.; 58 plates 12 in color including the frontis and 2 dry-point; several bw illustrations within the text including 2 bw photographs of Renoir. Text in French. Lists of all illustrations are included. This copy is not numbered and does not appear to be one of the special 150 copies printed on Japan paper. contains two original drypoint etchings as per the contents: "La Danse a la Campagne" on page 66 and "Jeunes Filles Fleurissant Leurs Chapeaux" on page 226 which has a distinct plate impression on the reverse which is lacking on the first. Over-all a very nice copy with clear bw images and vibrancy in the color plates. Written in 15 chapters including coverage of the expositions of 1874 1876 and 1877 Renoir's atelier on Rue Saint-Georges the soiress of Madame Charpentier and so much more. Rare with both plates. H. Floury, editeur unknown books
1921ABE-857353084Paris Floury 1921. Renoir et ses amis Riviere George. Paris: Floury 1921. First edition with one original drypoint by Renoir "Le chapeau epingle" Delteil 8 and one color lithograph Tete de jeune fille on front cover printed on fine wove paper in original binding in very good condition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paris, Floury paperback books
192121568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown books
1888644221888. 1888 Digest of Chilean Law Echeverria y Reyes Anibel Compiler. Rio Soto Aguilar Abraham Compiler. Recopilacion de Leyes y Decretos de Interes General Vigentes en 21 de Mayo de 1888. Santiago: Imprenta Nacional 1888. xxv 806 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Later quarter cloth over paper-covered boards gilt title to spine. Some shelfwear light fading to front board chip to fore-edge of front free endpaper light toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamps to title page. $150. Only edition. A well-organized and indexed digest of Chilean law with an emphasis on administrative law. Contents: Acta de la Independencia Constitucion Politica Congreso Nacional Poder Ejecutivo Elecciones Garantias Individuales Municipalidades Correos Telegrafos y Telefonos Policia de Seguridad y Orden Publico Policia Sanitaria Beneficencia Publica Estadistica y Censo Subvenciones a Empresas de Ferrocarriles Vapores y Telegrafos Disposiciones Varias. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America 6 in law libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Tulane Yale. unknown books
1909240774New York: Privately Printed by the De Vinne Press 1909. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth t.e.g. Light shelfwear title page foxed else near fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce privately printed work with considerable sporting content.<br/><br/>Pp. 123 to 266 comprise the Logbook of Camp Albany on the Ristigouche River with entries from 1883 to 1898 on angling hunting and social topics. A prefatory note quotes from Dean Sage's classic book and an afterword by Charles H. Raymond offers an appreciation of Abraham Lansing 1835-1899 of Albany New York: "To watch his tall graceful form while casting on the river was to see the exemplar of the accomplished fisherman; the man the rod the line were together but the extension and the completion of artistic and practical perfection".<br/><br/>Inscribed by Mrs. Lansing to the Hon. Hampden Roth November 5 1909. Wetzel p. 174; Bruns L39; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 107 Privately Printed [by the De Vinne Press] unknown books
1989265640Tustin CA: R.S.V.P. 1989. Paperback. 48p. 5.5x8.5 inches erotic fiction illustrated with drawings and photographs very good first edition booklet in stapled goldenrod pictorial wraps. Porn star Vanessa del Rio interviews editor Stout and appears in several b&w nude shots.del Rio was born Ana MarÃa Sánchez in NY and is of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. R.S.V.P. paperback books
18584741baY2Toronto Ontario: John Lovell 1858. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Canada; Manitoba; Red River expedition 1857; Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition 1858; 258pages; 25.5cm; full black leather binding re-backed; inserted folded map: 35 x 77cm; part of Red River Valley north of 49th parallel to accompany report of H. Y. Hind's Canadian Red River expedition; small tear bottom left corner small breaks at 2 folds; detached folded map: 76.5 x 142cm; plan 'shewing' proposed route from Lake Superior to Red River settlement compiled from Dawson & Napier's maps T. Devine surveyor branch west Crown Lands Department Toronto 29th May 1858 Andrew Russell assistant commissioner; across map bottom: Profile of canoe route by Professor Hind horizontal scale 10 miles to 1 inch vertical scale 600 feet to 1 inch; center top of map: Plan of country between Red River settlement and Lake of the Woods scale 8 miles to inch; signed S. J. Dawson note-this is reduced copy of map from actual survey accompanying Dawson's report of 15th March 1858; Red River expedition under direction of George Gladman 1800-63 and Simon James Dawson 1820-1902; report by Henry Youle Hind 1823-1909; Canada Legislative Assembly Victoria 21 appendice No 3. A. 1858. First edition. John Lovell Hardcover books