Ostfildern, Hamburg, and Zurich: Deichtorhallen Hamburg and Kunsthaus Zurich, 1999. "Second Edition" [=First Thus English Edition, published simultaneously with German Edition]. Quarto (32x25.5x2cm); iv + 144pp. Full-page and reference images throughout. Illustrated boards. Both covers and textblock impeccable, As New. And who were the midwives at the American..... More
Hartford, CT: S. Lincoln, 1821. Octavo. 382 pages + 2 p. index. Contemporary sheep with red leather spine label lettered in gilt. First year (January-December) of this monthly magazine, whose leading objective was "to communicate religious information and instruction, and to defend and explain the doctrines and principles..... More
New York: Edward Brandus & Co., 1893. First Edition. Octavo. 11 unnumbered pages. Wraps, string-tied with a yellow cord. Ex-library. Wraps worn along edges with some light chipping. General toning and one stain to front. Library marks to exterior and institutional stamp and bookplate to final page... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo Bliss, 1855. Small octavo (3.75" x 4.5"); 96p. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers edgeworn with fraying along fore-edge and spine ends, along with a dampstain along spine and bottom back edge. Hinges cracked. Dampstain down..... More
Washington, D.C.: [Artisanal], [1990s]. Unique copy. Pristine. Medium folio (46x32x5cm; 18"x12.5"x2"); 180 leaves (360pp). Half leather in full-grain aniline black; boards covered in laid mulberry stock. All paperblock edges marbled with crimson and black mottling. Endpapers in Turkish marbling of green and metallic gold against amaranth red. Leaves of heavy..... More
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Allendale, MI: WIB, 1979. Newsprint (17 x 11.25 inches); [8] pp. each except for Vol. 2, No. 11., which is 4 pages. Newsprint toned with minor edgewear. Feminist student newspaper covering abortion rights, custody rights for lesbian parents, birth control, and sexual harassment. Vol. 2... More
Allendale, MI: WIB, 1979. Newsprint (17 x 11.25 inches); [8] pp. Toned with minor edgewear, but sound. Feminist student newspaper. This issue covers the Detroit City Council voting out outlaw discrimination against gay and lesbian individuals in 1979. Other articles address pornography, Planned Parenthood resources, and custody rights..... More
Hardcover. London: Henry G. Bohn, [ca. 1850]. Octavo; unpaginated. Rebacked with original cloth retained to front and back, with new endpapers. Covers edgeworn with bumping to corners, nudging to spine ends, and some general smudging and a few runs to cloth. Pages lightly to moderately foxed, but unmarked. Binding is..... More
Boston: Chez J.H.A. Frost, 1824. Second American Edition. 12mo. 379 pages + 3 pages advertisements. Contemporary sheep with spine lettered in gilt. Text in French, advertisements in English. Worn at extremities with exposure to edges and loss at spine ends, most significantly to top of spine with gatherings exposed..... More
Washington, D.C.: [Artisanal], [1990s]. Unique copy. Pristine. Octavo (20x15cm); 86 leaves (172pp). Leather in full-grain aniline crimson. Front panel blind-embossed with the tarot image of Astrology—"AstrologiaXXXVIIII"—from the so-called Mantegna Tarocchi. Embossed rules on spine and as borders on spine and panel edges. Endpapers in comb marbling of teal, celadon, peach..... More
Softcover. Paris: French National Railways (SNCF), 1959. Quarto; 95pp. English-language. Pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated throughout, with four full page, full-color illustrations. Cover rubbed with some light spots on lower front edge and a small tear at head of spine. Spine is rolled. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1865. Octavo; v, 344pp + 1 errata and addendum. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Blue topstain. Ex- MBNEH / New England Historic Genealogical Society library (with "withdrawn" stamp), with blind-embossed society stamp on title page, small handwritten call number sticker at tail..... More
Paris: Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins De Fer, [1970s]. Quarto; unpaginated. Book is bound in a black presentation binder with internal metal spiral binding. Mustard yellow and white graphic cover. Full-color illustrations and diagrams throughout, some which fold-out. Text primarily in French with some portions also translated to English..... More
Eugene, OR: Women’s Press Collective, 1971 - 1972. Newsprint (16.5 inches by 11.5 inches); variously paginated, most are [16-20] pp. Illustrated throughout. Broken run of newspapers published January 1971 through 1972. All mail folds, as issued. Paper toned. Some minor edgewear. A monthly, and sometimes bi-monthly..... More
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Hardcover. Washinton, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1857. Octavo (9" x 6"); 279p. Blindstamped brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering and paper title strip to spine. Covers bumped at corners and chipped at spine ends, with rubbing along edges and a small note in white on front. Title card toned and..... More
London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by W. Griffin, [1766]. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pages. Bound in 19th century boards with leather spine and tips with gilt lettering to spine. Chipped at extremities with loss to bottom of spine. General scuffing and rubbing to boards. Ownership stamp..... More
New York: Henry Bill, 1853 [1852]. Second Edition [i.e., retitled issue that occurred when author switched publishers]. "Sold Only by Subscription." Octavo; 224pp + publisher's tipped-in Want Ad for agents. All 48 called-for plates present. Plum publisher's cloth with blind-stamped borders and ornaments on both panels, framing a stamped image..... More
New Orleans: A.D. O'Brien, Jr., Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Comb-bound wraps. Octavo. 218 pages with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on cover verso with inscription, "To Judge Wright in memory / of our friendship and some / very pleasant times working / together / Dallam O'Brien."... More
New York: Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; xii, [xiii-xiv], 15-301pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering. Red topstain. Jacket shows a few couple large angled tears along top with smaller tears and chips along edges; top 1.25" of spine is missing (including..... More
New York: The Sun Dial Press, [1936]. Reprint of the 1934 Crime Club / Doubleday edition. Octavo; [x], 301pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black lettering and illustration to spine. Green topstain. Jacket shows a number of short tears and shallow chips at edges of folds, with rubbing..... More
Providence: The Grandon Company, [1950]. First Thus. Octavo; 295pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a dime-ish sized chip at top front edge just touching title lettering, with another small, closed adjacent tear, a thin stain at top edge of..... More
New York: Liveright Inc Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 295 pp. Black boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards edgeworn and spine heavily dulled with some faint staining. Boards give a little but overall holding soundly. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. Octavo; [ii], 343pp. Publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering and ornamentation. Red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are sturdy and square with some general fingerprinting and smudging to cloth and darkening to spine. Spine ends tugged and nudged. Very slight toning to endpapers..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 326pp. Illustrated dust jacket; book in red-brown mesh weave cloth with yellow lettering and no topstain to textblock (Currey's C binding, with no priority discernable among the variants). Jacket shows a 1.5" and 2" vertical tear from top along folds..... More