New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More

Suva, Fiji: H. Craigie, 1931. First Edition. Octavo (21.2 cm); publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering and border; [xii],290pp. Boards edgeworn with a light concave bow; some soiling and smudging to cloth, toning to spine, and dulling to lettering. Light dampstain to endpapers over front hinge, with a patch..... More

Portland, ME: Arthur Shirley, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 41pp. Some faint foxing to text block, contemporary ownership signature (illegible) at head of title page, neat 20th century ex libris to title page verso, else Very Good overall. Political pamphlet signed in text by Alford Richardson himself, regarding..... More

Highland, IL: 1983-1985. Two black three-ring binders (29cm) filled with manuscript and printed recipes and accompanying chromogenic snapshots. Some wrinkling and soil to contents from use, else Very Good. Binding I: Relating entirely to the Bouquet Garni School of Cookery founded by Joy Bullivant, a graduate of the..... More

Cantabrigiae, MA: E Prelo Universitatis. Sumtibus Cummings, Hilliard, et So. Bibliopolarum, 1824. Editio Quarta Americana [Fourth American Edition]. Two volumes; octavo; full contemporary sheep, black gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled; xvi,364,170,viii; xv,[1],344,296pp. Leather rather scuffed with some brief peeling along extremities, faint contemporary manuscript library spine labels, front joint..... More

Paris: Bossange Frères, n.d. [ca. 1825]. Presumed First French Edition. Oblong octavo (14.5 x 23 cm); publisher’s pictorial lilac paper-covered boards adorned with vignettes of two young girls, one skipping rope, the other playing badminton; iii,[4]-134pp.; six leaves of hand-colored aquatint plates. Ex-library with the early 20th-century gift bookplate to..... More

Chicago: Associated Master Barbers of America, 1931. Revised Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon decorative cloth embossed in white and blind; [6],310pp.; illus. throughout, many photographic. Moderate wear to cloth margins including exposure at corners and spine ends, spine a bit cocked, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1838. Reprint. 12mo; publisher's black roan over blue paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; 180pp.; woodcut frontispiece and title page vignette, full-page illus. throughout. Boards quite rubbed and worn with some loss of paper over boards at top fore-edge corner of upper cover, spotting and occasional..... More

Elizabeth, NJ: 1956. Large quarto scrapbook (33x26cm.); black paper over paste-paper boards; [27]ll. filled to two-thirds completion. Boards rather scuffed and toned, leaves brittle with shallow chips and tears to margins not affecting contents, preliminary leaf separated but present; overall Good to Very Good, contents remaining clean and sound... More

United States: 1960. Large, slim quarto (30.5cm); original cord-bound decorative black and gilt boards, "Scrap Book" to upper cover; [50]pp. filled to completion with seventy-eight (78) magazine clippings captioned in manuscript ink, the two-paged carbon typescript describing the assignment for this Home Decoration scrapbook mounted to final two leaves. Moderate..... More

Nashville: JTG of Nashville, 1994. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's staplebound pictorial wrappers; 63pp.; color illus. throughout. General wear from handling, tiny chip mid-spine fold, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Uncommon educational booklet reproducing the lyrics and piano music of songs that "celebrate the colorful beauty of..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Published and for sale by Towar and Hogan, No. 255, Market Street, 1826. First Smart Edition. Octavo (22cm); full contemporary sheep, red gilt spine label; xxviii,394pp. Leather significantly dried, scratched and rubbed at margins, old repair to front hinge, uneven and at times quite heavy foxing throughout. Good..... More

Likely California: 1956. Quarto (30.5cm); black yarn-stitched card wrappers with manuscript title and pictorial element to upper cover; [18]ll., including eight leaves of manuscript, two original drawings in color pencil on black construction paper, five news clippings; and ten additional illustrated cut-outs from various sources. Moderate wear to wrapper margins..... More