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
Cleveland, OH: Central Publishing House, [1899]. Slim 16mo (15cm.); publisher's brown cloth lettered and ruled in black; 94pp. Boards rather bumped and rubbed with some light soiling to covers and text block, tiny hole mid-spine, contemporary juvenile pencil notes to endpapers, later pen ownership signature to front free endpaper; Good..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1943 but ca. 1960s]. Slim quarto; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket (price. $3.75); 91pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. General toning and shelf wear to jacket extremities, including tiny chips and closed tear, price-clipped, coin-sized loss at bottom margin of rear panel..... More
New-York: J.E.D. Comstock, [1847]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary half sheep over marbled boards; vi,[153]-426,[2],[9]-148pp.; 24 leaves of plates including 12 colored botanicals, woodcuts throughout text. Boards rather rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription of a Mary Hart to front free endpaper, rear endpaper torn away, else Very Good and sound, complete..... More
Jason Chin. First Edition. New York: Emerald City Press, 2002. First Edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); [vi], 168p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $19.95 price; book in black cloth with silver lettering. Jacket is clean and crisp with very light shelfwear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards curving outward a...... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in orange pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); 190pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket rather chipped and worn at extremities with tiny loss at spine crown not quite touching text, old price stickers to upper and..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, [1914]. Stated First Edition. Octavo; publisher's tan photo-illustrated cloth; [2],352,[10](ads)pp.; illus. and photographs throughout. Boards rather scuffed with exposure at corners, rear cover quite discolored from exposure to damp, some light toning and finger soil to text block, else Good to Very Good overall..... More
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Worcester, MA?: Boy Scouts of America Troop 8, 1949. Ten volumes; small 12mo (18cm.); each issue comprised of a single sheet folded into 4-paneled brochure; text and illus. printed mimeograph. A hint of wear, else a Very Good or better collection. Possibly unrecorded newsletter issued by the Boy Scouts..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1888. First Edition with no additional printings. Octavo; 217pp +6pp ads at back. Six illustrations including frontis, all present, with first illustration mis-numbered in contents as being on p 51 vs. 41. Green publisher's cloth with gilt and white accents. Covers lightly bumped..... More
Maurice LaLau. Paris: Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1923. Later Printing of the 1914 First Edition. French language. Quarto; iv, 154pp. Nine mounted color plates, with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's pink cloth with color illustration to front. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffs down..... More
![David and His Throne. Pen Pictures of the Bible...First Series [All Published]. Charles Stowe,...](/pictures/thumb/6668.jpeg?v=1597184842)
New York: J.C. Derby, 1855. First Edition. 12mo (14.5cm.); contemporary dark brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, manuscript spine label; x,[11]-315pp. Ex-Sunday School of the Oak Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Norristown, PA) with their usual markings including contemporary manuscript to front pastedown, boards scuffed with some exposure at..... More
![The Mysteries of Harris Burdick [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Chris Van Allsburg](/images/noimage.png)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1984]. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [32]pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine ends gently bumped, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good or better jacket. Bookplate signed by the author/illustrator laid in. A...... More
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Frome, UK: Chicken House, 2008. Signed Limited First Edition, this being #714 of 1000. Signed bookplate affixed to half title. Octavo. 713 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated purple boards in illustrated slipcase. Text in English. Boards lightly worn at corners. Binding is sound. Corner-creasing to pages 58 and..... More
![Sunday School Advocate [Complete Vol. XXV, nos. 1-24, October 14, 1865-September 22, 1866]....](/pictures/thumb/6615.jpeg?v=1597349915)
[New York: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865-1866.] Twenty-four volumes in one; tabloid format (36cm.); contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards; 96pp.; illus. throughout, text in triple columns. Boards quite rubbed and leather dried and chipped, one-inch losses at both spine ends, shallow damp stain to textblock fore-edge, general old soil throughout, else Good..... More
Dennis Anfuso. First Edition. Hardcover. Wilton: Interset Press, 1995. Stated First Interset Press Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author without inscription on half title. Illustrated dustjacket with original $24.95 price; book in green cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a clean 1.5" tear from top near spine and..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, with flat matte boards and bound in one signature. Educational blurbs on back. Missing dust jacket. Octavo; 61 pp. Boards bumped along edges and corners, with tape repair down spine, over front right corner, and along internal hinges, with some toning..... More
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "For black truth / faith / purpose, Eloise Greenfield. Jan. 15, 1975." Octavo; 83 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in drab yellow cloth with..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1967]. Revised Edition. Second Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in cream and green dust jacket; xi,[1],68pp.; illus. throughout. Light chipping along jacket extremities, old red ink price to front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. Early guide to modern sex education for Junior High..... More
Limoges: Martial Ardent Frères, 1855. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's Tiffany's-green gilt-embossed cartonnage boards; 180pp.; frontispiece. Boards quite rubbed and joints cracked, chip at spine foot, corners bumped, the whole a bit dust-soiled, text block significantly foxed, else Good or better overall. Prize copy with contemporary ex libris..... More
New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition, First State with De Vinne Press slug on p. [210] and correct signature marks. Small quarto; publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt, rather crudely recased with original spine cloth laid down, new endpapers (though retaining the originals as well);..... More
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New York: Three Rivers Press, [2008]. First Paperback Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [8],310pp. Fine condition. Inscribed and signed to the late Minnesota poet John Rezmerski (though misspelling his nickname "Riz"). The Minnesota YA author's first book. More
First U.S. Edition. Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co., 1857. First U.S. Edition ("Complete from the London Edition"). 16mo (6" x 4"); 162pp. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with chips at center of spine exposing binder's waste and shallow..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1964]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 318pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, tiny hole mid-spine edge of upper panel not approaching text, brown spine lettering faded to tan, corners gently bumped, some neat highlighting and marginalia throughout..... More
![Stories & Fairytales: Volume 1 [Volume 1 of 2 only]. Hans Christian Andersen, H Oskar Sommer,...](/pictures/thumb/8425.jpg?v=1610564991)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. First thus. Octavo. 398 pages. Black and white illustrations by Gaskin. Olive boards stamped in green and gilt. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Lacking volume II. Publishers' "Literary Note" laid in at front. This volume includes "Thumbelina," "The Ugly Duckling," and..... More
[Boston]: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1940. First Edition. Octavo; unpaginated. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with original $1.00 price intact; illustrated paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears along edges, with some dampstaining at bottom edge and up spine only visible to..... More