New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Small quarto; publisher's boards in matching photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); [6],148pp.; color photographic plate, additional half-tone photographs and drawings by Brock throughout; original recorded introduction mounted to rear pastedown. Jacket heavily worn and rather soiled with a number..... More

New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1867. New and Enlarged Edition. Octavo. 286 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Blue-green cloth decorated in gilt. Boards show light general wear, corners bumped, light general spotting. Binding sound, soiling to front free endpaper, foxing along edges and..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More

Paris: Furne et Cie., n.d., ca. 1864. Octavo (18cm.); original blue pictorial wrappers; [4],294pp. Some light edge wear, small chip to spine crown, contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper, minor later (early 20th century?) repair to loose signature, else a Very Good copy, interior quite fresh. Collection of poetry and..... More

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1829. First American Edition. Octavo; 212pp + 8pp of publisher's prospectuses. Two engraved humorous frontispieces—the Roman Senate contemplating a turbot, and Mr. Eatingtown being obsequious—which are repeated as illustrations later in the text. Original paper boards with cloth spine and printed spine label. Untrimmed..... More

Philadelphia: Mayfair Publishing Co., [1930]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; 62pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities bumped and rubbed with some exposure at corners, general light soil, paper flaw to upper cover from previously removed tape; overall Good or better, internally fresh and near fine. Inscribed and signed by the..... More

[Taipei: T & S Industrial Co., 1973-1979?] Three volumes; small square quartos; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jackets; color photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, most notably to Vol. I, which also has rather significant soiling to margins and top textblock edge (evidently the most-used volume in this..... More

New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. Reprint. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [10],278pp.; illus. throughout printed in purple. A few closed tears to jacket extremities, the longest at top edge of rear panel slightly touching author photograph, some light dust-soil to both panels; Near Fine in..... More

New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Company, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 235 pp. + notes. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Illustrated boards. Charcoal topstain. Dust jacket rubbed and smudged with some heavier staining to rear. Chipped along edges with several short closed tears..... More

Paris: Dupont & Malgat, 1961. Nouvelle Édition (49e mille). Thick octavo; publisher's yellow paper-covered boards, upper cover and spine lettered in brown; [22](ads),viii,774,[2],[14](ads)pp.; twenty-eight (28) leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, some in color, text illus. throughout. Minor scuffing to extremities, brief soiling to spine, ownership rubberstamp..... More

New York: Licensed Beverage Industries / Research and Statistical Bureau, 1946. "1946 Edition." Octavo; publisher's tan decorative card wrappers; 172pp.; two-toned (green and black) illus. and infographics throughout. Minor wear from handling, contemporary ownership signature to front cover, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1951. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 175pp. Black and white photo plates. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in gray cloth with white oyster illustration to front and white lettering down black cloth spine. Jacket shows a few tears at corners and at tail of..... More

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884. 12mo. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations. Grey publisher's cloth stamped in gilt and maroon. A series of stories for children revolving around food, culminating with "How the Lactians Discovered Ice-Cream." Boards are soiled with some light rippling. Extremities worn with brief exposure and..... More