‎Collectibles‎

‎A book of alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. With a foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an introduction by John Dreyfus‎

‎Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1987. First edition limited to 550 copies this no. 139 and one of 450 bound by Woolnough Fine Binding; 8vo pp. 15 1 followed by 28 leaves of letters and colophon; original quarter red cloth over decorative paper boards gilt lettering on spine; fine in a fine blue paper slipcase. Christopher Skelton unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 50824

‎A Brief Account of The Clifton Waller Barrett Library‎

‎Charlottesville: The University of Virginia 1960. Minor fading to the spine; receipt for book to noted Author.Historian Dr. Norma L. Peterson laid in as well as a University of Virginia Newsletter concerning the library; over a clean tight and very nice copy; 35 pages. First Printing. Boards. Very Good. Illus. by One Black & White Photograph. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. The University of Virginia Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : KD33

‎A California "Chunk‎

‎San Diego Ca: Zamorano Club / Don Woods 1980. First Edition . Cream Wrappers. Near Fine. A ribald California story from an old newspaper or book. <br/> <br/> Zamorano Club / Don Woods unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 016683

‎A Catalog of American Antique Furniture Illustrated‎

‎Strafford PA: The Elf's Head Press 1936. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "A concise simplified study of the styles and periods of American furniture with most of the articles of antique furniture particularly described and illustrated so as to enable the reader to identify them." Pale yellow wraps. 52 pp. illus. Slight wear. The Elf's Head Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008175

‎A catalogue of the maps and charts in the library of Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts‎

‎Cambridge: E.W. Metcalf and Company printers to the University 1831. First edition 8vo pp. viii misnumbered 224; untrimmed original paper-covered boards cloth shelfback original spine labels ex-Providence Athenaeum with their stamps and marks. Signed by Josiah Quincy the president of Harvard on flyleaf and with a half page addendum by him to the text on p. 169; lightly sunned and rubbed a few library marks to spine text clean and sound. This is the third volume of the general catalog of Harvard Library begun the previous year E.W. Metcalf and Company, printers to the University unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 56461

‎A Catalogue of Authors Whose Works are Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company; Prefaced by a Sketch of the Firm and Followed by Lists of the Several Libraries Series and Periodicals; With Some Account of the Origin and Character of these Literary Enterprises‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed by the Riverside Press Cambridge. xliii 1 205 1 p. engraved frontispiece; 24 cm. Brown linen spine with red spine title: "Houghton Mifflin & Co.'s Catalogue of Authors." Brown paper over boards with paper label on front board printed in red and black. Title page dated Jan. 1901; front board label dated 1900. "Note" p. v is dated Jan. 1899. The Supplement pp. xix-xliii contains additions to the 1899 catalog. Includes an index. In Very Good Condition: corners are rubbed; clean and tight. Houghton, Mifflin and Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 004529

‎A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole provenance: Sir John Charles Robinson‎

‎London: Smith and Robins 1842. Hardcover. Very Good -. xxiv 250 p.: 1 leaf of engraved portrait of Horace Walpole in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Later 19th-century brown cloth spine with original boards. Engraved cover title: A Catalogue of the Contents of Strawberry Hill. Engraved title page. George Robins the auctioneer advertised the sale to begin on April 25 1842 and continue for 24 days. However the original plan to sell some of the prints drawings and illustrated books in large lots was altered so the contents originally proposed for the seventh and eight days of the sale were withdrawn recatalogued in smaller lots and sold later. As many as 7 editions of the catalog are known. This edition includes descriptions of contents through day 24 omitting days 7 and 8; the 6th day concludes with lot 160 omitting the Waldegrave manuscripts originally lots 161- 187. It does not include the "Names of purchasers and the prices" sometimes found on 58 pages at the end. Inscription on p. xxi dated Jan. 7 1855 by John Robinson who relates taking nuts from the chestnut trees at Strawberry Hill said to have been planted by Horace Walpole at the time of the sale and planting the resulting trees in Kinnington Park. Part of the last line of the inscription was lost when the pages were trimmed during the later 19th-century rebinding. Robinson's name is also written on the front board. He is identified by Sotheran as Sir John Charles Robinson 1824-1913. with documents from the 2002 sale of the catalog by Henry Sotheran London. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Guy Lacy Schless to Nancy Schless 2002. In Very Good- Condition: boards are stained; upper righthand corner of portrait dampstained; occasional foxing including portrait and title page; occasional soiling. Smith and Robins hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 002328

‎A CATALOGUE.THE BURNHAM ANTIQUE BOOK STORE 54-56 CornhillBoston Mass.No 141937‎

‎Boston: The Burnham Book Store 1937. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. pict. paper wraps 36 pages light soil to wraps A catalogue of odd scarce and valuable items moderately priced selected from the stock of the Burnham Antique Book Store. 961 items one item has been excised. else a nice example Size: 8 Vo. The Burnham Book Store Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 123433

‎A catalogue of the maps and charts in the library of Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts‎

‎Cambridge: E.W. Metcalf and Company printers to the University 1831. First edition 8vo pp. viii misnumbered 224; untrimmed original paper-covered boards cloth shelfback original spine labels ex-Providence Athenaeum with their stamps and marks. Signed by Josiah Quincy the president of Harvard on flyleaf and with a half page addendum by him to the text on p. 169; lightly sunned and rubbed a few library marks to spine text clean and sound. This is the third volume of the general catalog of Harvard Library begun the previous year <br/><br/> E.W. Metcalf and Company, printers to the University hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 56461

‎A Century of Progress 1890-1990‎

‎Waverly Inc. Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Still in shrink wrap. History of the Waverly Press. Photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages . Waverly, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 45015

‎A Century of English Essays: An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R L Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time‎

‎New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1929. A volume in Everyman's Library edited by Ernest Rhys. A Century of English Essays chosen by Ernest Rhys and Lloyd Vaughan. Light green cloth with bright gilt titles and Everyman's Logo on spine. Navy blue topstain and all around. 474 toned pages followed by an eight page listing of other Everyman Library volumes. We have many please check our other listings. Some of the authors included in this volume of essays are: Mary Russell Mitford; Leigh Hunt; Richard Jefferies; Augustine Birrell; W.B. Yeats; Grace Rhys; William Caxton; Willim Cobbett; Thomas Dekker; Abraham Cowley and many others. Sunned spine and some sunning and motling to back cover. Some light soil to covers. Interior is in great conditon. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001369

‎A Checklist of Drawings and Watercolors 1922-1957 for Books Illustated by Robert Lawson in the Frederick R. Gardner Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia‎

‎Philadelphia PA: Free Library of Philadelphia 1977. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet stiff rust wraps lettered/illus. in black. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover slight foxing to rear blank otherwise essentially as issued. 24 pp. Free Library of Philadelphia Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 039764

‎A Civic Reader for New Americans‎

‎New York: American Book Company 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library we actually know the provenance but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page blank also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks Playgrounds Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color illustration of American flag opposite foreward. The volume was produced for the Public Evening and Vocational schools in Boston Massachusetts. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Book Company Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000174

‎A Colloquium in Memory of George Carpenter Miles 1904-1975‎

‎New York: The American Numismatic Society 1976 Brown card covers maps illustrations notes 47 pgs. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The American Numismatic Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 00284318

‎A Compendium Issued by the Lancaster County Sabbath School Association 1904: For the use of the Pastors Superintendents and Sabbath School Workers of Lancaster County‎

‎Lancaster Pa: Lancaster County Sabbath School Association 1904. Paperback. Good. 12 p.: tables illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Green wrappers printed in black. Pages are stabled. Printed by L. B. Herr. Contains detailed information about churches and Sunday schools established in Lancaster County Pa. by various Protestant denominations including a Chinese mission with 3 students. The advertisements include one for Weaver Organ and Piano Co. with an illustration of an upright piano. Scarce. In Good Condition: wrapper is lightly stained detached and separated along spine with chipping along some edges; first page is lightly soiled; lightly creased. Lancaster County Sabbath School Association paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008188

‎A Complete Collection of Postage Stamps of China: the People's Republic of China‎

‎Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to 326 pp. Text in Chinese with a some brief English descriptions; all stamps are illustrated in color . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS029706I

‎A Cook's Tour of the Rom‎

‎Ontario Canada: The ROM Reproductions Association Royal Ontario Museum 1990. 8vo size spiral bound softcover; 174 pages with divider pages full color reproduction illustrations of artwork in the collection; other illustrations by Ruth Stories. There is a recipe index but no index of contributors. Measurements are given in both English and Metric. There are a few pages where the recipes are in French but the book is not bilingual. Book is divided into parts of the world with menus and recipes. Contents include: Canada Bacon Brunch England Christmas Dinner France A Picnic Lunch Italy Veal Marsala Dinner Greece and the Mediterranean World Lamb Avgolemono Dinner Exotic Feast Eight - Course Chinese Dinner On the Terrace Barbecue Steak or Salmon Parties Dinner Party for Sixteen Gifts for Your Hostess Recipes include: Toasted Mushroom Rolls; Wild Rice and Shrimp Salad; Shirred Potatoes; Pudding Glace; Mincemeat Crepes; Sauteed Veal Kidneys; Easy Orange Marmalade; Sweatbreads and Ham Filling; Oxtail Soup; Pistachio Cookies; Braised Celeriac; Chocolate Hazelnut Pots de Creme; Fettuccine with Julienne Ham or Chicken; Cassata alla Siciliana; Zucchini Casserole; Spinach and Cheese in Phyllo Pastry; The Three Delicious Soup; Stir-Fried Shrimp with Chinese Vegetables; Beef and Snow Peas; Spareribs with Kumquats; Salmon Baked in Foil with Egg and Dill Sauce; Green Pea Salad; Chocolate Mint Bombe; Orange Chiffon Mousse; Zucchini Cookies; Chilled Cream of Tarragon Soup; Parmesan Potatoes; Indian Chicken; Chutney Cheese Spread; Rice and Nut Pilaf; Almond Tartlets; Cold Filet of Beef on a Bed of Aspic; Layered Salad; Asparagus Egg & Mushroom Casserole; Hot Biscuits with Thyme; Butterscotch Crisps; Mint Relish; Red Pepper Jelly; Mustard Pickles more. There are two teeny light spots on front cover; one of the color section divider pages have been torn out and laid in; edgewear and light wear to covers sticker remnant on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. 2nd. Spiral. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. The ROM Reproductions Association Royal Ontario Museum Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001589

‎A Cricket in the Telephone at Sunset Poems from the Fessenden Review‎

‎San Diego CA: MHO & MHO Works 1999. Narrow 8vo softcover with extended flaps; 68 pages. Poems are in English and Spanish. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MHO & MHO Works Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 003041 ISBN : 0917320131 9780917320132

‎A description of the Merrymount Press cover title‎

‎Boston: Merrymount Press 1921. Third impression revised first published in 1913; first illustrated in 1917; 12mo pp. 24; largely unopened; 6 plates; original green printed wrappers; fine. While not credited this is almost certainly designed by Daniel Berkeley Updike. Smith Merrymount Press p. 209. <br/><br/> Merrymount Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 50649

‎A FIFTY - STATE CELEBRAYION : The Bicentennial Heritage of the United States‎

‎USA: Franklin Mint 1974. Book. Illus. by unknowen. Very Fine. 1st. an only edition 1974 Soft cover in white paper illustrated wraps 89 page book with black & white illustration on the Fifty -State Bicentennial Metal Collection. Condition : Very Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Franklin Mint paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 041512-A

‎A Garland of Old Postcards: 1984 Circling Suns Calendar‎

‎La Jolla CA: Green Tiger Press 1983. Paperback. Near Fine. 12 leaves each holding a color reproduction of an old postcard; 28 cm. White card covers tied at the top with white rope; cover title and color illustrations. Each leaf contains one calendar month of 1984 below an inset color reproduction of an early 20th-century postcard within a color border. The postcards are seasonally appropriate New Year's Fouth of July etc. All of the postcards are present. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: front cover lightly creased; clean and bright. Green Tiger Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 009036

‎A Goudy memoir: essays by and about America's great type designer Frederic W. Goudy. With contributions by Alexander S. Lawson Howard W. Coggeshall Arthur W. Rushmore Richard Ellis Earl H. Emmons. Wood engravings by John DePol‎

‎Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress this copy no. 126; 8vo pp. xi 1 42 4; portrait frontispiece 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol folding facsimile of LeBonheur printed with Goudy's own Albion press tipped in; original quarter gray cloth over DePol-patterned paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Walsdorf A11. Yellow Barn Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 62351

‎A Goudy memoir: essays by and about America's great type designer Frederic W. Goudy. With contributions by Alexander S. lawson Howard W. Coggeshall Arthur W. Rushmore Richard Ellis Earl H. Emmons. Wood engravings by John DePol‎

‎Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress and marked "binder's copy" on the colophon; 8vo pp. xi 1 42 4; portrait frontispiece 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol facsimile of LeBonheur printed with Goudy's own Albion press tipped in; original quarter gray cloth over DePol-patterned paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; fine. Walsdorf A11. Yellow Barn Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 50954

‎A Goudy memoir: essays by and about America's great type designer Frederic W. Goudy. With contributions by Alexander S. lawson Howard W. Coggeshall Arthur W. Rushmore Richard Ellis Earl H. Emmons. Wood engravings by John DePol‎

‎Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies this one of 75 on Mohawk Letterpress this copy no. 89; 8vo pp. xi 1 42 4; portrait frontispiece 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol folding facsimile of LeBonheur printed with Goudy's own Albion press tipped in; original quarter gray cloth over DePol-patterned paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; fine. Walsdorf A11. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 51927

‎A Goudy memoir: essays by and about America's great type designer Frederic W. Goudy. With contributions by Alexander S. Lawson Howard W. Coggeshall Arthur W. Rushmore Richard Ellis Earl H. Emmons. Wood engravings by John DePol‎

‎Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1987. Edition limited to 150 copies this being copy no. 46 and one of 75 on dampened Rives paper 8vo pp. xi 1 42 4; portrait frontispiece 1 wood-engraved plate and various text illustrations by John DePol facsimile of LeBonheur printed with Goudy's own Albion press tipped in; original quarter gray cloth over DePol-patterned paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; fine. Original prospectus laid in.Walsdorf A11. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 51735