‎Collectibles‎

‎Archive Of Materials Relating To The Statue Of Liberty Centennial Celebration 1986‎

‎New York / Washington: Statue of Liberty Centennial Commission 1986. Original Archive . Soft cover. Fine. Archive Of Materials Relating To The Centennial Presented To A Member Of The Centennial Commission. Includes Various Official Invitational Letters Packets Of Mimeo Informational Handouts Three Different Booklets With Embossed Head Of Statue Of Liberty Presentation Copy Of "In Search Of Liberty - Special Commemorative Issue" With Personal Presentation Letter From Nelson Doubleday Etc. Altogether A Stack Of Material About 2" Thick. <br/> <br/> Statue of Liberty Centennial Commission paperback‎

Référence libraire : 024457

‎Arrest contradictoire de la cour des aydes d'entre les vendeurs de cuirs de la ville de Chasteau-villain & les cordonniers d'icelle‎

‎à Paris: Chez Pierre Charpentier 1634. Fine. Chez Pierre Charpentier à Paris 1634 10.50 x 16.50 cm relié First edition. Half twentieth-century skivertex binding imitating leather. Marbled paper boards. Gilt title. Good copy. Protectionist measure for the purchase of leather-bound books. The ruling reports the favorable outcome of the lawsuit brought by the shoemakers of Châteauvillain. Chez Pierre Charpentier hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 37070

‎Art Work Of The State Of Colorado Cover Title "State Of Colorado" Aka "Picturesque Colorado" Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 First Nine Of Twelve Parts‎

‎Oshkosh: Art Photogravure Co. 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Photogravures. Maroon Faux-Alligator Card Covers Text And 16 Tissue-Protected Photogravure Plates In Each Volume 13 3/4" X 10 7/8". 9 Of 12 Parts With Cover Title: State Of Colorado And Part Number At Top. 144 Platesalso Issued In Two Volumes Spine Title Of 2 V. Ed: Picturesque Colorado. Title Page In Volume 1 Other Volumes Just Show The Short Title On The Cover. Worldcat Shows 13 Institutional Holdings All Apparently The Two-Volume Hardcover Edition. Some Wear To Edges Of Covers Touch Of Wear To Plates. The Scenic Plates Show Exceptionally Clear Detail Many Town Scenes Included. <br/> <br/> Art Photogravure Co., paperback‎

Référence libraire : 058426

‎Arthur Fred Austria's Simplex Garage Collection Including Veteran Vintage Classic Special Interest Automobiles‎

‎Los Angeles: Sotheby Parke-Bernet 1971. 167pp generally with full page photos on right-hand page and description facing ie on the left-hand page. Illustrated stapled light card wrappers with a creased lower front corner. The auction was held on October 17 and October 18 1971. Auctioned were automobiles restored and unrestored from c1903 to 1956 lots 1 to 178 and automobiliana chassis engines radiators wheels automotive literature lamps; and in the second session lots 179 to 289 lamps horns etc. The day 'Tuesday' for the second session has been crossed out and 'Monday' written above it in blue biro. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 014934

‎Assessment Roll of the Inhabitants of Monroe Orange Co. N.Y. taken by Jeremiah Knight Harrison Cornell and Robert Wright 1845‎

‎Monroe N.Y.: s.n. 1845. Very Good. approx. 120 p. book with writing on the first half. Original calf back board. Attached is the official printed order to Samuel Pelcer the collector of Monroe for tax collection based on the assessment roll with directions for the distribution of the collected money to the town superintendent of schools the commissioners of highways the town supervisor and the county treasurer; signed by 15 men on 22 Nov. 1845. Contains the assessment of real and personal property of approximately 350 residents of the town of Monroe Orange Co. N.Y. Lacking original front board and most leather over spine; otherwise in Very Good Condition: text block split; manuscript text is complete; pages lightly soiled; printed order is intact and clean. s.n. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 006923

‎Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Photograph Of Nebula From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory‎

‎Pasadena Circa 1920 / 1927: Carnegie Institution Mt Wilson 1925. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 8 1/2" X 7 1/2" Mounted On Circa 1920'S Album Card Stock. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson unknown‎

Référence libraire : 037355

‎Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Double Photograph Of Messier 57 Planetary Nebula M57 The Ring Nebula In Lyra Gravitational Lensing From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory‎

‎Pasadena Circa 1920 / 1927: Carnegie Institution Mt Wilson 1925. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 10" X 5 7/8" Showing Double Image Due To Gravitational Lensing. See "The New Heavens" George Ellery Hale 1922 P. 32. Mounted On Circa 1920'S Album Card Stock. Note- Gray/White Cloudiness In Part Of Photograph Is Due To Unavoidable Reflectivity Of This Quite "Live" Original Photograph An Artifact Of My Photography Not In The Original Photograph. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson unknown‎

Référence libraire : 037357

‎Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Photograph Of Ring Nebula G-35 From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory‎

‎Pasadena Circa 1920 / 1927: Carnegie Institution Mt Wilson 1925. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Original Astronomical Photograph Image Approximately 18 1/2" X 15" Of Lens Nebula G-33. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson unknown‎

Référence libraire : 037363

‎Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Double Photograph Of Nebula From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory‎

‎Pasadena Circa 1920 / 1927: Carnegie Institution Mt Wilson 1925. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 9 5/8" X 5" Showing Two Images Of Same Nebula. Mounted On Circa 1920'S Album Card Stock. Note- Gray/White Cloudiness In Part Of Photograph Is Due To Unavoidable Reflectivity Of This Quite "Live" Original Photograph An Artifact Of My Photography Not In The Original Photograph. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson unknown‎

Référence libraire : 037360

‎Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight: Comprising Rip Van Winkle Yankee Doodle Pocahontas Putnam‎

‎New York c 1872 - 1873 - 1874: Mcloughlin Brothers 1872. First Or Early Edition . Embossed Leatherette. Good/No Dust Jacket. 10 3/4" Tall x 9 1/4. Twenty-Four Pages of Color Lithographs. Original Nineteenth Century Edition. No Date Of Publication Or Copyright Is Indicated. Green Pebbled Cloth 10 3/4" X 9 1/2". Front Cover Lettered In Gilt Stamped In Black With Color Paste-On Illustration Rear Cover Stamped In Blind Pink Endpapers. Pages Including Plates And Text Printed On One Side Only. Wear Fraying At Corners And On Spine Cover Lettering Strong Slightest Traces Of Rubbing Along Edges Of Paste-On Cover Illustration. <br/> <br/> Mcloughlin Brothers hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 036345

‎Autograph Book of Lili Mestern in German with Hand-Drawn Illustrations‎

‎1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. Approx. 75 leaves; 17 cm. Maroon faux-leather cloth binding. Gilt-stamped initials on front cover: "L. M." All page edges red. Decorated endpapers. Small bookseller's label on inside of front free endpaper: Emil Barnbrock Papierhandlung Hamburg. Internal evidence indicates that this belonged to Lili Mestern Anna Caroline Mestern 1904-1919. Contains 27 autographs in German some in German script of which 7 also have very attractive illustrations: several of flowers and others consisting of a scene of trees and mountains an ink sketch of a rural scene and a scene of people in strange red outfits playing in the woods. The inscriptions are dated from March 1918 to March 1919 from Lili's relatives and friends primarily in Hamburg. The relatives are her mother Joanna Margaretha Sieveking Mestern 1877-1940; aunts Agathe Käthe Bitter Anna Katharina Wilhelmine Bitter 1873-1956 Käthe Sieveking Catharina Roosen Sieveking 1877-1942 Lulu Magdelana Mestern Magdalene Elisabeth von Bergen Mestern 1888-1970 Helene ink rural scene Helene Henriette Sieveking 1861-1935 and Inge Busse painting of people in red outfits; grandmother Anna Elisabeth Baasch Mestern 1850-1942; great aunt Agathe Henriette Söhle von Kaweczynski 1838-1921; brother Paul Mestern 1905-1998; cousins Friedrich Sieveking Wilhelm Sieveking Tilly Sieveking Lisi Lappenberg Margarethe Lappenberg flower drawing Heinz Lappenberg and Olga Sieveking; and friends including Edith von Gibara flower drawing teacher Lizzie Schulke Leonor Sommer tree drawing Liselotte Asten Agethe Geimichen flower drawing and Marie Beschutz. An unusual and charming collection of German autographs from the end of the First World War. In Near Fine Condition: ends of spine lightly rubbed; clean and solid. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011586

‎Automobile Quarterly: The Connoisseur's Magazine Of Motoring Today Yesterday And Tomorrow Long Run Volume I Through Volume 31 129 Separate Books‎

‎Wyomissing: Automobile Quarterly Inc./ Kutztown Publishing 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Long Run Volumes I #1 Through Volume 32 #1 All Volumes I-22 In Slipcases As Issued Volumes 23 #1 To Volume 32 #1 Are Without Slipcases All Fine In Cloth Hardcover No Names Or Marks Or Wear Gift Quality. Total Of 129 Quarterly Issues. The Finest Quality Automobile Collector's Magazine. With Indexes For Volumes !-4 5-8 9-12 And 13-16. About Five Large Boxes Weighing About 160 Pounds; Extra Charges Will Be Requested For Shipment By Insured Usps Media No International Orders Please Extra Shipping Costs Prohibitively Expensive. I Will Pay California Sales Tax If Picked Up At Our Pasadena Location. <br/> <br/> Automobile Quarterly Inc./ Kutztown Publishing hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 029327

‎Bank of Augusta Uncut Banknote Sheet.‎

‎Georgia: Bank of Augusta c. 1850. Rare original uncut banknote sheet from the Bank of Augusta. One sheet with three notes priced at one dollar and the last bottom note priced at two dollars. Not signed dated or marked with serial numbers. In near fine condition with creasing and a few inked fingerprints to the extremities. The Bank of Augusta chartered in 1814 was a prominent financial institution in early nineteenth-century Georgia and played a significant role in the economic development of Augusta and the surrounding region. Founded during a period of rapid commercial expansion along the Savannah River the bank facilitated trade by providing credit to merchants engaged in cotton export and inland commerce. Its operations reflected broader trends in southern banking including close ties to agricultural markets and regional trade networks. The Bank of Augusta was also notable for its distinctive architecture: its Greek Revival building completed in the late 1830s. Like many antebellum banks in the South it faced recurring challenges related to economic volatility and regulatory change and it ultimately ceased operations in the mid-nineteenth century. Bank of Augusta unknown‎

Référence libraire : 149946

‎Banquet Given by the Learned Societies of Philadelphia at the American Academy of Music September 17 1887: Closing the Ceremonies in Commemoration of the Framing and Signing of the Constitution of the United States‎

‎Philadelphia: Printed for the Committee 1888. Paperback. Good -. 86 p. 6 leaves of engraved plates; 28 cm. Lacking wrapper. In observation of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787 a banquet was held by eight learned societies in Philadelphia: the University of Pennsylvania the American Philosophical Society the College of Physicians the Law Academy of Philadelphia the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the franklin Institute the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The guest list included President Grover Cleveland former president Rutherford B. Hayes members of the Supreme Court various foreign dignitaries members of Congress state governors and many others. The plates include the menu printed in red and black. Includes the toasts and speeches. Very scarce. In Good- Condition: lacking original wrapper; text block is separating; title page is lightly soiled; minor loss at upper corners of title page which has closed 2-cm. tear from spine; loss at fore-edge and lower corner of final two leaves without loss of text; loss at lower corners of final pages without loss of text; occasional closed tears along spine; text and illustrations are otherwise clean and solid. Printed for the Committee paperback‎

Référence libraire : 009547

‎Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library No. 18: "I'm the Boy that's bound to blaze!‎

‎New York: Beadle & Adams 1878. Paperback. Good . 15 1 p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 58 songs without music. These include many popular songs of the time including patriotic songs such as The Dashing U.S. Marines' March as well as some older songs. Both sides of the back wrapper list contents of nos. 1-18 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library. The publication appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879 ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Good Condition: first leaf detached but present; dampstaining; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; chipping to lower and fore-edges; 2-cm. tear from fore-edge of first leaf; clean and intact. Beadle & Adams paperback‎

Référence libraire : 004352

‎Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library No. 27: "Yo! Heave Ho!‎

‎New York: Beadle & Adams 1878. Paperback. Good . 15 1 p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 57 songs without music. These include many popular songs of the time some written for the Singer's Library such as De Rhemish Rifle Pand written and sung by Harry S. Sargent as well as some older songs. Final 3 pages including back wrapper lists contents of nos. 1-26 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library and titles of nos. 1-69 of Beadle's Half-Dime Library. Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879 ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Good Condition: first leaf partially detached; faint dampstaining on first and last leaves; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and bright. Beadle & Adams paperback‎

Référence libraire : 004354

‎Beautiful Pictures for Children to Paint and Draw with Some Suggestions in Manual Arts‎

‎New York: Platt & Munk Co. Inc. 1927. Color pictorial cover over over green cloth spine. Unnumbered pages about 150. This is kind of like a hardcover coloring book interspersed with glossy color artwork to inspire children to draw. No text at all. Some of the drawings are filled in the pencil or crayon. The book is layed out with a blank page opposite a drawing so there is no color transfer on other drawings. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Platt & Munk Co. Inc. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 003075

‎Benjamin Rich & Sons to Nathaniel Cushing & Co. re: order for anchors‎

‎1825. Very Good -. 1 handwritten letter dated Boston 27 Nov. 1826 from Benjamin Rich & Sons to Nathaniel Cushing & Co. Hanson Plymouth Co. Massachusetts. Benjamin Rich & Sons are ordering from Nathaniel Cushing & Co. one anchor and one kedge for a new brig of Putnam and Pratt at Briggs yard in Pembroke. As the brig is to be launched the next week they should be delivered to Putnam and Pratt as soon as possible. Also when they are "at leisure" Cushing should make more kedges as Rich & Sons "have daily call for them." An interesting piece of mercantile correspondence involving a successful anchormaker in early 19th-century Massachusetts. In Very Good- Condition: light creasing; minor loss on address side without loss of writing; old stain on address side; minor discoloration on letter side; otherwise solid and legible. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 008225

‎Beverly Yacht Club 1940‎

‎Marion Mass: Published By The Secretary 1940 Grey/Blue Covers Burgee. History Charter Members List Officers Racing Schedule Racing Rules Ect. Color Illustrations. 88 Pgs Rare Worldcat Finds 0 Copies. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Published By The Secretary hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 287642

‎Biblio-Cal Notes 13 Assorted Issues 1972 - 1981‎

‎Anaheim 1972 1973 1974 1975 1978 1980 1981: Southern California Local History Council 1972. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. 13 Issues. <br/> <br/> Southern California Local History Council unknown‎

Référence libraire : 006781

‎BIBLIOGRAPHIE BYZANTINE; Publications Des Byzantinistes Grecs 1975-1980. Publié à L'Occasion Du Xviiie Congrès International D'Études Byzantines Moscou 1991‎

‎Études Byzantines. 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Appears to be signed by one of the editors to scholar M. F. Fresco. Lettering to spine very slightly sunned. Very light shelfwear.; 377 pages; Signed by Editor . Études Byzantines paperback‎

Référence libraire : 9387

‎Bibliography of hookworm disease‎

‎New York: The Rockefeller Foundation International Health Board 1922. 8vo pp. xxvi 417; original brown cloth lettered in gilt; ex-library with faint white call number on spine and bookplate on front pastedown otherwise very good and sound. <br/><br/> The Rockefeller Foundation, International Health Board hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 28185

‎Biblioteca del Mar: Catalogo Spanish maritime and naval bibliography‎

‎Alicante: Caja de Ahorros de Alicante y Murcia 1987. Two volumes complete. An extensive bibliography of Spanish maritime books. About 4000 items described. Arranged by author volume I and by subject volume II. Extensively indexed. Large 4to original wraps. Fine. <br/><br/> Alicante: Caja de Ahorros de Alicante y Murcia, 1987 paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1201

‎Bibliotheca Urbis Constantinopolitanae. Anno 1578 - bound with five other titles Mesmes Lille Corbeiensis Porkington and Basle‎

‎Middle Hill : Middle Hill Press 1828 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12 pages. Holzenberg 27 where he describes a copy bound as here with 5 other titles. Catalogue des manuscrits de Monseigneur le President de Mesmes Holzenberg 28 - A catalogue of the manuscripts in the archives at Lille Holzenberg 32 - Catalogue bibliothecae Monasterii Corbeiensis Holzenberg 33 - Manuscripts at Porkington Holzenberg 41 - Catalogue of some of the manuscript in the publick library of Basle Holzenberg 29. Bound in terracotta paper wrappers. Some light browning and spotting to page edges. [ Middle Hill Press ] paperback‎

Référence libraire : MH347

‎Bibliotheca Phillippica: Medieval Manuscripts Parts I- X 1865-1975 With Eight Of Ten Prices Realized Lists‎

‎London: Sotheby & Co 1965 1966 1967 1968 19691971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Ten Volumes 1965-1975 Uniformly Bound In Green Boards Printed In Black First Eight Volumes With The Scarce Sotheby's Prices Realized List With Buyers' Names Laid In Loosely. First Ten Of 20 Volumes Of Auction Catalogs For This Last Part Of The Auction Of The Remnants From The Library The Greatest Collector Of All Time The Only Man For Whom The Descriptive Term "Bibliomania" Is Always A Vast Understatement. Light Wear Hinges Solid No Marks Except Volume I Has Prices Realized Written In Neatly For Each Lot. International Shipping Over $100 By Usps Priority Mail Box. <br/> <br/> Sotheby & Co 1965 1966 1967 1968 19691971 1972 1973 1974 1975 hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 031790