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1950np. Color drawings by Melvin Hansen. Decorated color title page. Typography by R. Moore Smith. Tall thin 8vo. Original full pictorial paper binding, very slightly darkened at edges. Limited Edition. No limitation statement of number of copies. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67x2
2005ref. ABE-1704556316415Penguin 2005 A stunningly refreshing look at the subject of Englands legends. Clean and tight unread looking finely produced and utterly fascinating. No annotations NEW looking hardback first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Penguin hardcover
19408 leaves. Wide decorative borders and the initial letters by Ralph Aulthouse. Tall thin 8vo. Original full red velveteen wraps. Front cover vignette of a circular raised medallion of Mary, the Madonna, and Baby Jesus in a white opaque celluloid on a blue field. Lettered and decorated in black. Christmas keepsake of "Art Ink and Type," Volume 3, Number 4, from Printing Plate Craftsmen. Very pretty copy of the Lord's Prayer. CPHAM/W71C1
1850ref. 704Manchester NH: Printed by Abbott Jenks & Co. Manchester NH. Published by Tewksbury & Brother do. Engraved by EA Teulon Boston n.d. c. 1850. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good . E.A. Teulon. 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Glazed card with the Lord's Prayer in an engraved circle with even smaller type at center. Owner's note in pencil on verso. Light soiling. A rare example of early American miniature printing. Printed by Abbott, Jenks & Co., Manchester, NH. Published by Tewksbury & Brother, do. Engraved by EA Teulon, Boston unknown
1994ref. ABE-7853636075Dresden Tennessee U.S.A.: Avon Books 1994 A great book signed on the title page thus: 'James Sallis To Dave - James NEW ORLEANS Nov 94'. This was voted one of the ten best crime novels of the year by the Los Angeles Times. Very neat collectable in a tough useful plastic sleeve. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books paperback
1948A factual record of the Society's history and development up until 1947. Index. 359 pages. Slight fading to spine.
1919pp. 333, (10)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus frontis and full page drawings with tissue guards by Etheldred B. Barry. Title page ruled in black. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in red. Front cover pictorial of young girl in a red coat surrounded with holly wreaths. Joints darkened. Very nice copy. Twentieth Impression. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
1903pp. 109, 10 [Ads for the publisher's Cosy Corner Series], 6 [More ads for the Cosy Corner Series] + Frontis. Full page drawings by Diantha W. Horne. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in red and green. Front cover pictorial vignette of a little blond girl wearing a red dress in a green wheelchair and a young boy in a blue suit showing her a red shoe. Binding soiled. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
1973ref. 001923London: John Murray 1973 1973 First Edition First Impression. A brilliant clean copy of this marvellous satire. Clean and tight book almost perfect but price clipped dustjacket. Foreword by Sir Roy Strong. 0.0 0.0 0.0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: John Murray, 1973 hardcover
1962ref. 105012New York & London: Columbia University Press 1962. XIII, 432 Seiten. 8° (17,5 - 22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1961ref. 72868New York: Columbia University Press 1961. XIII, 432 Seiten. 8° (17,5 - 22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1993ref. 33003Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. 447 pp. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman. Fallen Leaf Press hardcover books
1992ref. 37093Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. 447 pp. In dustjacket. Fallen Leaf Press hardcover books
1939np. Text printed on pale blue paper. 8vo. Original full wraps, printed in red and string tied. Wraps beginning to brown at edges. A collection of poems which include snails. First printing of James Guthrie's poem "The Snail". Nice copy of a gentle humorous selection printed by the Periwinkle Press. CPHAM/W71C1
2003ref. ABE-2511361744Hamish Hamilton 2003 World first printing of the hardback first edition. Flawless signed on the title page protected jacket no damage or marks other than the signature. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1908pp. xi, 303 + Plus engraved frontis and full page plates. Decorated title page printed in red and black. Uncut. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding with spine paper label. Binding worn at extremities. Large paper copy. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 491 of only 500 copies. PRESS/W32
1922Ten Volumes. Full page engraved illustrations. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Uncut and unopened. Top edges gold. XLib stamp on title pages. Large 8vo. Original Japan vellum backed paper boards. Original paper spine labels. XLib shelf number stamped on spine. Hardbound. Temple Bar Limited Edition. Number 694 of only 786 copies of which 35 are not for sale. Though XLib a very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W53
1820ref. 5York: J. Kendrew 1820. Very good in stitched paper wraps with light soiling to covers. A charming 48mo chapbook. In its 16 pages it was able to fit 16 woodcuts. Kendrew despite being a provincial printer in York was one of the most prominent printers of nineteenth century children's chapbooks until his death in 1841. This instant book was from his series of twenty-four 16-page halfpenny chapbooks. Atkinson Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century pgs. 218-19. Uncommon in commerce as other copies appear bound as sammelbands with other chapbooks. Davis Kendrew of York 40; Opie N 799. J. Kendrew unknown
2006ref. 160970Peabody, Ma.: Hendrickson 2006. XIX, (1), 1109 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Pappband. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
2009ref. ABE-1336932837Doubleday London 2009 SPECIAL issue with a bound in signed page. Very few issued in this way. A best seller all over the world here it is in its first English hardback edition inside a protected unclipped jacket with the special bound in signature page. A perfect unread pristine collectable issue. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Doubleday London hardcover
1976ref. 1344765Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society 1976. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G-; dark cream spine with blue text; reprinted; dust jacket shows some soiling smudges; several chips to edges; cloth exterior has only mild wear; tape mends inside dj; slightly rubbed edges; sturdy boards; text block edges have light ivory tone; mild offset to endpapers; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 433. 1344765. FP New Rockville Stock. American Philosophical Society hardcover books
1880Nine Volumes. Engraved illustrations. Partially unopened. Paper beginning to brown, but not brittle. XLib. 8vo. Original full brown cloth bindings, gold lettered spines. Spines chipped and torn at head. Hardbound. Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. Famed too for his Gothic novel, 'The Castle of Otranto'. His ' Letters' are of significant social and political interest. SET/W57
1923104p. Uncut. Printed on Ingres paper. 8vo. Original linen backed paper binding. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 629 of which 850 copies for England and 780 for America. The type has been distributed. Very nice copy. PRESS/W43
1964117p. Drawings by John Kaufmann. Pictorial title page. 8vo. Original full color pictorial cloth binding. Edges very slightly bumped. Very nice copy of a children's story of a dairy farm in Canada. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69.
1976Sm. 4to., with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, signature on front free endpaper and title; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Harling's study was first published in 'Alphabet & Image 6' (1948); this is a considerably revised and expanded edition
