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ref. 70800Los Angeles: Buffalo Ghost Dance Productions nd. First edition. 44 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of an unstated limitation numbered on the front cover. Los Angeles: Buffalo Ghost Dance Productions unknown books
1835ref. 61089bdPhiladelphia: Turner & Fisher n.d. ca. 1835. Turner & Fisher’s Edition. The preceeding information from the title page / inside wrapper. An apparent later wrapper has been added: Dame Crump. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother n.d. ca. 1850. Fisher & Brother’s Golden Toys - 12 Kinds. 16mo illustrated wrappers 8 pp. with second wrapper 12 pp. Both titles and each page illustrated with wood engravings. Good; former-owner signature illustrations amateurishly colored spine amateurishly sewn. Turner & Fisher, n.d. [ca. 1835]. Turner & Fisher’s Edition. The preceeding information from the title page / inside wrappe unknown books
1903ref. 3930Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1903. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint Edition. Fine in a Very Good jacket clipped chipped at the corners lightly toned and discolored on the panels. Olive buckram with a grey black and blue illustration on the front board. Square and firmly bound contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper clean otherwise. A collection of three moralistic tales for young adults. The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover books
1908ref. 6582fdN.l.: W. E. Scull 1908. Octavo cloth-backed color-illustrated boards hardcover 128 pp. Plates illus. Teddy Bear Alphabet mostly printed with colors the remainder of the book printed in red and blue. Stories and rhymes include: Mary Had a Little Lamb Simple Simon many Mother Goose rhymes The Three Little Kittens The Three Little Pigs Jack the Giant Killer Little Red Riding Hood Little Snowdrop and many others. Good; quite shelf worn yet holding together better than you’d expect. [W. E. Scull, 1908]. hardcover books
2006ref. 66281New Haven & London: Yale University Press/Yale University Art Gallery 2006. First edition. 4to. 229 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Fully-illustrated. New Haven & London: Yale University Press/Yale University Art Gallery unknown books
1820ref. 4077bdAndover: Printed for the New England Tract Society 1820. No. 34 Part 1. Third Edition one of 6000. Octavo later 19th century plain wrappers 28 pp. Very Good uncut. Printed for the New England Tract Society, 1820. unknown books
1863ref. 4103bdLondon: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Committee of General Literature and Education n.d. ca. 1863. Duodecimo decorated yellow wrappers 48 pp. Twelve color plates by William Dickes in the Baxter Process. The contents include: Germans French Spaniards Portuguese Swedes Greeks and Turks. Good; spine badly chipped some wear. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Committee of General Literature and Education, n.d., [ca. 1863]. unknown books
1870ref. 4102bdBoston: Willard Tract Society n.d. ca.1870. 32mo 4 x 2.5 inches printed self-wrappers 32 pp. Fine. Willard Tract Society, n.d. [ca.1870]. unknown books
1890ref. 1080841890. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1890-1900. Small slim 8vo. 8 pp. in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Cover slightly darkened edges slightly frayed some stains; good. § Father Tuck's "Dolly Dear Series" Artistic Series No. 2802. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes "Little Bo-Peep" "The Fisher of Lea" "Thank you Pretty Cow" and "As I was going Along" retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. unknown books
1895ref. 1080811895. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd. n. d. circa 1895. Small slim 8vo 8 pp. text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers cover title. Some pages creased cover slightly discolored joint has a tear some stains; good. § Father Tuck's "Dolly Dear Series" Artistic Series No. 2304. Tuck & Sons became a limited company in 1895. Includes the nursery rhymes "Little Jack Horner" "A Little Cock-Sparrow" and "Puss in Boots" retold in verse. OCLC 317816739. unknown books
1752ref. 859861752. First Edition. ANONYMOUS. Le Comte de Dunois. Paris: Chez Lois Billaine 1671. 12mo contemporary full dark brown speckled calf elaborately gilt-decorated spine covers with the arms of the House of Bourbon-PenthiÂvre raised bands red morocco spine label. $2200.First edition of this novel preceded by a dedicatory letter to the Duchess of Nemours this copy finely bound in contemporary calf-gilt with the arms of Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon Duke of PenthiÂvre son of the Count of Toulouse Grand Admiral of France and a renowned book collector.Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles; he was also a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan. In 1733 at the age of six he was made a field marshal and the next year a lieutenant general. In 1740 he received the Order of the Toison dÕOr from the king and in 1742 the Order of the Holy Spirit. He served in the military under his maternal uncle the Duke of Noailles and fought brilliantly at Dettingen in 1743 and Fontenoy in 1745. PenthiÂvre was one of the wealthiest men of his day and probably the richest in France. He was known to be very charitable. Bibliographers variously attribute authorship of Le Comte de Dunois to Mme. Desjardins Mme. de Villedieu Comtesse Henriette de Murat or to Pierre dÕOrtigue de VaumoriÂre. Later engraved armorial bookplate of the House of Rochefoucauld.Expert restoration to corners and spine ends. A lovely volume in excellent condition with noble provenance. hardcover books
ref. 5674fdN.l.: n.p. n.d. Octavo stiff printed wrappers stapled text in German and English 71 black & white plates. Very Good. n.p., n.d. unknown books
1890ref. 88451890. ca. 1890. Oblong label from an apple crate. 4 1/2" tall x 14" wide. Full-color illustrations. Some chipping to corners. Moderate spotting with a crease from top to bottom. § A charming Victorian chromolithographic label depicting two children standing under an apple tree with six more children peering over the wall longingly. A large juicy apple appears at the left with the lettering "Choice Apples". unknown books
ref. 52191Torrance: Hors Commerce Press nd. First edition. 4 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A short poem opposite a drawing of Jesus riding a motorcycle. Torrance: Hors Commerce Press unknown books
1813ref. 25236Albany: Backus 1813. First American edition. Full antique calf gilt. Backus unknown books
1890ref. m1814London: Ernest Nister n.d. ca. 1890. Quarto color-illustrated self-wrappers 16 pp. Chromolithograph plates throughout. Fine. Ernest Nister, n.d. [ca. 1890.] unknown books
1851ref. m1310London: John W. Parker 1851. 1st edition. Duodecimo cloth 215 pp. Wood-engraved plates illus. Good; moderate shelf wear. John W. Parker, 1851. hardcover books
1925ref. 34150Garden City: Garden City Publishing 1925. First printing of this later edition originally published in 1921. 256 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with a closed tear to rear panel and light overall edge wear with some chipping. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, unknown books
1969ref. 2982NY: Grove Press 1969. First edition. . 116 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Vadasz. NY: Grove Press unknown books
1862ref. 28438Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1862. 16mo brown cloth 232 pp. Wood-engraved illustrations. Shelf worn. American Sunday-School Union, [1862]. hardcover books
1869ref. 28378Philadelphia: Friends’ Publication Association 1869. 24mo printed wrappers 20 pp. Very Good; cover lightly soiled. Friends’ Publication Association, 1869. unknown books
1812ref. 70699Alexandria VA: Printed for author 1812. 23 cm. 56pp. Disbound. Rather heavily dampstained. Howes M-201. Strongly critical of Madison supports De Witt Clinton for president. Printed for author unknown books
1866ref. 70694Skaggaddahunk New York: Scantlewood Timberlake & Co. Printers to the "North River Society 1866. 24 cm. 29pp. Original printed wrappers. Some damp staining to wrappers extending into the text. Radical Republican verse in the "confessional" voice of President Andrew Johnson as he made his ill fated tour seeking support for a mild Reconstruction policy. Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co., Printers to the "North River Society unknown books
1851ref. 70666Washington DC: Published by the Author front wrapper: Published by Joseph Shillington 1851. 23 cm. 32 pp. Original printed wraps. Presentation to "Editors Republic / with respects of the Author" on front wrap. Advocating for better pay. Title page has a line through "the Author" and the same contemporary hand has corrected a few errors in the text. Published by the Author [front wrapper: Published by Joseph Shillington] unknown books
1691ref. 9030961London: Tho. Sawbridge Mat. Gillyflower et al. 1691. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Third edition first published in 1654 Bound in quarter Levant with leather boards and five raised bands. Contains a beautifully engraved frontispiece. Wear to extremities head of spine all four corners and top edges through the leather. Front free endpaper and engraving loose otherwise text block tight and clean with minimal foxing to edges. 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. 490 pages plus tables. Tho. Sawbridge, Mat. Gillyflower et al. hardcover books