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1914réf. 09585A SON OF THE AGES: The Reincarnations and Adventures of Scar The Link Doubleday Page & Co. 1914 first edition f.e.p. gone else a tight vg copy. An "early man" novel. Illustrated.F Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
1917réf. 139284New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1917. publisher's cloth. Bradley Will. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 351 pages. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. A later edition. Bookplate of Miss Ruth Batchelder in corner of front pastedown. Very minor rubbing else a fine copy. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
1900réf. 403988Chicago: Herbert S. Stone 1900. Hardcover. Good. Early printing. Decorative red cloth stamped in black with small circular paper label mounted on front and rear boards. Good only with gutter cracked spine tanned and some loss of the ends. Herbert S. Stone hardcover books
1914réf. 241245Garden City NY: Doubleday 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good/Hardcover no dustwrapper. Light browning. Cover rubbed. Tiny staining. Doubleday hardcover books
1902réf. 09584THE STORY OF A STRANGE CAREER Appleton 1902 first edition minor spotting to small section of rear panel else just about a vg copy. The autobiography of a convict. Uncommon. Appleton unknown books
1892réf. 209018Chicago: Schulte 1892. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers. Cover loose but included spine and corners chipped spine and cover edges lightly browned. Schulte unknown books
1896réf. 619420Chicago: International Publishing Co 1896. Hardcover. Good. 2 519pp 2 index. Copiously illustrated from black and white photographs. Red cloth boards stamped in black white and gilt spine stamped in black page edges red and patterned endpapers. Boards and spine are worn spine sunned both hinges repaired good or better. Features "the lives and photographs of prominent people of the time" from title page including Mark Twain presented here as Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Alexander Graham Bell. International Publishing Co hardcover books
1898réf. 09583ARMAGEDDON Rand McNally 1898 first edition inner hinges starting else a vg vopy. Rand McNally unknown books
1902réf. 565245Chicago: Coolidge & Waterloo 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 232pp. Red cloth stamped in black. Bookseller ticket of "Metaphysical Book Headquarters" which appears to be the publisher's bookstore. Large gift inscription on front fly spine sunned with some wear at the ends binding modestly soiled with one faded spot on the front cover upper hinge starting but sound very good. Coolidge & Waterloo hardcover books
1897réf. 66420Chicago:: Way & Williams. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. B001Q72KR2 . Third edition. Small octavo bound in black cloth with yellow and red lettering and design top edge gilt. Trace edge wear at the spine ends and corners else very good. No dust jacket.; 351 pages . Way & Williams, hardcover books
1897réf. 25091602Chicago: Way & Williams 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good . First printing small octavo size 351 pp. A fictitious story taking place in the ancient past with a striking binding design by William Henry Bradley 1868-1962. "Nicknamed the 'Dean of American Designers' by The Saturday Evening Post Bradley was the highest-paid American artist of the early 20th century" n.b. quote from Wiki. ___DESCRIPTION: Double-cover design by Bradley in red and deep gold on black cloth top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut prior owner name in a vintage hand with the date "Feb 8/98" at the top of the front free endpaper frontispiece a map this the only plate in the book title page in red and black with publisher's logo prominently set forth the copyright page with the date of 1897 matching the date on the title page the colophon with the printing date of August 1897 no mention of subsequent printings; binding small octavo size 7 5/8" by 5" 351 pp. ___CONDITION: A bit better than very good the boards clean straight corners with light rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and in addition to the prior owner marking mentioned above another prior owner name at the top of the rear pastedown; some wear to the head and tail of the spine with the cloth at the head beginning to fray. ___CITATIONS: Bambace no. A31; Krause no. 44 which states that the plates other than the initial frontis map "were purchased in 1898 by Way & Williams and used in later printings.". ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Way & Williams hardcover books
1900réf. 12564THE SEEKERS Stone 1900 first edition a near fine copy of this most handsome volume from the famed Chicago publisher. Stone unknown books
1897réf. 16410Chicago: Way and Williams 1897 First edition of a novel that influenced Jack London's own pre-historic fantasy novel Before Adam serialized in 1906-1907 in Everybody's Magazine. Waterloo eventually accused London of plagiarism though the latter denied the charges and insisted he was merely inspired by it. Publisher's black cloth stamped in yellow and red designed by Will Bradley 1868-1962. Octavo. Map frontispiece. Title-page printed in black and red. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Very minor wear to crown and tail of spine. The occasional minor stain. Contemporary ink signature on front flyleaf. A very good bright copy. Stanley Waterloo 1846-1913 was a Chicago-born newspaper man editor and author. The present work is about Ab a young Stone Age boy and his journey to manhood. During the course of the novel he catches a baby rhinoceros with his friend Oak and joins the men in his tribe on a hunt. After both he and his friend become enamored with Lightfoot a young woman they fight over her which ends in his friend's death. Though burdened with guilt Ab goes on to become the leader of his tribe. Waterloo's novel was based on the theory that there was not a sharp division between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods and that mankind learned to make weapons naturally and gradually. Way and Williams, hardcover books
1956réf. 162874Waterloo IA: Downtown Waterloo Inc 1956. Vintage seven-page promotional investment prospectus from Downtown Waterloo Inc. a local non-profit consortium of local Iowa business owners seeking investors for a campaign to modernize the city's downtown business district during the automobile boom of the 1950s circa 1956. The seven pages of the prospectus includes: An introduction promoting "Centrally located and easily accessible" "Down Town Parking." A Downtown Waterloo Inc. common stock offering $100 a share listing all of the non-profit's officers and directors. A page listing downtown businesses above a page of a map of the area with the locations of the aforementioned businesses labeled numerically. Three two-page spreads illustrating the "Before ." and "After ." of proposed remodeling to include overhead parking with photographs of the area on the top pages and illustrated architectural proposals on the following pages. The areas illustrated include two opposing views of the intersection of West Fourth Street and Jefferson Street and one of the intersection of Commercial Street and West Fifth Street. A reprint of "Let's Keep Business in Downtown Waterloo" a two page ad from the Sunday January 29 1956 Waterloo Sunday Courier proposing overhead parking public restrooms public lockers and a bridge connecting the east and west sides of Commercial Street between West Fourth Street and West Park Ave with a large diagram of the proposed parking in the area. And a page illustrating and describing a double-spiral "Parkit" overhead parking design by Moline Architect M. R. Beckstrom. 9.5 x 14 inches side-stapled with card wrappers. Very Good plus with faint toning to the wrappers. Downtown Waterloo, Inc unknown books
1897réf. 09582THE STORY OF AB Way & Williams 1897 first edition a bright near fine copy of this one of the publisher's finest bindings this one executed by Will Bradley. A wonderful copy of this early man novel. Quite scarce in this condition. Way & Williams unknown books
réf. 308Etching. Dutuit 75; only state. Watermark: early Amsterdam seal see Dutuit. Rare with no later printings. Image: 4 x 6 . Margins: ½ to ¾ inch. unknown books
