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1977ref. 0010222London: Faber & Faber. Bound in perfect and crisp black cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine this 1977 hardcover First Edition is Fine in Fine wrapper. 190pp with map and Six Chapters. Clean endpapers unmarked boards sound tight binding: as new condition! . Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 1977. Faber & Faber hardcover
1967ref. 2092902137405390Toyo Keizai Shimposha 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Toyo Keizai Shimposha paperback
1839ref. DEMO012753IBoston: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter 1839. Third edition. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong 8vo 304 pages calf-backed printed boards needs rebacking. The greater number of pieces are either harmonized for the first time or altogether newly arranged. A few were composed expressly for this work. The authors were professors at the Boston Academy of Music. J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter hardcover
1868ref. DEMO009036IChicago: Root & Cady 1868. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo 111 ages. black cloth printed paper over boards waterspots on top cover free endpaper chipped. McMurtrie's ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS no. 1397 cites only two copies of this. Root & Cady hardcover
1989ref. 000974New York New York U.S.A.: Da Capo Pr 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover slight curling to covers light soiling to edges of text block tiny fold to upper corner of a few pages. Da Capo Pr paperback
1947ref. 10779Ryland Music Pub. Co. Near Fine. 1947. Softcover. Minimal soil to white back cover. ; Illustrated cover reproducing panoramas of San Francisco 1847 & 1947 with photograph of Mayor Elmer E. Robinson. Signed "Complementary Copy Betst Wishes from Richard Lancaster . . . 1948. ; Sheet Music; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 5 pages; Dedicated to his honor Elmer E. Robinson over title. Apparently created for a San Francisco centennial. Appears to be very scarce none found on WorldCat on the marke or in any price histories consulted. An eminently frameable piece of San Francisco history. ; Signed by Author . Ryland Music Pub. Co. paperback
1987ref. alex220111987 8 x 11.5 inches approx unpaginated approx 60 pages illus. b&w plates many full page showcasing civic regalia trophies medals etc. designed by Alex Styles; published to accompany exhibition at Goldsmiths' Hall covers show light wear; contents are clean and bright free of notes etc carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days Goldsmiths' Company paperback
1864ref. 7741Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Good. 1864. New & Complete Edition For 1864. Hardcover. A New and Complete Edition with many additional articles: A Classical Dictionary containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with the value of coins weights and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table. Sound and clean green boards with some signs of use and wear a plain black spine has been applied by a previous owner which has a leather appearance leather title label fixed to spine no front endpaper frontpaste down followed by title page 736 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 736 pages . Milner & Sowerby hardcover
1952ref. 32571952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Leatherneck Association Pub. Washington D. C. 1952 1st edition 1st printing; fine condition bound in hard cover cloth; 179 pages; Photographs by Louis Lowery; John Styers Self-Defense hardcover
1987ref. 15596New York: Harper and Row 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped fine dust jacket. Harper and Row, hardcover
1924ref. 845G0903USA: The Granite Monthly Company 1924. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1-58. Black and white photos. Features: National convention of American Legion; Immigration; Stage Coach and Tavern Days; Our Winter Carnivals; An Answer to Our Critics; An anthology of one poem poets; Senator Moses' Three favorite stories; New Hampshire state Grange; Should the Governor's Council be abolished; New Hampshire Private Schools - with photos of their principals; The Phillips Exeter Academy; Tilton School; New Hampton Literary Institution; Holderness School; Five Foremost Leaders in N.H.; Alcoholic Bi-Focalism; First Candidates for Governor's Council - with photos of Samuel A. Lovejoy and Jesse M. Barton; The Old Toll Bridge poem; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Above-average wear to front cover which bears a bit of pencil writing to top edge otherwise a sound vintage copy. The Granite Monthly Company Paperback
1969ref. 113a9384London: Cornmarket Press 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Approximately 340 pages in total. Originally printed in 1885. "Until recently the only comprehensive work on the Admiralty Hydrographic Department this book still remains one of the most important books on the history of hydrography. Particularly useful in providing information about the lesser-known hydrographers of the nineteenth century. Also includes a description of the United States coast survey. Contains a new Preface and a list of more than 80 corrections and additions compiled by researchers at the Admiralty." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Binding sound. Worthy reference copy. Cornmarket Press Hardcover
1955ref. 136a6099London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1955. Book. Illus. by Lee Mary Kendal. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Undated. 1950s Lovely colour illustrations. Somewhat above-average wear externall. Bit of writing inside front board. Binding sound. Still a nice copy. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Hardcover
ref. 0007538Stuttgart: Literatur-Comptoir 1 November. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo pp. 191--240 225-228; calf-backed drab boards nicked. Very Scarce. Articles on Revolution in Serbia with a folding copper-plate engraving of a new front for the Parthenon with sculptures of famous Frenchmen including Napoleon LaPlace Fenelon and Voltaire. Also a hand-colored fashion plate from Modes de Paris. Literatur-Comptoir hardcover
ref. 0005782Stuttgart: Literatur=Comptoir 6 September. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo pp. 434-480 193-196 final leaf of ads; calf-backed drab boards nicked. Very Scarce. An odd journal with two different paginations with engravings bound in at the end. This issue contains a rare lithograph of John Cochran's engraving of Sir George Hayter's 1833 painting of "Portrait of Princess Victoria of Kent": this litho is by F. Elias and printed by Anst von Pobuda Rees et Cie. Also engraved folding plate of sheet music of "Standchen" by J. G. D. Gackstatter possibly the first appearance and another lithograph by Elias of "Griechenland" borrowed from Finden's Tableaux 1837. Literatur=Comptoir hardcover
1992ref. 9583Sydney: Services 1992. Very Good. 1992. Printe on the reverse side is: The Times Daily Mirror Souvenir Poster for the 60th Anniversary of Sydney Harbor. 42.5" x 22.5"; printed on thin paper stock. Close tears at middle of left edge; fold creases and a corner crease. . Services (1992) unknown
ref. 0005784Stuttgart: Literatur=Comptoir 4 October. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo pp. 1-48 209-212 light water stain on bottom edge; calf-backed drab boards nicked. Very Scarce. Articles on Scotland and "Frankreich" from Finden's Tableaux. With an engraved portrait of David Friedrich Strauss the theologian of the historical Jesus. Also engraved folding plate of sheet music of "Die Unglaurbige" by Benedict Pentenrieder possibly the first appearance Literatur=Comptoir hardcover
1919ref. DEMO015001INew York: Macmillan 1919. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Duodecimo 414 pages pictorial orange cloth - lacks ffep; short tears in dj The first serious collection of cowboy songs. Facsimile holographic letter of commendation by Theodore Roosevelt. "It is a work of real importance to preserve permanently this unwritten ballad literature of the back-country and the frontier -T.R." Lyrics of course but also the musical score for 15 or 20 of the best. Macmillan hardcover
ref. 4076New York: Jerome H. Remick. 1918. 4pp. paper folio: about Good edge tears & some creases; cover is still suitable for framing Marvelous wartime cover depicting a soldier in uniform blowing a bugle while Lady Liberty clasps him on the shoulder. The rays of a stylized sun rise in the background against the legends "Buy Bonds! Buy Bonds!" and "Hear the Bugle Call." A Tin Pan Alley tune for the German born American songwriter Kahn 1886-1941 and the American songwriter Van Alstyne 1878-1951. New York: Jerome H. Remick
1924ref. 15391'First thin paper edition'. Association copy. Good leather bound HC. Zaehnsdorf signed binding in full red-brown hard grain morocco covers framed with gilt stamped double rule; spine with 5 raised bands gilt rule framed panels and letters; all edges gilt; marbled end papers in combed nonpareil pattern; India paper. This has been rebound with old hard-grain morroco under saved original spine and covers; the newer and older leathers are a near match; 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf London England' stamped in gilt on the front cover turn-in at the tail edge appears to be on the newer leather. Covers and spine are clean lightly scuffed; the original covers and spine have slight chipping at edges; light rubbing at cover fore corners; joints are supple; tightly bound; interior hinges are cloth; owner name in pencil on front fly leaf 'E Bunker'; clean interior; text pages very slightly age darkened at edges. 350 illustrations by author. From the collection of Ellsworth Bunker U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Italy India Nepal South Vietnam Organization of American States and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. Large 16mo 564 pp; index. London: Macmillan hardcover
1974ref. 30284New York: Flash Books 1974. Solid with a small dent on the back cover and the covers show light wear. Underground comics guide on how to play the guitar and its history. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Flash Books
1996ref. 7218New York: St. Martin's Press 1996. 162 pages. Solid with a couple of small crease marks on the front cover and the covers show light wear. The interior is unmarked. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St. Martin's Press
1977ref. 0290661977. Book. Very Good. Magazine. First Edition/First Printing. Issues #1& #2 of the Beatles Fanzine titled Beatles Magical Mystery Tour. The fanzine which eventually evolved into a professional format magazine was a very amatuerish effort at the start. The first two issues anyway were 11 x 14" x 8 1/2" page items printed on both sides included some hand typing many B&W photos some work that was actually written by hand and held together by a staple at the top. I am sure that a common copy machine was also used in the publishing process. Issue #1 April-May 1977 Issue #2 June -July1977. These copies initially sent to a fan in Baldwin NY Richard Hoffman. Not perfect examples but have aged well. Paperback
1996ref. 9289London: Macmillan 1996;1994. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0333651073 . 758 & 909 pp.; cloth in dust-jackets. Opera with many illustrations including color plates. . Macmillan 1996;1994 hardcover
1967ref. 1761London: Victor Gollancz. 1967. Hardcover. 300 pp. incl. index; 8vo; gilt stamped blue cloth in dust jacket. Ownership name in pen on title page. Jacket price clipped with closed 2" tear along spine joint; minor age toning. Near Fine condition in very good jacket in Mylar Wrap Reissue of the edition published in 1895 by Dobell. . Victor Gollancz hardcover
