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1998ref. 053578Mineola NY: American Air Mail Society 1997 1998 2003 2004 1998. Sixth edition . Hardcover. Fine. Four volumes; Volume 1 1998 ISBN 0939429217; Volume 2 2003 ISBN 0939429241; Volume 3 2004 ISBN 0939429268; Volume of Canada 1997 ISBN 0939429179. The definitive guide to airmail flights within and in and out of the United States possessions territories and Canada. All four volumes bound in original blue cloth with lettering stamped in silver. A fine handsome as new set. American Air Mail Society [1997, 1998, 2003, 2004] hardcover
1980ref. 73811Tuscaloosa AL: Portals Press. 1980. Hardcover. 0916620492 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; B&W Illustrations; 200 pages . Portals Press hardcover
1856ref. 1447New York: George F. Tuttle Publisher 102 Nassau Street 1856. Cloth over board. Very good. INSPIRATIONAL. Cover title: Barber's Illustrated Proverbs 12mo; 252pp; brown ribbed cloth blind-stamped decorative frame around a gilt-stamped title gilt lettering and vignette on spine; pale yellow endpapers ownership on ffep; five-panel leporello frontispiece; wood-engraved illustration at the beginning of each chapter; scuffing to boards with loss at head & tail of spine and corners foxing but clean and without odors; very good. Twenty illustrations appear on the five-panel frontispiece titled "The Proverbs of Solomon King of Israel." Four of the illustrations use proverbs to warn against alcohol fitting in with the Temperance social movement that was growing in strength at this time. One surprising illustration warning against evil has a couple surrounded by roses with the woman's breast exposed. Sixty-two illustrated chapters each with a traditional not biblical proverb a description of the illustration and an explanation of the wisdom. The end of each chapter lists many other common or simple conventional truths that relate to the one highlighted. A thought-provoking look at common cultural wisdom during the 19th century. George F. Tuttle, Publisher, 102 Nassau Street unknown
1880ref. 616447New Haven: Henry Howe 1880. Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 511 3pp Illustrated. Decorative green cloth beveled boards stamped in gilt and black. A fine and especially bright example of this American decorated publisher's binding. Henry Howe unknown
1968ref. 375699Garden City: Doubleday 1968. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Some paste action at pastedown gutters. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Biography of the great sportscaster inscribed on the title page: "Signed for Ed Kubera good luck Red Barber August 24 1989 Tallahassee". Doubleday unknown
2007ref. 24941New York: TV Books 2007. A few spots of scuffing to the white covers else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. Limited edition. Quarto. Handmade edition of 50 copies SIGNED by Tim Barber; this is number 50. Photocopy zine taped at the spine with high-contrast black and white images of pets signs interiors and cityscapes. New York: TV Books unknown
1940ref. 609011New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine and toning on the endpapers thus very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading on the spine shallow chips and tiny tears. First book of this series illustrated with clues drawn by the artist/detective Kit Storm. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
1945ref. 39520New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1945. 1945. First edition. Tiny embossed stamp to top of front fly leaf else a fine copy in dust jacket. Lawrence Lang is found murdered and Christopher "Kit" Storm on leave from the F.B.I. is given the case. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. unknown
1882ref. 230537Paris: Librairie De Fechoz Et Letouzey. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1882. Third Edition. Hardcover. Covers somewhat darkened. ; French text. Five volumes and a supplement. "Revue et augmentee par Mm. Olivier Barbier Rene et Paul Billard." . Librairie De Fechoz Et Letouzey hardcover
1922ref. 13538Paris 1922. Print. Woman standing in front of a chinoiseries bureau with art deco sculpture and ceramics flanking her. Lithograph print with pouchoir color an intensive process that uses stencils to apply the vibrant color. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2". The "Gazette du Bon Ton" was a leading fashion magazine published from 1912 to 1925 the highlight of which were 10 colored plates in each issue. The magazine signed exclusive contracts with seven of Paris's top couture houses Cheruit Doeuillet Doucet Paquin Poiret Redfern and Worth so that the designers' fashions were shown only in the pages of the Gazette. An annual subscription was 100 francs the equivalent of over $400 today. unknown
1835ref. 843331835. A Rare History of Copyhold Tenure Beaumont George 1802-1856. An Inquiry Into the Origin of Copyhold Tenure. London: J. and W.T. Clarke Portugal Street 1835. 72 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore-edge untrimmed. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior stamp of the Birmingham Law Society to title page internally clean. A good copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. Beaumont was a barrister and antiquarian who published a number of works on legal and British history. His Inquiry examines the origins history economic impact and modern forms of copyhold tenure a medieval form of land ownership that persisted into the nineteenth century. OCLC locates 8 copies of this title 1 in North America Duke University. unknown
1901ref. 28opWaterlow and Sons Limited London for His Excellency the High Commissioner for South Africa 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 910 pages complete. A resolute copy. Half leather. The boards have Royal Arms and titling in gilt placid. The spine seams have been repaired with leather strips. The book is yet magisterial in appearance and purpose. The leathered corners and spine are worn rubbed scuffed. The boards have some light storage wear shelving wear and marks. They are tight and steady. The end papers are of newer vintage than the contents. The title page has user creases marks. The pages are most pleasing. They are comfortable very clean and clear certain dutiful diligent sober assured fresh-faced. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Waterlow and Sons Limited, London for His Excellency the High Commissioner for South Africa hardcover
ref. 05019London: Longmans Green and Co. 1895. Mr. Stark Munro attempts to create a medical practice in partnership with the brilliant but unorthodox James Cullingworth. DOYLE Arthur Conan. The Stark Munro Letters. Being a series of sixteen letters written by J. Stark Munro M.B. to his friend and former fellow student Herbert Swanborough of Lowell Massachusetts during the years 1881-1884. Edited and arranged by A. Conan Doyle. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1895. First English edition. Octavo 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm. vi 346 1 printers device 1 blank pp. Publishers 24 pp catalog dated August 1895 bound in at end. Inserted frontispiece by Alice Barber Stephens with original tissue-guard. Minimal scattered marginal foxing otherwise fine. Publisher's dark green cloth over beveled boards front cover and spine lettered in gilt black coated endpapers. A near fine copy. 7500 copies were published on 5th September 1895 priced 6/-. The Stark Munro Letters is an epistolary novel that takes the form of twelve long letters written by J. Stark Munro between March 1881 and November 1884 and sent to his friend Herbert Swanborough of Lowell Massachusetts. Stark Munro is a recent graduate from medical school and the letters detail his attempts to create a medical practice in partnership with the brilliant but unorthodox James Cullingworth. The novel is in fact a thinly disguised account of Doyle's experiences with George Turnavine Budd with whom he was in partnership in Plymouth before finally setting up his own practice in Southsea Portsmouth in 1882. Green and Gibson A18a. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1895 unknown
1974ref. 053580Mineola NY: American Air Mail Society 1974 1977 1978 1981 1985 1990 1974. Sixth edition . Hardcover. Fine. Five volumes plus Supplement Volume. The definitive guide to airmail flights within and in and out of the United States possessions territories and Canada. The five volumes total 2705 pages with listings of cachets descriptions values etc. The Supplement is 218 pages with updated values. All six volumes bound in original leatherette with lettering stamped in silver. A fine handsome set. American Air Mail Society [1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1990] hardcover
1955ref. 233936New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Simon and Schuster unknown
1914ref. 1260991914. Paris: Lucien Vogel 1914. Single plate. § From a spectacularly illustrated fashion magazine of the early 1900s depicting the cutting edge of style at the time. unknown
2019ref. x-9813276916World Scientific Pub Co Inc 2019. Hardcover. New. 416 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches. World Scientific Pub Co Inc hardcover
1994ref. Q-086078438XRoutledge 1994-12-22. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Routledge hardcover
2016ref. x-0691645124Princeton Univ Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 302 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr hardcover
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