1858rif. 286661State of Illinois. Printed at The Calument Peace Office Carlyle Illinois 1858. Print. Indenture document 14 x 17 printed in black on light gray. Blanks to be filled in. First edition first printing. Very good copy. Indenture between Isaac Stiles and Sophiah his wife and Oliver J. Lewis of the County of Clinton State of Illinois for sim of 'four hundred and fifty dollars.lot 3 in Block Seven in the Town of Trenton.' Signed by I. Stiles and S. A. Stiles and 'acting Justice of the Peace' A. H. Johnson. Details of sale in autograph by John. B. Roper clerk and ex-officio Recorder Clinton County. Document previously folded in half and then trifolded. Short closed tears at some folds. State of Illinois. Printed at The Calument Peace Office, Carlyle, Illinois unknown
1851rif. H37050London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8 x 5.25 inches publisher's gray-blue cloth good or better copy general light wear to binding mellowing to spine color small stains on spine wear to spine ends contents very good lightly toned clean and unmarked. 366 pp. Uncommon in the first edition in good condition. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
1992rif. USD_9780826405463Sheffield 1992. N/A. Paperback. Used - Like New/Used - Like New. _ Sheffield paperback
1992rif. AME_9780826405463Sheffield 1992. N/A. Paperback. New/New. _ Sheffield paperback
rif. 44912London: A J Valpy 1831. 24mo; burgundy leather over marbled boards; xvi 159 pages; b&w illustrations; front hinge is cracked and boards are rubbed else a very good clean tight copy. London: A J Valpy, 1831 hardcover
1988rif. 25525Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company 1988. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1988 1st and almost certainly only edition of this concise history of the Yale Strike of 1984-85. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial white wrappers. 16mo Foreword by David Montgomery published by "America's oldest labor publisher Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company unknown
1988rif. 25525Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company 1988. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1988 1st and almost certainly only edition of this concise history of the Yale Strike of 1984-85. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial white wrappers. 16mo Foreword by David Montgomery published by "America's oldest labor publisher Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company unknown books
rif. 63-6898New York: United Nations 1986. Black and White Photograph 8x10 Very Good. New York: United Nations, 1986. unknown
2000rif. 129519Albany NY: State University of New York Press 2000. Softcover. Fine. xii 206 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Inscribed by author on first leaf. State University of New York Press paperback
1966rif. 4446288303pp slight signs of wear bright unmarked. The Heritage Press hardcover
1988rif. 68217Hanborough: Parrot Pieces 1988. First edition. 36 pp. Light sunning to spine else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards light taps to lower corners. Illustrations and lettering throughout by Wilton Priestner. One of 70 of 95 numbered copies SIGNED by Priestner. Hanborough: Parrot Pieces, hardcover
1907rif. 0718281907. Book. Fair-Good. Full-Leather. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full brown illustrated leather over felt-covered wooden boards untrimmed text block edges. 1907 facsimile reprint no publisher or printer provided likely executed for book collectors or a private club. ivxvi246 pp. illus. A surely once-lovely copy now showing loss to leather along entire top front edge portions of front fore-edge and bottom corner and both back corners. Front joint likely mended. Wood-grain of boards displayed inside each cover with dentilled leather wrapped as border. Clean interior. As is a possible candidate for restoration. Hardcover
1988rif. 68217Hanborough: Parrot Pieces 1988. First edition. 36 pp. Light sunning to spine else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards light taps to lower corners. Illustrations and lettering throughout by Wilton Priestner. One of 70 of 95 numbered copies SIGNED by Priestner. Hanborough: Parrot Pieces, hardcover books
1819rif. 4469Boston: James Loring 1819 The Title Page and Advertisement page are missing. Please inquire for further information about this book. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. Hardcover. Fair. James Loring hardcover
1897rif. 016492N.Y.: E. R. Herrick & Company 1897. 87p. A very good copy the yellow covers are slightly soiled. The pictorial front cover shows the title etc. in red letters and seven bonneted girls singing these pious songs. One should mention that there is no music in this book only the words in the form of poems. First Edition of This Edition. Pictorial Cloth. 9" x 7 1/4". E. R. Herrick & Company hardcover
1791rif. 17604Leeds: J. Binns. Poor with no dust jacket. 1791. Hardcover. Lacking title leaf. Chip to headline of leaf A2 of the Preface. Dampstains and water damage to rear endpaper and rear hinge. Foxing.; Lacking title leaf so no imprint. Possibly Leeds: J. Binns 1791 c.f. ESTC T227601. iii-xx 21-319 of 322 pages. Early cloth boards with leather title label on spine. Page dimensions: 161 x 101mm. ; 12mo . [J. Binns?] hardcover
1793rif. 280859London: T. Longman Et Al. Fair with no dust jacket. 1793. Hardcover. Front hinges split front cover attached by binding thread. Covers have light wear to the outer corners. Spine has chipping to the ends a chip to the label and some slight cracking. Book plate removed from front endpaper. Internally very good. ; ".with a variety of rules to guard against error in the affairs of religion and human life as well as in the sciences." Full leather covers. . T. Longman, Et Al hardcover
1870rif. 98469New York: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1870-1873. 1870-1873. Fair. - Sextodecimo 16mo 5-3/4 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in pink wrappers printed in red blue and black featuring an illustration by John Karst on the front wrap of a family listening to the father reading and with ads on the rear wrapper. The soiled covers are detached but present and the inner edge of the rear cover is chipped. 12 pages with 4 color illustrations signed by John Karst and Edward P. Cogger. The rear cover and text block are pinned together along the inner edge. Fair. The songs included without music are: "The Advantages of Early Religion" "The Child's Complaint" "Obedience to Parents" "The Danger of Delay" and "Cradle Hymn". Publisher's advertisement p. 4 of wrapper includes ads for illuminated texts for Sunday school rewards 12 packets Half hours with the Bible two series six titles listed in the first & five titles listed in the second Mother's series and Father's series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., circa [1870-1873]. paperback
1875rif. H7697London and Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons 1875. Very Good. 10.5 inches tall color lithograph wraps on yellow paper with 8 leaves printed on rectos only each with chromolithograph illustrations. Very good light wear. OCLC accession number 30381607; dated by the cataloguer 1868 but based on what information we're not sure. T. Nelson & Sons unknown
rif. a33292Washington 1960. Publication 821 National Academy of Sciences National Research Council. 4to. 917pp. Good light soiling and wear. unknown
1890rif. 738011890. WILKINS Isaac. My Services and Losses in Aid of the King's Cause during the American Revolution. Brooklyn NY: Historical Printing Club 1890. 1st ed. 23pp. Orig. vellum-backed printed boards. Spine starting minor wear to corners else very good. One of 250 numbered copies. Winnowings in American History. Revolutionary Narratives No. II. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. unknown
1954rif. 605929Cincinatti: American Jewish Archives 1954. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Translated with an introduction and notes by Albert H. Friedlander. Tall octavo. 42pp. Frontispiece portrait of Mayer. Printed wrappers with a tanned spine and very lightly tanned at the edges near fine. First printed in American Jewish Archives June 1954. Wise was an important American Rabbi as well as an editor and author. American Jewish Archives unknown
1954rif. 605929Cincinatti: American Jewish Archives 1954. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Translated with an introduction and notes by Albert H. Friedlander. Tall octavo. 42pp. Frontispiece portrait of Mayer. Printed wrappers with a tanned spine and very lightly tanned at the edges near fine. First printed in American Jewish Archives June 1954. Wise was an important American Rabbi as well as an editor and author. American Jewish Archives unknown books
1937rif. 43673Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. vii 528pp. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. Very good. Faint jacket edgewear only else internally near fine. Second edition and first single-volume edition of this Indian fighter and railroad executive's memoir after the two-volume 1914 edition. Howes describes this as "Largely devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849 to 1860 in which Wistar played a conspicuous part before achieving fame and fortune in Pennsylvania" Wheat as a "Significant and engaging narrative by a man of great native attainments." Rather uncommon in the jacket. GRAFF 4724. HOWES W598. NEVINS I 181. WHEAT 234. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology hardcover
1937rif. 15394Philadelphia:: The Wistar Institute 1937. 2nd ed. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A few white spots at the bottom of the rear board otherwise very nice in jacket with some slight fading and a tiny hole to the rear board. Large 8vo. 6 plates and one folding map. The Wistar Institute, hardcover