1893ref. 52834J.M. Dent 1893. First edition. Hardcover. very good. 16mo. 6 1/2" x 4" Tan cloth. With gilt lettering and design to front cover. 191pp. Black and white grotesques by Aubrey Beardsley. Toning to covers. Limited to 100 large paper copies for England and America of which this is copy #51. J.M. Dent hardcover
ref. 45262New York: The Chesterfield Society undated. Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good. All volumes have private label ticket on inside cover and minimal fraying to spine tops on all volumes; otherwise very clean and bright The Chesterfield Society hardcover
1889ref. 41502120014A. C. Armstrong 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good set of 6 hardcovers. 3/4 leather bindings with marbled paper covered boards marbled end papers and edges. Previous owner's bookplate on end papers pages are otherwise clean crisp and unmarked. Bindings are tight hinges strong. Covers show light rubbing and extremities are fraying. Titles: v.1 - The Essays of Elia v.2 - Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essay v.3 - Mrs. Leicester's School v.4 - The Letters of Charles Lamb I v.5 - The Letters of Charles Lamb II v.6 - Tales from Shakespeare.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! A. C. Armstrong hardcover
1963ref. 00078Title: On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers Author: Lamb Dana S. Publisher: Barre Publishers Date Published: 1963 Description: Cloth acetate jacket slipcase with paper label. Illustrated endpapers. One of 1500 standard copies from a total edition of 1550. First Edition. Signed by Dana S. Lamb on preliminary blank. Condition: Light wear to slipcase else fine. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR BOOKS ON NATURE AND ECOLOGY. Barre Publishers hardcover
1938ref. 325750New York: Harper & Brothers 1938. 1st edition 1st printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 415p. INSCRIBED BY GINGER LAMB. A hardcover book in very good condition with the SCARCE dustjacket. Binding is tight just a bit slanted. Light foxing along edges of cover and spine. Gutters of endpapers tanned but otherwise text unmarked. The jacket is lightly chipped most visibly at the tips of the spine but is protected in a mylar cover. Account of a married couple who traveled from San Diego to Panama in a homemade boat. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. This copy is signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by Ginger Lamb wife of Dana who also made the epic voyage. Harper & Brothers hardcover
ref. 010953Barre Massachusetts. Barre Publishers. 1964. Deluxe Limited Edition. Book number 28 of 350 copies published. Signed by Dana Lamb on the front fly leaf. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6. 111 pp. plus colophon. Illustrations by Shirley Errickson. Illustrated frontispiece showing salmon and brown trout. Text vignettes. The text sheets were printed on rag paper. The book is bound in brown oasis Niger leather spine and brownish-gray cloth boards with gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Clear plastic dust jacket. Brown cloth slip case with a gilt net on the side panel. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slip case. . Signed by Author. hardcover
1892ref. 844j0273New York: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company. Fair. 1892. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Munich As An Art Center; An Old Southern School - an early American convent in Georgetown; A Persian's Praise of Persian Ladies; The Great Railway Systems of the United States - The South Atlantic Railways; Liberal Tendencies in Europe; Some Phases of Contemporary Journalism; Mr. Taswell Langdon in Seville; As to Certain Accepted Heroes; To Dante poem; New Mexican Folk Songs; The Discontinuance of the Guide Board; Social Strugglers; The Human Eye as Affected by Civilization. 8 ads iv 642-768 9-60 ads pp. Above-average wear to covers which are detached but present. Textblock intact and unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Illustrations; Sm 4to . The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company unknown
1875ref. 007912London: Aubert's Steam Printing Works 1875 58 pages. Original wraps bound in handsome leather and marbled boards. Small bookplate on endpaper. A scarce work with only 7 copies reported in WorldCat. Size: Small 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Aubert's Steam Printing Works hardcover
1932ref. 50598Rochester NY: Leo Hart 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 35p octavo Beautifully illustrated by Wilfred Jones and signed by him. Typography by Will Ransom. #816 of 950 numbered copies vellum spine printed on Okawara paper A fine copy in a very good slipcase beginning to separate at one side Leo Hart hardcover
1893ref. 463699London: J.M. Dent 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition ordinary issue in cream cloth. Title page front cover ornament and 68 grotesques by Beardsley 29 of them new to this volume. A bit of soiling on the boards else near fine. The second book in the "Bon-Mots" series. MSL 19. J.M. Dent hardcover
1835ref. 003453New York: Geo. Dearborn Publisher 1835 i.e. 1836. Very good. Early American edition cover imprint with the date 1836 - from a record at the AAS; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 1 2-126; rebound in period leaf-patterned paper; text in two columns; a small personal stamp to title page of John C. Graves Attorney of the prominent New York Graves Family of lawyers; title page with a few small nicks to fore-edge; in very good condition. An early and scarce American edition of Charles Lamb's popular collection of essays in a beautiful unusual format. Geo. Dearborn, Publisher unknown
1835ref. 20758London: Edward Moxon 1835. New Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to joints and edges minor scuffing to boards foxing to versos of endpapers and blank endsheets old owner name to front blank leaves overall very good. 2 volumes; 4 340; xiii 1 295 pp.; full 19th-century calf by J. Clarke spines gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces all edges marbled marbled endpaper. Handsome edition of Lamb's essays first published in 1823 first series as "Elia: Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine" and 1833 second series as "Last Essays of Elia" and considered among the greatest examples of the form. Lamb died in 1834. Edward Moxon hardcover
1892ref. 4118London: The Leadenhall Press 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Near Fine. 2 vols. 12mo. pp xi iv103; iv 104. Full calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf. TEG. A facsimile of the original edition of 1809. No.93/112 copies signed by Andrew Tuer. Lovely copy with a touch of corner rubbing. Strong VG overall. Period review of these volumes pasted neastly on verso of the last leaf of volume 2. The Leadenhall Press hardcover
1836ref. 233515London: Charles Tilt Fleet Street 1836. Tile's Miniature Classical Library" half-title. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full blue morocco a.e.g. Fine copy with the cloth covers bound in. Tile's Miniature Classical Library" half-title. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Charles Tilt, Fleet Street unknown
1899ref. 23430London: S. T. Freemantle. Very Good. 1899. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in vellum. Covers are soiled with the outer hinge starting to separate at the spine ends. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover. Inner hinges are separating leaving the fep almost loose. The contents are near-fine. ; 8"; 372 pages . S. T. Freemantle hardcover
1909ref. 015212J. M. Dent & Sons London 1909-1910. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Brock Charles E. Size: 7 1/2" x 4 1/2". 2-volume set complete. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Two volumes bound by Riviere & Son. Gilt-stamped red leather spine and corners with red cloth over boards illustrated end papers top edges gilt bolth volumes have engraved frontispieces and illustrations by Charles E. Brock; Vol. I: 294 pages; Vol. II: 254 pages. Light wear to extremities staining on top edges of text blocks. Illustrator: Brock Charles E. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015212. . J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
1818ref. 13659London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier by Marchant vol. I and Reynell vol. II 1818. First collected edition. Hardcover. Fair to good. 12mo 291pp. 259pp. plus advertisements for Ollier dated June 1818 bound at rear of volume II. A fair to good set in contemporary boards with green muslin spines. Spine of volume I with heavy wear and that of volume II essentially perished. Joints and hinges quite tender on both volumes even partly cracked. Contents bu contrast are quite fresh with no foxing. A good set for binding or restoration. Housed in a brown leather-backed slipcase with leather spine labels which notably boost the shelf presence. Handsome bookplate to the front paste-down of each volume. A much earlier ownership signature of one Osborne Aldis to the title page of each volume. Aldis seems to have been a kooky scofflaw in Chester England notably having tried to pass off a fake inscription at "Plegmund's Well" as evidence of the medieval monarch's presence in Chester or something to this effect. Printed for C. and J. Ollier (by Marchant (vol. I) and Reynell (vol. II)) hardcover
1836ref. 233515London: Charles Tilt Fleet Street 1836. Tile's Miniature Classical Library" half-title. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full blue morocco a.e.g. Fine copy with the cloth covers bound in. Tile's Miniature Classical Library" half-title. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Charles Tilt, Fleet Street unknown books
1893ref. 463699London: J.M. Dent 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition ordinary issue in cream cloth. Title page front cover ornament and 68 grotesques by Beardsley 29 of them new to this volume. A bit of soiling on the boards else near fine. The second book in the "Bon-Mots" series. MSL 19. J.M. Dent hardcover books
1835ref. 003453New York: Geo. Dearborn Publisher 1835 i.e. 1836. Very good. Early American edition cover imprint with the date 1836 - from a record at the AAS; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 1 2-126; rebound in period leaf-patterned paper; text in two columns; a small personal stamp to title page of John C. Graves Attorney of the prominent New York Graves Family of lawyers; title page with a few small nicks to fore-edge; in very good condition. An early and scarce American edition of Charles Lamb's popular collection of essays in a beautiful unusual format. Geo. Dearborn, Publisher unknown books
1964ref. RH-1RK4-G35PBarre Publishers. Fine. 1964. Hardcover. #67 of 350 specially bound out of a total of 1500. Long inscription from auther. Glassine present with some tears. Decorated box lightly worn. Handsome!; 111 pages . Barre Publishers hardcover
1938ref. 317500London: Hamish Hamilton 1938. First edition. Illus with 48 photographs by the author. 415pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. Illus with 48 photographs by the author. 415pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A journey from California to Mexico by Dana & Ginger Lamb in a hand-built boat in the 1930s. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1938ref. 317500London: Hamish Hamilton 1938. First edition. Illus with 48 photographs by the author. 415pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. Illus with 48 photographs by the author. 415pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A journey from California to Mexico by Dana & Ginger Lamb in a hand-built boat in the 1930s. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1877ref. 003412A.S. Barnes. Volumes Published 1877 1880 and 1896. Publisher's original tan decorated cloth with Fine paper labels in three volumes. Additional shipping required for this set. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1877. A.S. Barnes hardcover
1925ref. J00014London: The Anglo-American Technical Co. Ltd. 1925 472 pgs 30 pgs of adds in back; 213 figs.; index. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on spine blind stamped title on front board. Shows noticeable wear along edges with short tears in cloth at head and tail of spine and boards exposed at corners; surfaces rubbed/faded in irregular pattern. Binding tight and hinges sound. Light foxing on edges of text block and on some pages; light soil on top edge; previous owner's name in front. Includes 4 pages with 5 samples of dyed leather each all present; some slight staining from samples has transfered to adjacent pages. Text is otherwise unmarked. The author's focus is on dyeing and finishing processes as opposed to tanning. Chapters include: Sorting Preparatory to Dyeing; Soaking; Leather Splitting; Shaving; Scouring; Souring or Clearing; Stripping and Sumaching; Preparation of Various Leathers; Bleaching; Methods of Dyeing; Staining Brush and Spray Dyeing; Coal-Tar Dyestuffs; Natural Dyestuffs; Mordants; Colour and Colour Matching; Stripping Dyed Leathers; Pigment Colouring and Finishing; Striking-Out and Striking-Out Machinery; Oils and Fats; Fatliquor Emulsions and their Application; Drying; Staking and Perching; Fluffing Buffing and Whitening; Leather-Finishing Materials; Seasoning and Glazing; Novelty Leathers; Velvet Leathers; Dyestuff Comparisons and the Testing of Dyestuffs; Dyeing Mineral Tannages - Alum Leather Chrome Leather; Currying. Heavy volume may be subject to addiitonal postage. Third Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Anglo-American Technical Co., Ltd. hardcover