THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine head. About Fine in glassine, chemise, and a Near Fine slipcase. Uncommon in this condition. Everett Gee Jackson. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with... Read More
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BEOWULF
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12") bound in blue linen and a richly decorative patterned paper hand-made by Ingeborg Borjeson in Stockholm. Modern verse translation of this Anglo-Saxon epic by William Ellery Leonard. Text is printed in three colors with color auto-lithographs drawn on... Read More
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THE NIBELUNGENLIED
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Edy Legrand. Small quarto (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in full black cloth with the title blindstamped on the front cover and goldstamped over red on the spine with lettering in medieval style by Arnold Bank. Translated from the German by Margaret Armour... Read More
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DOVE AT THE WINDOWS: LAST LETTERS OF FOUR QUAKER MARTYRS
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly toned, Near Fine dustwrapper. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Foreword by George Selleck. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Copy #50 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE BRITISH APOLLO, OR, CURIOUS AMUSEMENTS FOR THE INGENIOUS TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE MOST MATERIAL OCCURRENCES FOREIGN AND DOMESTICK. Performed by a Society of Gentlemen
London: J. Mayo, 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. Old, mostly rather faint dampstain at bottom of many pages; binding rather worn but intact with a one-inch chip at the head of the spine. About Very Good. Folio (8" x 12-1/2") bound in 19th century half brown leather with leather corners and marbled boards; [2], [516], 14 pages. The first... Read More
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GILGAMESH
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. A few light spots to covers; spine a tad sunned. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase. Irving Amen. Quarto (8-3/4" x 12-3/4") bound in ochre buckram stamped in brown pigment leaf with a reproduction of a 7th century B.C. cuneiform tablet mounted on the front cover. Translated by William Ellory... Read More
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DOVE AT THE WINDOWS: LAST LETTERS OF FOUR QUAKER MARTYRS
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 24 copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "GS" at the colophon and belonged to George Selleck who wrote the... Read More
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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 1985
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof in orange wraps. Selected from U.S. and Canadian Magazines by Gail Godwin with Shannon Ravenel. SIGNED on the title page by one contributor, Sharon Sheehe Stark, and by Charles Baxter who is not a contributor.
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IL GAZZETTIERE AMERICANO CONTENENTE UN DISTINTO RAGGUAGLIO DI TUTTE LE PARTI DEL NUOVO MONDO DELLA LORO SITUAZIONE, CLIMA, TERRENO, PRODOTTI, STATO ANTICO E MODERNO, MERCI, MANIFATTURE, E COMMERCIO CON UNA ESATTA DESCRIZIONE DELLE CITTÀ, PIAZZE, PORTI, BAJE, FIUMI, LAGHI, MONTAGNE, PASSI, E FORTIFICAZIONI IL TUTTO DESTINATO AD ESPORRE LO STATO PRESENTE DELLE COSE IN QUELLA PARTE DI GLOBO, E LE MIRE, E INTERESSI DELLE DIVERSE POTENZE, CHE HANNO DEGLI STABILIMENTI IN AMERICA
Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-title with marginal repair, one leaf (Ll1) with a small repaired hole affecting text, first folding map with repair to verso, some light staining, mostly marginal; binding close to Fine with a little spotting to the leather. Overall Near Fine. Three folio (9-1/2" x 12") volumes bound in twentieth century... Read More
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MAGAZINE OF THE FINE ARTS AND JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Vol. IV, #7-#9; May-July 1834
London: M. Arnold. Cloth. Spine chipped. Probably lacking a plate or two. VG. Octavo, 256 pages. Articles on the death of Thomas Stothard and the present state of sculpture, among others.
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![CABINET FRUIT AND FLOWER PLATES. [bound with] DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE: FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, ETC](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/388/972/1689972388.0.m.jpg)
CABINET FRUIT AND FLOWER PLATES. [bound with] DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE: FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, ETC
Rochester, NY: Stecher Lithograph Co., [@1880]. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates clean with a few small closed tears; hinges reinforced with binder's tape. Small losses along spine edges. Very Good. Black pebbled cloth (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") with "No. 3" stamped in gilt on the front cover. Illustrated with a color title page and 55 chromolithographs, printed on rectos only,... Read More
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FAVORITE MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES
The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., (1937). First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Eulalie. Illustrated covers, printed on linen; 12 pages all in color illustrated by Eulalie. The hardcover edition seems to be much more common.
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TOYLAND ABC (Linen No. 866)
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Early owner inscription on front cover; both covers soiled. About Very Good. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts a rooster, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color. A few images are negative stereotyped depictions of African-Americans including a Golliwog and a... Read More
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REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNYSLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1903
[Harrisburg, PA]: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean with some smudges here and there; covers rubbed with wear and tear to the spine. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth (6" x 9-1/4"); 124 pages. Illustrated with 18 color plates and numerous B&W plates. Sticker of an assemblyman of the PA House of Representatives on the... Read More
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THE KORAN: SELECTED SURAS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Very short split to seam of box. Fine in a Near Fine publisher's clamshell box. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in tan cloth impressed in two colors and gold with a traditional walletlike flap. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo including the use of genuine gold on the title... Read More
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ORIGINAL ART BY JAPANESE SCHOOL CHILDREN
Tokyo, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Front cover and first page detached. Still Near Fine and quite charming. Oblong (9" x 6-1/2") green floral silk cloth over boards with matching box containing handwritten explanations of the contents in English and Japanese as well as a typed statement in English, along with 101 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, most in watercolor, by Japanese... Read More
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THE DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER 1827
Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name in ink of the Commercial Insurance Company on the front page of each issue. A large, heavy volume in Near Fine condition in a sturdy binding. Scarce. Large folio (19" x 23") bound in modern buckram containing a complete year of this important publication. THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER... Read More
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THE KORAN: SELECTED SURAS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a close to Fine publisher's clamshell box. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in tan cloth impressed in two colors and gold with a traditional walletlike flap. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo including the use of genuine gold on the... Read More
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER ... FOR THE YEAR 1776
London: J. Dodsley, 1779. Second Edition. Hardcover. Early ink name crossed out on the title page, light to moderate foxing; pages 255 to 258 in the second section lacking, otherwise complete with the entire text of the Declaration and the Articles present. Binding tight with some wear but easily Very Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Though not... Read More
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THE LIVING TALMUD: THE WISDOM OF THE FATHERS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Ben-Zion. Small folio (9-1/4" x 12-1/4") bound in half natural-grain goatskin vellum and black cloth stamped in genuine gold, top edge gilt with pure gold leaf; 226 pages. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Judah Goldin. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed at... Read More
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THE QUAKER QUERIES: NEW ENGLAND QUERIES IN PAST AND PRESENT FORMS
(Boston): Penmaen Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4" handbound with Italian Fabriano over boards at the Stanhope Bindery. The first book of the press. Copy #3 of only 100 numbered copies designed, handset, and printed by Michael McCurdy. In actuality only 91 copies were produced. This copy without the wood-engraved portrait of... Read More
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GABERBOCCHUS BLACK SERIES 1 - 7
(London): Gaberbocchus, (1954-55). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Franciszka Themerson. The first seven titles of the short-lived Gaberbocchus Black Series in publisher's wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed tape spines and a window opening on the front covers. Housed in likely publisher's multi-colored paper slipcase. Several titles illustrated. Includes 1. ABANDON SPA HOT... Read More
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PHOTO ALBUM OF AN AUTOMOBILE TOUR OF THE WEST IN 1927 BY A GROUP OF WOMEN
1927. Softcover. Fading to some of the photographs but most are not too bad. Very Good. Decorated suede covers (9-1/4" x 6-1/2") with a rawhide tie containing ninety-four 4-1/4" x 3-1/2" original photographs captioned in white ink on the album pages and six 4" x 6" commercial photographs with captions in the negatives, all documenting an automobile trip... Read More
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good, white slipcase with minor wear and light soiling . Quarto (8-3/4" x 12") bound in quarter black cowhide and boards covered with Cockerel handmade marbled paper; 98 pages folded double in the Japanese style. Printed on Abbey Mills paper made by Grosvenor Chater at their mill in... Read More
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![[NURSERY SPECIMEN BOOK FOR NORTH JERSEY NURSERIES. Millburn, NJ]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/430/1324430386.0.m.jpg)
[NURSERY SPECIMEN BOOK FOR NORTH JERSEY NURSERIES. Millburn, NJ]
Rochester, NY: Stecher Lithographic Co., 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates bright and clean. Slight looseness of covers. A Near Fine example of an attractive nursery specimen book. Oblong octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/4") in black cloth lettered in red. A handsome nursery specimen book with 85 chromolithographs, printed on both sides of the sheet, of trees, flowers, and fruit.... Read More
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