A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH STEEL ENGRAVERS
by Basil Hunnisett
Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis, 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket soiled with slight closed tears to top; dust jacket price-clipped; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; no markings in text. Very Good+ binding / near Very Good dust jacket.
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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM H. HUNT
by Thomas Hunt
Brattleboro, VT: Privately Printed for the Author by E. L. Hildreth & Co, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First Edition of Thomas Hunt's The Life of William H. Hunt, privately printed for the author. Portrait frontispiece and additional plates. Toning to the endpapers, and foxing to a few pages only. Smudging to the spine, and... Read More
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VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN REVOLUTION. FROM PEASANT INSURRECTION TO TOTAL WAR
by David Hunt
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A First Edition copy of David Hunt's Vietnam's Southern Revolution, from Peasant Insurrection to Total War. With no marks of any kind. Black cloth with lettering and rules stamped in silver on the front board and spine. A Near Fine copy. Near Fine binding. ... Read More
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THE INDICATOR, AND THE COMPANION; A MISCENLLANY FOR THE FIELDS AND THE FIRESIDE. (2 Volumes)
by Leigh Hunt
London: Henry Colburn, 1834. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Containing selected articles which were originally published in The Indicator (1819-21) and The Companion (1828), both of which were edited by Leigh Hunt, with many of the articles penned by him. An attractive set in blue calf over marbled boards, with burgundy title labels and tan author labels... Read More
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[WEAPONRY] MILITARY HANDGUNS OF FRANCE, 1858 - 1959
by Eugene Medlin; Jean Huon
Excalibur Publications, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A nice clean copy. Very Good binding.
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[CHILDREN] THE PEPPERMINT FAMILY
by Margaret Wise Brown ; Illustrated by Clement Hurd
New York: Harper & Brothers. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/no dust jacket. Clement Hurd. Oblong Octavo; quarter bound black cloth over pictorial paper covered boards; lacking dust jacket; 32 unnumbered pages full of charming illustrations; a small spot of surface loss to the upperboard; some toning and wear to the edges; lower board has some soiling and a... Read More
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THE SEWELL C. BIGGS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ART: A CATALOGUE (Volume 1 & 2, Hardcover)
by Phillip D. Zimmerman; Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough; William H. Gerdts; Roxanne M. Stanulis; Catherine E. Hutchins
The Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, 2007. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. As New copies, with no marks of any kind. Unread, unmarked and unopened. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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[AGRICULTURE] CYRUS HALL McCORMICK. I. SEED-TIME, 1809-1856; II. HARVEST, 1856-1884 (2 Volumes)
by William T. Hutchinson
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc, 1935. Special De Luxe Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo; in full green morocco; with titling and decorations on the spine in gilt;; Volume 1; x, 493 including the Index; Volume 2 viii, 793 pages including the Index; both copies have a bit wear to the spines but overall are... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [SIGNED] [HUMOR] NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS
by Mac Hyman
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in beige cloth, with dustjacker; [iv], [2], 3-214, [1]; this copy is signed by Mac Hyman on the half-title page. ~~NOTE: This copy has a "married" dustjacket from a much later 15th printing (though the jacket has printed "10/54" at the bottom of... Read More
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[AMERICANA] [HUMOR] AMERICA IN RHYME AND WORSE. BRUSH UP ON YOUR HISTORY
by C. Schilling (Author) (IIlustrator)
Los Angeles, California: Self-publihsed, 1939. Very Good binding. 8vo. (8 3/4" x 6 1/4"); quarter brown suede over burgundy cloth with decorations and titling in faded gilt; [x], 11-111, followed by [1] with "Official Codes"; comic quatrains, 3 to a page, each illustrated with simple line drawings printed in burgundy;there is a previous owner name and address on... Read More
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[LITERARY CRITICISM] PURSUING HISTORY: MIDDLE ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS AND THEIR TEXTS (FIGURAE: READING MEDIEVAL CULTURE)
by Ralph Hanna III
Stanford: Standford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; xii, 362 pages; a previous owner name at the top of the front pastedown, under the dustjacket flap; the first quarter of the book has some very neat underlining; the dustjacket is bright, and is now... Read More
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[CHILDREN] THE MAGIC DOOR
by Dan Billany | Joan Billany [Illsutrations]
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large octavo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding with dustjacket which has not been price-clipped; [vi], 7-192 pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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A BOOK OF SWEETHEARTS: PICTURES BY FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTISTS
by Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy, Lester Ralph, Nathan Cootes, Will Grefe, Clarence Underwood, Harrison Fisher, and Alonzo Kimball; decorations by Will Jenkins
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. Bound in publisher’s cloth with large pictorial pastedown on the front cover titled blocked in gold at the bottom corner of the pastedown; general shelfwear particularly at the spine ends and corners; pastedown is soiled; contents relatively clean and binding sound; 8 full-page illustrations with numerous in text illustrations... Read More
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THE ROBBER KITTEN
by John Rea Neill (Illustrator)
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. This edition with the blue and white pictorial endpapers; a previous owner name is on the front endpaper. The dustjacket is present with some loss at the spine and a closed tear with a small amount of loss to the front panel. The... Read More
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ON THE TERRASSE
by William Van Wyck | Margery Nahl [Illustrations]
Paris: Edward W. Titus at the sign of the black Manikin, 1930. Hard Cover. Good binding. Printed by Maurice Darantiere at the sign of "La Queue de L'Etang", Epinay Sur Seine, September M. CM. XXX".~~This copy with foxing throughout; in marbled boards. An interesting binding, quarter bound with marbled paper, over the same marbled paper boards, with tape... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE NEW VESTMENTS
by Edward Lear | Sarah Chamberlain [Illustrator]
[Easthampton, MA]: The Chamberlain Press, 1978. Fine binding. Signed. 8vo.; in sewn printed wrappers; printed in red and in black on frenchfold Kitakata paper; [6] pages, with two engravings; this is number 65 of a limitation of 100 copies, signed by the illustrator Sarah Chamberlain. Fine binding.
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[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] WILLIE WAS A LADY
by Archibald Rutledge | Gerald Harvey (Illustrator)
Columbia, South Carolina: Wing Publications, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Personal inscription on the front endpaper. Gray cloth. Small chip and tear to the rear cover of the dustjacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[BABY BOOK] PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF BABY DAYS
by Lucile Patteson [Illustrator]
New York: Richard G. Krueger, Inc, 1939. Hard Cover. Fine binding. With pictorial padded "baby blue" vinyl cover; 44 pages; with soft pastel colored illustrations. With places for Announcement, Baby Arrives, Baby is Names, Baby's Hair, Weight, Height, Footprints, etc. One page only has been filled in, with an anonymous baby's weight and height;otherwise this is... Read More
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THE LADY WITH THE CAMELLIAS
by Alexandre Dumas Fils | Albert Lynch (Illustrator)
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co, 1889. Three Quarters Leather. Near Fine binding. Alexandre Dumas Fils' The Lady with the Camellias, translated into English, with illustrations by Albert Lynch. Collates complete, with ten engraved plates. Half title; title page vignette; additional title page, chromolithographic. Bookplate. Three quarters tan morocco over marbled paper boards, with lettering and decoration in gilt. Top... Read More
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WILLY'S FARM
by Edith Thacher Hurd | Clement Hurd (Illustrator)
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Text illustration in green, blue and orange, by the author's husband, who also illustrated The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon. With no marks. Some loss to the dustjacket spine; beginning of separation to the dustjacket folds. Illustrated paper boards, with a Good only... Read More
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DESERT, A LEGEND
by Martin Armstrong | Eric Ravilious [Illustrator]
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in publisher's red cloth binding, slightly cocked; with the uncommon dustjacket with illustration by Eric Ravilious; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped; is has a small chip and an internal closed tear to the spine; top corner of the front panel with... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] [FRENCH] [FOLIO] HISTOIRE DES CROISADES [2 VOLUMES]
by Joseph-Francois Michaud | Gustave Dore [Illustrator]
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1877. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two folio volumes (17 1/4" x 13 1/4); in the publisher's red cloth bindings, gorgeously stamped in black and gilt; [iv], [1], 2-422 pages, followed by Tables des Gravures (the final leaf of which has a crease); [iv], [1], 2-373 pages, followed by Tables des Gravures; each... Read More
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[SIGNED] [CHILDREN] BONNIE BESS, THE WEATHERVANE HORSE
by Alvin R. Tresselt | Erik Blegad [Illustrator]
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1970. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Oblong quarto; in the publisher's pale green cloth with decoration and titling in darker green, and with pictorial dustjacket; this copy is signed with inscription by the author; "To C--- A---- V ---! With best wishes, Alvin Tresselt~~The dustjacket has only... Read More
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[FIRST TWENTY FOUR VOLUMES OF A SPORTING MAGAZINE] FORES’S SPORTING NOTES & SKETCHES. A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DESCRIPTIVE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SPORT. ILLUSTRATED. VOL. I-XXIV, 1884-1907
by Finch Mason; R. M. Alexander (Illustrator)
London: Messrs. Forres, 1907. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; in red cloth bindings, decorated in gilt and black. All edges gilt; generally in Very Good condition; the spines are sunned and faded, though the decorated front boards are generally quite bright; silverfishing to some of the volumes; foxing to some preliminaries; front hinge of Volume I and... Read More
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[BABY BOOMER HUMOR] SO ... NOW COLLITCH!
by Herbert Nachman | Laurence S. Hopper (Illustrator)
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1952. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's printed wrappers; 112 pages, with illustrations.~~Post-war humor fit for the nascent baby-boomers. "Your college education in a nut-shell ... It gives you the low-down on everything, from Women to Money -- from Registration to Breathing. All you have to do when... Read More
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