New York: Cheshire House, 1932. Hardcover. 138 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in slc. English text. #308 of 1200 copies. Printed by Richard Ellis for Cheshire House. Includes "The Life of Aesop" by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated w/ 68 engravings by Thomas Bewick. Slight sunning discoloration to boards & spine; moreso to spine.....
Warren, RI: 1979. Paperback. 127 pp., 8vo. Paperback. English & Spanish texts. Light edgewear to covers & spine; lg po marker handwriting to front cover. Profusely illustrated w/ line drawings; also includes fold-out color chart. Pgs clean & crisp.
Warren, RI: 1979. Paperback. 127 pp., 8vo. Paperback. English & Portuguese texts. Light edgewear & sunning to covers & spine. Profusely illustrated w/ line drawings; also includes fold-out color chart. Pgs clean & crisp.
London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Cloth. 640 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcovers in djs. 2 vols. Bindings very sturdy. Very light soiling to textblock edges. Textblocks clean & crisp; w/ fold-outs. Very light shelfwear to djs w/ price clipped to front flaps.
New York: The Century Co, 1900. Hardcover. 524 pp., folio. Hardcover. English text. Profusely illustrated w/ drawings by Hans Tegner. Slight edgewear, rubbing/scuffing, & soiling to boards & spine; some chipping & tears to spine cover. Binding somewhat loose but holding sturdy. Tears along hinges. Slight discoloration, foxing, & soiling.....
Chicago: Gateway Editions, Inc., 1950. Paperback. 94 pp., 12mo. Paperback. A Christian novel that "touches the deep paradoxes of humanity, confronted as always, w/ the choice between evil & good. In this story about a priest, a voice from above summons a dead priesthood to a new life." Slight sunning.....
New York: Schocken Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 196 pp., 12mo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. The story of a man's quest for revenge on the Nazi officer who murdered his parents. Boards fine. Binding tight. Texblock clean & crisp. Some faint soiling to dj.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962. Hardcover. 100 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Illustrated w/ sketches by Richard Sears. A play detailing the god Dionysus' quest to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. Boards & spine fine. Binding sturdy. Some very light foxing to textblock edges, pds.....
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962. Hardcover. 130 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. The fourth play of Aristophanes. A satire on the law courts of the author's day. Illustrated by Geraldine Sakall. Boards & spine fine. Binding very sturdy. Some light foxing to textblock edges. Interior clean & crisp.....
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1991. Cloth. 546 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Vol. 174. Light cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Moderate scuffing & light wear to dj.
London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Cloth. 1175 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcovers in dj. 3 vols. Published for The Hakluyt Society. Second Series Nos. 133, 134 & 135. Issued for 1967. Light sunning, flexing & shelfwear to boards; some very light soiling to vol 3 rear board &.....
New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2011. Paperback. 258 pp., 8vo. Paperback. English text. Film Europa, German Cinema in an International Context Vol. 10. Some light creases to covers & spine. Binding tight. Textblock very clean, practically crisp.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Cloth. 8vo. (n.d.) 320 pp. An Abrams Artbook. Owner's ink signature on ffep. Light soil to head. Dustjacket tanned, spine soiled, several 1/2" closed tears. Color and b/w plates, index.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Limited edition. Hardcover. 135 pp., 16mo. Hardcover in slc. Limited edition: #966 of 1500 copies. Signed by illuminator Angelo Valenti. Gilt design to boards; decorative borders to textblock. Musty odor. Boards slightly bowed w/ slight soiling near front joint. Mild edgewear; spine lightly sunned.....
Boston: Cummings & Hilliard, 1813. Leather. 159 pp., 8vo. Leather hardcover. Rebacked with original spine laid on. Heavy scuffing & wear to boards & spine. Binding tight. Slight foxing/soiling to textblock edges. Paste action browning, foxing & creasing to pds; large open tears with loss to ffep, po pencil writing.....
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1974. Hardcover. 94 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. A novel detailing the effects that prolonged solitary confinement has on the mind. Light shelfwear & bowing to boards & spine; slight cocking but binding very sturdy. Light foxing to textblock edges. Light foxing & creases to pds.....
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 205 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. 6 stories. Some light sunning to boards & spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Slight sunning & wear w/ some light soiling to dj.
Stockholm: R&S Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 93 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. A picture book of historical fiction portraying what life must have been like to a child in Victorian England & also to know the author of Alice in Wonderland. By the author of Linnea in.....
New York: Simon and Schuster n.d. First edition. Pictorial Boards. 83 pp. Gift inscription ffep. Light rubbing. p. From the True-Life Adventure Film "Beaver Valley." A Documentary Art Book: Marc Barraud/Armand A. Bigle's original French ed.: "Walt Disney La Vallee des Castors." Mounted color photos.
SIBRA, 2001. Paperback. 261 pp., 8vo. Paperback. An introduction to the Jewish community in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Illustrated w/ photos. Very light shelfwear to dj. Binding tight. Sm yellow remainder mark to textblock top edge, interior very clean.
Paris: Camuzeaux, 1855. Half-Leather. 8vo. 528/556 pp. Leather spines, corners bumped, faint cracks, Vol. I more so than Vol. II. Labels bright. Marbled boards rubbed. Gilt sl. faded. Bindings sound. Heavily foxed, dampstains both vols. to bottom corner throughout. B/w engravings.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. Cloth. 432 pp., 4to. Cloth hardcover in dj. A thorough history of the museum that was founded in the 19th century from the private collection of the Prussian kings. W/ 341 cillustrations, including 183 vibrant full-color reproductions of the Gemaldegalerie's most impressive works.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Hardcover. 160 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. English text. Concentration camp stories from a survivor of Auschwitz & Dachau. "His stories are testimony to the kind of normality that must develop from even the most abnormal & horrifying situations." Slight dampstaining/soiling to boards. Binding sturdy. Some.....
Montreal: Les Editions De L'Homme, 1965. Paperback. 200 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "The Pregnant Woman: The active role of the husband during pregnancy and childbirth" Slight creasing, soiling & wear to covers & spine. Slight soiling to textblock edges. Some pen underlining/marginalia & dog eared pgs scattered to otherwise clean &.....
New York: Brentano's, 1929. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 8vo. Hardcover in dj. A long pseudotranslation English poem. Illustrated w/ wild b&w drawings by John Kettelwell. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Bindig sturdy. Slight foxing & soiling to pds & eps, & scattered to lightly to rest of otherwise very.....
