London: George C. Leighton, 1858. 644 pp., lg folio. Hardcover w/ blue leather spine. Contains hundreds of beautiful engravings, including: sectionals of the Leviathan steam-ship, portrait of Prince Fredeick William w/ the Princess Royal, depiction of royal wedding festivities in the Berlin Knights' Hall, 2-pg spreads of the city of.....
London: The Leadenhall Press, circa 1883. Unpaginated, 4to. Hardcover. Illustrated w/ wood cuts & engravings. Heavy rubbing/scuffing w/ edgewear & soiling to boards & spine; tears across spine cover top edge (reglued). Front board loose but holding, same for binding. Discoloration & soiling to textblock top edge. Hinges open, front.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Hardcover. 295 pp., folio. Quarter-leather cloth hardcover in dj & slc. Copy number 436 of 1500 made especially for members of The Limited Editions Club. "A critique, a conspectus, a bibliography, indexes." Illustrated w/ b&w & color facsimiles. Lightshelfwear & soiling to boards &.....
New York: Conde Nast, 1935. 80 pp., folio. Paperback. Profusely illustrated w/ b&w & some color illustrations & photos, also filled w/ vintage advertisements. Slight rubbing, soiling, creases, & edgewear to covers & spine; light po pen signatures to covers, tears to spine, spine cover bottom edge chipped away. Binding.....
Salem, MA: Salem Press Co., 1919. 124 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. A comprehensive list of names from Newport clubs, Newport, Jamestown, Narragansett Pier, & Watch Hill; illustrated w/ b&w photos of buildings. Sunning & edgewear to boards; soiling/discoloration to rear & front board title stickers. More than half of spine cover.....
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1954. First edition. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Former owners name to ffep. Light rubbing to slipcase. Otherwise crisp and clean. This edition is limited to 975 numbered copies, of which this is number 854. All are signed by Mr. Frasconi, Mr. Wescott and Mr.....
Chicago: American Greenhouse Manufacturing Co., 1927. Paperback. 192 pp, folio. Paperback. Catalogue of greenhouses, circa 1927. In good condition overall. Edgeworn, with approx. 2" missing from spine foot, approx. 1" chip missing from foot of front cover, 1" tear to fore-edge of rear cover, creasing to lower corners of covers.....
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co., 2005. First edition. 159 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. "No other contemporary poet, in America, is likelier to become a classic than A. R. Ammons." - Harold Bloom. Binding tight. Textblock clean & crisp. Some very light shelfwear to.....
Boston: Mills, Knight and Co., 1886. 465 pp., 8vo. Cloth. Signed. Faint musty odor. Boards mildly scuffed, soiled. Mild edgewear. Light foxing to textblock edges. Light creasing to spine. Mild soiling/foxing to front matter, eps. Binding sturdy. Pgs clean. Includes three b&w photographs. Full title: History of the Forty-Second Regiment.....
Boston: George Adams, 1856. 456 pp + 56 pp of ads. 8vo. Quarter-cloth. Edgeworn; boards and cloth tanned, significant rubbing. Gilt lett to cloth somewhat faded; spine ends rubbed, chipped, w/ small tears. 5.5" tear to front joint cloth w/ horizontal tears 3/4" across spine at ends of front joint.....
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1910. Half Leather Over Boards. 8vo. vol I 609 pp.; vol II 648 pp. 2 vols. Half-leather hardcovers. Leather over marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers. Edgewear to boards & spine. Bindings very sturdy. Gilt textblock top edges. Rubbing to joints, light rubbing to corners.....
New York: George H. Doran, 1927. First edition. 320 pp., 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Light rubbing, slight scuffing to boards w/ one sm. soil mark to back board. Some bumping to spine ends; overall light edgewear. Some sunning to spine; spine slightly cocked. Slight soiling to textblock edges. Po ink.....
New York: Random House, 1939. Unpaginated folio. Hardcover in dj. Early edition; 200/200 on dj front flap flap; "Horton Hatches the Egg" advertised on rear flap - red title on yellow boards. Mild edgewear w/ light chipping to spine ends; boards lightly bowed w/ few sm. soil marks; creasing to.....
London: (printed by) W. Pearson, for J. Tonson. Half-Leather w/ Marbled-Boards. 12mo. 360 (vol1.), 348 (vol.2), 352 (vol.3), 352 (vol.4), 352 (vol.5), 372 (vol 6.) pp. Facsimile of 1720 ed. Presumed circa 1870's. Books are fine except for some very light rubbing to boards. On laid Paper. Marbled boards and.....
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1989. Limited edition. 114 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Signed limited edition; #2 of 26 signed copies. Edges slightly bumped. Dj panels slightly rubbed w/ few faint scratches. Signed.
Paris: Guillaumin et cie Libraires, 1855. 376 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. French text. Slight discoloration, shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine, more sunning to spine. Binding sturdy. Slight foxing & discoloration throughout textblock.
New York: Rand McNally, 1909. 245 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Musty odor. Covers dampstained; front cover torn from textblock. Spine creased, chipped. Tear to pgs 167-168. Opening to some hinges but binding generally sturdy & pgs clean. Includes several b&w photographs & 6 folding maps.
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1982. 224 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. Beautiful full-color illustrations by Michael Whelan. Very light scuffing, flexing & shelfwear to boards. Some shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Veyr light soiling to textblock edges. Pgs clean & crisp. Dj.....
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing, Co., 1928. First edition. 96 pp., oblong 12mo. Hardcover. First edition. A construction instruction book for building vehicles for children. Illustrated w/ schematics. Moderate discoloration, edgewear & soiling to boards & spine. Binding loose but holding. Sm po pen signature to fpd top corner, slight soiling.....
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871. Skinny 8vo. 32 pp. Foxing, rubbing and light soiling to covers. Brown spotty soiling to covers and spine. Spine ends split at corners, bumped. Spine ends and back bottom cover corner chipped. Rough cut text block. Inside covers and first and last page soiled lightly.....
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911. 142 pp + plates, 8vo. Cloth. Edgeworn w/ sl. splitting to cloth at sp. ends and corners, corners bumped, spine lt sunned, lt. soil/ damp-spotting to boards. Textblock age-tanned w/ minor soil to top edge, tanning and foxing to eps, p.o.'s name and address.....
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2001. 396 pp., folio. Cloth hardcover in dj. Light flexing to boards. Slight cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some light soiling to textblock edges. Po pen inscription to ffep otherwise pgs clean & crisp. Slight scuffing & shelfwear to dj; sunning.....
Boston: David R. Godine, 1983. First edition. 60 pp., squarish oblong 4to. Paperback. First edition. Contemporary Photographer Series Vol. V. Filled w/ b&w photos. Slight scuffing, sm creases & wear to covers & spine; very bottom edge of spine cover missing. Binding holding sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp.
Washington: Ordnance Department U.S.A., 1918. 16mo. 59 pp.; pamphlet for the U.S. military with 8 b&w plates and fold-out illustration; Form No. 1932, "The Official Number of this Copy is 7092"; light rubbing to covers at corners and spine ends; foxing to edges of page block; staples bent; chips to.....
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1938. Unpaginated, folio. Cloth hardcover. A picture book. Inscribed in pen on ffep by author & illustrator. From the original Russian fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin. English translation. Slight soiling & shelfwear to boards & spine; discoloration & sunning to spine. Light cocking to.....
