Pantheon, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Squarish 4to (10.75 x 10.5 in). Glossy black hardcover with illustrated boards and matching dust jacket, unclipped with original $5.95 price. Stated first edition. Beautiful, full-page color illustrations throughout. Light soiling to page edges from handling. An otherwise fine copy...
Chicago: Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, 1933. Paperback. 2 books, both oblong 8vo paperbacks with full color illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Official View Book measures 9 x12 in., appx. 32 pp., Electricity at Work is 8.5 x 11 in., appx. 30 pp. with fold-out leaf Diorama of the Generation, Transmission, Distribution and.....
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1918. Cloth. Together with Texts Collected by Alexander Francis Chamberlain. 8vo. 387 pp. green cloth hardcover with gilt titling to spine. Very light bumping to boards and edges. A collection of over 70 Native American folk tales, collected by Chamberlain in 1891 and Boas in.....
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1918. Cloth. 8vo. 561 pp. green cloth hardcover with gilt titling to spine. No dust jacket as issued. City of Providence Park Museum discard stamp to ffep and numerical ink notation to verso, otherwise no library markings. Numerous b&w photographic plates, songs and lyrics, dances.....
J.B. Burr & Hyde, 1872. Cloth. 8vo. 1304 pp. purple cloth hardcover with gilt text and decoration to front board and spine, blind-ruled boards and blind-stamped rear board. Spine and cover cloth heavily sunned and discolored, torn at spine foot and fraying at head. Binding shaken but holding. Text block.....
Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1827. Hardcover. 5 volumes. Half leather over red marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, bottom edge rough-cut. Vol I missing appx. 2 inches of spine leather at head, I and II have front board detached (both present). Heavy bumping to spines and corners, rubbing.....
Chicago: A Century of Progress, 1933. Paperback. 8vo. 194 pp. stapled paperback in colorful pictorial wraps. Original 25 cent price to front cover. Some creasing and edgewear to wraps, especially at corners. Light soiling. Fold-out map of fair at front with full color adverts, bright neon image of Firestone factory.....
New York: Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson, Inc., 1940. Paperback. 8vo. 160 pp. stapled paperback in colorful pictorial wraps with original 25 cent price. Some foxing to wraps, rusting to binding staples, large (appx. 6 in.) crease to upper forecorner front cover. Fold-out map at front with directory of exhibits. Text is clean and.....
Bristol, RI: Roger Williams College Historic Preservation Program, 1980. Paperback. 24 pp., 8vo. Stapled aperback. Some very light scuffing & shelfwear to covers & stapled spine. Text block clean & crisp.
Providence, RI: the Providence Journal Company, 1983. Signed. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket. 188pp. Lightly sunned along dj spine with tiny chips to dj spine ends. Inscribed in blue ink by Hanlon to Ben Mondor, former owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox.
New York: Random House, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. 412 pp. + DVD. Paper covered boards in dustjacket. Inscribed by Brokaw in black ink to Ben Mondor (1925-2010). Mondor was best known the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Back dj panel lightly scuffed. Includes DVD of.....
Mexico: Frente de Afirmacion Hispanista, A. C., 2011. Paperback. 8vo. Bright pink wraps. Small knick (< 1cm) to top of spine, otherwise find in shrinkwrap. Estudios de Antonio Rey Hazas and Mariano de la Campa. Edicion de Jose J. Labrador Herraiz and Ralph A. DiFranco. Text in Spanish.
Munster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2011. Hardcover. 8vo. 115 pp. Dark purple hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Ergänzungsband Kleine Reihe 7. Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum.
Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1938. Cloth. 35 pp. [+19 pp]. 8vo grey cloth hardcover with gilt decoration to front board and text to spine. No dust jacket. Few small discolored spots to rear board, front lower fore corner. Spine faded, slightly cocked, bumping to ends. Unicorn bookplate belonging to.....
London: Cobden-Sanderson, [1930?]. Hardcover. 296 pp. 12mo. Green pictorial paper hardcover. Scuffing and soiling to boards, discoloration to spine. Front board rubbed/torn, partial loss to cover image and small board exposure to fore edge. Sunning and fading to text block edges, some very light foxing scattered to interior, mainly at.....
Providence, RI: The John Carter Brown Library, 1989. Paperback. 122 pp. Tall 8vo paperback. Patterned grey and peach wraps with gold text to spine. Clean, as new condition. One of 1200 copies printed for the John Carter Brown Library. Catalogue to accompany an exhibition held in the Spring of 1989.....
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. Cloth. 280 pp. 8vo. Rust red cloth hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Heavy wear to jacket with dampstaining to spine panel and chipping to edges, corners, and spine. Partial loss to jacket top edge. Original $3.00 price to front flap in tact. Boards and.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1955. Cloth. 47 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth hardcover in dust jacket. Gilt text to spine, faint water staining to lower edge front board. Dust jacket lightly soiled, heavier at folds. Sunning and fading to spine panel, original $2.50 price to front flap in tact. Small.....
New York: Walker & Company, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 306 pp. 8vo. Brown hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by author to RI bookbinder Russell DeSimone in blue ballpoint pen to title page, dated March 25, 2009. Book and jacket in near fine condition. This item is offered for sale.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. 271 pp. 8vo green cloth hardcover with gilt titling and blind embossed cover illustration. Printed yellow dust jacket with same cover image depicting 3 people working in a bindery. Soiling and discoloration to dust jacket, chipping to corners and edges.....
Stamford, CT: Glad Hand Press, 1982. Paperback. [15 pp.] 4to. Stapled paperback with decorative purple cover ornament and black titling. Light foxing and soiling to wraps, mainly lower front cover, inner rear cover. Vivid orange endpapers intentionally unattached at edges. Interior free of foxing, clean and bright, with 13 full-page.....
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Paperback. 48 pp. 8vo. Staple-bound paperback. Textured brown and gold wraps. Light soiling to front cover and faint rubbing to spine. Previous owner's ink notation to verso front cover: "Frederick Roy Martin, graduate of Lowell High School '89 and Harvard College '93 is (1937).....
[Boston, MA]: The Bibliophile Society, [1910?]. Paperback. 71 pp. 8vo. Paper wraps. Light soiling and toning to wraps, discoloration to spine. Deckled fore edge, slight yapping. Few small closed tears to rear cover and at foot of spine. Red ink date stamp "May 29 1984" to inner margin of first.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. Cloth. 12mo. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt text. 177 pp. A New Edition, with b&w illustrations. Some soiling and bumping to bds, especially at corners and spine ends. Some foxing to edges of text block and eps. Pencil marginalia to fep. Few rough-cut bolts.....
Providence, RI: Brown University Library, 2000. Paperback. 8vo. 61 pp. Printed pictorial paper wraps. Very faint scuffing to wraps, otherwise as new. Catalogue to accompany an exhibit at the John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island October through December 2000. Several black and white images throughout. This item is.....
