London: Printed for John Churchill, (Executor to the late C. Churchill) and W. Flexney, 1769. Fourth Edition. Two volumes; octavos (21.5cm.); contemporary full calf, gilt spines in six compartments, red gilt morocco spine labels; [4],369; [2],330pp.; [A]2 B-2A8 2B2 & [A]2 B-X8 Y6. Boards rubbed along hinges with some exposure.....
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Queens, NY: 1974. Thirty original press photographs (measuring ca. 23.5x18cm. to 28x18cm. or the inverse), some with snipe in image or mounted to verso; occasional color pencil annotations to versos, one piece of snipe separated, else a Very Good collection, images all quite sharp. Substantial archive of press photographs covering.....
Paris: Pairault & Cie. 1895. First Edition. Miniature book (4x3cm.); publisher's buff pictorial card wrappers printed in red; 98,[2](ads)pp.; frontispiece, three woodcut plates. Light wear from handling, else a Very Good and sound, unopened copy. One of a series of ten miniature books issued by Pairault between 1895 and 1898.....
United States: ca. 1860? Original hand-made rolling paper toy theater comprised of a wooden and glass box (ca. 25x17x15cm) standing at 24cm on four small wooden legs, two wooden pegs inserted through holes in lid, front panel made of glass; the whole (save glass panel) plastered with the remnants of.....
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France, Cleveland, and others: 1912-1970. Substantial private and professional archive of Cleveland-based artist, ad-man, typographer, designer, and Kokoon Klub member Lawrence Harl Copeland (1889-1977). Collection consists of fifty-seven (57) pieces of correspondence of which fifty-one were written by Copeland to his then-fiancée (and later wife) Helene Bander while a private.....
Manchester: John Heywood Ltd, 1913. Fifth Edition. Original clamshell paper-covered box (17x12.5x1.5cm.), printed paper element mounted to lid, containing one (1) green stitched pamphlet (14cm.), one folded bifolium prospectus for a new edition of the set (dated 1915, ca. 22cm.), and eight (8) moveable plates (all ca. 15x11.5cm.) printed in.....
St.-Pétersbourg: Imprimerie de Jul Stauff (J. Fichon), 1882 [but 1881]. First Thus. 24mo (8.25cm.); later full red morocco, bound in original peach wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; xii,72pp. Minor bumping to corners, wrappers show some light soiling and wear with general rubbing slightly effacing text without loss of meaning;.....
Roma: Tipografia delle Scienze, 1839. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); contemporary green and decorative gilt textured paper-covered boards, contemporary manuscript private library label mounted to upper cover, red gilt spine label; 31pp.; engraved frontispiece. Light wear to extremities and spine, else Very Good, internally fine. Brief historical and technical introduction.....
Geneve: 1755. First Edition. Small 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments, reddish-brown gilt spine onlay, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; xviii,[19]-326pp. (*12 B-N12 O7 [M4 and M6 missigned L4 and L6]). Boards a bit scuffed, tiny chips at spine ends, 20th century Lisbon bookseller ticket to.....
Paris: Masson et Cie. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo; pp. [4], xv, [1], 454pp.; original buff printed wrappers (a bit a faint dampstaining along top edge and some soil spots); cracking to spine paper at crown without loss, else a very good, sound copy. Presumably the author's copy with.....
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New York: Hubbell Publishing Co., n.d., but ca. 1908. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket, color plate mounted to upper panel, housed in original brown paper-covered box, printed label with original price (75c.); [2]-184pp.; text printed within pink decorative borders throughout. Shallow chips to.....
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862. Second American from the Revised and Enlarged London Edition. Large octavo (26cm.); publisher's full sheep, black gilt-lettered spine label; xxxii,[33]-816pp.; hundreds (395 to be exact) woodcut illus. throughout. Leather quite scuffed with some peeling along margins, most notably to upper cover, old dampstain along bottom.....