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New York: Royal Baking Power Co. 1904. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's two-toned (blue-grey over maroon) cloth stamped in gilt; [6],42pp. Faint dampstaining to cloth not bleeding into textblock, additional soil (cooking splatter?) to rear cover, else Near Very Good, internally fine. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Mrs Henry A. Martin... More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, [1956]. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in tan photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket; xv,[1],165pp.; illus. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, spine very lightly sunned, else Very Good or better. More
Austin, TX: Steck Company, [1945-1946]. First Edition. Two volumes; quartos (28cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 96 & 128pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit toned, pencil ownership signature to upper covers, else Near Fine. A few scraps of cloth and sketches from a contemporary owner laid in. Handcraft series for... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1913]. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); publisher's pictorial boards in printed dust jacket; 148pp.; full-page illus. throughout. Jacket toned, most heavily at spine and flap folds, extremities with a number of shallow chips, upper flap separated but present. A Fine copy in Good or... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, [1971]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 79pp. A hint of wear, else Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket (price $4.75). More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, [1973]. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket; 71pp. Light rubbing to upper jacket panel, brief soil to rear, else Fine in Very Good or better jacket. Poetry collection by the English author and editor. More
[London: Phaidon, 2001]. First Edition. Quarto (25cm.); publisher's textured boards in decorative dust jacket; xi,[12]-352pp.; color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, a few tiny scratches to spine, shallow crease at top fore-edge of front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. More
Paris: Le Rire, 1936. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 402. Folio (32cm.); publisher's decorative wrappers disbound as issued; [20]pp.; chiefly illustrations, including double-paged color plate. Wrappers a bit worn along extremities, spine edge rubbed, small loss at top fore-edge corner of rear cover, else... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1953]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in price-clipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; [12],244pp.; photographic frontispiece. A few closed tears along spine crown edges; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. The history of the still-extant Theater District restaurant Sardi's, which opened at West 44th Street in 1927. More
Chevy Chase, MD: Double Dummy Card Holder Co. 1905. First Edition. Complete game set including original green cloth clamshell box (25x14x3cm.) printed in white, string-bound "You & I Score Pad" printed in red and black (23.5x6.5cm.) with small blue pencil attached at end of string, and matching green cloth dummy... More
Barcelona: Imprenta de Joseph Texidor, 1705. Small octavo (14.5cm.); contemporary full vellum, manuscript spine title, retaining vellum ties; [16],483,[13]pp. ([*]8 A-2H8). Rear cover darkened, tiny loss mid-spine, one tie partly perished, red portion of half title has been neatly cut away, some tearing to waste paper endpapers, faint and shallow... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. Reprint. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [10],278pp.; illus. throughout printed in purple. A few closed tears to jacket extremities, the longest at top edge of rear panel slightly touching author photograph, some light dust-soil to both panels; Near Fine in... More
Louisville, KY: Reynolds Metal Company, [1956]. First Edition. Two volumes; square quartos (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative black and metallic dust jackets; 255,403pp.; metallic pictorial endpapers, text illus. throughout. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, more so to Vol. 2, red portion of Vol. 2 spine faded, some brief soil... More
[London]: Duckworth, [1976]. First Edition. Slim octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 128pp.; pictorial endpapers, text illus. throughout, including photographs. Small partially removed price sticker to front jacket flap, else in Fine condition. Historical and physiological account of Patrick Cotter, the "Irish Giant," whose hidden coffin was... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [1984]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xv,[1],535pp.; 14 leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos. Some light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine quite faded as is often the case, small soil spot to upper textblock edge, else Fine in... More
Budapest: Képzömüvészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata, 1969. First Thus. Slim folio (34.5cm.); contents loose as issued in brown pictorial card chemise; [6]pp. & 30 leaves of facsimiles. Title page a bit toned, chemise rather chipped and worn along extremities with some rather long splitting, else Near Very Good, contents near fine. Quite... More
Paris: M. Knoedler et Cie. / Arts et Métiers Graphiques, [1938]. First Edition. Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 30. Small quarto (23.5cm.); contents loose as issued in publisher's green decorative card chemise in original glassine jacket; [4]pp. & 49 plates depicting 76 numbered drawings (complete). Tiny... More
Paris: A l'Enseigne du Pot Cassé, [1925]. First Thus. Limited to 1950 copies on Chesterfield of which this is no. 882. 12mo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in black and pale grey; [6],201pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed with a few tiny chips and closed tears, else... More
Paris: Dalpayrat & Depelley Editeurs, n.d., ca. 1890s. 12mo; publisher's full brown morocco, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, moiré silk endpapers; 52pp.; text printed within color chromolithographic pictorial borders in the style of Medieval illuminated manuscripts. Light rubbing along spine edges, else Fine. This title unlocated in... More
Paris: Chez Guillaume, an VII [1798]. Small 12mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black spine gilt label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],210pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, five leaves of plates with original tissue guards. Tiny chip at spine crown, else a Very Good to Near Fine, attractively bound copy. More
Londres: 1781. Octavo; publisher's drab card wrappers, manuscript spine title; 204pp. Some worming to upper cover with small loss at top fore-edge corner, a few small chips to spine, inoffensive 19th-century shelf labels to title page, else a Very Good, untrimmed copy in the original binding. This edition issued a.... More
Portland: Thomas B. Wait, 1805. Slim octavo; contemporary black sheep-backed marbled boards, gilt spine; viii,84pp. Boards and leather rather rubbed with some brief loss of paper to upper cover, preliminaries quite foxed, else Near Very Good, internally Near Fine. Didactic poem first published in 1744, the year the author traveled... More
Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Iost, 1637. Editio Quarta. Thick quarto; full contemporary triple-ruled sheep, unadorned spine in five compartments, all edges speckled red, retaining original endpapers as well as a wastepaper front free endpaper; [4],1011,[61]pp.; engraved title page vignette and head- and tail-pieces, text printed in double columns. Leather somewhat edge... More
Bruxelles: Maison Verrassel-Charvet, n.d., ca. 1850s. Small 12mo; publisher's yellow pictorial wrappers; 75pp.; color lithographic folding plate. Wrappers a bit worn and dust-soiled with some crude glue repair along spine else Very Good, internally fine. At head of title: "Souvenir de Bruxelles." Tourist guide to "Manneken-Pis," the 17th-century bronze sculpture... More
Paris: Ménard et Desenne, Fils, 1817. First Thus. Two volumes; small octavos (17cm.); full contemporary mottled calf, red and black gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [4],c,173,[5]; [4],272,[4]pp.; frontispiece in Vol. I & 7 leaves of plates with original tissueguards. Joints very slightly cracked, corners gently bumped, foxing... More
