Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. The history of Little, Brown and Company. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with mild edge wear. ; Octavo. More about One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing 1837-1987
Roma: Ministero dei Trasporti, 1948. Ephemera. Brown folder printed in black and red. The folder contains a 16pp booklet with a brief history of the Italian railroads and ten prints depicting Italian trains and stations.; 17.5 x 24 cm. More about Origini sviluppo e programma delle ferrovie italiane dello stato stampato in occasione delle...
Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 474pp + ads. Light brown cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine. Portrait frontispiece, inserted plates, two-page map in color. Worn spine ends and corners, hinges a bit soft. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More about The Past and Present of Rock Island County, Ill., Containing a History of the County -- Its...
New York: Physical Culture Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Mild chipping to spine, pencil marking to front cover, pages are toned along the edges. A bright very good+ copy. Includes Tales of the South Seas part one by Zane Grey and stories by John R. Tunis, Laura Miller... More about Physical Culture February 1931 Vol. LXV No. 2
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, 334pp + 198pp appendices. Half vellum and marbled boards, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. With the bookplate of Henry I. Shaw, Jr., on the front free endpaper. Stain to bottom edge, heavy wear to spine heel... More about Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring into the System of Military Punishments in...
Boston: New England Sabbath School Union, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. 64pp. Brown cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front panel. Illustrated frontispiece. Presentation inscription in pencil by the author on the flyleaf: "From the author to / her namesake / Laura L. Brown / Fall River / Aug... More about The Ride on the Sled: or the Punishment of Disobedience. Written for the New England Sabbath...
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. 272pp. Includes Cardanus Rider's Sheet Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord God 1783. Full red leather, sides and edges decorated in gold, spine elaborately ornated and with black leather label lettered in gold, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. The section... More about The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and...
New York: A. J. White, 1884. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Original color wrappers. The back cover has a drawing of the Statue of Liberty and there is a short article on the inside of the back cover on Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its magnificent creation. Chipping to edges, small..... More about Shaker Almanac 1884
Boston: Printed for Joseph Bumstead, 1807. Printed wrappers. 300pp. Rebound in modern wrappers with gray label lettered in black on the front cover. A comprehensive history of women from ancient to modern times, which reflects typical attitudes of the era. Two old mends to title page, tear to the upper... More about Sketches of the History, Genius, Disposition, Accomplishments, Employments, Customs, Virtues, and...
Johnstown, NY: Smith, Printer, 1910. Ephemera. Postmarked 1910. Faint crease. Condition is very good+. ; 14 x 8.75 cm. More about Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Johnstown, N.Y., Dedicated Sept. 5th, 1910 - Vintage Postcard
London: Printed for J. Cooke and Sold by T. Lewis and R. Mariner, [1770]. First Edition. [1]-36, 25*-36*, 37-96. Disbound. Lacks frontispiece, title loose. Internally clean. ; Octavo. More about The Spouter's Companion; or, Theatrical Remembrancer: Containing a Select Collection of the Most...
London: Printed by P. Rose and Son, Broadmed, Bristol, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 44pp. Contemporary cloth backed boards, portrait frontispiece. With the bookplate of Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet, on the front board and the front pastedown endpaper and the small, gilt bookplate of Alexander McGrigor on the front free... More about Trial of Mary Ann Burdock for the Wilful Murder of Mrs. Clara Ann Smith, by Administering...
New York: Macfadden Publications, Inc., 1937. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are mildly tanned. About near fine. Includes Honeymoon Murder! The Sinister Secret of an Iowa Farm, The Riddle of the Roadhouse and other stories. ; Quarto. More about True Detective Mysteries February 1937 Vol. 27 No. 5
New York: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 1932. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Some checkmarks in pencil throughout, a few short tears to spine. A very good copy. Includes Trapping the Mad Trapper of Rat River - The Sensational Capture of Albert Johnson, The Strange Slaying of Vera Schneider, How I Smashed... More about True Detective Mysteries October 1932 Vol. 19 No. 1
New York: Macfadden Publications, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are partly tanned, some checkmarks in pencil throughout. About near fine. Includes Six Murders in Six Minutes - The Mystery of the Crimson Cards, Primitive Passion - The Inside Story of the Sensational Marchand Case and other stories. Cover... More about True Detective Mysteries September 1936 Vol. 26 No. 2
New York: Published by Evert Duyckinck, 1809. Hardcover. 380pp + 18pp index. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes sections on the art of engraving; on metals; on the composition of varnishes; on manufacturing glass; on colors and painting; on gilding; on casting... More about Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, &c., Selected from the Best Authors. And Adapted to the...
Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 4, xii, 144, [2]pp. The first four leaves constitute a foldout map of Vermont. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and in blind on the rear panel. Includes a business directory, notes on the... More about The Vermont Directory and Commercial Almanac for 1869, Being the First After Bissextile or Leap...
Holyoke, MA: Holyoke Street Railway Company, (1912). Pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Light soiling to covers. A very good+ copy.; Octavo. More about Views on and about Mt. Tom and of Mt. Tom Railroad
London: Richard Phillips and Co., 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. 35pp + 11pp. Cloth backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. A touch of foxing else a fine copy. Bound with Letters from Africa by Signor Travideani, or Aveiro, to Canova, the Sculptor. ; Octavo. More about A Visit to Madras; Being a Sketch of the Local and Characteristic Peculiarities of That...
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, 1869. Hardcover. 59pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece. Includes the title story, The Miller's Daughter and The Eagle and the Child. Reprinted from the Religious Tract... More about The Young Fisherman of Heligoland, and Other Stories
Dublin: The Swan River Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. #79 of 100 with the Swan Press numbered blind stamp and matching number postcard with photograph of the author laid in. xiv, 220pp. Pictorial boards. Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More about Selected Poems
New York: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. First publication in book format. The set includes volumes 1 to 4. Collects Wolverine & the X-Men #1-18. Includes character sketches, letters columns, live tweets, and more. All the volumes are fine in fine dustjackets. ; 17 x 27 cm. More about Wolverine & the X-Men Four Volume Set (1-4
New York: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards. Collects Wolverine #17-20. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 18 x 26 cm. More about Wolverine: Goodbye, Chinatown
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Fawcett Gold Medal. P3527. A near fine copy. More about Assignment Afghan Dragon
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Fawcett Gold Medal. P3354. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo. More about Assignment Black Gold