Privately printed for the Society For Literary Knowlewdge, 1937. Limited ed. Hardcover. One of seventy-five copies only. Buff paper covered boards lettered in gilt, over tan cloth spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 71 pp. plus two leaves each with two tipped on photographs of small groups of members.....
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1859. Hardcover. Octavo in blindstamped royal blue cloth decorated in gilt on cover and spine. xii+252 pp. Highly decorative color litho first title page. Favorite hymns and sacred songs in English translation from the German. Cover and spine gilt bright, small worn spot head of.....
Phila: Lippincott, 1905. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Forest green cloth lettered and designed in white; top edge gilt and fore edge uncut; 200 pps. Illustrated with photographic plates. Collection of equestrian-related verse by various authors including pieces by Kipling, Byron, Scott, Browining, Bret Harteand many others. Light fading to.....
San Francisco: Pacific Art Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover in red cloth lettered and decorated in black. 184 pp. Illustrated throughout with full-page monchrome photo plates as well as smaller photes and portraits. About very good, some dampstaining to the covers but not overtly obtrusive, bit of light.....
New York: Candid Magazine, 1954. Softcover. Small format pulp magazine. Color cheesecake cover photo of Marjorie Vann in skimpy Christmas outfir holding a wreath. 129 pp. Vintage 50's vintage risque pulp photo magazine featuring page after page of scantily clad ladies as well as other sensational-type subjects like "Shows"...
Wilmette, IL: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1989. Softcover. Softcovers. 90 pp. with reference list, index. Near fine, related newspaper clippings stapled inside rear cover.
Boston: S.T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster, 1824. Hardcover. 24 mo. in original paper covered boards spined in red leather with gilt lines and lettering. Presumed first edition (WorldCat shows nothing under tis title). 174pps. plus vi publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece engraving of a gentlemen and four children at a graveside.....
Privately Printed, 1928. Wraps. Oblong quarto in tan stiff wrappers lettered in gilt, perfect bound and with ribbon tie. 40 pp. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of vintage maps. Scarce 1920s survey of Mercer County, New Jersey with sections on history, geography, agriculture, transportation, industry (including pages on the John.....
South Bend, IN: South Bend Lathe Works, 1938. Softcover. Oversized in black stiff wrappers decorated and lettered in gilt and red. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout with images of the equipmnt. Fine and bright. Laid in is a folding poscket price list and a single sheet "New in this catalog" page.....
Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. Old Salem Inc, 2004. First. Softcover. Glossy, color illustrated softcovers; 104 pps. Illustrated. AS NEW.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, (c. 1860). Softcover. no date (circe 1860) 24mo. in illustrated wrappers. 61 pp. Shallow creasing to the corners of the front wrap, interior clean. A tight example.
Post, Tx: OS Ranch, 1973. Softcover. Oblong oversized in color illustrated softcover, spiral bound. 90 pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings, reproductions of paintings and sculptures with small biographical sketches of the artists. Signed by Ben K. Green on p.16 at the introduction to the art exhibit portion. The second section.....
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1897. Hardcover. Quarto sized volume in color litho illustrated paper covered boards over tan cloth spine lettered in black. Unpaginated (aprox. 80). Illustrated with black and white full and partial-page engravings. Very good, pages somewhat embrowned and delicate as usual.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1853. John Gilbert. Hard Cover. 12mo in red cloth, blindstamped and with additional lettering and decoration in gilt on cover and spine. 134 pps. Frontis and three additional engravinsg by John Gilbert. Tale for young people that beings with the autumn apple harvest and continues.....
Esmond, RI: The Esmond Mills, 1922. Softcover. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" in color illustrated wraps. 28 pp. Color illustrations. An advertising piece for the Esmond Mills of Esmond, Rhode Island, maker of "Coretx Finish" blankets, crib linens, mattress covers, etc. Children's tale of "Bunny Cortex". Near fine, front wrap.....
Canden, NJ: Camden Daily Courier, 1917. First edition. Softcover. Oversized in grey-green stiff wrappers printed in black. 50 pp. plus an extensive advertising section at rear. Illustrated. Issued to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Camden Daily Courier newspaper, both a history of and booster publication for Camden, New Jersey.....
(Bridgeton, NJ): (1967). Pamphlet. Papmplet of 4 pp. Cover photo and one additional photo. Scarce. Brief monograph on Delaware Bay pirates and on a famous South Jersey 18th century shipwreck. On or about Christmas Eve , 17978, the ship "John", a Newburyport built ship en route from Germany to Phildelphia.....
Taiwan: 1970. Paperback. 75 pps. Discussion of customs in China. Near fine, tight copy in crisp cover.
New York: American Tract Society, (1833). Pamphlet. No date, circa 183. Pamphlet of 28 pp, publication No. 123 of the American Tract Society. Near fine, light foxing. Laid in is a single sheet poem "Mercy's Free", No. 158.
Albany, NY: James B. Lyon, 1893. First edition. Leather_bound. Three quarter black leather over marbled paper-covered boards, spine lined and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. 744 pp. Very good, deaccessioned from the Library of Congress and once owned by te Interstate Commerce Commerce Commission with their stamp dated 1902 front.....
Philadelphia: Geo. S. Harris, 1874. Wraps. 20 pp. in light grey printed wrappers. Full page frontispiece engraving of the Institute. Catalogue of this south Jersey college preparatory institution incluidng rosters of officers, instructors, students, courses of study, required textbooks, fees, etc. Very good, light crease down the center.
Toms river, NJ: Ocean County Principal's Society, 1988. Second edition. Softcover. Oversized in illustrated softcovers. Fine. 192 pp. plus index. Illustrated with photographs. Collection of historical stories and anecdotes , many written by the children of the Ocean County (New Jersey) school system. Includes material on the Barnegat, Lakewood, Point.....
Jersey City, NJ: Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, 1933. Softcover. Miniature book, 64mo. (aprox 2 1/4" x 3") in limp cloth grey-green covers lettered in black. 64 pp. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. The 3rd Edition updated through the 1932 election of FDR. Quite scarce. Very good, previous owner's.....
London: R. Hopwood, 1768. First edition. Leather_bound. First edition. 12mo. in full contemporary calf, chipped, peeled and cracked; marbled endpapers (front free endpaper excised). See below for additional condition description. (1) xxviii+223 pp. (1). Extremely scarce work on mid-18th century travels in France and Flanders, generally confined to churches, abbeys.....
New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey Federation of Shade Tree Commissions, (1965). Wraps. 50 pp. in printed wrappers. Illustrated with line drawings. Very good, some toning about the edges of the wraps and a stray ink mark on introductory page. Revision of the 1961 edition. Handbook intended to serve as a......
