Pittsburgh: McKenna Brass, 1919. Softcover. Lot of three pieces relating to automatic bottling machines. The first two feature the Shields Two-Head Bottling Machine manufactured and sold by the McKenna Brass and Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh. 1) sales catalog: Slightly oversized stiff wrappers, 8" x 11". 20 pp. Illustrated with photographs of.....
Princeton Book Company, 2012. Paperback. As new, unused copy. Softcovers. 350 pp. with bibliography, index. Fundamentals of buying, preparing, and wearing pointe shoes. With this, the only book of its kind written, dancers and students can quickly benefit from the most current research offering information on hundreds of shoe designs.....
London: Parry & Company, 1852. First UK edition. Hardcover. Small folio hardcover in green cloth covered boards ornately stamped in gilt. 82 pp. + 6 pp. of ads for books printed by Thomas, Copperwait & Co., Philadelphia. Illustrated throughout with full and partial page hand-colored maps and woyj small illustrative.....
New York: P.J. Kenedy, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in green cloth with paper spine label. Deaccessioned from a seminary clerical library with the usual faults and markings. 271 pp. with index. Frontispiece portraitmof Washington and seven additional plates of fascimiles of manuscript documents. A rather scarce study of George.....
New Orleans: Privately Printed, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. vii+ 436 pp. with index, bibliography. Folding map in pocket at rear and illustrations in the text. Deaccessioned from a seminary clerical library with the usual markings. Dust jacket included. The first book depicting the role of Bayou St. John played.....
Washington DC: Democratic National Committee, 1929. Hardcover. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt. Deaccessioned form a seminary clerical library with the usual markings. No jacket. 322 pp. With eight photographic plates. Collection of campaign speeches by New York Governor Alfred E. Smith during his run as the Democratic Party.....
Augusta, KS: privately printed for A. Sellens, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Thick oversized volume in red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine in generally fine dust jacket with a trace of bumping along the top edge. xi+ 545 pp. with bibliography. More than 4500 small illustrations throughout the text.....
Hollidaysburg, PA: for the author by The telegraph Press, 1940. Hardcover. Oversized, thick hardcover in red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 426 pp. A tight, internally clean copy but covers are scuffed and wear at the spine ends. Record of soldiers from Blair County, Pennslyvania from the Revolution through.....
New York: Norman W. Henley, 1924. revised. Hardcover. Thick hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt. 807 pp. with index + 39 pp. publisher's catalog at rear. Illustrated with small drawings. Very good, gilt lettering still bright, modest rubbing to the cloth and a printed ownership signature top edge of.....
Philadelphia: Insurance Company of North America, 1963. Second edition. Softcover. Softcovers in cream colored stiff wrappers stamped in black. 133 pp. with collection index, index of companies. Illustrated throughout with aprox. 115 photos of fire marks. Second printing (first was 1933). Near fine, light, small corner crease front cover; internally.....
Grand Rapids, MI and Jamestown, NY: Keller Brass and Weber-Knapp, (1947). Softcover. Oversized in red stiff wrappers lettered in gilt. No date there is a "Received" stamp on the title page with date of 1947. 37 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs exterior decorartive hardware pieces, lid supports, cabinet hinges, catches.....
Philadelphia: Berger Brothers Co., (1935). Softcover. N.d. (circa 1935). Oversized in green stiff wrappers lettered in gilt. 42 pp. plus index. Illustrated throughout with engravings of products and small photos. Catalog for Berger Brothers (established in 1874) a Philadelphia company that specialized mainly in tinners and roofers supply (hooks, gutters.....
Keystone for the Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Oblong oversized in illustrated softcovers. 80 pp. with index, bibliography. Profusely illustrated with photographs and reproductions throughout. Histroical survey of Pennsylvania's rural blacksmiths from the middle of the 18th century through the middle of the Great Depression. Includes sections.....
New York: W.A. Townsend, 1861. First edition. Leather_bound. First edition. Thick large octavo in original full red leather (also seen in brown), gilt lettering front board and spine, hubbed spine, incised decoration about the boards and in the compartments. Inside edges of the boards decorated in gilt. All edges gilt.....
New York: Cooper Square, 1968. Reissue. Hardcover. Hardcover. xviii+ 327 pp. with index. Frontispiece portrait of Alexander Hamilton. Illustrated with nine maps. Reissue of the original 1906 edition. Deaccessioned from a seminary clerical library, lightly marked, pocket at rear. Classic study of the Federalist system of government as it was.....
London: Longmans, Green, 1903. Hardcover. Hardcover in navy blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt " New Impression". Deaccessioned from a seminary clerical library with the usual markings. xv+ 389 pp. with index.
New Brunswick (New Jersey): Abraham Blauvelt, 1796. Leather_bound. 24 mo. in original plain full calf, Front board detached but present so a rebinding candidate. 201 pp. Inside the front cover in ink is handwritten notation "John Green/ Nyack/ Sept 20 1796". On the blank facing the title someone (Mr. Green?).....
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1882. Hardcover. Hardcover in tan cloth lettered in silver and gilt and decorated in darker brown. 207 pp. No ads at rear but with a listing of Sophie May series books facing the frontispiece plate. Early edition, the nfifth in the Flaxie Frizzle series, carrying.....
Boston: L.C. Page, 1902. Hardcover. Hardcover in brick colored cloth lettered in gilt and with front cover and spine design in black and yellow. 262 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads. Eighteen full page illustrations. A tight, gereally fine example, hint of wear at the spine tips. A handsome early.....
New York: Scribners, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, second issue with disclaimer on verso of the dedication page, publisher's sael present on copyright page. 355 pp. Hardcover in black cloth with gold title labels lettered in black on front cover and spine. In second issue dust jacket still retaining.....
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Oversized hardcover in orange cloth. Generally fine, orange stripe along the inner edge of the bottom of the text block, a touch shaken. In near fine dust jacket. xix+ 250 pp. with glossary, index. Illustrated.....
New York: P.J. Kenedy, (1956). Hardcover. Presumed first edition. N.d. (1956). Warmly inscribed and dated June 26, 1956 by the author on the front free endpaper. Hardcover. xv+ 112 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. Poetry. Collection of metaphysical and religious-themed poems, introducing many moving ideas based on Biblical.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Hardcover in grey cloth ornately decorated and lettered in gilt and black. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. xvii+ 448 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Later printing (first was 1906) Color frontipiece of Botticelli's portrait of.....
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1987. Hardcover. Oversized in bronze colored cloth and matching slipcase. As new in fine slipcase. Booklet with the introductory essay by Constance W. Glenn and the index of works is tucked into the pocket inside the front cover. 80 reproductions in their original colors.
New York: Robert McBride, 1934. Limited ed. Hardcover. First edition (stated), one of 153 numbered copies only (of which 120 were for sale) of whcih this is Number 52, signed by Cabell on the limitation page. Hardcover in silver cloth stamped in black. Fine, fresh copy in the original glassine.....
