9 1/2" X 13 1/2". Mild toning and wear to cover of paper. Gentle bumps and creasing to edges. A print of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge by an unknown artist. Artist's initials are visible at bottom of print. More
Philadelphia: Railway Lighting & Heating Company, June 1st, 1889. Wraps. 6 3/8" X 4 1/8". 19pp. Stiff russet printed paper wraps with spine backed in red cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with small open tear to top corner of upper wrap,creasing, spots of soiling, and scattered rubbing. Binding is sound..... More
Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1997. Staplebound. Signed and inscribed to "Shelton" by artist in ink at title page. 10 1/2" X 7". 17pp. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Faint dust-spotting to top edge of text block. Light foxing to pages 8 and..... More
Atlanta: Maquette de Gilles, 1989. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 1/2". 20pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. A spot of surface paper loss to front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this catalog..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1866. Hardcover. 9 1/8" X 6 1/8". 394pp. Tan cloth over boards, with spine lettered in brown. Heavy wear to binding, with mottling to cloth, soiling, sunning, lacking last 1 1/4" of cloth backign spine, small tears to head of spine, and bumping to extremities..... More
Philadelphia: Special Committee on Nondiscrimination, The Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxvi, 191pp. Mild edgewear and rather heavy sunning to textured paper wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Gift inscription to first page, else clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this 1964..... More
New York: The American News Company, circa 1895. Hardcover. Bound in beautifully-decorated emerald green cloth with all gilt edges and a ruby red border on every page, this circa 1895 collection is a veritable treasure chest full of "sacred gems" from the pens of such celebrated poets as Elizabeth Barrett..... More
[Kyoto, Japan]: [Ryoanji Temple], circa 1970. Loose_leaf. 12" X 8". Printed folder with printed insert in Japanese and English and eight 7 1/2" X 10 1/2" color photographs of Ryoanji Temple. Mild wear to folder, with light creasing to corners and mild dust soiling. Pictures show slight edgewear, else fine..... More
Hoboken, New Jersey: United States Testing Company, 1956. Staplebound wraps. 10 5/8" X 8 1/4". 109pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with edgewear, creasing, and scattered rubbing. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Pages otherwise unmarked. A solid copy of this 1956 publication of scientific and..... More
China: n.p., Circa 1970. Loose_leaf. Offered here is a collection of 4 vintage bird-themed Chinese folk paper-cuts made by hand in the People's Republic of China, measuring between 3" to 4 1/2" on green, red, orange, and purple paper, safely enclosed in rice paper inside a 4 3/4" X 6..... More
Our Shire literary candle bids you forth on a ramble around the well-worn paths of Hobbiton! Earthy and peaceful, The Shire literary candle gathers together the soft fresh scent of moss underfoot, the light musk of sage grass at your fingertips, a whisp of pipe smoke, and a sprig of..... More
Winona Lake: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co., 1946. Staplebound. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 127pp. Heavy soiling, creasing, and wear to covers and edges. Soiling and age-yellowing to pages. Pencil marks to page 29; pages otherwise free of marks and notations. Dog-earring to corners of some pages. Binding is sound. More
Danville, Illinois: State of Illinois, 1925. Staplebound wraps. 10" X 6 3/4". 42pp. Moderate wear to printed paper wraps, with sunning, toning, creasing, edgewear, small open tears to rear, and 2 1/2" closed tear from head down spine, with other smaller closed tears to spine. Occasional crease to margin, else..... More
New York: Merrimack Publishing Corp. N.D. Paperback. 9 7/8" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. No Date, but circa late 20th century. Heavy edgewear, bumping, and creasing to wraps, with price sticker to front cover. Foxing to interior. A children's game book with two spinning wheels of letters and 14 pages of..... More
Chicago: FASA Corporation, 1985-1987. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 1/2". 47pp; 80pp; 76pp. Moderate wear to pictorial wraps, with edgewear, creasing, scattered rubbing, and occasional toning. Bindings are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice set of these three 1980s Star Trek books from FASA Corporation. More
New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co., N.D. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". 290pp, plus ads. No copyright date, circa 1880s. Mild edgewear to dark purple cloth over boards, with gilt label and black stamped decorations to cover and spine. Lean to spine, bumping to corners, light soiling to cloth..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1875. Wraps. 6" X 4". Unpaginated, eight pages. Sewn printed wraps with spine backed in patterned cloth. Moderate wear to wraps, with small tears to edges and extremities, foxing, and soiling. Previous owner's name to verso of upper wrap. Foxing to pages throughout. Illustrated in..... More
Des Moines: Successful Farming, 1930. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 78pp. Wear to black paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Tear to bottom corner at rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are..... More
Salt Lake City, Utah: The Movable Book Society, 2018. Limited Edition. Cards. Box: 9" X 4 7/10" X 6 9/10". Cards: 6" X 8". Issued in honor of the 25th anniversary of The Movable Book Society in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies, this is a special collection of..... More
New York: Bernstein & Andriulli, 2014. Paperback. 7" X 7". 108pp. Light shelfwear to paperback binding. Binding is tight and sound. Contents are clean, bright, and unmarked. From Intro: "We love to see art. In its beautiful, myriad forms. 2D, 3D, vector, sculpture, paper craft, pop-ups, papier mache, finger painting..... More
Delta Air Lines, circa 1971. Staplebound. 5 1/2" X 6 3/4". 18pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and toning to covers and edges. Stamp to rear cover. A spot of soiling to top edges of last 4 pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is..... More
Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Institute, 1948. Hardcover. Signed 168 times by students of the Tuskegee Institute, this 1948 edition of the Tuskeana yearbook offers a special view into the post-WWII period at the iconic historically Black university. This copy of the 1948 Tuskeana belonged to a popular senior in the Tuskegee..... More
Atlanta: Privately Printed, 1984-1986. Staplebound wraps. These two booklets are mementoes of events hosted by the historically black Ruth Chapter No. 102 of the Order of the Eastern Star, a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. Both occasions were held at Big Bethel AME Church, the oldest..... More
Hercules Powder Co., circa 1970s. 3 3/4" X 8 1/2". Rubbing, toning, and surface paper loss to cardboard. Penciled notation to rear of cardboard. Some toning to comb-case. Comb is clean and intact. A vintage advertisement encouraging businesses to put their brand on combs made by Hercules Powder Company. More
New York: A. R. Hart & Co., 1886. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 3/8". 435pp. By "An Officer of the Union Army," the authorship of this title is uncertain and has been attributed to John McElroy, Senator John Logan, and members of the Logan family. Brown-red cloth over boards, with..... More
