London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1876. George Cruikshank. New Edition. Hardcover. 6 5/8" X 4 1/4". xii, 252pp. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Heavy edgewear and scattered rubbing to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards. Head and tail of spine worn down, no losses..... More
New York: Balzer + Bray, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 9 1/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial paper over boards. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The debut picture book..... More
![Item #8846 Dziesiec Kostek (Ten Blocks) [Polish Text]. Pam Adams, Illust](/pictures/thumb/8846_1.jpg?v=1628131028)
Child's Play, 1988. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to pictorial paper over boards with light rubbing to covers and bumps to head and tail of spine. Spots of light rubbing to pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. All 10 blocks are present, clean, and..... More
London: The Cresset Press, 1963. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". 170pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Bound in green paper over boards with spine lettered in red and gilt. Dust-spotting to top edge of text block. Previous owner's bookplate and..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/4". xii, 198pp. Mild toning and wear to covers of pictorial paper wraps. Sunning to spine. Sticker mark to front cover. Age-toning to inside of front covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A delicious..... More
![Item #10305 Hans Andersen's Stories for the Young [Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen]....](/pictures/thumb/10305_1.JPG?v=1644786844)
London: Frederick Warne and Co., circa 1900. Hardcover. Like the north wind gracing its covers, this turn-of-the-century collection of fairy tales is sure to sweep you off your feet and into worlds full of magic and adventure. This beautifully and bountifully illustrated edition features translations by Susannah Mary Paull and..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1980. Leather_bound. 8 1/2" X 6 1/2". xxi, 263pp. Bound in full orange leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1958. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 4 3/4". 88pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, creasing, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. 2" open tear to top edge of jacket. Foxing to inside of jacket. Bound in gray paper over boards with spine..... More
![Item #9714 Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc. [First Edition]. George...](/pictures/thumb/9714_1.JPG?v=1636075147)
Ithaca, New York: Andrus & Church, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. From its fungi-laden front cover to the abundant illustrations within, this 1900 first edition guide to American mushrooms is sure to inspire rambles and ruminations through field and forest, for, as the author writes in his introduction: "The quest for..... More
![Item #11186 [Bayntun Bindings, Illustrated] The Novels of Jane Austen, Complete in Six Volumes:...](/pictures/thumb/11186_1.JPG?v=1655931438)
London; New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1922. Leather_bound. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hundred-year-old, leatherbound, color illustrated, complete set of the novels of Jane Austen is exceeded in romance only, perhaps, by a single man in possession of a...... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 276pp. Ex-First Church Sabbath School Library of New Britain, with label to front pastedown and card and envelope to rear free endpaper. Green cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in gilt. Spine sunned and gilt rubbed..... More
London: Privately Printed, circa 1920. Leather bound. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". viii, 468pp. This privately printed edition is undated, published circa 1920. Halfbound in crimson morocco, lined in gilt, with red linen over boards. Spine lettered in gilt with floral gilt compartment and gilt fleur-de-lis. Toning to endpapers. Binding..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 6 1/4". 213pp. Mild wear to decorative cloth over boards with light rubbing and toning to covers and edges. Corners are gently bumped. Lean to spine. Dust-spotting and stamp from Captain Charles H. Hurley Library to edge of text block. Top..... More
Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016. Hardcover. 6" X 4". 200pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Price sticker to rear cover of jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. All edge gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1882. Hardcover. Between these beautifully decorated, bevelled boards awaits a special collection of verse by English and American poets, selected by poetess Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838-1916), whose goal in this impressive endeavor was to "represent the genius of woman as fairly as that..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 278pp. Bound in full orange leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy..... More
Chicago: Berland Magic Creations, 1950. Staplebound. 9" X 6". 32pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning and light creasing to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this pamphlet of step-by-step instructions on magic routines with accompanying illustrations. More
New York: Greenberg, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 140pp. Lacking dust jacket. Purple cloth over boards with Bernstein illustration stamped in yellow to upper board and spine lettered in yellow. Rather heavy wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, fraying and small tears..... More
New York: Three Sirens Press, 1931. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 133pp. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Top-edge gilt. Age-toning to pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With blue silk ribbon and black-and-white illustrations throughout..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Leather_bound. 8 1/2" X 6". 245pp. Bound in full red leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing to all-gilt..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 7 1/4". 173pp. Heavy wear to unclipped, illustrated dust jacket, with chipping and creasing to edges, several open and closed tears to spine and edges, and one large, open tear to front cover. Rubbing and toning to covers..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xvi, 287pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative paper over boards. Blind stamp to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Slipcase is clean and solid. Color illustrations throughout..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". vii, 192pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, creasing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine of jacket. Rubbing and gentle bumps to corners and edges of red cloth over boards. Stamps to edges of..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 5 3/8". 64pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities, mild dust soiling, and faint pencilled marks to rear. Binding is firm, sound, and tight. Tear to top corners of leaf containing pages 15..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 6". viii, 381pp. Bound in decorative cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Wear to boards with rubbing, toning, soiling, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Top-edge gilt. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Inked inscription..... More
