New York: Abrams, 2015. Hardcover. 12" X 10 1/4". 287pp. Mild shelf wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket with creasing and several small closed tears. 2" neat tear to spine of dust jacket. Corners of dust jacket and glossy pictorial over boards bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1969. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/4". xx, 168pp. Moderate wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning and rubbing to covers and bumps and creasing to edges. Rubbing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. Underlining and notation in ink to..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 260pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Scattered rubbing and toning to covers of unclipped dust jacket. Light creasing and chipping to edges of dust jacket. Foxing and toning to covers of tan..... More
New York: New American Library, 2014. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". ix, 406pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Brown paper over boards with spine backed in red and..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 190pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Price sticker to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Did food poisoning cause the Black Plague, the Salem witch-hunts, and other..... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981. Staplebound wraps. 9 7/8" X 7". vi, 29pp. Lacking microfiche insert. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with creasing to corners, light dust soiling, and gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. If the silvery spider webs crossing the covers of this arachnid fairy tale don't catch you, the fairy feuds and natural history facts within certainly will! In Old Farm Fairies, the clergyman-naturalist Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911) set out to write "a book..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1895. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two fairies dart through a dreamy pond full of lily-pads on the cover of this 1895 science fantasy, which features fairy feuds and natural history facts in equal measure! In Old Farm Fairies, the clergyman-naturalist Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911)..... More
New York: Free Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 303pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Orange paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in metallic orange..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1945]. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". x, 277pp. Copyright states 1934 with no other dates listed. List of further titles by Stephen W. Meader facing title page goes to Skippy's Family (1945). Moderate wear to dust jacket, with small closed tears to edges..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1941]. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 6". 250pp. Copyright states 1933 with no other dates listed. List of further titles by Stephen W. Meader facing title page goes to Blueberry Mountain (1941). Moderate edgewear to dust jacket, with red mottling to upper edges and spine..... More
New York: Dutton, 2018. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xiii, 351pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of dust jacket. White paper over boards with spine backed in red and spine lettered in silver. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound. ABOUT THIS..... More
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8". 136pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with small tears to extremities, light scattered rubbing, and shallow chipping to edges. Red cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper, with..... More
New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvi, 235pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Green paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in pink. Light bumps to bottom edge of..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 352pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth over baords with spine lettered in silver. Top and..... More
Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2001. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 287pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Orange paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894-1897. Hardcover. This handsome, complete set gathers together Newhall's guides to the trees, leaves, shrubs, and vines of Canada and the Northeastern United States east of the Mississippi River. American naturalist Charles Stedman Newhall (1842-1935) had a winding path toward becoming an esteemed naturalist..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xvii, 966pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with title stamped to spine and front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and unsound. Text..... More
![Salesman's Dummy] Earth, Sea and Sky or, Marvels of the Universe. Henry Davenport Northrop](/pictures/thumb/6284_1.JPG?v=1604892926)
n.p. n.p., circa 1887. Hardcover. This circa 1887 salesman's dummy of Henry Davenport Northrop's Earth, Sea and Sky features a sampling of the contents, text, and illustrations of the book, with the salesman's order notes at rear, and full samples of the binding options available to book buyers of the..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xi, 211pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in..... More
New York: Free Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 276pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Red paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. A small spot of toning..... More
London: Blackie & Son, circa 1890. Tenth Edition, Fortieth Thousand. Leather bound. "I should feel pleased were this study to be looked upon as the peristyle of the temple in which lie hidden the mysterious splendours of Nature, and if it were the means of inspiring some with a desire..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xiii, 300pp. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing to edges and light rubbing to covers. Black paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
New York: Random House, 2008. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xli, 188pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 266pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Red paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Just one hundred years ago..... More
