Hardcover. London, Oxiford University Press, Reprint, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 2111 pages. Blue cloth cover. Gilt titles on spine. Extremely sun-faded spine. Slight wear and soiling to front and back cover. Overall a nice, tight copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. np (Chicago), np, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Softcover magazine, 32 pages plus 2-color illustrated stapled wraps. Features plans for The Penquin Ice Racer shown on cover. Lead article on "Shattering the Lowly Atom". Paper tanning, still very good.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This book curates 125 unputdownable entries from a list of names that are as eclectic and intriguing as its contents, which include myriad reasons given by ancient Egyptians for missing work, Albert Einstein's demands of his estranged wife, F. Scott Fitzgerald's extensive conjugation of "to cocktail," and many more. Rarely intended for the public eye, these lists reveal hopes, priorities, and musings in a most engaging and entertaining way. Each transcript is accompanied by an artwork, most a captivating facsimile of the list itself. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Beatrice Bayley, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Gilt decorated covers and spine. Very minor edge wear on the corners. Otherwise, tight clean copy.
Hardcover. Lavenham, Terence Dalton Limited, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 190 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, small chunk missing on top left corner, with protective clear cover. A very clean and tight copy. Many dramatic incidents recorded here for the first time. Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. Index.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 653 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Foreword by President Roosevelt and a preface by Captain Dudley W. Knox. plus 10 plates including 2 folded maps and the frontispiece. Fp: U.S. Ship of War Delaware. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine.
Hardcover. Totowa, NJ, Rowman and Littlefield, reprint, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 223 pages. Foreword by Walter Shewring. Blue cloth covers with gilt decoration. First edition published in 1953. Frontispiece portrait of Gill and numerous facsimiles of type, text, and illustration. Written by Eric Gill's brother.
Hardcover. Boston, W. Andrews, Second American Edition, 1806, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Brown leather covers. Title in gilt on spine. 1/2" abrasion has removed same amount of leather near top left of spine. Previous owners notes in fine pen on front endpaper. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, Aardvark Publications, Incorporated, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Very minor wear on spine edge and cover corners. Lots of pictures, almost all in color. In excellent condition, a very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light pencil marking to some pages. Light wear to cover edges.
Softcover. Paducah, Ky., Collector Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 143 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. Ann Arbor, MI, Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1st Limited Edition, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 631 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF. Cajun to English/English to Cajun Dictionary. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover. No Dust jacket. Binding very good. Pages clean and bright. Spine straight.
Hardcover. New York, Theo. Audel & Co. , Reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Edges dyed. Covers bound in tan, in very good condition. Pages slightly age-yellowed. A few notes written in pencil on a preliminary page. Otherwise clean inside. Binding tight, no rips or missing pages. In great shape for its age.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Isaiah Thomas and Company, 1st Edition, 1789, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Hardcover. Full-calf leather bound with gilt rule edging on the spine (faded--see image), red leather label ruled in gilt (gold), title on spine also in gilt. No pages missing. Previous owner's dated signature on front flyleaf, title page and facing page. Front and rear hinges tender. Signature (pp. 53-66) is coming away from spine at bottom, still attached. Hinge split at gutter after front fly leaf which is slightly detached, as well. Small wear hole on page before title page. Wear to cover boards about the edges and at spine. Small bit of leather missing at bottom of spine (see image). Front cover board has a slight warp (see image). Some foxing and tanning from age throughout including edges. This old volume is a treasure written by the Father of the English Dictionary, with a dedication to Benjamin Franklin, a contributor.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 624 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 267 pages. Minor spine edge wear. Cover corners lightly bent. Front cover lightly curved. Front and back flyleaf yellowed. Crease on frontispiece. Spotting throughout index, half title page, full title page and book edges. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 86 pages. A bibliography of the publications of mystery writer Kenneth Millar who later wrote as Ross MacDonald. Illustrated with photographs that reproduce title pages of Macdonald's books. An excellent and informative introduction by Kenneth Millar. SIGNED BY BRUCCOLI on title page. Issued without a dust jacket. No names, writing, or marks in book.
Hardcover. Bennington, VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 70 pages. Hardcover with slipcase. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to slipcase edges. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Blue cloth covers with titles and decoration in silver. Features black & white illustrations, maps, including 3 fold out maps.
Hardcover. Williamsburg, VA, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 3rd pr., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, with photographs of original documents. Corner and spine edge fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Includes Natick to English, and English to Natick dictionaries. Dark green cloth covers, introduction by Edward Everett Hale, section of abbreviations. Rubbing and light edgewear to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. Kyoto, Japan, Shibunkaku , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a dust jacket, yellow cloth covers with gilt title in Japanese on the spine. 212 pages, 113 rare books and manuscripts listed, many color plates, main text in Japanese. There is a separate 15-page section IN ENGLISH, which describes all the items. Foreword in English by Shoichi Watanabe, Professor at Sophia University. Bottom front corner has been bumped causing mild damage to the cloth and dust jacket. Otherwise clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Kennebunkport ME, Cider Mill Press , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 448 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR CHRISTIE on title page. The handbook of stouts and porters is the ultimate, complete, and definitive guide to some of the most complex and original beers available in the market today. It has an extensive history of the two styles, has all the up-to-do info on the current brewing trends, and has hundreds of reviews, along with profiles and other food and tasting tips. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1851, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 1663 pages plus ads. Brown leather covers with standard wear and scuffs. Title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers. Previous owners names on front flyleaf. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Portland, Collectors Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large hardcover, 319 pages. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy. Chronicles the growth of the paperback industry from its 19th century forerunners to its glory days of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Extensively illustrated in color with interesting commentary. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. New Castle DE, Oak Knoll Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 505 pages. Reprint of the first edition published in 1949. With an Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle. One of the indisputable classics of 20th-century scholarship, Bowers's work is one of the standard guides on the subject, providing a comprehensive manual for the description of printed books as physical objects. Although there has been much activity in descriptive bibliography since then, Principles still holds its place as the central book to which those engaged in bibliographical work continually return. Name on half-title page, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Wiesbaden, Germany, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages. Hardcover. Former library book with some labels/stamps etc. In very good condition, binding tight, clean inside and out. No rips or tears.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages, color frontispiece, many b&w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Previous owner's bookplate and 5-line note on front fly leaf. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Middle Village, Jonathan David, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 438 pages. Black & white illustrations. Price clipped dust jacket with 2 tape repaired short tears on top edge. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, The Grolier Club, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, cream colored boards with a red cloth spine, 195 pages. Limited to 500 copies. This excellent catalogue includes introductory essays by Martino Marazzi, Francesco Durante, and Robert Viscusi. It contains a bibliography of over 800 primary and secondary Italian-language works printed in America. Signed & inscribed by James Periconi to the previous owner on title page. Light fade to boards at top edge, Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover, Includes 308 lots, every item with color or B&W photographic illustrations, many full-page. List of sale results is loosely inserted. A magnificent collection that brought magnificent prices. Sale 5927.
Hardcover. New York, Hearst Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 184 pages. Color photographs. "Celebrates the design of the book in the broadest possible meaning of the word, gathering together the most exciting examples of recent book and jacket design, it also includes work for CD booklets, publicity for industry and the arts, self-promotional and experimental work." Clean copy in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. Jane's Information Group, 19th, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 920 pages, photographs and illustrations throughout. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. New Haven, S. Converse, 4th Ed., 1823, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 856 pages, the Fourth Edition, revised and corrected of this classic work. Bound in worn calf with an inch and a half tear to top of spine. Previous owners signatures on front fly leaf. Very good with light, scattered foxing. Issued with an separate atlas of maps which is missing.
Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Features 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form.
Hardcover. London, William Tegg, 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 739 pages, rebound copy with gilt tile on spine and green cloth board. Minor edge fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Portsmouth, NH, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 93 pages, with illustrations. Spotless and tight copy, with dust jacket. "A Collection with Comments" A bibliography based on the collection of Joyce Hanrahan for over 30 years, and additions she has seen. Listings include points for first editions, and price ranges. Sections on ephemera, periodicals, visuals and posters.
Hardcover. New York, Wiley-Interscience, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Minor cover edge wear. Rubbing on front and back flyleaf along edges. Illustrations, charts and photographs throughout. A very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, I. Riley, 5th ed., 1814, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, contemporary calf, unpaginated. Several pages with creased corners. Calf covers with paste-downs with marking, notes. Corners worn. Light foxing. Binding solid, complete.
Softcover. NY, Meridian, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 465 pages, b&w illustrations. This encyclopedic guide explores the rich and varied meanings of more than 2,000 symbols--from amethyst to Zodiac.
Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 263 pages. 109 figures, 64 plates, bibliography. Pictorial endpapers. This is the best and most comprehensive work on printing presses and their history from the 15th century until about 1940. Among the presses detailed here are the wooden press, Stanhope, Columbian, Albion, bed and platen, jobbing platen, cylinder, type-revolving, and modern rotary presses. An indispensable book for anyone interested in the technology of printing. Clean, bright copy in a dust jacket.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, University of Vermont , 1st, 1854, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, marbled boards with black leather spine, gilt lettering on spine. 164 pages, clean copy. light chipping to spine. The 2-page Preface (anonymous) claims a total of 8,108 volumes.
Hardcover. New York, Century House, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 399 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine darkened and discolored. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 1,025 pages. From English, French, Spanish and Russian to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this is the first comprehensive reference work to provide detailed information about the world's forty major languages. Written by acknowledged specialists in the field, the volume begins with a general introduction to language and language families, followed by language-family sections that provide an informative essay about that language, and individual chapters that discuss the history, distribution, syntax, grammar and punctuation, writing and spelling systems, standards of usage, and other important aspects of each language. Clean copy.
Hardcover. np, Mid-West Tool Collectors Association / Early American Industries Association, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volume set, brick-red cloth with gilt lettering on spines. A facsimile reprint of volumes published 1876-84, limited to 600 sets. (This one #512) Profusely illustrated with b&w technical drawings of machinery and tools. 2831 plus 960 pages in fourth volume. Heavy set may require extra postage.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, Reprint 1904, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription, Sgt. A. A. Niles, 9th Vermont Infantry, Civil War Veteran, Morrisville Vermont on front flyleaf. Gilt title to spine. Light foxing to edges throughout. Overall, clean tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Bowling Green Press, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt medallion on upper cover, gilt-lettered on spine. limited to 1000 copies, this one of 750 for sale, this copy #62 and so attested to in ms. on the copyright-page by Edward Stern & Co., Inc. 368 pages, color frontispiece portrait, 87 reproductions of title pages, letters, portraits, etc. Introduction by A. Edward Newton. Well annotated, with full collations, descriptions, pagination, etc. This is the standard Oliver Goldsmith bibliography, but it can be read for enjoyment as well as for reference. Has much on Samuel Johnson. Previous owner's commentary on rear fly leaf, rear hinge cracked.
 "Illustrated Science and Mechanics - December 1928by: N/A")
 "Bibliography of Eric Gillby: Gill, Evan R.")
 "Dictionary of the Cajun Language, A (SIGNED)by: Daigle, Jules O.")
 "Audels Oil Burner Guide: Installing, Servicing, Repairingby: Graham, Frank D.")
 "Dissertations on the English Language: with Notes, Historical and Critical, To Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, with Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject.")
 "Illumination and Its Development in the Present Dayby: Farnsworth, Sidney")
 "A Catalogue of Antiquarian and Rare Booksby: Shibunkaku")
 "The Handbook of Porters & Stouts: The Ultimate, Complete and Definitive Guideby: Christie, Josh / Polenz, Chad")
 "Erasmus Collection in the Herzog August Bibliothek (GERMAN TEXT) (Wolfenbutteler Schriften Zur Geschichte Des Buchwesens)by: Rummel, Erika, Dale Schrag")
 "Crawford's Encyclopedia of Comic Booksby: Crawford, Hubert H.")
 "Printed Matter: Bound for Gloryby: Walton (ed), Roger")
 "Works of Maurice Sendak 1947-1994by: Hanrahan, Joyce Y.")
 "Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, Aby: Walker, John")
 "Printing Presses - History & Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Timesby: Moran, James")
 "Cavalcade of Toysby: Freeman, Ruth and Larry")
