Hardcover. New York, Pictorial Review Co., 1934 edition, later printing. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 481pp w/empty pages for one to write their own recipes in the back. The cover is lightly rubbed and tips and spine ends are somewhat bumped and chipped, pages are all in good shape except pages 108-116..... More
Nana French Bickford. Softcover in wraps. New York, Stoll & Edwards Co., 1921, edition not stated, but very early. Probable second printing. Tight stapled binding 6"x7" paperback,12 pp. Little Folks' Playtime Series. See photos and ask for more if you wish. There is the name "Tom" in small print under..... More
Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1983, probable second printing. Clean, tight square kid- size book, unpaginated. Small bubble at the top of the front cover in the pasticine seal. Bottom edge of the book is very lightly scuffed at the tips and the spine end. An absolutely wonderful, colorful and..... More
Softcover. Camden, Maine, International Marine Publishers, 1993, later printing. Clean, tight 4to, 289pp. Mild shelf wear, a couple of small, pencilled notations on the verso of the bfe. Bingham's classic encyclopedia of boat joinery and cabinet making techniques, tools, gadgets, and gimmicks will interest everyone from a professional yacht/boat builder..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, fat 8vo, 374pp. Slight shelf wear to tips, head and tail of spine. Light fading of green cloth cover. A history-based novel of the Iriquois Indians before the white man. The hero is Hawksbow, a western Shawnee warrior whose life is..... More
New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, Ca. 1934. L. Leslie Brooke. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, unpaginated with 14 color and numerous blank and white illustrations by Brooke. Book has old owner name whited out on the ffe, very slightest of tip bumps.Dark blue and orange pictorial cover..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., Ca.1910. Not given - early edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight square, 4to, paginated by sections. The dust jacket is in good shape except for two open tears at the top and bottom of the spine and small open tears on the top..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight folio, 347pp. Dust jacket shows slight opacity, but not tears or chips. John Singelton (1738-1815) was the portraitist of the colonial era before he left Boston for England in 1774. He depicted merchant princes, clergymen, and military officers..... More
Ten Speed Press, 1996. First edition. Hardback. Clean, tight 4to, 239pp. Exquisite photography! Gift quality. Trotter's passion for vegetables sure shows up in this cookbook. He loves their complex texture, artistic shapes, and vibrant colors and flavors. Delectable sounding and looking recipes using most any vegetable one could ask for..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1903 (MDCCCCIII). J.A. Shepherd. Appears to be a first edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight small 4to, 215pp. Cover is lightly soiled at the spine, spine edge is somewhat rubbed. Cloth is lightly soiled, especially along the eges, tips are scuffed and lightly bumped. Art deco picture of..... More
1977. Hardcover. England, Argus Books, 1997, first edition. Clean, tight 8vo, 144pp, fully illustrated. Dust jacket is lightly faded and has one tiny hole on the edge of the flap and a couple of short tears, in Mylar cover. Book has a former owner signature penned neatly on the front..... More
Hardcover. Pennsylvania, Rodale Books, 1955, 1st thus reprint of the 1848 original by Curwen Press in England. 12mo, 56pp, very good with some bumping to bottom of spine and small scuffs to bottome edge, no d.j. as issued. Lovely colored graphics by Grandville. One of the best of Alfred de..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1946. Left Book Club Edition. Softcover. Slender 8vo, 191pp, clean and tight. Tips bumped, spine somewhat faded. The Left Book Club (collectible), was a key left-wing, Socialist, anti-fascist institution of the late 1930s and 1940s in the United Kingdom providing monthly choices of books on political..... More
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., Second edition, no date, ca. 1890. Tight bound 8vo, 160pp, cover is somewhat faded and scuffed, spine is faded and tips, head and tail or spine are bumped. Some soiling back and front. Gift inscription on the verso of the ffe "An Award to..... More
Hardcover. 1949, 2nd impression, George G. Harrap, London. Clean, tight 4to, 126pp, some tears and rubs to the d.j. in mylar. Foreword by Sir Stephen Tallents. Artistically photographed so that most of the pictures could have been taken 200 years or 2 months ago. A really beautiful photographic portfolio of..... More
Board_book. Fort of Columbo, H.W. Cave & Co., 1938, 3rd edition. Clean, tight-bound 8vo, 139pp + color and black and white adverts and bibliography on Ceylon in back. A board book with traveller palm pictorial cover. Spine head is chipped for about 1". Cover is somewhat soiled. An unusual, personal..... More
Hardcover. 1978, stated first edition, Random House, 4to, no page numbers, slight tanning to edges of d.j., but all in all clean, tight and crisp. News article about Sorel laid in. "One of the funniest and truest satirical cartoonists, alive or dead," said the NY Times. Sorel is dedicated to..... More
Iconografix, Inc., 1997. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight 4to, 128pp, More
New York: Barron's, 1984. Later printing. Hardcover. Very large folio, clean and tight, 309pp. Very slight shelf wear to jacket, gift inscription on verso of the ffe. Beautifully, liberally illustrated book containing reflections on the sea by Joseph Conrad and Hans Domizlaff. History of sailing and yachts, offshore racing, America's..... More
Massachusetts: Commonwealth Fund Book, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce, clean, tight, 571pp. Off-white buchram cover with black graphics and titles. Negligeable shelf wear. This is a fascinating history of wounds and the history of their care throughout the ancient world including the milestones in would treatment; Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Arabia..... More
London: Christopher Johnson Publishers, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 223pp. Dust cover is lightly rubbed and has a couple of small chips to edges in Mylar cover. Back of d.j. is slightly soiled. Hamilton is a 4th generation of Irish doctors from Blackrock, Co. Leitrim. He was an..... More
Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982 (1964). Sixth printing. Hardcover. 8vo, 374pp, missing the bfe, has a couple of stamps on the ffe and front pastedown, something marked out on top edge with pen, but doesn't bleed through, something penned on back cover in the Sioux dialect (I think). In..... More
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, Ltd., 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Vintage collectible children's book. Clean, tight 8vo, 64pp. Slight shelf wear with tiny chips across part of the edges on Dust jacket. Small bookseller's plate on bottom front pastedown. Small, neat gift inscription on verso of the ffe. A delightful..... More
Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1953, first edition. A very scarce, clean, tight, small 8vo, 234pp. Jacket is in a very nice plasticine cover, but the spine of the dj has a hand-printed label that says "Canvas, Rope & Wire Work" on the top 2" of the spine, covering..... More
Paris: Jacques Lanore Publisher, 1969. First English language edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 272pp. The book is in excellent shape except the spine strip is missing (price is 'as is'. It has been repaired very neatly with sturdy, clear packing tape. A good reading and useable copy. Very scarce comprehensive..... More