Old Bookshelf

The Idle Thoughts of and Idle Fellow

Jerome K. Jerome · 1910

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chicago210pp. Donohue, Henneberry & Co. Cooney, Barbara 210pp. Half floral decorated tan boards, half small design, silver lettering to spine. Corner chip to rear board, light wear to cover, contents age-tanned. Very Good No Jacket

The Danbury Boom! With a Full Account of Mrs. Cobleigh's Action Therein!

Bailey, James M. · 1880

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Boston Lee and Shepard 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 317pp. Brown cloth, black lettering to front cover, gilt title on spine. 'Corners very lightly rubbed, 2 tiny spots on front endpapers, text is mildly toned, binding is tight and book is in sound condition. A hum...

I Never Danced at the White House

Buchwald, Art · 1973

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s) 249pp. Green buckram boards, blue backing, gilt spine lettering, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Book is in very good condition, dust jacket is chipped, torn and tanned. Insc...

Nast's Illustrated Almanac

(Nast, Thomas) · 1873

$600.00 (€544.40 | £454.18 | ¥95,812)

New York Harper and Brothers 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 48+8pp ads. Nast's Illustrated Almanac for 1874, published in 1873. Chipping to edges and spine, contents are complete and mildly age-toned, binding loose but holding. Humor items by various authors including ...

The Tribune Primer

Field, Eugene · 1900

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Boston Privately Printed 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 28pp. Tan printed wrapsSmall corner chip and light wear to cove, text is clean and sound. Mark Twain's brief snippets of humor and satire. Good

The Elgin Almanac Illustrated; Elgin National Watch Co.

Elgin National Watch Co. · 1876

$200.00 (€181.47 | £151.39 | ¥31,937)

Chicago/New York Elgin National Watch Co. Frederick Stuart Church Pictorial wraps, unpaginated. Water staining to cover, contents unaffected and clean, margin tear to one leaf with no loss of text. Cleverly illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church. Whimsical poetry, fascinati...

LIfe in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprhensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People...

Bailey, James M. · 1873

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston Lee and Shepard 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonder...

A Dog Day or The Angel in the House

Emanuel, Walter · 1902

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.99 | ¥11,178)

New YOrk E.I. Dutton & Co. 1st Edition Cecil Aldin Pictorial boards, green cloth spine backing. Light wear and soil to boards, contents are mildly tonDogs ed, a few pages slightly protruding but holding, small abrasion to front endpaper. Very Good

The Prince and the Pauper; A Tale for Young People of All Ages

Twain, Mark · 1882

$375.00 (€340.25 | £283.86 | ¥59,883)

Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1st Edition Oblong 16mo 411pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and gilt and black decoration. First Edition, First State with uncorrected errors on pages 124, 263 and 362, Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. Edges ru...

Dictionnaire humoristique de la gastronomie

l'académie de l'Humour français · 1941

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Paris Arthème Fayard - Non daté 177pp. Orange printed wraps, black lettering and decoration. Spine slightly faded, small chip at top, inscription on front free endpaper. Couverture souple. Bon état. Good

The Fight at Dame Europa's School

(Pullen, Henry William) · 1871

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York Francis B. Felt & Co. 1st Edition Thomas Nast 34pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. A very clean, unworn copy, contents age-toned, small spot in margin of 4 pages, otherwise unblemished. Very Good No Jacket

1601 or Social Fireside Conversation In Ye Time of Ye Tudors

Twain, Mark · 1931

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Annonymous Limited Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 10pp. A Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is No. 21. Textured grey wraps. Cover is chipped and soiled, contents are clean and unmarked. Good No Jacket

Mark Twain's Date..1601 Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors

Twain, Mark · 1930

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Unstated Unstated Tall 4to Unpaginated 32pp.. Booklet measures 10 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, no publication date c 1930s. Light green stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on title to front cover. Cover is separated from text block but present, corners chipped, light wear and soil to cover...

It's a Boy's World

Derleth, August · 1948

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Sauk City, Wisconsin Stanton and Lee Limited Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Clare Victor Dwiggins Signed by Artist 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darken...

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance

Twain, Mark · 1871

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New York Sheldon & Company First Edition, Second State 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 46pp. Terra cotta cloth, gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and binding is tight. First Edition Second State with Ball, Black & Co. ad o...

The Goldfish Under the Ice

Morley, Christopher · 1929

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London Mathews & Marrot First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 27pp. Tan boards, red decoration. Copy No.140 of 530 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Dampstaining confined mainly to upper portion of boards and faintly to upper internal margins, spi...

A Frenchman in America (The Anglo-Saxon Race Revisited)

O'Rell, Max · 1891

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Bristol J.W. Arrowsmith 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall E.W. Kemble 336pp. Tan boards with small illustration, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear, light soil, contents are clean, former owner's name on front free endpaper. An amusing presentation of a Frenchman travelling...

M'Gregor's Almanac & Tide Tables for 1873. McGregor

M'Gregor & Co. · 1873

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Portland, Maine D. McGregor & Co. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Beatrix Potter 164pp. Brown flexible embossed cloth, gilt lettering, marbled edges, 2 folding maps. Light shelfwear, gilt slightly chipped but all readable, inner hinge cracked, text block holding, title page not p...

The Human Cmedy

Saroyan, William · 1943

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

New York Harcourt, Brace and Cmpany 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Don Freeman 291pp. Rust color cloth. Bookis clean and sound, one corner bumped, owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly toned. Dust jacket is not clipped, but has no price; very early edition,...

Pot Luck; Episodes in the Life of W. Parker Lyon

Ainsworth, Ed (and W.Parker Lyon) · 1940

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Hollywood, California George Palmer Putnam, Inc. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 201pp. Orange cloth. Bottom edge rubbed, some discoloration to endpapers, text is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and has been taped along edges. Inscribed, stamped an...