Old Bookshelf

The Kisses (Les Baisers) Preceded by the Month of May.

Dorat, Claude Joseph · 1890

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

London Vizetelly & Co. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier 124pp., no date c1890. Three-quarter maroon leather, marbled boards and endpapers, a Limited Edition of 1,100 copies of which this copy is No. 5, copperplate engravings with tissue-guards throughout. ...

PM : An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates - Vol.III- No. 8, April 1937

1937

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York PM Publishing Co. Brown stiff wraps, with paste-on medallion. Cover edges darkened, 1/2 inch chip to tail of spine, contents clean and sound. An interview with Clarence P. Hornung, articles about John Peter Zenger, ideographic writing and more. Original subscriptio...

Trolley Trips Through Southern New England

1905

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hartford, Connecticut White & Warner 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier 104pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. A bit of light wear and soil to cover, mild foxing to first few pages, contents overall clean and unworn. A compact little booklet (6 1/4 x 4 inches ) li...

Goldene Kinderzeit. Heiteres und Belehrendes für Kinderwelt

1900

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Germany Konstanz 40pp unpaginated. Tan pictorial boards, linen baking. Text is in German. Very good condition, contents age-toned but book appears to be unread, former owner's name on front pastedown. Illustrated throughout. Very Good

Skitter Cat

Youmans, Eleanor · 1925

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Indianapolis The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1st Edition Ruth Bennett 126pp. Maroon cloth, pictorial paste-on to front cover, titling to spine. Light wear to cover, spine slightly sunned, contents clean and unblemished, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Black and ...

A Dog Day or The Angel in the House

Emanuel, Walter · 1902

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,175)

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

Aunt Carrie's Rhymes for Children

1854

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York James Miller 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 90pp. Gilt embossed brown boards, gilt lettering and floral design to spine, 5 hand-colored engraved plates. Cover shows very slight wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, small insect holes to rear joint, bindi...

The Four Little Piggies

Anonymous · 1914

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Chicago Ideal Book Builders Die-cut illustrated stiff card stock cover and interior pages. Creasing to some edges, half- inch lower right corner (piggie's foot) and pages has been trimmed off, occasional light soil and foxing to pages Cute illustrations along with rhymes. . Good

1000 Funny Scramble-Men

Goldschmidt, Hans and Vasche, Stanley · 1946

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York Animated Book Company 1st Edition Spiral bound hardcover. Small chips to to front board edge,cover is, otherwise in very clean and sound condition. Contents also are unusually clean, title page and rear endpaper are toned but clean. Pages are divided into 3 sectio...

Introduction to the Manual of Geography Designed for Junior Classes ini Public and Private Schools.

James · 1867

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York, Chicago and New Orleans A.S. Barnes & Company 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 61pp. Pictorial paper over boards.. Very light wear to cover, text is clean and sound, foxing to endpapers. Thirteen color maps, plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. ...

Betel Nuts; What They Say in Hindustan

Guiterman, Arthur · 1907

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

San Francisco and New York Paul Elder & Company 48pp. Tan paper over boards, orange lettering, brown spine backing. Cover is sound, faint smudge to lower front board, contents are clean, amusing poetic inscription on front free endpaper, attractive page loyout. Very Good No ...

The American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge

Clarke, Thomas E. (Compiler) · 1841

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Phildelphia Griffith & Simon 2nd Edition 63pp. Brown publisher's cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, 1/4 inch chip at head of spine, dampstaining and foxing appearing most heavily to first and last few pages, binding is tight light pencil notations on endpapers. A ...

The History and Romance of the Paisley Shawl

Stewart, A.M. · 1946

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 33pp. No listing of publisher, or publisher place or date, though c1946. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, 4 photogrpahic plates, errata slip tipped-in on front free endaper, former owner's name and date (1954) on front endpaper. Very good...

Saml. Pepys and the MInxes

Freeman, R.M. · 1939

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Wood Signed by Author(s) 288pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering lean andnearly unworn. to spine. Short tears to head of spine, otherwise clean and unworn, slight internal separation, no loose pages, former owner's name pencilled on front free endpap...

Popular Astronomy. A Concise Elementary Treatise on the Sun, Planets, Satellites and Comets.

Mitchel, O.M. · 1871

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Oakley, Mason and Co. Seventh Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 384pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, 9 plates with tissue-guards. A very clean copy with very little wear, spine slightly sunned, contents mildly age-toned, former owner's name an...

Christopher Goes to the Castle

Holland, Janice · 1957

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1st Edition Janice Holland 32pp unpaginated. Book is in near fine condition, dust jacket is lightly worn and scuffed, price-clipped. Color illustrations by the author. Near Fine Good

My Little Blue Book. A Gift for Young Americans

Uncle Roderick · 1850

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York C. Shepard & Co. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 24pp. Stitched blue printed wraps. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are lightly foxed and have some thumb marks in margins, binding is sound. Stories and rhymes as told by Uncle Roderick. This unusual booklet,...

Spunky

Hader, Berta and Elmer · 1933

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

New York The Macmillan Company 1st Edition 92pp. Blue cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, very slight fading to spine, contents are slightly age-toned, binding is tight. Six attractive color illustrations and numerous black and ...

Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden

Severn,Merlyn · 1947

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London John Lane The Bodley Head 1st Edition Oblong 4to 80pp. Black cloth, gilt lettered. Photo illustrations with captions. A sound and clean copy, corners lightly rubbed, attractive bookplate of former owner on front free endpaper. A photographic study of Sadler's Wells B...

The Rubaiyat of Oma Khayyam

Khayyam, Omar · 1938

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York Illustrated Editions Company 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar Unpaginated. 9 mounted color plates. Black grain leatherette binding, red and green decorations, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, . Front cover lettering mostly faded, spine lettering a...