Old Bookshelf

The American Draught Player : Or the Theory and Practice of the Scientific Game of Checkers

Spayth, Henry · 1860

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Dick & Fitagerald 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 308pp + ads. "The American Draught Player', game of Checkers, copyright date is 1860, however this is later printing circa1880s. Discusses "the theory and practice of the scientific game of checkers simplified and illustv...

The Game of Doubles in Tennis

Talbert, William F. and Old, Bruce S. · 1956

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York Vendome Press First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 214pp. Green cloth, black spine lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is sound and tight, slight fading along edges, contents clean, small rust spots from binding staples...

Knuckles and Gloves

Lynch, Bohun · 1922

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

London W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Second Impression 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 217pp. .Green cloth, black lettering. Corners very lightly rubbed, contents lightly age-toned, endpapers more heavily, some pages crudely opened causing margin tears not affecting text, oxcasional l...

The "Golden Days" Puzzlers Directory

Van Slyck D.W.C. · 1886

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Philadelphie, PA James Elverson First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 144pp. Green stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Cover and contents are clean and unworn, text is mildly toned, faint foxing to endpapers. A compilation of nearly 4,000 names and addresses. Near Fine

Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book

Matthews, John · 1898

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London Charles Mitchell Seventh Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 216pp, Firsr Section and Second Section. Detached printed wraps. Book is completerly disbound, but all pages appear to be present. Front cover of First Section is missing and cover of Second Section is prese...

The Old World Illustrated and European Guide - Spring Edition Volume VIII, No. 1

de Potter, Armand - Editor and Proprietor · 1888

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Albany, NY American Bureau of Foreign Travel 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 85pp, 14pp ads. Grey printed wraps. Very light shelfwear to cover, contents very clean. A comprehensive guide to travel in Europe for the year 1888. Suggested routes, itineraries and hotels are featured...

La Cousine Bette

Balzac, Honoré de · 1926

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Paris Societé D'éditions Littéraire et 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Georges Cain 613pp. Couverture souple. Condition très bon. Non coupé. Intérieur acceptable, un peu jauni. Contents mildly age-toned, uncut. Very Good Good

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

Twain, Mark · 1930

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

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...

An Unexpected Acquaintance

Twain, Mark · 1904

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York and London Harper & Brothers First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 18pp. Printed wraps. Light wear and light soiling to covers, contents are clean. archival tape used to reinforce cover. A later copy of the First Edition with 1904 date on copyright page. An ex...

The Pilgrims' Party

Lowitz, Sadyebeth and Anson · 1932

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Grosset & Dunlap Oblong 8vo Anson Lowitz Signed by Author and Illustrator Approx. 80pp unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Half-inch abrasion along edge of front board, other Ight wear, contents mildly age-toned and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by authors and illustrator...

It's a Boy's World

Derleth, August · 1948

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

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...

With Kennedy

Salinger, Pierre · 1966

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Garden City, New Y Ork Doubleday & Company, Inc. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 391pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on half-title page. Black cloth, tan spine backing. Faint spotting to spine, small abrasion to rear endpaper, text is clean and...

The £1,000,000 Bank-Note

Twain, Mark · 1893

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London Chatto & Windus 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Light spotting along edges, spine slio 311, 32 pp publisher's book list. Red cloth, black lettering and dccoration to frontboard, gilt spine lettering. Spine and edges are smoke-darkened, head of spine chipped, a vertical cre...

Alicia in Terra Mirabili

Carroll, Ludovici (Carroll. Lewis) · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1964 St. Martin's Press Inc. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 116pp. Red cloth , gilt rabbit to front baord, gilt lettering to spine. Very good unworn book in good unclipped dust jacket. Amusing Latin translation by Clive Harcourt Carruthers with black and white illu...

Alis Harikalar Ulkesinde

Carroll, Lewis · 1961

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Ankara Varlik Yayinevi 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 119pp. Text is in Turkish. Pictorial wraps. Covers lightly worn, contents are age-toned, and pages are uncut. Black and white illustrations. Good

The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims' Progress

Twain, Mark · 1870

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Hartford, Connecticut American Publishing Company First Edition, Second State 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall xvii, 651 +5pp ads. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE. Brown gilt-stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Chipping to joints and spine, repairs to joints, corn...

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance

Twain, Mark · 1871

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

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...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis · 1920

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Isaac Pitman & Sons 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall John Tenniel 154pp. No date c1920, New Era Edition. Blue cloth, gilt and black lettering to cover and spine. Very light rubbing to spine ends, spine is sunned but readable, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown,...

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Carroll, Lewis · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London Macmillan and Co., Limited Children's Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall John Tenniel 235pp. Green cloth, black lettering, red and black pictorial decoration, 16 color plates. Spine darkened but readable, spine ends chipped, 2 minor archival tape repairs, contents age-...

A Descriptive Geography of New York State, with Historical and Educational Notes.

Beebe, L.N. · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

1890 Educational Gazette Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 116pp. Tan textured printed wraps. Cover moderately worn, front cover archival tape reinforced along spine and holding, text mildly age-toned, former owner's name and date (1891) on front free endpaper. Descriptions of...