Old Bookshelf

World Jewry and the State of Israel

Davis, Moshe (Editor) · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Arno Press 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed By Editor 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned. Very Good Good

Dance in America

Robert Coe · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York E.P. Dutton First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 248pp. Red boards, white spine. A near fine book in a very good unclipped dust jacket. A chronicle of the PBS "Great Performanes" with highlights of ballet in America. Near Fine Very Good

Americana from the Time of the Discovery with a Selection for Other Voyages & Travels - Catalogue No. 20

Robinson, William H. · 1928

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Newcastle-on-Tyne William H. Robinson 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 152pp. Printed wraps. Covers soiled, contents are clean and unmarked, one inch margin tear to last page. Illustrated. Good

Wash Work, Brush, and Perspective Drawing

I.C.S Staff · 1919

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Scranton, PA International Textbook Company 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 104pp. Faux leather boards, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities, faint foxing to first and last 2 pages, contents otherwise clean and appear to be unread. Illustrations along with the instruc...

Printing : The 1017th Caxton Head Catalogue

James Tregaskis & Son · 1935

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London James Tregaskis & Son 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 43pp. Printed wraps. Light wear to cover, chipping to spine, contents age-toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Listings for Incunables, Books about Incunables, Books about Printing after 1500 and Books about Publishi...

Ireland of To-Day (Today) : The Causes and Aims of Irish Agitation

Sullivan, M.F. · 1881

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Philadelphia J.C. McCurdy & Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 475pp. Green cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration. Covers well worn, a tear at tail of spine, front free endpaper missing, former owner's name in elegant hand on front and rear endpapers, cont...

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

Twain, Mark · 1909

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Harper & Brothers 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall W. Hatherell 284pp, 8 color plates. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial pastedown on front cover. Corners rubbed, minor scuffs to border of pastedown, contents are age-toned and clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Good N...

Aus Meinem Jagdtagebuch

Kronprinz Wilhelm · 1912

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Stuttgart und Berlin Deutsche Berlags-Anstalt First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 147pp. Green cloth over bevelled boards, top edge gilt. Cover is faded and dampstained, waterstaining to last half of text, mainly in lower margins; first half of text is quite clean, abr...

La Philosophie de George Courteline

Courtteline, Georges · 1917

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

PriS Ernest Flammarion 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 191pp. Soft flexible leather, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, text in French. Couverture en cuir souple. Bon état. Spine is slightly faded, covers otherwise clean and unworn, contents age-toned. Very Good

The Harvard Monthly - June 1886

Carpenter, G.R. (Editor-in-Chief) · 1886

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Cambridge Harvard College 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 127-168p, plus ads. Printed wraps. Large stain to right margin of front cover, other light soiling, surprisingly, the contents are clean and pages are unopened. Contributions by C.P. Parker, A.B. Houghton, George Santayan...

The American Silk Journal (Vol. I, No. 4 April 1882)

The American Silk Journal · 1882

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Rose & Clifford Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 20pp +4pp ads. Printed grey wraps. Covers chipped, detached and lightly soiled, cover detached, chipped and missing a 2 x4 inch piece (no loss of text, contents are partially detached, but all is present. pages are age-ton...

Kama-Sutra or Vatsyayana The Hindu Art of Love

Basu, B.N. And Ghosh, S.L. · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Calcutta Medical Book Company Ninth Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 198 pp. Red boards. Covers sound and unworn, light foxing to endpapers and page edges, text is clean, bookseller's stamp on rear endpaper. Very Good No Jacket

The Carriage Painters' Manual. Containing a Treatise on the Art, Science, and Mystery of Coach, Carriage, and Car Painting

Gardner, F.B. · 1871

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

New York S.R. Wells Fifth Edition 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 126pp +16pp ads. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Soiling and light wear to cover, light dampstaining and foxing to some margins and endpapers, text is mildly age-toned. An 18th century discourse o...

Boys' Handy Book of Sports, Games, Pastimes,Magic, Experiments, Etc. - "The Make and Mend Club"

W.H. Van Orden · 1884

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New York Albert Sibley & Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 128pp. Printed wraps. Spine missing, old tape repair to cover and inner margin, text is toned, but clean and unworn. An abundance of practical how-to instructions for boys during the 19th century. Illust...

Mail and Passenger Streamships of the Nineteenth Century; The Macpherson Collection with Iconographical and Historical Notes

Parker, Captain H. and Bowen, Frank C. · 1928

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall xxvii, 324pp, 16 color illustrations, 170 black and white illustrations. Tan buckram, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, rough-cut edges. Cover is clean and unworn, endpapers lightly foxed, a very occasional sp...

Red-Lead and How to Use It In Paint

Sabin, A.H. · 1917

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Privately Published Sixth Printing 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 97pp. Blue flexible baords, gilt lettering. Very light wear, endpapers partially darkened, text is clean, owner's stamp on front pastedown. An early publication of this title. Very Good No Jacket

Das Werk Des Malers Diego Rivera

Urban, Paul (Book Layout) · 1928

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Berlin Neuer Deutscher Verlag First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Diego Rivera Unpaginated 60 pages printed one side only. Light soil to cover, backstrip half missing, contents and all illustrations are clean, slight staple rust to endpapers, bookseller's label on front f...

Fair Diana

Wanderer (Elim H. d'Avigdor) · 1884

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall G. Bowers 360pp. Red pictorial bevelled boards, black and gilt lettering and decoration, 22 colored plates. Spotting to front board, fading to rear board, some internal separation (no loose pages), text m...

Peter Rabbit and His Pa

Field, Louise A. · 1916

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Chicago Saalfield Publishing Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Virginia Albert Unpaginated 54pp. Green pictorial covers. A nice clean little-worn copy, interior clean and unmarked. Illustrations in color and black and white by Virginia Albert. Very Good

Uncle Sam's Billion-Dollar Baby

Collins, Frederick L.Collins · 1945

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 174pp. Blue cloth, blue spine lettering. Faint spotting to front board, slight tape remnant on rear pastedown, contents toned and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpa...