Old Bookshelf

Developing an Industry

Dodd, Philip S. · 1910

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cleveland Philip S.Dodd 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 61pp. Limp suede over card stock, gilt lettering and logo. Chipping to head and tail of spine, a 3/4 inch sot on front cover, rough cut edges, text is clean. The history of the National Electric Lamp Association which was c...

The Modern Hospital - February 1924

Modern Hospital · 1924

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chicago The Modern Hospital Publishing Co., Inc. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 176pp. Printed wraps. LIght soiling and light wear to cover, library stamp on front cover, contents are mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked. Early trade magazine for hospital management. General...

Sherman's March

Wheeler, Richard · 1978

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

Niew York Thomas Y.Crowell Co First Edition 241pp. Yellow paper over boards. A vry clean unblemished book in a very good dust jacket. Sherman's step-by-step march through Georgia. Near Fine Very Good

American Railway Review February 23, 1860. (Newspaper)

American Railway Bureau · 1860

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New York American Railway Bureau Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 16pp. Dampstaining and soiling mainly to front page, light edgewear. Newspaper format, pages are uncut and unopened, measures 58 x 40 inches, published weekly, Vol II No. VII. Subtitle of publication reads: "Publ...

Mezzotinters of the 18th & 19th Century; Prominent Mezzotinters of the XVIII Century; Some Information Regarding Eighteenth Century Mezzotinto Engravers and Their Work. (3 VOLUMES)

M. Knoedler & Co. · 1904

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York M. Knoedler & Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Printed stiff wraps, string-tied bindings. All in nice condition, very light wear, contents are slean. 3 volumes devoted to different aspects of mezzotinting. Instructive techniques and biographical information about mez...

Fine Wood Working Techniques and Fine Wood Working (2 VOLUMES)

Editors of Fine Woodworking Magazine · 1978

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Newtown, Connecticut The Taunton Press First Printing Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 189, 175pp. 2 separate books. One book, "Techniques" is a grey cloth hardcover with dust jacket, and companion volume, "Biennial Design" is a white pictorial softcover. Both volumes are in cl...

Lee Chronicle : Studies of the Early Generations of the Lees of Virginia

Lee, Cazenove Gardner Jr. · 1957

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New York New York University Press First Edition 411pp. Grey cloth in grey slipcase. Spine is sunned, book is otherwise near fine. Slipcase has light fading and soiling, corners lightly rubbed, dturdy and solid. Background and lives of Lee family members, by a descendant o...

Nine to Five

Smith, Harvey · 1944

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons Signed by Author(s) 348pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Corners worn, spine moderately faded, contents toned, small hole and abrasion on half-title page and on page 1 , bookseller small label on rear pastedo...

South American Journals 1858-1859

Peabody, George Augustus · 1937

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Salem, Massachusetts Peabody Museum Limited Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase...

Rapids and Still Water

Coles, Rutgers Remsen · 1919

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Boston The Stratford Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 46pp. Dark blue cloth, paper label to cover and spine. Spine half missing, contents age-toned and complete, and the binding is tight. This is the FIRST EDITION, published in 1919, NOT a r...

Lucy On the Mountains (School Library Vol. XIX))

(Abbott, Jacob) · 1842

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boston Thomas H. Webb & Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 180pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering and decoration. A very sound copy, very slight rubbing of corners, small spot on front endpapers, text is clean and binding is tight. Uncommonly titled "Lucy On the...

Books for Boys and Girls

Harper & Brothers · 1927

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Harper & Brothers 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 62pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Slight creasing to front cover, cover and contents are otherwise in clean and fresh-looking condition. Color frontispiece and 3 additional full-page color illustrations, plus numerous black an...

The Children's Centennial History - Part 8

Shea, John Gilmary · 1872

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York McMenamy, Hess & Co. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 227-256pp. Grey printed wraps. Light soil and chipping to covers, light foxing to preliminaries and last Frontispiece engraving and several illustrations. Good

Minnie Brown; or, The Gentle Girl

Forrester, Francis · 1853

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Boston Geo. C. Rand First Edition 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 64pp. FIRST EDITION. Red stamped cloth, gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Spine chipped at head and tail, corners worn, faint vertical line length of front cover, contents age-toned and foxed, Christmas insc...

The Story of Ships

Petersham, Maud and Miska · 1935

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Philadelphia The John C. Winston Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author and Illustrator Unpaginated 32pp. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on front free endpaper. Blue cloth with pictorial paste-on. Covers are bright and clean, spine mildy faded, contents are...

All the World is Colour

Clement, Marguerite

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Niew York Farrar and Rinehart Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Pierre and Germaine L'Hardy Unpaginated 96pp. Red cloth. Covers slightly dulled, very little wear, tape-repaired tear to rear endpaper, an occasional spot im margins, overall sound. An imaginative visiual presentatio...

La mère Michel

Bringer, Rodolphe

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Paris Pierre Lafitte & Cie. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall de Law 80pp. Brown boards, pictorial paste-on , lettering in white and gilt, full page color illustrations plus ins text drawings. Illustrations en couleur hors text, et dessins dans le texte. Covers bright and fresh, m...

Le Livre du plein air

Müller, J.P. · 1909

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Paris Librairie Haar & Steinert 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 196pp.Quarter bound leather, raised bands, gilt lettering, original pictorial wraps have been bound in. raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers. Moderate wear, library stamps on tit...

La Fontaine Fables Choisies Pour Les Enfants

La Fontaine (de Monvel, M.B (illustrator) · 1925

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Paris Librairie Plon Oblong 4to M.B. de Monvel 48pp. No date, circa 1925, a small 1929 stamp on rear endpaper. Text in French. Tan florally decorated cloth, black lettering and gilt decoration. Some discoloring to cover, contents are clean and unmarked. Title page has a c...

How the Dutch Came to Manhattan

McManus, Blanche · 1897

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York E.R. Herrick & Co. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Blanche McManus 82pp. Yellow boards, silver and black lettering and decoration, top edge silver. Very light wear and very light soil to cover, spine darkened but very readable, contents are mildly toned and...