Old Bookshelf

The Master Builder

Ibsen, Henrik · 1955

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York New York University Press First U.S. Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 222pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Cover and contents are clean and unworn, slight offsetting to endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is slightl darkened and spine is partially faded. Transla...

The Complete English Poetry of John Milton (Excluding His Translations of Psalms 80-88)

Shawcross, John T. (Editor) · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York New York University Press First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 574pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is unworn and in very sound condition clean and unmarked. Near Fine No Jacket

Jeweler's Practical Receipt Book; Valuable Receipts, Formulae and Suggestions, Carefully Compiled from the Most Reliable Sources.

1892

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Chicago Geo. K. Hazlitt Co. Seventh Edition 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 55pp. Grey stapled wraps. Corners and spine ends chipped, 1/2 inch triangle chip to foredge, small archival tape repair to inside front cover, staple rust, contents toned and mostly clean and unmarked. Own...

Washington Album

1895

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Portland, Me. Chisholm Bros. Oblong 8vo Green cloth, gold and black decoration. No date, circa 1895. Accordion fold format, 30 panels of Washingt views in sepia tone. Edgewear and scuffing to cover, 1/2 inch abrasion to corner of front cover, illustrations are all in sound ...

The Standard Guide Washington; A Handbook For Visitors

Reynolds, Charles B. · 1898

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York, Washington, St. Augistine Foster & Reynolds 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 177pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering and capitol dome on front cover, folding map. Moderate edgewear, frontispiece margins chipped with no loss to image, text is age-toned but clean, folding map ...

Un Coin de Désert

Torczyner, Harry · 1958

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Editions Vynckier Courtrai First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Octave Landuyt Unpaginated, 40 pp approx., printed one side. Stiff printed wraps. Light edgewear a nc chipping to edges, contents are sound. Very Good

Bau, Leben und Pflege

Dümling, H. · 1884

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

St. Louis, MO Louis Lange Publishing Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 232pp. Text in German. Green cloth, gilt lettering, black decoration. Covers edgeworn, spine ends chipped, endpapers foxed and occasional foxing to text, owner's name and an inscription on ...

Les licences l'art Chrétien

Witkowski, G.J. · 1920

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Bibliothèque des Curieux 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 164pp. Printed wraps. 115 gravures, 2 planches hors texte. Light soil, chipping to cover and spne, contents are clean. Good

A Brief History of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, Long Island (1652-1902)

Hendrickson, William H. · 1902

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Newtown, Long Island First Presbyterian Church 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Green cloth, gilt lettering. Corners rubbed, spine ends chipped, light spotting. Contents are clean with mild age-toning. Good

Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister

Browning, Robert · 1945

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Atlantic Ocean Privately Printed 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Greer Allen Unpaginated, Blue cloth. One of 48 copies printed with Cloister Types. Title page reads : "Printed in the Atlantic Ocean." 5 engravings by Greer Allen. Edges lightly rubbed, one inch abrasion to lower...

Centennial Celebration of the Town of Orford, N.H., Containing the Oration, Poems and Speeches, Delivered on Thursday, September 7, 1865, with Some Additional Matters Relating to the History of the Place.

Centennial Committee of Orford

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Manchester, NH Henry A. Gage, Printer 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 145pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt title. Spine faded, corners lightly rubbed, owner's name on front free endpaper, text is clean and unmarked, and binding is sound. Very Good

A History of New -York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty

Knickerbocker, Diedrich (Washington Irving) · 1821

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Glasgow John Wylie & Co. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 372pp. Full leather, leather label. Neatly rebacked, original label, some chipping to upper edges, but binding is overall sound. Text is tanned and occasionally foxed, some separation at title page, owner's name on title pa...

The Republican Club of the City of New York

1908

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Republican of the City of New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 132pp. Light soil and spotting to covers, small tear to head of spine, contents are toned and clean and unmarked. Good No Jacket

Acadia and Thereabouts.

Presbrey, Frank · 1896

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Seaman-Presbrey First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Unpaginated 52pp including 11pp ads. Illustrated color wraps. Light shelfwear, 2 small tears to rear cover repaired with archval tape, text is mildly toned, small abrasion on front free endpaper. A travel gui...

World's Columbian Exposition.. Rand, McNally & Co.s Sketch Book Illustrating and Describing the Principal Buildings, with Their Locations, Dimensions, Cost, Etc.

Rand, McNally · 1892

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Chicago and New York Rand, McNally & Co. Oblong 8vo Unpaginated. Marroon boards, black lettering and decoration. Corners lightly rubbed, slight cover bleed to foredge and minor bleed to one page of texr, text mildly toned. Book is invoverall very nice condition. Very Good

History of the French Revolution of 1848. (2 Volumes in 1)

De Lamartine, A · 1849

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boston Phillips, Sampson & Company First American Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 245, 270pp, 2 volumes bound as one. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Corners and spine ends chipped, joints cracking but holding, binding is tight, frontispiece and endpapers heavily foxed,...

Mémoires historiques et politiques du règne de Louis XVI, depuis son mariage jusqu'a sa mort. (Tome 1, 2)

Soulavie, Jean-Louis (l'ainé) · 1801

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Strasbourg Treuttel et Würtz 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 355, 348pp, text in French,français. Half-bound paper covered boards, leather spines. Covers and spine worn and chipped, spine labels partially missiing, dampstaining to Volume I. Frontispiece folding plates present in...

Claims On the United-States By the Late Contractor for the State of New -York, &c.

(Anderson, Elbert)

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New-York War Department First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 179, 24pp. Paper over boards, title to spine. Binding is shaken and split in 2, contents are tanned, foxed and partially dampstained, text is complete. It is said that the name "Uncle Sam" originated as result ...

Commodore Isaac Hull, U.S.N. His Life and Times

Molloy, Leo T. (Compiler) · 1964

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Derby, CT The Hull Book Fund 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Compiler 244pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, errata pasted to front free endpaper. Covers very lightly scuffed, endpapers darkened, contents are clean and the binding is tight. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and DATED by co...

Here and There in New England Among the Mountains.

Sweetser, M.F. · 1889

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Boston Passenger Department Boston & Maine Railroad First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 125pp. Pictorial wraps, 2 folding color maps and numerous in text illustrations. Front cover missing, rear cover chipped and missing 2 inch corner piece. Contents are sound, evenly ...