Old Bookshelf

Creative Cooking (Inscribed and Signed)

Roosevelt, Nicholas · 1956

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York Harper & Brothers 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 234pp. Orange cloth, FIRST EDITION SIGNED. Corners rubbed, top edges stained, slight darkening to endpapers, occasional notes and underlining in text. Dustjacket is chipped, stained and unde...

I Never Danced at the White House

Buchwald, Art · 1973

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s) 249pp. Green buckram boards, blue backing, gilt spine lettering, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Book is in very good condition, dust jacket is chipped, torn and tanned. Insc...

Winter in New Orleans

Southern Pacific · 1910

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New Orleans Southern Pacific 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall Shana Valeska 59pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Light wear to cover, small rubber stamp to cover and title page, text is clean. A compact narrative of the attractions and the benefits of visiting New Orleans. A promotion...

Reminiscences of a Voyage Around the World

Davis, R.C. · 1869

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Ann Arbor, Michigan Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 331pp. Rust colored embossed boards, gilt spine lettering. Very good with very light rubbing to extremities, contents are clean, slight foxing to page edges only. A well-preserved ...

New -England Mercantile Union Business Directory Part 6.- Connecticut. Containing a New Map of Connecticut, an Almanac for 1849, a Memorandum for Every Day in the Year, and a Business Directory For the State

1849

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York Pratt & Co. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 149pp + 22 addendum, folding map of Connecticut. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Spine faded, light wear and tiny chip at head of spine, contents age-toned but clean and unmarked, folding map is in very sound conditi...

Letters to Home Folks

Fisher, Aurelia S. · 1872

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Cincinnati Robert Clarke & Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 105pp. Original orange cloth, gilt lettering and black border, top edge gilt. Small chip to head of spine, corners lightly rubbed, spotting along top of front board, cover is otherwise in clean bright c...

Mercure de France, 1791 (5 Tomes - Volumes)

Mercure de France · 1791

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Paris Mercure de France 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 5 issues each about 100 pages : No. 18, 30 Avril 1791; No. 39, 24 Septembre 1791; No.45, Novembre 1791; No.48, 26 Novembre 1791; and No. 5010, Décembre 1791. Blue wraps, sewn binding. All have light soiling and some have sm...

How to Find Your Way in Brooklyn Travelgide

The Travelgide Co. · 1928

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York The Travelgide Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 128pp including 17 pages of maps. Red stapled stiff wraps. Cover is separated from text but all present, some bleeding of red covers to text, text is a bit wavy but otherwise sound. Includes a new street guide featuring...

The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations; A Compilation of Pathological and Anatomical Paintings by Frank. H. Netter, M.D.

Netter, Frank H. · 1948

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Summit, New Jersey Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. 1st Edition Folio - over 12 - 15" tall 222pp. Blue buckram cover, gilt lettering tocover and spine. Very light wear, interior is clean and sound. Very Good No Jacket

A sermon Preached Before the Eastern Consociation of Fairfield County, and the First Church and Society in Danbury, at the Installation of the Rev. William Andrews, June 30, 1813.

Williams, Samuel P. · 1813

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Danbury, Conn. Nathaniel L. Skinner 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 23pp. Hand stitched wraps. Soiling to cover, edges chipped, text is mainly clean with occasional spots, former owner's name on title page. Rev. Williams led the Presbyterian Church in Mansfield Connecticut. Good

Nast's Illustrated Almanac

(Nast, Thomas) · 1873

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,812)

New York Harper and Brothers 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 48+8pp ads. Nast's Illustrated Almanac for 1874, published in 1873. Chipping to edges and spine, contents are complete and mildly age-toned, binding loose but holding. Humor items by various authors including ...

The Great Metropolis. Phelps' New York City Guide...With Street Directory and Foldiing Map

Humphrey Phelps · 1867

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

New York Humphrey Phelps 2nd Edition 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 70pp., folding map. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Fading to cover mainly to spine, corners lightly rubbed, text is sound with a very occasional spot, historical society bookplate on front pastedown, folding map h...

The Romantic Ballet in England; Its Development, Fulfilment and Decline

Guest, Ivor · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Phoenix House Ltd. 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 176pp. Pink cloth, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and unworn, contents mildly toned, see-through rectangle stain from publisher's label on verso of title page, book is otherwise clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket...

The Old World and European Guide. Vol.X, 1889 Spring Edition

de Potter, A. - Director and Proprietor · 1889

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Albany, New York American Bureau of Foreign Travel 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 92pp, 10pp ads. Grey printed wraps, color folding map bound in, illustrated. Very mild wear to cover, contents very clean, including map. A comprehensive guide to travel in Europe for the year 188...

The Tribune Primer

Field, Eugene · 1900

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston Privately Printed 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 28pp. Tan printed wrapsSmall corner chip and light wear to cove, text is clean and sound. Mark Twain's brief snippets of humor and satire. Good

Jane Scott

Anonymous · 1832

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Philsdelphia American Sunday-School Union 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 36pp. Blue printed wraps, 3 engraved illustrations. Cover lightly worn and darkened, chipping to spine, text is lightly age-toned, faintly foxed, inside covers partly stained, former owner's name faintly in ...

Gems from American Female Poets, with Brief Biographical Notes.

Griswold, Rufus · 1842

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Philadelphia H. Hooker 1st Edition 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 192pp. FIRST EDITION. Brown blind stamped boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all edges gilt. It is a small book, measuring 4 1/2 x 3 inches. Light wear to boards, water stain on first pages diminishing...

Little Maggie

Unknown · 1860

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston Young & Bartlett 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 64pp. Red embossed boards, gilt decoration and title on spine, engraved frontispiece. Light wear, text is age-toned and clean, presentation inscription of front free endpaper, binding is tight. A small book measuring 4 1/2 ...

Clarence and Ellen; or, Grandmamma's Stories

Unknown · 1855

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Edinburgh Thomas Nelson and Sons 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall Cooney, Barbara 99pp. Green gilt embossed ornate card stock cover engraving on frontispiece and title page. Covers worn, spine chipped and missing pieces from head and tail, text is clean, binding is tight, han...

Female Policy Detected, or the Arts of Designing Women Laid Open

Ward, Edward · 1831

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

London E. Dunscomb 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 128pp. Bound in limp buckram, engraved frontispiece. Binding is heavily worn and chipped and separated from text block, text is age-toned and with very light and scattered foxing. Author offers advice to young men on how not to be...