Old Bookshelf

The Farm-House; or, the Story of Jane and Joseph

Frere, Mary Louisa · 0

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York T.W.Strong 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 54pp. No date but circa 1870s. Red blind-stamped boards, gilt title. Spine mostly missing, title present, covers very loose and soiled. Binding is shaken, thumbprinted and occcasionally spotted, rear endpaper missing. Illust...

The City of Syracuse Today

Crane, K.F. · 1906

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Syracuse, NY Dey Brothers & Company Oblong 4to 23pp unpaginated. Stiff purple stapled wraps, gilt lettering and decoration. Photo illustrations of prominent sites and locations of Syracuse. Mild fade to front cover and small label removal abrasion, 1/4 inch tear to lower re...

A Balsamic Ditty

Unknown · 1883

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Seth W. Fowle & Sons. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 16pp. Yellow pictorial wraps, sewn binding. Moderate soiling and spotting to covers, contents are toned and occasionall lightly spotted, but mostly clean. cover barely attached. A story told in rhyme for each letter of the alp...

Floods in Ohio Magnitude and Frequency

Cross. William P. · 1946

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Columbus, Ohio Ohio Water Resources Board 154pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. Light soil to cover, small corner stain to rear cover and endpaper, staple rust, owner's name in corner of front cover. Written in cooperation with the Water Resources Branch of the U.S. Geological Su...

The Home of Washington at Mount Vernon, Embracing a Full and Accurate Description, as Well as of the Birthplace, Genealogy,, Character, Marriage, and Last Illness of Washington

Wineberger, J.A. · 1860

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Washington Thomas McGill First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 70pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Wear to edges and spine, gilt is partially faded but mostly intact, contents age-toned and there is some print offsetting to blank leaves, some splitting to fro...

The Speaker's Favorite or Best Things for Entertainments for Home, Church and School...Consisting of Recitals, Dialogues and Dramas...

Fenno, Frank H. · 1893

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

John E. Potter 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 514pp. Brown pictorial covers, gilt lettering. Covers are faded, lightly soiled and spotted mainly to rear cover, worn along edges. Contents are age-toned, but clean except for some light staining to 4 or 5 lower margins. Good No Jacket

Cams and the Principles of Their Construction

Jepson, George · 1905

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York D. Van Nostrand Company First Edition 59pp. Blue boards, blind-stamp design to front cover, gilt lettering, 2 fold-out diagrams plus other diagrams, errata slip bound-in at rear. Corners have the slightest of rubbing, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and b...

Helper's Impending Crisis Dissected

Wolfe, Saml. M. · 1860

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Philadelphia J.T. LLoyd 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 14 ads, [4], 223, 30 ads. Blind-stamped black binding, gilt lettering to spine. Covers and spine worn and chipped, spine missing small piees from head and tail, joints splitting but holding, endpapers heavily foxed, text occa...

De Laval Handy Reference Year Book 1948

De Laval (delaval) · 1947

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

New York The De Laval Separator Company 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 48pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Light chipping and corner creasing, retail store stamp on front cover, contents are tanned but unmarked, die cut hole for string. Promotional information for De Laval products p...

The True George Washington (Signed by Harry Ogden)

Ford, Paul Leicester · 1896

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company Signed by Author(s) 319pp. Covers soiled chipped (mainly spine), cracking of endpaper at hinges, contents age-toned, owners' bookplate and label on front pastedown and some offsetting opposite from bookplate. Front free endpaper is SIGNED...

The Seven Ages of Washington (Signed By Harry Ogden)

Wister, Owen · 1907

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York The Macmillan Company First Edition Signed by Author(s) 263pp + ads. Blue boards, rebacked with buckram, paper spine label, top edges gilt. Some separation at hinges, pages toned, occasional pencil notes. SIGNED "H.A. Ogden" on front free endpaper. Harry Ogden wa...

Israel Art Calendar 5717---1956/1957

Keren Hayesod · 1956

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Tel Aviv Lion the Printer 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Unpaginated. Spiral bound 12 month calendar with a color illustration for each month by Israeli artists. Produced by Keren Hayesod United Israel Appeal. In clean and sound condition. Very Good

Bits of Versatile Verse

Palin, Herb · 1925

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boston Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 40pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. LIght corner wear, contents are evenly toned. INSCRIBED in verse, and SIGNED and dated on front free endpaper by author. Very Good No Jacket

The Tour of the World in 80 Days

Verne, Jules · 1894

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York George Munro's Sons 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 179pp+13pp ads. Tan original wrappers. Covers edgechipped and missing a 2 inch piece from front cover ("Days" in title partly missing), contents are tanned and several pages of ads edgechipped, not affecting text, bindi...

The Royal Lifeguard (Life Guard) or The Flight of the Royal Family

Dumas, Alexandre · 1890

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chicago M.A. Donohue & Co. 209+11-38pp. No date but circa 1890s- 1900. Pictorial stiff wraps. Covers are soiled and chipped and there some splitting along spine but holding, contents are tanned, title page darkened near edges and there is a small chip to one corner. In ad...

A Summer in Norway ; with Notes on the Industries, Habits, Customs and Peculiarities of the People, the History and Institutions of the Country, Its Climate , Topography and Productions. Also, and Account of the Red-Deer, Reindeer and Elk.

Caton, John Dean · 1875

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Chicago Jansen, McClurg and Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 401pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Moderate edgewear and nearly invisible pucker to front cover, contents age-toned, slight offsetting of frontispiece to title page, binding is ti...

Heures Nouvelles, ou Demi-bréviaire, contentant les offices de tous les Dimanches & fêtes de l'annee. Imprimée par l'ordre de M. l'Evéque d'Amiens, a l'usage de son diocese.

1790

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Amiens J.B. Caron l'aîné 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 589pp. Full leather, gilt border, gilt spine lettering, marbled endpapers. Edges worn, spine chipped, , front hinge split but holding, contents tanned, a few slightly stained margins, but overall sound. Text in French and ...

John Hobbs : A Tale of British India

Drago, George · 1876

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

London S.W. Partridge Fourth Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 88+8pp ads. Blue stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Extremities worn, some internal separation, an occasional smudge in margins. Inscription and date (1876) on title page. Preface by Archdeacon Jeff...

Swiss Travel Almanac

Swiss Tourist Information Office (Editors) · 1923

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Olten, Switzerland Otto Walter, Limited 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Tan illustrated wraps. 111pp+120pp ads. Spotting and soil to cover and rear cover and 1/4 of backstrip missing, but contents are very clean and binding is sound. Includes calendar of events for 1923, suggesti...

Thirty-six Inches of Adventure

Arnac, Marcel · 1930

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York The Planet Press 20 Hrs. 40 Min.; Our Flight in the Friendship 245pp. Blue cloth. Limited edition of 2,000 copies. Covers clean and unworn, binding is tight and contents are clean. Clipped dust jacket is chipped and worn at edges, somewhat darkened. Amusing adven...