Old Bookshelf

A Baker's Dozen. Original Humorous Dialogues

Baker, George M. · 1876

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Boston Lee and Shepard 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 137pp+6pp ads. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Wear and spotting to covers. Contents age-toned, scattered foxing, inscription and owner's name on front free endpaper. Dialogues originally published in Oliver ...

The Secret of Married Happiness

Swain, Sana · 1925

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Sana Publishing Company 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 164pp+4pp ads. Orange cloth, black lettering. Covers are sound except for one small insect hole and several tiny scuffs, text is yellowed but clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is chipped and torn and missing ...

Ecclesiastes

Weil, Shraga · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Israel Sifriat Paolim 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Shraga Weil Brown illustrated paper over boards, 80pp. Text in Hebrew, English, French and Spanish. Minor corner chipping, very subtle linear stain across boards, contents clean. Printed on heavy stock. Weil's drawings and te...

New York's Part in History

Williams, Sherman · 1915

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York D. Appleton and Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 391pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering, top edges gilt. Wear to extremities, splitting to front hinge, contents are clean. FIRST EDITION. A concise history with illustrations and maps. Good No Jacket

Choix de Soixante-quatre Dessins de EDUARD MANET (Dessins et Peintures des Maitres du XIXe Siècle a Nos Jours)

Rey, Robert · 1932

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Paris Braun & Cie. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Eduard Manet 47 plates of black and white reproductions, 3 pages of text. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, original dust jacket. Light soil and dampstaining to covers, Light dampstaining to some edges, not affecting plates or text. Du...

The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine. March 1856, Vol 47, No.3

Clark, Louis Gaylord [Editor] · 1856

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

New York Samuel Hueston 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 221-330pp+ ads. Illustrated wraps. Rear cover missing, moderate soiling, 2 holes to front cover with slight loss of text, occasional foxing but contents mostly clean. Fair No Jacket

The Aircraft Year Book For 1941

Mingos, Howard (Editor) · 1941

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Chez Jubert Doreur rue Sr. Jacques First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 608pp. Tan cloth. Light soil and dampstaining to boards and page edges, text not affected, slight buckling to spine, contents are clean. Contains many photos, diagrams, a fold-out map and an...

How to Use Florence Knitting Silk. No.4

1882

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Florence, Mass Nonotuck Silk Co. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 57pp. Wright & Potter Printing Co. Stapled illustrated wraps. Covers chipped and missing narrow 4 inch long strip from front cover, not affecting text or illustration. A few corners creased and an occasional smud...

Illustrated Manual of Knitting and Crochet Adapted to the Use of M. Heminway & Sons' Pure Dye Silks

M. Heminway & Sons · 1894

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

[Watertown, Connecticut] M. Heminway & Sons' Silk Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 127pp. Tan stapled illustrated wraps. Front cover chipped and creased, rear cover and most of spine missing, contents lightly toned but mostly quite clean, a few early pages lightly chipped. De...

The Doctor of Alcantara; Opera Bouffe in 2 Acts (Complete Score)

Eichberg, Julius (Music); Woolf, Benjn. E. (Libretto) · 1862

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Boston Oliver Ditson & Co. 1st Edition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 107pp. Brown embossed boards, gilt lettering to cover. Boards are edgeworn, spine chipped and missing pieces from top and bottom, some foxing and offsetting of text, but very readable and the binding is holdi...

Im Dunkelsten Afrika, Aufschung, Rettung Und Rückzug Emin Pascha's, Gouverneurs Der Aequatorial Provinz (1. Band, Erster Band)

Stanley, Henry M. · 1890

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York/Leipzig Charles Scribner's Sons,/ F.A Brockhaus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 515pp. Blue cloth, black lettering. German language, Volume I only. Corners rubbed, binding shaken, hinges and joints split, text lightly age-toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date ...

The Youth's Magazine or Evangelical Miscellany, for the Year 1842, Vol. 5. Fourth Series

(Various Authors) · 1842

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London Hamilton, Adams & Co. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 432+12pp index. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label, engraved plates. Moderate edgewear and chipping to boards, contents are age-toned, some dampstaining mainly apparent on plates, owner's name and ...

Nature Cruisings to the Old Home Town and the Little Hill Farm

Van Schaick, John, Jr. · 1928

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston The Murray Press 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 448pp. Blue cloth, black lettering to cover, gilt lettering to spine. Covers and contents are clean and sound, binding is tight, mild age-toning to text. Original glassine dust jacket has helped preserve...

Un'idea al Giorno

Forattini, Giorgio · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Milano Arnoldi Mondadori Editore 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 254pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering, in Italian language. Covers are clean and binding is sound, contents clean. Dust jacket is slightly faded, worn along top edge and has a few short tea...

Saint Louis; A Civic Masque

Mackaye, Percy · 1914

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Garde City Doubleday, Page & Company 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 99pp. Beige boards with gilt ornamentation, buckram backed spine, paper spine label, pages unopened. Spine ends very lightly rubbed, tiny chip to spine label, contents very mildly toned. Th...

Hangman's Honeymoon

Barker, C. Hedley · 1943

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Robert Hale Limited First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 220pp. Black cloth. SIGNED. Corners and spine ends rubbed, white spotting to rear cover, contents age-toned but clean. Inscription on the front free endpaper reads : "For Albert. All ...

Dorothy Day ; A Story for Girls

Lippmann, Julie M. · 1898

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Philadelphia The Penn Publishing Company First Edition Ida Waugh 325pp+10pp ads. FIRST EDITION. Rust red boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Light soil to boards, several gatherings are loose, contents mildly toned, an occasional spot, but mostly clean, owner's name on e...

Kensington Palace the Birthplace of the Queen Being an Historical Guide to the State Rooms, Pictures, and Gardens

Law, Ernest · 1899

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London George Bell and Sons 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 140pp. Red stiff wraps. Covers lightly soiled, chipping and tearing mainly to spine, corner crease to rear cover, pencil notation on front endpaper, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and sound. History, descrip...

Solitary Hours

Schlesinger, Frederick Schenck · 1922

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York James T. White & Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 100pp. Light green boards. Covers are faded, light wear to spine ends, binding is tight and text is clean, some foxing to preliminary pages. Front free endpaper is boldly SIGNED : "Y...

Self-Sacrifice

(Mrs. Oliphant) · 0

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Philadelphia T.B. Peterson & Brothers 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 375pp+25pp ads. No date but circa 1850s. Brown blind-stamped baords, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Minor wear and scuffing, contents age-toned, binding is tight, bookseller's label on front pastedow...