A Tale for Easter
by TUDOR, Tasha
[New York]: [Henry Z. Walck, Inc. a division of David McKay Company, Inc.], 1941. Boards. Fine/near fine. Tasha TUDOR. [SIGNED by the AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR] [HOLIDAY]. SIGNED by the author. Later printing-5th in number row. 16mo square(6 ¾ x 6 ¾"); [31]pp; plain aqua boards, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; illustrated half-title and signed by the author/illustrator dated "1984;" illustrated title page; no publisher's information on title or copyright page; color illustrations with text every page;... Read More
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A is for Anna Belle
by TUDOR, Tasha
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1954. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Tasha TUDOR. [JUVENILE] [ABACEDARIAN] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition thus, possibly published 1960 as the Library of Congress number recorded on the copyright page starts with "60-." First published by Oxford University Press. 12mo oblong; [54]pp; mint green buckram over board, gilt-stamped title on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers, floral tussy-mussy surrounded by a lily of the valley wreath; color pictorial title page; illustrations every... Read More
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The White Goose
by TUDOR, Tasha
London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1943. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. Tasha TUDOR. [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Tasha TUDOR, illustrator. Hilda SCOTT, calligraphy. First edition. 16mo square (6 5/8" x 6 1/8"); [26]pp; pale gray cloth over board, pastedown label on front board with blue lettering and witch hazel branches; animal vignettes in blue within a border on eps; pictorial title page, cat tails with lettering in a blue border; 13 full-page illustrations in... Read More
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The Dolls' Christmas
by TUDOR, Tasha
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1950. Cloth. Very good/very good. Tasha TUDOR. Second state of Walck with brighter ivory paper and dust jacket front flap listing $2.50 in the lower corner, clipped upper corner (Hare D-10); unpaginated [32]pp; 12 pp full color illustration, illustrated half-title, title and dedication page; publisher's cloth; 2pp with wrinkle; very good in vg dj.
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The Great Corgiville Kidnapping
by TUDOR, Tasha
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1997. First Edition. Boards. Fine/fine. Tasha TUDOR. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition, first printing. 8vo oblong; [38]pp; glazed color pictorial boards; color pictorial endpapers and title page; color illustrations throughout; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. One of Tasha Tudor's (1915-2008) books about animals, this time anthropomorphic corgis must solve the crime of a kidnapped prized fair rooster in the town of Corgiville.
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Take Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book
by TUDOR, Tasha
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1966. Boards. Near fine/very good. Tasha TUDOR. Later printing (3rd printing), c. 1968. 8vo oblong; 157 [2]pp; red cloth over board decorated with design of a fir tree and branch border, front and rear; title, author and publisher gilt stamped on spine; yellow endpapers, bird in a wreath on left and mouse in a wreath on right; color illustrated title page, illustrated in both color and b&w throughout; printing statement... Read More
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Zodiac Town; The Rhymes of Amos and Ann
by TURNER, Nancy Byrd
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very good +. Winifred BROMHALL. First edition. 8vo; 131pp; gilt-stamped navy cloth over board, vignette of children reading a book to front; pictorial endpapers in navy; 13 full-page b&w illustrations; small vignettes in text and as head-pieces; light age-toning of paper, light rub to bottom corners and spine tail; unclipped unpriced dust jacket, pictorial front, publisher's ad to rear, a few chips and closed tear to rear; fine in... Read More
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A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day, and Other Artists-with also Three or Four Pictures made by the Author of this Book Without Outside Help; in all Three Hundred and Fourteen Illustrations
by TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1882. Cloth. Very good +. [FICTION] [HUMOR]. First reprint by Chatto & Windus was after August 1880, this is a later reprint. 12mo; xxii, [iii],[1] 2-564pp; three-quarters bound in pebbled calf with marbled boards, gilt-ruled and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers and matching marbled edges; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 23 plates and illustrations throughout; light shelf-wear to boards, light foxing to fp tissue guard and title page; very good plus. This... Read More
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The American Claimant
by TWAIN, Mark [Samuel CLEMENS]
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Daniel Carter BEARD. [LITERARY WORK]. TWAIN, Mark [Samuel CLEMENS]. The American Claimant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Dan BEARD, illustrator. Jenkins & McCowan, New York, printers. First edition. 8vo; xv, [i], 17-277, [1]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; publisher's olive cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, vignette of two men, a lion with a crown and an eagle stamped... Read More
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Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches
by TWAIN, Mark
New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1878. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Second edition. 16mo; 140pp [4]; green cloth, black stamped vignette designs and title, author and a caricature of Twain on the front cover, gilt stamped title to spine, design blind stamped to back cover; glazed cream eps with no decoration; Author's name in facsimile autograph on title page; Mark Twain's Scrap Book advertising to rear paste down; scuffing to cover edges with bumped corners and loss,... Read More
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The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart
by UPTON, Bertha, verses. Florence K. UPTON, illustrator
London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901. Boards. Very good. Florence K. UPTON. [STIGMATIZING ILLUSTRATIONS] [RHYMING VERSE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. 8vo oblong (8 5/8" x 11"); 66pp; color pictorial boards, a Golliwog and two Dutch dolls in a go-cart on front; quarter-bound green cloth; color patterned endpapers with swans and sailing ships, lacking rear free endpaper; color vignette of a Dutch doll on title page; 31 full-page color illustrations; text and line drawings... Read More
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![The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol. LVII for the Year M.DCCLXXXVII, Part the Second, [July through December 1787]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/166/976/1476976166.0.l.0.jpg)
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol. LVII for the Year M.DCCLXXXVII, Part the Second, [July through December 1787]
by URBAN, Sylvanus [pseudonym for founder Edward CAVE]
London: Printed by John NIchols for David Henry, 1787. Quarter-bound leather. Very good. [PERIODICAL] [AMERICANA]. Printed by John Nichols for David Henry and sold by Eliz. Newberry, the corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, Ludgate-Street. First edition. 8vo; [1], 554-1200pp + [16] Index; quarter-bound brown calf with marbled boards; bookplate on front pastedown, "The Property of the Light House Establishment," now the U.S. Lighthouse Service, pasted over an older bookplate; 13 bound-in illustrated plates, all present but... Read More
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![The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol. LVI. For the YEAR MDCCLXXXVI. Part the Second. [July through December 1786]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/301/976/1476976301.0.l.0.jpg)
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Vol. LVI. For the YEAR MDCCLXXXVI. Part the Second. [July through December 1786]
by URBAN, Sylvanus [pseudonym for founder Edward CAVE]
London: Printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, late of St. John's Gate;, 1786. Quarter-bound leather. Very good. [PERIODICAL] [GREAT BRITAIN]. Printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, late of St. John's Gate; and sold by Eliz. Newberry, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, Ludgate-Street. First edition. 8vo; [1] 534-1148pp, + [16]pp Index; quarter-bound brown calf with marbled boards; bookplate on front pastedown "The Property of the Light House Establishment," now the U.S. Lighthouse Service, pasted over... Read More
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United States Coast Pilot, Gulf Coast, Key West to the Rio Grande, Second (1936) Edition, Serial No. 590
by [U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Daniel C. ROPER, Secretary. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, R.S. PATTO, Director]
Washington DC: United States Government Printing OFfice, 1939. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Inserted maps and charts, fold-out: Index Map: Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts, 1939; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Inside Route, Key West to Rio Grande, No. 1, 1936 [Florida and Gulf of Mexico]; No. 2, 1936 [Gulf of Mexico: Sabine Pass to St. George Sound]; No. 3, 1936 [Gulf of Mexico: coast of Texas]. 8vo; vi, 397pp; pale green buckram over board with black decorative... Read More
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The Frenchwoman of the Century. Fashions--Manners--Usages
by UZANNE, Octave
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. Eugen GAUJEAN, engravings. Publisher's note: 300 copies printed for England and 200 copies for America. Quarto; xxii, 273 [1]pp; stamped violet-blue cloth over board, color illustrated cover, gilt-stamped spine; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; watermarked paper; 10 color engraved plates inserted with tissue guard, including frontispiece, plus other color illustrations in text; light scuff to head and tail of spine and corners, light cover soiling, age-toning of... Read More
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Voyages et Aventures de Lapérouse, Cinquième Edition
by VALENTIN, F.
Tours [France]: ad. [Alfred] Mame & Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires, 1848. Series: Bibliothèque de la Jeunesse Chrétienne approuvée par Mgr. L'Archevêque de Tours. [DECORATIVE BINDING] [FRENCH LANGUAGE] [JUVENILE]. Reprint. 12mo; 288pp; decorative gilt-stamped blue board, central framed chromolithograph illustration of sailing ships at sea; gift inscription dated 1857 on front pastedown; 4pp listing of the 46 volumes in the series; engraved fp and 2 additional plates with tissue guards; pictorial title page; light wear to boards, a few chips including in... Read More
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Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books The Life of a Doll
by [VALENTINE, Laura B.J.]
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1866. Wraps. Very good. [ILLUSTATED] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Kronheim & Co., London, printer. Small 4to (10 3/8" x 9 1/8"); [12] leaves printed one side only; stiff glazed pink wrapper, brightly colored decorative border surrounding lettering on front, rear wrapper is publisher's advertisement for "Warne's Nursery Literature;" publisher's string binding; 6 full page illustrations with offsetting to opposite page of text; light wear and soiling to wrapper, binding holding but pulling in wrapper fold,... Read More
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Photographs of Iona & Staffa, 2nd Sept. 1883
by J.V. [James VALENTINE]
[Dundee, Scotland]: [Valentine and Sons], 1885. Cloth. Very good. [TRAVEL] [PHOTOGAPHS] [TOURIST]. 12mo oblong (7 ¼" x 10 ¼"); [12] leaves; textured red cloth over beveled boards, double black stamped fillet on front, gilt lettering; all edges gilt; white satin ribbed endpapers; 12 albumen photographic prints laid-on board with titles and signed "J.V."; boards soiled and edges scuffed, fading to imprinted date on front board, lightly age toned leaves; very good. A nice photographic album most likely sold... Read More
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The Stranger
by VAN ALLSBURG, Chris
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. [SIGNED]. First edition, second printing. 8vo oblong (9 3/8" x 11"); [28]pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering and leaf design on front; orange endpapers, author inscribed and signed on ffep "For all the Langs 1987" with a small drawing of a dog head; 14 full-page color illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light shelf and edge wear; binding tight and unread; fine in very good plus dust... Read More
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Secret Knowledge Disclosed; or a Plain Way to Wealth; Comprising a Collection of About 1900 Rare and Practical Receipts and Valuable Tables, Designed for the Use of Every Business Man and Mechanic. New Discoveries Being Coonstantly Added. Combination of Prof. Cameron's English and R. Moore's American, Celebrated Copyright Receipts
by VANCLEVE, B.F.
Boston, Mass: H.H. & T.W. Carter, 1871. 12mo; 210, xi pp; blind stamped pebbled brown cloth over board with gilt stamped word "Receipts." to the spine; bumping of cover corners with loss and loss at head and tail of spine, back hinge loose but holding; very good. Scarce. Only two located in WorldCat libraries. Interesting collection of recipes for pharmaceutical, business and industry uses. Tables with weights, measures, wages, etc. follow the text.
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The Ruling Passion, Tales of Nature and Human Nature
by VAN DYKE, Henry
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. W. Appleton CLARK. [LITERARY WORK] [DECORATIVE BINDING]. W. Appleton CLARK, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; x, [2], 295, [1]pp; navy decorated cloth over board, gilt-stamped floral wreath on the front surrounding the gilt lettering, gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt, untrimmed fore and bottom edge; ownership on ffep; tinted halftone fp with tissue guard + 7 additional plates; head and tail of spine have stretching, corners lightly bumped; very good plus. The... Read More
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The Best Way to Go-The Only Way to See Niagara Falls via M.L. Van Dyke Tours Blue Coaches, or 1926 Packard Sedans. Greatest Scenic Approach to the Falls via Canadian Boulevard, Reached Only by Automobile-Returning on American Side of the River
by VAN DYKE TAXI AND TRANSFER, INC
Buffalo, New York: Van Dyke Taxi and Transfer, Inc, 1926. [EPHEMERA] [TRAVEL] [BIRD'S EYE VIEW MAP] [TOURIST ADVERTISING BROCHURE]. J.W. Clement Co., Buffalo, printer. Bird's Eye Map: Van Dyke Sixty Mile Tour Down the Beautiful Canadian Boulevard Returning Thru Buffalo's Parks & Drives. Complete Safe Economical, Buffalo, Cleveland, New York: The Matthews Northrup Works. 7 ¾" x 5" tri-folded brochure opening to 20"; half-tone photographic illustrations of the coach in front of the falls; 13 thumbnail photographic illustrations... Read More
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Lou Gehrig, Boy of the Sand Lots, Number 42 Childhood of Famous Americans Series
by VAN RIPER, JR., Guernsey
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Publishers, 1949. Paul LAUNE. [JUVENILE] [SPORTS]. Paul LAUNE, illustrated. First edition. 12mo; 194pp; orange cloth over board, black stamped lettering on front and spine, 7 full-page silhouette -style black and white illustrations; untrimmed fore edge; unclipped color pictorial dj in yellow, red and gray featuring a sand-lot ball game, dj verso publisher's note to parents; light hand soiling to dj; fine in very good plus dj. One of the Childhood... Read More
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A Brief History of Maine, Second Edition
by VARNEY, George J.
Portland, Maine: McLellan, Mosher & Co, 1890. Second Edition. Cloth. Near fine. 12mo; 336pp; blue cloth over board, stamped in black with art nouveau stylized pine needles and decorative borders, title gilt-stamped; edges marbled; small floral relief printed endpapers; wood engraved frontispiece printed in purple; 10 listed illustrations in text; newspaper clippings hand dated 1892 and 1894 with notes pasted to recto rear fly-leaf, with offsetting to corresponding page of text; light scuffing to corners, head & tail... Read More
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Aida, An Opera in Four Acts; Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, The Original Italian French or German Libretto with a Correct English Translation. Aida. Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by VERDI, Giuseppe
New York: Fred Rullman, Inc, No date [c. 19--]. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 37pp + [3]pp musical score; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; 2 staple binding; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; musical score follows text; light age-toning of wrapper; very good. English translation and text of the opera Aida. No date but 1935-1950 century based on Edward Johnson as General Manager.
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