The Balance, and Columbian Repository
by Croswell, Harry, ed
Hudson (New York): Harry Croswell, 1804. Hardcover. Good. Volume III for 1804, with 52 issues of this weekly newspaper. Contemporary binding in quarter leather with paste-paper boards. The free endpapers have perished, as well as the paper covering to the boards. The paper is soft and spotted reflecting its poor quality. Number 8 lacks the final six pages; Nos. 37 and 38 each lack the final 2 pages, and No. 41 lacks the final four pages.... Read More
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Seymour's Humorous Sletches
by Crowquill, Alfred
London: T. Miles, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xviii, 175pp. Half deep green morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt title, green and black paste paper boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Occasional light foxing, spine pleasantly sunned else a very good copy. .
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The Comic Almanac (Complete)
by Cruikshank, George
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. NIneteen volumes comprising the complete first and second series. Bound in full crimson morocco by Riviere and son; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the color engraved bookplates of Chales Cobb Walker. And also with a music conservatory blindstamp at the base of each title page and another page near the end, varying with the volume. Otherwise... Read More
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A Discovery Concerning Ghosts; With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers
by Cruikshank, George
London: Frederick Arnold`, 1863. First edition. Wraps. Good. 8vo. 48pp. Original printed blue paper wraps. Illustrated. Wraps soiled, portions of spine perish, lacking corners of upper wrap and first three pages (no loss). A good copy. Housed in a quarter leather slipcase, spine titles gilt, blue cloth sides and chemise.
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Robin's New and Improved Series of Arliss' Pocket Magazine
by Cruikshank, George
London: James Robins & Co, 1828. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Five issues. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Each with an original woodcut. Three are unquestionably by Cruikshank, with his original signature; the remaining two are in his style and are likely by him as well. No. 1, January 1827, 'King of the Hartz", with the signature: By Geo Cruikshank, 1827. No. 5, May, 1827, :More Mornings at Bow Street", unsigned but with a pencil notation "Reid... Read More
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Branches
by (Minsky Binding) Mitch Cullin
Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 2000. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ilustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima.. 8vo. 197pp. One of 100 numbered copies with 16 tipped-in color plates and specially bound by Richard Minsky. Signed on the title page by the author and by the illustrator. Sing on the rear pastedown on the limitation skip by Richard Minsky. Bound in full khaki-colored cloth, with a pocket sewn onto the upper board covering, a sheriff star and name... Read More
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My Life on the Plains
by Custer, Gen. G. A., U. S. A.
New York: Sheldon and COmpany, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. mMall 4to. 256pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Custer. Illustrated with 8 plates. The frontispiece has a damp stain along the lower left corner just touching the facsimile signature, the hinges and edges are lightly rubbed else this is a very good copy. Howes C-981. Graff 961. .
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Legends of Ancient China
by (Chinese Silhouette Cutwork)
Chefoo, China: Temple Hill Cut-outs, 1930. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. Eight leaves of handmade heavy paper interleaved with text leaves printed on glassine. Each page has a silhouette intricately cut out of black paper and mounted. Bound in a Chinese-style binding with woven tapestry covers depicting a stream, pagodas, bridge, village and water bird, all in shades of green, beige and brown. The first page contains a cutout of two figures, one in a boat, and the... Read More
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Sancti Patris Nostri Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Hierosolymorum Cathecheses Illuminatorum Hierosolymis XVIII & 5 Mystagogicae
by (Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint)
Cologne: Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1564. First edition in Latin. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (xx),205pp. Printer's device on title; woodcut initials. First Latin edition translated by John Grodecius. The dedicatory matter is followed by a Life of St Cyril, a discussion of his works and an index. Early 19th century marbled paper boards, later lettering label, gilt; page edges stained yellow. The text block is generally clean and crisp, with an ownership name on the title and two stamps... Read More
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Insectivorous Plants
by Darwin, Charles
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x,462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index. Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near fine, bright copy, superior in condition to most. Freeman, 1220. The American edition was printed form stereos of the first English edition. .... Read More
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The History of the Civil Wars of France; Written in Italian by H. C. Davila. Translated out of the Original
by Davila, Arrigo Caterino
In the Savoy: T.N. for Henry Harringman, 1678. Hardcover. Fine. The Second impression whereunto is added a Table. 4to. 734pp. followed by the Table (15pp.) Bound to style in quarter calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. marbled paper sides, vellum tips. Fine copy. ESTC R652.
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The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou
by Davis, Theodore; Gaston Maspero; Percy Newberry; Howard Carter
London: Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. xxx,(2),48pp. Illustrated with 44 full page plates, some of them in full color, as well as six illustrations in text. Original green cloth, gilt titles. The cloth shows wear at the corners, edges and spine tips, and some disintegration of the cloth finish on the boards, so the binding is only good. One of the plates has a couple of corner creases, else the text... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Embellished with Engraving from Designs by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R.A.
by (Defoe, Daniel)
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 4to. xcii,429; v, (1), 415pp. Full calif by Riviere. Spines in six compartments, gilt, with red and black lettering labels, gilt; marbles endpapers and edges. Illustrated. Large paper copy. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid on; some rubbing, soil and wear, foxing to the first 2 leaves of volume 1, else a very good set. .
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Padre Kino Portfolio with Original Art
by DeGrazia
Tucson: DeGrazia Studios, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant folio. Twenty large 18 by 22 inch full color lithographs depicting the memorable events in the life of the popular, talented and heroic Eusebio Kino, SJ, sometimes called the most eminent and beloved Southwest pioneer. The images vary in size on the pages. Housed in a cream-colored cloth portfolio with the author and title printed on the upper board; the whole in the publisher's slipcase in matching cloth... Read More
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Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa
by Dellon, Gabriel
Paris: Daniel Horthemels, 1688. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (14),251,(13)pp. First French edition, preceded by an edition in Leyden the previous year and followed in Paris by an expanded edition the same year. Engraved vignette on the title page, and a woodcut of an examination in progress on page 1; six engraved plates, of which three are folding. Early full polished calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt and blind tooled, leather lettering piece, gilt. Neat repair... Read More
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The Lay Preacher; Or Short Sermons for Idle Readers
by Dennie, Joseph
Walpole, Newhampsire: David Carlisle, Jun, 1796. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. iv, 5-132pp. Contemporary full leather. Lacks front free endpaper, and a small piece from the top corner of the title page; leather mended at some time at the base of the spine; general wear and scuffing; else a very good copy. Silas Betton's copy, with his signature and flourish on the front pastedown. Also with the signature of J. M. Cross of Boscawen(?), N.H. dated 1856. Betton (1768-1822)... Read More
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A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines upon Railways
by De Pambour, Chev. F. M. G.
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi,(17-)304pp. With the four folding engraved plates, as called for. Publisher's green embossed cloth in a floral pattern, paper spine label. Edges, hinges and spine tips worn, label partially perished, ownership stamp to title page, occasional light foxing and staining but a very good copy. For the cloth pattern, see Krupp, App. 3, ribbon grain ft1, with the note that examples are known form... Read More
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
by Detmold, Edward J.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto. viii, 240 pp. Twelve tipped-in color plates with descriptive tissue-guards. Publisher's cream cloth spine and front cover pictorially stamped in gilt. A near fine copy, with the gilt bright and fresh, and only a trace of soil, of Detmold's rarest book. With a neat contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. .
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Little Dorrit
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Frontispiece, engraved title and 38 full page plates by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Bound from the monthly parts. First state text with 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois', and with the errata slip from Part XVI laid-in at p. 467. Signature BB2 with early misprint (B2). 2 volumes. Contemporary half leather, spines ruled in gilt into 6 compartments. Morocco lettering pieces, gilt; gilt vignettes in remaining compartments.... Read More
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Household Words; All The Year Round
by Dickens,Charles; Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Gaskell, Anthony Trollope, Charles Lever, Contributors
London: n.p. (Chapman and Hall), 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First volume edition. 16 volumes for Household Words; 20 volumes for All the year Round; 36 8vo volumes in all. All but two of the volumes are ex-college library in modern buckram, gilt spine titles. Library markings are: shelf numbers on spines; pencil numbers on upper left corners of titles pages; two line rubber stamp on textblock edges. Volumes 14 and 16 of Household Words are contemporary... Read More
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The Old Curiosity Shop, And Other Tales: Master Humphrey's Clock
by Dickens, Charles
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. With Numerous Illustrations by Cattermole and Browne" and, on the second title page (Master Humphrey's Clock): "With Ninetyone Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne". Tall 8vo. vi,9-362pp. Contemporary half leather. Spine title and rules in gilt with blind stamping; marbled paper boards. The first issue, without mention of Sibson as illustrator, and with the second title page (MHC). Hinge neatly mended; general light rubbing; early ownership... Read More
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Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court
by (Disney, Walt)
NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933. First edition. Fine. Hardcover/Near fine. Glazed pictorial boards printed in color. Pictorial endpapers in color. Four fabulous and detailed double-page pop-up scenes, plus full and partial page black & white illustrations throughout. The boards are ever so lightly soiled else this is a fine copy with fine pop-ups. The scarce dustwrapper is present; it lightly browned with age else near fine. A nice copy of an early Disney work.
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and His Friends
by Disney, Walt Studios
Hollywood: Walt Disney Enterprises, 1936. First edition. Stapled wraps. Thin folio (10 by 12½ inches). 10pp. printed on stiff card with a 'linen-like' finish, and in full color, staple-bound. Shows a Christmas party at Mickey's: a long-beaked Donald gets a horn; scarce character Horace Horsecollar gets a new collar; Goofy a cuckoo clock; Clarabelle Cow (another scarce character) has Christmas bells; Pluto, a toy cat, the twins a book, a hat for Minnie, a band leader's uniform for... Read More
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Dance of the Hours from Walt Disney's Fantasia
by Disney, Walt
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Thin 4to. (38)pp. Pictorial paper over boards, bright yellow cloth spine, decorated endpapers. Each page illustrated in either black & white or color with scenes from the Fantasia production. A near fine, with only the barest trace of soil and with a trace of wear along the edges. The dustwrapper is present. It is not price-clipped and it is lightly soiled and rubbed else... Read More
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Walt Disney's Story of The Reluctant Dragon
by Disney, Walt (Kenneth Grahame)
New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1941. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Thin 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Publisher's cloth spine, pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Based on a story from Kenneth Grahame's 'Dream Days'. This is a fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of wear along the edges. Very scarce in this condition. The dustwrapper has a little roughness along the edges and some light soil but... Read More
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