Exhibition of the Armada at Plymouth; Museum Exhibition Catalogue
Plymouth, Devon, UK: Printed by Hoyten & Cole, 1888. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 9"x6" 48pp. plus 6 and 8 pages of ads before and after text block respectively. Original string-tied wraps. Full page engravings of Queen Elizabeth, Francis Drake and a scene from the destruction of the Spanish Armada. Square, tight and clean throughout with a bit of toning to rough-edged exterior covers only. Interior is free from foxing or other spotting or toning. Some edge-wear... Read More
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History of Zion Chapel, Leicester 1878 - 1923
London: C.J. Farncombe & Sons, LTD, 1923. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 12mo., 64pp. Sharp First Edition of this illustrated history of an English Parish Church, Bound in deep maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Square and tight and clean throughout save mildly toning page edges. No foxing. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Laid in is an interesting ephemeral religious pamphlet. A very attractive... Read More
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Chatterbox 1916
Boston: Dana Estes & Co, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to, 412(2) pp. Sharp 1916 Edition of this annual for children, Square, tight and clean throughout. Wear to edges and tips. Spine a bit dull Mild soiling to rear board. Still, a very pretty collectable copy.
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We Japanese: Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese
Miyanoshita, Japan: Fujiya Hotel, LTD, 1950. First Edition, Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Thick 8vo., 591pp. 889 Illustrations. Wraps. Beautiful First Combined Edition, originally published in three volumes beginning in 1934. Bound in decorative brown cloth over stiff paper boards bound with string without backstrip as issued. Pages folded so only one side of the leaf has printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Cloth age-toning. A gorgeous collectable copy. ... Read More
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The Illustrated London News - September to December, 1939
New York: The International News Company, 1939. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. 18 weekly issues, (Sept.2, to Dec. 30), bound together, approximately 34 pages each. Bound in black cloth with titles on spine in gilt. Photographs and both b&w and color illustrations throughout. Iconic issues of the weekly newspaper capturing the early days of WWII and its effect on the city and country. Very well-preserved, square, tight and generally clean throughout with little or no toning or... Read More
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Ward Lock's London
Hingham, MA: Ward, Lock & Co. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo., 287pp plus ads in front and rear. Sharp Sixtieth Edition, undated but circa 1953. Bound in paper-covered boards with titles in black on front board and spine. Illustrations, photos and maps throughout with several fold-out maps including an early London Transit system map. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no toning or foxing. Some staining to the top page edges Light creasing and toning to... Read More
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General Alphabetical Index to Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. Tall thick 8vo., 968pp Beautiful Re-issue. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch at the heel but minor. No dust-jacket as issued. From the library of noted New Jersey Irish-Ameican author, collector and professor of Irish history and literature, Tom Fox, with his small neat signature on the front paste-down and unobtrusive blind-stamp... Read More
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The New York Times Page One 1851-2002
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall thick folio, unpoaginated. Beautiful Unread copy of this regularly updated "Collector's Edition". Bound in full leather with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on both boards and spine. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price. Please note: International and Priority shipping may require additional postage.
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Colton's New Township Map of Pennsylvania and the Southern Counties of New York
New York: C,W, & C. B. Colton & Co, 1871. Cloth. Fair/Good. 42" x 29.5" (106.5cm x 75.2cm) Fold-out linen-backed map. Housed in a 4" x 6" brown cloth case with blind-stamped decorated borders and title in gilt. Front board detached. Ad on front paste-down is largely defaced with wear. Have wear and scuffing to boards with loss. Map itself is bright, colorful and 100% readable but has several tears along seems and a series of wear holes... Read More
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Massachusetts: A Guide to its Places and People: Federal Writers Project of the Workers Progress Administration (American Guide Series)
New York: Random House, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 675pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing Bound in dark blue cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Illustrations, photographs and maps throughout including large fold-out map in rear pocket. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some tiny chipping in spine ends and a 1" hole in the middle rear hinge. Some edge-wear and rubbing.... Read More
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Arithmetic Grammar Grade Book 1, First and Second Years
Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Popular Educator Arithmetics. Presumed First Edition with no other prior printings or copyright dates listed. 12mo, 149pp. 1/4 maroon cloth over paper boards. Titles and decorative border in blue. Square, tight and clean throughout with remarkably well-preserved pages with no foxing. Nicks and wear to the paper board edges and tips. Some soiling. NOT ex-library but stamp on paste-downs and lightly on cover denoting "Property of Clinton, (MA),... Read More
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Forrest J Ackerman's World of Science Fiction
by Ackerman, Forest J.
Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautiful FIrst edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($30.00), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Ezra Pound and his world
by Ackroyd, Peter
London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 127pp.. Sharp First Edition. Bound in orange cloth with titles in gilt on spine and gilt logo on front board. Over 100 illustrations and photographs. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Neat, written date on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket has a touch of edge toning but is fresh and bright with chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty... Read More
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Superior Women (Uncorrected Advance Proofs)
by Adams, Alice
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., Wraps 374 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A hint of toning to edges but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Publisher's promotional letter to booksellers laid in. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Death's Sweet Song
by Adams, Clifton
New York: Gold Medal, 1955. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Barye Phillips. Vintage Paperback. PBO Gold Medal #483. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original. May, 1955. $.25 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no toning. Some very minor edge-wear. Fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite uncommon in any condition.
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Mostly Harmless
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 277pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full Number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($20.00), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
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The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to., 177pp. Beautiful Unread First "Collector's Edition", one of Easton's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Bound in full leather with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on both boards and spine. All edges gilt. Silk bookmarks. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear to binding or covers. A Small faint abrasion to top gilt page edges but quite minor. A gorgeous collectable copy at... Read More
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The Model
by Aickman, Robert
New York: Arbor House, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 138pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence, of this posthumously published novel. Bound in 1/4 greenish-blue cloth over maroon paper-covered boards with spine titles in gilt. Arbor House logo blind-stamped on front board. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch of softness to the spine ends but barely. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($14.95), has a hint of wear... Read More
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Night Voices: Strange Stories (Scarce Uncorrected Proof)
by Aickman, Robert
London: Victor Gollancz, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., Wraps with dust-jacket. 185p. Beautiful First Edition, Advanced Uncorrected Proof of this posthumously published anthology. Bound in full black cloth with spine titles in gilt. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£8.95), has a touch of wear at the top edge but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy and quite scarce.... Read More
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The Late Breakfasters (Scarce Uncorrected Proof)
by Aickman, Robert
London: Victor Gollancz, 1964. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine. Small 8vo., Wraps 251pp.. Sharp Uncorrected Proof of this Aickman "Strange Tale" ultimately published by Gollancz with additional stories. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to the crown. Edges lightly toned. No chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy and quite scarce.
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Know Your Waterways: Holidays on Inland Waterways
by Aickman, Robert
London: Temprint Press Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 132pp., Index. No date but c. early 1960's. Sharp Fifth Edition, Fully Revised of this travel guide from Aickman who founded England's Inland Waterway Association. This is the "Library Edition" bound in green paper-covered boards with titles in black on front board and spine. There was also a soft-cover edition. Photographs and terrific vintage ads. Square, tight, and clean throughout with just a touch of page toning. Minor wear... Read More
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Night Birds on Nantucket
by Aiken, Joan
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 179pp. Beautiful First Edition of this historical fantasy featuring the return of the young heroine Dido Twite, Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Mapped end-papers. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some off-setting to end-papers and a few spots to fore-edge. Spine gilt a bit dulled. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket, (18s net), has mild rubbing to edges and... Read More
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Herculanum et Pompei: Recueil General des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc..(Herculanum and Pompeii: General Compendium of Pictures, Bromzes and Mosaics)
by Aine, H. Roux
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot, 1875. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8 Volumes complete, 4to. Solid Early Edition, bound in marbled paper-covered boards with titles in gilt upon gilt-bordered leather spine labels. Illustrated with hundreds of full-page black & white engravings. Text in French. Includes the scarcer volume 8, the "Secret Museum" that deals in erotica. All volumes square and with generally clean interiors save scattered foxing on prelims. Edges, spine ends and tips rubbed and bumped with some loss to... Read More
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For One More Day
by Albom, Mitch
New York: Hyperion, 2006. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Small 8mo., 197pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.99), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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The First Phone Call from Heaven
by Albom, Mitch
New York: Harper, 2013. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine/Very Fine. Small 8mo., 326pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a light bump to the crown. Small remainder mark on bottom page edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.99), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on special tipped-in signature page. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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