Shakhmaty. Albom dlia vipilivaniya. by Albychev Pavel Viktorovich - 1936: Rare Soviet chess 1936 book

Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse 1895. (Hardcover) 324, 324pp. Very good. Volumes 1 and 2 (consisting of the first 40 issues) bound together in red half leather. The covers of each volume are bound-in. Illustrated throughout (many of which are tinted in various pastel colors) including numerous full-page illustrations. A dampstain on the outer edge of the front cover. Histoires, voyages, sciences, vies des saints, geographie, beaux-arts, jeux, rebus. Text in French Language. (Juvenile).

Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. "On a new Plan. Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for a Reading and Classical Book in common Schools, and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families. Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and a beautiful Chart of the whole World. ... Fourth Edition, Improved. Printed at Boston, By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews; Sold by them ... and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; in Albany, by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews & Butler; and by other Booksellers in different parts of the United States -- May, 1801." 143, [1] p.: 2 folded leaves of engraved maps; 15 cm. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper over boards. All page edges red. Metal-engraved maps have imprint: Published by Thomas & Andrews Boston 1801. Shaw & Shoemaker, 959. Signatures in old hands on fixed endpapers by former owners:… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. [30] leaves of text interspersed with [24] leaves of color plates: wood-engravings; 27 cm. Original dark green cloth with gilt stamped spine and cover titles; gilt and black stamped cover illustration and decoration. Imprint includes: New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong. Date taken from English Catalogue of Books. Publisher's device printed on title page. Colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal. All are unsigned and without imprint. Plates and text are separated by guard sheets. "Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Jennie Z. Banks Presented by her Uncle C. Jack Christmas 1874." Each story includes one double-page illustration. In Very Good Condition: corners are rubbed with minor fraying; front joint rubbed with 1-cm. split in cloth; back board slightly rubbed; front is clean and bright; finger-soiling on a… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Gaze, Harold. Signed by Harold Gaze on the half-title, this is the first American edition of an Australian classic. A story about a young girl called Cecilia who visits the clerk of the weather with her imaginary brothers Tibbs and Kiddiwee. They visit the Castles of the Four Winds, the Himalayas and the Blarney Stone. Large octavo, coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 13 black & white plates, 6 drawings in text; original boards.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More

Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse 1895. (Hardcover) 324, 324pp. Very good. Volumes 1 and 2 (consisting of the first 40 issues) bound together in red half leather. The covers of each volume are bound-in. Illustrated throughout (many of which are tinted in various pastel colors) including numerous full-page illustrations. A dampstain on the outer edge of the front cover. Histoires, voyages, sciences, vies des saints, geographie, beaux-arts, jeux, rebus. Text in French Language. (Juvenile).

Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. "On a new Plan. Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for a Reading and Classical Book in common Schools, and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families. Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and a beautiful Chart of the whole World. ... Fourth Edition, Improved. Printed at Boston, By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews; Sold by them ... and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; in Albany, by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews & Butler; and by other Booksellers in different parts of the United States -- May, 1801." 143, [1] p.: 2 folded leaves of engraved maps; 15 cm. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper over boards. All page edges red. Metal-engraved maps have imprint: Published by Thomas & Andrews Boston 1801. Shaw & Shoemaker, 959. Signatures in old hands on fixed endpapers by former owners:… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. [30] leaves of text interspersed with [24] leaves of color plates: wood-engravings; 27 cm. Original dark green cloth with gilt stamped spine and cover titles; gilt and black stamped cover illustration and decoration. Imprint includes: New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong. Date taken from English Catalogue of Books. Publisher's device printed on title page. Colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal. All are unsigned and without imprint. Plates and text are separated by guard sheets. "Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Jennie Z. Banks Presented by her Uncle C. Jack Christmas 1874." Each story includes one double-page illustration. In Very Good Condition: corners are rubbed with minor fraying; front joint rubbed with 1-cm. split in cloth; back board slightly rubbed; front is clean and bright; finger-soiling on a… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Gaze, Harold. Signed by Harold Gaze on the half-title, this is the first American edition of an Australian classic. A story about a young girl called Cecilia who visits the clerk of the weather with her imaginary brothers Tibbs and Kiddiwee. They visit the Castles of the Four Winds, the Himalayas and the Blarney Stone. Large octavo, coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 13 black & white plates, 6 drawings in text; original boards.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More