Antiquarian from Abaculus Books

The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs Illustrated in black and white by J. Allen St. John. 227 pages + advertisements. 8vo, stamped green cloth, missing dust jacket. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1916). Early American reprint. Ex-library, cloth frayed at edges, back end page torn, hinges reinforced. Contents clean and complete. A fair copy.

The Dairyman's Daughter by Legh Richmond Robert Raikes Libraries Vol. II No. 5, Oct. 7th, 1882. 202 pages. 16mo, original blue paper wrappers. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1882. Paper cover slightly torn near top and bottom hinge. A very good copy. Scarce.

Blind Amos and His Velvet Principles [Edwin Paxton Hood] Robert Raikes Libraries Vol. II No. 7. Oct. 21st, 1882. 146 pages. 16mo, original blue paper wrappers. Philadelphia: The American Sunday-School Union, 1882. Title page shows a small tear, repaired on verso. Well preserved, a very good(+) copy. Scarce.

Luke Barnicott by William Howitt Frontispiece. 96 pages. 16mo, stamped brown cloth. London: Cassell & Company, no date (c. 1900). Advertisements inside front cover. A very good(+) copy.

False Friends and The Sailor's Resolve Author unknown Frontispiece. 38 pages. 16mo, stamped cloth. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1884. Some light foxing to endpages, handwritten Friends Sabbath School Library plate inside front cove. Clean and tight, a near fine copy.

Busy Hands and Patient Hearts or, The Blind Boy of Dresden and His Friends by Gustav Nieritz In English. Frontispiece. 168 pages. 16mo, brown cloth. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. Spine cocked, cloth worn at edges, light foxing throughout. A good copy.

The Frantic Physician or "Three Dreams of Matrimonium" A Comic Opera in Two Acts Music by Gounod, play by Moliere. Music arranged by Marshall Bartholomew, libretto and adaptation by Alezander Dean In English. Illustrated in color. 210 pages. 4to, red printed black cloth. New York: Silver, Burdett and Company, (1935). First edition. A very good(+) copy.

The Bohemian Girl, Opera in Three Acts Music by Balfe, words by Alfred Bunn Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J. Pittman, full libretto adapted, with business and stage directions, by Leon Keach. 238 pages. Small 4to, cloth backed paper wrappers. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1882. First edition. Covers toned and worn, chipped at bottom right corner. Internally clean and complete. Scarce. A… Read more about this item

Moving Picture Animals GAR [R. H. Garman] Children's Favorite Series No. 4. Full color. 14 pages, 6 of which are die-cut. 4to, cloth backed die-cut pictorial stiff paper boards. Chicago: Ideal Book Builders, 1914. Scarce. Clean and complete, a near fine copy. "The barnyard animals in this book may be dressed in different costumes, each one having two or three suits of… Read more about this item

Finland in Pictures / Finlandia en Fotographias Suova, Maija (ed.) Text in English and Spanish. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards. Porvoo: Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, (1950). First edition. Covers edgeworn, corners worn and gently bumped. A very good copy.

Under the War Flags of 1861: A Romance of the South Pickard, William Lowndes 372 pages. 8vo, brown cloth. Louisville: Chas. T. Dearing, 1895. First edition. Cloth on spine rubbed and shows discoloration, covers rubbed and stained, corners gently bumped, some page corners creased. Contents complete, binding tight. A very good copy.

A Guide to Modern Peru: Its Great Advantages and Vast Opportunities Clairmont, A. de Illustrated in black and white. 149 pages + index. 8vo, blue cloth. Toledo: A. de Clairmont, 1908. First edition. Ex-library (catalog number on spine, embossed stamp on title page). Internally clean and tight, a very good(+) copy.

Portfolio Papers Hamerton, Philip Gilbert Frontispiece and two black and white plates with original tissue guards. 386 pages. 8vo, stamped red cloth. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889. First edition. A very good(+) copy.

Etching and Other Graphic Arts an Illustrated Treatise Plowman, George T. 26 black and white plates. 8vo, black cloth. New York: John Lane Company, 1914. First edition, limited deluxe edition, number 179 of 350. Missing frontispiece, corners considerably worn, covers rubbed, torn cloth repaired at top of spine, chip to edge of illustration index (text unaffected). A very good(-) copy.