Search Results: Vintage from Bucks County Bookshop IOBA

Princeton Princeton University Class of, 19241934, paperback. Various lists and articles on the 1924 graduates (names, occupations, spouse, children, etc.) -- Softcover, 116 pages. Condition: very good (spine tanned).

Elgin Illinois David C. Cook Pubishing, 1895, paperback. Publishing date supplied, not in book. -- Life lessons accompanied by material props. -- Laid in is a small sheet "The truth about the way into life" No. 1-S-100. -- Softcover, plain paper printed covers. Condition: very good minus (short tear at spine foot; cover crease and light soil; corners little curled). Pages are bright and binding is tight.

Chicago? Enterprise Yarn, 1940, paperback. Crochet patterns, instructions. -- Seventh printing, 1940s or 1950s, No. 9307, 15 cents. -- Softcover, 23 pages, 8.5x11 inches. Condition: very good minus (previously folded and creased in quarters; small spot front cover). -- Cover and pages are otherwise bright.

New York Grosset & Dunlap hardcover. No publication date given, circa 1930s. Illustrated by John Tenniel (color frontispiece and black-and-white otherwise). -- Hardcover, 297 pages, purple cover with light green lettering. Condition: very good minus (faint stain at spine foot; corners bumped; fore-edge irregularly bound) with bright dust jacket, good-only (edge chips).

Washington DC Government Printing Office, 1937, paperback. U.S. Department of Commerce, trade promotion series, no. 167. -- Many illustrations. -- Softcover, stapled binding, 41 pages. Condition: very good (owner stamps).

North Hollywood CA Carousel Westerns, 1980, paperback. First edition, Chisolm No. 1, 70054, 1.75. -- Pocket paperback. Condition: very good (light cover wear, pages bit tanned). ISBN 0897840542

London Century House, 1925, First Edition. hardcover. First, Limited Edition of 1,000 numbered copies. -- Includes 3 color photos and dozens of black-and-white photos of the pieces with coats-of-arms. -- Ephemera included: Author's SIGNED letter saying that the recipient's pieces are illustrated in the book; two bills of sale 1924 for porcelain; publisher's prospectus; news clipping book review. -- Hardcover, 136 pages, 9.5x12 inches, cover with beveled edges, page edges deckled, owner gift note dated 1937. Condition: very good minus (spine lightly sunned; splash stains on rear cover; endsheets foxed but pages and plates are clear). The ephemera are very good condition but do have folds and clip marks.

Reutlingen Ensslin und Laiblin [no date] paperback. RARE, and apparently never translated into English. -- Fiction, Osage Indians, Arkansas. Text in GERMAN GOTHIC. No publication date given, circa late 1800s, publisher catalog at rear. Neue Volksbucher, Nr. 193. 63 pages. -- Softcover, fragile printed wrappers. Condition: good only (paper spine torn; bookstore stamp on title-page; owner name in pencil).

New York American Publishers Corporation, 1887, hardcover. Two novels bound together: "The Bad Boy" is a late 19th century novel, written in Kentucky dialect with cultural stereotypes and language; The Annie Gibbs novel is a romance, is not listed separately in OCLC but listed in The American Bookseller journal 1890. -- Previous owner's gift note is dated 1897. Illustrated with drawings. -- Nice hardcover, black design stamped on red cloth. Condition: very good (printed on inferior paper and one page torn, no loss of text). -- John Musick was publisher of a Kirksville, Missouri newspaper and an attorney. His papers are at Truman State University.

London John F. Shaw, 1898, hardcover. New edition. No publication date given, 1898 supplied. 380 pages. Popular fiction. -- Hardcover, decorated light brown cloth. Condition: very good minus: front endsheet lacking; cover lightly rubbed.

New York Harper & Brothers, 1891, hardcover. The Garfield Edition, with facsimile of a letter from President Garfield. Later printing 1902. Illustrated from drawings by William Martin Johnson. Nicely bound copy, in two volumes, of this classic novel originally published 1880. -- Hardcover set of two, 3/4 leather over patterned covers matching the endsheets, TEG top-edge-gilt. Condition: near fine (volume 1 has a short cut to spine; owner name).

New York Harper, 1907, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, as identified in BAL 9783, green cloth with gilt and blind-stamped decoration, TEG top-edge-gilt. Hardcover, bright. with owner gift note dated 1907. Condition: very good minus (cover has several small white spots, rub at tips; light scattered foxing including the margin of some plates). -- Overall, attractive copy for the W.D. Howells collector.

Rock Island Ill Augustana Synod, 1920, hardcover. Includes 51 lovely and bright, clean color plates. -- Hardcover, 5.3x7 inches, 120 pages. Condition: internally near fine (one plate is torn) cover is very good minus (tips rubbed; faint stain; edge bumped).

Philadelphia Evans, 1859, hardcover. Containing over 1,000 of the most laughable sayings and jokes [that is, "funny" from a distance of 160+ years]. 1860 printing. -- Hardcover, brown cloth with blind-stamped designs. Condition: good-only (spine gold is dulled; cover edges worn; binding weak). Pages are bright and clear.

Chicago George Matthew Adams, 1911, hardcover. George Ade is quoted: "Walt Mason is the high priest of horse sense [.] high-grade stuff." -- Nice wood engraving portrait by Gustavus Bauman. -- Hardcover, bright stamped lettering and design. Condition: near fine.

Nashville Tenn Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1873, hardcover. Religious novel. Small hardcover, with owner gift note dated 1873. Fair-only condition (apparently lacking preliminary page; cover worn; binding cracked; title-page torn; foxing). -- We list this lesser copy because the book is hard to find.

Chicago A. C. McClurg, 1892, hardcover. Anthology of less common Christmas stories, translated into English. Includes extra illustrated title-page. -- Small hardcover, an ex-library copy with tape over spine, vintage check-out pocket, hinges taped and blank endsheet removed, library stamps; TEG top-edge-gilt. Condition: fair (library flaws as noted; cover soil and edges rubbed; spine slant; some pages spotted). -- There is a pretty cover decoration, the binding is otherwise tight, pages are else bright.

Philadelphia International Publishing, 1899, hardcover. Cover subtitle: Its Noted Men and Great Events. -- Record of battles and soldiers, changes in map of the world, political and social revolutions, discoveries, tropics and arctics, inventions, literature, and the progress of religion, morals and benevolence. -- With 100 half-tone engravings of events, and 100 portraits. -- Hardcover, 646 pages, color painting of Napoleon on front cover. Condition: very good minus (cover lettering dulled; spine tips worn; tiny peel cover picture; hinge cracked). -- Pages and plates nice and bright.

New York Appleton-Century, 1940, hardcover. EDUCATION HISTORY, published 1940. -- "A collection of readings especially designed for use in courses in English composition and literature . . . This is The Illustrative Edition." Each teacher is suggested to compose his own selection of articles. This example includes: Edward Gibbon: The Praetorian Guard Auctions the Empire; Pearl S. Buck: What Religion Means to Me; Bertrand Russell: National Independence and Internationalism. Hardcover, ring binding. Condtion: very good (spine tanned).

New York G. Schirmer, 1932, hardcover. First Edition. The book was created by the author's students grade 1 through 8. The author was a physical education teacher. The book recognizes dramatic play as important for the children's physical and emotional well-being. -- Hardcover, 134 pages, 9.4x12 inches. Condition: very good minus (cover corners worn; cover lightly soiled; spine tips frayed; no jacket). Pages are bright and binding is tight.