Search Results: Titles starting with A from Old Bookshelf

New YOrk: A-D Publishing Co., 1940. Soft cover. Good. Alice B. Woodward. 51pp. +ads. Pictoial wraps. Light wear. Includes articles on Philip Reisman, "The Crafty Linotyper" and drawings by Hubert Davis, among other news on the printing industry.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xviii, 377pp. Green cloth,top edge gilt, paper spine label. Boards are clean and sound, minor scuffing. Slight cracking to front pastedown, offsetting to front endpapers from front panel of the dust jacket which is laid-in, contents are clean and many pages are still uncut. Folding map is bound in opposite title page.

Krems A. Donau: C. Dietzscholds, 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 219pp. Blue flexible boards. Text in German. Covers scuffed and rubbed, text is clean and binding is tight, owner's bookplate and name on front endpapers. This is the original 1905 publication, NOT a recent reprint.

New York: Seaman-Presbrey, 1896. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated 52pp including 11pp ads. Illustrated color wraps. Light shelfwear, 2 small tears to rear cover repaired with archval tape, text is mildly toned, small abrasion on front free endpaper. A travel guide and historical overview of the Maritime Provinces, illustrated throughout with numerous photos. This is the RARE FIRST EDITION published in 1896, not a recent reprint.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 207pp Blue cloth boards, gilt spine lettering. Thd slightest of fading to spine, otherwise ibook is n near fine condition. Dust jacket has light edgewear and 3/4 inch tear at top.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, contents are clean. Dust jacket is price-clipped, lightly worn along edges, and partially darkened along spine and folds. A sweeping chronicle of the life, both public and private, of the infamous dictator.

New York: Wonder Books, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Laszlo Matulay. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and pictorial endpapers. Book is in very good, unworn condition inside and out. Well-preserved.

New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1936. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norman Rockwell. 283pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering and Tom Sawyer image to front board. Spine and board edges faded, contents lightly age-toned but clean and no markings, tight binding. 8 color plate illustrations by Norman Rockwell.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Harrison Cady. 117pp. Grey cloth, red and black lettering and decoration. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened. A very occasinal spot a few margins. Black and white illustrations by Harrison Cady. From the Bedtime Story Books series.

Bpwers & Ruddy Galleries, Inc., 1979. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 305pp. Book is invery good nearly unused state. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on front free endpaper,

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 335pp. Original green boards with paper spine label. Front board detached but present, rear board tender but holding, spine missing one inch piece at top, paper label heavily worn and chipped, dampstaining to some margins, foxing mainly to first and last few pages, Maryland Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown. A fascinating narrative by Cox, of the fur trading industry in the American northwest, his relations with the indians of the region, and some OF the harrowing experiences he dealt with. Howes C-822.

Boston: Norman C. Barton, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 204pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt harp design to cover and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Light and mild spotting to cover, 1/2 inch to edge of spine, endpapers lightly mottled, text is mainly free of foxing, binding is tight, former owner's pencilled name on front free endpaper.

New York: Chez Jubert Doreur rue Sr. Jacques, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 608pp. Tan cloth. Light soil and dampstaining to boards and page edges, text not affected, slight buckling to spine, contents are clean. Contains many photos, diagrams, a fold-out map and an extensive directory section of related businesses and services.

Paris: Établissement Papeghin. Soft cover. Near Fine. Oblong 16mo. Stiff red printed boards. Texte en français et anglais. 20 bound post cards of views of Villandry Chateau. Dated inscription on rear cover. Text in French and English.

Dublin: W. Lawrence, Photographic Publisher. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catherine Tucker. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering and decoration. No date but circa 1880-1890. 11 accordion-fold pages, 44 views of Belfast, all vehicles shown are horse-drawn. Rear pastedown has ads of Gt. Northern Railway Co. and Great Southern & Western Railway. Light wear and chips to edges and spine, but still very presentable.

Leningrad: Privately Printed for Rarity Pres, 1890. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No date, but circa 1890. Green boards, gilt lettering and decoration, contents staple-bound, 18 colored photos of Belfast in the Emerald Isle series by William Lawrence. Edges worn, spine chipped at top and bottom, foxing and light soil to pastedowns and title page, some staple rusting and spotting to inner margins of several pages, but images are all clean.

Dublin: William Lawrence. Hardcover. Good. Oblong 4to. 16pp. No date, circa 1880s. Green boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Covers and spine rubbed, rear cover scuffed, text block separated from boards, but complete, dampstain to top corner of margins throughout not affecting images. 18 colored photos of Dublin.

Milan: Gruppo Editorriale Fabbri, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Maraja. 56pp. Pictorial boards. Très bon état. Near fine book with delightful illustratins by Maraja. Text inf French. Texte en français.

Wien-Liepzig-New York: Sesam Verlag, 1923. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uril Birnbaum. 109pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, 5 color illustrations by Helene Scheu-Riesz. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine lettering slightly darkened, text is age-browned, illustrator's introduction page has pulled loose but is present, several other pages loose but holding, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. all color illustrations are in very good condition. Dust jacket is darkened along spine and folds, light soiling, chipping along edges, but are for this edition to still have its original dust jacket.

Lafayette, Louisiana: Peter Pauper Press, 1960. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Tenniel. 161pp. No date, c1960. Pictorial covers with playing card motif. Book is unworn, spine darkened, interior is very clean and unmarked. Slipcase has 2 small chips at top and bottom, and very little other wear.