Search Results: Titles starting with I from Arabesque Books

Atlanta: Bird Printing Co., 1916. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 88 pages. Protected in mylar. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Lucian Lamar Knight. A very attractive copy with a portrait of an old black man (Unc' Nat.) on the front board. One page has a 1" closed tear. No previous owner's names or marks. Scenes and portraits of the Old South in prose and poetry. Photos of "de ole black Mammy" among others. Written in Southern Negro dialect. A scarce copy.

London: Bloomsbury, (1988), 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Square 4to. 327 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket has some typical fading along the spine area, otherwise attractive. Former owner's name on the front paste down. The book is very clean, no other marks. An important and very useful book which includes over 2,000 makers' marks and 1,000 illustrations showing styles of silver.

London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. pp. [3], 2-261. Noted as a new edition on the title page. Bound in full green morocco with raised bands on spine, gilt title and turn-in gilt. Slightest of wear on binding. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Slightest of foxing on a few pages at beginning and end. Interior of book very clean. A tight, square, solid copy. Attractive.

Ridgewood Times Printing and Publishing Company, 1913. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to. pp. viii, [3], 4-276 including index. Volume One only. Illustrated. Book is protected in new mylar. Binding has corner and edge wear. Paper label on spine is worn and rubbed but mostly legible and notes "VOL. 1". End papers have light, uneven age tanning and a previous owner's name stamp erased. Interior pages are very clean, white and unmarked. Chapters include; Greater Ridgewood Past and Present, Local Schools and Libraries, Old Families of Greater Ridgewood, Civic Bodies of Greater Ridgewood, Industries and Institutions, Real Estate, Building and Allied Trades, Prominent Citizens and Business Men, etc. A very scarce book from 1913 about the Ridgewood area in Queens, New York City.

Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, (1992), 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. pp. xii, [2], 1-253. Illustrated, includes more than two hundred rare photographs. First Edition, First printing. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. No previous owner's names or marks. A very clean, attractive, solid copy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. pp. xiii, 314. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Minor damp stain along top of some pages. Otherwise a very clean, solid book with no former owner's names or marks.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach: Donning Company, (1986), 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to, (11 1/4" tall). 296 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. A book plate has been added to the front free end paper which is signed by the author and notes that this is number 577 of a special edition. No previous owner's names or marks. A very clean, solid, square, attractive copy. Gift quality.

Urbana and Chicago: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 198 pages. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. This is a review copy as noted on a slip which is freely inserted from the publisher. A clean, unmarked, tight, square copy.

Herrin, Illinois: The Egyptian Publications, Inc., (1933), 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Large 12mo - 7 3/4" tall. pp. 58, [7]. Frontispiece. Limited to 139 copies of which this is copy no. 26. Signed by the editor, Trovillion. Slight bump upper corner otherwise in crisp, clean, fine condition. No previous owner's names. Protected in new mylar. Also includes in yellow wraps, "As a Hobby a Private Press". A scarce, very limited copy of an early Trovillion publication, American's oldest private press.

Valdosta, Georgia: Little River Press, (1973), 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. pp. viii, [1], 1-69, 1-21 appendix, [12 pages of notes and bibliography]. Illustrated. Maps. Reproductions of photos of Doc Holliday including the first publication of his graduation from dental school photo. Very slight browning of soft cover binding, now protected in new mylar. Spine has a couple of minor chips and creases. No former owner's names, internally very clean, tight and square. A scarce copy.

Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 270 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Book protected in mylar. Binding has minor fraying at the top and bottom of the spine. Book is clean with no former owner's names or marks. The edges of the pages are slightly tanned as a result of the paper quality. The author was Vicar Apostolic of the South Solomon Islands.

Chicago, New York: George M. Hill Company, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo. 440 pages. First Edition. With the calling card of the author attached to the front paste down, he notes in pencil, "With Best Wishes of". Previous owner's names on the front free end paper. Included is a three page copy of a 1901 letter from the previous owner of the book to the author thanking him for the book, but then going on to criticize the book. Letter has edge wear. The book has some edge and corner wear. Interior is mainly clean except for small stains on six pages. A very scarce first edition.

Lexington, VA.: Published By Order of the Board of Visitors, 1878. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. Small 8vo. 59 pages. Apparent 7th edition, May, 1878. Protected in a plastic sleeve. List of academic staff, necrology, assistant professors, military staff, and steward. Appendix showing graded standing in each subject and in general merit of the graduating class Virginia Military Institute, July, 1877. Original printed paper wraps. Fragile condition, chipping along edges, corners, and spine. Some staining and minor notes on rear cover. Interior is mostly clean, some notes on one page. Final page is loose. A very scarce copy.

Edinburgh: Alexander Donaldson, 1773. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. pp. xii, 382. Frontispiece. Three fold-outs. Bound in contemporary full leather with label on spine. Some staining on covers and flaking on spine. Previous owner's names on end papers. Interior has some light staining. A solid, tight copy of a scarce title.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (2000), 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 275 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed on the page opposite the title page, "For Jimmy - Lance Armstrong". Appears to be 40th printing. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Book is very clean, solid, tight, and fresh. An attractive copy.