Rare books from Popeks Books, IOBA

Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1871. This antique hardcover limited-edition book is bound in brown cloth boards with a paste-down spine label with black lettering. Covers are worn, cover edges and corners show heavy wear, some soil; endpapers browned, with some markings; most inner pages clean. This edition was "annotated" by the previous owner, with notes and pasted-in information throughout - all concerning the edition, illustrations and information containted within. This book was limited to 50 copies; it is illustrated throughout with full-page steel engraving plates. Additionally, this copy was the former property of author William Stone. Stone's bookplate appears on the front inner board, and pasted down to the front endpaper is a letter to Stone from the book's author, Jeptha Simms, dated Sept. 26, 1881. Simms is writing Stone to tell him of a new book he's working on (another history of New York), and offering to get one of Stone's books into the hands of some people in… Read More

Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc, 1951. This is the story of a man's blind infatuation, his heartbreak and his slow decline into a living inferno. Rare! Book and jacket are both in good condition with wear to the jacket edges and soil, and cover soil and wear to the spine ends of the book. A rare fantasy title with original jacket. 1038 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None. 5.5 x 8.

New York: Privately Published, 1920. This collection of individually published essays, speeches and lectures by Bolles has been rebound in a handsome three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers. Pages are clean and crisp. Spine label has peeled, some light edgewear. Hinges are tight and strong. 6"x8.5" Contents include: ON THE PROTECTION OF BANKS FROM LOSSES THROUGH DEFAULTING OFFICERS - A PAPER READ AT THE CHICAGO CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOC. SEPTEMPTER 24, 1885 Published by Homans, 1885 POLITICAL ECONOMY - ITS MEANING, METHOD, LIMIT AND NATURE AND THE APPLICATION OF ITS PRINCIPLES -DELIVERED BEFORE THE SENIOR CLASS OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY, JAN. 8TH 1878 Reprinting from Banker's Magazine, 1878 HAS THE BRITISH LION WORN OUT HIS PAWS? Tariff Tract #4, 1886 WHAT KIND OF CURRENCY SHALL WE HAVE? Published by Homans, 1883 THE REFORMATION OF OUR BANKING AND CURRENCY SYSTEMS Published in Haverford, PA 1910 BEST MATERIAL FOR MINOR COINAGE: HEARING… Read More

Macmillan, 1913. This is the scarce and desireable edition that contains 32 full color illustrations by Warwick Goble. This book is a former library copy, and does not have the original binding. It has a library binding in red with black designs. Simple black text on spine. Original book has no library markings, new rear endpaper attached to library binding show some remnants of card slot removal. No other markings that I can find. 32 colour illustrations by Warwick Goble with captioned tissue-guards (all present). List of illustrations indicated that there should be a plate on page 299, "They were very friendly, however, and inquired her name. Snowdrop' answered she." is actually bound in at page 304. Pages show some soil and foxing, wear at edges, a few pages have small closed tears. All illustrations were printed on glossy stock paper and show much less soil. 7 inches by 9 inches with 379 pages.. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by WARWICK GOBLE.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. Finest copy available of this scarce title. This edition is bound in full leather, with marbled endpapers, decorative stamping on the cover, gilt stamping on the edges of the boards, raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering on a leather spine label. Text is clean and crisp; light wear to spine at bottom. Some mild rubbing and chipping to leather along edges. Frontispiece is a map of the Minas Geraes region of Brazil. 182 pages, including references; approx. 6"x8".. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece.

New York: Baker and Scribner, 1850. This antique hardcover book is bound in green cloth boards, with gilt spine lettering. Heavy edgewear, especially at lower spine where small portion of cloth has chipped loose; bookplate on front inner board; intermittent foxing throughout, although many pages clean and unmarked. Simms' novel is set in 16th-century Florida among the French Huguenot colonists who once settled in that region. While The Lily and the Totem is a story of French Huguenots in sixteenth-century Florida, it is not, importantly, a historical romance. Rather, Simms here experimented with a new way in which to relate history by telling history through fictionalized narratives that fill in the gaps between what we do and do not know about a time and place. The structure of The Lily and the Totem reflects Simms’s experiment, juxtaposing fictional narratives involving historical personages with historical summaries. (W. Matthew J. Simmons). 470 pages; approx. 5"x7".. Second… Read More

New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1891. This antique hardcover first edition is bound in gray pictorial boards, with red and black lettering and a cover illustration showing a man and three little devils. Spine lettering and decorations are gilt. Some cover soil, edgewear; some wear to spine; inner pages very slightly browned; mostly a clean, tight copy. Translated by Adolphus Norraikow, the book contains a short note by the translator, and three short stories: "Ivan the Fool," "A Lost Opportunity" and "Polikushka." 172 pages; approx. 5"x7".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good. Illus. by Valerian Gribayedoff.

New York: P. O'Shea, 1855. This antique hardcover book is bound in black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Covers are clean, with some wear; some foxing within; inscription and bookplate on front endpapers. A scarce title, this novel is set among the Irish who fled the potato famine for New York City. 191 pages; approx. 5"x7".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1963. This autographed first edition is bound in tan boards with a black spine and gilt spine lettering. Minor wear to spine ends; corners slightly bumped; pencil underlining on a few pages; overall a clean, tight copy. Autographed by the author on the front endpaper, this book examines the state of socialism in the mid-20th century, with a particular focus on the United States but also in other nations. Included in the appendix is the 1962 Socialist Party platform and other materials from the Socialist International congress in 1951 and 1962. 280 pages; approx. 6"x8". . Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket.