London: Puzzle Books Ltd, n.d. [1933]. Glossop. First Edition. Hardcover. Red quarter cloth with pictorial boards, "Fosca the Fowler" and "A Capital Story and Jig-Saw Puzzle Solution in One Book" printed onto upper board, 8vo (9-1/8 inches tall), pp. 127, 42 piece jig-saw puzzle in envelope at rear. Volume bumped...

(read more)about Archery Jig-Saw Puzzle Book] Fosca the Fowler

New York, NY: Carl Fisher, (1918). "Elder" First Edition. Paperback. "Bandanna Sketches" is the first musical composition published by Clarence Cameron White, who "During the first decades of the twentieth century was considered the foremost violinist of his race." wiki. Musical score for piano and violin, both bearing Pl. no...

(read more)about Bandanna Sketches : Four Negro Spirituals. No. 2. Lament - I'm Troubled in Mind (Black American...

Charleville, France [?]: German Army [?], 1917. A large and unlikely trench warfare battlefront survivor, found in 1917 "... hung on British barbed wire entanglements among many other copies." and quite possibly, surviving in only a single copy - with no record of this "Special Edition" found available in the...

(read more)about Special Edition / Gazette des Ardennes / The Russian Disaster. July 25th 1917 (WWI Aerial Dropped...

Chicago, IL: McLaughlins XXXX Coffee, (c. 1893). Circa 1893 date from verso which reads "Chicago Gets the Fair. You Get XXXX Coffee." most likely in reference to the World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair held in Chicago during 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the...

(read more)about 1893 "Decoration Day" Trading Card (Memorial Day, Black Americana

Copenhagen, Denmark: 1945. Max Weihrauch. Newspaper. Newspaper, 4to (14-3/4 inches tall), pp. 1-6, (lacking 7-23) 19-24 illustrated with ads, comics, drawings and photos which include the liberating British Army marching through the streets. Front page with caption title "Mother Denmark Sweeps Out". Paper with some toning, creases, a few tiny...

(read more)about Dansk Familie Blad (Danish Family Magazine) - NR 22, 1. JUNI 1945-35. AARG. (Nazis, Danish...

Columbus, OH: M. C. Lilley, 1873. Broadside. Chromolithograph broadside, 28" tall x 22" wide, with narrow tide line water stains to edges, some rippling, toning and creases, edge wear with a few closed tears and minor losses, heavy browning verso. A virtual puzzle of 19th century fraternal imagery, this broadside...

(read more)about American Odd Fellows : 1873 Chromolithograph Broadside of The Lord's Prayer (Freemasonry,...

Pemberton, BC: Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., 2008. Poster. Original promotional music festival poster for the first outdoor Pemberton Festival, held in 2008. Poster printed in three colors onto coated, heavy white paper stock, 24 inches tall x 18 inches wide. Poster with wear, creases and fading from obvious outdoor use...

(read more)about 2008 Pemberton Music Festival Poster (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Tragically Hip, Nine...

n.p. [Atlanta, GA]: Coca-Cola Ltd. Paperback. n.d. [c. 1960]. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 16mo (5-7/8 inches [15 cm.] tall), pp. 16, illustrated with drawings throughout and "Published by Coca-Cola Ltd. in the Interest of Scouting" printed on the front cover. Containing many camp related projects including a stove, a cooking...

(read more)about Can-Craft : Useful Projects with Tin Cans (Coca-Cola, Scouts, "Smiley Face"

London: John Murray, 1824. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Marbled paper over boards, half bound in leather, title tooled in gilt onto six compartment spine, all edges trimmed, leather headbands, 4to (10-1/2 x 8 inches [26.7 x 20.4 cm]) pp. (8), xxx, (2), 571, errata, 4 fold-out charts and 4...

(read more)about Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the...

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. J. Allen St. John. Reprint. Hardcover. Red textured paper over boards, title stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, [vi], 309, Tarzan illustration printed at head of title page. Volume with light wear to bottom edges and...

(read more)about Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle

Seattle, WA: White Pass & Yukon Route, n.d. John Segesman. Paperback. (circa. 1937) Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (10-3/8 inches tall), pp. unpaginated (30), photo illustrated in duo tone and with color illustrations throughout, two page color map at center. Brochure with just light wear and soil, two corner creases...

(read more)about Alaska, Atlin and the Yukon Route (White Pass & Yukon Railway and Steamship Lines, Map

London: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited, [1920]. Charles E. Turner. Paperback. (w. Early S. African Surfing Image) Publication date of 1920 from the single copy located in OCLC, held at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. Saddle stapled wraps, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. 40, two maps, illustrated in color...

(read more)about Early Surfing] In the Track of the Sun

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blue onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. vi, [viii], 270, stated first edition. Volume with spine ends just slightly softened and very light taps to upper...

(read more)about The Night of Fear (Harper Sealed Mystery with Publisher's Seal Intact

London: Macmillan, 1895. John Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A "Presentation Copy" - complete with the publishers bookmark & 19th century dust jacket - having the publishers circular "PRESENTATION COPY" blind stamp on the title page and thus reserved for a patron, special friend or colleague.......

(read more)about The Second Jungle Book [Presentation Copy

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Later Printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto top board and spine, all edges trimmed, top edge stained purple, pp. 310, ads. DJ with publishers ads to verso. Volume very near fine with a small amount of shelf wear, insignificant...

(read more)about Death Traps (Crime Club

Paris: A. Durand & Fils. (1925). André Hellé. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. English title : 'The Child and The Enchantments : A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'. An opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Front cover artwork by André Hellé.......

(read more)about L'Enfant et les Sortilèges : Fantaisie Lyrique en Deux Parties. Poème de Colette....

New York: Harper and Row, 1963. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue paper over boards with quarter bound black cloth spine, title stamped in silver onto spine, publishers device stamped in silver at foot of upper board, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. 211, stated "FIRST EDITION" on copyright page...

(read more)about Question of Loyalty (Harper Sealed Mystery with Publisher's Seal Intact, First Edition

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title, publication year and series # stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 59, (i) Publisher's Note. Volume with toning to text and slight fade to upper edge of cloth. Price-intact DJ...

(read more)about Permit Me Voyage (First Edition of Author's First Book, Pulitzer Prize Poet Richard Eberhart's Copy