New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc. [c. 1934]. Photoplay Issue. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, decorative endpapers, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. [i-ii], iv, 244. No date stated. Photo illustrated DJ with Katharine Hepburn's name misspelled as "Katherine"...

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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. Maria Kirk. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, color paste-down to upper board, title in gilt to spine, top edge trimmed, 8vo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. 310, tissue guarded color frontis by Maria Kirk repeats top board paste-down and DJ...

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Germany: 1946. Hardcover. German 3-D book with 36 stereo view photographs and it's original adjustable viewer. The views, numbered 1-36 are described and stamped on verso with "Raumbild-Werkstätte München" and measure aprox. 2 -1/2" x 5". The box is 8" high x 6-1/2" wide x 1" deep. Covers open to...

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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...

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Swarthmore, PA: Swarthmore College, 1929. Folded Sheet. Single folded sheet (7 inches tall x 5-1/2 inches wide), printed on cream colored, watermarked paper, pp. (4), titled on front "The Classes of 1929 and 1930 / of / Swarthmore College / Under the Direction of / Bretta Capster Lucas / Present...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards with title and decorations stamped in dark blue onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. xiv, 248, B&W photo frontis, illustrated throughout with technical drawings and B&W photos. The first printing.....

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London: Collins, 1951. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (7-7/8 inches tall), pp. 320. Volume with a barely discernible roll, light bumps to corners and spine ends, text toned with tiny bits of foxing to prelims. only, top edge...

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Vancouver, BC: Progress Publishing Company Ltd. 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. (cover title) Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt and dark brown onto upper board and spine , 8vo (8-7/8 inches tall), pp. 199, [10, ads], illustrated with duotone photo plates (frontis in full color)...

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New York: John Day Company, (1944). First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Rust colored cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto spine, character motif stamped in black onto upper board, small 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 143, illustrations throughout by Kurt Weise. Volume with fade to top edges and...

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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...

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(London): s.n. (1679). First Edition, First Issue (assume). Folded Sheet. Small folio (11-3/4 inches [30 cm] tall), pp. 4, signed "J.B."; toning and light soil, lacking self wrappers, issue with a comma after Godfrey instead of a period, pen notation "Henry Nevill alias Paine" in an old hand at the...

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Glen Ellen, CA: 1916. Autograph letter signed in black ink onto card stock, 7 x 11 cm, dated Dec. 22, 1916. Written recto and verso entirely in Charmian London's hand, together with the note's original mailing envelope, also addressed by Charmian. The envelope is neatly opened at the top, retains...

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London: Puzzle Books Ltd, n.d. [1933]. Glossop. First Edition, First Printing. 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...

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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...

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Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1909. First German Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto top board and spine, color illustrated paste-down onto top board, headbands, satin place-marks, large 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. vxiii, 405; x, 406. Illustrated endpapers, tissue guarded frontis, color and B&W photos...

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New York: The Macaulay Company, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt deboss onto top board and spine, 12mo (7 inches tall), pp. 286, top edge stained blue. Price intact art deco DJ by C.C. Snell. Spine ends softened, faint offset to free...

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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...

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Stevens Point, WI: Worzalla Publishing Co, (1929). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon pebbled cloth over boards, title and decorative border stamped in gilt onto upper board, 12mo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. 164, map, appendices, illustrated throughout with color and B&W plates. Volume with spine ends and corners rubbed, text...

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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...

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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...

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Vancouver, B.C. Georgia Straight Publications, 1967. Paperback. Large tabloid-sized newspaper (17-5/8 inches tall), pp. 16, consisting of 4 sheets folded in half, illustrated in color throughout. Slightly toned with wear to spine, some creasing and closed edge tears without loss, original mailing label and 3 cent stamp to front cover...

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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...

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Dublin, Ireland: Caleb Jenkin, No. 58, Dame street; and, John Beatty, No. 32, Skinner row, 1776. First Irish Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Sprinkled leather over boards, decorative "V" pattern to board edges, six compartment spine with title - Cooke's Voyage [sic] - and borders in gilt onto red leather spine...

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London: Henry S. King & Co. 1899 (January). Paperback. Cover title. Printed wraps over sewn text block, 16 mo (5-3/4 inches [14.7 cm] tall), pp. 125, tables, 3 fold-out maps, 5 in-text maps, ads. Bound in at front is the publisher's 52 page "List of Newspapers, Etc..." (32mo [5 inches...

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