A fun retrospective celebrating the people and businesses that created and attended the 3rd Vancouver Antiquarian Book Fair in the year of Expo '86.
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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1891. Maurice Leloir. First Altemus Edition. Hardcover. Cream cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in silver, gilt and green onto upper board and spine, publisher's device stamped in blind onto lower board, all edges gilt, square 8vo (9-1/8 inches tall), pp. 296, decorative green and gilt..... More
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..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Hoffman. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan patterned paper over boards, title printed in red onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. viii, 215, publisher's seal and "A" printed on copyright page. Volume with bump to top corner of upper board..... More
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..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1935. A collection of 4 vintage B&W stills from the 1935 US film, Call of the Wild. 3 stills are 8 x 10 inches and 1 still is 6 x 6.75 inches, with two of the 8 x 10s being linen backed. 3 photos have..... More
London: Charles Griffin & Company, Ltd., n.d. [1909]. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Light blue linen over boards, title printed in black onto upper board and spine, all edges trimmed, 8vo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. vii, (viii), (1) - 317, (3) ads. Volume with slight fade to spine, minor rubbing..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1956). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto top board and spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. viii, 301, illustrated with B&W photos. Volume with text slightly toned, light taps to heel of spine and..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Decorative cloth over boards, title in gilt to spine, 12mo (7-3/4" tall), pp. [i-ii], iii-vi, 1-339, illustrated with four folding maps by Leonard Forbes Beckwith, C.E. (ÉCOLE CENTRALE, PARIS), all edges trimmed, decorative flower endpapers. Rubbing and..... More