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The Perfect Zoo
Philadelphia: David McKay Co. (1929). Oblong 8vo.; red cloth covered boards with pictorial label paste-on, hardcover; 31 pages; color illustrated plates; some finger smudges and boards are slightly bowed and rubbed on corners and spine ends else very good. More
Studies in Conduct Short Essays
London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Small 8vo; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine; hardcover; 290 pages; black and white decorative illustrations; lightly edgeworn covers with chipped spine ends; lightly sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy. More
Hint on Dress; Or, What to Wear, When to Wear It, and How to Buy It
NY: G. P. Putnam, 1872. 1st edition; 12mo; cloth covered boards; 107 pages; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Around The World With Santa Claus
NY: Suttonhouse Ltd, (1936). Small 4to.; red cloth covered boards with black lettering, hardcover; red, black and white illustrations; tape remnants on front and back paste-down endpapers in very lightly rubbed boards with the bottom spine end bumped else a very good clean tight copy in a heavily chipped, rubbed..... More
Dracula A Toy Theatre
Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Communications Inc. (2007). Second Edition; From the box: “This Box holds within it a magnificent secret. Once Assembled--an easy thing involving only a little tape-- Its Contents Allow You to Present the 3 Act Drama Dracula complete with full cast , props, and the eeriest of..... More
The Helpless Doorknob A Shuffled Story
no place: Edward Gorey (1989). First edition, Limited to 500, #437 and signed by Edward Gorey, Toledano A95a; set of 20 glossy cards with paper foldover title sheet with colophon, softcover in a plastic box; black and white illustrations; one corner of plastic box has torn and box is yellowed..... More
The Listing Attic
NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce and Boston: Little Brown (1954). Stated First edition Toledano A2a; 12mo.; pictorial boards, hardcover; 64 unnumbered pages; black and white illustrations; includes 60 limericks, each with an illustration by Gorey; Author’s second book; non-authorial gift-inscription on front free endpaper with sunned pages and heavily edge-rubbed..... More
The Prune People II
NY: Albondocani Press, 1985. First edition, Limited #145/400 copies and Signed by Edward Gorey; Toledano A91b; oblong 32mo.; pictorial stiff wraps with sewn binding, softcover; black and white illustrations; a very good unmarked copy. More
Ein sicherer Beweis [The Object Lesson]
Zurich: Diogenes (1962). First Swiss edition, Toledano A4d; oblong 32mo.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; German Text; endpapers are sunned else a clean tight copy in boards that are lightly soiled and the lamination has creases in it. More
Meisterwerke der Dresdener Galerie. Eine Auswahl der vorzüglichsten Gemälde derselben in Stahlstich.
Leipzig und Dresden: English Art Institute by AH Payne, no date [ca 1863]. 3rd edition; 4to.; red cloth covered, die-cut and embossed with pictorial label paste-on, hardcover; 95 pages with gilt edges; black and white illustrations; “Masterpieces of the Dresdener Galerie A Selection of the most exquisite paintings in steel..... More
A Dash Through Europe: With Snapshots by the Way, Including "How I Planned the Trip, and What I Found Out of Value to Others"
NY: Oswald Publishing Company, 1923. 1st edition, 1st printing; sm. 8vo; 254 pages; cloth backed boards, hardcover; possible author’s penciled dedication: “To Mabel, My good wife of thirty years with love and affection Ed” else a very good, clean, tight copy. More
The Book Of Baby Birds
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press (1919). 4to.; cloth backed boards with pictorial label paste-on, hardcover; 120 pages; color illustrated pasted in plates; endpapers are sunned else very good in heavily edgeworn, sunned and rubbed boards. More
Spalding's Official Lawn Tennis Annual 1928
NY:American Sports Publishing, 1928. 12mo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 71 pages plus ads; black & white illustrations; a very good, clean, tight copy; this has been rebound as a hardcover with a title slip pasted on the spine and the name J. T. Doyle in gilt on the cover... More
How Santa Found The Cobbler’s Shop
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse Ltd, 1935. Small 4to.; green cloth covered boards, hardcover; color and black and white illustrations; also contains The Cardboard Castle by Jean Muir and The Town of the Clock Makers by Loretta Moore; two b/w illustrations handcolored by previous owner and some ink markings on front free..... More
Gleanings of a Mystic A Series of Essays on Practical Mysticism
Oceanside, CA: The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1922. First edition; small 8vo.; decorative cloth covered boards, hardcover; 196 pages plus advertisements; former owner’s name is stamped on front free endpaper along with his bookplate on the endpaper, a few pages have checkmarks with red pencil and there is a water stain on..... More
Notes on Lead and Copper Smelting and Copper Converting
London and New York: The Scientific Publishing Co. 1897. First edition; brown cloth covered boards, hardcover; x, 128 pages; practical guide to lead and copper smelting, including the converting of copper matte and extraction of gold and silver therefrom, many details on blast furnaces; black & white illustrations, diagrams, and..... More
Accommodation Plan Cabin and Tourist Class s. s. Nieuw Amsterdam No. 3, June 1957
Netherlands: Joh. Enschede en Zonen-Haarlem, 1957. 8vo.; paper wraps folded, softcover; 10 pages folded; black and white illustrations and plans; very good. More
La Fayette A Bibliography
N.Y.: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. First edition limited to 400 copies; 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover, 226 pages; light edgewear, frayed spine ends, soiled boards and lightly sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy. More
Locarno and Its Valleys
Zurich and Leipzig: Orell Fussli Publishers, no date [1928]. Small 8vo.; illustrated stiff wraps, softcover; 48 pages; black and white photographic illustrated plates; one color fold-out map; edgeworn wraps with watermark on 4 pages of plates not affecting the pictures else very good. More
Winslow Homer Artist and Angler
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2003. 4to.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 238 pages; black and white and color illustrations; some foxing on half title page else very good in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a scuffed area on back cover. Due to the size and weight of this book extra..... More
Bible ABC’s in Rhyme
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1946. Small 4to.; illustrated wraps with stapled binding, softcover; color illustrations; lightly edgeworn else very good. More
A Hallowe’en Adventure A Play For Young People
Lebanon, OH: March Brothers, 1906. 12mo.; decorative wraps, softcover; 25 pages; from the cover “A lively play for grammar grades or adults. Full of ghostly excitement and spooky frolic. Specially suited for social occasions. 8 males, and 8 females required, though more may take par. 3 scenes. 1 hour.”; publisher..... More
Lain's Brooklyn and Long Island Business Directory 1891 Containing Each Business, Trade and Profession Classified Under Appropiate Headings
Brooklyn: Lain and Company 1891. 8vo. cloth backed boards, hardcover; 666 pages; small hole in cloth spine and toned pages else a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Mulheim Mosel Ein Jahrhundert in Bildern (A Century in Pictures)
Mulheim: 1991. 4to.; covered boards, hardcover; 258 pages; black and white photographic illustrations and color illustrations; German text; very good in edgeworn dust jacket. More