The Dog Book by Watson, James - 1905: Volumes 1 thru 10 (Complete Set)

Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications Volume 1: Foundations and Oversite Concrete: Walls, Floors, Roofs (1991, 5th edition reprint, 188 pages). Volume 2: Windows, Doors, Fires, Stairs, Finishes (1992 4th edition, 154 pages). Volume 3: Single Storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings (1987 3rd edition metric, published by Collins, 96 pages). Volume 4: Foundations, Steel Frames, Concrete Frames, Floors, Wall Claddings (1992 3rd edition reprint, 139 pages. Volume 5: Supply and Discharge Services (1990 2nd edition reprint, 136 pages). Each volume has an index. Pictorial card wrappers. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine.

Kansas City, Missouri: Bufton, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions, no additional printings or editions stated; 4tos, three-quarter textured black cloth with black cloth boards, marbled edges and eps; overall, vg (boards rubbed and worn; cloth frayed where overlaps textured corners; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and very heavily worn; pages toned; white stains on boards of v2; v3 cracked at first blank rear flyleaf; v4 cracked at Roman Candle and at Thomson). Please be aware shipping this set priority or internationally will require additional postage.

Lyon/Paris: Librairie Catholique de Perisse Freres, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Seconde Edition stated; 3 vols, French text only; 12mo, half-leather, marbled boards and eps, speckled edges, gilt thistle devices on spines; good (marbled boards worn, rubbed, and chipped; shelfworn; leather on spines worn and rubbed; owner wrote numbers on spines; spine ends worn; corners worn to boards; side edges of vIII's boards heavily worn and chipped to boards; waterstains and discoloration to side edges of front and rear eps and first and last pages in vIII).

Spain: Planeta-Agostini, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, stamped green boards, overall vg, no djs. Vol. 3 has a light waterstain on the top edge and the pages are a little stiff; else vg+. Spanish text. Please be aware that shipping this item internationally will require extra charges above our standard rate.

Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend complete in four volumes. Part of Hurd & Houghton's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on corners and the tops & heels of spines. Volume 4 has a tear up the spine hinge and across the spine. Endpapers are discolored. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Volume 1 & 2 are cracked at half-title page.

Published by K. & R. Books Ltd., 1976. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Its History, Development and Genetics. Pink pictorial boards. B/w & colour photos and illustrations. 462 pages including index. Dustwrapper stuck to covers with clear laminate and is faded at spine and spine edges. Light marks to endpapers. Namme and date in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine.

New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1964 [1903]. Yellow cloth boards. Good/No Dust Jackets.. 1964 reissue of this highly detailed and wide-ranging account of theaters, opera houses, lyceums, concert halls, pleasure gardens, amphitheatres, circuses, saloons, etc. in old New York City. Includes index of plays and actors, a list of riots and benefits, theater fires, and extensive accounts of casts and performances. The author is also known for compiling A History of the American Stage in the 1850s. Ex-library, spine labels, stamps, card pockets. Wear to covers, especially ends and corners. Volume 1, 523 pages; volume 2 652 pages, Fair, unhinged at front; volume 3 671 pages, front hinge cracking at top.

WEGMAN, William. Little Red Riding Hood. With Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman. NY: Hyperion [1993]. 4to, [40]pp. Black quarter-cloth stamped in bronze with blindstamped red boards. Patterned endpapers; color photographs on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author/photographer, William Wegman, with a drawing of a dog.
First edition. Internationally renowned photographer William Wegman and his beloved weimaraners Fay Ray, Battina, and Chundo turn their attention to the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood. With his witty prose and unique visual interpretation, Wegman has taken a classic fairy tale and made it a delight for the child in everyone.

London: Ernest Benn, 1926-1927. First Edition thus. Cloth. Near fine. The thin-paper edition, a complete set of the first 12 volumes to be issued. Sm 8vo (17.5cm). With the faux engraved title pages. The publisher states in a page to rear, "Further volumes will be issued monthly until the edition is complete." In all, 28 volumes were published. The titles in this set are, in order: The History of Mr Polly (Vol I), Kipps (II), The New Machiavelli (III), The Invisible Man (IV), a small, just under 1cm tear to spine; The Food of the Gods (V), The Stolen Bacillus (VI), Tono-Bungay (VII), The First Men in the Moon (VIII), Love and Mr Lewisham (IX), front gutter cracked; The Sleeper Awakes (Vol X), Twelve Stories And a Dream (XI), In the Days of the Comet (Vol XII). All in the uniform tan cloth, top edges stained brown, gilt titles to spines, with decorated gilt panels and gilt motif to upper board. There are no inscriptions or ownership marks. Tips of a few volumes slightly pushed. Bindings remain firm,… Read More

The Easton Press, 1992. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Front lower edge of volume I shows very slight bump. Bindings and text blocks are otherwise tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appear unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) blue leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift!