Wild Flowers of the Holy Land - fifty four plates printed in colours, drawn and painted after Nature [Anthony Huxley's copy] by Zeller, Mrs Hannah ( preface by H.B. Tristram; introduction by Edward Atkinson) - 1883

New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME I: SOLDIERS AND SAILORS: ALARIC THE BOLD; ALEXANDER THE GREAT; MARC ANTHONY; ATTILA; BELISARIUS, GODFREY DE BOULILLON; JULIUS CAESAR; CHARLEMAGNE; CLOVIS THE FIRST; GASPARD DE COLIGNI, HERNANDO CORTES, CYRUS THE GREAT; DIOCLETIAN, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE; EDWARD I OF ENGLAND, EDWARD III, OF ENGLAND, EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE, BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, HANNIBAL, HENRY IV, OF FRANCE, HENRY V, OF ENGLAND, HERMANN, JOHN HUNIADES, CAIUS MARIUS, CHARLES MARTEL, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, PEPIN THE SHORT, FRANCISCO PIZARRO, SIR WALTER RALEIGH, SALADIN, SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR, MILES STANDISH, TRAJAN, OLAF TRYGGVESON, ALBRECHT VON WALLENSTEIN, WARWICK, THE KING MAKER, WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. The biographies of 38 prominent personages in history. CLEAN & BRIGHT, Brown leather, finely pebbled boards w/darker brown, leather quater binding & at corner tips, gilt engraved lettering & thistle design to cover & banded spinestrip, with only mild show of rubbing & shelf… Read More

Dem Andenken von Hofrat Rudolf Taussig. Dem hingebungsvollen Genossen aus den ersten Zeiten der Bewegung, dem Leiter des stenographischen Protokolldienstes der ersten vierzehn Zionisten-Kongresse, den wahrend der Arbeit an dem vorliegenden Protokoll der Tod ereilte, sei dieses Zeichen der Erinnerung und Dankbarkeit gewidmet.

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, a New Translation with over 200 illustrations, by Harrison Weir, V. Pederson, M.I. Stone, A.W. Bayes, and Others,
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. No date, but very early date – see info below on "Alta Edition."
Includes detailed sixteen-page introductory biography: "Life of Andersen". Green cloth boards, black embossed cover and spine design with vine and leaves. Title in the black book on front cover and Alta Edition in an outlined box lower middle of cover. On the spine is the title, the word, "Illustrated" and publisher's name which is not as clear as the other two. Cover and spine are faded and rubbed with edge wear. The ends of spine are fraying. Small chip on the back cover. Binding intact, but loose. First three pages have detached from the hinge. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name on two of the fly pages. In addition to the owner's name there is a little stick figure. Several of the pages have small tears on the… Read More

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1931. Book. Illus. by K B Studio. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in original K B Studio designed dustjacket , states first printing 1931 on verso title page , orange boards with black titles to spine and front , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are sharp ,bottom spine tip pushed , usual page toning with age, no foxing ,book is near fine , in original jacket that is not price-clipped showing 7/6 net on spine , spine tips , edges and corners rubbed , spine , back panel and flaps are toned with age , toned on verso , several small closed tears to edges ,the entire top and bottom edges on verso have been reinforced with white paper, possible re-colour to publishers name bottom spine tip, a scarce crime fiction title in original jacket listed in Hubin , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in quality inert removable dust jacket plastic, bubble-wrapped and in a strong box. We are a full time Independent… Read More

Boston: Norman C. Barton, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 204pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt harp design to cover and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Light and mild spotting to cover, 1/2 inch to edge of spine, endpapers lightly mottled, text is mainly free of foxing, binding is tight, former owner's pencilled name on front free endpaper.

New York: (1830): Blakeman & Mason. 16mo. 64pp. Child's learning book describing and discussing all kinds of objects, each with an attractive woodcut drawing. Bound in green embossed cloth, spine plain, yellow endpapers, occasional spots of foxing or staining, short closed tear to outer margin of page 51Attractive pages with an occasional stain spot. Previous owner's gift inscription in pencil. A good copy.

Privately Printed, 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. 95 pp. Includes accompanying price guide. Book is in Fine condition, no creases or wear to edges.

Boston: Brown Taggard, & Chase, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 255pp. Stamped cloth, gilt lettering, folding map of Boston bound-in. Covers are faded and very lightly rubbed, text is age-toned and clean. Owner wrote many weather entries on memoranda pages. Folding map has slight edge stain and is in otherwise sound condition. Many ads and much information.

Freddy and the Perilous Adventure. By Walter R. Brooks. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942 Stated First Edition. Rare. Used. VG/ No DJ included. A nice solid copy. 245 pages.

The Poets' New England

New York: The Baker and Taylor Company (although the bottom of the spine states Doubleday Page & Co.) , 1911. New York: The Baker and Taylor Company (although the bottom of the spine states Doubleday Page & Co.) First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Olive green cloth with gilt stamped borders and lettering; top edges gilt. a George Hood watercolor print has been pasted to the front panel and another serves as the colored frontis. Illustrated throughout with reproduced prints and photographs. The gilt spine lettering is faded and has lost about half of the intensity. The interior has a starting front hinge, else, is in very good condition.