Recent Arrivals from Aardvark Rare Books

New York: DELL, 1943. Paperback. Good to Near Fine. A massive collection of more than 600 (!) of this uniquely American noir-ish classic -- a series of pulp paperback books published by Dell between 1943 and 1951. The artwork is often airbrushed and often unapologetically sensationalist -- even lurid, and the topics while mostly mysteries and thrillers, occasionally… Read more about this item

Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon, 1908. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Small quarto (9 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in.) with burgundy-colored, pebble-textured paper with gilt lettering and the design of a jaunty yet classy student, also in gilt, to front panel. Covers show rubbing to extremities and several red dots to rear panel. Yapp edges Some red staining… Read more about this item

Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon, 1908. Staplebound Pamphlet. Fair. Small quarto (9 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in.) with burgundy-colored, pebble-textured paper with gilt lettering and the design of a jaunty yet classy student, also in gilt, to front panel. Covers are worn and partially torn along seams, but fully intact, and several large missing patches of cloth… Read more about this item

London, England: C. Dilly in the Poultry and John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1787. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. NOTE: Volumes II and III Only. Mixed, and sympathetically restored. Full, contemporary tree calf, trimmed on all sides.Henry Cabot Lodge bookplate to front pastedown of Volume II. Recently rebacked with contrasting gilt-on-black spine labels Five raised bands (six compartments) with… Read more about this item

Tokyo, Japan: Treville Co., Ltd, 1991. Stated First Edition. Softcover. Good Plus. Folio Paperback, 12 in. x 9.7 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with full page black and white photographs. Rubbing to edges; chips to top of spine. Light thumbing on bottom corners; 2 inch crease to bottom front corner. Small price sticker to top of front cover. Ink stamp… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1876. Sixth Issue. Hardcover. Very Good (Book and Map Both). 16mo. 6 1/4 in., x 4 1/4 in. Folding map in stiff brown boards with copper-gilt lettering to front, housing a large (32 in. x 28 in.) map, first published in 1864 by the A.L. Bancroft & Company in San Francisco,… Read more about this item

London, England: Spink and Son, 1963. First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, 10 in. x 7.5 in. Illustrated with plates showing pictures of coins. Dustjackets protected in mylar. Volume I (1963): "Early Anglo-Saxon - Henry III, c. 650-1272", pp. 198, [38] (illustrated plates and addenda). Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Light… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: John Milliken, 1770. Leather-bound. Very Good. Complete in two parts. Octavo, 8 in. x 5 in., pp. 287, [8], 9-231. Full calf with double-frame gilt rule. Gilt title on red panel to rebacked olive-toned spine; gilt bandlines and five raised bands to spine. Publisher's red to edges. Light scuffing to boards; corners nudged and showing. Previous… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: W. Spotswood, Printer to the Antiquarian Society, 1784. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.2 in., pp. lx, 161. Illustrated with fourteen folding plates. Richly rebound in dark half calf with decorative rule in blind over gray/maroon marbled boards. Gilt title on black panel to spine; gilt bandlines, fleurons and five raised bands to… Read more about this item

Mexico City: Editorial Diana, 1961. Stated First Edition (Primera Edicion). Softcover. Very Good. Trade paperback IN SPANISH, 6 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in., pp. 152. Very light rubbing to covers. Two leaves towards end of the book are creased and brittle; inside pages otherwise very good. Age-toning to pages. Three hundred cocktail recipes by the noted Mexican… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Games Digest, Inc, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Stapled magazine. 7.75 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 64. Red, black and white pictorial covers - still bright. Light rubbing to edges; very light thumbing to front corners. Light dime-sized stain to front cover. No marks in magazine. 1 inch open tear to bottom corner margin of… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, England: William Blackwood and Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Matching Set: Octavo, 8 in. x 5.5 in., Volume I: pp. vii, [3], 363; Volume II: pp. 383. Illlustrated with frontispieces depicting Sir Samuel Fergusan. Green cloth boards with gilt Celtic cicle designs to front. Gilt titles and floral bandlines in blind to spines. Light shelfwear to edges.… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Schuman, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good. Ilya Schor. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.5 in., pp. 109. Black cloth-covered boards with design of three ornate Jewish arks (where the Torah scrolls are housed) of three different colors. Gold and silver lettering to spine. Yellow topstain. Very light rubbing to extremities. Brick-red endpapers… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: The Talbot Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9 in. x 6.75 in., pp. xxxvii, 201. Green cloth boards with frame and title stamped in blind and gilt armorial device to front. Gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to edges. Sunning to spine. Spotting to page edges. Foxing to preliminary pages and title page,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.5 in., pp. xxxix, 551. Blue-green cloth boards with silver lettering to front and spine, and black illustration to front board of a fishing hook hitting the water and forming ripples. Light shelfwear to edges. Illustrated endpapers. A few tidy… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: J. Christie, 1812. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.25 in. Illustrated with fold-out map, 8.5 in. x 13.5 in, of "Scotia Antiqua, or a Map of Ireland Agreeable to the Time of Ptolemy." Luxuriously rebound in three quarter calf with decorative gilt rule over marbled boards. Gilt title on black panels… Read more about this item

London, England: Duckworth & Co, 1909. Good Plus. 12mo, 7.3 in. x 5 in. pp. xv, [1], 246. Signed and dated by previous owner (see notes) on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Shelfwear to edges. Corners nudged; head and tail caps of spine worn. Age-toning to pages. The… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Frohman, 1906. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Landscape octavo pamphlet, 9.25 in. x 12.1 in. Unpaginated (eight leaves). Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of Peter Pan characters and scenes. Light tan paper covers with pasted on photo-image of Peter Pan in green and sepia to front. Title in green and dark brown to front. Edgewear… Read more about this item

The Grand Lodge of Washington, 1947. Eleventh Edition. Flexible hardcover. Very Good Plus. 16mo. 5.6 in. x 3.7 in., pp. 184. Ilustrated with line drawings. Black flexible ornamental faux leather covers with ivy design and gilt title to front. Publisher's blue to edges. Very light rubbing to edges. Blue endpapers. Certification page filled out and endorsed in 1948.… Read more about this item

New York: Sol Bloom, 1902. Musical Supplement to the San Francisco Examiner. Sheet_music. Good. 14 in. x 10 1/4 in, printed in two colors (Red, Yellow with White background. Folio (1 sheet, 4 pages). Cheap manila paper. A small corner chip, and few edge tears, but basically in good condition. Musical notation in black within, and in red… Read more about this item