Society And Culture from Aquila Books

Salisbury: M.O.Collins, 1975. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. 80pp. Navy blue boards with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations with several maps. Clean tight copy. Dust jacket rather soiled, with wear at the edges. fine 1975

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1927. Duodecimo. Original publisher's blue cloth with red decoration stamped to the front board and red lettering stamped to the spine. Some very minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owners' bookplates to the front pastedown. Small square of toning to one of the… Read more about this item

Toronto: Toronto Theatrical Mechanical Association, 1898. An invitation and programme. The programme has paper wrappers, measuring 113mm x 254mm folded once, with colour lithograph to the front, blue print on the verso of the front wrap and recto and verso of the back. Enclosed in the wrappers is a silk version of the invitation, with matching… Read more about this item

Niagara Falls: Express Mail Lines of American Steamers and Railroads, 1851. Advertisement for the Lake Ontario Express Mail Lines, measuring 310 x 140mm, with black print and a square map showing the routes around Lake Ontario on recto side only. Ink notations along the right side of the map and some words have been underlined. Some… Read more about this item

Montreal: Montreal Telegraph Company, nd. (c.1860s). Advertisement printed on recto side of a single sheet of green paper, measuring 260 x 200mm, with black print and border. Two faint horizontal fold lines, otherwise near fine condition. The Montreal Telegraph Company was the first Canadian telegraph company of significance. n 1847, early telegraph pioneer Orrin… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1936. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 270pp. Twelvemo, bound in publisher's blue boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Brown typographic dust jacket is price-clipped. very good A history of pimping by the American anarchist Reitman, "hobo doctor" and lover of Emma Goldman. First English… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1929. Undetermined. very good. 1st Special Edition limited to 300 copies.. xvi, 200pp. Octavo. Quarter vellum over marble boards. Gilt title on spine. Gilt top foredge, else untrimmed. Extremely minimal foxing to front free endpaper. Color frontis after Daumier with tissue. Some pages unopened. 11 black-and-white plates with tissue. Textblock clean and crisp.… Read more about this item

London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1833. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xxxv, 407 pp. Octavo. Modern maroon cloth binding with a Morocco title label on the spine to match; gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine label. Faint rubbing along the edges of the boards and to the corners. Some transfer staining from what appeared to be… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1943. Undetermined. very good. 2nd Impression. 350pp. Octavo. Original blue cloth boards with slightly oxidized gilt title on spine. Front board is faintly concave. Minor bumping to head of spine. Foxed fore edge. Small bouts of foxing throughout. Textblock is tight. very good Mass-Observation was a social research organization whose aim was to… Read more about this item

London: Musical Bouquet Office. Undetermined. very good. 72pp. 12mo. Original green cloth wrappers with gilt title on front. Some color-fading to back cover. Minor fraying starting at lower foredge of front cover. Text has cracked at page 12, else intact. very good Early comprehensive guide. Great for any musical collection.

London: Williams and Norgate, 1883. Undetermined. very good. Overprint from Memoires de la Societe royal des Antiquaires du Nord Copenhague 1882-4. 290-414,1-55,1-8pp. Octavo with maroon boards and gilt lettering on front and spine. Yellow endpapers. B&W illustrations in text. Boards have wear to edges and corners as well as rubbing. Stain to front pastedown and endpaper. very… Read more about this item

[San Francisco]: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [vi], 104pp. Square octavo. Colour-illustrated wrappers designed by Bezalel Schatz. Light wear and discolouration to edges of wrappers. Spine darkened. Some light discolouration and discrete professional restoration to front endpapers. A brief notation to rear endpaper and checkmark in blue crayon to margin of two… Read more about this item

San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [vi], 111, [1]pp. Large octavo. Original paper-covered boards with cream-colored spine and green boards. Gilt titles to spine and gilt titles and decorations to front board. Corners and head and tail of spine lightly bumped, with some rubbing and loss of paper to… Read more about this item

London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1935. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xxiv,219pp. Octavo with green cloth boards and gilt lettering on spine. Spine and board edges has sun fading. Spine has slight tilt. Pages 62 and 63 have pen markings in margin. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Boards and endpapers have some markings and rubbing. … Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1927. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xx,411pp. Octavo with blue cloth boards and black lettering on spine. Boards have mild discolouration to front and light wear to edges and corners, and a small bump along bottom edge. Light foxing to a few pages at beginning and end. One folding map and seven B&W… Read more about this item

Gloucester: Ford & Branch, LTD, c1945. Undetermined. near fine. 14.25" X 10" (36 X 25.5 cm). Original boardside with black and red text and illustration. Two small holes and string hanger at top. Slight crease to top with subtle red line across bottom half. Else is clean and bright. near fine Broadside from an English Opera… Read more about this item

Gloucester: Ford & Branch, LTD, c1945. Undetermined. fine. 14.25" X 10" (36 X 25.5 cm). Original boardside with black and red text and illustration. Two small holes and string hanger at top. Slight crease to top else is clean and bright. fine Broadside from an English Opera House advertising two plays. A decorative border encases the… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1929. Undetermined. very good. 1st U.K. edition. xxiv, 505pp. Large octavo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Some light shelfwear and rubbing to boards. Head and tail of spine bumped and lightly rubbed. Binding very lightly shaken. Some foxing to edges of text block and light foxing throughout. … Read more about this item

Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri, 1914. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 16pp. 12mo. Original green printed wrappers. Staple bound. Rear wrapper separating from spine, but still strongly attached. Old stain to upper right corner of text block, else internally tight and clean. With colour frontis of a collie dog. very good A scarce, ephemeral address delivered at… Read more about this item

Toronto/Calgary: The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 1957. Undetermined. very good. 25.5" X 22.5" (65 X 57 CM) original calendar. Green metal hanger at top and bottom. Light wear and creasing at side edges. November and December remaining in date block with small piece of paper left in staples from where the other months were torn out. Green… Read more about this item