Search Results: Antiques and Collectibles from Hall of Books

Salem Female Academy, 1864. Ephemera. Good. rare Confederate Imprint. Reward Notice (180mm high x 230mm wide), issued on behalf of the Salem Female Academy in 1864 by Robert De Schweinitz, Principal of the Academy between 1853-66. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - a single sheet, folded at some stage, with a little foxing and soiling, stain to centre and an unrepaired 4cm tear. Framed in a simple glazed gilt frame. A unique record of daily life in the Confederacy towards the end of the American Civil War: 100 Dollars REWARD! I will pay the above sum for such information and proof as will convict the person or persons who stole TEN SHEETS from beds in the dormitories of S. F. Academy, on the evening of the 27th January. The theft was committed between the hours of 4 and 8 P.M. on that evening. Rob't DeSchweinitz, Salem, January 29, 1864

Newark, New Jersey: Sol. M. Malkin & Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin, 1968. Paperback. Good. Paperback periodical, 1968, includes an inside report by John Carter on Thomas J. Wise At Sotheby's. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - white covers rubbed and toned to edges, cover spine fold repaired. Internally clean. Binding overall tight covers have pulled through the staples; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. s

Confederate Archives, 1861. Ephemera. Good. Single sheet dated May 21st, 1861, with Confederate Archives blind stamp to upper left hand corner. One leaf folded once, four unnumbered pages, printed to recto of page 1 and to page 3; pages 2 and 4 blank. 245mm high x 195mm wide. Fold has been professionally repaired. Confederate imprint (Parrish & Willingham 58)

Arms and Armour Press, 1989. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1989, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition in a near-fine, slightly rubbed, dust jacket (now protected). Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small set of initials to front endpaper upper rh corner; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

John Player & Sons. Paperback. Good. Undated paperback cigarette-card album with all cards present and correct, c. 1930s, in overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - buff card covers a little rubbed with small label scuff to front upper rh corner. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotations or inscriptions; text, illustrations and cards bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. Photograpjhy by Gilbert Ask. First edition hardback, 1966, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards a touch rubbed and tanned to spine and edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; upper edge of page-block dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (235mm x 310mm) and heavy (2.5kg). Not an old library book. s

Iola: Krause Publications, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Seventh edition paperback, 2008, in overall near fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotations or inscriptions - small set of initials to title page upper rh corner; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains DVD in plastic wallet to inside rear cover. Not an old library book.

The Clique, 1994. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. The Clique hardback, 1994, with no jacket as published. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards are a little faded to spine and edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text clean and clear throughout.

The Clique, 1996. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. The Clique hardback, 1996, with no jacket as published. In overall very good to near fine condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards are a little faded to spine and edges. Binding tight and appears virtually unread, no annotations or inscriptions, text clean and clear throughout.

Bonhams 1793 Limited, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback auction catalogue, 2007, in overall very good used condition with slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Bonhams 1793 Limited, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback auction catalogue, 2006, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Frederick Muller, 1962. Hardback. Good/Poor. First Edition hardback, 1962, with unclipped jacket. In overall good condition, dj is complete but has significant loss to lower front and spine with long unclosed tear to front; blue cloth boards, with bright silver titles to spine, are a little tanned to edges and spine has faded where dj has loss. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, slight tanning to prelims and page-ends but text, plates and illustrations clean and clear throughout. A still useful reference work in overall good condition.

London: Colin Narberth and Son Ltd, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Banknote Catalogue - 6 x 8 inches, 28 pages. In very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and illustrations crisp and clean throughout.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. 1st. Paperback. Fair. First limited edition paperback, 1901; 'of this volume, 306 copies have been printed of which 56 are on Large Paper, with two extra illustrations". In overall fair condition - the book is complete but the front cover and first two pages of the page-block are loose, backstrip missing and the covers are chipped to edges. Internally clean. Binding overall tight and a number of pages remain uncut to the top edge; no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. s

David & Charles, 1980. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. SIGNED second edition second impression hardback, 1980, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Signed by the author, with inscription, to ffep: 'To E. Neville-Jones with the author's best wishes, Seamas Stewart' Camden 1981. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

The Collector Ltd, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback periodical, 1978, in overall very good used condition with slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotations or inscriptions; text, illustrations and period advertisements bright and clear throught. This edition contains the article: An Enquiry Into The Nature Of A Certain Lewis Carroll Pamphlet by Selwyn H. Goodacre which references the forger T. J. Wise. Not an old library book. s

The Queen Anne Press. Hardback. Very Good/No Jackets. A complete set of Book Collector quarterly magazine from Vol 1 No. 1, 1952, to Vol. 16 No. 4, 1967. Ex Westminster Public Libraries, this set is library bound in navy blue buckram-covered boards with blind-stamped crest to front and gilt titles to spine (no jackets). In overall very good condition, Volumes 1 is 5 x 7 inches titled Book Collector (Formerly Book Handbook), and the rest are 6 x 9 inches, with Vols 2 and 3 titled Book Collector (Formerly Book Handbook) and Vols. 4 to 16 titled Book Collector only. In all cases the boards are in very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - slight marks and rubbing. Top edges are a little dust-marked. Bindings are tight and appear little used. No annotations or inscriptions throughout. Westminster Public Libraries bookplate to front paste-down in each copy but none of the usual stamps or labels associated with library books. Text and illustrations bright and clear throughout.… Read More

Cobham: Brooklands Books Ltd. Paperback. Very Good. Undated paperback edition in the Brooklands Portfolio series, c. 2001, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed with faint crease to front upper right-hand corner. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Sheppard Press, 1984. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback with an introduction by John Frost, 1984, in an unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

London: Sotheby's, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Auction Catalogue - 8 x 10.5 inches, 93 pages plus index and Terms. In very good overall condition with the usual minor signs of handling and storage - rear cover has some spots of white paint. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and photographs crisp and clean throughout