Collectible from Old Bookshelf
New Arrivals
The American Spelling Book; Containing the Rudiments of the English Language, for the Use of Schools in the United States.
by Webster,Noah
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1810
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£120.98
Show Details
Description:
Albany: Websters and Skinner, 1810. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 168p . First Revised Impression, 1810. Paper covered boards, leather backing. Cover worn and chipped, scattered staining and light foxing to contents, pages 15-24 missing, several first few pages have been gnawed at lower gutter and chipped along edges with some loss… Read more about this item Item Price
£120.98
St. Nicholas an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks.(Volume XXXV Part I - November 1907-April 1908)
by Various
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1908
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£24.20
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Centruy Company, 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Numerous. 576pp. Red bevelled boards, gilt and black decorations, to cover and spine, covers 6 months: November1907-April 1908. Very light wear to edges, lettering and decoration are very bright and fresh looking,… Read more about this item Item Price
£24.20
More Photos
The Christian Observer, Conducted by Members of the Established Church. VolumeI from the First of January, to the Thirty-first of December, 1802 - From the London Edition
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1802
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£141.14
Show Details
Description:
Boston: William Wells and T.B. Watt ancd Co, 1802. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 828pp. First Edition, First Issue. Quarter bound, marbled boards, calf spine. red leather spine label, gilt lettering. Wear and scuffing to boards, 1 1/2 inch piece chipped from head of spine, contents age-toned… Read more about this item Item Price
£141.14
More Photos
The Tailor of Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1903
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£141.14
Show Details
Description:
New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Beatrix Potter. 85pp. Brown publisher's cloth, pasteon illustration to cover, color frontispiece. Chipping along spine and 1/2 inch piece missing from head of spine, loss of one letter from spine,binding a bit tender, but holding, text… Read more about this item Item Price
£141.14
1000 Funny Scramble-Men
by Goldschmidt, Hans and Vasche, Stanley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1946
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£32.26
Show Details
Description:
New York: Animated Book Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Spiral bound hardcover. Small chips to to front board edge,cover is, otherwise in very clean and sound condition. Contents also are unusually clean, title page and rear endpaper are toned but clean. Pages are divided into 3 sections: heads, torsos and… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.26
The American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge
by Clarke, Thomas E. (Compiler)
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 2nd Printing
- Published
- 1841
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£32.26
Show Details
Description:
Phildelphia: Griffith & Simon, 1841. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 63pp. Brown publisher's cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, 1/4 inch chip at head of spine, dampstaining and foxing appearing most heavily to first and last few pages, binding is tight light pencil notations on endpapers. A previous owner drew a… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.26
More Photos
The Royal Standard English Dictionary.
by Perry, William
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1796
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£383.09
Show Details
Description:
Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomss, 1796. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 596pp. Full calf, leather spine label. Fourth Worcester Edition. Edges rubbed, label chipped though mostly readable, joints cracked, no endpapers, some signatures slightly protruding, contents tanned, partial clippings pasted to pastedowns.
Item Price
£383.09
1601 or Social Fireside Conversation In Ye Time of Ye Tudors
by Twain, Mark
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£36.29
Show Details
Description:
Annonymous, 1931. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 10pp. A Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is No. 21. Textured grey wraps. Cover is chipped and soiled, contents are clean and unmarked.
Item Price
£36.29
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note
by Twain, Mark
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1883
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£40.32
Show Details
Description:
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 311, 32 pp publisher's book list. Red cloth, black lettering and dccoration to frontboard, gilt spine lettering. Spine and edges are smoke-darkened, head of spine chipped, otherwise externally sound, small hole and label residue on front free endpaper, text is lightly age-toned… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.32
More Photos
Alice in Wonderland (Shorthand)
by Carroll, Lewis
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£80.65
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, 1920. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Catherine Tucker. 154pp. No date c1920s. Illustrated green card wraps, red and black lettering. Light soiling to cover, slight corner crease, contents mildly age-toned, clean and unmarked. Text is in Gregg Shorthand and is accompanied by black… Read more about this item Item Price
£80.65
More Photos
Houghtaling's Salary List of United States Officials.
by Houghtaling, C.E.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1885
- Binding
- Flexible Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£60.49
Show Details
Description:
Albany, NY: Chas. E. Houghtaling, 1885. First Edition . Flexible Boards. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 128pp. Maroon leatherette stiff wraps, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, occasional light foxing to interior, and book is in very good condition. A very comprehensive listing of United States officials and their salaries,… Read more about this item Item Price
£60.49
A Guide Between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston: Containing a Description of the Principal Places; Railroad and Steamboat Routes; Tables of Distances Etc.
by Disturnell, J {Publisher}
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1846
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£201.62
Show Details
Description:
New York: J. Disturnell, 1846. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 62pp. Brown blind-stamped flexible boards, gilt lettering, map not present. Light shelfwear, foxing confined mainly to inside covers, very lightly to text. In addition to the routes of travel, author includes brief descriptions of the surroundings of the… Read more about this item Item Price
£201.62
More Photos
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£32.26
Show Details
Description:
New York: Chanticleer Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Tenniel. 120pp. Tan boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is clean and unworn, a few small faint spots to top edges, good dust jacket is lightly chipped at top edge and lightly worn along folds, but is overall sound. … Read more about this item Item Price
£32.26
More Photos
The Carriage Painters' Manual. Containing a Treatise on the Art, Science, and Mystery of Coach, Carriage, and Car Painting
by Gardner, F.B.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Published
- 1871
- Binding
- Audio Book (Cassette)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£120.98
Show Details
Description:
New York: S.R. Wells, 1871. Fifth Edition . Audio Book (Cassette). Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 126pp +16pp ads. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Soiling and light wear to cover, light dampstaining and foxing to some margins and endpapers, text is mildly age-toned. An 18th century discourse on the… Read more about this item Item Price
£120.98
More Photos
The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....
by (Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1781
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£80.65
Show Details
Description:
Edinburgh: Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 230 +9pp contents. Full leather, leather label. Covers worn and scuffed, free endpapers lacking, joints tender, contents tanned and foxed, minor dampstaining to last pages,drawing and doodling on front pastedown, strip torn from lower margin of last page, no loss of… Read more about this item Item Price
£80.65
Pleasure Book for Little Folks
by McLoughlin Bros.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1888
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£16.13
Show Details
Description:
New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1888. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 258pp. Color pictorial boards, black and white illustrations. No date circa 1880s. Edges worn, light soil, other than foxing to first few pages, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, owner's name and dated inscription (1889) on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item Item Price
£16.13
More Photos
Wonder Movies
by Earle, Victor M.
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£40.32
Show Details
Description:
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong Folio. Benjamin Seielstad. Unpaginated 26pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Book measures 8 inches tall, 13 inches high. Covers are soiled and edgeworn, endpapers soiled, pencil inscription on front free endpaper, text has old tape repairs to 4 of the folding pages, but all pages… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.32
The National Home Journal (Vol. III, No. VIII) August 1908
by Baumhoff, Frederick W. (Managing Director)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1908
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£16.13
Show Details
Description:
St. Louis, Missouri: The National Home Journal Company, 1908. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 24pp. Color pictorial cover. Faint staining along spine and minor abrasion to rear cover and last page, slight center crease, contents are clean. A variety of women's interest articles, and ads, many offering medical cures.
… Read more about this item Item Price
£16.13
The Galaxy of Entertaining and Useful Reading
by Various
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1843
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£24.20
Show Details
Description:
New York: Charles S. Francis & Co., 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 287pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering and decoration. Chipping to head and tail of spine (corner chiped at top), corners rubbed. First and last few pages most heavily foxed, most o text occasionally foxed. An… Read more about this item Item Price
£24.20
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, Containing Sketches of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, With the Territories of Wisconsin and Arkansas, and the Adjacent Parts.
by Peck, J.M.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1836
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Item Price
-
£181.46
Show Details
Description:
Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1836. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. x, 374 +6pp ads. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title. Covers dampstained, portions of text mildly dampstained and slightly wavy, but text is overall sound, with an occasional margin spot. Binding is tight. Covers Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi,Michigan, and… Read more about this item Item Price
£181.46
