Search Results: Albums/amicorum & oddities from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

N.P: N.P, n.d. Illustrated by Dried flower motif both covers. Leather backed plastic boards decorated gold with ornate metal hinge clasp (both sides), with leather pen holder (broken), aeg. 1-7/8 by 2-3/4 inches. pp. [106]. Very Good. Back strip rubbed with faint cracks and cap chips, clasp darkened, pen holder broken but present. Internally all pages blank with slight toning and several tiny stray stains. Beautiful Victorian autograph book ready to fill..

n/a: n/a, 1866-74. Brown blind stamped cloth printed gilt, aeg. 2-1/4 by 4 inches. pp. [96]. Near Fine. Collection of 45 period inscriptions from Northbridge; Southbridge; Shrewsbury; Sutton; North,West and East Brookfield; East Douglas; Whitinsville all directed to Emily [Claffin, Roberts] only one is faded and unreadable: most are name, town and date. One example pictured..

West Brookfield MA: Old Working Books & Bindery, 2019. Brown J. Hewit acid free cawburn goat, Japanese tissue, Marbled paper lining reinforced davy board clamshell box with reinforced bottom for valuable storage in bookshelf. Wood inlay spine gold stamped here and can be custom made with the title of your choice in gold, silver, black or white (other colors available). 11-L x 7.75-W x 3-H (inches). Hidden storage on your bookshelf for bitcoin, cash, documents and other valuables. Note: all materials and adhesives are acid free. Custom orders accepted and your box can be made to any size with any leather, cloth or paper combination inside and out. This size in cloth about 200.00; (paper based on choice) usually in between cloth and leather price; this size is in leather. A nice gift for someone who has something to hide in plain sight..

Cambridge MA: Standard Diary Co, 1940. First edition. Red cloth. 8vo. pp. January-December 1940. Very Good. Short ink inscription. An unusual glimpse of 1940 from the pen of a young girl's events for 1940. Most pages entered..

Washington, DC: (Dan A. Carroll, Special Representative, Tribune Building, NY), 1913. Illustrated by b/w plate of Star Building. Red cloth, white print, H.L. Brown embossed in gilt on top board. 8vo. pp. [iv], [28] Alpha index of blanks, 368, [2] Ads. VG. Rubbing to covers, two joint nicks. Front pastedown chart: Five years' growth of Washington, D.C. All ruled pages blank (no writing) and begins on Wednesday January 1 (1913...2020, 2025, 2031). Nice gift for D.C. resident or affiliation who still keeps a hand written planner or diary..

New York: Doubleday, 1987. Illustrated by Catherine Hopkins cover and 12 b&w photographs. Stated First edition. Pictorial glossy boards, green eps and marking ribbon. 8vo. pp. unpaginated. As New/No jacket, as issued/in NF slipcase. Traces of wear to ribbon and slipcase, no marking or ownership. A timeless and blank journal organized for starting time of your choice (on a Monday etc), weeks one through fifty-two. Editor selected lines from Merton's works (indexed) featured throughout which are additionally illustrated with a full page photograph marking each month. Nice gift for Merton enthusiast..

Montgomery, AL: Favorite Recipes Press, (1964). Illustrated by Cover color recipe (included), b/w photos and information sheets. First edition. Pictorial card covers, white perfect binding. 8vo. pp. 182, [10]. Index, Ads. Near Fine. All recording lines blank except for starter recipes. A wonderful way to record your favorites in bound book form..

ca.1871. Illustrated by Dunolly Castle, Eban; Iona Cathedral; St. Martin's Cross, Iona; Inveraray Cross; Dunstafnage Castle on boards; photographic 6.5x10.5cm cards by Patterson, N. Bowness, F. Bedford, G. Wilson, London Stereocopic Co., T. Edge. Wood boards, gilt dentelles under moire pastedowns and endpapers, thick embellished paper boards with mixed oval and rectangle insertion slots (aeg), brass clasp. Oblong: 22 x 15.5 cm for 10.5 x 6.5cm cards/photos. pp. [52] for 104 pictures. Very Good+. Boards near fine, leather spine has one joint tear and rubbing, some boards shaken, but repairable. Contents 53-b/w view of Scotland (Castles, Abbeys, Monuments, Bridges, Landscapes); 6-Famous person ports (Mary Queen of Scotts, Sir Walter Scott & Lady Scott, Thomas Moore, etc.); 7-color Curenius & Quist (Prisbeloni, Dublin 1865) cards of period costumes; 11-family ports; 27-lots blank; 15x11cm W. Banks & Sons engraving of Dunolly Castle (VG+) laid in. A magnificent unique custom album on… Read More