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n.p.: n.p., 1939. Tunnel Book. Fine. Colour pictorial upper scene with single central peep-hole, four cut-away panels and a back-scene, all printed in color, 5 by 6¼ inches. When opened accordion style it shows the Grand Concourse from the 1939 New York World's Fair, culminating in a picture of the iconic trylon and perisphere. In fine condition. With the original buff-colored envelope, which is a little worn at the edges. .

Richmond, VA: Allen & Ginter, 1890. Stiff card wraps. Fine. Twelve 8vo pages of cardstock, including the covers. Bound with cord. Each page is printed chromolithographically on one side in vibrant color. The interior pages reproduce cigarette cards issued by the tobacco company. Facing the pages with the illustrations is letterpress explanatory text. A fine example of a very scarce item. .

London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1745. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Pp. 373-749 extracted from Volume 6 of Churchill's Voyages, third edition. Engraved and wood illustrations in the text. Bound to style with dark brown quarter leather spine, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, on the upper board. Portion of lower margin lacking on the final page (not affecting the text), light foxing, else a fine copy. ESTC T97845. .

London: John Field, 1657. Hardcover. Very good. Three Acts bound as one in 19th century paper over boards, leather label, gilt. Fine copies; the the binding is worn at the upper hinge else is in very good condition., The first Act banned public practice of Catholicism, Catholic priests were killed when captured; Catholic-owned land was confiscated and given to Scottish and English settlers, and Catholic landowners were relocated to Connacht. (Hence the expression attributed to Cromwell: To Connacht or to Hell.) The second Act set forth procedures for soldiers and officers who served in Ireland to recover a "great Arrears of pay". The third Act assessed Ireland the sum of £20,000 for support of the Spanish War, to be levied and paid "in such manner and form as by the Lord Deputy and Council, or any three or more of them shall be Ordered and Directed." Rare .

London: George G. Harrap and Co, Ltd, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Plates and Decorations by Stephen Gooden.. 4to. Publisher's full cream-colored vellum, gilt spine titles and gilt rules and vignettes on the boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Finely printed letterpress by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. Copper plates by A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., in London. One of 525 copies on hand-made paper. This is copy number 256, signed by the artist. The boards are yawning a bit as happens with full vellum in a dry climate, and there are a few small faint stains on the endpapers, else this is a fine copy. .

London, New York: Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton Co, 1910. Only edition. Hardcover. Fine. Square 4to. (12)pp. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. Stories of airships told in verse, featuring four full color pop-up scenes; each scene with a pop-up airship on a color background drawing. Upper cover with a color drawing of an army airship rounding St. Paul's Cathedral in London and titles printed in red. A fine copy. Conjectural date range is based on the year of first flight of airship Le Republique, illustrated on page [12], in 1908, and date of inscription on front flyleaf. "No. 3521" on title-page. "Printed in Bavaria" on page [12]. Illustrated with 4 color pop-up pages, each a different blimp or balloon that pops-up as the page is turned. Pictorial cover. Not found in Montanaro .

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Aladdin as described in the text and as a stage production. Light wear to the corners; fingering soil; hinges neatly mended, though there is some partial separation of the inner sections; still a very good copy. Rare. .

Teheran: Offset Press and Soroush Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Elephant Folios. The first work is bound in clue cloth, gilt spine title; blindstamping on the boards; blue endpapers. With 34 large mounted full color plates form the 15th century manuscript. Introduction by Basil Gray, who was the former Curator of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum. Text in English, French and German. One of 3000 copies. There is alight stain to the botom edge of the textblock not affecting the pages. The cloth is worn at the rear corner, else this is a very good copy. The duatwrapper is worn at the edges and has an inner repair at the rear corner, else is in very good condition. Together with: Tableaus from the Shahnameh of Hakim Abolghasem Ferdowi, Soroush Press, 1990. Black polished leather spine, gilt; blue cloth boards. Illustrated endpapers. 28 large mounted full color plates of miniatures by Karim Safaee with facing calligraphy by Amir Ahmad Falsafi. Introduction in… Read More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by Gustave Baumann.. Thin 4to. Unpaginated; (10) plus twelve full page illustrations in colors, cut on wood by Gustave Baumann on rectos with Riley's poems on the opposing pages. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gold on the upper board. A fine, bright copy. The dustwrapper lacks small pieces at the head and tail of the spine else is in very good condition. This is the limited printing for the Rotary Club in blue cloth with the gilt device of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis on the upper board and printed in blue on the dustwrapper. .

New York: WIlliam Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by the author.. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a fine copy with only a trace of wear and soil. The dustwrapper is rubbed at the folds and edges and is rough along the top else is in very good condition. It is price-clipped. Inscribed by Wolo on the page facing the title page "To Suzanne Burdett" and with an original full color picture of a smiling flower, signed "Wolo" Wolo (Baron Wolff von Falkenstein) was a refugee form Nazi Germany who took up residence in San Francisco where he worked for the Chronicle and developed his superb artistic ability.

NY: Banks and Brothers, 1870. New edition. Hardcover. Good. Large thick 8vo. The New and Enlarged Edition. xxiv,800pp. Modern full navy blue polished calf. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; dark red morocco lettering pieces, gilt; marbled endpapers. Old presentation inscription on a preliminary blank from George Denis of the Los Angeles firm of Denis & Loewenthal. Text block very good; binding fine. The foremost American treatise in Admiralty Law by a leader of the admiralty bar and the last edition to appear in Benedict's lifetime.

Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. St. Andrew's Library, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. I10), 147, (1), 9,(1). Red cloth, the boards blocked in blind, and the upper board with the title in gilt. Text illustrations throughout; map of Calcutta with coloring. The final 9pp constiutute a list of the illustrations. Cloth worn at corners and folds, pages toned, the map with some foxing, else a very good copy. .

New York: Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 8pp of thick card in which are inset 32 samples dyes threads per page, for a total of 256 samples, going through rose hues, then blues, greens, grays and violets, then reds and pinks, yellows, oranges and browns. Black textured cloth, gilt title on upper board. There is insect damage to the spine and rear board and a small amount of damage to the last leaf. The text gives the quantity of dye needed for 100 lbs. of wool. The publishers are importers of dyestuffs, colors and chemicals from Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Undated, but before 1925 as in that year Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Co. merged with General Dyestuff Corporation. Rare .

Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1851. First edition. Seven volumes, large 4tos. Contemporary half green morocco, green sand grain green cloth boards, marbled endpapers in a non-pareil pattern, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Light wear to the bindings at the edges and hinges, else this is a very good set. With the bookplates of John Eacott Manahan and the arnmorial plate of H. L. A. The Annals are printed in the original Irish with English translation on the facing pages by O'DOnovan. This is Part II of the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish, with O'Donovan's English translation on facing pages, and copious footnotes. O'Donovan published the second half of the Annals in 1848, which covered the years 1172 to 1616. After the unexpected success of this publication, O'Donovan went back to the manuscript of the Annals and edited the remainder, covering the years AM 2242 to AD 1171, publishing this part in 1851. New title and final pages were supplied to buyers of the 1848 set, and binders were instructed… Read More

Britsol: Printed and Sold by Felix Farley in Small-Street, et al., 1753. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. except for the Prefaces, unpaginated. Contemporary full leather, old reback, black leather lettering label, gilt. Final advertising leaf present. Light wear to the hinges and edges and occasional soiling to the pages, but a very good copy. Contemporary signature of Edw. Leroy. Extensive annotations, additions and corrections throughout in the same hand. ESTC T66971. A second edition was printed in 1759. The British Language was an ancestral Celtic tongue spoken across what is now England and Wales until the Roman invasion, when it vied with Latin. It survived until the Arthurian era and has largely become modern Welsh and Breton. .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thick 4to. xiv, 410pp. followed by a 6pp publisher's catalogue. Blue cloth, black lettering label on spine, gilt. Binding generally soiled with corner and edge wear, and the title page has light soil, else the textblock is very good, showing only occasional offsetting from the plates. Illustrated with text figures as well as full page plates. The plates generally are renumbered for each section. Altogether there are 94 full page plates, some double page and some in chromolithography. .

Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by Ethel Reed.. 4to. (8),103,(1)pp. Tan cloth printed in black. Red pictorial endpapers. Title page in red and black. Illustrated with 15 full page illustrations. Introduction by Mary E. Wilkins. Occasional light scattered foxing and staining; rebacked with original spine paid on (lacking spine tips); edge and corner wear, and inner hinges worn. Still, a good copy of a rare children's book. Signed by Gertrude Smith and Mary Wilkins on the verso of the front free endpaper. Rare Peter Parley to Penrod title. The Helen Younger list of Collectible Children's Books selection for 1895.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 8vo., 238pp. Yellow cloth printed in red. Plain endpapers. Erosion of the glazed cloth in the outer hinge gutters and the bottom edge, else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It is rough along the edges, with a short closed marginal tear at the bottom spine fold, and rubbed at the folds. It is still ion very good, presentable condition. Scarce edition of the author's masterpiece, an experimental version of the Grail story, regarded as her most significant contribution to English modernism. Picus finds a chalice in a wwell which he identifies as the Holy Grail and fishes it out with a spear. Later it is considered en early Mass chalice and then an early Celtic chalice. A 'Lost Generation" novel. .

New York: B. M. Whitlock, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by H. A. Ogden. Large folio. Half leather, spine in 6 compartments, gilt; maroon colored pebbled cloth, gilt title on the upper board; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With 44 full page chromolithographed illustrations of the uniforms of the United States Army from 1775 to 1888, accompanied by Nelson's text in letterpress. The lithographs are after water colors by H. A. Ogden. Prepared and executed by the Quartermaster General of the United States under authority of the Secretary of War. Lithographed by G. H. Buek & Co. De Luxe edition, one of 1500 copies of which this is No. 51. Reissued in 1959 and 1998, but the reissues are a pale reflection of the beauty of the original chromolithographs. Now rare complete with all 44 plates present, many copies having been disbound to have the plates framed. We note some small repairs to the cloth boards, a bump on one edge, and two mended marginal tears on the title page… Read More

London: R, Baldwin, 1789. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. x, (vii), 206, 209-508, pp. 6 engraved plates, 4pp. of descriptions and 12pp. of adverts. Sometime nicely bound in quarter leather, spine in six compartments tooled in blind with raised bands, red leather lettering labels, gilt, marbled paper boards. The soiled title page has been remargined, and there is occasional light staining, especially near the rear. Surplus stamp of the Library of Congress on the dedication page. Overall a very good copy of a rare book. Three separate works. Edelstein called them three of the thirteen key works on the history of dyeing published before 1856. Only the work by Hellot on Wool had been translated into English before,; this is the first English translation of the other two works. .