Search Results: Titles starting with W from Mac Donnell Rare Books

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Co. A WALK OVER IN 1804 AND IN 1904. Philadelphia: Hale & Kilburn [1904] Die cut advertising card or blotter printed in red and black, depicting a Pullman passenger car, with text on back describing their newly designed railroad seats; 3 1/2 x 9 inches. Small crease to one corner, some mounting abrasions on verso, two small staple or punch-holes from original hanger or stapling, but a very nice and attractive advertising piece. These kinds of cards and flyers were typically hung on strings at depots for passengers to take if interested, but this one may… Read More

[MINIATURE] [Allestree, Richard] Stacy, Edmund. THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN EPITOMIZ'D FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR. [London: John Laurence, 1700] 24mo., 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 inches. First edition. Contemporary plain calf. Leaves A1-2 lacking (title and first leaf of dedication); otherwise complete. Front and rear free end papers excised, some aging and browning, but a tight copy in the well-preserved original binding. This devotional work, a collection of plain-spoken strict injunctions for daily life based on the Bible, was first published in 1658 and became immensely popular through the end of the 18th century and was widely translated,… Read More

Byron, George Gordon Lord. THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON WITH HIS LETTERS AND JOURNALS AND HIS LIFE. London: John Murray, 1832-33. 17 vols. First edition thus, second issue of the first volume (with spine gilt directly on cloth rather than on label). Original dark green moire muslin, gilt. Mild dust and some normal aging, else a fine set, unread, with virtually no wear. Usually found rebound, this edition of Byron (with Thomas Moore's biography) is a landmark in the history of book-binding, being the first example of gilt-stamping on regular book cloth. As early as November, 1827, some English silk bindings had… Read More