Rare books from Books of Paradise

John H. Eastburn. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1842. Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Green decorative cloth; edgewear, pencil writing to first couple blank pages, piece of paper w/names inked on it pasted inside front cover, moisture mark to endpapers and to bottom third of all pages, little bit of moisture fading to covers, top spine has 2 tiny tears ; 463 pages .

J. Munsell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1865. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Books are rebound w/brown leatherette spine, marbled boards and dark brown wood-type stain to top page ends; both volumes have foxing to pages, light edgewear, page ends toning, vol.2 has small bump to rear cover, bookplate inside front cover and couple pages have pen/pencil line in margin, second half of book has light moisture mark to bottom pages at spine .

Spain: Montaner Y Simon, S. A. , Editores. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Edicion segun el texto de Francisco Rodriguez Marin. Leather. Text in Spanish; Vol 1 567 pp + LXXXI, (Con Comentarios de los Mas Eminentes Cervantistas, Seleccionados por Juan Givanel y Mas, de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona, Vida Y Semblanze de Cervantes por Miguel S. Oliver) , Vol 2 635 pp. Limited printing; Vol 1 "Se acabo de imprimir el dia 28 Febrero del ano 1930," Vol 2 "Se acabo de imprimir el dia 21 Agosto del ano 1930." boards are 14 3/4" tall x 10 1/2" deep, each volume is about 3" thick. High quality paper, each volume weighs approx. 15 pounds. Vol 1 has chip out of upper spine. Both vols show wear to top and bottom of leather on boards, there are scuffs and some small missing leather pieces on boards themselves. Text is excellent, no marks, all tip ins present, (24 color tipins (Laminas) Vol 1, 21 color tipins (Laminas) Vol 2. + numerous b/w… Read More

John O'Meara State Printer. Good with no dust jacket. 1858. No Edition Stated. Leather Bound. Covers are rubbed w/some small tears, spine edges are cracking and have 2 tears, some foxing and toning, some light soiling; 3 fold-outs, one of which has 4" tear .

Richards Publishing Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Limited Edition. Pictorial Hardcover. Limited to 2,000 copies; book has slight toning to page ends, couple tiny soil spots; b/w photos ; 264 pages .

The New American Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book and DJ have mild edgewear, owner's name stamped inside front cover, light toning to page edges and edges of cloth on spine, couple tiny bumps to edges of covers; DJ has couple tiny nicks and a 1/4" tear w/some creasing to edges; DJ has price of $6.50; H0117 stamped on rear cover and is printed on rear panel of DJ; black boards w/green cloth spine; DJ in protective Brodart cover; pictures available upon request; 309 pages .

William Tegg & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1827. No Edition Stated. Leatherbound. Blue leather w/gilt designs to spine and edges of covers, gilt top page ends, marbled endpapers; possibly rebound as "Bound by J. Larkins" is stamped very tiny on verso of front endpapers; all 3 volumes have rubbing to edges of covers w/some tears, pages toning, some cracking to exterior hinges at spine, little bit of foxing and soiling, tiny tears to some page ends; Vol. 1 has 2 pages that are starting to detach; Vol. 2 has 1/4" x 1" tear to top spine edge, 2 pages have 4-1/2" tear; Vol. 3 has some small scratches to page ends .

Easton Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Signed by author on signature page; couple small light scratches to page ends; red leather w/gilt page ends, certificate of authenticity signed by author laid in ; 291 pages .

Geography Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0906602513 . Book has some light bumping to corners of covers and small bump to bottom edge of front cover, front cover has very slightest of bows, pages 1 & 3 have tiny crease to fore-edge; DJ has some light wrinkling along edges, tiny tear to bottom edge of front fold; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 337 pages .

Self Published. Very Good. 1923. No Edition Stated. Stapled wraps. This is a photocopied version of the original book; Small crease to bottom corner of rear cover and last couple pages, page opposite frontispiece has photocopied newspaper article about the release of this book, 3 pages have small ink mark ; 47 pages .

De Wolfe & Fiske Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Hardcover. No publication date found; corners of covers lightly bumped w/small tears, rear cover has moisture mark, shelfwear, pages lightly toning, owner's inscription (dated 1907) in pencil on FFEP, little bit of light soiling; illustrated with b/w pictures and 4 color plates .

Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed "For Liz and Carl - With warmest personal regards - Bill Manchester, 17 III 67" on half-title page; book has some slight fading to edges of covers, pages lightly toning, first 4 pages have paperclip wrinkle w/little bit of light rust marks; DJ has edgewear, light toning, couple tiny nicks, couple small light creases; DJ in protective Brodart cover; laid in are a review information card and a small card stating "with the compliments of Harper & Row, Publishers" pre-printed on it w/"At the Author's Request" typewritten above that (this card has paperclip mark w/little bit of rust) ; 710 pages; Signed by Author .

Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1998. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. 0966779894 . Inscribed "Thanks Tom - Carroll Shelby" on Foreword page; author's name is misspelled on spine; book has very light edgewear, very teeny tiny chip to bottom edge of half-title page, bottom corner of front cover slightly bumped, tiny bump to fore-edge of rear cover; in slipcase that has light shelfwear, small bump to edge of opening, tiny poke hole to rear that doesn't go through all the way; numerous b/w photos ; 322 pages; Signed by Contributor .

Self Published, Printed By J. R. Vrolijk. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Inscribed by author to Peter A. Franklin on FFEP; 2nd blank page has the signatures of all 14 chess players of the 1913 New York National tournament; those players are: Jose Raul Capablanca, Frank James Marshall, Charles Jaffe, Dawid Markelowicz Janowski, John Homer Stapfer, Oscar Chajes, Abraham Kupchik, Edward Tennenwurzel, Norman Tweed Whitaker, Harry P. Kline, Solomon Rubinstein, John Stuart Morrison, H. Liebenstein, LB Zapoleon. Jose Raul Capablanca was the World Chess Champion from 1921-27; Frank Marshall was the U. S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936; Norman Tweed Whitaker was convicted of several crimes, and his most infamous criminal escapade was a confidence trick involving the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932. He also befriended Al Capone while serving time at Alcatraz. The book has mild rubbing to edges of covers w/couple tiny tears, tiny bit of light soiling to covers, tiny bump… Read More

Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1866. First Edition? No Edition Stated. Hardcovers. 2 volume set; ex-library with a few markings; covers have some rubbing w/some tears along edges, corners of covers and top page corners of volume 1 are lightly bumped, foxing and mild toning to pages, 4 word inscription inked on title page of both volumes, little bit of soiling, vol. 2 has some creasing to pages; 5 fold-out tables/diagrams; it appears that these 5 years of Orders were bound into 2 volumes by a historical society for their library; rare piece of Civil War history; 987 pages .