Rare books from Cossel Books

Garden City, Doubleday, 1973 . Hardcover . VG+/VG. Tiny bit of shelfwear edges; tiny amount of soiling bottom pageblock and spot on top pageblock; spine edges have few light bumps. DJ w/ some chips/wear on edges; some rubbing; creases at edge-folds; in new Brodart protector. Scarce Volume I of this biography of the composer. Illustrated w/ several B&W photographs.

NY, Duell Sloan Pearce, 1963, 1st . Hardcover . VG-/VG. Spine cocked; bit of edgwear; bit of soiling/foxing pageblock; slightly loose signature at page 24 but no cracking to spine; 1x2in lightly stained area front board. DJ w/ some edgwear/rubbing/chips; spine tad faded; in new Brodart protector.

NY, NAL, 1966, 1st . Hardcover . G+/G+. EX-LIB W/ THE USUALS. Edgwear/bumping; tape stains boards; bit of soiling/foxing pageblock. DJ w/ edgwear; some rubbing; library sticker lower spine; in new Brodart protector.

NY, Phoenix Press, 1945, 1st? (Not stated) . Hardcover . G++/VG-. APPEARS TO BE EX LENDING-LIB. Bit of black tape on boards; couple small ink-stamps fep; couple small words inked fep; bit of glue residue on end-pages. DJ w/ some black tape residue on the inside; some wear and few chips; in new Brodart protector.

Jacksonville, Harris-Wolfe & Co., 1968, 1st? (not stated) . Hardcover . VG+/VG. Few bumps spine-edges/top-corner; bit of soiling pageblock. DJ w/ few chips/creases edges; some rubbing/soiling; couple really faint stress-creases on spine; in new Brodart protector. Introduction by Fritz Leiber.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1968, 1st . Hardcover . VG/VG-. Some edgewear; few light dings and few dog-eared pages. DJ w/ some rubbing/chipping; two 1/2in CTs plus crease lower front; in new Brodart protector.

Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1973, 1st . Hardcover . NF/none. Bit of edgwear; red remainder-type mark bottom pageblock; very light bumping on top/bottom edge of spine; one tiny bump front edge.

Stein and Day, 1966, 1st . Hardcover . VG/VG. Spine tiny bit cocked; trace of edgewear; POS inked ffep. DJ w/ bit of edgewear/rubbing/chips; in new Brodart protector. Illustrated with several B&W glossy plates.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968, 1st . Hardcover . NF--/NF. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FFEP. Spine bit cocked with trace of shelfwear. DJ with trace of rubbing/edgewear; in new Brodart protector.

Appleton-Century, 1941, 1st . Hardcover . VG-/VG-. Spine cocked; trace of shelfwear; bottom corner bumped. DJ w/ some rubbing/edgewear/chips; 1/2in chip top rear; couple faint stains on spine; in new Brodart protector. Illustrated with B&W drawings by Edward Caswell.

Carlton Press, 1993. Fine/NF. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FFEP. Spine tiny bit cocked. DJ w/ trace of rubbing/edgewear; in new Brodart protector. Also includes notecard from author. A novel about a girl in Washington State just after WWI.

J. B. Lyon, 1907. G-/None. Wear/rubbing on boards/edges; boards a bit warped/splayed; front hinge cracked; some mildew spots in the center of some of the pages; some water damage pageblock. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1907. Fully illustrated with color plates. 000009669-X003

D. Appleton and Company, 1930, 1st. VG to NF in uniform green boards with embossed guilt lettering on spine. This is the complete set *except* for Volume XVII which is missing. The volumes range from VG to NF. Most have a bit of rubbing/shelfwear; trace of foxing on endpapers. Each containing several B&W illustrations. Very scarce as such a mostly complete set. Volume titles are as follows:

Volume I - Prenatal Care
Volume II - The Newborn: Psychology and Care
Volume III - The Newborn: Diseases and Abnormalities
Volume IV - Preventive Pediatrics
Volume V - Disorders of the Nervous System in Childhood
Volume VI - Orthopedics of Childhood
Volume VII - Bones and Joints
Volume VIII - Digestive System
Volume IX - Respiratory System
Volume X - Nutrition and Development
Volume XI - Blood and Blood Building Organs
Volume XII - Infant and Child Feeding
Volume XIII - Internal Secretions and Metabolism
Volume XIV - Infectious Diseases
Volume XV - Surgery of Childhood
Volume XVI - Skin… Read More

Crown, 1964, 1st. VG-/VG-. Spine tad cocked; some shelfwear/soiling; bit of soiling pageblock; 1/2in ding lower edge. DJ w/ some rubbing/edgewear/chips/soiling; couple 1in CTs; in new Brodart protector. Large format coffee table sized hardback. Fully illustrated in B&W photos. Will be shipped well packed and in a box, with delivery signature confirmation. 000010895