Rare books from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

New York: Robert Sears, 1860. Illustrated by Double color tissue frontis for both Old and New Testaments, 1000+ text engravings, one fold-out map. Second edition. c.1856. Full red embossed calf, gilt topboard illustration (Sermon on the mount) rear illustration (Rebecca at the well), gilt print and decorated spine with 5 raised bands, gilt edge dentelles, a.e.g. Demy 4to. pp. [8], vi, 3-1124, [11], map, 348, [2] list of NT illustration, [2] blank. Very Good. Top board has a dark stain and is 2/3 attached; some cap chipping and slightly darkened spine with some stains; light corner dampstain to last pages of New Testament. Hand calligraphy presentation ffep dated January 1, 1862 from a son to his mother (Jerauld). Register names Sherman, Ellis, Jerauld, Pickering 1793-1842 in beautiful calligraphy. Broadside 7.5 by 5 cm of "Almanac for 1860" laid in. (Joint and spine restoration available). (Oversize postage: 7.5 lb before packaging)..

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

Cambridge MA: [Harvard University], February 14, 1969. Illustrated by Frank O'Brien b/w photo in matt "THE GAME" November 23, 1969 [Harvard vs. Yale] on the reverse in pencil is title, date and photographer and 6014. Original edition. Watermark of Harvard University on letter. Single sheet, folded. Signed by Eric Cutler in blue pen. 28 x 21,75cm. pp. 1; 6; photo. Near Fine (letter), Photo (fine), Matt (very good with faint bottom right stain). "Dear Dave: The picture of the moment of Yale's doom and gloom which you so kindly sent was most gratefully received. Your letter landed inside the picture's folder until I went to have the picture framed and I apologize for my delay and oversight. The identities are as follows. Yale: 15, Ed Franklin '69, defensive back; 67, Andy Coe '70, linebacker. Harvard: 50, Ted Skowronski '69, offensive center; 75, Fritz Reed '70, offensive tackle; 61 Tom Jones '69, offensive guard [actor: Tommy Lee Jones]; 80 Pete Varney… Read More

Leipzig., 1900-14. Illustrated by Original author and contributor pencil drawings, journal articles, photographs, clippings, correspondence. Manuscript edition. 2 volumes. Printed green cloth boards restored by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery with three extended acid free cloth fore-edges with portion of original decorative flap in each volume. Volume II spine extended to house extra information. 4to. pp. 217 leaves. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Several published articles and clippings with original pencil and some color drawings and photographs mounted on plate paper. Some of the drawings were from a museum artist in Vienna, most are Winter's. Correspondence includes handwritten letters from George Francis Hill 1931-1936 to Winter on British Museum Stationery, Postdirektor a. D. Eklinger Schloss Reichelsdorf bei Nurnberg 1914, Williams and Norgate Booksellers and Publishers Oxford (unsigned note with photographs). The mounted plate papers with multiple photographs and drawings on each… Read More

[Bonn]: [Simrock], [1802-04]. Assumed first edition. Bottom page markings: 383 (center), V.S. (right corner most pages)...Volti Subito. Contemporary black cloth, gilt stamped topboard. Oblong 4to (23x32cm). pp. 9-107. Very Good. Hinge open with several flat folds to pages. Operatic score, twelve (12) pieces, lacking title page and overture. The comic opera in two acts premiered 5 April 1802 in Paris at The Theatre Feydeau. Libretto by Jean-Nicholas Bouilly (1763-1842) with French and German text. Copy of Madame La Marquise de Nadaillac (Escars, Rosalie de Rancher, marquise de Nadaillac, duchesse d' 1761-1842) in gilt on topboard..

N.P. [Shanghai?]: N.P. [The Yellow Hall?], n.d. [ca. 1940?]. Illustrated by Title and 20 hand colored pages (30 separate illustrations, 13 captioned). Limited signed edition. "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed. Each book is hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is book number 517." . Gold silk bamboo brocade, accordion fold (or concertina or zigzag fold) housed in a custom box by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery of acid free Hewit cloth and calf lined with gold/multi color oriental floral paper and Japanese tissue. Hand-dyed looped silk ribbon by Ramune Jauniskis (Boston) and Chinese coin closure on both boards which tie into a bow with no loose ends. 4to (27x19.5cm). pp. 22 double leaves . Very Good/No jacket, as issued/As New. Edge toning to some cartoons, colors still brilliant, several foxed spots to pages, light rubbing to fabric folds. An "oh mosaic" of 'Shanghailander' life observed by Jewish-Austrian cartoonist who… Read More

Salisbury House, London, E. C: Published for the Translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912. Translated by Herbert Clark Hoover [1874-1964] and Lou Henry Hoover [1875-1944]. Illustrated by Plates, one folding and reproduction of original title page [after the first Latin Edition of 292 plates by Blasius Weffring (and Hans Rudolf Manuel 1525-1571)]. First English Translation edition. Initially 3,000 copies (which cost over $20,000 to produce due to plate replication), actual printing is about half intended. Original full vellum, black spine print, 5 raised bands, uncut. Hinge repaired with J. Hewit acid free (AF) undyed calf, new AF front endpaper, spine numbers retouched and vellum cleaned. In custom Clambox in full AF undyed J. Hewit calf, Hollander AF brown Japapnese tissue sides, Shepherds AF paper bottoms with parchment label to be affixed for flat or upright storage. Restoration and box done by by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery. Three items laid in: a notation to reduce and move the plate… Read More

Philadelphia: George Barrie (Printed for subscribers), 1896-1900. Illustrated by Remarque (double) frontispieces (except Vols. 50 & 51) and etchings. Nationale edition. "Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 copies; lettered A to Z and 1 to 74, issued in the interest of La Societe des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac", this set numbered "47" (red stamp each volume). Note: spine labels say "Edition Definitive". 53 volumes. Grey/green Shot-silk, paper spine titles printed black and red, Japanese vellum, uncut and unopened. Signed by "C te de Larmandie" (M. le Comte de Larmandie, Secretary of La Societe des Gens de Lettres de France) in Volume One. Demy 8vo. Near Fine/No jackets, as issued. Foxed and faded spine labels (fading to red print), o/w mostly unopened, traces of wear to caps. A rare set in magnificent condition. Parisian Life (1-11); Private Life (12-22); Provincial Life (23-32); Military & Political (33-40);… Read More

115 Nassau St NY: Currier & Ives, [ca.1893-4]. Illustrated by colored print. First edition. Black with silver trim hardwood and glass frame by Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc 18 Beacon Street, Boston. Medium Folio Image size: 8.5 x 14.9-inches, 14 x 19 framed. Very Good/Very Good. Faint waterstain on print bottom can be restored. "Length over all 620 ft, Depth of Hold 43 Ft, Breadth 65 Ft, Tonnage 12,500 - Horse Power 30,000.Identification by address: at No. 115 Nassau from 1877-94 and both Cunard Line Twin-screws were in the New York World's Fair 1893. Cunningham 6260 except his is image size is 8.9x14.15..

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. [True] Stated First (SD) with "A-P" below First Edition on copyright page edition. Original blue cloth with red, gray and blue labels uniquely rebound in-house by KTB in acid free J. Hewit Red and blue Cawburn goat retaining original top board label for book with 5 raised bands and original spine label for slipcase spine. Triangle motif on top and bottom board and slipcase slide. 8vo. pp. xi, [1] blank, 359. Near Fine/Lacks jacket/Fine. Light overall toning to pages, no ownership. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Original end papers were washed and re-inserted with new complimentary Dodin marbled end papers and slipcase base in red blue and gray. A unique red, 'white' and lblue gift of Wright's explosive and gritty period novel examining racism in America...fear, flight and fate..

Montreal: ACTA, Inc, 1950. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg "The Light" frontis, text photos and charts throughout. Stated First edition. Red cloth and endpapers, gloss text paper, references uncoated paper. 4to. pp. xx, 822. Index, 203 References. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Tight copy with trace wear, and overall toning to reference pages. Scarce pioneer and comprehensive work also known as Seyle Syndrome and negative stress "distress" and positive stress "eustress". Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist with 17 nominations for the Nobel Prize and founder of the International Institute of Stress. Oversize: >5lbs before packaging..

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1987. Illustrated by 2 full-page and 25 quarter-page engravings by Steven Sorman on cream Kitikata paper. Limited edition. Signed and numbered edition of 150 copies: This copy is 1/4 A.P. (Artist's Proofs). Oblong folio sheets on gray Rives BFK paper issued in a blue linen clamshell box. Signed by Hampl and Sorman on endsheet before last full-page engraving. Folio. pp. [41 total sheets]. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Fine. Stories of the Iowa farming community where Antonin Dvorak composed his "American Quartet" in the summer of 1893. The three sections of stories are divided by dark blue illustrations. ISBN: 978-0915943166..

London: The Trion Press for the William Blake Trust, 1972. Illustrated by collotype and hand-stencil color reproduced from copperplate and 3 overprintings on Arches pure rag paper (collated). 1/518 copies: No.481 in the 100 copies numbered 389-488 reserved for Mr. Paul Mellon [from the Smith College Collection]. (Numbered preliminaries below) and 116 Unsewn Folio signatures housed in a quarter morocco marbled folder with matching hatch clamshell. folio sheets. pp. xvii, [1] blank, [4] [plate and inserted plate 116], 28, [2] blank, [1] colophone, [1] blank, 115 plates. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Fine. All plates collated recto and pencil numbers added consecutively to those without to maintain order ..

Boston: Estes and Lauriat (University Press), 1885. Illustrated by 20 original etchings suitable for framing. 4th edition. c.1879, 1880, 1881. 1/3 leather backed beveled cloth. 4to. pp. unpaginated text and 20 plates. Very Good. Cover restored in-house by Karen Thompson Bullock: Joint, corner and color repair. Internally near fine except frontis has foxing starting and last plate has a faint old water stain at bottom not affecting etching or framing margin. The Art Quarterly Volume V 1942 Index laid in..

London: R. H. Russell, New York; Lawrence & Bullon, 1897. Illustrated by 61 full page plates. First edition. Rear board acid free J. Hewit brown cloth, 1/3 J. Hewit acid free black Cawburn goat backing, acid free complimentary colors marbled endpapers. Oblong folio. pp. [vi], 61 plates unpaginated. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued/As New. Full restoration of topboard illustration with Japanese tissue and water mark removal, page repairs. Neschen P-90 joint reinforcement to each plate and entire text block restitched. What was once a classic too big for it's binding book is now viewable and opens flat. Owen Wister introduction, Howes R-205, Book inserts vertically into a brown cloth with cawburn goat slipcase then a J.Hewit black skiver top gilt stamped on both sides: Remington Drawings matches front of book, and Remington to rear. One of a Kind Masterpiece restoration and slipcase done inhouse by Karen Thompson Bullock..