Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1836. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full calf. Several woodcut illustrations. [7], xiv, [3], 18-326 pp. Scuffing to leather. Hinges overopened. Contemporary signature on front free endpaper, and several other signatures in pencil on endpapers. Pencil notation on p. 228. Foxing throughout. Tight, clean, and complete. This..... More
![Item #3053 Ritual of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem [plus Masonic ribbon]. Supreme...](/pictures/thumb/3053.jpg?v=1666238635)
Supreme Shrine of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, 1923. Revised edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Cloth. Gilt device on cover. 116 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Included is a yellow ribbon marked "Mitzpah O.E.S. (Order of the Eastern Star) Patrol" which was found..... More
![Item #3052 Library of Natural History [complete in 6 volumes]. Richard LYDEKKER, Ernest...](/pictures/thumb/3052.jpg?v=1666238631)
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1901-02. Leather bound. Large 8vos. Maroon half morocco. Marbled edges and endpapers. 72 color lithographs and 2000 wood engravings. Shelf wear, with some chipping to leather at spine footers of vols II, IV, and VI. Tight and clean with no signs of use. This is..... More
New York: Bowling Green Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and large gilt device on front cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edges. Frontispiece and illustrations. 368 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a finely printed limited edition (no. 342 of 1000 copies) critical biography and..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 95 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President Warren Harding. More
New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Color illuustrations and pop-ups on each page. Unpaginagetd. All pop-up elements intact and functional, though the "Bantha" doesn't move smoothly. Boards slightly warped around middle. This is a vintage Star Wars pop-up book. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 84 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon book commemorating the erection of a statue of President Andrew Jackson. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 98 pp. Shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Rear endpaper torn out. Damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon book commemorating the erection of a statue of North Carolina politician and Confederate officer Zebulon B. Vance. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 90 pp. Shelf wear. Frontispiece loose and laid in. Large damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon book memorializing California Senator Miller. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1898. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 142 pp. Shelf wear. A few stray pencil notations. This is an uncommon book memorializing Indiana Representative Holman. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 88 pp. Shelf wear. Previous owner's name stamped several times in endpapers. This is an uncommon book memorializing President Woodrow Wilson. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 88 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President Woodrow Wilson. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 94 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President William McKinley. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 84 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President Franklin Roosevelt. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 67 pp. Shelf wear. Stamp of J. Walter Lambeth, Member of Congress, from the 8th District of North Carolina. Rectangle cut from rear endpaper. This is an uncommon book memorializing North Carolina politician Pou. More
New York: Bennett Book Studios, 1929. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Full French Levant leather. 6-panel hubbed spine. Gilt lettering and gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper. 114 pp. Signed and numbered on limitation page. Very light wear to hinges. An excellent copy. This is a finely printed signed and numbered..... More
New York: Covici, 1927. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Navy cloth with elaborate gilt designs. Profusely illustrated. 410 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an early printing of McMurtrie's classic text on the history of books and printing. An attractive, collectible copy. More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth with pastedown on spine. Many plates throughout, including color frontispiece under tissue guard. 373 pp. General shelf wear to edges. Bookplate inside front cover. This is a 2nd edition of Newton's classic text on book collecting. More
![Item #3032 Comfort Found in Good Old Books [fine binding]. George Hamlin FITCH](/pictures/thumb/3032.jpg?v=1665717905)
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1911. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Special fine binding by R.R. Donnelley, with tipped in slip detailing binding standards. Half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge. 6-panel hubbed spine. 33 tipped in plates. 171 pp. Light scuffing to hubs..... More
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1911. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Full leather. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge. Embossments made to look like hinges on covers. 33 tipped in plates. 171 pp. Scuffing to leather. This is a finely printed first edition book of essays about the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Black cloth with leather pastedowns on spine and front cover. Deckle edges. Plates throughout. 259 pp. Lacks slipcase. Scuff on spine about 1" from footer. Signed and numbered by Rosenbach on limitation page. This is a finely printed limited edition (no..... More
New York: Random House, 1972. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 145 pp. Horizontal crease across front jacket cover. This is a first book club edition of Levin's classic satire. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1971. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 4 folding maps. 726 pp. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine, stamp on endpaper and bottom edge, and card pocket on rear endpaper. Sunning to jacket spine, and list scuffing to jacket edges. Top corner torn from rear jacket flap..... More
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 243 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon collection of critical essays on the idea of aliens in science fiction writing. Tremendous cover art. More
New York: David McKay Company, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Holland's illustrations throughout. 329 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on jacket spine and rear cover, stamp on front endpaper and bottom edge, and card pocket inside rear cover. 2" portion torn from front jacket cover. This is a charming vintage..... More