Sydney: George M. Dash, 1940. First edition. Textured gray boards, front cover lettered in black, pictorial paper label on front panel. 158 pages. Several illustrations from photographs. Light wear to spine and edges, a clean and attractive copy of a book which is difficult to find in nice shape. View More...
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NY: Harris Press/Who's Who in Baseball, (1969 - 1990).
Seller ID: 56774
Red pictorial wrappers. 22 volumes. The spines of all issues are quite faded, some slight edge wear, generally in very nice clean condition. An unbroken run of 22 years of this illustrated annual from 1969-1990, the 55th through 75th editions. View More...
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London: Epworth, (1925). First edition.
Seller ID: 56654
Blue cloth lettered in black. Frontispiece and four inserted plates. A nice clean copy in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket, a few tears to edges and moderate edge wear. An unusually nice copy of this biography. Issued as a volume in Epworth's Noble Life Series. View More...
Bluel wrappers, stapled. Insignia on front cover. 32pp. "Welcome Aboard" booklet with text in Danish and English, many humorous illustrations. This looks to have been used on the C-47 and C-54 aircraft. Very good condition. View More...
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London: Royal National Life-Boat Institution, 1922.
Seller ID: 56990
Green boards, upper cover designed and printed in black. Upper cover detached, old tape marks at spine, much of spine chipped away, very good condition generally. Many illustrations, some in colour, also some underlining. Several errata slips, one canceled page. Laid in is an 8-page booklet of Coast Guard Regulations relating to the Institution, staples rusted, very good. Ownership signature of Major F.V. Longstaff at the head of the upper cover, dated 1926. Not common. View More...
London: George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, 1936. Green decorative wrappers. 24 pages. Illustrated. An uncommon booklet of card tricks. Staples are rusty, browning along spine, a nice copy otherwise. View More...
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Bangor, Gwynedd: Margaret & John Summerwill, 1991.
Seller ID: 56786
Light blue self-wrappers, stapled. 20pp. Very good condition. Map & illustrations in the text. The memoirs of Gladys May Siviter (1906-1991) who was born in Blackheath. Memoirs of Yew Tree Lane and Powke Lane School, and life at a house on Southwick Road. View More...
Kendal: Atkinson & Pollitt, "Westmorland Gazette" Office, 1923. Brown cloth, front cover designed and lettered in black. Frontispiece & several illustrations. Light fraying to spine ends, some modest shelf wear, a very good copy. Presuably the second edition, as there was one published in 1921. Of hounds and hunting, with local history and anecdotes. View More...
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Amelia, Italy: the Author, 1999. First edition.
Seller ID: 56555
4to. Quarter-cloth & marbled boards, spine lettered in black. Maps & illustrations, some in colour. Folding tables at rear. Faint wear, a couple of small spots, a fine copy. Limited to 60 copies, this is #50. A scarce genealogical work. View More...
Montrose, California: The Author, June-July 1953. Issue Number 21. Two leaves, stapled, legal size, printed on both sides. Once folded, some fading at the fold, very good condition. Her commentary on current political issues, including the Rosenberg execution. "TODAY is a personal letter on how things look to me. It appears about once a month. If you want it, send your name..... we send TODAY to any who ask, whether they can pay or not." Uncommon. View More...
Montrose, California: The Author, March-April 1954. One legal-size leaf printed on both sides, and the supplement which is two legal-size leaves, stapled. The supplement is titled: "Open Letter To Sec'y Dulles On Indo China". It is dated March 30, 1954, "suppplement to TODAY No. 26". All three sheets folded once, some darkening and creased at fold, very good condition. View More...
Uppsala & Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksells, 1906. 4to. Original wrappers. 45 pages, and 5 plates inserted at the end. A bit of chipping to edges, some wear to the base of the spine, a clean very good copy. Issued as Band 40. No. 3. in the series Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. An illustrated archaeological treatise on the tips of harpoons and lances from Greenland. View More...
Philadelphia: Dorrance, (1926). First edition. Red cloth lettered in black. Frontispiece & numerous illustrations. Some yellowing of end papers, light edge wear, a bright copy in a slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket (the original 1926 Dorrance jacket); the spine of the jacket is rubbed, there is some wear to the spine ends and several chips from the edges and along the rear hinge. A clipped obituary of Evelyn Nesbit is laid in, from a 1967 newspaper. View More...
NY: 46th Street Theatre, 1926. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 32pp. Staples rusting, a bit of wear to corners, a clean very good copy. Front cover art is unsigned, several women on a stairway with diaphanous scarves. The back cover is an ad for Melachrino Cigarettes; the inner back cover ad is for Kelly-Springfield tires, a nice graphic. The show this week: Florence Reed in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE. The 46th Street Theatre was in NY, on 46th West of Broadway. View More...
NY: Globe Theatre, 1924. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 48pp. A nice clean copy. Cover art is signed "Wilhelm 1909". The back cover has a very nice color butterfly ad for Murad Cigarettes. The main show this week: Fred Stone in STEPPING STONES. Music by Jerome Kern. The Globe Theatre was at Broadway & 46th St., NY. View More...
NY: New Amsterdam Theatre, 1925. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 40pp. Staples rusting, a nice clean copy. Cover art is unsigned, an art nouveau arrangement featuring a pastoral scene of a shepherd. The back cover is a terrific color ad for Murad, The Turkish Cigarette. The show was the Latest 1925 Edition of ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, with Dialogue by J.P. McEvoy, Will Rogers and W.C. Fields. The New Amsterdam was in NY, on 42nd St. West of Broadway. View More...
NY: Sam H. Harris Theatre, 1925. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 32pp. Staples rusting, a nice clean copy. Cover art is unsigned, looks very much like an imitation of Maxfield Parrish. The back cover is a great color ad for Murad Cigarettes. The show this week: The Duncan Sisters in TOPSY AND EVA, based on "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The Sam H. Harris Theatre was in NY, on 42nd St. near Broadway. View More...
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Tokyo: Susan Scully and Millard (Corky) Alexander, 1970.
Seller ID: 56794
Original wrappers, once folded. Generally about fine condition, the owner's name written at the top of most issues. This is a run encompassing Vol. 1, No. 2 through Vol 1, No. 21 (20 consecutive issues). Dates are Feb. 20, 1970 through July 3, 1970. Tokyo's longest-running English lifestyle magazine, still publishing; these early issues are uncommon. View More...
No date, but ca. 1910. On glossy paper, 8.5 x 6.5 inches. There are 13 engravings of various pumps and compressors. The company, Stilwell-Bierce & Smith-Vaile, were from Dayton, Ohio; these all have the ink rubber stamp on the rear of the San Francisco branch of the company. About fine, in a manila envelope. View More...
Toronto: Collins/White Circle, (1969). First edition. Pictorial boards printed in red & black. The very scarce hardcover issue of this book, which was issued as an paperback original. White Circle Book A1001. Pages browned somewhat, but a fine copy. Illustrated with photographs. A biography of Mother Cecilia Mary, O.S.B. The book was reprinted by Soni Nis in 1977. View More...
