New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920.
Illustrated by Harry L Smith. Early Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, top edge bump, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstaining, tone, edge chipping, old tape repair at spine head, wear. Solid hardcover. ; "He was mighty lively and could do many tricks. The boy who... More about The Story Of A Monkey On A Stick
New-York: Carlton & Porter, 1860.
Illustrated by Illustrated. New Edition. Hardcover. Random foxing, text edge tears and creasing, light soil, 1908 gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Volume I only, covering all Quadrupeds, and Crocodile and Frog in Reptiles since they were four-legged. Not in WorldCat. New and Revised... More about Sketches and Anecdotes of the Animals, Reptiles and Birds Mentioned in the Bible : Volume I
New York: Bulova Watch Co., 1952.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Plastic comb binding. Bottom corner bump, otherwise light wear. Solid thick card cover in plastic comb binding. ; "This Bulova Catalog of Interchangeable Parts has been especially prepared as an aid to you - the watchmaker on the bench. Its purpose... More about Bulova Catalog of Interchangeable Parts
Wethersfield CT: Mark Haber and Company, 1950.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 2" tear with creasing, 1" front edge chip, light tone, creasing, prices changed on front flap and rear cover ad. Solid hardcover. ; "Here, at last, in this... More about Messrs. Ives of Bridgeport : The Saga of America's Greatest Toy Maker
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1947.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Playing through a Capablanca game and fully understanding it after close study constitutes a liberal education in the art of chess. For this reason I have found it necessary to annotate the games... More about Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess
Nashville TN: Publishing House of the M E Church, South / Smith & Lamar, 1908.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Top edge, top margin, spine head and front cover bottom dampstain, light tone, otherwise light wear.; 1908 Christmas gift note. Uncommon first book by Virginia-born, Tennessee author Elizabeth Fry... More about Vagabond Victor : or The Downfall of a Dog : A True Story
Cape Town: Howard Timmins Publishers, 1963.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Random foxing, light edgewear, Christmas 1966 gift inscription, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 2" front corner chp, 2" thin strip missing from rear cover, foxing, edgeworn with creasing and smaller tears and chips, price clipped. Solid... More about A Decent Fellow Doesn't Work : Experiences of an Easy-Going Traveller in Search of Pleasure,...
Cape Town: Howard Timmins Publishers, 1982.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Reprint. Hardcover. Light tone, owner's signature, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket sunning, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Reprint of Green's 1936 book of Southern Africa travel writings. ; 287 pages. More about Strange Africa
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), 1935.
Illustrated by Illustrated. 10th Thousand. Hardcover. Light tone, owner's signature, otherwiise light wear; Dust Jacket 3" chip to front cover and spine tail, 3" tear with creasing to rear cover, smaller chips and tears, rubbed. Solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece and seven black-and-white... More about Our Wonderful Church
New York: Arno Press, 1975.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Putting all these points together, this examination of the Census data suggests that the process of technological change included various types of inertia and difficulty of adjustment, and that the technological progress and efficiency improvement of the..... More about The Diffusion of Technological Change in the Pennsylvania Pig Iron Industry 1850-1870
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Examines US perception of a German threat to its interests in Latin America from the late 19th-century until World War One. "This investigation provides, therefore, a case study in threat..... More about The Danger of Dreams : German and American Imperialism in Latin America
Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Details the improvisational creation and operation of the Carrier Corps, needed to supply British Empire troops seeking to conquer German East Africa in World War One, using tribal labor from Kenya and Uganda to literally carry all..... More about The Carrier Corps : Military Labor in the East African Campaign, 1914-1918
London: Methuen, 1918.
Illustrated by John Leech illustrations. New Issue; Second Printing. Hardcover. Spine sunned, light cock, endpapers foxed, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Contains 69 text woodcuts & 13 color plates by John Leech. New Issue founded on 1858 Bradbury and Evans edition.; The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books; 525 pages. More about Ask Mamma : or the richest commoner in England
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930.
Illustrated by author. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise slight wear; Dust Jacket 1"tears, spine stain. Solid hardcover. ; First book written and illustrated by the painter Dorothy Mary L Burroughes. Bruno the bear "shares a dislike for arithmetic with a.... More about The Amazing Adventures Of Little Brown Bear
New York: Abingdon Press, 1916.
Illustrated by Harold Speakman illus. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Spine rub, boards tone, light wear. Solid hardcover.; Attractive color Harold Speakman illustrations and decorations. Inspirational tract on the Three Wise Men.; [35] pages. More about Gifts From The Desert
Racine WI: Whitman, 1921.
Reprint. Hardcover. Both hinges starting, well toned, light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" spine head chip, 1" spine tail tear, 1/4" tears with creasing, edgeworn. Solid hardcover. ; Ad states one of four titles in Whitman's Big Game Series. Only shows 1915 copyright date... More about The King Condor of the Andes
New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1891.
Illustrated by Frontispiece. Hardcover. Front hinge starting, stain on suede, cloth ribbon tie mostly missing, 1894 owner's signature. Solid limp suede with yapp edges over thick card hardcover.; Attractive limp suede thick card binding with yapp edges. Excerpted from Horace Smith's 1836 2-volume edition... More about The Echoes From The Tin Trumpet, or, Heads and tails for the wise and waggish
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co, 1921.
Illustrated by J L Gallagher. First Edition. Hardcover. Waterstain cloth and top margins, blotted owner's signature, text damp wrinkled. Solid hardcover. ; Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series, #7 of 8 listed. Probable First Edition, with Format III blank endpapers that lasted only until mid-1922, and no... More about Peter Rabbit's Birthday
New York: Desmond FitzGerald, 1913.
Illustrated by Joseph Cummings Chase. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Gutter starting, soiled, tone, dampstain rear page; Dust Jacket tone, soiled, tears along edges, chips. Still serviceable hardcover. ; Frontispiece and three illustrations plates by Joseph Cummings Chase, with frontispiece repeated as dust jacket cover... More about The Lady Who Smoked Cigars
New York: Archer Press, 1931.
Illustrated by Norma Shearer dj cover. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Toned, light wear; Dust Jacket three 1/4" chips, light edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; A Broadway play in 1911, Maggie Pepper is the romance of an assistant buyer and a clueless heir to the family business. There... More about The Heart of Maggie Pepper
Edinburgh: T N Foulis, 1905.
Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Light cover soil, light edgewear. Top Edge Gilt. Solid hardcover. ; Early Foulis printing, in Little Prose Masterpieces series, uncommon in hardcover.; Little Prose Masterpieces; Vol. 1; 38+1 ad pages. More about Rab And His Friends
London: Marion Boyars, 1978.
Illustrated by John Collings dj design. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear; DJ light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "novel is frankly romantic and escapist, but it also contains more than a slight suspicion of kitsch."; 127 pages. More about Virgin Of The Clearways
New York: The Fiction League, 1931.
Illustrated by "RR" dj design. Hardcover. Cock, tone, owner's signatures, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket in 3 pieces, edgeworn, large spine chips. Solid hardcover. ; Hubin II p 422. Tim Archer mystery, set in the Midwest. ; 313 pages. More about Death At Windward Hill
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990.
Illustrated by DJ art by Mike Wimmer. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Third book in series focuses on Jonathan Rossi, center on the Wildcats basketball team, and the choices he faces.; The Kids from Kennedy... More about Choosing Sides : The Kids from Kennedy Middle School
New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1894.
Illustrated by C A Bobbett plates. Hardcover. Light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece and two plates by Bobbett. Attractive gilt stamping on cover. Inspirational children's tale ; 63 pages. More about Aschenbrödel : a child sketch