New York: Sheldon and Company, 1897.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Front cover and fore-edge stains not affecting text, rubbed spine, light tone, Pennsylvania Rail Road and employee owner's 1901 stamps and signatures on endpapers, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Quarter leather binding with gilt spine lettering. Elementary physics textbook... More about Elementary Physics
Springfield MA: Milton Bradley Company, 1904.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Pencil and chalk marks, tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "The aimof the present work, as the title implies, is to suggest program Gift and Occupation Work for a year in kindergarten. The home with its interests, and simple... More about Daily Program of Gift and Occupation Work
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911.
Illustrated by H Richard Boehm frontispiece. Later Printing. Hardcover. Spine darkening, light edgewear, light tone, erased 1923 gift note, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece by H Richard Boehm. E Christian Mattson & Thomas B Davis; A Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys' Series... More about The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf : or Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
New York: Edward J. Clode, 1922.
Hardcover. Ex lending library stamps/marks, spine lettering well faded, light cock, tone, front hinge just starting, later owner's stamp, otherwise light wear. Quite serviceable reading copy hardcover. ; First US Edition of this fantastic novel set in British India. Robert Reginald; Science Fiction and... More about The Jungle Girl
Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing, 1882.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Subscription. Hardcover. Well toned but not brittle, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Subscription Edition of Hubbard Brothers first, with "HB" logo on cover. Popular account of the explorations of American journalist and traveler Henry M Stanley in central Africa, including his famed... More about Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa : A Full Account of the Two Famous Expeditions of...
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Ex lending library stamps/marks, toned, front hinge starting, gutter starting, clipped flaps description glue to front endpaper, light cock, later owner's stamp, wear. Worn but still serviceable reading copy hardcover.; "In its essence, the book is a remarkable study... More about Rapture
New York: A L Burt, 1929.
Reprint. Hardcover. Toned, owner's name stamp, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First mystery by Isabel Briggs Myers, also the co-creator of the Jungian personality inventory known as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page... More about Murder Yet To Come
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Company, 1885.
Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Two pages partially detached with edgewear, edge rubbing, light tone, pencil marks, contemporary owner's name stamp and initial stamps, later owner's stamp, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Full leather binding with gilt spine rulings and black spine label. Three plates... More about A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery : Fourth American from the Fifth English...
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1936.
Illustrated by Emma Brock. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Sunned, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; SIGNED by author, Besse Schiff, on half-title page in 1936. Delightful travels of Hetty by Ohio author Besse Caroline Ike Schiff. ; Junior Press Books; 163 pages; Signed by Author. More about The Traveling Gallery
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1905.
Illustrated by A Burnham Shute. Later Printing. Hardcover. 1906 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Frontispiece and three illustrations plates by A Burnham Shute. E Christian Mattson & Thomas B Davis; A Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys' Series Books 1872-1993; 09200-3.; Bound To Succeed... More about To Alaska for Gold : or, The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon
New York: Hurst & Company, 1910.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Spine sun, cloth fade and soil, light edgewear, 2" title page gutter tear, light tone, Christmas 1912 gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Pictorial frontispiece and four black-and-white illustration plates. E Christian Mattson & Thomas B Davis; A.... More about The Boy Aviators In Nicaragua : or, In League with the Insurgents
Berkeley: The Book Arts Club, University of California, 1947.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine crease, spine darkening, 1/2" spine tear, chipping to spine head and tail, 1/4" edge tears with creasing, light rub, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Limited Edition of... More about Fifty Printers' Marks
New York: Charles Renard, 1925.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Paperback. Light roll, 1" spine edge tear, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback. ; " ... the writer, long a practicing Graphologist, and alive to the constantly growing interest in this fascinating art, has set down in this volume the fundamental... More about Character In Handwriting
Akron OH: Saalfield, 1920.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Reprint; Later Printing. Hardcover. Well toned paper, 1/16" spine head tear, 1940 birthday gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; E Christian Mattson & Thomas B Davis; A Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys' Series Books 1872-1993; 19000-5. Mattson & Davis binding type... More about The Circus Boys on the Plains : or The Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1948.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" edge tears with creasing and light chipping, light spine sun, light rub, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Putnam Review Copy slip laid in. A "Career" Novel For Older Girls. Rue... More about Rue Plays the Game : A Story for Young People
New York: The Federal Book Company, 1902.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Reprint. Hardcover. Front hinge started, tone with random foxing, owner's label, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover. ; Federal Book was the short-lived successor to F M Lupton, existing 1902-1904. Frontispiece and six illustration plates by Gordon... More about By Sheer Pluck : A Tale of the Ashanti War
Cincinnati OH: Stewart Kidd Company, 1913.
Reprint. Hardcover. Light cock, light cover soil, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Early reprint of this classic on raising pigeons. Contents: I. The Novice and His Mistakes; II. How I Should Build a Pigeon Plant; III. Costs and Profits; IV. The Various Breeds and... More about Pigeon Raising
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930.
Hardcover. Light cock, spine darkening, owner's name stamp, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Alma Sioux Scarberry supplemented her newspaper columns by writing serialized romance novels featuring strong independent women. The Flat Tire was one of the earliest to be republished in book format... More about The Flat Tire
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New York: A L Burt, 1930.
Reprint. Hardcover. Light tone, 2" tear to a rear flyleaf, owner's name stamp, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Romance novel by prolific Welsh novelist. Father requires daughter Petunia "Pet" Elliott to earn her own living for one year as a condition of funding... More about To-Day's Daughter [Today's
London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Hinges starting, light tone, spine head and corners fraying, edgewear, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Owner's signature on title page of Sergt in 73rd Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers, June 1917. Volume One ONLY, does... More about Instruction In Army Telegraphy And Telephony : Volume I - Instruments
New York: Norman W Henley Publishing Co, 1916.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Cloth soiled and rubbed, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; 1915 Edition, 1916 printing. 94 illustrations including crisp fold-outs. "There is only one make of motor vehicle in the world that is... More about The Model T Ford Car : Its Construction, Operation and Repair : A complete practical treatise...
Philadelphia: John C Winston, 1929.
Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" tear with creasing, smaller edge tears and creasing, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Color frontispiece and one plate, ten black-and-white text illustrations. "EJP" endpapers. "DD" Decorative Designers cover and dust jacket art. Contains seventeen short stories of... More about Girls of the Bible : Told in Simple Language
London: Macmillan, 1928.
Illustrated by John Tenniel. Children's Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Both hinges starting, cloth soil, one plate reattached by old tape repair, light tone, owner's signature on half-title page, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable hardcover. ; Sixteen color John Tenniel illustrations including frontispiece, and black-and-white text illustrations as... More about Through The Looking-Glass : And What Alice Found There
London: Cassell and Company, 1937.
Illustrated by Willem Hendrike illustrations. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1/16" head tear, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" chip, edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; First novel by South African lawyer J Grenfell Williams and Basutoland magistrate Henry John May. Novel of young Zulu man coming to terms... More about I Am Black : The story of Shabala
New York: Citadel Press, 1960.
Illustrated by DJ art by Robert Jonas. Hardcover. Light wear; DJ edgeworn, 2" tear, rub. Solid hardcover. ; Novel, originally written in Yiddish, of a submarine disaster and the survivors trapped in a compartment underwater.; 221 pages. More about Submarine Z-1 : a novel