PARIS: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1786. Softcover. Folded sheet. Printed on 3 of 4 sides, large cartouche at top of first page. Printed declaration from the Royal Printer. More
Frank Miller Company, 1892. Second Frank Miller Edition. Paperback. Color printed wraps glued around stapled text block. 203, (1) pp. A crisp copy considering the quality of the paper this book is printed on. More
Boston: Sampson and Murdock company, 1924. Hardcover. Light brown cloth in pale blue archival box. 2278 pp. Includes all localities with the city limits as Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury and West Roxbury. Very large - expect xtra shipping. More
New York: Literary Classics / New York Post, 1943. Hardcover. Volume I: Forward March!: Navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. viii, [2], 245 pp;. Volume II: For Peace and War!: Ecru cloth/boards; gilt lettering. [10], 245 pp.; Volume III: Panorama: Red cloth/boards; gilt lettering. vi, [2], 248 pp. No illustrations in..... More
Cleveland, OH: A.R. Mueller Printing & Lithographic Co., 1942. Softcover. Color lithographed thin paper covers. each issue stapled. Typically 52 pp., with a few color plates inside on thicker paper. An extremely scarce run from the years of World War 2. Complete from January 1942 up until December 1946, lacking..... More
Boston, MA: New England Historical Society, 1995. Seventh Edition. Softcover. Light blue wraps. 758 pp. No illus. Volume I lists genealogies and volume II lists histories and research aids. A wonderful find for the genealogical researcher! More
London: Privately Printed for the Subscribers to Dr. Cabanes' "Bypaths of History" 1901. Second Edition. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt design and spine lettering. xxiv, 269 pp. BW frontispiece with tissue cover. "Five hundred copies only of this book have done. The present is No. 346." More
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1980. Hardcover. Brown boards, brown DJ. 373 pp. Several bw plates. Study of Dr. Bob. More
London: Chiswick Press, 1870. limited. Hardbound. Vellum covers with two ties. xi, [3], unnumbered pages. One of the ISHAM REPRINTS, this being copy 81 of the small paper edition (106 small paper copies and 25 large-paper copies printed). Available as an ebook on Google, but I'm sure the physical book..... More
Baltimore, MD: Garamond/Pridemark Press, 1964. Hardcover. Pale blue boards. 75 pp. 1 bw plate. More
Lakeville, CT: Hotchkiss School, 1931. 3/4 black leather. 24 issues plus Supplement. Filled with highlights from the schoolyear and many, many pictures. An elite Connecticut Prep School begun in 1891. Measures appx. 18" x 13" x 1" thick. 25 issues. More
Lakeville, CT: Hotchkiss School, 1934. 3/4 black leather. 25 issues. Filled with highlights from the schoolyear and many, many pictures. An elite Connecticut Prep School begun in 1891. Measures appx. 18" x 13" x 1" thick. 25 issues. More
Lakeville, CT: Hotchkiss School, 1935. 3/4 black leather. 24 issues plus supplement. Filled with highlights from the schoolyear and many, many pictures. An elite Connecticut Prep School begun in 1891. Measures appx. 18" x 13" x 1" thick. 24 issues. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt embossed title on cover and spine, embossed outline of Africa on front covers. Volume 1:xiv, 547 pp., one folding map in pocket at rear. Volume 2: xvi, 540 pp., two folding maps in pocket at rear. with two steel..... More
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1920. 5/145. Hardbound. Original blue wraps bound into 3/4 green Morocco leather with marbled boards and decorative end papers. Gilt trim and raised bands on spine; five compartments with elegant devices and gilt title. 223, limitation page, 2 additional printed sheets. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts..... More
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, maroon DJ. 459 pp. Numerous bw and color ills. Contributions by wine experts from all over the world. Index to 7500 different wines from 34 nations, 44 maps of wine regions, information on how to read wine labels, directions on..... More
New York: F. M. Lupton, 1893. Softbound. Fragile brownish paper wraps. 56 pp., (8 blank pp.), several tables. One long-lost competitor to "Aunt Sally's" was "The Mystic Oracle; or The Complete Fortune-Teller and Dream Book," published in 1893 as #21 in "The People's Handbook Series" by F. M. Lupton of..... More
Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1860. Hardcover. Brown blind-stamped cloth. xi, 480 pp. Printed by order of Gideon J. Tucker, Secretary of State. Introduction by E. B. O'Callaghan. Alphabetical listing of all marriage licenses issued by New York prior to 1784. More
Paris, France: Fontenay-aux-Roses, 1927. New and Revised Edition. Softcover. Brown wraps. 147 pp. Several bw illus. Paris by day and night, where to dine, the underworld, what to see and do...This book covers it all! More
London: Printed for T. Payne, at the Crown in Ivy-Lane, 1730-1731. Leather bound. Ancient full leather boards, five raised-bands (overlying leather gone), 18 tracts in total with each tract 20-30 pp. A sturdy and overall nice copy of this compilation of two years' worth of Proceedings. Quite rare, could use..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903. Hardcover. Army green cloth. 111 pp. 2 bw plates. More
Sao Jose: Beibra Mineracao S.A., 2003. Hardcover. Oblong forest green boards with silver lettering. Approx 100 pages, most with color illustrations. Text in Portuguese. A guide to the excavation of gems from the Sao Jose River. More
Birmingham, AL: Sons of the Revolution in hte STate of Alabama, Inc, 1994. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 214 pp. No illus. Includes a history of the Alabama Society as well as a history of the General Society, lists of present members, deceased and former members, the founding members, testing your "SORA"..... More
Louisville, KY: W.N. Haldeman & Company, 1854. Softcover. Wraps. 174 pp. No illus. Fascinating bit of history. This is the transcript of the trial of a young man for the murder of his younger brother's teacher, the murder occurring in the school building. Puts the recent rash of school shootings..... More
