Clean Life magazine featuring Peerless Model 31 four-cylinder thirty horsepower touring car on cover. Many beautiful full page ads (some in color) for early automobiles, articles about cars, driving, "modern life." Pages and covers (front and back) are clean. 100 pages. View More...
A good reading copy in a still-attractive dust jacket. Green cloth boards with white lettering on spine (slight wear to white lettering) Light soiling to cloth; wear-through to cloth on bottom board edges. Ex-library markings (ink stamp at lower edge of title page; scrapes, tape marks to front and rear pastedowns. Pages are mostly clean, some foxing. Full page black and white illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. 387 pages. Dust jacket is quite clean, but front and rear flaps have been trimmed back and are absent of text. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Boston: Ruth Hill, Publisher, 1935. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean brown pebbled cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and SIGNED by Adah N. Adams (author's wife): This books is presented to Mrs. Charles R. Thomas as a memorial to the love and esteem felt for her by the author and his wife. - Adah N. Adams - Aug. 30th, 1940". 125 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has corner chips, shallow loss at top and bottom of spine, a few closed tears. Enclosed in new ar... View More...
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket . First Edition decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram AMS on cover - Amy M. Sacker). Red cloth boards with orange, blue and black decoration on cover, small blue and black decoration on spine. Tiny spots of wear to corners. Some pages have very faint water mark to top or bottom page edges. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece photo of St. Paul's School with tissue guard. Many full page photographic il... View More...
Fine hardcover book in very clean original dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with compass decoration and profile of General Brock on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Clean illustrated endpapers. Preface by the author. 178 pages with Index. Clean bright dust jacket with 195/195 at top corner of front inside flap, some small chips at upper and lower spine ends. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Rare in this ni... View More...
Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Large book - size approx. 10-1/2" x 10-1/2". Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Very slight fading to edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Small previous owner last name neatly printed at top edge of front free endpaper. Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs. Covers wide variety of southern crafts, from woodworking, sewing, and pottery to broom-making and weaving, spinning, horseshoeing and more. 237 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no edge wear, one sm... View More...
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition clean decorated American trade binding. Red ribbed cloth boards with gold church and tree decoration on cover with double ruled line border and gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, tiny points of corner wear, gold lettering on spine has some wear but still legible. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis photograph of the spire of the Old South Church, Boston, with pr... View More...
New York: Exposition Press, 1960. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Fair. Stated First Edition in dust jacket. Very clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean; front free endpaper bears ink-stamp "Booth Memorial Hospital." No other marks. 132 pages. Dust jacket has considerable edge chipping and closed tears; photo of author on rear panel; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Gettysburg, PA: Blocher's, 1930. Revised Edition. Near Fine. Revised Edition (Twenty-second Edition). Very clean brown wraps with silk rope binding intact. Illustrated cover. No chipping or creasing; a few tiny closed edge tears. Oblong book (12" x 9-1/4"). Clean "spider-web" tissue guard at front and rear. 68 pages, illustrated with large black and white photographs. Information on the Gettysburg National Park, map of the Park, history of the battle, monuments, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on back of rear panel. View More...
Very clean hardcover book in clean unclipped jacket. Red boards with red cloth spine, unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fading, no soilng no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright, clean endpapers, no names, writing or marks. Well-illustrated wonderful photographs. 232 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful and rich slice of our history in America -- the story of American canals and the people who built them. For nearly forty years, ... View More...
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1941. Limited Edition. Very Good+/Good. Author signed, numbered limited edition (this no. 52 of one thousand signed copies) in unclipped dustjacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Very small ink mark on bottom page edges (size of grain of rice). Tasteful privately printed previous owner bookplate on back of front free endpaper. Illustrated from photographs by the author. 360 pp. with index. Clean dustjacket has small... View More...
Worcester, Massachusetts: Clarence S. Brigham, 1958. First (Limited Edition). Near Fine/near fine. One of 1000 copies printed for presentation only to the Friends of the American Antiquarian Society - copyright 1958 - in original dust jacket. Very clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 185 pages with index. Dust jacket is quite clean, not chipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival... View More...
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1960. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition in original dust jacket. Pale green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Clean, with a few faint white specks to boards. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner name in very tiny print at top edge of front free endpaper. 352 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight age-toning to white edges, small corner chips and 1/3" closed tear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar c... View More...
Limited Edition (this being copy no. 807 of fifteen hundred numbered copies), SIGNED by the illustrator Ray J. Holden on a beautiful illustration and Limited Edition statement at rear of book. Clean green cloth decorated boards (elaborate blind-stamped oak leaf decoration) with gold lettering on spine. Pinhead size spot of wear to one upper spine corner. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper (no name). Pages and edges are clean, with brown top-stained upper page edges. With an Introduction by M. A. DeWolfe Howe and Illustrations by R. J.... View More...
New York: Valentine's Manual, Inc., 1923. First Edition . Good/Good. Hardcover book in scarce original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with black decorative seal on cover with single line border, black lettering on spine. Some wear and soiling to this book: a little fraying at top of spine, small spot of wear along front spine edge (grain of rice in size), some browning to spine, some foxing to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean and bright with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Wonderful historical photographs... View More...
Very clean book and dust jacket, first edition, first printing, SIGNED by the author. Clean unfaded rust boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed on title page by the author: To Ann Van Arsdale, with best wishes - Jane Brox - 5/99 Nantucket." 182 pages + "Acknowledgements." Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Amid the turmoil after her father's death--fa... View More...
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Louis H. Ruyl, Illustrator. Nice First Edition decorated American trade binding. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. Small spot of wear to one lower rear spine corner. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gold top stained upper text block page edges. Beautifully penned brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper dated 1912. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. Illustrations... View More...
First edition hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with green lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean; tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Illustrated with wonderful drawings by Alice Caddy. 233 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, some wear to fold edges; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Burman writes about real living characters of his time along the Mississippi River valley--from the Chinese o... View More...
New York: Julian Messner, 1951. First Edition. Very Good/Fair. Alice Caddy, Illustrator. Clean tan cloth boards with dark teal lettering on spine. Very light hint of surface wear to top/base of spine, very light hint of bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and bright; no writing or marks. 232 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, light soiling to rear panel, wear and closed tears to folds, 1-3/4" loss to bottom of spine with a 3" closed tear along front spine edge. Moderate surface and edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Life on and around the M... View More...
New York: Reynal & Co., 1956. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Alice Caddy, Illustrator. Limited Edition, Signed by author, with "192 copies from the first edition have been specially bound and autographed for the friends of the author and his publishers. Of this edition each copy is numbered - 1. Clean red marbled boards with brown cloth spine, dark brown lettering on spine. Hint of very slight soiling to spine; no fraying, corners are sharp. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 278 pgs. Illustrated with 12 p... View More...
