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Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911 Twelve volumes, rebound in dark brown leather and burgundy cloth with raised bands on spine, gilt lettering and decoration; pink marbled endpapers, pages are rough cut, gilt on top edge.Volume 1 has frontis portrait of Jane Austen; title pages are two-color with JA monogram decoration. Volumes 11 and 12 (Lady Susan, The Watsons, Letters) are the new, revised edition, dated 1912. Volumes 6, 9. 10, 12 have some scarring on spine, fraying at top of spine; Vol 9 has nick on top front corner; Vol 1 has slight crack at front spine. Bindings are good. Overall, a handsome set.

Ticknor & Company, 1894 Issued in conjunction with the American Architect and Building News. Large folder (13.25" x 16.25") with 30 black and white heliotype plates of the Town Hall, Library, Gate-Lodge and Railway Station. the beige folder is very worn, scuffed, with traces of old water damage, and is missing the ribbons that once secured the plates. The plates themselves are in very good condition, some show slight wear on the edges. No markings. Requires extra postage.

NASA, 1961 43 charts (out of 44 printed), 22"x 29", with USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic and Lunar Chart Index. Varying degrees of edge wear, sheets have been stored rolled. Printed between 1961-1967. Some of the charts are printed on both sides, Pencil notation on the date and coordinates of the 1969 moon landing in margin on Chart LAC 60. Several other charts have similar notations.

From September 1961 through April 1969 the USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC) maintained a permanent staff of cartographic visual observers, scientific illustrators and photographers at Lowell Observatory to compile detailed lunar charts from visual and photographic telescopic observations. With a manned lunar landing becoming an established and accepted space goal, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the agency responsible for the lunar mission, requested ACIC to continue its cartographic investigation of the moon with an ultimate objective of providing the necessary lunar charts… Leer más

Viking, 1949 Signed by Arthur Miller. Slight edgewear, soiling to orange hard covers, spine is faded. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover, previous owner name and 1949 date on first endpaper. Small ink blotches in margin on page 45. Endpaper shows the set design by Jo Mielziner.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 Sixth Edition. Cabinet Edition.Tan gilt stamped calf with red leather spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Nine volumes, Vols 1-7 have Sixth Edition on title page. vol 7 has 1888 date; Vols 8-9 have New Edition on title page, 1888 date. Maps, many of them fold-out. Volume 9 is indexed. Shelfwear, a few scratches, rubbing on leather spines. Bindings are tight. Overall, a very handsome set. Extra postage is required.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908 Limited edition of 750 copies, this is #261. Books have been rebound in half-leather with gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Frontis illustrations, red ribbon bookmarks, pages are deckle-edged -- some still uncut. Edgewear varies from volume to volume; two volumes (shown in photo) have damage at bottom spine. Overall, a handsome set. 25 volumes, extra postage required.

London: Ernest Nister, 1900 Nister Edition No. 5022. No date, c.1891-1900. Pictorial blue boards, with red spine. B/W line illustration and four decorative color plates, with revolving illustrations. No illustrator credited, but several of the line drawings are signed E.R., P.B.H. Four poems: Round We Go, Bubbles, The Circus, Hurry Up! -- each with a color revolving illustation, consisting of discs with cut-ours that allow the pictures to change colors when turned by hand. White eggs become multi-colored, acrobats' clothes hange, even children turn from brown to white. A final poem, E'envoi, urges children to put the book away "Right up on the shelf, in the proper way, For the dear little elf would come no more If he saw his book on the nurs'ry floor." Slight browning to pages, rubbing to covers. The revolving photos have slight edgewear, one has a very small tear at inside edge. The colors are bright. A charming book

1929: Edwin and Robert Grabhorn Privately printed account of the marriage of Sara Bard Field's daughter Kay to James Caldwell. 89 pp, deckle-edged, gray-green covers. One approximately 200 copies, distributed to wedding guests. Inscribed by Charles Erskine Scott Wood and additionally signed by Sara Bard Field. Inscription is to the artist and bookbinder Caro Weir Ely, who was unable to attend the wedding -- "we hope this little chronicle will bring the wedding to you." Laid in are two letters from Wood to Caro and several handwritten poems.

Chicago Sun Times, 1941 As stated in the letter from founder Marshall Field and publisher Silliman Evans, this volume contains -- the eight rehearsal editions of The Chicago Sun, and the edition of December Fourth, Nineteen Forty One, Volume 1, Number 1 of Chicago’s “New Morning Newspaper”. They are the first tangible embodiment of a conviction that Chicago needed and wanted a newspaper of integrity which would command the respect and support of its readers. The “rehearsal” editions collected here for the first time were not placed on sale, and never until now were seen outside the Sun's offices. They were produced by an organization of skilled craftsmen so that The Chicago Sun would have maturity, and soundness of format, when it was first offered for sale. The transition from the first faltering experiment to the finished product purchased on December 4 by 896,000 persons is a measure of the eagerness with which the public greeted the first edition. Formal… Leer más

L.C. Page & Company, 1909 16th printing, 1909. Beige covers with pastedown illustration, gold lettering. Soiling, rubbing to covers, front and back hinges are cracked. Frontis illustration with tissue guard, plus seven other black and white plates. No markings or writing. A postcard of the Green Gables golf course with the house in the background and a color snapshot of the house, both dated 1968, are laid in. 429 pages, plus publisher's ads.

Philomel Books, 1994 First board book edition, 1994. Signed by Carle with his trademark drawing of a caterpillar. Slight shelfwear.

NYC: Bloomingdale's, 1976 Covers are slightly rubbed, some edgewear. Mailing label on back cover. Controversial-for-its-time lingerie catalog photographed by Guy Bourdin, who also insisted on complete editorial control. Includes order form.

Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911 August, 1911 on copyright page. Blue covers are worn, pastedown illustration is scuffed rubbed. Hinges are cracked. Frontis color illustration plus three other color plates. 375 pages.

London: Pye Golden Guinea Records, 1960 Record sleeve is signed by Ray Harryhausen on front. VG+/VG+ LP Vinyl Record. Score by Bernard Herrman. Harryhausen is credited with the visual effects.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1904 Two volume set, with illustrations from sketches in colors by Amelia M. Watson.Green cloth with Art Deco type and illustrations in gilt on front and spine, which are edgeworn at top and bottom. Pages are gilt on top edge. Volume I has previous owner name on flyleaf; detached red ribbon marker in Volume II. Frontis illustrations and illustrated throughout with charming watercolor illustrations. Slight browning inside covers.

Johannesburg, South Africa: SPRO-CAS/RAVAN, 1973 Rare first printing -- includes the censored text excerpts by the poet Mandlenkosi Langa (pgs. 54, 60), which was subsequently blacked out in later printings. Slight browning to glossy pictorial wraps.

F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1960 Translated by Giuseppina and Mario Salvadori; Preface by Mario Salvaori. Gray cloth hard covers with white and black type on spine. Dust jacket is rubbed, edgeworn with small tears; $6.95 price. Previous owner name inside front cover. Slight soiling to page ends, book is slightly cocked. First published in Italy in 1957, this edition has had additional photos added.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869 Brown leather covers and spines with gilt stamping, burgundy bars, marbled endpapers and page ends. Shelfworn, Vol II and Vol V spines are frayed at top edge, some of the burgundy bars have loosened; several are present and could be re-attached, Some spotting and scarring to leather covers, bindings are very tight.All copyright dates are 1869 except for Volume VII, which includes poems and is1861. Minimal foxing to endpapers. Each volume is 5" w x 7.5" tall. Extra postage required for this multi-volume set.

Visual Research, 2001 2001, limited edition of 500. Minimal wear to book, slight edgewear to slipcase. Includes poster and two promotional postcards, one slightly creased.

Chicago, IL: A. C, McClurg and Company, 1892 Five romantic novels, bound as a set, Tales from Foreign Lands, Uniform in Style and Price: Marianela by B. Perez Galdos, trans. from the Spanish by Helen W. Lester; Cousin Phillis by Mrs. Gaskell; Graziella by A. de Lamartine, trans. from the Italian by James B. Runnion; Madeleine by Jules Sandeau, trans. from the French by Francis Charlot; Memories by Max Muller, trans. from the German by George P. Upton.

Leather/marbled boards, leather spines with gilt stamping, pages are gilt-edged on top edges, marbled endpapers. Each book is 4.5" w x 6.5" tall. Some shelfwear, Madeleine has frayed spine; Memories was used as a coaster (see photo). Overall, a handsome set.