Libros raros de Black Feathers

Classic Currier & Ives hunting lithograph in color, published in 1870, titled Wild Duck Shooting. 9x13 print in a 16 x 19 3/4" frame; newer matting; period frame in black paint with grain painted border. Lithograph is in very good condition. Title portion of the margins has darking toning. Frame is iin very good condition with small chips in the black paint. Ready to hang!

Very good condition, black leather with 5 bands on spine. No writing- very clean. tight copy. Corners are bumped and have wear. All pages edges are gilt.

Very good condition; bumps to cover corners. Pages are tight to spine, though cloth cover is a little loose. 474 pages. Pencil name & price inside front cover - only writing - clean copy. Bookseller Inventory # 341

Very good condition with exception of some chewing on the spine. Tight copy with pencil signature inside front cover James A Morrice? Volume I. Some foxing on pages. 839 pages.

First Edition and signed by the author. A series of letter written during a brief trip through Europe to Palestine, returning via Egypt, Italy, France and England. Flower endpapers and tight, solid binding. Signed by the author and a written note about meeting the author and/or author's family at the end of the book. 5" x 7 1/2" Jesse Milton Emerson 1818-1898. Book is in great condition. Minor scuffing to cover.

Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain : chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions / by John Brand. 430 pages plus errata page and advertisement of which is notice of the publication of Macpherson's On Illicit Love. Great 18th Century book with a newer binding. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by T. Saint, for J. Jonson, No. 72, St Paul's Church Yard, London, 1777. First Edition.5 1/2" x 9 1/8". Great condition for its age!

A rare pictorial envelope not listed in Walcott, is listed in Weiss, C-O 51. A satirical image of a new coin design for the Confederate States of America (CSA). Printed in blue ink on cream colored laid paid. Reverse side shows use with an impressed stamp mark in the center of the flap? If gum portion was used, it did not stick. Wrinkles in the fold down flap. Printer is unknown. The blue ink color print is strong; very good image, in very good condition. A rare civil war envelope!

Advertising on cover boards and many pages of advertisements. 1692 pages, book is 6" wide, 9 1/4" tall and 3 1/4" thick. Colored, folded map of New England still attached. It is torn, but great color. Heavy wear to cover, but spin is still tight. Some pages are dog-eared. Clean copy with no writing noted.

Hardcover leather book in overall good condition for its age. Binding is cracked, but still tight and solid. Some markings inside front cover. Information page is torn. Pages are foxed and some staining. Cover edges are bumped. 5" x 8 1/4". 365 pages plus table in rear.

Hardcover green cloth with gilt lettering. #215 of 500 copies. 415 pages. Black and white photos. 11" x 15", large, oversized book. Edges are worn and bumped. Spine cover is a little soft, but book is tight. Volume II only. Book has some foxing (mostly front pages) and previous owners name inside cover. Rare copy!.

Good condition, blue cloth with red writing. No dust cover. Stated First Edition and Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. No writing noted in book. Spine is faded. Cover has wear and corners are bumped. Pages are tanned. 316 pages. 5" x 7 1/2".

Hardcover book with incised gold lettering on the cloth boarded cover. Also on the cover is the signature of H. Thomas Austern in black ink. The 61 page book is in good condition. First cover page is ink stamped with the name H. Thomas Austern and scattered throughout brownish toning to the front and back cover pages. All else is fine. Binding is tight, minor wear at the corner of covers. H.T. Austern was a well known food and drug law attorney for more than 50 years, it is not known if the book was his or if he signed it for someone. This book is a special edition that the Washington Post had prepared by an independent council as to explain the many interpretations of the laws of the Robinson-Patman Act so the average American businessman could understand and put to use. Published in 1936; 61 pages; 11 1/4" x 8 1/2". Good condition. Very Scarce!!.

Two volumes with beautiful embossed cloth covers with gilt lettering. First Edition. Edges are bumped. Both books are tightly bound, but the back covers are slightly separating. There is some foxing in Volume I - but not much. Volume I has penciled letters/number inside front cover. Volume II has no writing. Illustrated by numerous woodcuts by Fitch and Branston and steel engravings by Adlard. Volume I has 592 pages & Volume II finished with a total of 1254 pages and includes Treasury of Bible Knowledge and General List of Works. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4".