Books that are vintage, rare and obscure
Cambridge, MA: Washburn & Thomas, 1929. 1st. 8Vo Oblong Hardcover. Text is unmarked on warmly patinated pages with a few color illustrations and various musical arrangements. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure. Ex-Library copy with the usual stamps and markings present inside. Green cloth boards show heavy edge-wear.....
American Book Company, 1928. 12MO Hardcover. 172 ppg. Text is unmarked, pages show a warm patina from age. Binding is tight and hinges are secure. Beautiful illustrations throughout book. Front endpapers have mild foxing and previous owner's name written in pencil and pen. Green boards are heavily soiled and have.....
New York: 1842. 1st. 8VO Hardcover. 608 ppg. Warm toned patina and some foxing on pages from age. Brown boards are disconnected from hinges and wrapped in brown paper. Binding and boards in poor shape. Can not guarantee all pages or engravings are present.
Sierra Printers, Inc. 1st. Pamphlet. 4to. Text is unmarked with bright, glossy photographs throughout. Paper covers are very clean with a few creases along the spine, a seam at the bottom of the front cover and some scuffing to the white back cover.
Macmillan and Co., 1911. Goble, Warwick. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth covered boards show shiny, intact gilt titling on front board and spine and gilt woman in a dress in the center of the cover- faintly rubbed. Boards are mildly edge worn with bumped corners and a sunned spine. There is.....
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911. 2 Volumes. 8Vo Hardcover. 766pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings present on end-pages and text-block. Text is unmarked with a light patina. Bound in wine colored cloth boards with lightly bumped corners and gold gilt lettering; minor edge-wear. Tightly bound but.....
Greenburg Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. 4to. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. 189pp. Text unmarked on glossy pages with plenty of color and b/w photos throughout. Binding is square and tight. Covers are mildly surface worn and lightly bumped in the corners.
Royce Publishers, 1948. Illustrated Edition. 32Mo Softcover. 128pp. A tiny sized book containing a fun-filled collection of riotous stories, also baffling brain teasers and unusual crossword puzzles. Text is unmarked with a mild patina and b/w illustrations. Illustrated covers are bright and colorful with lightly bumped corners and minor edge-wear.....
Henry Holt & Company, 1922. Early Reprint. 8Vo Hardcover. 310pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings present. Text is unmarked with a warm patina. Bound in midnight blue cloth boards with lightly bumped corners and yellow lettering; moderate shelf wear on front and heavy soiling on back.....
Macmillan and Co., 1895. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 331pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina and deckled edges. Bound in merlot cloth boards with lightly bumped corners and gold gilt lettering. Tightly bound with a split front hinge, both are fully attached. Previous owner's bookplate sticker on front end-page. Lacks.....
Barse & Hopkins, 1912. 1st. 12Mo Hardcover. 60pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina. Bound in red cloth boards with crisply pointed corners, black lettering and minimal wear. Binding is square and tight; hinges are fully attached. Creases on pages 17 and 33. Light foxing present along text-block. Lacks.....
Forbes & Comapny, 1903. 2nd. 12Mo Hardcover. 211pp. Text is unmarked with a mild patina. Tightly bound with a split front hinge that remains fully attached. Bound in red cloth boards with white and gilt lettering and design, moderately bug eaten edges and spine, lightly bumped corners. Bottom white border.....
Knickerbocker Publishing Company, New York, 1943. 2nd. 8Vo Hardcover. 256pp. Text is unmarked on lightly patinated pages with B&W illustrations. Bound in dull blue cloth boards with pointed corners and light sunning to edges. Jacket is unclipped with a few tears present along the top-edge and a small water stain.....
Dodge Publishing Company, 1916. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. Text is unmarked with a warm patina and deckle-edges. Filled with 20 intricate sepia chromolithographic plates throughout with toned tissue overleafs. Bound in gold gilt embossed brown cloth boards showing light rubbing to edges and corners. Lightly bug eaten on top of spine.....
Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1914. 1st. 12Mo Hardcover. 72pp. Text is lightly notated throughout in pencil with a warm patina. Decorative boards are toned with a missing spine and lightly bumped edges. A long inscription in pencil along with some foxing on front end-pages. Binding is intact and hinges are.....
Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc., 1934. 1st. 4To Hardcover. Text is unmarked on colorful illustrated pages. Bound in bright pictorial boards with heavily chipped edges and bumped corners. Red cloth spine is lightly frayed on bottom. Binding is square and tight, front hinge split but remains fully attached.
Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906. 2nd printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 157pp. Text unmarked on lovely illuminated pages- includes all 38 color cuts, plates and frontispiece (with tissue). Front hinge is loosened while binding remains intact and slightly canted. Front cover pastedown is mildly surface scuffed, while illustration and titling remain largely.....
Schiffer Publishing, 2004. 4to hardcover. 288 ppgs. Bright, clean pages with no creases. Binding & hinges tight. Clean jacket with minimal wear from handling.
London: Chiswick Press. 1st. 12Mo Hardcover. 102pp. Text is unmarked with a light patina and deckled edges. Intricately decorated green boards with black and gold gilt lettering show minor wear from age - corners are gently bumped but still pointed with fraying and chipping to spine. Binding is square and.....
S. & C. Shepley, 1847. 1st. 32Mo Hardcover. 62pp. Brown boards with a cloth spine and rounded corners are moderately worn, adding warmth and character. Hinges are fully attached and binding is secured. Pages are unmarked with warm patina from age; light foxing throughout. Signed by previous owner on front.....
Selmar Hess, 1888. Vol. 1. Folio Heavy Hardcover. 286pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina and several illustrated plates with tissue fly-leaf covers. Fully bound in brown leather, pigment stains hand when touched. Boards are heavily worn and chipped with faded gold gilt lettering. Special pressed leaf tucked in.....
C. Cretors & Co, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 148pp. Signed on the half title by Charles Cretors and Lynn Cretors Maurer. Text is otherwise unmarked on white pages with plenty of b/w photos and color illustration throughout. Foxing present on end papers. Red cloth boards are pointed, faintly dust soiled.....
Philadelphia: E. L Carey and A. Hart, 1839. Vol. 2. 8VO Hardcover. Volume 2 only, 447-838 ppg. Text is clean with a warm toned patina from age. Binding is tight and hinges are attached. Three fourth marble leather boards are intact with some wear and rubbing. Deckled text-block adds nice.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. American 5th Editon. 8Vo Hardcover. 447pp. Bound in red cloth boards that are deeply worn with rubbed edges and bumped corners; front board is completely detached from spine. Binding is secured and back board is loosely attached although spine is missing and frayed.....
Foote & Davies Company, 1924. New Edition. 8Vo Softcover. 116pp. Text is bright and unmarked; no creases or writing. Spine is deckled and exposed but binding remains intact. Jade green covers are completely detached from the spine with heavy wear and bug eaten edges. Foxing on front end-paper.