Books that are vintage, rare and obscure
Chisholm Bros- Portland, 1890. 1st. 12Mo Oblong Hardcover. Original souvenir album of b/w archival photographs of popular sites in Florida with significant historical value. Bound in red cloth with embossed illustrations and pointed corners. Extremities gently rubbed with some thumb-soiling to edges of boards. Pages are warmly toned. Hinges secured.....
T. Nelson and Sons, 1884. Reprint. 8Vo Hardcover. 350pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina, bevelled edges and forty engravings throughout. Bound in heavily bug-eaten brown illustrated boards with gilt tooled and black embossed decoration cover to spine with engraved frontispiece. Binding is tight, front hinge is split but.....
Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1854. 12Mo Hardcover. 305pp. Text is unmarked with foxing throughout on warmly toned pages. Embossed navy blue cloth boards are heavily stained and soiled with rubbed edges and and frayed spine ends. Binding is slightly canted but tight, hinges are fully attached. Inscribed on front endpaper.....
De Witt C. Lent and Company, 1872. Re-Addressed and Compounded. 8Vo Hardcover. 526pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings. Text is otherwise unmarked with a light patina and a few b/w illustrations. Bound in red cloth with embossed title on front. Corners are bumped, some soiling on.....
Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, NY: Brentano's, 1916. Clarke, Harry. 1st. Folio Hardcover. 318pp. Text unmarked on warmly toned pages with b/w illustrations and beautiful tipped in color plates; some tissue ripped and sparse foxing present. Bound in beige bug-eaten cloth with deckle edges, stamped in black with oval pictorial.....
Chicago: American Technological Society, 1918. 10 Volumes. 8Vo Hardcover. A complete 10 volume leather-bound set. Illustrated with over 3,000 b&w engravings. 441pp volume one. Text is unmarked on clean, white pages with b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Dark forest green quarter leather boards are crisp with pointed corners and glistening.....
Talleyrand Hotel Bldg. 1929. 1st. 8Vo Hardover. 159pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina and a few b/w photos. Bound in genuine leather boards with moderate shelf wear and pointed corners; leather is delicate and rubs off a residue when touched. Tightly bound with a split front hinge that.....
The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1945. 8Vo Hardcover. Text is unmarked with bright, colorful illustrations on glossy pages. Bound in red cloth boards with pointed corners and black lettering. Baby blue jacket is clipped with some faint foxing and micro-tears present. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully.....
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.....
J.P. Lippincott Company, 1919. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 353pp. Text is unmarked with a mild patina and b/w photos. Pictorial boards have slightly bumped corners and a few bug eaten edges. Binding is intact, hinges are split but remain attached. Foxing and name written on FOP.
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.....
John Grigg, 1828. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 272pp. Text is unmarked on warmly toned pages. Bound in full calf that is heavily worn to corners, surfaces and extremities; spine is severely chipped. Stains on front panel. Binding is tight, hinges are split but fully attached. Inscription and foxing present on endpages.....
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.....
182 Fifth Avenue: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1876. 4To Thick Hardcover. 214pp with 108pp of maps and 142pp. index. Bound in brown tooled Leather with embossed border on both sides, featuring five raised bands. Text-block and end-pages are marbled. Corners, edges and spine are lightly rubbed. Binding is tight and hinges.....
Estes and Lauriat, 1895. 8Vo Hardcover. 320pp. Illustrated pages are unmarked with a light patina. Bound in red cloth with a gilt emblem of mountains set into the cover and shiny gold foil titling on front and spine. Boards are worn over surface with a bug eaten spine, bumped corners.....