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Portland, OR: R.L. Polk, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Massive Hardcover 8 1/2 in. by 6 1/2 in. Heavily used, shaken, with binding tape separating, but still quite usable. Numerous ads EVERYWHERE, and even all edges stamped with business advertising. 1667 pages. If you're writing a mystery novel set in the Pacific Northwest in early twentieth-century Portland, Oregon, THIS is… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Mason Brothers, 1865. Leather-bound (Miniature). Good Plus. 32mo, 4.25 in. X 3 in. pp. 249, [1] (advertising). Handsome, soft dark brown morocco with wrap-around scalloped belt and decorative interwoven leather loop. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription and name to front free endpaper. Hinge split at title page, but holding.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Books, Inc, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. [37], 10-867, [24] (index). Orange-red boards with frame stamped in blind and gilt title in frame in to front. Black title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Bookseller's price in ink to top of front free endpaper. A… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, PA: T. Elwood Zell, 1875. Leatherbound. Large Quarto, 12 in. x 9.5 in. Contemporary full calf. Gilt title on red panel to spine. Five raised bands to spines. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Some corners lightly nudged. Previous owner's ink stamp to flyleaf of each volume. Vol I: Spots of light stain and one-square inch open… Ler mais sobre este item

Leipzig: Chez Philipp Reclam, file. / Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, 1839. Leather-bound. Good Only. Octavos. 8 1/4 in. x 6 in. Half-leather over marbled boards. Gilt designs and lettering to spines. Corner leather mostly worn away. Boards quite scuffed. Very solidly bound. Pages bright. 874 pp. & 934 pp. Previous owner's names (several generations) written in ink… Ler mais sobre este item

Merica, Yucatan, MEXICO: Talleries Graficos del Sudeste, S.A., 1937. Limited Edition 1/50 (XXXII de L). Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Sage-green linen boards, with simple black embossed lettering to spine. Some staining to boards. Solidly bound. (Book was issued in two formats: An edition of fifty on special laid bond, numbered in Roman numerals ("50 ejemplares en papel especial,… Ler mais sobre este item

Petaluma, California: Nilgiri Press, 1970. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Blue-grey boards with like lettering upon a gold background, against a field of Sanskrit lines. Very light rubbing to extremities and a few light smudges to exterior. "...The word SANSKRIT literally means 'perfected,' 'polished,' and it is a sophisticated language, based upon a complex system… Ler mais sobre este item

London, England: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835. Hardcover. Good Plus. Ex-library copy rebound in reddish brown buckram with spine titles stamped in gilt. Quarto, 11x8.5 inches. Corners rubbed, spine title bright, very light wear to cover. Ex-library copy with library preforated stamp to title page and stamp on front endpaper confirming purchase from library.Bookplate, no… Ler mais sobre este item

Portland, OR: R.L. Polk, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Gray boards, thick octavo. Soiling to covers, two inch piece of cloth tape glued to lower edge and part of spine, edgewear. Binding a little shaken, but sound. Appox. 500 pages. Numerous ads. All edges stamped with business advertising.

Eugene, Oregon: Valley Printing & Stationary Co, 1941. Hardcover. Good. Blue boards printed in gilt. Cover soiled and stains. Edgewear, top of spine worn, binding sound. Thick octavo. Approximately 500 pages. Tabs to pages. Four foldout maps of rural routes. Numerous ads. Text clean, toning to margins, slight tobacco aroma. Great advertising, street by street directory, and each… Ler mais sobre este item

Portland, OR: R.L. Polk & Co, 1915. Hardcover. Good. HC. Quarto. Yellow hardcover boards with red and black lettering. Wear to extremities, but solidly bound. A number of pages show check marks on residential pages in red and black pencil. Note on p. 25: "Use only names that are checked". (probably a salesman's working resource). Containing… Ler mais sobre este item

St. Louis, Missouri: The Drygoodsman, 1912. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. NOT A REPRINT. 8vo. Staplebound pamphlet. (9.00" x 6.0"). Brown, "field" buckram covers with dark brown lettering. Both front and rear covers cracked/creased, and rear hinge in need of a bit of glue repair, but all there, and still solid. On cover, title reads: "The Drygoodsman's Handy… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris, France: Paul Ollendorff, 1896. FIRST EDITION. Leather_bound. Very Good Minus. Essentially, a Slang-French/French-Slang Dictionary. Preface by Jean Rechepin. Half-bound calf over lovely marbled boards, with non-pareil-style marbling to endpapers. Book measures approximately 9" x 5.75". Rubbing and crazing to leather, particularly to joings and spine with a .25" tear at top of spine, which has five raised… Ler mais sobre este item