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London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. 4th Printing. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, containing the personal bookplate of Montgomery Evans II. Evans was an aspiring writer and a Pennsylvania aristocrat who formed friendships with many literary figures of the 1920s. He was friends with Hunter Stagg, an… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Ronald Press, 1956. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, gray cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. This copy came from the House Beautiful Magazine editorial library and includes a letter handwritten on the magazine's letterhead. Exterior shows very light handling… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The book includes a two page typed letter (unsigned) from the actor and director Jasper Deeter to the editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, regarding this book. Dust jacket quite… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. The original price of $3.50 is still present on the front flap but the lower corner has been cut off. The underside of the jacket has been neatly reinforced along the… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington, DC: Department of Commerce, 1920. No Binding. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. This is a collection of 30 maps encased in the binder style box with a cloth shoelace style string tie down. The reason for the poor condition grade is because the slipcase is tattered and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Wisner Manufacturing Company, 1925. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover, flexible patterned leather binding gilt advertising logo on backside showing the Wisner Manufacturing Company and Peerless Creamery & Dairy Equipment of New York City. Leather is worn along edges and is… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: William R. Warner and Co., 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, hardcover with the end imitation leather boards, the year 1931 is in gilt on the front. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps as well as light wear and spotting.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Engineering News Publishing Co., 1901. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior shows darkening of the cloth along with minor edge and corner bumps. Internal binding is good and text pages are… Ler mais sobre este item

Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps/wear and spotting to the cloth, gilt is chipping on spine. Internal binding is good… Ler mais sobre este item

Baltimore, MD: Hand written by the author., 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original handwritten book by Anthony "Tony" DeSales, dedicated to David Morrow. This unique edition contains 122 pages, each page handwritten and corrected by the author with pages showing the… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, PA: John Bioren, 1810. Hardcover. Fair-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original 1810 publication in full leather binding. Exterior is in poor condition with leather darkened and brittle, both front and rear boards are barely hanging on by a single section of binder string. Spine is… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, three-quarter bound leather with wheat cloth on boards. The reason for the low condition grade is because the front board was removed and displayed because of the bookplate. The front end page section has… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. Hardcover. Poor. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Full title reads: 'Chronicles of the Crusades, being Contemporary Narratives of the Crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion by Richard of Devizes and Geoffrey de Vinsauf; and of the Crusade of Saint Louis". Hardcover, full leather… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: American Bar Association, 1943. Staple bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Staple bound booklet measuring 9" tall container report on resolutions passed in 1943. Pamphlet was found tucked inside of book and is in very good condition for his age. Pages show toning. … Ler mais sobre este item

Washington DC: W. H. Moore Printer, 1875. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is an original publication and reads: " on appeal from the decision of the Honorable Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated June 21, 1875" and placed before the Secretary of the Interior. The booklet further explains that… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1900. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tall softcover. Undated publication (ca. 1900) last page stating First Sixpenny Edition. These publications are never designed to last who they can be very rare to find. It is unknown would number of the sixpenny novel series this is as… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, PA: The Bulletin Company, 1947. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Thick softcover, fully illustrated front and rear exterior shows full page 1940s advertisement for The Pep Boys and Cornell tires. Binding is tight, no cracking of spine inside or out. The heavy card… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco, CA: Matson Navigation Company, 1957. Folder / Packet. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall double pocket folder which holds the information packet from the 1957 annual meeting of shareholders of Matson Navigation Company for the SS Mariposa, for a special event held at Pier 35, San Francisco. … Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1963. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Price is clipped off of the front flap. DJ is sunned and has edge and corner chipping and soiling present. Internal binding is good, no hinge cracks, pages… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: John Lane Company, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, no dust jacket. First edition thus with copyright page showing two dates (1915, 1916) with the roller date being in magazine form. Interior hinge tear noted at front board but us… Ler mais sobre este item