Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual
New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, (c. 1978). 1st ed. Paperback. illustrations, index, xviii, 565p. Original cloth. dj. 24cm. Two errata sheets laid in. More
New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, (c. 1978). 1st ed. Paperback. illustrations, index, xviii, 565p. Original cloth. dj. 24cm. Two errata sheets laid in. More
Dobbs Ferry: Documan Press, (c. 1979). Hardcover. black and white photos, 192p. Original cloth. dj. 27 cm. Jacket has edge-wear and a few chips. More
East Lansing: Michigan State College. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1950. illustrations, 153p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Covers edges slightly browned. Technical Bulletin 222 (October 1950). More
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961. Paperback. map, photos, 28p. Wrapper. 23cm. University of Florida Monographs, Humanities, No.6 (Winter 1961). More
New York: National Non-Partisan Committee to Defend the Rights of the 12 Communist Leaders, n.d. [1949]. 1st ed. Paperback. 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Crockett, born in Florida, graduated Morehouse(1931) and University of Michigan Law School (1934). He was admitted to the bar in Florida in 1934. He..... More
Boston: Boston Mifflin, 1884. Hardcover. 470p. Original brown cloth. 20 cm. Folded Autograph Note, Signed (by Dana) laid in. 1904 newspaper clipping laid in between pp. 22-23 which has cause the adjacent pages to brown. Penciled owner's name (Henry A. Cutter, Nashua, N.H.) dated Oct 8. 1885 on front free..... More
Washington: February 1944. Paperback. 2 vols. (text volume and schedule volume). Text volume: ix, 169p. Schedules volume: Schedules A-U on unnumbered pages, some folding. Softcover (Text in gray wrapper; Schedules in beige wrapper backed with black binding tape). 26cm. Former owner's name on covers. "Confidential (Not released for Publication)" printed..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (c. 1981). Lee Boltin. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos (most color, some full-page), map on endpapers, index, 256p. Original red cloth. 30 cm. No Jacket (probably as issued). Red cloth-covered slipcase. Copy #135 of the special first edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by..... More
Sapporo: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Printing Shop, (c. 1949). Paperback. photos, 159p. Original flexible wrappers. 19 cm. Modest cover wear. Endpapers browned. More
Hong Kong: Printed by Techpearl Printing, (1994). Hardcover. Illustrated in color, 312p. Hardcover dj. Cloth slipcase. More
New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1974. 1st ed. photos, 131p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Modest cover scuffing and wear. INSCRIBED on half-title to Charles [Vernon] Hamilton ("To Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton -- Thanks a lot for your time, advice and counsel -- Chester 5-25-74"). More
Dallas: Matthis & Van Nort Company, (c. 1946). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos (many small and grainy), [8], xvii, 126p. Original tan cloth, lettered in red, as are almost all copies we've seen. 19 cm. Modest soiling and wear including a light dampstain in lower right corner of front cover. No..... More
Davis, Calif. The Printer, (1975). 3rd ed. Paperback. vii, 74, (2)p. Original wrapper. 27cm. More
Boston: Brimmer, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 366p. Original maroon cloth. 19 cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Jones ("to Miss Elisabeth Herlihy - may my book and I be considered among your life's best friends Joshua H. Jones Jr. April 7, 1924"). The only novel by this..... More
New York: Public Affairs, (c. 2001). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, 344p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED by Jordon on bookplate for a Tribute to Emory S. Campbell for 22 years of service to the Penn Center Community at which Jordan was the Guest Speaker. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha; Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, (c. 1960). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. frontis, photos, xvi, 327p. Hardcover. dj (price-clipped). 34cm. Jacket edgeworn. More
Chicago: Jackson Mutual Life Insurance Company, (c. 1947). Paperback. frontis, photos, 51p. Softcover in original wrapper. Unusually bound (two five rung green metal strips). Minor cover soil. "[W]ritten to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Jackson Mutual Life Insuance Company, known at that time as the Jackson..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1858. 1st ed. Hardcover. folding map (as frontis), xi, [2], [14]-488p. plus 4p. publisher's advertisements. Original cloth. 20cm. Minor cover fraying. Contents browned with some light staining in margins. Pages 20-37 on Australia; pages 37-84 on China; balance on travel in India. More
New York: R. H, Russell, (c. 1900). Hardcover. photos, unnumbered. Original cloth-backed boards with a photographic imag on the front cover. Oblong 37 x 24 cm. Corners, edges and ends of backstrip chipped and rubbed. Some cover soil. Contents sound and clean. No jacket or box is present -- it..... More
Some paper adhesion on back of gray leather folder holding the diploma. More
Ann Arbor: University of MIchigan Press, (c. 1998). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvii, 323p. Original green boards. dj. 23 cm. More
Washington: (1959). Paperback. iii, 129p. Untitled blue wrapper. Black plastic comb binding. 28cm. Prepared for the Department of Commerce Transportation Study and not for publication. More
Wilberforce, Ohio: Printed by Eckerle Printing Co., 1942. 1st ed. Hardcover. 272p. Original green cloth. 19 cm. Sermons and addresses presented at conferences of the AME Church. Spivey was Dean of Payne Theological Seminary when this was published. He later (1964-1972) served as Secretary-Treasurer of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union..... More
Taihoku: Southern Asia Economic Research Association, Taihoku College of Commerce [first item]; Manila: Bureau of Publications [second item]; and Manila: University of Manila, 1960 [third item], (1) n.d. [1930s?]; (2) 1918; and (3) 1960. Hardcover. First item: 37p. Second item: 288p. Third item: 69, 21p. Bound together in a single..... More
Dallas: Southwestern Legal Foundatio, (c. 1951). Hardcover. index, xxx, 274p. 25cm. No Jacket. More