Search Results: Titles starting with A from small volume

Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1852. Third Edition. 1/4 cloth. Good. 9.5 cm x 14 cm, 66 pp. Marbled paper covered boards backed in black cloth, paper spine label printed in red and white. Faint foxing scattered throughout, heavier at endpapers. POs inscription to fpd, "G G Library, Shenendoah". Shaken but sound. Third edition. Book no. 37 in the Societies Tract Series, Temptations of City Life.

New York: Darcie & Corbyn, 1855. Wraps. Good. 4to. 79 pp + 4 pp ads. Light peach printed paper wraps, heavily chipped with loss to corners, soiling, and mending to spine. Large (appx 2 in) closed tear to title page, creasing to several leaves, but all text remains clean and readable. Dual language play script, with each page divided into two columns; the original French on the left and English translation on the right. Prepared expressly for M. Raphael Felix, manager of Mlle. Rachel's French Company in America.

York: Selwyn & Blount LTD, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Austen, John. 8vo. Beige paper-covered boards with illustrated paste-down, navy titling. Lacking jacket. Toning and discoloration to boards, heaviest along spine. Faint off-setting to endpapers. Art Deco inspired illustrations by John Austen throughout.

London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 64 pp. Pictorial olive green boards backed in green cloth. Soiling and rubbing to boards, cloth split at joints and chipped at spine head. Binding lightly shaken but holding sound. Pale green floral endpapers faded at edges. Few leaves chipped at fore edge. Previous owner's pencil initials to verso ffep. Text filled with bright, chromolithographic illustrations, page borders and text decoration.

Iowa City: Iowa City Women's Press, 1979. Third Printing. Paperback. Very Good. McCormick, Dale. Oblong 12mo. [i-viii] ix-xii, 256 pp. Illustrated paper wraps with plastic comb binding. Light soiling to exterior, faint drink ring to front wrapper. Light toning to prelims, rest clean and bright. Illustrations by the author. With appendices, bibliography, glossary, and index at rear. First leaf shows original price of $7.00 and notes "We have given a free copy of this book to all women's bookstores for women who want to use the book without buying it.

New York, 1967. Cloth in DJ. Very Good in Fair DJ/Fair. Oblong 4to. [6] 7-93 [1] + 10 color plates. Red cloth with silver titling to spine and black image of barn to front board. In black pictorial dust jacket. DJ heavily chipped and rubbed with several closed tears, loss to foot of spine and lower front panel, top edge of rear panel. Front flap price-clipped. Binding lightly shaken, cloth faded at bottom edge with some board exposed. Corners bumped. Light foxing to verso of some interior plates, rest clean. Tipped in at front flyleaf is an original signed drawing by Sloane, dated 1978 and inscribed "To Hubbard Rattle* / *What a handle! / See you next time / around.

Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1856. Cloth. Good. 24mo. 118 pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth w/ stamped gilt titling and decoration along spine strip. Spine rolled. Edgewear to cloth, heaviest at spine ends and corners, pencil graffiti to endpapers, light discoloration throughout. Religious tract written for The Mass. Sabbath School Society, and approved by the committee of Publication.

New York: The Olympia Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. 203 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling in pictorial dust jacket. Moderate scuffing w/ a few small chips to dj edges. Clean and sound copy. From dust jacket - "moves not only through the worlds of psychic and sexual contact with women- black and white, Vietnam and its gore, love and prostitution on the low ends of Third Avenue, but also through the terrestrial ranges of himself.

[London]: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 cm x 11 cm. [20 pp,] Pictorial boards backed in yellow cloth. Light toning and scuffing to boards, pencil inscription to ffep, sporadic pencil marginalia. Illustrated in color, accompanied by short poetry and prose. The illustrations for this edition were originally used in the Almanack for 1887.

New York: Warner Paperback Library. Wraps. Very Good +. 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 240 pp. Black, white and red paper wraps. Light scuffing along wrapper edges. Otherwise clean and sound. Develop your own brain wave control! How to reach a self-induced Alpha state at will.

[New York], 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. 120 pp. Beige cloth with gilt-stamped titling and Amateur Comedy Club emblem to front board. Light soiling to cloth, spine ends and upper corners gently pushed, otherwise fine. Ffep inscribed in dark brown ink from actor and club member Evert Jansen Wendell to notable bibliographer and bookseller Oscar Wegelin, dated Oct. 30, 1913. Scattered throughout are Wegelin's personal notations in pencil: "1st time I went to comedy club," "First performance I saw given by this club," as well as "obit" and the date of death next to several members' names, including that of Mr. Wendell.

New York: Warner Books, 1980. Wraps. Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Perfect-bound illustrated wraps. Edgewear and creasing to front and rear wrappers, 1.75cm chip along spine strip. Light discoloration to endleaves. Photographs by Michael Crane. Psychedelic graphic science fiction novel from comic writer, Bruce Jones who often also wrote under the names Philip Roland and Bruce Elliot.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Black and white lace patterned cloth. Heavy rubbing and discoloration to cloth, damp stain to text block edge. Color frontispiece, tissue guard in tact. Essay on the history and development of lace accompanied by 110 black and white plates. Edited by Elizabeth C. Barney Buel.

Seattle, WA: Eros Comix, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 519 pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Light rubbing along board edges. Otherwise clean and sound. Illustrated compendium of pocket-sized erotic comics produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.

New York: Conde Nast Publications, Inc, 1977. wraps. Very Good. 12mo. 178 pp. Illustrated wraps. 1/2 inch closed tear to rear panel. Text block uniformly toned. Binding tight and sound. First publication of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game", preceding the novel's release by 8 years. Cover art by Kelly Freas.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Unpaginated. Gray paper-covered boards backed in black cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Dust jacket in fair condition with tears at spine and front panel. Light sunning to board edges, fading to end leaves. Photography throughout by Harriet Klebanoff. Formerly a Broadway actress, Canner was a pioneer in Dance Movement Therapy, noted for her early and significant contributions to working with children with disabilities.

Paris: Marcus Editeur, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Mercier, Jean A.. 26 cm x 24.5 cm. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Unpaginated. [24] Sunning and scuffing to boards. Light toning throughout. Colorful Illustrations by Jean A. Mercier. A little girl travels to the stars ruled by a kingdom of faeries.

Providence, RI: Akerman-Standard Press, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. ...The History of a Little Street in Providence Large 8vo. 198 pp [i-xxxvi]. Rust-colored cloth with black leather spine label stamped in silver. Beveled board edges, text block edges stained rust to match binding. Light rubbing to boards, cocking to spine, otherwise fine. Illustrated endpapers, slightly discolored at hinges. Text block very clean. Signed by author in blue ink to second flyleaf and dated 1948.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 48mo (10.5 cm x 7 cm). 124 pp. Red cloth with front board bound in green holly-patterned paper with faded gilt titling. Ex Library with call number to spine, bookplate and gift plate to front endpapers, perforated stamp to title page and final leaf at rear, pencil and ink notations to copyright page and p. 15. Dampstain to rear board and top margin of few rear leaves. Rest of text block clean, with bright color illustrations. Binding shaken and cracked at hinges but sturdy and sound. Introduction by L. Frank Baum. Part of the Christmas Stocking Series of miniature gift books, intended to fit in a child's stocking. Scarce.

New York: M. Evans & Company, Inc, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Knight, Hilary. 12mo [square] Unpaginated. Green cloth, black titling, stamped illustration of Abidan Allseed, green and white pictorial dust jacket. First Edition. Light rubbing along dj edges, heaviest at corners, price-clipped. Spine ends gently pushed, POs inscription to half-title. Otherwise clean and sound. Illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight.