Antique & Collectible Books

London: Frederick Warne, 1866. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; brown cloth covers with ultra bright gilt decorations on spine and front cover. Elephant, snail and butterfly glow in bright gilt. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. 271 toned pages with intermittent light foxing. Contents include: The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy Cupid, Hymen and Plutus The Philosopher and the Pheasants The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf The Tame Stag The Wild Boar and the Ham The Bull and the Mastiff The Dog and the Fox: to a lawyer Plutus, Cupid and Time The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm: to Laura The Countryman and Jupiter: to Myself The Baboon and the Poultry: to a levee-hunter The Court of Death The Man and the Flea The Hark and Many Friends The Poet and the Rose The Mastiff and much, much more. Corners are worn. Spine has two tears to spine and is frayed at top and bottom. Fep and following page have booksellers penciled notations. Pages 97-112 and 115-126 are detached from rest… Read More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. by Howard Finster as told to Tom Patterson Photography by Roger Manley, Victor Faccinto and other friends of Howard Finster Stated First Edition with full number line 4to size square pictorial hardcover; 223 heavyweight, glossy pages From back: "...The Reverend Howard Finster had his first vision at the age of three, and by age fifteen he'd gotten the call to preach, traveling the tent-revival circuit and pastoring small churches. Not until much later did he realize that he mission as a "Stranger from Another World" was to save this world through his sacred art. His Paradise Garden in Pennville, Georgia - a labyrinthine wonderland of paintings, sculpture, and architecture - attracts thousands of visitors each year, and his individual pieces sell to eager collectors before the paint dries. (This book) overflows with his exuberant creations along with rare family photographs and early view of his environmental extravaganzas. Accompanying this widely… Read More

Madison, Wisconsin : Perishable Press, 1976. Number 79 of 150 copies. Inscribed on half title page " For Mr. & Mrs D R Hamady, Laura's grandparents in Florida at Christmas-- maybe you'll go out and buy a copy of The Hour of the Bell ! All best to you from us here at the Minor Confluence.. Signed by Author. Numbered. Marbled Boards. Fine. Illus. by Warrington Colescott. Private Press.

1858 London hardcover. First edition. Volume has undergone repairs: recased using original red boards with sympathetic new leather spine; new endpapers. Interior has moderate foxing, smudges and wear but nothing vandalized. Paginates: [6], (1)-239, errata slip plus 6 unpaginated plates. Complete as issued except for blanks. Numerous engravings in text. Uncommon true first. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: although classified as fiction what the author is doing is relating facts about recent world travels in a style designed to appeal to youth. Includes instruction on use of scientific instruments by travellers - an idea adopted not long after by The Royal Geographical Society in "Hints to Travellers" - so maybe this book is not 'juvenalia' as one might be led to believe.

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company. First Edition, 1928, Two Great and Their Pawnee Battalion, The Experiences of Frank J. North and Luther H. North, Pioneers in the Great West, 1856-1882, and their defense of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. 299 pages, 2 page map, "Map Showing Routes of Expeditions of the North Brothers" frontispiece. Book is near Fine, ultra clean ribbed red cloth with bright gilt title to spine, very light wear to corners as well as to head and heel of spine, Tight and square with No previous owner bookplate. Writing on inside cover may be pertinent to history. No other writings or marks in the book., or writing. Top edge gilt, foredge and bottom edge untrimmed, Interior is Fine in never read condition. Ultra clean and most presentable in custom mylar cover. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928.

Set of 25 Volumes Very heavy.Green bindings are nice and in good condition. About four have mold marks.Vol I Benjamin Franklin by Morse, Vol II Samuel Adams by Hosmer Vol III Patrick Henry by Tyler Vol IV George Washington by Lodge Vol V George Washington by Lodge Vol VI John AdamsVol VII Alexander Hamilton by Lodge Vol VIII Gouverneur Morris by Roosevelt Vol IX John Jay by Pellew Vol X John Marshall by Magruder Vol XI Thomas Jefferson by Morse Vol XII James Madison by Gay Vol XIII Albert Gallatin by Stevens Vol XIV James Monroe by Gilman Vol XV John Quincy Adams by Morse XVI John Randolph by Adams Vol XVII Andrew Jackson by Summer Vol VIII Martin Van Buren by Shepherd Vol XIX Henry Clay by Schurz Vol XX Henry Clay by Schurz Vol XXI Daniel Webser by LodgeVol XXII John C. Calhoun by Von Hoist Vol XXIII Thomas H. Benton by Roosevelt Vol. XXIV Lewis Cass by Andrew C. McLaughlin Vol XXV Abraham Lincoln by Moorse Dust Jackets are thin and transparent with some age… Read More

J. P. Skelly & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1871. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 85 pp. Last five pages and rear free endpapers scribbled in pencil. Front free endpapers and frontispiece is missing. Slight foxing typical of age. One steel engraved plate at page 72. Outer cover red cloth with medallion of publisher's initials on front and rear covers. Gold gilt on spine is mostly worn. The story was first published in England in 1867. The original 1867 version lists the other children's stories mentioned on the title page and identifies the author as Edis Serle. No other copy of this 1871 Philadelphia version has been found on the internet.

Dark blue cloth boards with debossed "BW" to front board. Black and white pictorial dust jacket. Stated at back: "This first edition... is limited to 5000 casebound [harback] copies." Photographs are reproduced by sheet-fed gravure with additional halftone colors. 8 sections of photographs total: Brothers, Matt Dillon, Notebook, Lifeguards, Clammers, Hall of Fame, Jeff, and On Leave in Waikiki. The Hall of Fame section are photographs taken at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, FL. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light creasing to dust jacket and small area of indentation to back wrap at spine. Light sunning to top and bottom edge of boards. Unpaginated. 11 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes. Circa 1870 (undated) Elephant Folio. Text in German. Hundreds of woodcut plates by Gustave Dore. Original black full calf. Spine and boards decorated in gilt and blind stamped. Edge gilt. Wear to the tips, edges, and spine. Some cloth tears to head and foot of spine. Tightly bound and internally clean. Large volumes. Additional postage may be required.

Boston: Thomas & Andrews. Good with no dust jacket; Boards splayed and worn, foxing, several small . waterstains and ink stains, penciled owner signatures on front pastedown . endpaper.. 1807. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Eleventh edition, corrected by the author. Full tree calf binding with maroon gilt-titled leather lettering piece on spine. Gilt ruling on spine. Two folding maps: a frontispiece world map (missing outer half) and a map of North America and the Caribbean islands. Howes M850 notes that this was the first American school geography and first American book describing the Western country. Sabin 50936. Interesting opinions and observations throughout the text, including description of indigenous people, mention of the venomous spit of South American llamas, Mexicos floating gardens, American birds, alligators, and other wildlife, as well as commentary about African countries on the Slave Coast to make some amends [which] could be made for past treachery to the natives. Morse is… Read More

Book and jacket are in good condition. Gift inscription on inside of front cover. Dust jacket has been wrapped in Mylar for the book's protection.

This book contains a collection of articles, poetry, and music for family entertainment. It is illustrated with twelve steel plate engravings and also with ten hand-colored portraits of flowers. The book has some foxing and water staining inside, but the color plates are clean and crisp. A new cloth spine has been added , and the covers show some wear. The color plates of flowers are quite beautiful.

"My Friends the French" by Robert Harborough Sherard. Undated. Published in London by T. Werner Laurie. Believe First Edition. ILLUSTRATED!
The book is dedicated to Sherard's wife, Irene Osgood. Osgood has inscribed and signed this book to a "Mr. Ester" for Christmas 1909!
This is a RARE book, but having such a signature makes it extremely rare!
"Sherard was a friend of Oscar Wilde's, his primary biographer in the early twentieth century, and wrote numerous biographies on prominent French writers. Sherard counted as Sherard's acquaintances are Pierre Louÿs, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jules Verne, and Alphonse Daudet. "
Book is in Very Good condition! Some darkening on the covers. Corners are bumped a bit. Bent corner on bottom front cover.Top/bottom of spine is bumped. Gilt is in Very Good condition! Interior is in Good condition. Some staining/browning on the some of the pages. Still, Book is in Very Good condition!

1st Edition Hardback Autobiography by Maya Angelou for Sale to add to your library; Entitled "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" which is in fair-good condition with no missing pages, just discolored signs of age on the inside.

Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, Formerly Russian America--Now Ceded to the United States--and in Various Other Parts of the North Pacific. 1869, First American edition, New York, [xviii], 353pp. Illustrated frontispiece (tissue guard missing, fold out map, wood engravings. Brown cloth binding with gilt image on front and gilt title and decorations on spine. The first five chapters contain the author's reminiscences of his B.C. travels in the 1860's. They include an account of his trip to the interior of Vancouver Island in 1864 with Robert Brown's exploring expedition, and details of the Bute Inlet massacres.
Frederick Whymper (20 July 1838 in London – 26 November 1901) was a British artist and explorer. Whymper was the eldest son of Elizabeth Whitworth Claridge and Josiah Wood Whymper, a celebrated wood-engraver and artist. His younger brother Edward Whymper was a renowned alpinist who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. In his youth, Whymper was a talented artist… Read More