Germany; France: c.1868. "A canivet is a particular kind of pious image or holy image (santini in Italian) of Christian iconography. The edges of the cards the canivets depicts are treated (openwork) to mimic lace. Early specimens feature chiseled motifs surrounding a miniature painted in oil, gouache or watercolor, representing.....
Price: $225.00
1935-1936. Unique. Hardcover. Comprehensive collection of a world travel tour speculated to have been taken and compiled by a Jewish-American woman with families and companions to China, Japan, India, Africa, Thailand, Java, Indonesia, and California, etc. Not an untypical gathering and compilation for the time, many middle and upper class.....
Price: $5,000.00
Portland, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. This volume contains the 237 page History of Scarborough, from 1633 to 1783 by William S. Southgate and includes two fold-out maps. Southgate's work is widely considered one of the great town histories of Maine. The volume also includes a "History.....
Price: $175.00
Paris: Editions de l'Indispensable, 1950. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Light shelf/edge wear, small closed split at tail, minor toning to wraps, pencil notation at inside front, else tight, bright and unmarred. Original printed wraps, red ink lettering, black ink pictorial elements. 16mo. 224pp. plus ads. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00
London: 1730. Second Edition. Hardcover. Volume Four of a six volume set (plus two supplementary volumes). Includes the notorious Judge Jeffreys trial of Titus Oates. "Proto-Grangerized"; seven 18th and 19th century engravings laid in at various places to illustrate defendants in various cases. This volume stands alone, in a lovely.....
Price: $1,250.00
Portland [ME]: Francis Douglas, 1819. First Edition. Original Stringbound Wraps. Noyes 862. Very scarce in this form. Overall, a handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, small moisture stain at front, light toning/soiling to wraps, discrete notation at front, else tight and unmarred. Unbound, as issued by printer. 8vo. 28pp.
Price: $450.00
Tarzana, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of Levitan at front pastedown. Signed by Publisher. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black faux leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, bound in yellow ribbon, yellow cloth endpapers. 43x30mm. 69pp. Illus. (hand colored plates). Limited edition of 20 from a......
Price: $375.00
Baltimore, MD: Proof Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Massmann bookplate. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy faux leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 57x47mm. 20pp. Limited edition of 100.
Price: $150.00
Vicksburg, MS: Daily Citizen, July 4, 1863. First Edition Thus. Broadside. The most famous edition of the Daily Citizen was its last, June 2 *and* 4, 1863. The publisher, J. M. Swords, was confident that while General Grant had besieged the city for weeks, it would not fall to him and, moreover.....
Price: $7,500.00
Dallas, TX: Stone-Inge Books, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This leather bound book is one of 35 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Roma paper and hand bound in pig skin by [Bob Inge]." (binder statement. Only a handful were printed on different paper and bound in leather. Tight, bright, and unmarred.....
Price: $145.00
2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, matching paper boards slipcase. 61x41mm. 125pp. Illus. (color plates).
Price: $45.00
Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Gunther, nd. [circa 1920]. [miniature]. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear, soft creases in wraps, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed red paper wraps, red edge stain, black ink lettering, in later marbled paper slipcase. 1.5x2. 631pp.
Price: $25.00
Raleigh, North Carolina. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed yellow paper wraps, staple binding. 105x76mm. 24pp. Illus. (b/w).
Price: $25.00
Portland, ME: 2015. Unique. Hardcover. While the binding is tight, the work overall reflects an interesting and unusual emerging talent. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Sculputural leather binding with claw, chain, and buckleements, crocodile closure strap, aged blank paper textblock. 4to. np.
Price: $350.00
Tilton, NH: The Hillside Press, 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Patterned cloth boards, frontispiece. 59x50mm. 48pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 142 of 250.
Price: $25.00
Santa Cruz, CA: The Good Book Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Wooden boards, accordion fold, metal band, velour bag. 73x20mm. 18pp. Limited edition of 30.
Price: $145.00
Price: $350.00
Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Gunther, nd. [circa 1920]. [miniature]. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear, soft creases in wraps, small hole at rear wrap, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red paper wraps, black ink lettering; in later marbled paper slipcase. 1.5x2. 643pp.
Price: $25.00
Zuilichem: The Catharijne Press, 2989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Navy leather boards, gilt lettering on front cover, marbled slipcase. 63x48mm. 52pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered special edition, this being III of XV.
Price: $450.00
Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch Bookplate Company, c. 1955. First Edition. Original Wraps. First editions of these inventive sample catalogues for bookplates, with samples from such artists as Lynd Ward, Rockwell Kent, Masha Stern, Ed Emshwiller, and even includes the bookplate for Howard Philips Lovecraft. "Originally, the Antioch Bookplate Company specialized.....
Price: $180.00
Paris: Chez Carouge, 1737. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Lovely early miniature of Christian worship. Text in French, some prayers in Latin. Decorative woodcuts head pieces and at title page. Uncommon generally, quite scarce in this condition. Light shelf/edge wear, hinges repaired (original spine and boards), penciled bookseller notations at ffep.....
Price: $1,500.00
Cambridge: Charles W. Sever/University Bookstore, 1881. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Later published more broadly, the first edition of this collection is rather uncommon. Includes work by O.W. Holmes, Longfellow, Higginson, Lowell, and others. Light shelf/edge wear, bump to upper corner, pencil notations at title page, else tight, bright, and unmarred.....
Price: $100.00
Chicago, IL: Petit Oiseau Doris Welsh, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Doris Welsh published 15 books between 1952 and 1963 and was widely considered to be one of the country's leading authorities on miniatures. Bookplates of R. Levitan and S. Marcus tipped in at front endpages. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan.....
Price: $175.00
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne; Boivin et Cie, Editeurs, nd. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. Exceptional illustrations, seldom found in the condition presented here. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Mustard yellow cloth boards, color pictorial elements, gilt lettering, endpages.....
Price: $245.00
Paris: nd. [circa 1940s]. Photograph. Very unusual advertising piece. Effectively offering an alternative to attending a cabaret strip tease. They will photograph dancers and send the purchaser a small leather bound album with 10 photos on glossy paper...for a bit more money, you can get them framed and behind glass.....
Price: $125.00