Collection of 28 Frank & Dick Merriwell Adventure Stories In Tip Top Weekly: an Ideal Publication for the American Youth: May 1904 - Feb. 1912., Nos. 421, 588, 610, 626, 627, 717, 718, 755, 768, 770, 771, 773 - 775 &76, 778 - 781,83,84,87,89, 791,98 & 827 by STANDISH, Burt L. (pseudonym of William Wallace Cook & William Gilbert Patten) - 1904

Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1701. Hardcover. Good. Engraved title page by Goerel/Boutats + 108 round copperplates on 18 full-page leaves signed I.V. Vianen (Jan van Vianen) dated 1701 + 49 woodcut initials & ornate figurative metal-cut head- & tail-pieces (some repeats but large & finely detailed).. Quarto gilt-ruled calf (rebacked in leather with original red gilt title label laid on, tips worn) All edges marbled. Engraved Title + Titlepage in red & black with metal cut vignette "In hoc signo" + [28]pp prelims +160pp (inc. at end "Appendix Fabularum a Marquardo Gudio) +[82]pp indices, 99 Fables with 9 extra scenes illustrated in great detail in 108 roundelles. Lacks folding portrait of Prince of Nassau (often omitted), Plate 18 misbound at page 50. Some staining from former damp most evident to early leaves & at end of book but hardly affecting the plates. *Most luxurious of the Dutch Phaedrus editions specially made for the Prince of Nassau (Lamb Annales Phaedriani 96, Cohen-deRicci 797-9, Landwehr 247).

Rand Wells, Crows Nest NSW, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 6-volume set (complete). *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Rand Wells, Crows Nest NSW, 1987. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. Gift inscription in ink. All books are in similar condition and have the volume number written in pen on the front cover:. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Castlereagh Line is a second printing ; The Castlereagh Way is a first edition; The Colours Of Castlereagh is a first edition The Castlereagh Heritage is a first edition; The Castlereagh Rose is a first editiion; The Castlereagh Cross is a first edition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 15100132..

[ Gloucester Massachusetts and others ]: [ self published ], 1935. First Edition. Near Fine. First Edition. An archive of material related to American Inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr. The archive includes 4 letters to Janet Mabie (of Eaton Centre, New Hampshire) all from 1935. 2 comment on a Mr. Lear "who curiously enough is in the same situation that I am in regard to the Navy and foreign patents. Perhaps we may be able to work together to break up this ridiculous threat upon the part of the Navy Department." The other 2 related to Miss Mabie gathering notes for "magazine use" and Hammond setting up a meeting between Mabie and Herbert Stone of Yachting magazine. In addition to these letters, there is an 8 page carbon typescript (8 1/2 x 11 inches) about Hammond by Mabie that is quite interesting, giving insights into Hammond as a person and inventor. It is a fascinating read, and no doubt would add (if not published, which we have not been able to confirm one way or the other) to the portrait of… Read More

SIGNED ETCHING - CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD, POET SCOUT: Item is a signed etching of Captain Jack Crawford: Army scout, author & entertainer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Item appears to be in NF condition with no visible blemishes or defects to the face or signature. Item is housed in a cast-iron, post Civil-War Grand Army of the Republic frame.

First Edition, first issue. Signed by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak.Limited to 500 numbered copies, This copy #372. With an extra suite of illustrations printed exclusively for this edition on Beckett paper under the supervision of the artist, enclosed in publisher's blue box. 2 volumes and extra suite enclosed in publisher's blue slipcase.Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal. With Four Tales Translated by Randall Jarrell. 2 volumes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.Frontispieces. Small 8vo. Original gold-stamped decorated cloth; teg; in dust wrappers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (1973). Fine.

Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1701. Hardcover. Good. Engraved title page by Goerel/Boutats + 108 round copperplates on 18 full-page leaves signed I.V. Vianen (Jan van Vianen) dated 1701 + 49 woodcut initials & ornate figurative metal-cut head- & tail-pieces (some repeats but large & finely detailed).. Quarto gilt-ruled calf (rebacked in leather with original red gilt title label laid on, tips worn) All edges marbled. Engraved Title + Titlepage in red & black with metal cut vignette "In hoc signo" + [28]pp prelims +160pp (inc. at end "Appendix Fabularum a Marquardo Gudio) +[82]pp indices, 99 Fables with 9 extra scenes illustrated in great detail in 108 roundelles. Lacks folding portrait of Prince of Nassau (often omitted), Plate 18 misbound at page 50. Some staining from former damp most evident to early leaves & at end of book but hardly affecting the plates. *Most luxurious of the Dutch Phaedrus editions specially made for the Prince of Nassau (Lamb Annales Phaedriani 96, Cohen-deRicci 797-9, Landwehr 247).

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1st edition [only printing], 1940. Hardcover. Good. Illustrations by Mary Shepard printed in red.. LIMITED TO 1000 copies privately printed for the friends of the Author and her publishers as a New Year's Greeting. Octavo black cloth-spined red boards with silver stars and red printed title label to cover and silver titled to spine (edges rubbed/corners worn/1.7cm of sunning to front board) 29pp. Printed in black with red initial letter to each chapter and title on titlepage. All illustrations except for one on the title are printed in red. No inscriptions, pencil marks, creases or loose pages. Crisp and bright inside with endpapers matching the boards with silver stars. Page fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed as issued. *A Mary Poppins story where the Banks children have adventures with fairy tale characters. No copies for sale since the Bauman Rare Books copy was sold. This book is illustrated by Mary Shepard, the daughter of the Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator, E. H.… Read More

Rand Wells, Crows Nest NSW, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 6-volume set (complete). *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Rand Wells, Crows Nest NSW, 1987. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. Gift inscription in ink. All books are in similar condition and have the volume number written in pen on the front cover:. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Castlereagh Line is a second printing ; The Castlereagh Way is a first edition; The Colours Of Castlereagh is a first edition The Castlereagh Heritage is a first edition; The Castlereagh Rose is a first editiion; The Castlereagh Cross is a first edition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 15100132..

SIGNED ETCHING - CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD, POET SCOUT: Item is a signed etching of Captain Jack Crawford: Army scout, author & entertainer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Item appears to be in NF condition with no visible blemishes or defects to the face or signature. Item is housed in a cast-iron, post Civil-War Grand Army of the Republic frame.

First Edition, first issue. Signed by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak.Limited to 500 numbered copies, This copy #372. With an extra suite of illustrations printed exclusively for this edition on Beckett paper under the supervision of the artist, enclosed in publisher's blue box. 2 volumes and extra suite enclosed in publisher's blue slipcase.Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal. With Four Tales Translated by Randall Jarrell. 2 volumes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.Frontispieces. Small 8vo. Original gold-stamped decorated cloth; teg; in dust wrappers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (1973). Fine.