Fine Books from Chequamegon Book Company

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1907 252 pages, and with his sketches and hints on landscape gardening and theory and practice of landscape gardening 28 figures, and 22 plates (some folded at long page edge). Editor John Nolan. Book covers: cloth around spine, covers paper over boards (stamp of Am. Society of Landscape Architecture on front. Pages are unopened,… Read more

Cambridge MA: Harvard College Library, 1960 Copy No. 517 of 600, numbered and signed by the artist Walter Stein, and the translater, Philip Hofer. Hardcover in slip case (a few faint fingers left their mark), the original lithographs are mounted, offset lithographs are on Rives mould-made paper, as is the text. Binding paper is Fabriano. Leather on spine, gilt lettering;… Read more

New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Co., 1929 Green cloth, black lettering on front and spine, 658 pages plus "cheap sets of stamps" listing and ads at rear. Small label and two signatures inked on front pastedown, two dogeared pages, cloth slightly rubbed at edges and spine ends, a little frayed at corners, 9 pages have neat pencil circles… Read more

Bremerhaven/Hamburg Germany: Convent, 2006 "Die letzte deutsche Arktisstation des Zweiten Weltkrieges." 424 pages. DJ has one tiny split at spine top, otherwise New condition (now in mylar sleeve). . Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 ".

New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1996 This unique book weaves linguistic, cultural, and historical themes together to form a concise and accessible account of the Slavic lnaguages. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 ".

Edinburgh & London: W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd, 1906 Volume II only, unpaginated. "...with the Arms of the Chiefs" (MacFarland through Wemyss). Unpaginated, with color plates of tartans throughout. Half leather binding (rubbed at edges), gilt lettering on spine, deckled page edges. Faint pencilled notes at lower margin by many of the plates.. Half Leather Hard Cover . Very Good/No… Read more

New York: Liturgical Arts Society, 1949 Vol. 17, August 1949 #IV Part II From Dialogues Attributed to Christopher Plantin, printed and published by him at Antwerp, 1567. English translation and notes by Ray Nash, Foreword by Stanley Morison. Printed at the Printing Office of Philip Reed, Chicago, 1949. 6 pages plus notes. Covers slightly worn at edges. priority and… Read more

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1989 Gray leather bound edition, gilt decoration on covers, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, page edges gilt. 222 pages. Collector's Notes laid in.. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Richard Powers. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 ''.

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1971 Special maroon leather bound edition, gilt illustration on covers, gilt lettering on spine, page edges gilt. 221 pages. Previous owners' bookplate on front pastedown. Hard Cover. Near Fiine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Richard Powers. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ".

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1988 Brown leather bound edition, gilt illustration on covers, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, page edges gilt. 261 pages. Collector's Notes laid in.. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Bob Eggleton. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ''.

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1964 Green leather bound edition, gilt illustration on covers, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, page edges gilt. 97 pages. Collector's Notes laid in.. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Joe Mugnaini. 7 x 10 ".

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1964 Maroon leather bound edition, gilt decoration on covers, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, page edges gilt. 221 pages. Collector's Notes laid in.. Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Joe Mugnaini. 7 x 10 ".

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1986 Special dark blue leather bound edition, gilt decoration on covers, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, page edges gilt; "Collector's Notes" laid in. 281 pages. . Leather Hard Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 ''.

Saint-Germain Paris: Masson et Cie, 1964 516 pages, tan cloth covers, Text block Near Fine condition; ex library copy. spine label inked over, pocket on rear pastedown, label removed from free rear endpage.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 ". Ex Library.

New York: "Shoe and Leather Reporter" Office, 1876 "A Dissertation on the Methods and Economies of Tanning." Half leather, with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering, 305 pages, 26 b/w plates; with "Report of Theron Skeel on the comparative economies of burning wet spent tan by the various detached furnaces..." 1876. 62 pages, 4 b/w plates.… Read more

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844 4 tours circa 1844: Scotland. Glasgow, the Clyde, Edinburgh; the Forth, Stirling; Drummond Castle, Perth, and Taymouth Castle; the Lakes. next: Ireland. Dublin, the Shannon, Limerick, Cork, and the Kilkenny Races... next: England and Wales; and last: Austria, Vienna, Prague. Bound together in red half-leather, marbled paper on cover and endpages, inscribed by C. W.… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841 "..from the accounts of recent Dutch residents in Japan, and from the German work of Dr. Ph. Fr. von Siebold." 298 pages. Maroon binding, gilt lettering on spine. 1 1/4 " tear at title page, label glued to front pastedown "Palatine Reading Club, No. 33, Price 75 cets", spots on outer margin of… Read more

New York: Doubleday, 1991 Advanced reading copy, inscribed by author on half-title page. 247 pages.. Inscribed By Author. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Near Fine. 6 x 9 1/4 ''.

London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner No date (1890?). Rebound into red leather with gilt lettering and decorations, raised bands on spine, heavy marbled endpages, muslin strips strengthening inner margin binding, 17 pages, 8 b/w plates with tissue protecting each plate. Covers show wear.. Leather Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Havers, Alice & Hood, G. P. Jacomb Illustrators. 10… Read more

New York: Schirmer/Mosel, 2011 140 pages, 92 duotone plates, English/German text. Vanity Fair's Oscar parties photographed over ten years by Larry Fink, with a sensual and intuitive eye. shipping may be extra; please inquire.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/As New. 11 x 13 ".