Search Results: RARE AND SCARCE from Monroe Bridge Books

New York: Noble and Noble, 1932 Very Good Condition. SCARCE. vii [1] 151pp in original orange cloth binding with illustrated paper label on cover. Color illustrated chapter headings, binding & hinges tight. Fingerprints on covers, library has paper label inside cover, with discard stamps (no library pocket).

New York: D. Appleton & Co. IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. Circa 1870. 12 leaves, with color illustrations and verse. SCARCE. Covers detached, front cover shows edge/corner loss, back cover shows corner/edge chips, interior good with colors still bright. Additional pictures upon request.

London: Lonsdale, 1848 iv, 200pp bound in brown blind stamped cloth. Backstrip replaced by cloth tape, cover corners worn off, some pages have upper worn corner. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Musical notation throughout. RARE & SCARCE.

Hawaii: Kauai Museum Association, Limited, 1979 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover is in NEW CONDITION. LIMITED, SIGNED COPY. Inscription reads "For my Grandson David Wichman, with love, Juliet Rice Wichman, Christmas 1979". This is one of 50 copies especially bound for the author. TIGHT, CLEAN COPY.

In Very Good Condition, (1932-1955). To include *Correspondence with Industrial Instruments, Inc. concerning quotes for a wool carbonizing bath soaking tank controller, *9 Photographs with accompanying negatives of Textile Machinery, ie a 60" Cotton Shear, a 66" Precision Inspecting Machines, a 54" Model "E" Winder, a semi-decater with motors and controls, a 3 blade Equinox Shear. Also included are a negative of a massive industrial plant, 2 additional negatives, 37 photographs to include a Felt Washer, Equipment at Ames Textile, and numerous untitled photographs [a mix of b/w on photographic paper, and some tinted with duplicates]. Also included are 35, large manilla envelopes measuring 14-1/2 by 13", each issued for a different sales account, including Susquehanna Mills, Wyandotte Worsted Co., Neponset Woolen Mills, Paciific Mills, Acme Textile Shrinking Works Inc., United PC Dye, West Coast Woolen Mills Ltd., Laconia French, Ames Worsted Co., Bachman Uxbridge… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900 Circa 1900. 160pp, printed on laid paper, bound in red cloth, gilt on spine still bright, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. On Professor James Gregory, and the Gregorie genealogy. Occasional foxing, mostly on endpapers. SCOTTISH

London: Anne & Peter Stockham, From their Bookshop IMAGES, 1984 Chapbook, Limited to 25 Editions in full leather, Lettered A to Z, this Being Letter N. Includes a handwritten letter from Anne Stockham, the publisher, addressed to [Dr.] Denis [Gibbs], the Author and Gastroenterologist, regarding giving this copy to Phillip as a reminder of his visit to Lichfield, being the bookseller and author Philip Wilson. 1984 of the 1805 edition, printed on laid paper, green Moroccan leather binding, with the binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros. IN GOOD CONDITION. Circa 1880. With 47 photographic views, accordian folded pages, bound in gilt stamped cloth. One page separated. Photographs still bright, with no foxing. Corner wear to covers.

American Seed Company IN VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION. Circa 1926. 24pp, stapled booklet, showing the prizes that can be won by selling American Seeds, with the grand prize being a 1925 Ford Touring Car. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

York, England: Publisher Unknown, 1805 Circa 1805. 2 letterpress leaves on laid paper, in a protective archival sleeve. SHEET MUSIC.

NY: McLoughlin Bros. IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. Circa 1878. SCARCE. With 32 New Illustrations, Printed in Colors [highlighted with gum arabic]. Text in double-column format, bound in decorated maroon cloth, with a mounted color illustration from Little Red-Riding Hood, covers have bevelled edges, with a gilt decorated spine, illustrations still bright. Covers show corner wear, wear to upper/lower edges of backstrip, front hinge cracked, with first signature detached, one interior page detached, ownership in pencil on ffp, occasional foxing. Additional pictures upon request.

[Lakewood, Colorado]: Centipede Press, 2008 LIMITED EDITION, this being #286 of 500 Copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce, with only 3 copies in OCLC. 592pp, [3], bound in black textured paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight, silk ribbon intact, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. American Horror Tales.

Tokyo /: Kodansha International / IN VERY GOOD+ TO NEAR FINE CONDITIONS. **The Voices and Hands of Bunraku by Barbara Adachi (1978) 1st Edition, Tokyo: Kodansha International, with a Dust Jacket in a protective mylar cover. 4to, oblong format, pages printed on fine glossy paper, with color & b/w illustrations throughout. Occasional light foxing. **2 Volume set in the original silk covered slipcase (1972). One a hardcover containing full page b/w photographs by Ken Domon, showing behind-the-scenes artistry necessary to produce the Bunraku Plays, how the dolls are manipulated onstage and the major personalities associated with this dramatic art form. The other volume is a soft cover, in original stiff wraps, being a series of essays on Buraku in its many aspects, written by eminent authorities on the subject. Light sunning to the slipcase. Includes folding photographic plates. Folio, both volumes printed on fine glossy paper, text in Japanese. ALSO INCLUDES - An original Playbill "An… Read More

[Edinburgh]: Self Published, 1823 Self Published by the Author, printed for Private Distribution, and limited to 30 copies. Includes a frontispiece and mounted vignette from an etching by Sharpe. vii, [1], 124pp, printed on laid paper, with a Dedication to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. "Webster, Printer, Horse Wynd" printed at the foot of the last page. Bound in full leather, with a gilt armorial lion holding up a book, with a banner below it reading "Concordia Et Sedulitate" showing on front and back covers, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, gilt edges, covers NOT detached, and the covers are in Very Good Condition. The Interior is in Fair Condition and shows the book detached from the covers, with the marbled endpapers loose, along with some loose pages at front and back of book, occasional damp mark and foxing, with offsetting from the glue used to mount the vignette. Inked notations on the front free endpaper with references used to identify the book, as it does not mention… Read More

Brandon, Vermont: Printed at Odd Moments By Edward Walker at the Dunmore Press SCARCE. No date, Circa 1900. Unpaginated, 8 leaves, with illustrations by the author [one hand coloured]. Limited Edition, #25 of 25 copies, Signed by the Author. Bound in stiff covers, with paper label intact, double thread bound, deckled page edges. Slight age darkening to covers, corner chip to front cover, no ownership markings. In a protective mylar sleeve.

London: Printed & Sold at 28 Hay Market, 1790 Circa 1790. 2 leaves on laid paper, with a title vignette, signature of "Thos Boyce" in the lower corner, in a protective archival sleeve. SHEET MUSIC.

52 single sided sheets, bound in a three brad folder, with the occasional marking. The title page shows the Winter address as: Universal Spiritualist Church, 947 13th Street West, Bradenton, Florida. With the Summer Address as: Camp Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Indiana. Camp Chesterfield was founded in 1891 and is home of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists, offering Mediumship, Faith Healing, Psychic Readings and Spiritual Development Classes, which are all still active today. The Rev. Lillian Dee Johnson (1898-1975) was a medium and one of the founders of the Universal Spiritualist Association after the disruption of the Spiritualist Episcopal Church in 1956, housed at Camp Chesterfield, which became divided over moral charges brought against one of the main mediums. The covers show a handwritten notation. SCARCE - with no listing in OCLC.

52 single sided sheets, bound in a three brad folder, with the occasional marking. The title page shows the Winter address as: Universal Spiritualist Church, 947 13th Street West, Bradenton, Florida. With the Summer Address as: Camp Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Indiana. Camp Chesterfield was founded in 1891 and is home of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists, offering Mediumship, Faith Healing, Psychic Readings and Spiritual Development Classes, which are all still active today. The Rev. Lillian Dee Johnson (1898-1975) was a medium and one of the founders of the Universal Spiritualist Association after the disruption of the Spiritualist Episcopal Church in 1956, housed at Camp Chesterfield, which became divided over moral charges brought against one of the main mediums. The covers show light soiling. SCARCE - with no listing in OCLC.

The text is in English and Chinese. 76pp, which includes two folding Tables in back, staple bound, lacking the back cover. This may be a booklet that accompanies an anatomical model for teaching purposes. SCARCE. Preliminary pages are lightly stained.

Boston, MA: Retail Trade Board / Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1930 22 Issues dating 1930 - 1954. Published in Cooperation with Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston University College of Business Administration & Massachusetts Institute of Technology [along with others]. Articles included are *Mass Psychology and the Consumer *The Nation's Wealth and the Woman Spender *The Sales Tax and Other Trends in Legislation *Transportaion Under National Defense *Planning for Post-War *War and Industry in Britain *Post War Prospects for the Textile Industry *Trade Relations with China *Cartels and the Business World *Freedom of the Press *Fisheries in the Economy of North America *How Fashion Distributes 80,000 Miles of Textiles *Newfoundland's Position in World Trade *Developing the Market Through Route Truck Distribution *Petroleum and Our Standard of Living *The Revolt Against Junk *Major Wartime Distribution Problems *Sugar and National Defence… Read More