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London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. First Edition. Hard Cover. Expertly rebacked in half-leather over marbled boards, original spine laid down in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder. Illustrated with ten hand-colored steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts by John Leech. nd (c. 1870). "One of the wittiest writers of the day" (Allibone, 152), writer Becket worked with illustrator Leech on the staff of the poplar and influential humor magazine "Punch." Leech’s "humor is as keen, his sense of fun as marked [as George Cruikshank’s] [Leech’s pictures] are of the most graphic and mirth-producing kind, and yet the raillery is invariably good-humored" (DNB). Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at… Read More

Chicago: A Century of Progress, Inc.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1933. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's color glossy wraps. . Text block separated from covers, but clean and tight, else fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 96 pp .

Chicago: Unknown. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1967. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's red card wraps bound with gilt string with illustration tipped-in on cover. "For our 1967 Edition of "Quick Cuisine" several of Chicago's finest clubs have generously contributed suggested menus and recipes for two of the specialties on their menus. There have been so many requests for last year's "Quick Cuisine for the Holidays" that we are including in the back of this issue a majority of the recipes given last year." . Covers and string mildly worn, interior fine. VERY GOOD.. Quick Cuisine for the Holidays Series. Vol. 2. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. (i), 41 pp .

New York: Macmillan. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1934. 1. Hard Cover. Covered in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front. Deckle edge. . Clipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is chipped and browned with a piece missing from top of spine. First several pages are lightly stained on fore-edge. Otherwise, text is unmarked, binding is square & tight. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vi, 82 pp .

Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks.: Shire Publications, Ltd.. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1991. Second Edition. Second Printing. Soft Cover. 0852638647 . Publisher's glossy wraps. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs by Ian Sherran.. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. FINE.. Shire Albums Series. Vol. 47. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 32 pp .

Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S.A.: McFarland & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition Thus. 1. Soft Cover. 0899507638 . Publisher's white glossy wraps. 8vo. xv, 215 pp. Former owner's signature on half-title, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, clean and square. NEAR FINE.. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and black and gilt decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece, several B&W illustrations throughout. . Head and heel of spine mildly rubbed and worn, spine lightly sunned, corners bumped and slightly worn, former owner's name and inscription on first black page of volume, spine slightly cracked else very good. VERY GOOD- . 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 227, 7, (1) pp .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 1400066913 . Quarter bound tan over black boards, gilt lettering and design on spine. Frontispiece is photograph of a young Rose Louise Hovick. . Head and heel of spine glently bumped. Dust jacket has very slight wear to head and heel. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 422 pp .

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. Volume XXIII of the Pocket University Series. Publisher's full navy cloth with gilt decoration on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with sepia plates. . Head of spine is lightly rubbed and lettering on spine is faded, upper tip of front cover bumped, paper covering hinge is splitting by the title page though hinge is just starting to crack, torn out front endpaper, former owner's signature on title page, else very clean and bright. VERY GOOD-. . The Pocket University Series. Sepia photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 224 pp .

NY: Harry N. Abrams. Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. Limited De Luxe Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0810913631 . Special limited edition bound in hand-crafted leather by Brown & Bigelow. Edition limited to 3000 copies, of which this is No. 1661. 495, (1) pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Printed entirely on thick, glossy stock. This is an unmarked copy in perfect condition except for a couple of small spots on the rear cover which may, after all, be coloring in the leather, else as new. FINE. This is a massive (eight pounds) and comprehensive tour through the Smithsonian's American History Museum, with hundreds of high-quality photographs of the great objects from America's past.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. 1. Leather. Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards by Henry Young and Sons, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841. He edited the comic paper "Figaro in London" and was one of the original staff of "Punch" and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on "The Times" and "The Morning Herald,"… Read More

Oak Park, IL: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation. Fine. 1993. Third Printing. Soft Cover. 0945635001 . Designed by John G. Thorpe. . Clean, unmarked and tight. . Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 48 pp .

Belmont, CA: Dickenson Publishing Company. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, black lettering on cover and spine . Former owner's name written on ffep, some notes and underlining throughout. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped and worn, shows some water damage, some pen marks on front flap. GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. ix, (ii), 620 pp .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1953. Revised Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full navy blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with B&W photographs on glossy stock and in-text drawings. Includes essays by Sir George Adam Smith, Edwyn Bevan, F. C. Burkitt, R. T. Herford, A. Guillaume, Charles and Dorothy Singer, Rev. Canon Box, W. B. Selbie, N. Isaacs, L. Roth, A. Meillet, Laurie Magnus, C. G. Montefiore, and a detailed Index. . Former owner's small label on fep, shadows on endpapers, slight foxing on edges only, else fine; tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Oxford University Legacy Series Series. Photographs and Drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxix, 551, (1) pp .

New York: ACA Galleries. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. 1. Soft Cover. Exhibition Catalogue. Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. Profusely illustrated with B&W illustrations and 15 tipped-in color plates.. Rear cover slightly soiled, slight shelf-wear to edges of cover, else fine. NEAR FINE.. B&W and Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated pp .

NY: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0684848570 . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (8), 367 pp .

NY: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394585747 . Quarter bound in publisher's navy cloth over teal boards with author's initials embossed in shiny blue on the front cover, silver lettering on spine and decorated endpapers. . Head of spine is very slightly rubbed, else pristine, unmarked, square, tight and clean. Price clipped dust jacket is rubbed along all edges and has two faint scratches on the rear cover. NEAR FINE/ VERY GOOD-. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xxii, 249 pp .

New York: Shooting Star Press. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 157335290X . Publisher's laminated illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated with full-volor photographs, graphs, and charts. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. FINE/FINE.. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 128 pp .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. 1. Hard Cover. 0679423982 . Quarter bound in white cloth over white boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore edge deckle. . Volume shows only mild shelf-wear, former owner's name written on ffep, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly sunned, also shows mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 243, (4) pp .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394536320 . Stated First Edition, first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. . Volume shows only mild shelf-wear, former owner's name written on fep, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows mild wear around corners and at head and heel of spine, small closed tear at bottom of front panel. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 367, (4) pp .