Rare books from Bucks County Bookshop IOBA

Dublin William Curry, 1830, hardcover. Published Dublin 1830. -- 137 pages, plus 4 pages publishers ads. Hardcover, original green cloth. Condition: fair (front label soil; spine label unreadable; ink-stamp number at bottom of preliminary page; sewn binding cracked in center; pages quite eright). -- SCARCE. William Hickey was a Protestant curate who wrote under this pseudonym, mostly advice on farming, but also on the poor state of the Irish populace and landlord relations [A.Brady].

Philadelphia American Book & Bible House, 1901, hardcover. SALESMAN'S SAMPLE COPY (a sampling, partial contents, "prospectus" of the book for potential buyers) with publisher's notice bound in. This copy shows several of the photographic illustrations, and pictures of the "Texoderm Binding" and the "Full Morocco Edition de Luxe" to be offered. -- Hardcover, brown cloth with photo of McKinley on cover. Condition: good-only (cloth scuffed, worn at corners; hinge cracked; one plate is clear-taped; some pages were printed on browning paper). -- Also called Salesman's Dummy.

Chicago University of Chicago Press [] , 1993, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition in U.S., First Printing. Translated from French by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Hardcover. Condition: fine with near fine dust jacket (front-flap shallow crease). [Nonfiction] ISBN 0226110028

Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.

London: Alexander Moring De La More Press, 1920, hardcover. Published 1920. Anecdotes and humor, "not an official history but a collection of articles and photographs" of this Volunteer Corps, the Great War. -- Includes photographs of the personnel, drawings, and a list of the fallen. 92 pages, 9x11 inches. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (binding little weak with one loose plate; cover worn at edges; owner name). -- Very nice item for the World War One collector.

Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).

Tacoma WA McChord Field, 1944, paperback. Weekly periodical published for personnel morale, this issue (vol. 4, number 14, April 1, 1944) devoted to the retirement of Colonel Armin F. Herald. Includes tributes and also regular sections: cartoons, The Library Page (religious books this issue, including suggestion to learn about non-Christian world religions), humorous and personal stories, the pin-up girl is Vicki Styles (head and torso), movie theater shows list. -- 22 pages, 8.5x11 inches. Softcover, newsprint, stapled binding. Condition: very good (light soil). -- Fascinating World War II at-home culture.

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

Lipsiae Bernhardi Tauchnitz, 1862, hardcover. Editio stereotypa secunda, prolegomenis renovatis textuque denuo correcto. -- This copy is the GREEK TEXT of the New Testament, bound with opposite blank (blue) pages for the student's notes: this UNIQUE COPY does have handwritten student notes, probably of the Rev Dr Rickey to whom the book was gifted by his son Matthew, Halifax, 2 December 1869 (?) OR another giftee Nov. 1897 OR a third owner Chas. W. Wright July 1901. -- Hardcover, 3/4 leather, marbled endsheets. Condition: fair (pages are bright and clear, BUT cover detached; inch chip spine crown; spine leather alligatored).

New York Atria, 2015, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED on title page by Isabel Allende. Laid in are brochures for the Free Library of Philadelphia Author Events, including this one for Allende. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. **Nice collectible copy, no marks or price-clip** ISBN 9781501116971

New York Nikola Press, 1939, hardcover. Subtitle: La Guerra Che Noi Preferiamo (The War We Prefer) Mussolini (which refers to the Fascist remaking of Italy in all aspects, the subject of this book). -- Text in Italian and English. Each page contains several photographs. -- Sections include: agriculture; military; protection of mothers and children; training youth in Fascist principles; after-work recreation; aviation, maritime, roads, bridges, housing; section for each city; "autarchy" or economic self-sufficiency, producing its own raw materials; Il Duce as beloved of the people, "God's appointed messenger." -- At the rear are ads from American industries supporting Italy's superior products (many advertisers are in Pennsylvania). -- Hardcover, approximately 500 pages, 12xz17 inches. Condition: good (pages are clean and bright, but cover and text edges are quite worn, spine cloth is torn, but binding remains firm; ownership note on blank page; one photo is cut from ads).… Read More

London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.K. -- SIGNED, inscribed to Charles [Issawi, who wrote many books on the Middle East] "old friend, good friend" and dated 22-11-95. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good minus (cover and text block are bumped; marginal short lines throughout) with very good dust jacket. ISBN 0297813455

Dublin Lilliput Press, 2004, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. The Abbey Theatre Playscript Series. SIGNED by author on title page. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 1843510588

Middletown CT Wesleyan University Press, 1961, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover, 276 pages, 8.5x10 inches. Condition: very good (owner name) with very good dust jacket (black dj is rubbed overall). -- A solid, clean copy of this scarce John Cage work, poetic and unconventional (in both topic and typographical layout) speeches on his views on experimental music and other topics like collecting mushrooms.

1649, hardcover. Title continued (with the 17th century spelling): Faithfully collected out of sundry authentike books and records, not heretofore extant, compiled in one volume, very useful for all persons whatsoever, especially those that undertake any office of magistracie or publ[i]que imployment in the common-wealth: whereunto is added a perfect table [i.e. of contents]. -- Attributed to Richard Garnett (from sources, and from a previous owner's pencilled note). -- Hardcover but LACKING COVERS AND BACKING; pagination irregular as noted with other copies but catchwords correct, text complete. Condition: fair (as noted; rear endsheet half missing; some pages have bleedthrough making reading difficult). -- Significant in the history of law, as referenced in Encyclopedia Britiannica 11th edition, oaths for example for "valuers of cloth and city scavengers" (the latter did what we would think of today as public works and public health).