Rare books from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837. First edition. 3 volumes. Rebound in-house by KTB in dark green J.Hewit acid free calf backed green and new acid free marbled boards with gilt leather spine labels and acid free endpapers. Demy 8vo. pp. xxxvi, 437, [2] errata and printer; xi, 534, [2] Errata and printer; xii, 624. Very Good. Victorian period standard and slant, followed three years later with the Philosophy of.... Whewell was President of Geological Society 1837-9, an Anglican Theologian and Minister, and prolific writer in many disciplines [BO 6532]. (Post for this set quoted for destination). [We restore and rebind books and sets]..

New York: Robert Sears, 1860. Illustrated by Double color tissue frontis for both Old and New Testaments, 1000+ text engravings, one fold-out map. Second edition. c.1856. Full red embossed calf, gilt topboard illustration (Sermon on the mount) rear illustration (Rebecca at the well), gilt print and decorated spine with 5 raised bands, gilt edge dentelles, a.e.g. Demy 4to. pp. [8], vi, 3-1124, [11], map, 348, [2] list of NT illustration, [2] blank. Very Good. Top board has a dark stain and is 2/3 attached; some cap chipping and slightly darkened spine with some stains; light corner dampstain to last pages of New Testament. Hand calligraphy presentation ffep dated January 1, 1862 from a son to his mother (Jerauld). Register names Sherman, Ellis, Jerauld, Pickering 1793-1842 in beautiful calligraphy. Broadside 7.5 by 5 cm of "Almanac for 1860" laid in. (Joint and spine restoration available). (Oversize postage: 7.5 lb before packaging)..

London: John Murray (James N. Denew, Printer, Great Yarmouth), 1860. Translated by Borrow in 1830. First edition. [c.1703 London as Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc (The Visions of the Sleeping Bard)] not 1720 listed in preface. Period rebound in brown half calf over marbled boards; five raised bands with extra leather titles, tooled gilt decoration, matching marbled end papers, t.e.g. 12mo (19.1x11.9cm). pp. [iv] blank, vii, [3] half title and blanks, 128, [4] blank. Very Good. Edgewear with corners and joints rubbed, head chipped, darkened spine with extra leather spine title missing (with clear stamping visible); internally near fine with overall page toning to some pages as two papers were used. Collie & Fraser B.6a, without extra leaf [ix-x] tipped in and no note of copies printed. From the library of Micajah Pratt Clough (1848-1933) with bookplate (Brainerd 66, 1896: 1.75 by 3.25-inches) designed by Edwin Davis French (1851-1906) affixed to front pastedown. [Clough was a shoe manufacturer on… Read More

Leipzig., 1900-14. Illustrated by Original author and contributor pencil drawings, journal articles, photographs, clippings, correspondence. Manuscript edition. 2 volumes. Printed green cloth boards restored by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery with three extended acid free cloth fore-edges with portion of original decorative flap in each volume. Volume II spine extended to house extra information. 4to. pp. 217 leaves. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Several published articles and clippings with original pencil and some color drawings and photographs mounted on plate paper. Some of the drawings were from a museum artist in Vienna, most are Winter's. Correspondence includes handwritten letters from George Francis Hill 1931-1936 to Winter on British Museum Stationery, Postdirektor a. D. Eklinger Schloss Reichelsdorf bei Nurnberg 1914, Williams and Norgate Booksellers and Publishers Oxford (unsigned note with photographs). The mounted plate papers with multiple photographs and drawings on each… Read More

[Bonn]: [Simrock], [1802-04]. Assumed first edition. Bottom page markings: 383 (center), V.S. (right corner most pages)...Volti Subito. Contemporary black cloth, gilt stamped topboard. Oblong 4to (23x32cm). pp. 9-107. Very Good. Hinge open with several flat folds to pages. Operatic score, twelve (12) pieces, lacking title page and overture. The comic opera in two acts premiered 5 April 1802 in Paris at The Theatre Feydeau. Libretto by Jean-Nicholas Bouilly (1763-1842) with French and German text. Copy of Madame La Marquise de Nadaillac (Escars, Rosalie de Rancher, marquise de Nadaillac, duchesse d' 1761-1842) in gilt on topboard..

New York., 1/20/58. 7.5 x 10.5 Arena Bond Paper Rag Content by Ailing & Cory Co. Rochester, NY (1819-1999). Signed by Herbert Hoover in blue ink. Fine. "Dear Mrs. Laserte: I greatly dislike writing begging letters but I am as convinced of the great importance of the Boys' Clubs of America that I violate my rule in asking your consideration of a contribution among the many other calls upon you at this time. In this work there are 500 boys' Clubs with more thatn 425,000 boy members in the slum areas of 290 cities throughout the country where we definitely are reducing delinquency, improving health, morals and preparing them for the skilled trades. The are some 3,000,000 such boys and the country is in great need of expansion of this movement. We do no ask for much from any one individual and most gifts are from $10.00 to $25.00. They are, of course, tax deductible. I send you herewith a leaflet which explains the work. I hope it commends itself to you. Faithfully Herbert Hoover. P.S.… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans (Spottiswoodes & Shaw), 1849. Illustrated by BW port frontis. First edition. Rebound in-house by Karen Thompson Bullock in Hewit acid free (AF) cloth and AF half black calf with AF French marbled eps, marbled edges. Cr.8vo. pp. viii, 374. Very Good/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Only library mark covered on title page, marbled edges a bit darkened, several tiny corner page chips. Beautiful tight copy. [We restore and rebind books and sets]..

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1979. Illustrated by 12 water colors by William Blake. First thus edition. c.1678. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written, Limited Edition. Full green leather, decorated gilt, moire endpapers, marking ribbon, aeg. 8vo. pp. xv, [1] blank, 189, conclusion, [7] blank. Fine/No jacket, as issued. Gift copy. Bunyan wrote this epic Christian allegory from prison because he refused to stop preaching salvation through Jesus Christ. Also the first novel written in English, it was later translated into over 200 languages and has never been out of print..

Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen's Print, 1856. First edition. Original printed wraps rebound in-house by KTB with J. Hewit acid free cloth with original topboard label, new acid free 'planetary swirl' endpapers. Covers slightly distressed to mimic aging. 8vo. pp. 139. Very Good. Internally very good, with sporadic dots of stain with overall toning, no ownership, two corner chips to last pages with no text loss. Contents: Eulogy of the Hon. Charles E. Dudley by Washington Hunt, Remarks by Dr. B. A. Gould, Remarks by Professor Bache, Letter from Mrs. Dudley, The Uses of Astronomy, A Discourse by Edward Everett, and a list of benefactors and gifts, A Poem of Alfred B. Street Dedicated to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Letter and Schedule of the Scientific Council..

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. [True] Stated First (SD) with "A-P" below First Edition on copyright page edition. Original blue cloth with red, gray and blue labels uniquely rebound in-house by KTB in acid free J. Hewit Red and blue Cawburn goat retaining original top board label for book with 5 raised bands and original spine label for slipcase spine. Triangle motif on top and bottom board and slipcase slide. 8vo. pp. xi, [1] blank, 359. Near Fine/Lacks jacket/Fine. Light overall toning to pages, no ownership. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Original end papers were washed and re-inserted with new complimentary Dodin marbled end papers and slipcase base in red blue and gray. A unique red, 'white' and lblue gift of Wright's explosive and gritty period novel examining racism in America...fear, flight and fate..

Montreal: ACTA, Inc, 1950. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg "The Light" frontis, text photos and charts throughout. Stated First edition. Red cloth and endpapers, gloss text paper, references uncoated paper. 4to. pp. xx, 822. Index, 203 References. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Tight copy with trace wear, and overall toning to reference pages. Scarce pioneer and comprehensive work also known as Seyle Syndrome and negative stress "distress" and positive stress "eustress". Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist with 17 nominations for the Nobel Prize and founder of the International Institute of Stress. Oversize: >5lbs before packaging..

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1987. Illustrated by 2 full-page and 25 quarter-page engravings by Steven Sorman on cream Kitikata paper. Limited edition. Signed and numbered edition of 150 copies: This copy is 1/4 A.P. (Artist's Proofs). Oblong folio sheets on gray Rives BFK paper issued in a blue linen clamshell box. Signed by Hampl and Sorman on endsheet before last full-page engraving. Folio. pp. [41 total sheets]. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Fine. Stories of the Iowa farming community where Antonin Dvorak composed his "American Quartet" in the summer of 1893. The three sections of stories are divided by dark blue illustrations. ISBN: 978-0915943166..

London: The Trion Press for the William Blake Trust, 1972. Illustrated by collotype and hand-stencil color reproduced from copperplate and 3 overprintings on Arches pure rag paper (collated). 1/518 copies: No.481 in the 100 copies numbered 389-488 reserved for Mr. Paul Mellon [from the Smith College Collection]. (Numbered preliminaries below) and 116 Unsewn Folio signatures housed in a quarter morocco marbled folder with matching hatch clamshell. folio sheets. pp. xvii, [1] blank, [4] [plate and inserted plate 116], 28, [2] blank, [1] colophone, [1] blank, 115 plates. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Fine. All plates collated recto and pencil numbers added consecutively to those without to maintain order ..

Boston: Estes and Lauriat (University Press), 1885. Illustrated by 20 original etchings suitable for framing. 4th edition. c.1879, 1880, 1881. 1/3 leather backed beveled cloth. 4to. pp. unpaginated text and 20 plates. Very Good. Cover restored in-house by Karen Thompson Bullock: Joint, corner and color repair. Internally near fine except frontis has foxing starting and last plate has a faint old water stain at bottom not affecting etching or framing margin. The Art Quarterly Volume V 1942 Index laid in..

London: R. H. Russell, New York; Lawrence & Bullon, 1897. Illustrated by 61 full page plates. First edition. Rear board acid free J. Hewit brown cloth, 1/3 J. Hewit acid free black Cawburn goat backing, acid free complimentary colors marbled endpapers. Oblong folio. pp. [vi], 61 plates unpaginated. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued/As New. Full restoration of topboard illustration with Japanese tissue and water mark removal, page repairs. Neschen P-90 joint reinforcement to each plate and entire text block restitched. What was once a classic too big for it's binding book is now viewable and opens flat. Owen Wister introduction, Howes R-205, Book inserts vertically into a brown cloth with cawburn goat slipcase then a J.Hewit black skiver top gilt stamped on both sides: Remington Drawings matches front of book, and Remington to rear. One of a Kind Masterpiece restoration and slipcase done inhouse by Karen Thompson Bullock..