Shijitsuukan no.2-63

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #713421

Jananese Title: Shijitsuukan no.2-63 (They are 63 volumes from two in all the 70 volumes. ) Issue date: 1882-1884 condition : string is cut , stained , gossan , scratch size : 14.5cm X 22.5cm pages : about 140 pages per one volume

University of Buffalo THE IRIS Yearbooks 1904 1907 1905

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1910: item #713111
5587

A group of three 11" x 8-1/2" hardbound yearbooks of The Iris, published by the Iris Association of the University of Buffalo, New York. This set comprises Volumes 7, 8 and 10 (1904, 1905 and 1907 respectively), and each has staff and student photos, illustrations, drawings, writings, poetry and lists along with pages of fascinating period advertisements. Volume 7 has a green cloth and part leather binding with a laid in Nouveau woman illustration, Volume 8 has gold stamping and an Art Nouveau... Click for details

THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST - MARRYAT Book c1899

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1900: item #713107
5586

An early c1899 undated edition of "The Children of the New Forest" by Captain Marryat. This 7-1/2 x 5-1/4" book has 256 pages, green embossed and coloured covers with Art Nouveau style illustrations, gold title stamping on the spine and a black and white frontispiece illustration. From the Famous Books series, this undated copy was published by Blackie and Son (Dublin & Glasgow). It has a pasted-in St. Mark's National School Cheetham Hill presentation document dated Dec. 1900, and this early ... Click for details

Ulysses S. Grant personal copy of Thirty Years' View

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #711949
39B14 7448

President Ulysses S. Grant's personal copy of a book by Benton in two volumes, titled " Thirty Years' View; or, A History of the Workings of the American Government For Thirty Years, From 1820-1850." New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1865. 2 vols., 3/4 brown leather binding w/marbleized covers and endpapers. Each with Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant presentation book-plate, dated January 1, 1866. Condition: scuffing and rubbing to spine and covers. Size: 9.5" X 7". These volumes were presented to Grant in ... Click for details

Ulysses S. Grant presentation copy of Bunker Hill book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #711481
39B14 7445

A presentation copy, from Ulysses S. Grant's personal library, of the "Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, June 17, 1874," which was presented in 1874 by the Bunker Hill Monument Association to Grant as President of the United States. Boston, 1874. 71 pages, in a dark brown full leather binding with tooled, gilded title, a.e.g., marbleized endpapers. Size: 9.25"x 6". Fine condition, some fading and rubbing to spine. Presentation fly leaf. This is one of several texts from G... Click for details

Lot of 3 Civil War Books

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1920: item #710498
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Interesting lot of 3 Civil War books from Vermont and New Hampshire. Available are: Volumes 1 and 2 of "Vermont in the Civil War 1861-5" by G.G. Benedict (Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1886). Volumes are hard cover with green cover and gilt letters. Books feature black and white portraits, engravings, and maps. Wear to covers. Binding weak of Vol. 2. Both have some staining. Volume 1 has stains that affect many of the pages. Library stamps. "Reminiscences of the War of Rebellion"... Click for details

BOOK. WINNIE THE POOH. A.A.MILNE 1st AM. EDITION. 1926

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1930: item #709531

WINNIE-THE-POOH. BY A.A. MILNE. WITH DECORATIONS BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1926). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. Bound in gilt stamped green cloth. Pictorial "MAP" endpapers printed in red. Black and white illustrations throughout by Ernest Shepard. There is a small area on the front cover where the cloth is wrinkled (this is NOT a crease) but, overall, the book is in very good condition. A true CLASSIC - Winnie-The-Pooh remains one of the world's BEST-LOVED children's books of... Click for details

BOOK. TALE OF PETER RABBIT. LARGE EARLY PIRATED EDITION

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1930: item #709514

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT. NEW YORK: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., no date. A large folio edition of BEATRIX POTTER'S famous tale of Peter Rabbit. "LINENETTE" No. 825. The covers and 8 full page illustrations are printed in full color on stiff "linenette" pages. The inside front and back covers feature line drawing illustrations printed in brown. An early PIRATED EDITION of this tale with no credit given, by the publishers, to Peter's creator - Beatrix Potter - or with permission from Frederick War... Click for details

BOOK. FUNNY BUNNIES & OTHER FOLK. McLOUGHLIN, 1937.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1940: item #707976

FUNNY BUNNIES AND OTHER FOLK. Springfield, MASS.: McLOUGHLIN BROS. INC.; 1937. McLoughlin's "A DURABLE BOOK" 408. Large folio measuring 13 1/8 inches by 9 3/4 inches. Stiff pictorial covers in full color. The black and white text and full color illustrations are printed on heavy stock. The delightful illustrations are by HILDEGARD. There is a light stain along the spine and lower edge otherwise in very good condition. The stories feature rabbits, dogs, ducks, and bears.

Lockhart: Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1837 VR: item #700562
4270

Lockhart, "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart." Edinburgh & London: Robert Cadell, John Murray [etc.] 1837. 1st edition, 7 vols., 3/4 green Morocco leather bindings, gilt titles on spines, marbleized front and back covers. A very nice set with bindings in super condition with some fading to leather but no chipping or cracking to hinges. Some foxing and toning to pages. Size: 8" x 5.5".