New York: Argosy Book Stores, n.d. [1949]. First edition. Soft cover. 38p, no ills. Dated from penciled acquisition date, "July -49-." Addressed to Massachusetts historian H. Leavitt Horton; the pencil marks and notes within are presumably his. Lists 420 items, including "[Maxim] Karolik material" as noted on the cover. Can..... More
Beaufort-en-Vallee, France: Bergmans en Brouwer, 1983. First edition. Soft cover. 80p, many ills. In English and French. A remarkable offering of 389 items relating to the Paris Salon through the years. With short historical texts, selected bibliography of secondary sources, and a list of publications on the Salon, 1800-1900 (in..... More
Paris: Rodolphe Chamonal, 1997. First edition. Soft cover. 68p, many ills., some in color. In French. Handsome antiquarian bookseller's catalogue offering over 400 books on games and pastimes, plus some children's books. Includes entertainment and performing arts, gymnastics and boxing, fireworks, billiards, playing cards, chess, hunting, mountaineering, bullfighting, golf, etc...... More
Berlin: Clara Landau, n.d. [ca. 1924-25]. First edition. Soft cover. 40p (307 items), 2 cover ills. The catalogue opens with a 14th-century breviary from Mainz, followed by a wide range of generally less rarefied works on many subjects.. The fourth catalogue from this woman bookseller; her third catalogue was issued..... More
Philadelphia and New York: Rosenbach Company, n.d. [1920]. First edition. Soft cover. [10]p, no ills. Pages age browned. Published to promote Rosenbach's offering of these books. With contemporary penciling, often noting buyer and price. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
![Item #30079 Catalogue of Famous First Editions Rare and Standard Books; [catalogue LXVII = 67]....](/pictures/thumb/30079.jpg?v=1648559180)
Chicago: Ernest Dressel North, 1923. First edition. Paperbound. N.p. (429 items), a few plates of fine bindings. Covers soiled inside and out, creased; upper rear cover corner chipped off. Chiefly literature. The plates show bindings by Cobden-Sanderson, Sauty, Bradstreet's, Riviere and Son, and two embroidered bindings (one from the 17th..... More
![Item #31014 Catalogue 571: Atlases and Maps from the 15th to 20th Century [cover title]. Francis...](/pictures/thumb/31014.jpg?v=1658836804)
London: Francis Edwards, 1934. First edition. Soft cover. 103p + 3 pls. (maps by Ptolemy, Ortelius, Speed). Bookseller catalogue of 1453 items: "rare atlases, old maps and charts, original manuscript maps, facsimiles of early maps, road books [including the first known such], books of geographical interest. Single sheet and decorated..... More
![Item #25949 Katalog 23: ExLibris [cover reads: ExLibris aus 6 Jahrhunderten]. Galerie J. H. Bauer](/pictures/thumb/25949.jpg?v=1633973464)
1983. Galerie J.H. Bauer. Katalog 23: ExLibris [cover reads: ExLibris aus 6 Jahrhunderten]. Hannover, 1983. 526p, over 1500 small black-and-white ills. Very good hardcover (covers smudged) in acetate d.j. (original?). Errata slip for one entry laid in. In German. ** Priced sale catalogue of over 10,000 bookplates from 6 centuries..... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Summer-Fall 1973. Gorey, Edward. First edition. Unbound stapled sheets. Lists 156 books and prices, headed by "Admonitory Hippopotamus. Not yet published, postponed." "This is only a partial title checklist of in and out-of-print books." Laid in: one sheet listing "Edward Gorey Posters" and..... More
Minneapolis: Granary Books, February 1987. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., several ills. Laid in: errata slip for a Hermetic Press item, and an offprint of an article about Granary Books from Small Press, January-February 1987. Fully describes and prices 743 recent books and broadsides distributed by Granary Books. Short statement..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1968]. First edition. Hardcover. 148p + color frontispiece and 115 ills. of woodcuts in the text, mostly the same size as the original. Covers stamped in gold; a little smudged and dusty. Catalogue of 97 books in many fields, all described in scholarly detail. Beautifully..... More
Munich: J. Halle, n.d. [1925]. First edition. Soft cover. 32p, no ills. except two 16th-century woodcut ills. on covers. In German. Over 560 items about music and musicians: books, sheet music, and portraits of composers and performers, including many women. Order postcard laid in. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 80p + many ills. Base of spine chipped, mended. Covers soiled. "Sotheran's Price Current of Literature, No. 815 is dedicated to the memory of Henry Cecil Sotheran, who died in St. George's Hospital on October 15th, 1928, as the result of a...... More
Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1911. First edition. Soft cover. 335 items, several ills. In German. "Besonders alte Original-Manuscripte, seltene Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, eine Abteilung spanische Musik, Original-Tonwerke von Beethoven und Wagner, Etc." Partly from the collection of Burgos musicologist Don. Federico Olmeda, who died in 1909 in his 40s. Can be..... More
![Item #31049 Fine Standard Sets and Gift Books Mostly in Fine Bindings [cover title]. Himebaugh,...](/pictures/thumb/31049.jpg?v=1660043444)
New York: Himebaugh & Browne Book Stores, n.d. [ca. 1940?]. First edition. Soft cover. 52p + several plates, mostly fine bindings. Catalogue of 367 books and a few paintings. Some of the categories are: Napoleon, presidential autographs, inexpensive single books, small standard and gift sets, Oxford poets and classics, Limited..... More
Westborough, MA: House of Whittemore, n.d. [mailed with 2-cent stamp; ca. 1940s-50s]. First edition. Soft cover. 42p, 7 ills. on covers. Old handling soil; handwritten mailing address. Laid in: 4-page typed list of about 100 "hard-to-find titles, good to fine condition") with several ills. Hundreds of items, chiefly 19th-century American..... More
Amsterdam: Internationaal Antiquariaat, n.d. [ca. 1958?]. First edition. Soft cover. 45p, ca. 20 line ills., a few printed in red. Covers faded; corners bumped throughout. 70 items. With indexes of countries, towns, printers, publishers, and some subjects. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
Brooklyn: Jan van der Donk, N.d. [1994]. First edition. Stapled sheets. 24p, several ills. Bookseller catalogue of 117 avant-garde and modernist works of poetry, graphic design, photography, etc. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
![Item #30178 Katalog 88, 92, and 93 [3 catalogues]. Jurgen Holstein Antiquariat](/pictures/thumb/30178.jpg?v=1633973521)
Pocking bei Munchen: Jurgen Holstein, [1983]. First edition. Soft cover. Cat. 88: Illustrierte Bucher Graphik und Plakate aus einem halben Jahrhundert, 1892-1942. 1983. 40 items with long descriptions and illustrations + 3 pages of additional books. Without the "Faltblatt" (brochure) on Russian children's books. Corners bumped. Cat. 92: New Acquisitions..... More
![Item #30751 Americana [Catalogue 572]. Karl W. Hiersemann, bookseller](/pictures/thumb/30751.jpg?v=1644154024)
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1927. First edition. Soft cover (dusty, age soiled; spine chipped). 472 entries, 23 line ills. Pages age browned. Blank order form laid in. "A collection of rare and valuable books relating to South and North America from the time of the discovery up to the year..... More
Bethlehem, CT: June 1 Gallery, 1980. Arms, Pennell, Eby, Lewis, Chamberlain. First edition. Stapled paperbound. 32p, many ills. Sale catalogue of 116 prints by Arms, Pennell, Eby, Lewis, Chamberlain, and many other portrayers of buildings as they "actually look." Grouped by Italy, France, Spain, England, Other European Places, Small Town..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1950]. First edition. 36p (73 items), several large black-and-white pls. Occasional pencil marks. Features manuscript herbals, colorplate flower books, fish, and birds, etc., all meticulously described. Buffon, Merian, Redoute, etc. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 142p + 16 pls., 9 in color. Annotated exhibition catalogue of ca. 500 works of fiction and non-fiction by ca. 230 "New Woman" writers, well known and lesser known. With an insightful introduction by Drabble. Can be sent outside the US for..... More
Boston: Lame Duck Books, n.d. [ca. 1999]. First edition. Soft cover. 88p + 1 color ill. on cover (an e.e. cummings painting). 356 detailed items. Fwd. by proprietor John Wronoski. "We would like to think...[that this catalogue] suggests a shadowy, and often tragic, narrative of the romantic individualism at the..... More
Brattleborough, VT: Ken Leach, 1983. First edition. Stapled sheets. 46p, no ills. Duplicated typescript, as issued. Light handling wear. Bookseller's catalogue of "odd volumes of American books, published in two or more volume sets prior to 1850, in original bindings." 805 items, including titles by Jane Austen, James Fenimore Cooper..... More
