![Catalogue of Famous First Editions Rare and Standard Books; [catalogue LXVII = 67]. Ernest...](/images/noimage.png)
Chicago: Ernest Dressel North, 1923. First edition. Paperbound. N.p. (429 items), a few plates of fine bindings. Covers soiled, creased. Chiefly literature. The plates show bindings by Cobden-Sanderson, Sauty, Bradstreet's, Riviere and Son, and two embroidered bindings (one from the 17th century by the Nuns of Little Gidding). Can be..... More
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
1925. Halle, J., Antiquariat. Katalog 72: Alte Musik, Bucher, Portrats. Munich, n.d. [ca. 1925]. 32p, no ills. except two 16th-century woodcut ills. on covers. Fair to good paperbound (thumbed, soiled, dogeared). In German. ** Over 560 items about music and musicians: books, sheet music, and portraits of composers and performers..... More
![Musik und Liturgie [Katalog 392, 1911]. Karl W. Hiersemann](/pictures/thumb/26439.jpg?v=1615216390)
1911. Hiersemann, Karl W. Musik und Liturgie [Katalog 392]. Leipzig, 1911. 335 items, several ills. Very good paperbound (slight age wear). ** "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..... More
1889. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston. A Catalogue of Books Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company 1889-90. Autumn 1889. [4], 132p, many ills. (portraits of authors with facsimile signatures). Fair paperbound: front cover detached, spine chipped, marginal stain to opening pages. Sewn binding is sound. ** Lists hundreds of books..... More
1983. Leach, Ken. Catalog "Unique" January 1983. Brattleborough, VT. 46p, no ills. Good stapled paperbound (light handling wear); duplicated typescript, as issued. ** 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..... More
Librairie Joseph Vincent. Albums pour la Jeunesse (Collection Plon). Bordeaux, n.d. [ca. 1890-1900]. 16p (self wrs.), color ills. on covers and each page. Fair paperbound (heavily foxed, small chip out of front cover). ** Bookseller's catalogue of French children's picture books illustrated by Mars, Boutet de Monvel, Crafty, and Caran..... More
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse..... More
1979. Russica Book & Art Shop. Catalog 33: Forbidden Laughter. NY, n.d. [1979]. 111 items, a few ills. Very good paperbound. ** "A collection of rare & unusual Russian and Soviet books of humor and satire." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
Boston: Sampson, n.d. [1897?]. No stated edition. Pamphlet (sunned). 16p, no ills. A little penciling on back cover and on flyers. Lists dozens of American and European publications offered by Henry H. Sampson, "general agent for all American and Foreign newspapers and magazines," with their wholesale distribution prices. Laid in..... More
![Books [2 catalogues, ca. 1914-15]. Roebuck and Co Sears](/pictures/thumb/30051.jpg?v=1616763243)
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck, n.d. [ca. 1914-1915]. No stated edition. Stapled paperbound. Two catalogues of hundreds of books and magazines for sale by Sears, Roebuck. One is headed, "Greatest of All Bookstores at Your Service." Bestsellers, gift books, home study, practical arts, series books for boys and girls, history and current..... More
