Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1819. Hardcover. Third edition of this early memoir of Jackson, published ten years before he became president. This copy, while readable, is in poor condition. Leather boards are beaten up and curled. Endpapers are written on, including on the free front endpaper "Union Library No. 302 Out 4 weeks." Presumably a child has glued a cut out illustration of a train engine to rear free endpaper. Missing frontis portrait. Pages are browned but, again, legible. 312 pages. Poor. More

London: John Van Voorst, 1858. Hardcover. Written for an amateur naturalist - "We have endeavoured, in short, to comply as far as possible with the requisition of our lady-friends, - to write as much as possible about they do want to know, and as little as possible about what they do not want to know. How far we have succeeded in our task, we leave to their merciful consideration" (preface, Athenaeum Club, June 1858). Bound in three quarter tan leather over olive green cloth boards. Chipped leather title label to spine with part of title remaining. Includes 8 color plates of English sea life. Cracked front hinge; although, the board remains firmly attached. Heavy wear and scuffing to leather on spine with chips to ends. Minor wear to corners and edges. As this is a guide to sea-life, meant to accompany its reader to the shore, it seems only appropriate that there is dampstaining to the top margins of most pages. Marbled edges with marbled endpapers. 524 pages. NAT/011521. Very Good. More

London and New Castle, DE: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, [2003]. Hardcover. A scholarly and detailed bibliography for the publisher's trade bindings in the mid-1800s. After the introduction and preface the bibliography is arranged alphabetically by the names of the designers of the bindings. They include artists such as Charles Henry Bennett, Walter Crane, Richard Doyle, Owen Jones, John Leighton, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and more. The bibliography is followed by a list of bookbinders' tickets, and 91 color plates arranged three or four to a page. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover. In near fine condition. Measures 8.75 x 11.25 inches. 324 pages. BOB/011621. Near Fine. More

Dugort, Achill Island, Ireland: Redfoxpress, 2021. Hardcover. Number 8 of 150 copies of this engaging book whose title means "Playtime." Playful it is with facsimiles of colorful collages by the book artists. Lackner and Heuer have created collaborative collage zines and books since 2017. They use old brochures, altering them in several steps. The two artists work separately sending the material back and forth by mail. This is their third collaboration [Publishers statement]. Bound in stiff paper illustrated boards with black cloth spine. Tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover. Interior is near fine. Unpaginated [30 pages plus colophon]. PRI/020321. Near Fine. More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1917. Hardcover. First Edition. Recollections about Swinburne from his cousin including extracts from several letters. In original dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor silverfish damage to front cover, else clean. Minor browning to first and last few pages of interior. Penned ownership signature dated 1917 to front free endpaper. 250 pages. POE/123020. Very Good. More

Hardcover. 10 hardcovers in jackets. Very good with minor wear. May include some first editions. Very Good. More

Hardcover. 7 hardcovers with dust jackets. Clean with minor wear. Chipping to jacket of Katherine Mansfield biography. Very Good. More

Paperback. A collection of classics, mysteries, and thrillers - all vintage paperbacks with minor wear. Very Good. More

5 hardcovers in jackets and one paperback. Clean with minor wear. Very Good. More

Franklin Library, International Collector's Library, et. al. Hardcover. 8 hardcover books: Includes: The Magic Mountain, Madame Bovary, Pere Gobiot, Plays of Ibsen, Plays of Checkhov, Gargantua & Pantagruel, The Red and the Black, and History. Attractive bindings. Includes 7 Franklin Library and 1 International Collector's Edition. Fine condition. Very Good. More

Franklin Library / International Collector's Library. Hardcover. 8 hardcover books: Includes All the King's Men, The Late George Apley, John Brown's Body, The House of the Seven Gables, The Postman Always Rings Twice / Double Indemnity, Humboldt's Gift, Our Town / The Skin of Our Teeth, and Arundel. Attractive bindings. Includes 6 Franklin Library and 2 International Collectors Library. Fine condition. Very Good. More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. From the Second edition. "The Art of John Constable, like that of Hogarth, of Wilson, and of Stothard, was scarcely noticed by those among the titled and the wealthy of his countrymen who put themselves forward as the patrons of Painting; and had he not been independent of his profession for support, he could not have lived by it. But whatever may have been the loss to the artist, the world has been in some degree the gainer; for the apathy of patronage left Constable, as Hogarth had been left, to the free and unrestrained bent of his own genius, and the scenes he most loved became subjects of his pictures" (introduction). This mezzotint was engraved by David Lucas based on a picture by John Constable. Depicts Hampstead Heath. Minor chipping to edges of paper and minor browning to margins. A few small extraneous ink marks from when the plate was printed - just beneath plate. Suitable for framing. Paper size: 11 x 17. PRINT/021121. Very Good. More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. From the Second edition. "The Art of John Constable, like that of Hogarth, of Wilson, and of Stothard, was scarcely noticed by those among the titled and the wealthy of his countrymen who put themselves forward as the patrons of Painting; and had he not been independent of his profession for support, he could not have lived by it. But whatever may have been the loss to the artist, the world has been in some degree the gainer; for the apathy of patronage left Constable, as Hogarth had been left, to the free and unrestrained bent of his own genius, and the scenes he most loved became subjects of his pictures" (introduction). This mezzotint was engraved by David Lucas based on a picture by John Constable. Depicts Gillingham Mill, Dorsetshire. According to Constable's notes, in 1825 Archdeacon Fisher wrote to tell him that the mill was burnt to the ground and now "exists only on your canvas. A huge, misshapen, new, bright-brick, modern-improved patent monster, is starting up in its stead." Minor chipping to edges of paper and minor browning to margins. A few light smudge marks. Suitable for framing. Paper size: 11 x 17. PRINT/021121. Very Good. More