January SALE: books in our Books about books, Transportation (Aviation, Automotive, and Railroad), and Political Science sections priced at $100 or less are 30% off!
This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment. Additional items are available for sale in our open shop.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1968]. Hardcover. First edition. Tan cloth boards with dark brown title to spine. Fine in lightly rubbed grey dust jacket with white title to spine and front cover. Minor wear and rubbing to edges of jacket. 80 pages. BOB/111716. Fine / Very Good. More
Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior. Very good grey dust jacket with white title to spine. Minor wear to edges of jacket. Index, 231 pages. BOB/052810. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: The New York Public Library, 1947. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. Yellow side-stapled paper wrappers with black illustration and title to front panel. Interior is clean with bright text. Lower right corner is bumped. Tight binding. 39 pages. BOB/111104. Very Good. More
Boston: Society of Printers, 1987. Hardcover. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with gitl title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. In original glassine dust jacket. 102 pages. Books on Books. BOB/091814. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1929. Hardcover. 1st edition. VG in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Literature. BOB01/123199. Very Good. More
New York: London House & Maxwel, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Yellow cloth boards with dark blue title to spine. Fine in lightly rubbed black and white illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 64 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111516. Fine / Very Good. More
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania University Press, 2000. Hardcover. 8vo. Mint blue cloth & gilt 8vo. Interior pristine. Very minor wear to foot of spine is only flaw. Contains various essays. 317 pp. Books on Books. BOB/100204. Fine. More
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Mint blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board to spine. 8vo. Interior pristine, in beautiful condition. Contains various essays. 317 pages. Books on Books. BOB/5103. Fine. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. The interior is clean and bright. Includes black and white illustrations. 319 pages. Books on Books. BOB/062909. Fine. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. The interior is clean and bright. Includes black and white illustrations. 327 pages. Books on Books. BOB/062909. Fine. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. The interior is clean and bright. Includes black and white illustrations. 357 pages. Books on Books. BOB/091814. Fine. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011. Hardcover. SCARCE. Fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. The interior is clean and bright. Includes black and white illustrations. 307 pages. Books on Books. BOB/091814. Fine. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. The interior clean and bright. There are a few pencil marks to the last page of advertisements. Includes black and white illustrations. 323 pages. Books on Books. BOB/062609. Fine. More
Simon & Schuster, 1992. Hardcover. Fair in a very good + dust jacket. Dj has two small tears at top of spine, otherwise perfect. Inside looks as if it was never opened. Politics. POL/7182. Fair in Very Good DJ. More
Boston: Rockwell and Churchill City Printers, 1889. Hardcover. SCARCE. 4to. Very good in modern black cloth coverd boards with gilt title to spine. Minor yellowing to pages. Bottom corner of title page has chipped off. Text is clean and bright. 225 pages. Books on Books. BOB312131. Very Good. More
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Edited by John William Ward. A John Harvard Library Book. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. Blue dust jacket with brown title to spine. Index, 705 pages. POL/092006. Fine in Very Good Plus dj. More
Bethesda: The Gallimaufry Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Paperback. Limited to 200 copies. Charcoal colored paper wrappers with title label to front wrapper and minor fading to spine. Pristine interior. Pristine interior. 12 pages. Books on Books. BOB109291. Very Good+. More
Manchester: The University Press, 1921. Hardcover. Three quarter red leather over marbled paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine. Original wrappers are bound in. Minor rubbing to boards and edges of boards. Minor toning to margins of pages. 58 pages. An attractive book. BOB/042915. Very Good. More
Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1937. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt emblem to front board and gilt title to spine. Damp stain to top half of outside edge of front board and a few small spots of discoloration to front board as well. Light check marks written in pencil to margins throughout. Else is clean and bright. Index, 57 pages. Books about Books. BOB/012612. Very Good -. More
New York: Metro Books, (1999). Hardcover. Very good oblong quarto, wear to edges of boards, portions of which have been inexpertly colored with a blue marker to cover the rubbing. In fine pictorial d.j. Interior is very nice, clean and bright. Map endpapers, many full color photos of seaplanes. A nice book; 120 pp. Aviation. AVI/5293. Very Good. More
New York: AMS Press, (1973). Hardcover. 8vo. Reprint of 1860 edition. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with bright text. Tight binding. 155 pages. BOB/111104. Fine. More
Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1968. Hardcover. Number 18 of 100 copies signed by Day-Lewis. It includes the first appearance in book form of his poem "Sunday Afternoon." Bound in dark blue cloth with title and compilers' names to spine in silver. Near fine with black paper wrappers with fading to spine. With three portraits of the poet. 42 pages. BOB/102716. Near Fine / Very Good. More
Winter Park FL: Rollins College, [1939]. Softcover. Bacheller was a journalist, editor,and prolific fiction writer, now perhaps best known, if known at all, as the publisher who first discovered and published Stephen Crane. Bound in tan wrapper in very good condition with light smudge on rear cover. 48 pages. BOB/111716. Very Good. More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Interior is pristine with tight binding. Index. 568 pages. BOB/060404. Fine. More
London: Printing Historical Society, 1991. Hardcover. Fine in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In olive green dust jacket with white title to spine panel. 95 pages. BOB/112816. Fine / Fine. More