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.
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc.. 2002. Hardcover. Folio. Mint orange cloth covered boards with bright silver title to cover and spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. In mint silver and blue illustrated dust jacket with orange title to front panel and to silver spine. Presents 18 of the greatest stories in the evolution of flight. Index, 264 pp. Aviation. AVI/11243. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More
Westport: Meckler, 1988. Hardcover. First edition. Brick red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 95 pages. BOB/111716. Fine. More
Washington DC: The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, 1997. Paperback. Light blue paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Includes small illustrations and brief descriptions of about 400 machines relating to printing and binding, all from the 19th century. Organized alphabetically by name of inventor. Clean and bright. 145 pages. BOB/113016. Very Good. More
London: The Fortune Press, (1925). Hardcover. Very good in black cloth boards with yellow title pastedown to front board. This book has been expertly rebacked with a modern black cloth spine. Light rubbing to boards and minor wear to corners. A few markings to interior, else clean interior. Bookplate of Herbert Boyce Satcher. 55 pages. BOB/062910. Very Good. More
Detroit: Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991. Hardcover. First edition. A guide to 500 literary movements, groups, schools, tendencies, and trends of the Twentieth Century, covering more than 3,000 novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, artists, and other seminal thinkers from 80 countries as found in standard literary reference works. Glossy blue paper covered boards titled in light blue on spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 419 pages. BOB/111516. Fine. More
Central Library, 1964. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 364 of 500 copies. Beige paper wrappers with black title to spine and front board. Very clean interior with minor browning to edges. Tight binding. 86 pp. BOB/042105. Very Good. More
[Southlake, Pat Hawk], 1992. Hardcover. First edition. Signed by the author on the title-page. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover. Folio. Very good, without dust jacket, as issued. A few streaks of white paint to front hinge, else fine. Errata sheet laid in. 290 pages x 2 (alphabetical by author - 290 pages; alphabetical by pseudonym - 290 pages.) BOB/111416. Very Good. More
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Pristine interior. 368 pages. Books on Books. BOB109061. Very Good+. More
Detroit: Omnigraphics, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. First edition. A compendium to more than 500 literary, critical, and theatrical movements, schools, and groups from more than 80 nations, covering the novelists, poets, short-story writers, dramatists, essayists, theorists, and works, genres, techniques, and terms associated with each movement. Glossy green paper covered boards with light green title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to covers. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 1037 pages. BOB/111616. Fine. More
London and West Nyack: The Journeyman Press, 1980. Paperback. Very good in tan paper wrappers with black title to spine and front panel. Woodblock illustration to front panel. Piece of transparent tape to front panel, else fine. Pristine interior featuring over 40 woodcuts by Masereel. Tight binding. 64 pages. BOB/081209. Very Good. More
[Rochester]: University of Rochester Library, 1982. Hardcover. First edition. Number 196 of 600 copies. Brown paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Spine is llightly faded, otherwise fine. 40 pages. Illustrated. Near Fine. More
New York: Association of American Indian Affairs, 1973. Paperback. First edition. Illustrated white wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Lightly soiled wrappers with browning to spine panel, otherwise very good. 99 pages. BOB/111616. Very Good. More
Newark: St. Mary's Abbey, 1948. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR. Each entry includes a photographic illustration of the author. Ex-library with number to food of spine, stamp to title page, due date sheet to rear free end page, and pocket to rear paste down. Rear of dust jacket pasted to front paste down. Very good in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Bumping to lower corners. Interior is clean and bright. 812 pages. REL/082416. Very Good. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. Hardcover. First Edition of this detailed bibliography of Robinson's works. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt author and title to spine. Some bumping. Interior pages slightly rippled but still very good. 221 pages including index. BOB/102516. Very Good. More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY FROM JAMES O. HOGE. 8vo. Very good+ in orange cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Includes essays on letters in 19th-century England, George Eliot, James Joyce, etc. 356 pages. Books on Books. BOB11142. Very Good+. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2008. Paperback. Exhibition catalog. In green paper wrappers with black title to front cover and fading to spine panel. Clean with illustrations, some in color. Designed by Jerry Kelly. 46 pages. BOB/051314. Near Fine. More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to spine and light rubbing to front board. Without dust jacket, as issued. Pristine interio. 67 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111516. Near Fine. More
Cambridge MA: Waiting for Godot Books, n.d. Softcover. Catalog Three from Waiting for Godot Books, listing 163 items by American poet Bynner. Photographically illustrated cream wrappers. In near fine condition. 32 pages. BOB/111616. Near Fine. More
Dallas: Spence Publishing Company, 2003. Cardboard Covers. SIGNED. 8vo. Blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior. Illustrated dust jacket with title to black spine. Index, 497 pages. Political science. POL/122707. Fine. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1970. Paperback. First edition. Illustrated violet paper wrappers with white title to front cover. Spine has faded to light blue and is not titled. Upper corner bumped with minor wear to edges. 82 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111516. Very Good. More
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1962. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Scuffing to boards and minor wear to corners & edges. Minor discoloration to rear board. Interior is clean with bright text. Binding is a little loose, but pages all remain securely held in place. 652 pp. Very Good. More
Detroit, Gale Research Company [1983]. Hardcover. First edition. American Literature, English Literature and World Literatures in English Information Guide Series, volume 38. Blue cloth boards with black spine titled in gilt. Without dust jacket, as issued. 605 pages. BOB/111516. Fine. More
Ann Arbor: George Wahr, 1921. Hardcover. Ex-library from the Library of Congress. Tan cloth spine over cream paper covered boards with paper title label to spine and front cover. (Title label reads "Sjouke Gabbes") Minor wear to corners and edges of boards. A few smudges to boards and small stain to spine. Ex-library markings to endpapers. Illustrated. 172 pages. BOB/122018. Very Good. More
New York: David Lewis, 1968. Hardcover. Bound in tan cloth boards with maroon spine. In lightly rubbed dust jacket with short tears. Very good. 171 pages. BOB/11516. Very Good / very Good. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./207 pp. Political Science. POL11072. Very Good. More