Easton Press, 1981. Arthur Szyk. Full Leather. fine. Item #2758

4to. 152 pp. Sturdy and clean. Some light wear. Top of spine a little worn. Overall very good.

See photo for table of contents of this item. Item #2175

1850. Illustrated with forty-two black and white engravings and eight hand-colored fashion engravings. Full twelve months of 1850 bound together in a thick 8vo. volume 6-1/2" x 10-1/4". Glossy marbled endpapers. At the end of June is the Table of Contents of the Thirty-sixth Volume, Jan. 1850 to June, 1850 and then the hand-colored engraved title page for July. At the end of December is the Table of Contents of the Thirty-seventh Volume, June 1850 through January, 1851 (although January 1851 is not included). At the very back of the book is the title page for August 1850 (weird place for it!) No title pages for any of the other months is included. Light scattered foxing. Otherwise very good. Binding is tight.

Leafing through this book set me to wondering what the workday of a typesetter using this tiny 6 pt. type was like. He must have gone home exhausted. Or maybe he got involved in the story as he set his composing stick. And then how much squinting did the reader have to do? How could you read it by candlelight or kerosene lamplight? Whew! Item #441

1929. Color. cloth. very good - minimal x-lib. Item #2115

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1923. 8vo. Grey paper covered boards. Black cloth spine with paper label. A fine, unworn copy of historical significance to the book world.

This is an account of the initial holdings of the library at its inception in 1923, with dates and publications. "The purpose of this book is to give information to those interested in this Library. Within a few pages, it is quite impossible to furnish even a short list of books pertaining to some of the chapters. The writer had contemplated issuing a "Check List" of all the titles in the Library, rather than the synopsis of important books here presented. The proposed list would have placed the book in the range of bibliography, but this plan was abandoned because of the fact that such a list, while giving desirable bibliographical information, would not fulfil other purposes. Consequently, the book may not interest bibliographers; neither will the advanced student of history find in these pages new information. Bit it is hoped that this work, even if only fairly well done, will interest those who fain would learn of the sources whence came much of what we know about our own country. " Item #655

Chicago: Illinois Gear & Machine Company. Edy Legrand. Full Baby Blue Leather. fine. Item #2138

Bristol, 1889. Gordon Browne. First Edition. Hard Cover. fine. Item #1944

New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, (1894). Illustrated by WM. Hole, R.S.A. 8vo. 183 pp. Grey cloth binding decoratively stamped in gold and crimson. Beveled edges. Clean, tight, fine condition. Surprisingly close to as new for a vintage book. Item #140

Acorn Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. fine / fine.

signed card and contest rules included. Item #2047

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing, 1911. nice Illustrations. first ed. 6 issues bound together . 16" x 11-1/2".Maroon cloth covered boards leather spine. All covers present. fair.

A fascinating glimpse into the world of women at the turn of the 20th century. Fiction, fashion, home decor, needle crafts, child rearing advice and advertising for merchandise of the day. Four to six color pages in each issue.

Packed and ready to go, this item will weigh about 10 lb. Additional shipping charges may be charged, depending on shipping location. Item #2214

dell. later printing - 1974. paperback. fine. Item #1455

New York: Random House, (1955). Stated First Printing. 8vo. Black cloth covered boards stamped in blue, green and gold. 406 pp. A near fine, tight, clean copy with just a sprinkling of light foxing along fore-edge of text block. / Lightly used dust jacket with brief wear at corners and tips.

The great medieval city of Fez is the fountainhead of native resistance to French rule in Morocco today. In this strange and disturbing place lives the boy, Amar, son of a Moslem holy man. Working for a potter, he gets into a fight with another youth and, while running away, finds himself in an orchard owned by Moulay Ali. There begins his personal entanglement in the violence which is about to erupt all over Morocco. Amar, almost instinctively, hates both the French and the Jews, yet there is not even the seed of "evil" in him. Still, he is cast into the snarled relations between people involved in a moral struggle set against a fiery background of political scheming and, ultimately, undeclared war. They are caught between the relentless French colonial secret police and the pitiless Istiqlal terrorists. Confused and resentful at their predicament, they move in an aura of intense suspicion and fear, even as the final rioting flames across the Medina. Item #907

Houghton Mifflin, 1909. first edition. hardback. fine. Item #1581