Miscellany from Mossback Books

Cedar Rapids, Ia: Illinois Central Railroad. Very Good. 1889. Assumed First. Softcover. Octovo in wraps, dramatic cover depicting black background with palm fronds, tight binding, pages are clean unmarked and untorn, the cover has wear to tips, light rubbing, else VG. 280pp. Published by the railroad to help Northerners learn about the social, healthful and business … Read more about this item

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition :. Hardcover. Smaller octovo in maroon buckram cloth, all photos complete, tight and bright, faint shelfwear, unopened pages (never been read) else VG++++ or better in very distinctive dustjacket by Charles K Stevens, light wear in clear mylar wrap for protection. ".....a helpful commentary… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. 1826. Third Edition. Octovo in full leather, tight text, clean , bright and unfoxed pages, the cover has light wear at tips, front panel loose, else GOOD. 86pp, Also contains A Third Letter, 1826, 39pp in rear. The author wrote a series of letters defending the right of banks to issue banknotes… Read more about this item

Sothebys. Fine. 1996. Assume the First. Four items: 1/ The Illustrated 584 page catalogue, Quarto in creme French wraps, FINE condition; 2/ 8 page Prices Realized sheets: Sale Number 6834, FINE condition; The close of a historic chapter involving very decent people. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

The Bloodhorse. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1967. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in blue cloth, tight and bright, pages unmarked, covers may have a tuft of rubbing at tips, owner name, else VG+ or slightly better in colorful DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Covers: Training 2 Year Olds; Mud Horses, Breaking Yearlings, Care… Read more about this item

Paris: Librarie Ancienne Edouard Champion. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925. Assumed First. Hardcover. Royal octovo in quarter leather over marbled boards, tight and square spine/binding, pages very clean and unfoxed, the cover has wear to foretips, spine rubbed, tiny chips at spine tip, short tear at gutter, else GOOD to GOOD+. 534pp. Still a handsome… Read more about this item

National Prison Association. Very Good+. 1891. First of This issue?. Softcover. Program of this meeting Oct. 189l, octovo with stapled binding, clean and VG. Printing of the program, officers (Pres. R. B. Hayes) , info. On special railroad rates, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 11pp pages .

Sotheby's. Fine in New dust jacket. 1996. First Edition :. Hardcover. Quarto hardcover, a NEW copy in NEW DJ, enclosed in original packing box. Super nice item in original state. One of the most prized auction catalogues of the Jackie Kennedy estate that realized millions of dollars. Photos and items described. ; 4to 11" - 13"… Read more about this item

Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb. 1840. First Thus. 16mo in original cloth cover, very tight binding, wner note on title page, pages clean and white, the cover has the fainest of rubbing, else NFINE, spine title readable. 263pp; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Edward Stanford, London; GPO Jamaica. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. Thick octovo hardcover, black spine over off-white paper/boards, tight binding, clean pages, none marked or foxed, the covers have wear at tips, toning of first endpaper and very very faint stamp, spine label intact, else VG-. Contains a large folding map in excellent condition and volumes of… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Page (For Boy Scouts). Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Flexible covers. 12mo in flexible maroon cover showing a boy waving his hat on front: case bound, frontis, xii, 404pp, 24 (ads) gutters and hinges not cracked, pages unfoxed though edges smudging and a few dogeared, covers have a bit of wear, gutters… Read more about this item

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. First Edition :. Hardcover. 1579122337 . Quarto hardcover: tight and square spine/binding, pages white and fresh, the covers unworn, looks unread, else AS NEW in AS NEW jacket. Solid copy, internally unblemished. Illustrated throughout in fine colored photos. "Whether..fashion maven ..or penny wise college… Read more about this item

Japan: Self Published ?. 1993. Assumed First Edition : SIGNED. Warmly insicribed and signed in both English and Japanese by the author. Square quarto hardcover in very white (lightly matted) paper over boards, tight and straight spine/binding, pages extremely bright and crisp, the cover is pristine, AS NEW in very bright white dustjacket: unworn and NEW… Read more about this item

London: Reb. Bonwicke at the Red Lion. 1706. Second Edition Corrected. Smaller octovo in leather spine over boards, tight binding, unfoxed pages, the cover has been rather recently rebacked in tan leather with 5 bands, hinges reinforced ages ago, missing endsheets, plates missing(though one partial remains), one leaf at p. 225 absent, and one corner on p.305… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: G. G. Evans. Very Good. 1860. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo in original brown blind-stamped cloth covers, tight binding, unfoxed pages, gilt design on front cover, gilting on spine, else VG. Stories of drinking in barooms and prohibition. Early prohibition story; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 240pp pages .

London: Bettesworth, Osborn, Longman. Very Good. 1728. Third. Hardcover. 24mo in full leather, tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, the covers have moderate wear at tips, gilt lettering on spine, may have had a new leather spine in years past, else a solid copy. Frontis of two women in conversation, long robes, sitting under a bower. Scarce; 24mo… Read more about this item