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T.B. Peterson, Philadelphia: ()., 1856 pp. (4), 21-436 + Six full page plates. First few signatures loose. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Wm. Clay and Miss Carine Bauman. 8vo. 190 mm. Original full cloth binding, chipped and loose. Boards detached. Pictorial gilt spine. Hardbound. Fair. Jonathan Falconbridge Kelley (1817-1855?) was an American journalist and humorist. He published under a… Read more about this item

G.M. & W. Snider, Philadelphia: ., 1832 224 p. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Robert H. Fogel, Fogel's Mill PA, Sept. 19, 1874 on first fly leaf. Pink printed bookplate of S.C.B. Fogel, M.D. on front paste down. Unusual early XLib bookplate of A.& W. Blumer's Circulating Library, No. 36 ruled in circles, pasted on front board. 12mo. 190 mm.… Read more about this item

Robert Desilver, Philadelphia: ., 1813 pp. xxi, (1)-130 + Engraved frontis. Foxed. Browned but not brittle. 24mo. 145 mm. Title continues: 'And Her Descendants Near Four Hundred Years. Now Dedicated To Master Samuel Irelaunde And Patrick Lyon'. Binding broken, text good. James White (1775-1820) was an English advertising agent, author, and lifelong friend of Charles Lamb. White developed a fascination… Read more about this item

(Stereotyped by J. Fagan, Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins for) Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1839 192 p. Damp stain. Age stain. 12mo. 190 mm. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Boards damp stained with loss. Paper spine label perished. Hardbound. Fair. Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. Politically, he played a significant role in… Read more about this item

Printed for the Purchasers, Philadelphia: ., 1813 90 p. Second title page: THE FIRST PART OF THE COMICAL SAYINGS OF PADDY FROM CORK. With His Coat Buttoned Behind. Being a laughable conference between English Tom and Irish Teague. Printed for the Purchasers, Philadelphia: 1813. Continuous pagination. Lacks quarter of the text on pages 29/30. 140 mm. 1819 German and English… Read more about this item

Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1835 Two Volumes: 261 p.; 259 p. Lightly foxed. 12mo. 190 mm. Original green cloth bindings, worn. Original paper spine labels. Bindings cocked; cracked at joints. Hardbound. Poor. This popular work was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel is a location-based series… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, New York: ., 1836 pp. x, [11]-466 + Four plates. 12 mo. 190 mm. Scattered damp stain. Original full cloth binding, boards embossed in a handsome leaf spray pattern. Spine almost perished, but still mostly present. Text sewing loose and almost detached. Autograph ownership of G.N. Reynolds (Lancaster, PA?). Small printed yellow plate for "Leary, Bookseller, 5th… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia: ., 1942 320 p. Illustrated with drawings by Pete Boyle. . Small 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, with printed paper labels. Dust jacket, worn. The back of the DJ has an appeal from the author (Frances Eisenberg) to buy War Bonds and savings stamps. The illustrator of this book was Pete Boyle, an artist and popular… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY: ., 1950 75 p. Each page has a photograph of an animal with humorous text. 8vo. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps, slightly worn. Very good. W102RtStack 0.0. Soft cover.

Perry Colourprint Ltd, London, ENGLAND: Ca. ., 1948 100 p. Illustrated. 4to. Original full black cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Original priced dust jacket, rubbed and worn with minor tears. Very good. W102 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago: ()., 1919 Unpaginated. Illustrated with full page drawings mimicking carte de visites. 1924 Christmas presentation on first fly leaf. Tall 8vo. Original paper covered boards. Pasted drawing on front board. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Ninth edition. Very good. W102RtStack 0.0. Hardcover.

Privately Printed: The Aurand Press, Harrisburg, PA: ()., 1946 32 p. Illustrated. Text printed in English. 8vo. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Very good PA GER-ENG PAMP BX2/BAG 33 x3 0.0. Soft cover.

Published for the Proprietors (Ingram and Cooke, Printers), London: ., 1844 pp. ii, 360. Color lithographed (illuminated) title page, and two chapter heads. Numerous fine line woodcuts used as additional chapter heads or illustrations. Five full page etchings (four by Leech), browned from the ink in this example (as apparently in most others). Early half leather over marbled boards. Joints… Read more about this item

Published for the Proprietors (Ingram and Cooke, Printers), London: -1845., 1843 Four volumes. pp. 348; 320; 360; 352. Color lithographed (illuminated) title pages, and chapter heads. Numerous fine line woodcuts used as additional chapter heads or illustrations. All of the engravings were executed under the superintendence of E. Landells. The volumes have full page etchings or woodcuts and smaller work… Read more about this item

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London: Ca., 1880 Two Volumes. Illustrated with twenty full page hand colored plates with original tissue guards and two hundred woodcuts by John Leech. Title pages printed in red and black with a comic drawing of Clio instructing the Young British Lion in history. Top edges gilt. Bookseller's label of R.M. Johnson, Scranton, PA in both… Read more about this item

H. Wallis, London: Ca. 1866., 1866 n.p. Engraved title page. Forty two (of 88?) great English satirical sporting plates by Robert Seymour (1798-1836), a contemporary of Leech, Cruickshank, etc. Some plates and pages of this copy has been professionally preserved. Lacks printed title page. Age stain. 235mm. Rebound in cloth. S.W.A.F. Charles Robert Forrester (1803-1850), was an English lawyer and… Read more about this item

(Printed by Woodfall and Kinder for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: ., 1886 288 p. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Head and tail… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, New York: ()., 1947 pp. xviii, 533, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Penciled notations in margins of publisher's catalogue. 12mo. 180mm. Original full cloth binding, soiled and stained. First Modern Library Edition. MOD LIB BX 1 0.0. Hardcover.

Wilmot Henry Jones, Manchester, ENGLAND: 1837., 1837 48 p. + Frontis Portrait Silhouette. Needs to be resewn. 195mm. Best to be considered disbound, though the original cloth covered boards are present. Includes pieces on: The Pleasures of Fishing; The Miseries of Fly Fishing; Lawyer's Songs; Etc. This original edition is quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POETRY BX 3 Language: eng.… Read more about this item

(Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd, printers for) S.C. Griggs and Company, Chicago, IL: 1879., 1879 pp. 340 + Full page caricature illustrations by J.W. Beatty + 7 p. Publisher's advertisements. Some slight innocuous marginal stains. Original full green cloth binding; lettered in black and gold gilt. Small On the front board is a image in gilt of a young 'wise guy'… Read more about this item