Rare books from Open Door Books

Boston: Boston: J. H. Francis, 1848, 1848 Decorative Cloth. Very Good. First American Edition. Classics. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. very early edition of this German Fairy tale classic, spine faded, foxing, tight, steel engravings, 93 pgs ads, very scarce 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. First American Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Seattle, Washington: The Imperial Car, Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. 1910, 1910 Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Canadian History. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. cover art of proposed city showing hub-spoke style layout and surrounding beauty, photos of scenic areas, two page design layout of railroad car, illustrations of new company ship, data on area's growth and attractiveness to investors, string bound, 44 pgs, with fold- out site plan for proposed town showing lots for sale, scarce 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Albany, N. Y.: Albany, N. Y.: Daniel S. Durrie Original Wraps. Good-fair. First Edition. Childrens. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Handcolored woodblock illustrations, some chips,creases, string binding, tears, foxing, ad on rear cover missing 25% top, 15 pgs, nice colors, scarce 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Original Wraps. Good-fair.

T. Nelson and Sons, 1870 Green, gilt boards with colored litho of Bethany with "Cities of Palestine" in sky of scene, laid in and indented, slight foxing/rubbing to boards, tight. Contents. Jaffa, or Joppa Jerusaleum, Bethany, Bethlehem, Hebron, ect. 26 pgs. Handcolored plates, histories, descriptions, quite scarce. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Fraser & Co., 1835 Brown/gilt emgossed boards with detailed gilt tooling of edges, raised banded spines, gilt foredges around. Slight rubbing to spine edges otherwise flawless set. Vol. 1 with added title page w/engraving of Cooper Study, "The Life of William Cowper," slight dampstain margin. i-viii 269 ppgs. Letters 1-176. Vol 2. frontsipiece of Cowper's mother. added title page "The Life and Letters of William Cowper", Vol. II. engraving of Olney Church. tp. iii- xx 416pp. Vol. 3. Engraved frontispiece of Mrs. Unwin. in her 26th year. added tp "The Poems of William Cowper", engraving of The Rustic Bridge, tp. contents, Table Talk. 586 pgs. Review from Nov. 1868 attatched to rep. Quite rare OCLC lists 4 holdings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

3043rd AAF Base Unit Contract Pilot School, Basic Polaris Flight Academy, 1943 Red/black flying eagle front board, pictorial endpages desert sky. Dedication page photograph; Lt. Herbert G. Bench. Many b/w photographs of life on base, Commanders, Officers, Staff, Squadrons One - Six, Lancaster, cartoons, Link Trainer, ect. Signed by all Members of Squadron One; Ed Adams, R. N. Allmon, W. J. Anthes, M. C. Adams, E. J. Anderson, C. L. Ashurst, et al. and some others, full page photographs of base life. 64 pgs. Very Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Photographer: Cy La Tour & Son. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Ministerio Da Marinha e Ultramar - Commissao De Cartographia, 1909 Brown paper covers w/ seal : Commissao de Cartographia top front. Color maps of Portugese colonies in Portugese with data and symbols. Convencoes, Colonias Portuguezas e Paizes de Immigracao, Guine Portugueza, Ilmas de S. Thome E Principe, ect. some spine wear, in original envelope. Signed and Very Rare OCLC finds 10 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

London: James Imray and Son, 1883 Blue card w/ cloth spine, New Publications advertisments rear. Foldout map, Passages in the Indian Ocean, front, Preface Index. Instructions to Binder. Currents in the Indian Ocean, foldout chart, 72 pgs. Extremely Rare OCLC finds 0 copies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Original Stiff Paper. Very Good.

Librairie Centrale & E. Dentu, 1867 Contemporary calf, gilt-tooled ornaments and title, banded spine, light rubbing to edges, green marbled boards, marbled endpages, speckled fore-edges. Mon Salon Augmente D'Une Dedicace et D'un Appendice was first published April 27-May 20, 1866 in Evenement under pseudonym "Claude" 98 pgs. (8) Les Peintres Francais 173 pgs. Imprimerie Gaittet Paris . Very Rare OCLC finds 13 copies of each, but 0 bound together. Clean tight no flaws. Zola's first published work. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Condrup Ltd., 1926 Green illustrated covers, slight edge-wear, covers creased. Laid in typed letter w/ masthead. Sole Agents Stock Terms sheet No. 420 1926. A Combined Catalogue of Woodware, Hardware, & Fancy Stock Lines for which we are Sole Distributors, Cancels, Terms, Contents, ect. Indexies. iv. 70 pgs. engraved illustrations, prices, specs. Hestia, Reliance, Rotunda, Primus, Luther, Con-venient Lamp, Cambridge reading lamps, Luxor Mol-con Slicers, ect. Con est. 1888. Extremely Rare finds 0 copies, a 1956-7 edition is located in National Art Library Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.

New York: Chess Review, 1960 Red/tan card covers. Slight soiled. Event filled in: 1962 (Class C) Class Tourney Section no. 62 c. 9 A few games filled in. Blank cards. All pieces present. Extremely Rare OCLC finds 0 copies. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition.. Spiral Softcover. Very Good.

New York: Henry Holt, 1945 Dust jacket, unclipped $2.00 self portrairt rear, chip crease top, some edgewear. Stated third printing, Sept. 1945. Nice copy w/ scarce dJ. First Edition Third Printing.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

Washington D. C.: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862 Green blind stamped gilt boards, clean tight. Red foredges.(2) Foldout view of Washington City ----- excellent. Foldout U. S. Senate excellent, foldout U. S. House of Representatives, excellent. 62 pgs. small nick to edge pgs 22-25. Publisher's ad rear (2). Very nice copy of scarce fifth edition. Civil War Washington Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Illus. by Illustrated with Wood and Steel Engravings, Entirely Rewritten and Brought Down to Present Time.. Fifth Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Macaulay, 1930 Artistic dust jacket has edgewear, some dampstains, price clipped, creased, in mylar. Kaufman, was editor of Bangor Daily news, 1941-1947, kept a house in Bath, Maine, was praised by Emma Goldman as the first serious attempt to explore the problems of women prostitution for his novel "House Of Bondage. Ex library stamp Withdrawal University Libraries, Inc. O/w no markings. Rare in DJ. to half title page.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1951 Red/tan/yellow illustrated covers, some wrinkling, wear to spine with two tape repairs. Tape repairs first pagebright colors/art, some dogeared pages, Dalmations, firetucks and adventure.Florence Sarah Winship was a noted illustrator of children's book, with 62 works published in 4 languages. VERY RARE OCLC finds 8 copies. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Illus. by Florence Sarah Winship. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Good-fair.