Rare books from The Vintage Bookstore

PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2004. Pictorial Cover mirrors DJ. Unpaginated Color Illustrated Pgs. Clean Tight Copy. Signed by the Author on fep. Priced Intact Clean DJ. Stated First Edition, also 1st Printing. "An ambitous monk learns a lesson in humility when he encounters Brother Bartholomew, the old monk who tends the apple grove" Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kestutis Kasparavicius.

NYC: C. R. Gibson & Co., 1929. Red Pictorial Boards, green deco endpapers, Unpaginated color + b&w illus. Poem on each page, followed by instructions on playing the 'game' Binding Firm, Cover Clean w/small ding back cover, mild spine edge/corner rub. Interior Pgs Clean - no names/marks/foxing - Excellent Copy of rare Gibson publication. Antiquarian/Juvenile Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by M. Farini.

NY: Theatre Publications, 1962. Bound Hardcover containing 6 issues of Theatre Arts Magazine. White Binding w/gold spine lettering, library stamps Inside Covers. Approximately 500 pgs in total w/many photographs, illustrations, Advertising, Articles and Complete Plays. Plays included in these volumes are: July- Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, Aug- Pantagleise by Michel de Ghelderode, Sept- Big Fish, Little Fish by Hugh Wheeler, Nov- The Hostage by Brendan Behan & There's No Place on Earth Like the World! by Caroline Swann, Dec- A Far Country by Henry Denker. Binding is Firm, Covers have moderate general soil. Library stamp on cover of each magazine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Photos.

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1956. Stated First Edition, also 1st Printing. Beige Cloth HC w/red spine lettering and cover deco, 189 pgs. Clean Tight Copy, w/minor corner curl . Priced Intact DJ w/Author photo on back cover, has spine edge chipping, back cover shelf wear now in protective mylar sleeve. Fiction of brothers and car racing '.There are fascinating details of car mechanics and tense descriptions of actual races.'(from DJ) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good in Mylar.

Jacobsen-Hodgkinson Corp, 1926. Softcover with photo wraps, 132 pgs. Binding is Firm, Cover has top corner chip, mild creasing, spine edge rub, back cover closed tear at top spine. Pages are tanned with edge tear on the 1st few, child drawing in pencil on rear end paper. Includes 3 pages of scenes from the movie produced by Joseph Schenck Productions & released by First National Pictures Corp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Photos.

Budapest: Corvina, 1989. Gray Buckram Binding w/black and red lettering on spine, Crest on cover. Pictorial Endpapers,w/91 pages of full color photo illustrations from Hungarian National Gallery, National Szechenyl Library and private collections. Includes 2 page Genealogy of the House of Arpad. Book is in As New Condition w/Fine wrap around DJ. Also contains (2)Brochures osThe Danube Bend, Hungary, found in book. **Oversized-extra shipping charges may apply Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Karoly Szelenyi (photos).

NY/London: The Colonial Press, 1900. *Hippolyte Adolphe Taine listed as Author. Julian Hawthorne, Literary Editor -7 Volumes All Bindings Firm, Pgs/Covers Clean - No Marks. All have Brown Cloth HC Bindings w/gilt spine lettering/Deco, rough cut pgs & gilt tpe. All have frontis+ 2 to 5 photos/illus p/vol. Some Contents incl; Drama:-Medea, Oedipus Rex, Life a Dream, etc. The Rubaiyat, Confucius, Selections from Arabian Poetry. Sold as Incomplete Set only 7 Volumes. USA Media mail only Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Revised Edn. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clarence Cook (Art Editor).

CA: Institute of Mentalphysics, 1941. First published by Arrowsmith & Co. England/Henry Holt NY, this is The Privately Printed Edition of 1941. Maroon cloth HC binding w/blk & gold stamping, blind-stamped deco on front board, maroon endpapers, Illus w/b&w photos taken by the author across China to Tibet. Signed by Author 'In the hope that you may find not only interest, but enlightenment in this volume. DingleWei' Binding is Firm tho front/rear hinge cracked, Cover is Clean, spine discolored. Pages have no marks or foxing, last 30 pgs or so water wrinkled at corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photos. Private Press.

Syracuse NY: Fay Edward Faulkner Printing Co./Heritage Press, 1967. Blue Binding w/gold cover lettering. 247 pgs w/photos. Binding Firm,w/library number on spine. Interior Pgs Clean w/library label fep under signatures of Both Ladies. Every thing you want to know about collecting buttons, from ceramic to Rubber to Victorian to glass, etc. Many b&w photo examples w/history. Must Have for Button collectors. Oversized - Xtra Shipping may occur Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author (Both). First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Photos. Ex-Library.

New York: The Century Co, 1917. Green Cloth Hardcover w/Illustration on cover and spine, gilt lettering on cover, 370 pgs + 32 photos by Carpenter +fold out map. Binding is Firm, Covers have mild spine edge/corner rub, fade to gilt on spine. Pages are Clean >no foxing w/previous owners name/date fep. Excellent Copy w/Fine Photos Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick S. Carpenter.

New York: Pick Publishing Co, 1858. Green faux leather Hard cover w/spine & cover lettering, 90 pgs w/b&w illustrations + frontis of Author, signed by Leo on fep. Binding is Firm, Lettering gilt faded. DJ has tear on cover, foxing/shelf rub now in protective mylar sleeve. Poems include: Songs of the Poconos, Love and Romance, War Memories, Just Folks, etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by C. J. Ferrerolf.

Buenos Aires Oblong 11"x 15" Leather Bound Album w/gilt deco and lettering on Cover, containing 112 photos of Argentina. Not Dated, circa 1821. Each pg has deco border around photo, Binding previously re-inforced (Well Done) Photos are Clean w/no names or foxing. "This Album has been published in order to give a graphic idea of the progress made by the Argentine Republic ." Large volume extra shipping rates apply. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photos.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. Original rice paper wraps w/illustration of Azim on front paper, 274 pgs w/many illustrations by various artists. Softcover has strong binding, light top spine edge wear to paper, slight dust soil to rice paper. No names or foxing, tho some illustrations have left shadows on opposing pgs. Brown silk book cover is on hard board, w/black wraps to tie book closed. Wraps are torn, some spine edge/corner rub/wear to silk. Contents: The Veiled Profit of Khorassan, Paradise and the Peri, The Fire Worshippers, The Light of the Harem. Over 100 illustrations. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original Wraps. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Fred H. Allen, et al.

Philsadelphia: J. Kohler Text is in German Script and Not Dated. Leather Spine w/gilt spine lettering/deco, black boards w/gilt lettering, 846, 75, 221, 25 pages. Wonderfully tooled binding is Firm. Covers have edge rub to leather, corner wear to boards. Interior Pgs are Clean w/foxing to inside cover, 1st fep. Title in German reads: Des Hocherleuchteten Lehrers, (Herrn Johann Arndts) Weilangeneral - Superintendenten des Furstenthums Luneburg: Sechs Bucher Vom (Wahren Christenthum): Welche Handeln Von Heilsamer Busse, Herzlicher reue und leid Uber die sunde und wahre. *Oversized- Xtra shipping applies. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wilkes Barre PA: Robert Baur & Sons, 1889. Two works of poetry in one volume. Gray hard cover has maroon deco cover of Native American family w/floral edge border, apprx. 200 pgs. Strong binding, w/age soil, sunned spine, previous owner dedication dtd 1889 fep. Author was a Lawyer from Bucks County PA. The First poem, Frances Slocum, has references to the Susquehanna. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.