Rare books from Robinson Street Books, IOBA

Geoffrey Bles. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Chip to front panel of dust jacket affecting the i and n in coffin and the tip of g in Gwendoline. Needless to say, a very scarce book in any edition, but this is the first edition. * rm

St. Martins Press, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes * Near fine in dust jacket with few small chips to bottom of front panel First American Edition. Photo available.

P.A. Norstedt & Soners. Stockholm, 1925. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Ex-Museum Library, front hinge splitting, tape repaired to margins of cover, blindstamped several pages, still internally good. * rm

H. Dayton, Publisher, New York, 1859. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes First American Edition. Several narratives have been added, some removed, and corrections made from the English Edition. Scarce. Original Cloth, spine letters somewhat faded, slight dent to top edge of back cover but a very nice copy indeed. *rm

Morrow. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition. Exceptional copy. In display. *

Walker & Co, 1985-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Get out the magnifier. Tiny tiny chips to edge of spine panel of dust jacket. First edition. A lovely book. In display.* rm

Ansco. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes All bound in one volume. *All reports to Ansco, Binghamton NY.First report deals with examination of Patents of: Hutchings et al, Robertson, Glover, Goddard, Glover, Goddard, Schmid various dated 1903-1913. Date stamped by Ansco March 11, 1915. 94 copies of patent drawings, 7 folding, Specification sheets for each from 1 page to 5 pages, some marked and annotated in pen/pencil. Patents shown dating from 1856 to 1913. "If on the contrary, there have been prior adapters embodying thesame general principles of construction so that Hutchings & Robertsoncan be made to occupy a position of mere improvers, then the court willnot afford them the privilege of the doctrine of mechanical equivalents..."5 pages folded lengthwise. Signed by Phillips Abbott on the last page.Carbon of Ansco's response requesting that Phillips Abbott do furtherresearch into the possible infringements, as the research dept… Read More

Apud Balthassarem Comini,, Ticini, 1795. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Minor worm holes in bottom margin of several pages, not affecting text, else near fine. 3/4 vellum over marbled boards. Sir Francis Milman First Baronet b. 1746 - d. 1821. Physician to King George III and President of the Royal College of Physicians. 116pp. 8vo. Medicine. * rm

Doubleday, Garden City, 2003. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Advance Reading Copy. Different pagination than the final book. "May 2003" on copyright page. Fine in wrappers. * First edition.rm

U.C. Berkeley,nd. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Folded in half, small stain front, pinholes 4 corners, else good. 14 x 11 inches. * RM

Didot, Paris, 1803. Used; Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes In many ways one of the most remarkable works of the Eighteenth Century" Printing and The Mind of Man 197 5 volumes marbled paper over boards, leather spine labels. Some wear head and heal of spines. All bindings strong. Volume one has some paper rubbed at front gutter, and boards a little gouged at edge. Stereotype, Paris, 1803. A whole gallery of photos available for this item for the asking. Hans Schaffer most likely the German economist and Weimar Republic official. Among many other titles, this book was purchased from a relative of Heinrich Bruning, the last Chancellor of the Weimar Republic. LAW. In French. *

Flora . 1904 . p . 65?86, 1904. Pamphlet. Collectible; Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Johannes Paulus Lotsy Dutch botanist 1867-1931. "Johannes Paulus Lotsy (April 11, 1867 - November 17, 1931) was a Dutch botanist, specializing in evolution and heredity. Lotsy was born in Dordrecht and died in Voorburg." Wikipedia. With Theodor Boveri's initial of ownership in the Kaiser Wilhelm Stamp front cover. Boveri's indication of author, title and year on front cover in his hand. Scarce offprint. First edition. Antiquarian science. Botany. * Staples little rusty, else very good.

The Century Co, New York, 1889, 1889. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 24 parts complete. A lovely printed important Dictionary. "The Century Dictionary was admired for the quality of its entries, the craftsmanship in its design, typography, and binding, and its excellent illustrations. It has been used as an information source for the makers of many later dictionaries, including editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, who cited it over 2,000 times in the first edition. In 1913, Stewart Archer Steger from the University of Virginia published his Ph.D. dissertation "American Dictionaries" and devoted a 14-page Chapter VI to Century Dictionary. He concluded the chapter with these words: "Altogether, The Century Dictionary far surpasses anything in American lexicography." Some spines glued, spines are darkened, else a very good complete set in the first edition in parts. * 24 parts complete.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P, 1954. Paperback. Collectible; Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Limited Edition, hand-pulled lithograph taken from Theodor Seuss Geisel's original drawing done for the book Horton Hears A Who! (1954). With Certificate of Authenticity. Numbered 938/2500. Very good condition, clean.JM

The Office of the Health Reformer, 1877. Hardcover. Collectible; Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 1877. First edition. In dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Frayed head and heel of spine, three inch tear to cover cloth along joint. Heavy wear and a few small holes to spine cover, corners rounded with boards showing. Clean pages, some smudging and age toning. Ink script from previous owner on endpapers. Binding tight. Sm 8vo. 356 pages. rm