Red cloth on boards. Scrape and tear to top of back cover. Interior clean and undamaged. This book describes a monumental task - the planning and painting of a frieze for the Delivery Room of the Boston Public Library in 1895 and 1901. Eight feet high and 194 feet in length, the work contains about 150 life-size figures. Fifteen color plates and details in black and white. How much ? $15,000. View More...
3/4 red leather on marbled boards. Cicero, Caesar, and Cato. Cicero has 16 orations, while the other two have one each. Wear to head and foot of spine. 431 pp. View More...
3/4 red calf on marbled boards. Previous owners' names. Pericles, Aeschines, Demosthenes, Isocrates. Demosthenes credited with 19 orations, while the others get one each. Wear to head and foot of spine. 430 pp. View More...
Original light grey wraps. 3/4" tear to cover paper at bottom of spine. The entire issue is devoted to The Economic Mollusca of Acadia by W.F. Ganong. The Appendix includes various reports related to the administration of the Society. 122 pp. including Appendix. View More...
Photocover paperback showing "Loyalist House" formerly owned by the Merritt family. Articles include: First Courts and Early Judges; Charles Simonds House; Restoration of "Three Lamps" at Reed's Point; Jared Tozer; and Footprints of Benedict Arnold. No writing. Cover is age-toned and somewhat stained. 1/4" gouge in spine where paper is torn. 103 pp. View More...
Dark green cloth decorated in gilt on boards. Bookplate, "With the Compliments of The Dublin Distillers Company, Ltd. See Page 102." Describes not only the scenery, but also introduces the reader to various businesses, many of which are given considerable space and illustration. Hinges cracked, but held securely by secondary threads. Two-inch tear bottom of front joint. 326 pp. plus Index to Subscribers. Since this book is on consignment, our usual 20% discount to the trade does not apply. Heavy book will need more than "default" postage, so please inquire before ordering. View More...
Original colour illustrated paper boards backed in brown cloth. Edge wear and a few finger smudges, but generally good condition. How Horatius Kept the Bridge, Casablanca, Handel, Columbus, Antonio Canova, Charlemagne and the Charcoal-burner, and William Tell are the stories, with several full-page drawings, some in colour. A thin book of only about 24 pp. View More...
Dark blue cloth on boards with black Art Nouveau floral designs and gilt lettering. Embossed on both front and back covers. Bookseller's stamp inside front cover. Significant wear to top of spine. Minor wear to corners. Report on the work of the British American Book and Tract Society in Halifax glued inside back cover (ca. 1880). Small piece neatly cut from the margin of pg. 35 and 36 (not affecting text). Small hole in rear end paper. 96 pp. plus 8 pages of ads. View More...
Original green cloth decorated and lettered in red and white on boards. No free endpapers, as published. Unpaginated. Approx. 120 pp. One short edge tear, not affecting text or photo. Estimated date 1901. View More...
Brown 3/4 leather on leather boards. Tiny holes by bookworm head and foot of spine. From the ICS Reference Library of 1904. Very heavy book will need extra postage. No writing. Light edge wear. An estimated 400 pp. View More...
Original brown cloth on blindstamped boards. Bilingual reader with short stories followed by questions, new words, pronunciations, and other exercises. White spots and minor wrinkling of cover. 191 pp. View More...
24-page book of views. "About 55,000 now" written inside back cover. Corner creases. Estimated date about 1920. No autos shown, but lots of buildings and crowds at the beach in black swimsuits and bowler hats. All in colour. View More...
Original tan card covers lettered in black. Dust and specks to covers. Light foxing to endpapers. No writing or other damage. A catalog describing all regulations, courses, organizations, fees, etc. 85 pp. View More...
Grey cloth with blue backstrip on boards. Front hinge cracked and delicate, but holding. A wholesale catalog with no price iniformation. "Conditions of sale" given in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. All product descriptions in English only. Pure nostalgia for the yachting crowd. Book is clean except for previous owner's name in ink. 287 pp. View More...
Blue and green softcover with white titles. Front cover somewhat scuffed with a couple of minor creases. This booklet was produced to go with an exhibition mounted by the National Library in honour of New Brunswick's bicentenary in 1984. It contains biographies of New Brunswick writers. Text in English and French. 72 pp. View More...
Original green flexible suede. Despite cover stains and small tears to frontispiece tissue guard, this is a book with feeling. It is to be carried close to the heart, ever ready to offer comfort or surprise. All edges gilt. 563 pp. View More...
