Good and Bad Luck
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1850. Paperback. ca. 1850. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 16pp. with woodcut frontis. Very good. Light wear to wraps. Only six listed on OCLC.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1850. Paperback. ca. 1850. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 16pp. with woodcut frontis. Very good. Light wear to wraps. Only six listed on OCLC.
Boston: Sabbath School Society, 1844. Hardcover. 1844. Hardcover, measures 4.5 by 3 inches, in quarter leather with marbled boards. 32ppwith engraved frontis. Good. Upper corner of boards and pages heavily foxed. Evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown. No copies listed currently on OCLC. Digital images available upon request.
Augsburg: ben Boh. Rep. Stnr. 1795. Hardcover. Original embossed calf 24mo, 142pp. 4.25x2.75", All edges gilt. With engraved frontispiece and titlepage (with small abrasion), decorative border on each page. Old signature, dated 1802, on a preliminary blank. Generally very good with rubbing to extremeties, discoloration to flyleafs. Binding remains firm.....
Seattle: Tabula Rosa, 1992. No. 120 / 200 signed. Miniature book in cloth and boards, fine. About 2 1/4 inches tall. 30 suggestions for titles for blank books, starting with To Hell with Dante and ending with The Introduction of the Slug to Haute Cuisine.
Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1848. Paperback. 1848. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. in yellow wraps. 16pp. with lovely engraved illustrations throughout. Very good. Chipping and light soiling to wraps. Name of former owner on inside front wrap. Only 13 on OCLC.
New York: American Tract Society, 1878F. First printing. Hardcover. Presumed first, 1878. Green cloth 24mo, 64pp. With color frontis, gilt stamped boards. About very good with bumping to corners, light shelfwear. Pencil scribble to one spread, contents otherwise clean. Scarce Tract Society publication, from the 'Books for Bright Eyes' series.....
New York: Amerikaniscen Traktatgesellschaft [AmericanTract Society], Ca. 1860s. Hardcover. 2.2 x 1.5 inches, cloth gilt, very good crisp bright copy, but for a bit of insect damage to a number of pages in the middle of the book. 128 pp. German edition of the popular "Dewdrops" miniatures of the period.....
New York: Lane & Sanford, 1842. Paperback. 1842. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 12pp.with three engravings. Good. Lacks back wrap. Former owner's name in pencil on front wrap and last page. Dog earing to corners. Rare, with only one listed on OCLC.
New York: American Tract Society, 1846. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1846 taupe cloth 16mo, multiple paginations. Blind embosed boards with gilt spine, illustrations throughout the text. In very good condition with slight fading to boards, nuding/wear to corners and spine ends including a small split ot the upper rear joint.....
New York: Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. 1866. First edition. Hardcover, 24mo. in purple cloth, with gilt title. 64pp. with engraved frontis. Good+ Sunning to spine and board extremities. Rubbing to title on front board. Loss to upper right corner of title page, with.....
Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 1955. DE VAUX LA SAINTE BIBLE GENESE. Paperback. 1955 Softcover 8vo, 515pp. Near fine but for some wear to the spine end. Some pages uncut. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked.