Condition: Good

MEMORABILIA SOPHOMORUM, Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1858.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, 1958. : 1958.

Seller ID: 36839

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed creamy white wrappers. The covers are stained, darkened and creased with a piece out from the tail of the spine. 68 pages. Good. A satirical publication by the Freshman class of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, with humorous contributions by unidentified students. Contributions include poems, soliloquies, essays, theatrical scenes playfully poking fun at themselves, classes, professors and academia. The poem, Characteristics of Sophomores includes such lines as ...But be content the Sophomores' fa...
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AFFECTING SCENES; BEING PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PHYSICIAN. Harper's Stereotype Edition

By: (A Scottish Physician)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New-York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1831. : 1831.

Seller ID: 23227

Condition: Good

New-York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1831.. 1831.. Good. - Small octavo, tan linen over boards titled in black on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped & darkened with spotting to the rear cover. There are short tears with slight fraying to the top & bottom of the joints. 352 pages plus 24-page publisher's catalog.There is scattered foxing. Good.

First American edition

These extracts from a late Scottish physician's diary were originally published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. First Edition.
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Image for SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

By: (A. Richards & Co.).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New London, Conn.: A. Richards & Co. / D,s, Ruddock, printer, Daily Star, [1861]. : [1861].

Seller ID: 97266

Condition: Good

- Quadragesimo [48mo], a 4-3/8 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide chapbook. Softcover, bound in the original printed yellow wraps, titled and decorated in black on the front cover with advertising on the rear cover. The covers are lightly soiled and stained with creasing to the top corner of the front cover. The head and tail of the spine are splitting. 8 pages, with the text printed within formal decorated frames. Very good. Advertising in the form of poems and verses proclaiming the virtues of A. Richards & Co.'s Combined Glue and Cement. RARE.
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STATED AS FACT: Photographic Documents of New Jersey

By: (Abbott, Berenice; Hine, Lewis; Brigandi, Philip; Frank, Robert; et al). Bzdak, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Museum, 1989). : 1989).

Seller ID: 26415

ISBN-13: 9780938766094

Condition: Good

(Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Museum, 1989).. 1989).. Good. - Small oblong quarto [8-1/2 inches square], softcover bound in printed wrappers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a small area of the front wrap rubbed away where a sticker has been removed. 53 & [1] pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. The contents are near fine. Good.

Catalog for an exhibition organized by Michael Bzdak and Charles Stainback and shown at the New Jersey State Museum from December 2, 1989 to January 28, 1990.
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TYMPAN: Literatur/Grafik. (Cover title)

By: (Abels, Pio; von Berg, Helga; Ermert, Udo; et al). (Berche, Axel; Bulkowski, Hansjurgen; Glaser, Peter; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978]. : [1978].

Seller ID: 26643

Condition: Good

(Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978].. [1978].. Good. - sc Octavo. Unbound sheets. The contents are laid into a maroon stiff paper case printed in white. The case is rubbed with a crease & tear to the top edge. Unnumbered, unbound sheets of cream stock printed in black, including texts and graphic contributions. The contents are very good.

Tympan publishes poems, short prose pieces, essays, photos and graphic art. The editors of this issue were Wolfgang Heyder, Bernd Kilian, Jens Pruss, Ulli Schoenwald and Ernst Specks. The text is in German.
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DA [DIRECT ADVERTISING]: GRAPHICS AND SMALL PRESSES: The Paper Quarterly for the Graphic Arts. Volume LIV Number 2 Second Quarter 1968. Issue Theme: The Private Press.

By: (Adagio Press). Bahr, Leonard; et al.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968. : 1968.

Seller ID: 33647

Condition: Good

Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968.. 1968.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed wrappers with a black-and-white vignette on each cover. The binding is bumped & soiled with some light creasing & chipping to the edges of the wraps & a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. There is some foxing to the spine & to the front wrap at the tail of the spine. 28 pages of text plus a large section of advertisements with paper samples & examples of graphic design by association members. The last few paper samples are detache...
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GRAPHIC GRAFLEX PHOTOGRAPHY. The Master Book of the Larger Camera.

By: (Adams, Ansel; Abbott, Berenice; Morgan, Barbara; Morgan, Willard D.; Lester, Henry M.; et al.).

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: Morgan & Lester, Publishers, (1944). : (1944).

Seller ID: 97217

Condition: Good

- Royal octavo, 10-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Orange cloth titled in black on the front cover and the spine. The covers are lightly soiled. viii, 430 & [6] pages, profusely illustrated throughout. A previous owner's name and address is penned in red at the top of the front endpaper. There is offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns. The book has a musty odor. Good.

Seventh edition.

Included are articles by Ansel Adams "A Design For Printing", Berenice Abbott "How To Use a View Camera", Barbara Morgan "Photographing The Dance", among others.
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THE BIG CITY: Cover Stories. Supplement to The New Yorker. (Cover title).

By: (Addams, Charles; Getz, Arthur; Arno, Peter; Steinberg, Saul; et al). Greenman, Ben; and Mouly, Francoise.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (New York: The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.), (2004). : (2004).

Seller ID: 96191

Condition: Good

- Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wraps. There is staining to the bottom edge of the front cover & a small area of light staining to the front edge of the rear cover. 32 pages. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of New Yorker covers & with pictorial ads in color and black & white. There is staining to the bottom edges of the inside front wrap & page 1 with small stains to pages 4-9. There are also small, very light stains to the front edges of a few rear leaves. Good. New Yorker covers from its founding in 1925 to early 2003 are pictu...
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PHYSIOLOGY OF FLIGHT: Human Factors in the Operation of Military Aircraft. AAF Manual No. 25-2. This manual replaces manual of the same title published in 1942 by Aero Medical Laboraory, Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Published by Authority of Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. (Cover title)

By: (Air Technical Service)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Dayton, OH: Air Technical Service Command), 15 March 1945. : 15 March 1945.

Seller ID: 24050

Condition: Good

(Dayton, OH: Air Technical Service Command), 15 March 1945.. 15 March 1945.. Good. - Small quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover with the contents stapled between printed gray cover sheets. Three holes are punched in the left margins of the cover sheets & contents. There are a few small stains to the cover sheets & their edges are darkened. The bottom corner of the front wrap is bumped & there is a short tear to its front edge with a very small area of the surface rubbed away There is a tear & crease to the inner edge of the rear cover sheet. iv & 94 pages with an errata ...
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ROBERT ALTMAN: American Innovator

By: (Altman, Robert). Kass, Judith M

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: Popular Library, (1978). : (1978).

Seller ID: 2213

Condition: Good

NY: Popular Library, (1978).. (1978).. Good. - Small octavo, pictorial wraps. Warped; lightly creased & chipped. 282 pp. & publisher's catalogue. B&W illustrations. Good.

First edition. First Edition.
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ART PAPERS: Contemporary Art in the Southeast. Art Criticism Issue. November/December 1990. Volume 14 Number 6. (Cover title).

By: (Alvic, Philis; Berkson, Bill; Burnham, Linda; Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy; et al. Harper, Glenn; editor.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), (1990). : (1990).

Seller ID: 33752

Condition: Good

(Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), (1990).. (1990).. Good. - Small folio [13-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with a number of small brown stains to the covers. There is some light pink staining to the rear cover with a mailing label on its top edge. 84 pages. Black-and- white illustrations. Some page corners are lightly bumped. Good. In addition to numerous reviews, this issue includes an interview with poet and art critic Bill Berkson and ten articles on various aspects of art criticism.
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REPORT OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF THE AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA. May 13-24 , 1940. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Convention

By: (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Documentary History, ACWA, 1940. : 1940.

Seller ID: 24302

Condition: Good

New York: Documentary History, ACWA, 1940.. 1940.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed orange wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with the spine slightly faded. 691 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a folding black-and-white plate. The top end of the fore-edge is lightly soiled. The top page corners are lightly bumped & the bottom corners of the last 30 pages are creased. There is a light vertical crease to the last few leaves. Good.
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ARTISTIC ROOFS THAT ENDURE: A.I.A. FILE 12f1.

By: (Ambler Asbestos).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Ambler, Pennsylvania: Ambler Asbestos Manufacturing, circa [1920's]. : [1920's].

Seller ID: 96897

Condition: Good

Ambler, Pennsylvania: Ambler Asbestos Manufacturing, circa [1920's]., [1920's].. Good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled pictorial wraps. The covers are soiled and the spine is rubbed and splitting along the top and bottom. 8 pages, including the covers, with color and black & white illustrations of homes and roofs with English Tatch & Colonial style shingle roofs. The edges of the pages are slightly creased with a horizontal crease across the middle. Good. One of the first asbestos factory towns in America, Ambler, Pennsylvania was home to the Amble...
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THE CANNER AND DRIED FRUIT PACKER. Vol. XXXIX, No. 23. Chicago, Thursday, December 10, 1914.

By: (American Can Company).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: American Can Company, 1914. : 1914.

Seller ID: 97503

Condition: Good

- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in printed golden yellow wraps. The covers are slightly soiled with minor creases to the corners of the front cover. There is a small tear to the top edge of the front cover and an annotation in ink in the right margin. The wraps are splitting along the bottom and top of the spine. 58 & [2] pages, including the covers, with textual and full-page illustrations throughout including a superb colorful lithographic plate of a moose and a bright color lithographic plate of peaches, both serving as advertisements for lithographic co...
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THE CHRISTIAN ALMANACK, For the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1825. No. V. Vol. I

By: (American Tract Society)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston: Lincoln & Edmands for the American Tract Society, [1824]. : [1824].

Seller ID: 15070

Condition: Good

Boston: Lincoln & Edmands for the American Tract Society, [1824].. [1824].. Good. - Small octavo, softccover bound in pictorial cream self-wraps, with a woodcut of a man preaching to Native Americans by Abel Brown on the front cover. The cover is darkened, soiled & stained with the corners chipped. An owner's name is penned down the right margin of the cover & an additional notation is blacked out in ink. 48 pages. Illustrated with tables. The almanac is shaken with soiling & light staining to the pages. Good only.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S AMERICAN ETIQUETTE. With the Rules of Polite Society; To which is added Hints on Dress, Courtship, etc. by an American.

By: (An American).

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Boston: Published by J. Buffum, [between 1851 & 1856]. [1856]. : [1856].

Seller ID: 95763

Condition: Good

- 24mo. 4-5/8 inches high b y 2-7/8 inches wide. Red cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with a gilt vignette of a rose within a blind decorated frame on the front cover. All edges are gilt. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. 111 pages, with a hand-colored frontispiece illustration of flowers. There is an early owner's inscription dated January 1, 1857 penned on the front endpaper. The front hinge is cracked and the pages are slightly darkened with occasional soiling. Good. According to the American Antiquarian Society, the publi...
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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Vol. VI (Nos. 1-3 & Thirteenth Annual Report for 1897-98)

By: (Anderson, James H.; Hinsdale, B.A.; et al)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Columbus, OH: Press of J. L. Trauger, 1898. : 1898.

Seller ID: 17258

Condition: Good

Columbus, OH: Press of J. L. Trauger, 1898.. 1898.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & the covers are bumped. xiii, [ii] & 441 & xxiii pp. The hinges are cracked; there is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper; there are a few pencil markings & the page edges are slightly darkened. Color & B&W frontispieces & B&W plates. Good. Among the contents are articles on the Ohio Indians, the history of popular education on the Western Reserve, the centennial of Jefferson county with a long piece on the pioneers of Jefferson County, and three ar...
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MENNESKER OG ANDER: 10 tegninger af Karale Andreassen.

By: (Andreassen, Karale). Bak, Ove.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Kobenhavn [Denmark]: Hernovs Forlag, 1980. : 1980.

Seller ID: 23896

Condition: Good

- Quarto [approximately 14 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover. The contents are laid into a white folding slipcase with a printed purple label on the front panel. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. A sheet of stock is folded once to form 4 sides [pictorial title, 2 pages of text and a colophon. Laid into this folded cover sheet are reproductions of 10 black-and-white drawings by Karale Andreassen. The edges of the pages are slightly darkened. There is scattered light foxing. Good. The title translates as "Human Beings and Spirits: 10 drawings by Karale Andreassen". The text,...
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A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON JAPAN IN ENGLISH

By: (Anesaki, Masaharu, Dr.; Chairman, The Committee on Bibliography)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations), (August 1934). : (August 1934).

Seller ID: 6872

Condition: Good

Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations), (August 1934).. (August 1934).. Good. - Small octavo, black wraps printed in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front wrap. Rubbed; head of spine chipped. Title, [1] leaf, 32 & [1] pp. Good.

A list of books in English on all aspects of Japanese history, culture and society.
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SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE. By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. With an introduction by Louis Untermeyer and with decorations made for this edition by Valenti Angelo.

By: (Angelo, Valenti). Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: The Heritage Press, (1948). : (1948).

Seller ID: 95202

Condition: Good

- Folio, 12-1/2 inches high by 9-3/8 inches wide. Light gray buckram titled in blue on the spine with the author's monogram in blue on the front cover. The book is housed in a red slipcase. The soiled slipcase is broken along two edges. The book's spine is darkened. [58] unnumbered pages, illustrated with pictorial and decorative initial letters in gilt, red & blue by Valenti Angelo. Very good in a good slipcase. Laid in is the 4-page The Heritage Club Sandglass which served as prospectus for the book.
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