London: Daily Express. Hardcover. [nd], ca 1940. 128 pages. Red paper covered boards, fold out color maps. Small closed tear to bottom spine tip. Very faint staining to covers. Text and maps clean and bright.
Gall & Inglis. Paperback. [nd], ca 1900. Sheet 19 of a 62-sheet road map of England and Wales. This segment including parts of Berkshire, Southampton. In wraps, scuffed and edgworn. Map is whole, but with numerous small closed tears along fold lines. Small highlighting arrows to bottom and right margins;.....
The J. K. Gill Company, Portland, 1911. Folded in original wraps, with titles at front, and stamped address on back. Wraps browned, creased, edgeworn, with tiny closed tears at edges. Map very lightly toned, lightly edgeworn including corner creasing or crinkling, and tiny closed tears which do not extend far.....
Thomas Hollins. Hardcover. [nd], ca 1885. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, with fraying to edges including minor loss at spine tips and fore-edge corners. Binding cracked at front inner hinge, with the front panel and spine backing beginning to lift from textblock; binding else intact, and sound through.....
The Albertype Co. / A. Whittemann, 1890. Hardcover. Souvenir book on Niagara Falls. Teal cloth with gilt titles, decoration in black. Cloth edgeworn, with light age-soil. Thread binding secure. Prior owner's name inked at front paste down. Interior else clean and unmarked. With foldout map present at inside back cover.....
Edward Stanford, London, 1903. Hardcover. [nd]. Cloth-backed accordion map in slipcase. 3rd edition. Sheet 286. Cloth toned, lightly foxed, clean and else unmarked.
Edward Stanford, London, 1904. Hardcover. [nd]. Cloth-backed accordion map in slipcase. 3rd edition. Sheet 268. Cloth toned, lightly foxed, clean and else unmarked.
Hardcover. Red boards. B/w travel photos on page which can be folded up accordian-style, or folded out to one long page. Rubbing, edgewear on boards; some fading on edges; few small tears on spine. Photos clean; sound binding. . Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in.....
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1925. Paperback. 80pp, stiff wraps covered with red cloth. Illustrated Guide Book circa 1925. Foldout maps. Spine creased and faded. One foldout map has small tear, edgewear. Previous owner's name. Overall book is bright. Text, maps and illustrations clean & unmarked. . Size: 12mo -.....
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Hardcover. sections paged separately. c. 1933-34. red cloth over boards. profusely illustrated. fold-out maps. light dampstaining/fading on cover. light foxing on edges. otherwise clean and unmarked. an attractive volume. Tenth Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in tall...
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Hardcover. no date. 128 pages plus advertisements. red cloth over flexible boards. rounded corners. illustrations and foldout maps. previous owner's name inside front cover (dated 1932). rear board cracked on inside. pencil notes in text. illustrations clean. no ink markings in text. an attractive copy.....
Libraria Carlo Pratesi. Hardcover. Photo book of Florence, Italy. Approximately 30 b/w images. The photos are in beautiful shape, but the binding is compromised. Text in Italian. Undated, early to mid 20th century. Spine split at front hinge, lifting from spine backing. Raised decoration to front and back boards, with.....
Edizione Riservata. Hardcover. 30 black and white images (some photographs, some reproductions of paintings) of Rome, bound accordion-style in pictorial boards with very beautiful red, green, and blue borders in raised relief. No date, but 1930s at the earliest (as one of the photos is of 'Mussolini's Forum'). The boards.....
Albert Goldschmidt, 1912. Hardcover. Foldout maps throughout, with the one for the pocket at inside back cover present. Cloth very good with light shelf-wear and edgewear. Binding sound. Foxed; pencil markings to map pocket; else clean.
Yamagata Press, 1950. Paperback. Combined edition. Flexible cloth wraps in dust jacket. Cloth very good with points of rubbing to corners, sticker ghosts about 1-in from fore-edge at top and bottom edges of both panels. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn, with dampstaining at spine foot. DJ protected in Mylar. Prior owner's.....
T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration, decorative borders in blind. Cloth rubbed, lightly edgeworn, a little dulled to spine; gilt sharp and clear. Spine square. There is about a half-inch tear to front hinge, and very minor starts to rear hinge at tips;.....
The Macmillan Co., 1961. Paperback. 192 pages. Red pebbled leather wraps with heraldry shields and titling stamped in dulled gilt. Typical light age-soil. Pages are clean, a little tanned. Maps are bright. Sound binding. Size: 16mo - over 5 3/4 in - 6 3/4 in Tall. Year: 1961.
C. Smith & Son, Charing Cross, London. Hardcover. [nd]. From a series of publications of maps of England - sheet 8, including Cheshire and surrounding areas. Cloth-backed. Light wear, with a few small closed tears to cloth, still intact. C. Smith & Son rubber-stamped to bottom margin of map, else.....
W. H. & Son, London. Hardcover. [nd]. No. 79 from a series of 96 publications of maps of England - this sheet includes Leicester, Warwick, Northampton. Cloth-backed. Light wear, map clean and intact.
Putnam, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 248 pages. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, clean and bright with light edgewear, points of rubbing to corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dusty top edge. Dust jacket tattered with heavy edgewear, large chips from spine ends, and with front inner flap fully split.....
P. Chaumas, 1872. Hardcover. 319 pp. French-language grammar of the Spanish language. Heavy rubbing, edgewear on boards. Endpapers fairly yellowed; pages have yellowing, foxing on edges. Sound binding. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1872.
Toppan Press, 1949. Hardcover. Fourteen staplebound pamphlets in fold-out cloth boards. Cloth lightly worn, with faint staining. Title plate crisp and bright. Closures intact and strong. Interior has three paste downs, including a central table of contents, and the author's introduction split between the first and last, with publication information.....
San Mateo Historical Association, 1969. Hardcover. No dust jacket; cloth boards are protected by an after market plastic cover. The boards are clean and straight, with light bumping to the corners, some fading to the spine, and light bumping top and bottom of spine. Interior text block is straight and.....
D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing with (1) at page 317. Brown cloth with gold titling and decoration, good with light soil and edgewear, sunned to spine. No jacket. Spine square. Binding sound. Decorative endsheets. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked. With illustrations by Grant Reynard.
L. C. Page, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first impression, October 1929. Beige cloth with blue and gilt titling and decoration, good; cloth a little grubby, light general edgewear, points of fraying to top fore-edge corners. Gilt sharp and bright. Spine square. Front inner hinge starting; binding sound. Pages toned.....