Rare Books

Enjoy a piece of History with our rare and out of print book sources.

The Works of Charles Dickens, National Library Edition, 20 vol. set #366 of 1,000.  Set of 20 hardbacks, no print date, covers have water spots, some fraying on edges, text clean, some spotting on outside edges of pages, color plates at title pages, black and white illustrations scattered in text by George Cruckshank.  Shipping will be what the post office charges.  $400.00

 

The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine.  1832 Part I.  London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley.  Leather spine missing notch at bottom, has a split up center then a crease, gold print a little faded, marbled cover scuffed, edges rubbed, owner tag inside front has interesting device and the number 1252 written, pages have spotting (foxing), text clean, binding tight.  $200.00

Index to Cram’s Unrivaled Map of the United States, Showing the Names of Counties, Cities and Towns, Their Location and Population.  George F, Cram, publisher.  no print date but around 1880.  Brown cover with black print is spotted, text clear on front, spine ends and corners frayed, spine a little cracked inside covers, text clean, lists of states, counties, index to map, towns and populations.  No map.  $60.00

Captain Bayley’s Heir.  G. A. Henty, Illustrated by H. M. Paget.  M. A. Donohue & Co. publisher, no print date.  Dull green cover with illustration on front, some spotting on cover and rubbed edges, front says “Henty Series”. owner name inside front, text clean, pages yellowed, binding tight.  $12.00

Nature Study Readers V Harold’s Discussions.  John W. Troeger and Edna Beatrice Troeger.  D. Appleton and Co., 1902.  Illustrated cover in good shape, spine ends, corners, and back bottom edge frayed, spine cracked at title page, text clean, pages a little yellowed.  $20.00

What’s Cooking in Cordoba, Recopilado por las Damas de Kaiser, Editora Shirley Flood, printed in Argentina 1967 Ika’s Graphic Arts Dept.  Hardback with dust jacket in plastic wrap, jacket has tears along edges, notches missing, book has rubbed edges, text clean.  This is an interesting book; it is an English/Spanish text, the even number page is in Spanish and the odd number is in English.  Artichokes with Croutons is Alcauciles con Croutones, Biship’s “Brot” (Viennese style tea loaf) is Bishop’s Brot (Budin ingles a la Vienesa) etc.  The Publis Relations, Office Services, and Publitions Departaments of Industrias Kaiser Argentina is acknowledged, which is an auto company affiliated with Kaiser Motors of the U.S.  $100.00

Hot Summer.  Oscar Graeve.  Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1933.  Hardback with no dust jacket, faded orange cover with clear black print has light water mark on front and dark spine, spine ends and corners frayed, ex-library book has the book description from the dust jacket glued inside front, pages a little yellowed, text clean.  $20.00

Sermons, Letters and Lectures.  B. F. Lawler.  St. Louis Baptist Publishing Co., no print date.  Hardback has brown cover with embossed designs on front and back and gold print on spine, spine ends and corners frayed, light water marks on back, pages a little yellowed, text clean, binding tight.  $40.00

Rustlers’ Range.  William Heuman.  Arcadia House, 1958.  Hardback with no dust jacket, has light wear, store stamp on bottom outside edges of pages and inside covers, first page has been cut out, text clean, binding tight.  $20.00

Lectura Infantil Libro Primero (Luis y Ana).  Jose Gonzalez Ginorio.  D. C. Heath y Compania, 1916.  This old text book has no dust jacket, illustrated front cover, spine ends and corners frayed, owner name inside front, text clean, binding tight.  Text has black and white and colored illustrations.  $10.00

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments.  Oxford, 1867.  Pocket size book with black embossed cover, gold print on spine, tears along spine, rubbed edges, text completely loose from cover but no loose pages, gold on outside edges of pages, presentation note written inside front cover dated 1868.  $40.00

Strange Paradise.  Maurice E. Miller.  Novel Books, Inc., 1965.  Paperback has general wear, pages a little yellowed, text clean $20.00

Adventure for Lisa.  Bennie C. Hall. Arcadia House, 1964.  Ex-library hardback has dust jacket in plastic wrap, book has rubbed edges, clean text.  $20.00

Meet Lana Cantrell sheet music for piano.  Chappell & Co., 1967.  Cover has rubbed edges, crease on back, text clean  $20.00

Levitical Writings.  Aaronic Order, 1978.  Plastic spiral bound book has broken spiral ring, blue plastic cover has light wear, text clean.  $50.00

Strategic International Management.  K. Praveen Parboteeah, John B. Cullen.  International 5th Edition.  South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011.  Cover has wear, text clean.  $100.00

 

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