Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. New and Improved Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.6 in. x 4.8 in., pp. 359. Dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Ribbing to extremities. Corners showing. Pages 1-8 offer publisher's advertising. Dark dime-sized ink stains to preliminary pages. Light vertical tideline through page..... More
Sausalito, California: Angel Island Publlications, Inc., 1958. Softcover. First issue of a seminal literary quarterly. Card covers (9 in. x 6 in.) with black and white photograph of a child staring at a fierce looking fish, who is staring back at her. Sewn signatures. Minor shelfwear and a small crease..... More
Chicago, IL: The Mother's Aid / Chicago Lying-In Hospital / University of Chicago, 1943 and 1946. Joan Ransom. Hardcover. TWO separate blank, unused nostalgic parenting icons, from the 1940's: First Book: 1) OUR BABY'S FIRST SEVEN YEARS: A BABY RECORD BOOK INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC CHARTS WHICH WILL PROVE OF PRACTICAL SERVICE..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868. Leather-bound. Quarto. Recent re-binding in plush deerskin with contrasting black labels, lettered in gilt, affixed to spine. Marbled endpapers. New front free endpapers. Sunning to spine. A very few light smudges and tiny blems to deerskin - hardly noticeable. Stowe's thesis is that "the..... More
Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with silver (now partially faded to white) four-gearwheel design to front board. White ring-stain to rear board. Gilt letting to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Rear hinge started (mull showing) and loose, but holding well. Small bookseller's ticket..... More