Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: Lucis Publishing Company, 1927. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.5 in., pp. xvii, 428. Blue-gray cloth boards with gilt title and flame symbol in gilt to front. Gilt title on black panel to spine. Shelfwear to edges with light scuffing to rear board. A hint of..... More
Sacramento, California USA: Jos. M. Anderson, 1910. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION. Not a reprint, Not a reproduction. This is the real deal, more than a century old. Small 8vo (7.75" x 5.25"), beige woven linen-covered boards, with a fabulous red and black graphic to front board, depicting..... More
Sacramento, California USA: Jos. M. Anderson, 1910. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION. Not a reprint, Not a reproduction. Small 8vo (7.75" x 5.25"), beige woven linen-covered boards, with a fabulous red and black graphic to front board, depicting a male and female harlequin (best guess). Pages 44 and..... More
Melbourne, Australia: Humphrey, Milford; Oxford University Press, 1936. Early reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. xviii, [2[, 164. Gray cloth boards with dark blue frame and publisher's design to front, and dark blue title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners peeping. Library number and light..... More
London, England: (Printed by C. and W. Galabin, Ingram-Court, for) W. Cadell and T. Davies, 1803. First Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. (21.5 x 13.0 cm. Contemporary butterscotch calf with diced russia central panels, surrounded by a border of repeating stamped "arch" patterns. Both boards bordered by gilt chain, and a double..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, c. 1904. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations to front board, and gilt title to spine. Corners nudged. Spine a wee bit sunned. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature and 1906 date in pencil to front free endpaper. Title..... More
Oceanside, California: The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1950. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Green clkoth-covered boards with elaborate gilt, black and red framed design to front. Gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Still very tightly bound. Bookseller's ticket (Metaphysical Town-Hall Bopok Shop, San Francisco) to bottom corner of front pastedown.Previous owner's name..... More
BEAS (Punjab), India: Sawan Service League, c. 1940s. Early Lithographic Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.75 in., pp. xl, 511. The copyright page says: "200 volumes of this work have been printed on light weight Bible paper"; this copy, however, at the bottom of the title page, says "This..... More
New York: Crowell Company, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth covers with red and gilt filigree design to (somewhat smudged) front board. Rubbing to extremities and nudged corners. Frontis photograph of Helen Keller in (graduating) board and gown. 76 pp. Bookplate of Philip Ranney Brooks ("Hys Booke") to front pastedown. Brooks..... More
London, England: Victor Gollancz, 1972. Third Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 124. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Touch of sunning to top edge of boards. Light spotting to fore-edge. Light age-toning to dustjacket, with price sticker at base of front flap. Protected in..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company (Printed by the Trow Press), 1906 (September). First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 6 5/8 in. by 4 1/8 in. Navy blue boards with bright gilt lettering to top and to spine. Top board ruled in blind. 76 pp. Orison Swett Marden(1848 to 1924) was the..... More
Portland, OR: Geo. H. Himes, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 730-1177. Contemporary half calf over dark brown pebbled cloth boards. Gilt title, bandlines and Freemason's symbol to spine. Rubbing to extremities; corners showing. Chips to tail of spine. Very light spotting to endpapers. Spine..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.1 in., pp. xiv, 178. Tan cloth boards with gilt moastic symbol to front. Gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Bottom front corner lightly nudged. Clean, unmarked interior. Edgewear to dustjacket with several closed..... More
New York: New Directions, 1965. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 8.25 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 159. White textured cloth boards with black bamboo stem to front, and black title to spine. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket, with a two small closed tears to top edge. Light sunning to..... More
Torrance, CA: Overeaters Anonymous Inc., 1993. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.6 in., pp. x, 211, [6]. Dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Unmarked and tight. Light edgewear to dustjacket. Protected in mylar. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943. Hardcover. 12mo., 6.8 in. x 4.8 in., pp. 340. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged. Missing frontispiece. Unmarked interior. The Srimad Bhagavatam is one of the most popular scriptures in India, and one of the..... More
New York: Paulist Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback, 8 in. x 5.4 in., pp. vi, 193, [3]. Signed by the author on the title page. Light age-toning to cover with rubbing to edges; thumbing to bottom front corner. Bookseller's sticker to rear cover. Clean interior. Laid in: Personal..... More
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., [1876] 1883. Later Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 7 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in brick red cloth boards with black leaf-and-frond border framing front board with elaborately-initialed lettering to front board. (The black design to front, is repeated on rear board) , but this time..... More
Amsterdam, Netherlands: H. Gartman and J.J. Schmidt, ca. 1813. Paperback. 12mo. Plain blue paper wrappers. 9 beautiful color illustrations. A book of virtues. Eight full-page hand-colored engraved illustrations in the text, and one smaller one, to text. 96 pp. More
Coulson Turnbull, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. SELF-PUBLISHED. Previous owner's label affixed to lower FPDEP. Sunning to spine. Spinecaps mildly worn and frayed. Board edges and corners lightly rubbed white. Corners bumped. A few pages with minor foxing. Several pages throughout text appear to have tiny ink-transfer marks, perhaps..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. xii, [2], 236. Blue-green cloth boards with underlined gilt author's name to front. Gilt tile with black horizontal line design to spine. Rubbing to extremities with several light moisture drop stains to front. Front corner..... More