Search Results: Authors starting with I from Old Bookshelf

New York: New York University Press, 1955. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Cover and contents are clean and unworn, slight offsetting to endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is slightl darkened and spine is partially faded. Translation by Eva Le Galleinne.

New York: New York University Press, 1955. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 202pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Book is unworn, clean and sound inside and out, Unclipped dust jacket is mildly age-darkened. Translated by Eva Le Galliene. Errata slip tipped-in on last page of text.

New York: Mercantile Illustrating Company, 1895. Soft cover. Good. Oblong 4to. 122pp + index. Ecru stiff wraps, gilt an dbrown lettering and decoration, red string tied. Covers soiled, corners and spine chipped and loose, binding is holding firmly. Contents are age toned and title page has a clean corner tear, text is otherwise unmarked. Wonderful period photos of prominent sites and indexed business listings with descriptions of each business.

New Orleans, Louisiana: Guest Informant, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 119p. Spiral bound pictorial hard cover. Light shelfwear to covers, contents show very slight darkening to a few margins. Information for visitors on dining, shopping, entertainment, cultural events, with numerous local ads.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1864. Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 256pp. Marroon leather, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, gilt filleting, gilt dentelles, marroon marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Small patches of wear to corners and spine ends, some wear to joints, contents age-toned, small bookseller label on front pastedown, inscription dated March 1865 on front free endpaper. A compilation of the author's poems in a very handsomel leather binding.

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1880. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 526pp. Covers edgeworn, spine ends chipped, foxing to first and last few pages, rest of text quite clean, mildly toned, crease and short tear to front endpaper repaired, binding is tight.

Dearborn, Michigan: Edison Institute, 1933. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 12pp +4pp addenda. Stapled brochure printed in blue. Very ight soil to cover, contents very clean. Description of the Edison Laboratory with photos of Edison at work and photos of some of his inventions.

Moscow: Intourist. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68pp. No date, circa 1930s. Tan stiff wraps, green, red, and gilt lettering and decoration. Light soil to covers, chipping to spine, contents are clean and binding is sturdy. Travel brochure extolling the virtues of the Soviet Union before World War II.

New York: James B. Millar & Co., 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 387, 137pp. Green cloth, paper spine label, top edge gilt. Spine ends lightly chpped, boards are sound, contents age-toned, binding is tight, former owner's name faintingly written on front free endpaper. Two separate works by Irving bound in one volume.

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. M.L. Blumenthal. 83pp. Grey boards, paste-on illustration, illustrated endpapers. Moderate dampstaining and soil to boards, text is age-toned but clean, small bookseller label on rear pastedown. Satirical account of President Theodore Roosvelt told in the style of the Odyssey.