Rare books from Adamstown Books

Staten Island NY: Francis Cardamone, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Centennial Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled softcover. Facsimile reprint of an article that first appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. LXVI, No. 396, May 1883. Includes all the illustrations from the original article. Issued in this booklet format in 1983. Also includes one U.S. Po stage Stamp issued in 1983 commemorating 100 years of the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City with post mark dated Oct. 7, 1983. Stamp is pasted to title page with postmark beside it. Book Condition : Very Good; pages are clean and bright with no markings, no tears, some light top corner tip bends. Cover has light edge wear and a few tiny spots to front. Rear has a small light stain and price sticker remnant at bottom left. a.

Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1929. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Probable First. Brown wraps, small stapled softcover, 36 pp, unillustrated. A Paramount Line Publication published by Meyer & Brother, 1929. Three plays and three pageants selected as especially fitting and delightful the Christmas program." Plays: The Spirit of Christmas by Howard Hawthorne & Howard - Christmas of Olden Times by Grace Welsh Lutgen - Christmas Helpers by Pearl Holloway. Pageants: Tiding of Joy by Emily Donaghy - Visions of the Guiding Star by Emily Donaghy - And it was Noised Abroad by Pearl Holloway. Condition: Good.

Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Quite rare. An all-Russian book, published in 1986 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the "Academicheskaya Dacha," which opened in 1884 as a place of summer practice for poor students of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Features artwork from a collection of work produced by dacha artists. Profusely illustrated in lovely color plates, the works of many artists are arranged largely in chronological order. The subjects are stunning landscapes and the Russian countryside, as well as people and families involved in the basic activities of life - work, play, eating, and family gatherings. 232 pp. Book condition: Very good. Book has been well protected in its slipcase, cloth binding very good, pages unmarked. Slipcase: Good, some nicks to the printed paper mounted on the slipcase boards, binding has tears at several corners, but is secure and looks generally good..

Fairbanks, Alaska: A Carlson Creation, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. Probable First. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by most of the members of the Carlson Family and the illustrator inside front cover. Oblong tan side-stapled softcover. Condition: Good; no text marks; page tip creasing; light soling / aging, light creasing, and some edge wear to covers. The true story of young Zack Carlson and an orphaned moose in Alaskan wilderness. Handwritten text and drawings by 'Blueberry" Cherie Carlson. .

United Kingdom: Mattel UK Ltd., 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Probable First. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Navy blue softcover with color illustration. 63 pages. Exhibition catalog published by Mattel UK Ltd. on behalf of the Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson Collection of American dolls exhibit circulating throughout Great Britain in 1986. Condition: Clean and unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover has scuffing and edge wear. ISBN: 1851770674. Paperback.

Lancaster PA: Lancaster Museum of Art, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Exhibition catalog featuring the narrative paintings of Don Perlis, member of the 22 Realists. Lancaster Art Museum (PA) 2011. Color-illustrated wraps, c. 38 pp. with 29 color plates. Includes an essay by F. Murray Abraham, the actor has been a fan of Perlis' work. Several plates in this catalog are theatrical in nature - Abraham as King Lear, Abraham in Angels in America, and operatic settings - La Traviatta, La Tosca, and more. Others are nudes, cityscapes, interiors. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; covers have light shelf wear to edges..

Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1960. Book. Very Good Minus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). N/A. 12mo up to 7½" tall. Golden yellow wraps, [18] pp., 15 B&W illustrations. 12mo up to 7½" tall. Catalog of the exhibition held at Evers on Museum of Art April 21 thru May 29, 1960. 160 items described including a selection of Japanese ceramic art, many pictured. Pages are clean and bright, unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover has shelf wear, light streak where pencilling was erased along top front edge. Small softcover. Paperback.