Norwalk: Easton Press, 1988. Edited by Oscar Handlin. Illustrated. 8vo, full black leather with ornately gilt binding, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1988). Minor paper damage on blank flyleaf from removed price sticker, else a fine copy. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. More
London: Heinemann, 1898. 88 full page mezzotints with tissue guards by Felix Schmidt and Anders Montan. Tall 4to, light green cloth, extremities rubbed. Ex-library copy with perforation on title page, faint inked numbers on spine and small label on inside rear cover. London: William Heinemann, 1898. A very good(-) copy. More
Albany: 1831. Reports of Committees. On the Product and Manufacture of Iron and Steel. 32pp. (Bound with): Proceedings of a Convention of Iron Workers, Held at Albany, N. Y. , on the 12th day of Dec., 1849. 58, (2)pp. 8vo, modern red cloth, light foxing, a few pages slightly underlined in pencil. (New York) and Albany, 1831, 1849. First Editions. More
London: Routledge, 1957. Numerous black & white illustrations. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Routledge, (1957). First Edition. A fine copy in a chipped dust jacket. More
1922. Exceptional heavy stock sepia matte finish photo measuring 12.5 x 9.5 inches. This shoulder-up image of the famed industrialist, photographed at Jollet studios, is inscribed: "To Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. with sincere regards, C.M. Schwab, July 10th 1922." Mild erosion at the top corners (which remain intact) due to a previous framing. There is also a one-inch chip at the lower left-hand margin, with the piece having been reinserted like a jigsaw puzzle. It is far from the image and..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1920. By the Commission of Inquiry, the Interchurch World Movement. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1920. vg. More
8vo, cloth, chipped d.w. Ohio St. UP, (1969). More
B/w illus., 297pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; (d.w. waterstained in back bottom corner). New York: Harper & Row, (1965). First Edition. Very good with a damaged d.w. More
I usually receive my packages as soon as delivered. However, this one had quite a night outside in a snow storm. Thanks to the extra care in packaging and double layer of wrapping cardboard and plastic bag, the book survived in pristine condition.... It sat in a three foot snow drift pounded by snow plows, in minus 25Temps overnight and was discovered this afternoon, the top of the package peeking out of the drift. If not for the attention to packaging and packing materials, this book would have been destroyed. Please let the people who package our treasures know that they make a difference. Whether in person or mail order, you folks rock. Best wishes from the (damned) frozen Adirondacks...
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