BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
BIBLIO-GIFTABLES
“This Teaches Us . . . ”
Daskam, Josephine Dodge. Fables for the fair. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 8vo. vi, 125, [1] pp.
• Signed binding with unfortunately unidentifiable initials! Publisher's quarter brown cloth over paper-covered sides, printed pictorial paper front cover, spine with gilt-stamped title; cream-colored paper slightly darkened, with very minor rubbing over corners. (15006)
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Paperback! Pentecostal Hymnal (with Music) Date, Henry, ed. Pentecostal hymns no. 2. Chicago: Hope Publishing Co., [1900]. 8vo (9.9 cm, 3.9"). [2], 30,
[16], 31–[222] pp.
This “paperback” issue is VERY UNCOMMON, unlike the “hardback” printing.
• Publisher’s printed paper wrappers, lightly spotted, chipping over spine and with edge nicks; back wrapper with upper outer corner torn away just touching ornamental type border. Some corners dog-eared; one page with inkstain obscuring a few words and notes, pages otherwise clean.
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Hebrew Calligraphy David, Ismar. The Hebrew letter; calligraphic variations. Northvale, New Jersey & London: Jason Aronson Inc., 1990. 8vo. 86 pp., illus., 32 loose plates.
• Publisher's paperback. As-new condition in as-new box. (23181)
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Beautiful & Absorbing De Hamel, Christopher. A history of illuminated manuscripts. Boston: David R. Godine, 1986. Folio. 256 pp.
First American edition. The illustrations are different than those in the second and later editions, but the same as in the first English edition.
• Publisher's cloth with illustrated dust jacket. As new. (22335)
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"I wish she would writea
Jalna book a year for the rest of her life . . ."
De la Roche, Mazo. The building of Jalna. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1944. 8vo. [4] ff. 366 pp.• First U.S. edition, second printing, of this episode in Canadian writer De la Roche's multi-volume epic of Jalna. The front of the dust jacket bears Lee Thayer's colorful depiction of Adeline sitting on a large stump, with Capt. Whiteoak standing next to her gesturing at the construction of Jalna in 1850.
• Very good condition with a good+ dust jacket (small tears, price clipped from front flap).
A GREAT Little “Guide”!Delkin, James Ladd. Flavor of San Francisco: A Guide to “The City.” San Francisco: Recorder-Sunset Press, (copyright 1945). 4to. 128 pp.; illus\.
• Publisher's printed paper wrappers, gently faded (more so along the spine), spine extremities and one corner chipped. Front inside cover with personal “Ex Libris” stamp and handwritten name on the preprinted “Gift of” line; title-page verso with private collector's bookplate. A few pencilled notes on last page, pages otherwise clean. (20292)
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One for Tiny TotsDick, William B., ed. Dick's speeches for tiny tots containing a selection of pieces specially adapted for quite young and very small children. New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation[,] successor to Dick & Fitzgerald, n.d. [Š1895, but printed later]. 12mo. 90 pp., [3 (ads)] ff. 
• Publisher's pale blue wrappers printed in red. A fine copy. (7945)
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So: Is
the
Turk
Humorous, Pathetic, OR Both?!
Dick, William B., ed. Dick's recitations and readings No. 14. A carefully compiled selection of humorous, pathetic, eloquent, patriotic and sentimental pieces in poetry and prose, exclusively designed for recitation or reading. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers, ©1882. 12mo. 180 pp., [6 (ads)] ff.
• Ornate, polychromatic Victorian-era front wrapper. A later paste-over changes the price from 30 cents to 40 cents. Excellent condition.
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Dickens,
Charles. American notes for general circulation. Avon, Conn.: Made for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1975. Tall 8vo. Frontis., xiii, [3], 272, [2] pp.; 8 plts.
Click the interior images for enlargements. Binding: Quarter brown calf over grey-paper sides, with a gilt-stamped black leather title-label on the spine. The sides are decorated with line drawings by Houlihan in dark grey and framed in dark red. This is copy no. 1672 of 2000 printed, and is signed by the artist on the colophon.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 484. Binding as above, clean and unworn, in original glassine wrapper and slipcase; a streak of soiling to the latter; wrapper chipped at head of spine and with small edge tears. The club's monthly newsletter and mailing notice are not present. (21909)
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Pleasingly Bound & IllustratedDickinson, Emily. Letters of Emily Dickinson. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, [1931]. 8vo (22.4 cm, 8.75"). xxxi, [1] pp. [1] f., 457, [1 (blank)] pp.; 19 plts (incl. frontis.). 
• BAL 4685. Handsome green publisher’s cloth; front cover gilt-stamped with title at top and Indian Pipes in lower right corner: corners rubbed with a little loss of cloth. Some very shallow chipping on corners, and traces of soiling on edges and endpapers. An attractive book.
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Thomson's Illustrations — “Beau Brocade” Dobson, Austin. The ballad of Beau Brocade and other poems of the XVIIIth century. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1892. 8vo. Frontis., xiii, [3], 89, [3] pp.; 25 plts., illus. 
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• Publisher's cloth, front cover and spine decoratively gilt-stamped; spine, lower edges, and corners a touch rubbed. Top edge gilt. A few leaves and plates with waterstaining to lower outer corners, scattered spots of light foxing. (18409)
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Under-Rated?Donn-Byrne, [Brian Oswald]. Messer Marco Polo. New York: The Century Co., (copyright 1921). 12mo. [4 (3 blank)], frontis., [4 (1 blank)], 147, [5 (blank)] pp.; 4 plts\.
• Publisher's brown-orange cloth. Very good. (5734)
Photos by Theodor Klein — Handsome Covers Drinneberg, Erwin. Von Ceylon zum Himalaja, ein Reisebuch. Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, Wegweiser-verlag G. M. B. H., 1926. 12mo. 360 pp., map, illus.
Drinneberg acquired the photos while visiting his sister Valeska sometime before 1914; she was married to Klein. Drinneberg fails to mention the origin of the photos, leaving the impression that he had taken them himself!
• Publisher's quarter brown leather, boards covered with an Indian-inspired design of a central deity amidst surrounding geometric patterns and floral motifs: rather similar to a batik cloth. Attached ribbon placemarker. Very light waterstaining in some upper and lower margins. A nice copy. (23431)
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Printed D.C. 1901
— Purchased Y.T. 1907 Dunham, Samuel C. Goldsmith of Nome and other verse. Washington: Neale Publishing Co., 1901. 8vo. 80 pp.
• Publisher's cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title and landscape vignette, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding worn over extremities, with gilt showing some rubbing. Pages clean. (5701)
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