Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, Reprint, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 208 pages text followed by 44 plates in black & white & an additional 21 pages of architectural drawings. Frontis illustration, Santiago Cathedral, Spain 1078-c. 1145 in bw. Foldout maps in bw, tipped in. Light foxing to preliminary pages, endpapers & edges. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, The Saint Andrew Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 94 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine, minor wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket has some foxing on back, and fraying on corners and edges. Inside is bright and clean with b&w photographs throughout.
Softcover. Burlington, VT, Burlington Free Press Association, 1st, 1884, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages. Softcover pamphlet, stitch binding (loose). Tanning to covers and pages from significant age. Some very minor moisture staining to bottom of pages (see image). Very light (erasable) pencil in some places. Spine has been taped to secure stitch binding (see image). Previously exhibited at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (proprietary stamp to front cover). Booklet compiled to take a look at the considerable life of Swift, as well as an overview of his memorial service and sermon within.
Hardcover. Cleveland, Ohio, John P. Jewett and Company, 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, No author name given, but referred to as a "Pastor's Wife." 348 pages. Green cloth cover, embossed design, beveled edges. Cloth faded on spine, some wear to edges and corners. Some foxing on front and rear pages, very light foxing on some places throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf and title page. A nice copy.
Hardcover. SCOTLAND, Harmony, REPRINT, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate and signature on end paper. Color pictures. Cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front. one inch long abrasion on rear cover, top with tape repair to dust jacket on that spot. Otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with minor wear and light tanning to dust jacket.
Softcover. New York, Quick Fox, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, illustrated throughout n color and b&w. Foreword by Terence Cardinal Cooke, introduction by Brendan Gill. Light wear to pictorial stiff wrappers and spine, else a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages, plus b&w plates. Dark mauve cloth cover with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated endpapers, 4 b&w figures throughout text, 4 full page color plates, 161 b&w plates at end of text. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Sea Bright, Ploughshare Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 301 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Light foxing to top edge of dust jacket. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. New York, Panteon Bollingen Foundation Series, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages. Bollingen Series XLVIII. Tipped-in color plates, b/w images throughout, gilt titles and decoration on spine, gilt decoration on front board. Blue top edge lightly faded. Some wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean inside. Content: "...von Simson undertakes an interpretation of the Gothic cathedral as an image of supernatural reality".
Hardcover. Baltimore, Helicon Press, 1st Thus, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 525 pages. Some soiling on rear cover and rubbing along spine of dust jacket. Minor edge wear, particularly along spine. Small creases on front dust jacket flap and pages 391-394. Dust jacket protected by clear, plastic cover. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Notes and markings in pencil in Chapter 6. Good reading copy.
Hardcover. Canaan NH, Phoenix Publishing, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 147 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A shared history of the Old North Church and the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, which is housed in a plastic protective sleeve. Mild age toning to fore edge. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, First Edition, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers. Frontis illustration, Chateau of Beynac, on the Dordogne, in black & white, over 190 photographs throughout, beautifully presented to accompany text. Publisher's navy cloth boards with gilt illustration & gilt titles to cover & spine. Gilt is faded to spine edge. Tight copy, clean & unmarked with light, natural toning to edges as would be expected for its age. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, First Edition, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Wine boards with brick titles to cover & spine. Light toning throughout. Previous owner's stamp to front endpaper. Light wear to head & heel of spine. Clean & unmarked.
Hardcover. London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1st, 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Hardcover. Spine bound in red with gilt decoration. Covers show some foxing and a bit of soil. Pages show some age yellowing and slight foxing. Binding still quite tight. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf, dated August 1929. Previous bookstore price notation on back endpaper in pencil. Still in decent shape considering its age.
Hardcover. London, UK, Methuen & Co. Ltd., First Edition, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 243 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bright blue boards with embossed titles to cover & gilt titles to spine. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper. Garden & architectural plans as fold outs tipped in to rear. Dust jacket with heavy tanning to spine & edges and light wear to edges, however it is lovely to have the original dust jacket for the volume. Black & white illustrations, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st Edition, 1924, Book: Very Good, 325 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with fraying to board edges & spine. Gilt titles to cover & top edge. Full page, black & white photographs throughout. Previous owner's signature to front fly leaf and pages untrimmed. Foxing to preliminary pages and endpapers. Otherwise clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st thus, 1895, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 398 pages, 130 b&w illustrations by William Patten and others. Green cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and black and gilt design. Top edge gilt. Rough-cut pages. Edge wear to covers. Rear hinge and binding cracked. Else pages clean and crisp.
Hardcover. London, Henry Frowde, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 237 pages, b&w illustrations, blue cloth covers with white lettering. Gutter cracked at page 193, but binding is firm. Two small library stamps and a spine label which can be removed with patience.
hardcover. Vatican City, Vatican Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 121 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket. Several light bumps to boards top and bottom edges.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 531 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Some shelfwear to dust jacket. Price clipping to dust jacket inside flap. Otherwise tight copy.
Softcover. Washington, D.C., The Octagon, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Light blue stapled covers with monotone illustration, introduction by Richard T. Feller, foreword by Herbert E. Striner, 7 full page b&w plates, checklist of objects on loan from Washington Cathedral, glossary. Record # 806403
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