Other. 23 Letters to P. T. Barnum ; A phenomenal collection of letters written to Phineas Taylor (P. T.) Barnum of showman and circus fame. Letters relate to asking for money/charity (many with a religious bent and some connected to deaths), often with a sense of desperation, or offering oddities.....
New York: Modern Library, 1926. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full cloth. Very Good dust jacket. Light edge wear to jacket with a chip to the front cover and spine of dj. Bound with decorated end papers. No markings to text. 8vo, 7 1/4"h x 5.....
London: Wyeth. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in green paper covered boards with decorated end papers. Bumps and edge wear to boards. Dedication copy with plate filled in on second front end page.. Interior is weakly toned throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. 8vo. 8 1/4"h.....
London: Basil Blackwell, 1932. Fourth Edition. Softcover. Very Good, bound in original pictorial wraps. Toning, edge wear including a few short tears, smudging, a few other blemishes to wraps. Foxing to interior. No markings to text. 8vo, 8 3/4"h x 7"w.
New York: Modern Library, Circa 1960. Modern Library Giant Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full cloth, with a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing and edge wear to jacket, including a few small chips and tears. No markings to text, binding strong. 8vo, 8 1/4"h x 5 3/4"w.
New York: 1939. First Edition Thus. Stapled wraps. Article Condition is Very Good. Text is clean and unmarked. Scarce, Printed for the Fifth International Congress for the Unity of Science, Harvard University, September 3-9, 1939.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages.
New York: 1939. First Edition Thus. Stapled wraps. Article Condition is Very Good. Text is clean and unmarked. Scarce, Printed for the Fifth International Congress for the Unity of Science, Harvard University, September 3-9, 1939.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 6 pages.
New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good+ in wraps. Minimal wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 263; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.70 inches; 287 pages.
London: John Gifford, 1980. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small blemish to front pastedown. Text is clean and unmarked. ; Pleasure & Investment Series; 9.20 X 6.20 X 0.70 inches; 172 pages.
Essex: F. Lewis Publishers Ltd., 1947. First Edition in this Format. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in red cloth covered boards with gilt titles; and a Good- price-clipped dust jacket. Chipping and a large piece missing from jacket at top of spine with significant edge wear, jacket presents.....
New York: Robert Abels Inc., circa 1960s. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial stapled wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Toning and foxing to interior. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 8 3/4"h x 5"w.
New York: Robert Abels Inc., circa 1960s. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial stapled wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Toning and foxing to interior. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 8 1/2"h x 5 1/2"w.
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Small blemish to front end page from sticker adhesive. Text is clean and unmarked. First Edition is stated. ; Icon editions; 9.10 X 6 X 1 inches; 190.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; bound in full navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, rubbing and edge wear to jacket. Interior is evenly toned throughout with areas.....
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full cloth with a Good dust jacket. A few longs tears to jacket, with some ink repair near tears. Owner name to title page. No markings to text, binding intact. Oblong 8vo, 8 1/4"h x 9 1/4"w.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 10.10 X 7.60 X 1.40 inches; 256 pages.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Foxing to page edges and sparsely to end papers. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8.53 X 5.65 X 0.72 inches; 139 pages.
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1970. First Edition in this Format. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in boards; housed in a Very Good slipcase. Small blemish to slipcase from vintage price sticker. Weak sunning to slipcase. Text is clean and unmarked; illustrated in color and b/w throughout. Laid-in Heritage Club.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Owner embossed stamp to title page. Toning and minor foxing to end papers. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
New York: Dover Publications, 1973. Vintage Copy. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good-, bound in original pictorial wraps. Creasing to front cover at top corner. Rubbing, foxing and edge wear to covers. Toning and foxing throughout interior. Text is unmarked. 8vo, 8 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w.
London: JR Books Ltd, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Crease to spine. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 9.06 X 6.14 X 1.18 inches; 288 pages.
Verlag Hans Huber Bern, 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Good-, bound in pictorial wraps. Damp staining to lower half of book with warping to pages. Loose binding. Toning and edge wear to covers. Small tear at bottom of spine. Previous owner inscription on front end page.....
Jerusalem: Good Times Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 4to. 10 1/2"h x 8 1/4"w; 56 pages.
Cambridge: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. A few weak blemishes to jacket edges. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 9.10 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 384 pages.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean throughout. ; 9.21 X 6.46 X 1.81 inches; 516 pages.