101 Diamonds: From the Oral Tradition of the Glorious Messenger Muhammad
New York: Pir Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (crown). White soft cover, lettered in pink, 163pp, More
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Aforismes Catalans. Utils a Tota Clase De Personas
Manresa: Imprenta y Llibreria Pau Roca, 1864. Soft cover. 3" x 6.6" Catalan. Blue paper wraps, sewn binding. Slim, small 8vo. 24 p.p. Unopened at head. Wraps have detached from binding. Wraps discoloured and chipped at edges. Ink annotation to foot of front cover. More
Nueva Biblioteca de La Risa Por Una Sociedad de Literatos de Buen Humor...
New York: D. Appelton Y Compania, 1873. Hardcover. 12mo. Original red cloth, spine decorated in gilt with gilt caricature of a devil dipping a quill into an inkwell. 496 pp., [8] ads. Ownership signature on f.f.e.p., light browning to leaves, some uncut pages, light fading to boards, rubbing along spine..... More
Beautiful Thoughts, Arranged By Philip W. Wilson
New York: James Pott & Co, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Bound in green cloth with decorative gilt boarder on front board with portrait of Carlyle in center. 320 p.p., 1 p.p. ads. Light rubbing on spine with small grey spot on rear board. Some stains on fore-edge. Top edges..... More
My Symphony and Golden Thoughts from Roosevelt, Ruskin, Brooks, Avebury, Dickens, Wood, Hume
New York: Barse & Hopkins. Soft cover. 16mo. [ca. 1910s] Brown suede screw-post binding, gilt cartouche on upper front cover, brown chord and two studs, rust brown moire endpapers, [27pp], original color frontispiece tipped-in, title-page lettered in red and black within decorative boarders, light foxing, some soiling and rubbing to..... More
The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, With a Translation into Latin, and English
Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Facsimile. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. This is copy no. 20967 from the library of Dr. Barry Gayle. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in..... More
Scotland's Year Book
Scotland Congregational Church, 1904. Soft cover. 6" x 9.5" Orig. grey card wraps. Bound at head with glue and punched with string. Unpaginated, [58 pp.]. Age toning to extremities. A collection of "one a day" quotes and short poetry passages. Printed in 1904 but not specifically dated to any calendar..... More
A Truthtelling Manual and the Art of Worldly Wisdom: Being a collection of aphorisms which appear in the works of Baltasar Gracian of the Company of Jesus, and Reader in Holy Scripture in the College of Tarragona immediately translated for the understanding from a 1653 Spanish text
Springfield-Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1935. Hardcover. 32mo. Tan boards, 305pp, title page and text lettered in red and black, tipped in frontispiece,pg. 304 small tear repaired with archival tape, light wear and spotting on boards, portion of original d/w affixed on front and rear boards. Near Fine. Baltasar Gracián y...... More
A Quart of Oysters, and other Bon Mots of Bon Homme Richard
New York: Privately Printed, 1972. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. yellow paper boards. 55 pp. Woodcut illustrations and decorative initials by John De Pol. Fine. This is a small but highly selective collection of Franklin's writings. They are filled with wry observations, dry humor, devastating hoaxing, inventive bamboozling; reverence where Godliness and..... More
The Auto Guest Book, Being the Maxims of Punbad the Railer Ga Raja of the Punjob, Vice Roysterer of Notsopoor. Rendered into the Vernacular and Highly Decorated
San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 5.5" x 7.5" Orig. tan cloth, printed paper onlay to front board. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaged, [~130 pp.]. Imperfection to cloth at foot of front board, else fine. More
From Me to You: A Gift of Friendly Thoughts
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co., 1911. Soft cover. 18mo. Thirteenth Edition. Thick decorative paper wrappers with silver ribbon stitch binding with three hole punches, 64pp, endpapers, textblock smudged, with soiling on covers, extremities, but very good, in original decorated publisher's box. Quotes, sayings and poems spoken on and about friendship..... More
Canadian Quotations and Phrases, Literary and Historical
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full navy cloth. Spine cocked, some foxing to cloth, worse at tail edges. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, chipped to spine head, some edge wear and short tears, toned and stained to rear cover. This book comprises the first collection..... More
The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. blue paper. x, 514 pp. Light white scuffing to rear board, spine creased. Gift inscription to ffep. Rear hinge cracked. Dust jacket sunned to spine, lightly bumped to edges. More
Pictures and Other Passages from Henry James. Selected by Ruth Head.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Hardcover. Grey cloth spine, paper spine label over black and white spotted boards, ix, 133pp. Small dent on lower front board, wear on edges otherwise very good. Observations and quotes from Henry James on life, art, and the human experience. More
The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1865. Hardcover. 16mo. Original green cloth boards with gilt illustration stamped on front cover. T.e.g. viii, 389 p.p., with [8] p.p. ads. Frontispiece vignette by Charles Keene. Features over one thousand humorous sayings, anecdotes, and epigrams. Name plate of Frank M. Hosier on front pastedown, and..... More
Women in Epigram: Flashes of Wit, Wisdom, and Satire from the World's Literature
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Scarce. Orig. brown cloth. 214 pp. Spine sunned, patches of wear to cloth. Ink ownership inscription, bookplate of Lt. Col. V.S.M. de Guinzberg. Cracking to inner hinge at half-title and t.p. Some light marginalia. More
Mark Twain and the Government
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. beige cloth, 146pp. A small bump to foot of spine, o/w near fine in a very good but soiled d/w, with tears to jackets edges and extremities. A collection of quotes from Mark Twain on Americanism, Government, Morals..... More
The Rule of Life: in Select Sentences, Collected from the greatest Authors, Antient and Modern
London: Printed and Sold by S. Austen, 1742. Hardcover. 18mo. Previously rebound in marbled paper, contemporary leather and gilt spine label laid down. xi, 335. Light damp staining to top and fore edges, heavier to last 10 pp. of text. Ink owner inscription to ffep. Early ownership quotes to p...... More
When All is Sun Within
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1913. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Thread sewn tan pictorial wrappers lettered in green, 64pp. Gift inscription on front inner wrapper; some rubbing and bumping on bottom edges, else near fine. Poems, quotes, proverbs, sayings, and more for everyday..... More
Prenticeana; Or, Wit and Humor in Paragraphs
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1860. Hardcover. 12mo (large). Full brown pebbled cloth, blind stamped panel decoration to boards, gilt lettering to upper spine and front board. iv, 5 - 306 pp plus [6] ads. Rubbing to spine ends. Very light foxing throughout. Pencil ownerships inscription to ffep. Near Fine..... More
Immortality
New York: Barse and Hopkins. Soft cover. 3.75" x 7.25" [N.d., ca. 1910s] Original printed card wraps, cord binding. Unpaginated. Colour frontis tipped in. Short tear to head of front joint, bumping and darkening to extremities, a few damp stains. More
Home and Home Loves
Salem, Mass. Samuel Edson Cassino, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. light blue cloth. 109 pp. B&W frontis. Roughly cut edges. Some light soiling to cloth, bumping to spine ends. Light wear to corners. A few light damp stains to front, pink stains to rear. Ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. A...... More
Nectar in a Nutshell: An Anthology of Wit and Wisdom
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1944. Hardcover. 32mo. Third impression. Stiffened card boards. 112 pp. Covers age toned, soiling to rear, wear to joints and spine ends. Spine tilted. Foxing to edges of text block. More
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