Scribner Book Store David a Randall (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. No date, post-1937 - text. (67) pages. 293 lots. 9 x 6", decorated paper boards, plain dj. First 3 American novels, Cooper's copy of Prairie, dedication copy of Mardi, Twain, Cable, James, Kent manuscripts, Crane & Alcott correspondence, Crane, Hemingway, Holmes, Lanier, Longfellow, Melville, Twain presentation copies. Dj soiled, worn, short tear, VG/fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No date, ca 1938? (102) pages, 3 'Memoranda' leaves. 50 halftones. 10.75 x 7.25", black & embossed gold cloth, no dj. Browning, Pauline, Bach, Beethoven, Boyle, Browning, Bryant, Carroll, Cook, Copernicus, Federalist, Irving, Jacobs, Monkey's Paw, Kipling, Jungle Book, Aereopagitica, Mozart, Haffner, Poe, Smith, Handley Cross, Thackeray, Trollope, Twain, Washington, Mary Webb, Poems, Emma Willard, &c. Cover worn, corner damped, affecting endsheets, text G/none.

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. Good condition. Light cover soil. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NO chips. NO tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937. SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 114. There are a total of 410 items described, several with useful annotations. Bound in the original printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Good condition. 29pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. An unusually nice copy. Very Good condition, but for minor sun-darkening to the edges of the original wraps. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NO chips. NO creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked, albeit just a little age-toned (as usual). NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937? SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 105 -- a pioneering bookseller's catalog of early American popular music. Prepared with the assistance of Joseph Muller of the New York Public Library's Music Department and author of BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY'S THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. There are a total of 437 items described, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. Unpaged (but 72 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Good+ condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. Original wraps are in good condition with light cover soil. Internal condition is FINE. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937. SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 109. There are a total of 231 items described, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original blue, gray and yellow printed wraps. 6.25" wide by 9.5" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Good+ condition. Unpaged (but 62 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. no date (but 1937 or later). 6" wide by 9" tall. A few cover spots. Light foxing. Original printed wraps. No underlining. No margin notes. Book catalogue with 1,342 items. Laid-in this copy is a customer-reply envelope, with the printed address of Mr. David A. Randall, at the Scribner Book Store on Fifth Avenue in New York. In his book, Dukedom Large Enough, Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer, Randall devotes a 30-page chapter to the various Scribner's Catalogues. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 87pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1938. Very Good condition. NO chips. NO tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1938. First Edition. SCRIBNERS PRESENT AMERICANA VOYAGES AND OTHER RARE BOOKS FROM THE STOCK OF HENRY STEVENS, SON & STILES OF LONDON. This 60-page priced booksellers' catalog has a total of 150 items described, most with useful annotations. At the end is a 6-page listing of bibliographical, historical and geographical works published by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. Bound in the original cream-color printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. (ii), 58pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1935. Near Very Good condition (a few dog-earred pages, and "102" penciled on front wrap). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1935. First Edition. A CATALOGUE OF FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS IN THEIR EARLIEST APPEARANCES : SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 102. [NOTE: This is catalogue #102, the first edition published in 1935, and should not be confused with Scribner's catalogue 139 which has the same title but did not appear until 1954.] Two-page introduction, unsigned, but probably by the legendary antiquarian bookseller David Randall: "The present catalogue is an attempt to present a new path in book collecting." Described here are the first appearances in print of famous phrases such as: "If at first you don't succeed," "My candle burns at both ends," "Mary had a little lamb," "The lips that touch liquor must never touch mine," Rock of ages," "Tweedle-dum and "tweedle-dee;" etc. Although the entries are unnumbered, there are approximately 140 items described (1 per page), most with useful annotations. Bound in the original two-tone blue printed wraps. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Unpaged (but 144 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.