rare book catalog 2012 - Weller Book Works

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60. Whymper, Edward. Travels Amongst The Great Andes Of The Equator. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 1st American edition. 456 pages. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt title and black & silver vignette on the front cover. Very good with lightly rubbed extremities and cosmetic cracking to endsheets at hinges. The former owner's name is written in ink on the flyleaf. Numerous in column black and white illustrations, 20 full page and four maps. A very clean, bright and tightly bound copy. RWHYTRA00bc $400 59. Williams, Gardner F. The Diamond Mines of South Africa. 2 volumes. New York: B. F. Buck, 1905. 1st American edition. 359, 353 pages. Large octavo. Broad 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilded edges. Spines are elaborately gilded. Very good with gently faded backstrips that have small darker rectangles near bottoms of spines from small labels. Edges are lightly rubbed and bumped. Both front free endsheets and the rear free endsheet of volume I are missing. Front pastedowns each have a bookplate from a previous owner and the flyleaves are inscribed by him. Very clean internally. Thickly illustrated. Very attractive. RWILDIA00tw $550 18
Juvenile 61. Baum, L. Frank and Robert Sabuda. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. A Commemorative Pop-up. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. 1st edition. Quarto. Color pictorial boards. New, in fine condition. Still in original publishers cellophane wrapper with publisher’s marketing insert. A truly amazing feat of pop-up engineering. RBAUWON01jn $65 62. Brooks, Elbridge S. The True Story of Christopher Columbus Called the Great Admiral. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1892. 187 pages. 4to. Yellow cloth lettered and pictorially stamped in black and red. In very good condition with lightly bumped corners and subtle soiling. Profuselyillustrated. Very bright and solid. Never a reckless owner. Sharp copy RBROTRU00tw $50 63. Gray, William, et al. The New Our New Friends: The 1956 Edition - A Dick and Jane...and Sally and Spot reader. Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1956. 192 pages. 8vo. Orange, brown and red pictorial cloth. Very good with lightly rubbed corners and a very faint “canceled” ink-stamp on front cover. Apparently an unused school copy with school name and check out form on the front pastedown but no indication of use. Very clean. RGRANEW00tw $40 64. Gruelle, Johnny. Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes. Joliet, IL: Volland Co., 1928. 94 pages. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with color pictorial paper boards. In near fine condition with gently rubbed corners. Original box’s edges are broken with a few pieces lost and others included. It has a mounted color image matching that of the book. A charming almost perfect copy of the book. RGRURAG01dpe $175 19
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