Search Results: general guide to rare americana by stanley wemyss

U.S.A: Stanley Wemyss. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 174 pages, index .

Philadelphia: Stanley Wemyss, 1950. Revised. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Reprint of 1944 edition with additional material and revised auction prices. 323 pages. Burgundy boards, bright red and blue dust jacket with three one-inch tears, 1" chip and edgewear. Original $5 price on jacket flap.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Small splotch of white paint on the spine, touches the year range of the title. .

Stanley Wemyss, 1950-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. Philadelphia, 1950; burgundy cloth covered boards; corners bumped; edges scuffed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no dust jacket; Interior is clean and unmarked; 323 pages.

Printed for the Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None.

Printed for the Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None.

Philadelphia, PA: Stanley Wemyss. 1944. 8vo 117pp plus a 9 page "Key to American Imprints or First Printing Dates in the United States 1639-1889. Fair condition with front free end paper removed. Library stamp to title page, wear and dust soiling to covers. clph

Stanley Wemyss. Used - Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. Octavo. Some fading to spine, light bumping to boards. Binding sound and pages clean. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. (Subject: Books on Books).

Stanley Wemyss,. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0.

Philadelphia: Stanley Wemyss, 1950. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 323 pages. Burgundy cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Ex-library copy with label on the front paste down and markings on the front cover, spine and first few pages. No markings or labels inside the back cover. A fair reading copy.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1944. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 10 (weekend sale item)* 127 pp., hardcover, minor library markings, else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Philadelphia, PA: Self-Published, 1950. Book. Good. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Auction Records and Prices. A hand book and guide to the rare and notable books relating to America, with chronological and regional inventories of early printed books in the United States, and a key to American imprints 1639-1889. Not as comprehensive as Evans, but a very useful bibliographic reference for the Americana specialist. Burgundy pebbled cloth. 323 pp., indexed. Moderate wear, modest lean, exposed corners. Acceptable as reference copy..

Phil: Stanley Wemyss, 1950. sm. 4to; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 323 pages; key to American Imprints 1639-1889; a very good, clean tight copy in a lightly chipped dustjacket.

Philadelphia: Stanley Wemyss, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Enlarged Edition. 323 pages, key to American Imprints 1639-1889; 8vo, red textured boards. Includes auction records and prices, chronological and regional inventories. Very good, endpapers lightly toned, a few gutters discolored; dust jacket good-, soil, tears rubbed.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Volume Two (only). Octavo. 172, [1]pp. Blue cloth gilt. Moderate wear on the boards a very good copy, issued without dustwrapper.

Phila 1944 first edition. author. With auction records and prices. 117p. Hardcover. With "A key to AMerican imprints or first printing dates in the US 1639-1889." at end (9 p.) Fine. .

Wemyss, Stanley: The General Guide to Rare Americana. with Auction Records and Prices. Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1950. New and enlarged edition. Description: 323 p. With chronological and regional inventories of early printed books in the United States and a key to American Imprints 1639-1889. Fine cloth copy in mylar sleeved dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the jacket. Remains overall quite well-preserved; tight, bright, clean.

Previous owners name Glen Adams, who in his crutches became the publisher of Ye Galleon Books, in Fairfield Washington, dedicated to publishing rare Americana. Mr Adams marked books he owned or read and noted which titles he published. Share the patriotic pride and joy in reading and our history as well as the determination of one man to make know what he thought was best in publishing Western HistorySpine list title and publisher in gold gilt. Books listed by year published. Some notes in pencil on rear recto endpaper. Book Has been read many times, but the pages are clear and book is intact.. Glen Adams name is in ink and dated on verso front endpaper.

Printed for the Author By J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1944. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1944. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth binding. Good without dust jacket. Octavos. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to heads and heels of both volumes' spines. Volume one has light bump on lower edge of front cover. Light scuffing to covers of both books with the second volume having spotting and some faint scratches. Both books have browned pages. The 1493-1699 volume has 117 pages with index and 9 page list of imprints. The 1700-1943 volume has 173 pages with index.