Philadelphia, PA: J.L. Smith, 1907. Cloth. 44" x 28" (106.5cm x 75.2cm) Fold-Out linen-backed map. Housed in a 4" x 6.5" brown cloth case with blind-stamped decorated borders and title on printed paper label on front board. Casing is square and solid, just a bit dusty with mild wear to..... More
New York City: Library of America, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo., 2 Volumes 912pp.,970pp. Beautiful Unread 3rd Printings. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive publisher's slipcases. Original information pamphlet laid in each volume. A gorgeous collectable set... More
London: Published at the Punch Office, 1847. 1st Edition. Cloth. Two Volumes. 8vo., (xii)320pp; (xi)i304pp. Sharp First Edition, originally published serially. Bound in publisher's brown cloth framed in blind. Front boards with bright gilt reproduction of the title page vignette. Bound in full dark green Morocco, double gilt ruled with..... More
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to,, 236pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in full black cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 92pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. of this sardonic look at the Windy City from the author of "The Man With the Golden Arm". Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save very gentle bumping to spine..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford, 1673. Hardcover. 8vo., (26)141(3) 99(1) though with some errors in pagination. Sharp Second Impression, printed the same year as the first. Bound in contemporary polished brown calf with titles in gilt on leather spine label and decorations in compartments. Leather looks varnished with..... More
London: Gerald G. Swan, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 227pp. Beautiful First Edition of this very scarce post-war British mystery, Bound in what may be a variant binding in blue cloth with titles blind-stamped on front board and in gilt on spine. Other copies seen have gilt on the front..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 230pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some quite mild wear to spine ends and a gentle bump to top front tip. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($7.95), has some rubbing and wear to edges and..... More
Albany, GA: BearManor Media, 2010. Soft cover. Wraps 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition of this collection of interviews of some of the more notable actresses of the genre. Square tight and clean throughout with just a hint of a shallow corner crease but barely noticeable. Fresh and bright with..... More
New York City: Dutton, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 342pp. Beautiful stated First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($23.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed and generically inscribed by the author on..... More
New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 324pp.plus 4pgs ads. Beautiful First Edition, also published as just "The Relentless Current" using Booth's pseudonym, M.E. Charlesworth which is really her maiden name, Mary Elizabeth Charlseworth prior to her marriage to Ballington Booth in 1886). This was also..... More
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. 1st UK Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Handsome set of this novel by Cheney, an American-Canadian author, known for her historical romances of which this is one. It is likely the first British edition after the first two editions were published in Boston in 1824 and 1826..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1925. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 303(5)pp. Beautiful First UK Edition, published the same year in the US. Original maroon horizontally ribbed cloth with titles in gold on spine and blind-stamped publisher's logo on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of..... More
New York City: D. Appleton and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 375pp. Beautiful First t Edition of this anthology. Bound in purple cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of bumping to spine ends. Neat ownership signature..... More
New York City: Doubleday, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unopened and unread. Sign and dated by the author opposite the title page. Gorgeous copy. More
New York CIty: Samuel French, 1930. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 226p. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very light toning to board edges. Sharp, scarce, unclipped dust-jacket, ($1.75 on front panel), has mild edge-wear and a couple of tiny nicks. Edges and spine..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo. xli(1)147pp. Sharp Stated First Printing of these essays that though previously published in various British magazines in the early 1760's, they were submitted anonymously and are here attributed to Goldsmith for the first time. Bound in contemporary brown leatherette titled..... More
New York City: Roy, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,192pp. Illustrated. Sharp First American Edition, REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. FROM THE LIBRARY OF CASPER W. WEINBERGER, former Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, with his bookplate on the front free endpaper. Square tight and clean throughout with perhaps..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1906. Hard Cover. 8vo, 329pp. 16pp publisher ads. decorative green/grey cloth. a couple of stress creases to the cloth at head and foot of spine but not torn. A very pretty collectable copy. More
London: J.M. Dent, 1908. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 12mo., 430pp. Sharp First Everyman's Printing with no date or statement of printing as called for. Bound in "Flatback" carmine cloth with quote by Sydeney on recto of title page. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Spine a...... More
West Linn, OR: Fax Collector's Edtiions, 1974. Michael Kaluta. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 8vo., 194pp. Beautiful First Printing of this edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a tiny bump to the cloth at the heel but quite minor. Attractive unclipped wrapper, ($12.95), has some edge-wear and a couple..... More
New York City: Doubleday Page & Co., 1906. Arthur Rackham. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo,( 8) 277, (1)pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition, published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound in original pictorial green cloth with titles and viking ship vignette stamped in black gilt..... More
London: Macmillan, 1913. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. Lacks folding map. More
New York City: George H. Doran, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stated "First Printing in America, March 1927" on the copyright page but with the "B" present signifying the Christmas Edition. No jacket. Books is in clean, sharp, collectible condition with some light..... More
New York City: Grolier Club, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 89pp. Beautiful Unread Limited Edition, one of only 300 copies, printed on Van Gelden Zonen paper at The Gilliss Press. Bound in brown speckled paper covered boards with titles on paper label on spine. Full-color tissue guarded frontis illustrations and..... More