New York: C,W, & C. B. Colton & Co., 1882. Cloth. 42" x 29.5" (106.5cm x 75.2cm) Fold-Out Map. Housed in a 4" x 6" brown cloth case with blind-stamped decorated borders and titles in gilt. Map itself is in beautiful condition with no spotting or toning. A few minute..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 189pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A few spots on the bottom page edges. Very attractive unclipped, ($3.50), wrapper has a touch of wear to the tips and a couple of short, barely..... More
Birmingham, England: Printed by John Baskerville, 1773. 5th or later Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Three Volumes, Tall 8vo., iv(2)364pp, (4)443pp., (3)391pp. plus 49p index. Beautiful Fifth Edition Bound in contemporary full brown calf. 3/4 red morocco. Gilt ruled and decorated spine compartments. Volume and date in gilt and tin gilt upon..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Macmillan, New York, 1902. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. First edition. INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "To _____________/ With great pleasure in his admiration/ Gertrude Atherton/ New York, November 8th, 1902". Maroon cloth ornately lettered in..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Bemelmans. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., 446pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing, bound in 1/4 cream cloth over illustrated blue paper-covered boards. Illustrated end-papers. Illustrated throughout by Bemelmans. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Edges mildly toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket..... More
New York: 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 published..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton / Guilt Edged Mystery, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 191pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some very minor wear to edges and tips Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.75) has some trivial edge-wear and light toning but is fresh and bright..... More
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 305pp. Beautiful Unread First Limited Edition Printing. One of only 750 unnumbered copies published. Square tight and clean throughout with a small bump to one tip. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($40.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Signed by..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 392pp. Beautiful First Grosset Reprint, still dated the original 1914 publication date but actually published in 1927. Bound in red cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of..... More
London: John Murray, 1907. Cloth. 8vo.,571pp. plus 32 pages of ads in rear. Sharp Eighth Edition, bound in soft red cloth over cardboard covers. Spine in gilt on front board and spine. Numerous illustrations, including some fold-outs as well as many fold-out maps including large folding map in pocket in..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. 16mo., (2)170pp. plus 12pg ads. Sharp Early US Edition. Published a year earlier as #105 of Harper's Handy Series. Originally published in the UK, also in 1886, as part of that year's Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. This volume is likely a Harper's Popular Library..... More
London: Sampson & Low, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two Volume, 8vo., vi(2)291pp, 300pp. Scarce later issue of the Samson & Low First Edition, bound in original brown cloth with borders and decorations stamped in black on front boards and titles in gilt on spine. This issue has Chapman and Hall..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., (9),10-196pp., (4 pp. ads) Beautiful First American Edition published just after the British Edition in the same year. Publisher's original dark green pebbled cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Preliminary ad page present as called for. Tissue-guarded..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. RARE DUST WRAPPER 8vo., 311pp. Gorgeous Fine First Edition, First Printing. Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gold on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout. Perhaps a hint of a crimp to the heel and crown but barely noticeable. A remarkably..... More
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 281pp. Gorgeous First Printing of one of the rarer M&M/Arkham titles. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Remarkably well preserved. Sharp unclipped dust- jacket, ($2.50), has some minor rubbing to spine ends and front top..... More
London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Three Volumes, 4to., xxv(v)462, lxxix - Bibliographical indices, (i), corrections; (2) 555; (ii)622, (lxii) supplement. Gorgeous First Edition, beautifully bound in contemporary long-grained tanned morocco, four raised bands, elaborate spine decorations and dentelles..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., vii(4)190pp. 2pp. ads for Dickens titles published by Chapman & Hall and a 32pg general Chapman catalog dated August, 31, 1870. Beautiful First Edition in book form, First State binding in original green cloth, borders and decoration in black. Titles..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo., (viii)270(2)pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in original navy textured cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Decorative blocked borders and central ornament on both boards. Engravings on wood by Samuel Palmer. Two pages of ads in front and two in..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Hardcover. 32 volumes complete. 8vo. Solid Standard Library Edition of Dickens' works, uniformly bound in gilt-bordered red cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and decoration with the author's initials stamped in gold on the front board. Steel engravings and..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1995. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. 3 Volumes. Tall, thick 8vo. Beautiful Unread "Collector's Edition", bound by Easton in gorgeous full leather covers with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on both boards and spine. All edges gilt. Silk bookmarks. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Illustrations by Frederic Dorr..... More
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 228pp. plus Dreiser's 4-page essay designating this a First Edition, Second Issue. Bound in quarter cream cloth over green paper-covered boards. Titles on front board in black and in green on a white paper spine label. Square, tight and clean..... More
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1934. 1st British Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo., 3215(2)pp. Beautiful First British Edition of this novella, Flaubert's First completed work originally published in 1842, This is a limited edition, #71 of only 1250 copies printed for sale in England. Stunningly bound in a later full brown..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo., 221pp. Sharp First Printing with green & white patterned endpapers. Second binding state without the scarce gun imprint. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of a bump at the heel. Some foxing to top..... More
Albany, NY: Barber & Southwick, 1797. Full Leather. 12mo, , vi(1)177pp. plus 4 pages of publisher's booklist. Sharp stated FIrst Albany Edition, bound in full contemporary tree calf with title in gilt upon gilt-bordered red morocco spine label Square and tight and generally clean throughout with scattered interior toning and..... More
Sauk City. WI: Arkham House, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., (xi)639pp. SharpFirst Edition, one of 3014 copies printed. Square and tight with minor wear to spine ends and edges. Some off-setting to gutters and paste-downs. A small stain on the fore-edges. A slight bump and depression on the front top..... More