Another large batch of interesting items in various genres recently catalogued. Some Civil war and other history, some mystery & Sci-fi, (as usual), and my typical smattering of general antiquarian.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 241pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, preceding the UK First published the following year. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch at the spine ends but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($5.95), has a lightly toned..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 183pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, crease or tears. Signed by the author..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 22pp. Pretty stated First Edition of this "Address delivered on installation as Chancellor of Edinburgh University. October, 25th. 1930". Bound in original cream cloth with tiles in blue on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 567pp. Gorgeous First printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($19.95), is fresh and bright with no, creasing, chipping or tears. Made into the 1991 Oscar Nominated film with..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 204pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A bit of spotting on top page edges. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, (£9.95), has a touch of surface rubbing but is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping..... More
New York: Viking, 2002. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 374pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the bottom front tip but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.50), is fresh and bright with no..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 204pp. Beautiful First British Edition published the year following the US first. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of bumping to the heel. A bit of off-setting to end-papers. Neat ownership signature on front end-paper. Equally..... More
New York: Little Brown & Co, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 341pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition published the year before the British edition. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of bumping to spine ends. Spine just barely toned. to the heel. Decent unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has some..... More
New York: Westvaco, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 286pp. Beautiful Limited Edition, one of an unknown number of copies printed of this collection of letters originally published in 1916. Bound in brown cloth with titles in gilt spine. Image of baseball blind-stamped on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout..... More
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1916. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,289pp. Gorgeous First US Edition with no other printings listed as called for by Stokes. Originally published in the UK under the Herbert Jenkins imprint earlier the same year. Bound in red cloth with titles stamped in black on front..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1965. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 320pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with a bit of light bumping to the heel and very lightly toned board edges. Maybe a touch better than a Near Fine. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($4.95), has some..... More
Carlisle, PA: South Mountain Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 232pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Owneship name on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($19.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creasing or tears. A very pretty collectable..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 252pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.95), has some minor wear to the top tips and light toning to flaps. Short, shallow crease on top front flap..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 304pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95), has some quite minor edge-wear and a bit of toning to the top edge, Still fresh and bright with..... More
New York: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. "A Homer Evans Mystery" 8vo., 247pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of of-setting to the end-papers and two ownerships stamps on the front end-paper. Perhaps a hint of bumping at the spin..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 252pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a touch of wear at the spine ends but very minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A far-future novel..... More
London: P.R. Macmillan Limited, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 487pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Not published in the US but rather imported by Owen Davies, Chicago with their sticker on title page. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Tiny..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 256p. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for by Morrow prior to 1973. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the..... More
New York: Random House, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 239pp. Beautiful First and Limited Edition, #52 of only 350 signed and numbered copies published. Number sequence to "2" as called for by Random House. Bound in brown buckram with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1969. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 215pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of a bump to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A...... More
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 240pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright no creases, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy..... More