Here is a shorlist of interesting items that will be coming to the Armory next week. Come see me at Booth A11.
New York: The International News Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Cloth. Folio. 26 weekly issues, (July.2, to Dec. 25), bound together, approximately 29 pages each. Bound in black cloth with titles on spine in gilt. Photographs and both b&w and color illustrations throughout including a great portrait of the not-yet-21 future..... More
New York: The International News Company, 1939. 1st Edition. Cloth. Folio. 18 weekly issues, (Sept.2, to Dec. 30), bound together, approximately 34 pages each. Bound in black cloth with titles on spine in gilt. Photographs and both b&w and color illustrations throughout. Iconic issues of the weekly newspaper capturing the..... 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
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
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
New York: E.R Herrick & Company, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Folio, 21" x 14"8vo., 209pp. Bound in 1/4 ivory cloth over paper covered boards. 22 unpaginated full-color illustrations, most by Johnson but several others by popular illustrators of the time. Moderate professional restoration primarily for re-attaching and reinforcing..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1845. Three-Quarter Leather. 2 Volumes Complete, 12mo., (4) 220pp., (6)215(1)pp. Sharp second Edition of "so Much of...", originally published the prior year), and First Edition of "Some Further Portions...". Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in matching brown..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 377pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in green cloth with titles stamped in silver on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a bit of mild wear to spine ends and edges. Solid. unclipped, and quite..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Two Volumes, 8vo., (viii)382pp, (viii)376pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing in book form, originally published in 24 monthly parts. All First Issue Points present. Bound in full contemporary red morocco by Riviere & Son with their mark on the verso of each..... More