New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Stated Second Printing, March 1993. Signed by the author on front free endpaper "For Tom (?), with good wishes, John McGahern, 1994." Octavo; [viii], 408pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $24.00 price intact; book in gray paper-covered boards with sage cloth spine and gilt..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Stated First American Edition. Octavo. 191 pages. Printed dust jacket with original $3.95 price present. Brown and red boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. Dust jacket shows general rubbing with heavier wear along edges, particularly at flaps with two small punctures to rear..... More
London: Ward and Lock, 1863. First Edition. Slim octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards by Little Brown & Co., gilt spine in six compartments, expertly recased with spine laid down, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original brown pictorial cloth spine and upper cover bound in rear; 112pp.;..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1813. 12mo (16.5cm.); contemporary black gilt- and blind-tooled paneled calf, gilt spine in five compartments, brown morocco spine onlay, marbled endpapers; vii,[1],304pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page. Leather a bit rubbed at extremities, some shallow creasing to a few early leaves, text block unevenly foxed throughout..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1839. 12mo; full contemporary brown gilt-tooled morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [2],xi,[1],576pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, eleven plates. Binding expertly recased, dark, shallow dampstain affecting fore-edge margin of frontispiece, plates rather foxed, else a Very Good, attractively bound copy of this uncommon illustrated edition. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1970, 1972, 1975. Octavo; Vol I xii + 387pp, Vol IIa xviii + 338pp, Vol IIb continued pagination through p734, Vol IIc continued pagination through p1143, Vol IV xxiv + 379pp. Slate blue coated jackets. Prussian blue cloth with gilt spine stamping. Minor color..... More
London / New York: George Routledge and Sons / E.P. Dutton and Co., 1905. 242 pp. Twelve photogravure illustrations by William Strang with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's salmon cloth with red border and gilt lettering and illustration. Gilt top page edges. Cloth muted and lightly soiled with a patch..... More
Fourth Printing. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Stated Fourth Printing. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription to collector/dealer Harold Mays on flyleaf. Octavo (8.5" x 6"); [vi], 485p. Printed dustjacket with $6.95 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn..... More
![Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse [Signed]. John Oxenham, pseud. William Arthur...](/pictures/thumb/001053.jpeg?v=1599080958)
London: Methuen & Co., 1913. Later Printing. Signed by the author on flyleaf with inscription "Mrs Baldwin, with all good wishes from John Oxenham. Aug 20, 1932." 24mo (6" x 3.75"); [x], 117pp. Printed dust jacket over somewhat limp card boards. Illustrated bee endpapers. Jacket glued to boards down..... More
Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1995. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings listed. Quarto; x, 434 pp. English language text; photos throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with some smudging to surface, but no chips or tears. Boards..... More
Pittsburgh: Henry Smith, Printed by Johnston and Stockton, 1833. First English-language Edition. Probably translated from Bernhart Brechbill's German translation of the original Dutch, per OCLC. Octavo. 312 pages. Full sheep with red leather spine label. Light to moderate wear with some stripping to extremities, panels near edges, and..... More
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1928. Stated First Impression (April 1928). Signed on front free endpaper by Sousa's daughters, Jane Priscilla Sousa and Helen Sousa Abert, with inscription "To Mary Joyce, with deep appreciation" in Jane Priscilla's hand and dated December 1954 in Helen's. Both daughters mentioned on p. 344..... More
![Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece [William Safire Copy; Two Volumes]. John Potter](/pictures/thumb/6323.jpg?v=1591294856)
Edinburgh: Mundell, Doig, & Stevenson: and for J. Nunn [et al.], 1808. Two Octavo Volumes. 521 pages + Index; 418 pages + Index. 28 black and white plates (2 in volume one; 22 in volume two) portraying the government, military, and sports of Ancient Greece. Full speckled calf gilt tooled..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Second Edition. 12mo; xviii, [19]-176pp +36pp ads. Blue and brown paper-covered boards with printed title label to spine. Boards well-rubbed at corners and along edges, with bumps to spine ends and general smudging to surface. Ownership name of "J. Evans Pugh" in..... More
Boston: Tappan and Whittemore, 1854. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's reddish-brown blind stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vii,[1],256pp. Ex-Library of the University of Wooster with usual markings, spine cloth a bit sunned, endpapers toned, some foxing throughout textblock; About Very Good overall. More
London: Sam Harding, 1738. Third Edition. Volume I Only, containing Parts I, II, and half of Part III. Octavo (8" x 5"); Part I [l], 75p, Appendix to Part I 19p, Part II 1-82, [ii], 83-176, Part III 96p. Twenty fold-out plates. Likely missing initial half title, with..... More
![The Elements of Drawing; In Three Letters to Beginners [Earl Shinn's Copy]. John Ruskin](/pictures/thumb/7185.jpeg?v=1600467960)
New York: John Wiley, 1859. Early American reprint. Octavo; publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; xviii,[19]-234,[2],4(ads)pp.; text illus. by the author throughout. Cloth rather scuffed and spine stiff with crude glue repair, shallow losses to both spine ends and corners bumped with some exposure; still, Good overall, and internally..... More
![Cannibals and Other Poems [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]. John Ruyle](/pictures/thumb/7132.jpg?v=1601463046)
Berkeley: Pequod Press, 1983. First Edition, Limited to 30 copies of which this is no. 17. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's batik cloth, paper spine label printed in red (faded to pink); 35pp. Fine condition. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "For Helen Lee -- I...... More
![Zen Nudism: Obvious Poems [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]. John Ruyle](/pictures/thumb/7134.jpeg?v=1599607229)
Berkeley: Pequod Press, 1985. First Edition, Limited to 50 copies of which this is no. 23. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's decorative cloth, printed paper spine label; 35pp. Spine label chipped, else Fine, original prospectus laid in. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "For Helen Lee..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 251pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped and worn with a number of small losses and subsequent creasing, old tape repair to verso, cloth bumped at corners and spine ends, else Very Good overall, internally sound..... More
Santa Barbara: Nebbadoon Press, [2010]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original black photo-illustrated glossy card wrappers; [12],365pp. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page: "For Laura, May you enjoy my journey as much as I did, John Sant'Ambrogio," accompanied by a large cartoon of..... More
London / New York: Crosby Lockwood & Son / The Industrial Book Co., 1931. Later Printing of the 1930 First Edition. Octavo; 194pp +1 ads. 36 photo plates including frontis, all present. Black patterned cloth with white lettering. Missing dust jacket. Covers a bit scuffed and smudged, with shallow chips..... More
Boston: William V. Spencer, 1866. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Square inch chip at top of spine. Three inch strip of cloth chipped and loose at bottom of spine. Cracked at joints. Corners bumped with exposure. Some general rippling and scuffing. Front board..... More
New Jersey: Belleville, [1976]. Revised Edition. Quarto (25.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [2],112pp.; illus. throughout. Some minor chipping to jacket extremities, closed tear at the top edge of upper panel touching one letter, else Very Good and sound. Maass, a nurse at the Newark German Hospital..... More
![Broadsheet] My First Thought About Art... [Limited Edition, With Signed Bookplate]. John Updike](/pictures/thumb/7963.jpg?v=1606238870)
[Ontario: Aliquando Press, 1993]. First Edition, Limited to 50 copies of which this is an unnumbered copy. Broadsheet (33.5x23cm.); hand printed letterpress in purple, blue, and green on stiff dark mauve stock. Fine condition. Offered with bookplate signed by the author. Uncommon fine press broadside featuring a quote..... More