Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Graphic dust jacket with "$1" price on front panel at end of text. Navy blue boards with spine and front panel stamped in silver. Dust jacket has nickel-sized chip at bottom of spine; rubbing..... More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1995. Second Edition. Octavo. 735 pages. No dust jacket, as issued (?). Black boards with spine stamped in white and front stamped in white with red label. Light wear to corners. Sticker to rear board. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A...... More
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo. 201 pages. Black and white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped along edges; sticker to rear panel; and some toning to edges. Red patterned boards are stamped in black at spine. Light wear to corners, front board moderately bowed. Binding..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1962. First Edition Thus. Three Octavo Volumes in slipcase. 346p; 390p; 400p plus three pages of charts. Illustrated with a selection of black and white William Blake drawings. Includes Hell (L'Inferno), Purgatory (Il Purgatorio), and Paradise (Il Paradiso). Orange slipcase with beige..... More
![The Republican Establishment: The Present and Future of the G.O.P. [Inscribed by Broder]. David...](/pictures/thumb/5989.jpg?v=1579638339)
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 440 pages. Signed by Broder on half title with inscription, "For Dick Spong - / A wise observer of the / political scene and a generous / friend. / With good wishes and regards, David S. Broder / Washington, D.C. /..... More
![In Love With Norma Loquendi [with Signed Safire bookplate]. William Safire, Keith Bendis](/pictures/thumb/5988.jpg?v=1579632015)
New York: Random House, 1994. Stated First Edition with numberline down to 2 (in keeping with publisher's identification methods at the time). Octavo. 349 pages. Bookplate pasted to half-title signed by William Safire without inscription. This copy not from William Safire's estate. Unclipped dust jacket is toned around..... More
![Power Language: Getting the Most out of Your Words [signed to William Safire]. Jeffrey McQuain,...](/pictures/thumb/5987.jpg?v=1579614418)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Printing with full numberline. Signed by the author on half title to journalist William Safire, who wrote the book's foreword, with inscription "To Bill Safire -- With my deep gratitude for introducing the book and for introducing me to the word dodge! Jeffrey McQuain..... More
London: Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1814. First Edition. Two volumes in one. Small octavo (7.25" x 5"); xvii, 289pp (final page numbered 139 in error) + 1pp errata, [3-5], 6-248pp. Full textured leather with gilt border, elaborate gilt decoration and red title card to spine, gilt ornamentation..... More
![The Last Nixon Watch [signed to William Safire]. John Osborne, Paul Szep](/pictures/thumb/5984.jpg?v=1579615236)
Washinton, D.C.: The New Republic Company, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author on half title to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter and his wife Helene with inscription "For Helene & William Safire, with affectiona nd respect. John Osborne, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1975." Octavo; 246pp. Printed dust jacket..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Limited Large Paper Edition, numbered 43 of 50 copies and signed "Charles Whittingham & Co." (the Chiswick Press). Bound by J.P. Gray and Son, Cambridge, with binder stamp at bottom of front pastedown. Bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington, Esquire of Cossington in County..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1937. First Edition. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Charles F. Hanke, an accurate observer, an able administrator and a true friend of the Indian, J.P. Kinney." Octavo; xv + 366pp, including bibliography, appendix, and index. Four pages of B&W documentary photographs plus..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910. First Edition, with "Published June 1910" on copyright. Missing "R" in "Plymouth Rock" on p. 24 line 17, though neither BAL nor Johnson notes the error. [BAL 3513] Octavo; 433pp. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation..... More
New York: A. Wessels Company, 1904. Later Printing. Part of the Wessels series "Source Books of American History." Octavo; 219pp, including "Notes to the Legends." Full-color frontispiece portrait of the Cornplanter, with captioned tissue guard. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; front panel blind-stamped with "Source Books of American..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition/First Printing. Octavo; 375pp. Three-color contour map dust jacket, with First Printing signaled by "Advance critical acclaim" header and four blurbs (Kain, Warren, Aiken, Spender) on back. Light gray cloth with crimson lettering on front panel and spine. Unclipped dust jacket..... More
![The Second Tree from the Corner [with TLS]. E B. White](/pictures/thumb/5978.jpg?v=1579629905)
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1954. Later printing, code I-H. Signed letter from E.B. White to previous owner, Frank H. Forrester, laid in. Octavo; xiv + 253pp. Four-color dust jacket. Olive-drab quarter cloth with teal boards; yellow lettering on spine. Unclipped jacket shows minor wear at crown and..... More
London / Edinburgh: Hamilton, Adams & Co. / Oliver and Boyd, 1851. Second Edition. Small octavo; vii, [viii-9], 10-142pp +4pp ads. A few pages still uncut along edges. Pebbled cloth with blindstamped borders and decoration, with gilt lettering to spine. Boards rubbed and bumped along edges with a bit of..... More
![The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South [with TLS]. E B....](/pictures/thumb/5976.jpg?v=1579630091)
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. Later printing, code M-M. Signed letter from E.B. White to previous owner laid in. Octavo; xiv + 240pp. Four-color dust jacket. Black quarter cloth with brown boards; gilt lettering on spine; rooster weather-vane blind stamped on front panel. Unclipped jacket shows tiny..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition (after limited Advanced "Sustainer's Edition" that made this conventional edition possible). Unbroken "1" on copyright page signaling first printing. Octavo; 413pp. Green boards with white and black pictorial stamping on front panel and spine. Minor soiling and general darkening to..... More
![2400 Jokes to Brighten Your Speeches [Signed to William Safire]. Robert Orben](/pictures/thumb/5974.jpg?v=1579632847)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 222 pages. Signed by Orben on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Bill Safire - / #2401 / President Kirkpatrick... / All the best... / Robert Orben." At the time of publication, Kirkpatrick was serving as United States..... More
![Eragon [Signed Self-Published Edition]. Christopher Paolini](/pictures/thumb/5973.jpg?v=1579632421)
Livingston, MT: Paolini International, LLC, 2002. First Edition, self-published by the author's family. Illustrated Wraps. Octavo. 472 pages. Black and white map. Signed by Paolini on title page with inscription, "To Amber Richardson / Sincerely! / Christopher Paolini." A touch of wear to edges; some faint rubbing to front..... More
Boston: Hertel, Jenkins & Co., 1907. First Edition. Octavo. 379 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout and all accounted for. Red cloth; front ruled in black, stamped in white, now faded almost entirely to clear. Title stamped in black with title blind stamped. Heavy wear and soiling to..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "With the compliments of the author, G. Gordon-Smith, Washington, D.C., Feb. 7 1925." Octavo; viii + 360pp + tipped-in fold-out "General Map of the Balkan War Area." Wine cloth with gilt lettering front panel and..... More
Paris: Éditions du Panthéon, 1947. Limited Edition, Collection "Pastels": No. 1224 of 2300 copies thus. Octavo; 220pp. Nine tipped-in two-color full-page illustrations by Jacques Roubille. Broché. Pictorial two-color wrapper by Roubille. Title on title-page, page heads, running heads, poem titles, and pagination printed in crimson lettering, contrasting with black text..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886. First Edition, Later Issue (see below). Octavo; viii, 5-773pp. Frontis illustration with tissue guard. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and seal. Plain white endpapers. No other titles listed ahead of title page and no ads at back. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and nudged..... More
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878. First Edition with no additional printings noted. Octavo; xx, 440pp +6pp ads. 6 plates including frontis with tissue guard, two double-page color flag illustrations, and one fold-out map, all present. Includes appendices of amusements, game obtained, drying-room regulations, winter routine, and some general statistics..... More