Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Outland Publishers, 1988. Publisher's sample copy with no illustrator signature. 12 black and white plates and publisher's list of plates housed in publisher's illustrated folder (13 7/8 x 11). Folder edgeworn and creased with some general spotting and surface scratching. Red "Sample" stamp to interior..... More
New York: Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Folded folio sheet (14 1/2" x 13") with four color illustrations laid in. 4 color plates representing Venezuela, Trinidad, Martinique, and Jamaica. Folio sheet creased at corners with several short closed tears, general rubbing, and some soiling/discoloration. Plates themselves..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Lyons loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 211 pp. Black and white illustrations. Original dust jacket with "$6.95" price intact. Red boards stamped in black and white. Black topstain. Dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1919]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth; [8],229pp. Light edge wear, spine a bit cocked and gilt dulled, rear hinge starting to crack but holding; overall Very Good and sound. Faint pencil inscription signed by the author in the year of publication on..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, [1931]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buckram in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 306pp. Jacket and cloth extremities rather worn with a number of closed chips and tears to the former, exposure along upper margins to the latter; jacket uniformly dust-soiled and lightly foxed, spine..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1914]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt; [8],373pp. General shelf wear, corner and spine ends a bit softened, spine gilt rather dulled, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper stock, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else..... More
[East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1905.] First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blind-embossed limp reverse calf, yapp edges, moiré silk endpapers; [10],111pp.; decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout, title page printed in colors. A hint of shelf wear, else an unusually Near Fine copy. One of a number of books about Jesus Christ..... More
[East Aurora, NY: Elbert Hubbard / Roycroft Shop, 1906.] First Thus. Octavo; publisher's limp reverse calf, blind-embossed upper cover lettered in gilt, yapp edges, moiré silk endpapers; [4],90pp.; printed letterpress in red and black. Damp stain at bottom fore-edge corner of final third of textblock very slightly bleeding to leather..... More
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. First UK Edition. Signed by co-author Sarah Dunant without inscription on full title. Octavo; [iv], 194pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £7.95 price intact; book in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a bit of bumping at head of spine. Boards lightly..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1915]. First American Edition. Octavo; [xii], 147pp. Twelve full color plates including frontis with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. Purple topstain. Boards rubbed at corners and nudged at spine ends, with a bit of a curve to boards. Front..... More
Hicksville: Gnome Press, 1958. First Edition, stated, in second state binding. Octavo; 188pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price intact; book in gray cloth with red lettering to spine. Jacket chipped at head with tugging and a few shallow tears to tail, light rubbing along edges, and a few scuffs..... More
N.p: N.p., N.d.; (original text: [Springfield]: Burroughsian Press, 1966). Collector's Edition. Quarto (11" x 8.5"); [x], 331pp +23pp appendix, all recto-only. Illustrations throughout. Brown leatherette with gilt stamped lettering to front and spine. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, but sturdy and square overall. Binding is sound and..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo; 252pp. Printed dust jacket over beige boards with red lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket shows an inch closed tear at top back along joint, with shallow creasing and a few smaller tears along edges, toning..... More
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New York: Award Books, 1973. First Edition. Mass market paperback; 154pp +6 ads. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers rubbed along edges and corners, with creasing down spine at front, toning and smudging to back, and a few scuffs and faint creases from handling. Light crease to spine, with book beginning to..... More
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Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. First Edition, second state with only Whitman catalog number (4056) on spine. Small quarto (9.5" x 7.25"); 314pp +1 ads. Illustrated boards. Clumsy but oddly effective clear tape repair down entire spine and an inch into front and back boards with additional tape repair over..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 316pp. Illustrated frontis. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn and smudged, with rubbing at corners and down joints, bumping at spine ends, and some scuffing to surface. Spine faded and cocked, with a faint vertical..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 382pp +1 glossary. Illustrated title page. Publisher's orange cloth with dark brown lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards smudged, with light rubbing at corners and nudging to spine ends. Spine darkened and a bit cocked. Topstain faded. Opens easily between gatherings..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923. First Edition, Second State without "he said" on frontis. Octavo; 320pp. Illustrated frontis. Publisher's rough, horizontal-weave red cloth with green lettering and design. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at spine ends and lightly rubbed at corners, with dulling to lettering and some general smudging..... More
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1935. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 318pp +1 ads. Five plates including frontis, all present. Map endpapers. Red topstain. Publisher's blue cloth with red lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn and rubbed at corners, spine ends, and down joints, with a vertical crease and fading to..... More
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 312pp +1 ads. Illustrated laminated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact (jacket was issued in both laminated and unlaminated states); book in publisher's gray pebbled cloth with red lettering. Red topstain. Jacket is clean and crisp with a bit of..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1937]. Second G&D Reprint in earlier DJ. Octavo; 318pp +4 ads with 37 ERB books listed. No plates, and no illustrator name on title page. Illustrated dust jacket from first reprinting, with "Announcement" on back flap and the usual G&D book adverts on verso..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1934]. Reprint. Octavo; 310pp +4 ads. Four plates including frontis, all present. Earlier state illustrated dust jacket without price or "new editions" message. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Dark green topstain. Jacket rubbed along edges, with shallow chips at corners and spine ends, a...... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928]. Early G&D reprint, with 25 ERB titles in ads at back and 24 jacket on both back panel and verso. Octavo; 383pp +9 ads. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with black lettering. Jacket shows shallow chips at spine ends and a few tiny..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Later G&D reprint with 33 ERB titles in ads (vs 30 in earlier). Octavo; 312pp +8pp ads. Earlier state dust jacket with 30 ERB titles on verso. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Dark green topstian. Jacket chipped at head of spine (just touching..... More
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1934. First Edition, stated (Remaindered ERB first edition with issued-thus G&D jacket -- see below). Octavo; 314pp +1 ads. Five plates including frontis, all present. Illustrated Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket with "Illustrated" on spine and 75¢ price intact. Publisher's blue cloth with red lettering..... More