[London]: The National Society of Operative Printers & Assistants, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 150 pages. Black and white plates. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn at extremities with exposure. Front boards show significant paper remnants from previously removed label (?). Remnants heavy on front..... More
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1908. First Edition. Small octavo. 223 pages + one page advertisement. Black and white illustrations. Green boards stamped in gilt. Illustrated paper label to front. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities; corners bumped; some faint staining to rear. Cracked half title and front free..... More
Washington: Neale Company, [1899]. Octavo; publisher's maroon pictorial gilt-stamped cloth; vii,8-328pp.; full-page photographic illus. throughout. Boards a bit scuffed and spine gilt significantly dulled, rear cover cloth sizing spotted, front hinge cracked with flyleaf and title page nearly separating along gutter, contemporary manuscript date to front free endpaper; overall Good..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, [1937]. First Edition, Limited to 950 copies of which this is no. 181. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed gilt-lettered boards; [2],xiv,[2],157pp.; frontispiece, eleven leaves of photographic illus., additional illus. in text. Corners slightly bumped, general dust-soil to textblock extremities, else Very Good, internally fine. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Law Publishers and Booksellers, 1853. First Edition. Octavo. 650 pages. Ex-library copy (Library of Congress) with usual institutional markings. Rebound in modern maroon cloth with new LOC endpapers, and spine stamped in white. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound. Aside from institutional markings..... More
Toronto: Bantam Books, [1954]. Reprint (1982). 12mo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers lettered in reddish orange, all edges stained yellow; [8],181pp. Wrapper extremities and textblock a bit toned, else a Very Good or better, unread copy, spine lettering unfaded. Inscribed by the author on p. [1]: "Jim! Ray Bradbury /..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, [1962]. Early printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 233pp. Ex-Lincoln Jr. High School Library with their usual markings, subsequent old (and in rear substantial) dark glue residue to pastedowns and flap margins, childish pencil scribbles to rear endpaper, else Very Good, still..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. Third Printing. Signed by Midler along fore edge of from free endpaper with inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 150 pages. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Photographic dust jacket. Brown and copper boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is creased and worn along..... More
[Hoboken, NJ]: John Wiley & Sons, [2008]. Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Octavo; publisher's photo-illustrated glossy card wrappers; xx,507pp. Light shelf wear, wrappers very slightly curled, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author and Hugh Hefner on title page. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Stein on second free endpaper with inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 219 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed at edges. Boards a bit sunned with..... More
[Baton Rouge]: Louisiana State University Press, [1947]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket printed in brown; xvi,254pp.; illus. throughout by Joseph V. Rigsby. Some light shelf wear, shallow chipping at spine crown, rear panel and spine lettering quite toned, contemporary ownership signature to half title verso..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. First Edition. Signed "For Robert Haft, with all good wishes. Wm Manchester," on half title. Additional inscription on half title reads, "May 27 1983 Crown 125 stores about to become public." Second free endpaper includes a brief summary of the book by Haft in..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's two-toned cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [8],82pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket a bit chipped at extremities, rear panel and flap folds rather dust-soiled, else Very Good overall. Signed by the author on half title page. With laid in note from..... More
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. 948 pages. Black and white illustrations and color plates throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Maroon endpapers. Two errata slips laid in at front. Some very light chipping to edges of dust jacket. Rippling to spine..... More
New York: William Sloane Associates, [1949]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Rafael Palacios; [8],273pp. Jacket significantly worn and chipped, spine entirely perished and crudely repaired with old brown paper, rear flap separated but present and laid in; boards a bit rubbed with some brief..... More
Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments, 1943. First Edition. Stapled pamphlet in card covers; 13.5cm x 11cm; 44pp. Includes a map and two-color illustrations throughout. Very Good. Scarce copy of small booklet given to military personnel going overseas. Explains the region, its history, peoples, cultural traditions, what to seek..... More
New Haven, CT: The Marlin Firearms Co., 1915. First Edition. Octavo. 136 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated wraps. Trade catalog for Marlin, "The Gun for the Man who Knows." Wraps are worn at edges and chipped with exposure at spine ends and corners. Front wrap torn..... More
New Haven, CT: The Marlin Firearms Co., 1907. First Edition. Octavo. 136 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated wraps. Trade catalog for Marlin, "The Gun for the Man who Knows." Wraps are worn at edges and chipped at spine ends and corners. Front wrap torn at top..... More
New Haven, CT: The Marlin Firearms Co., 1906. First Edition. Octavo. 136 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated wraps. Trade catalog for Marlin, "The Gun for the Man who Knows." Wraps are worn at edges and chipped. Front wrap only hanging on by a couple inches. Toned..... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950. Second Edition. Signed by Prochnow to Martin with inscription, "To William McChesney Martin, Who is making a significant contribution to American banking. Herbert V. Prochnow. 9/20/51." Martin was the longest serving Chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving under five Presidents and holding the post until..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1950. First Edition. Signed by Smith on front free endpaper with inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 346 pages. Black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt and blue. Smith was United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946-1948 and would..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 231 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and gilt. Stories about Jesse B. Semple, originally written in the Chicago Defender. Dust jacket is toned and heavily chipped at edges with one three inch closed tear..... More
Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First Edition. Stamp from the chambers of Judge Wright to top of text block. Ownership signature of Wright though not in his hand to front free endpaper. Octavo. 401 pages. Decorative dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in blue..... More
Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 378 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is heavily chipped along edges with some light general staining. Boards are lightly worn at edges with some staining near top of spine. Binding is sound..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are a bit scuffed and worn at corners. Slight roll to the sunned spine. Binding gives a little but is sound. Bookplate of Max Freedman to front pastedown, though we..... More