![The Secret History [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Donna Tartt](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.First Edition. Bookplate signed by Tartt loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 524 pages. Publisher's acetate dust jacket. Illustrated boards. Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed along edges with some general scuffing. Boards show light wear and some creasing to extremities and joints. Binding..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition with "A" and pubisher's seal to copyright page. Tall octavo. 911 pages. Unclipped dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Black boards stamped in gilt and green. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges, toned at spine and along edges, has..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's grey decorative paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; vii,[1],185pp. Minimal shelf wear, light foxing and brief soil to textblock, else a superlative, Very Good to Near Fine copy. Copyright statement printed in red laid in. Includes..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896. First Thus. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's green gilt-stamped cloth; xxx,408pp.; frontispiece, two full-page illus. in text. Light shelf wear, spine very slightly cocked, textblock a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound. Collection includes fifteen pieces not found in the first (London) edition. More
London: George Redway, 1898. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xxiii,[1],401,[1],[6](ads)pp.; frontispiece. Light shelf wear, very brief exposure at corners, hairline cracking at both hinges, else a Very Good, still quite brilliant copy. The first appearance of this collected edition of Dickens's occasional pieces, all originally..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue gilt-stamped decorative cloth; [8],308pp. Spine slightly cocked and spine gilt dulled, a hint of shelf wear to extremities, else Very Good, upper cover gilt still quite brilliant. Quite a lovely copy of the author's..... More
Toronto: Personal Library, [1981]. First Canadian Edition. Tall octavo (26cm.); publisher's red pictorial gilt-tooled leatherette, red topstain, pictorial endpapers; 176pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Spine a bit cocked, small dent at bottom edge of upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine. An attractive production of recipes and Dickensiana, opening..... More
New York: Viking Press / Studio Book, [1977]. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong folio (23x31cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket; 135pp.; full-page color photographs throughout. Jacket a bit rubbed at extremities with a few small chips and short closed tears, none approaching text; textblock very slightly soiled, else..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],380pp.; illus. Jacket extremities rather chipped and worn with a number of small to medium-sized losses at margins, the largest at bottom edge of rear panel affecting one word..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in black pictorial dust jacket; 212pp. Some light shelf wear at jacket spine ends and corners, cloth spine ends a bit softened, lighter portions of jacket a shade toned, else Very Good and sound..... More
London: Willia Heinemann, 1921. First Edition. Small octavo. 103 pages. Beige paper-covered boards stamped in black. No dust jacket. Of the original print run of 2000 copies, 1500 were printed in wrappers and 500 in boards. The play was written in 1919 and originally performed March 3, 1921..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1982-1985. Three First U.S. Edition volumes. Bookplates signed by Aldiss loosely laid in at front of volumes I and II. Illustrated dust jackets. Cloth boards. Unclipped dust jackets show are lightly worn around edges with some general creasing and rubbing. Staining to flaps of volume..... More
Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Limited Edition of 500 copies, this being #481. Signed by Matheson and Morrell on limitation page. Octavo. 198p; xv afterword; [x] script reproductions. Photographic frontis portrait; two photograph reproductions from 1957 film to rear. Grey boards stamped in silver. Black ribbon. No dust jacket as..... More
[West Warwick, RI]: Necronomicon Press, 1977. Limited Edition of 500 copies, this being #479. 16mo. 6 unnumbered pages. Stapled wraps. Facsimile reproduction of the Limited Memorial Edition printed by The Rebel Press in 1938. Wraps are toned with a touch of wear along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![The Young Unicorns [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Madeleine L'Engle](/pictures/thumb/8571.jpg?v=1611696474)
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1968. Stated First Printing. Bookplate signed by L'Engle loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 245 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.75 price present. Magenta boards stamped in silver. Third L'Engle novel dealing with the Austin family. Dust jacket is rubbed along edges..... More
London: Scholastic Press, 2001. First Printing of the First Single-Volume Edition. Large thick octavo. 1016 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Burnt umber endpapers. Yellow ribbon. Printed letter of acknowledgement laid in. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelf wear. Binding is..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 322 pages + advertisements. Black and white map of part of the North Coast of Upolu. Olive cloth stamped in dark green and gilt. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Spine toned. Binding sound. Previous owner's inscription..... More
![Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance [Margaret Armstrong binding]. Robert Louis Stevenson](/pictures/thumb/8567.jpg?v=1611694249)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 266 pages + advertisements. Olive cloth boards with gilt stamping designed by Margaret Armstrong and her "MA" signature to front board. Boards with some light staining along edges, rear corners slightly bumped, and spine a bit toned. Binding..... More
New York: Random House, 1968. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings on copyright page. Octavo. 139 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$4.95" price present. Black boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. First book from the writer of the Weekend at Bernie's screenplay. Dust jacket rubbed..... More
Iowa City: Iowa City Women's Press, 1978. Second printing. Oblong octavo. 258 pages. Black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout. Comb-bound illustrated wraps. McCormick became the first journeywoman carpenter in the United States in 1975 and eventually established her own construction and cabinet company. She eventually moved back..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. First Edition, later issue. Octavo. 300 pages + 32 pages publisher's advertisements dated "July, 1885." Publisher's green cloth with red floral pattern and spine lettered in gilt. Floral endpapers. Boards worn at extremities with exposure. Spine toned. Repair to spine ends, rear hinge..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 322 pages + 8 pages publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece plus 11 additional black and white illustrations. Red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Slate endpapers. Ownership signature of Ripley Hitchcock, presumably the American editor and author, to early leaf... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. Limited Edition of 100 copies this being #95. Signed by editor Keith Cushman facing copyright page. Octavo. 153 pages. Publisher's acetate dust jacket. Illustrated boards with paper spine label. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show some light shelfwear. Binding is..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark green boards stamped in gilt. Brown endpapers. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Very slight lean to spine and a touch of rubbing to spine ends. Binding sound. Pages toned but unmarked. More
Edinburgh: Polygon Books, 1985. First Edition. Signed by Kelman without inscription on title page. Octavo. 309 pages. Printed dust jacket. Grey boards stamped in gilt. Second novel from the Scottish novelist who would go on to win the Man Booker Prize for How Late It Was, How Late..... More