First Edition. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Signed Limited Edition. Number 10 of 249 signed by the author. Quarto. 326 pages. In forest green dust jacket with spine stamped in gilt. Light green boards in beige cloth with paper label to spine. Top edge gilt. Jacket is heavily worn along... More about Tidewater Virginia
Fifth Impression. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Fifth Impression. Signed by the author and his wife with inscription "To Dr. and Mrs. John Thompson Brown Ambler - With best wishes for many years in which to eat, drink and be merry in Maryland. Fred and Ruth Stieff, October sixth... More about Eat, Drink and Be Merry in Maryland
First Edition. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, 2016. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author with brief inscription on half title. Octavo; 450pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $27.00 price; book in blue paper-covered boards with white lettering to spine. Jacket shows a.... More about Our Revolution
50th Anniversary Edition. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2019. 50th Anniversary Edition. Signed by foreword author Paul Dickson without inscription on half title. Quarto; 311pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Jacket and covers bumped at corners and head of spine, else jacket is clean and crisp with... More about Apollo Expeditions to the Moon
First Edition. Hardcover. East Pittsburgh, PA: Westinghouse Technical Night School Press, 1925. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 544pp. Navy cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. No dust jacket. Edges have been rubbed and corners are bumped, some fraying on head and foot of spine. Indentation on top and... More about Applied Elasticity
Softcover. Paris: French National Railways (SNCF), 1959. Quarto; 95pp. English-language. Pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated throughout, with four full page, full-color illustrations. Cover rubbed with some light spots on lower front edge and a small tear at head of spine. Spine is rolled. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. More about The Railways of France
New Edition. London / Edinburgh: H.D. Symonds / Robertson and Berry, 1792. New Edition. Quarto; [ii], 77pp +1 ads. Green paper-covered boards with white cloth spine. Front board and endpapers completely detached, with back board becoming so but still holding by a few inches of cloth. Covers edgeworn, scuffed, smudged... More about Odes to Kien Long, The Present Emperor of China; with The Quakers, a Tale; To a Fly, Drowned in a...
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1963. 88th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 95. Five parts bound in three volumes. Octavo; I: 739pp, II: 1153pp, 122pp, III: 957pp, 211pp. Diagrams and fold-outs throughout. Uniformly bound in 1/3 red leather and red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering, gilt top edges, and... More about Report of Special Study of Securities Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission [Five...
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Rutledge/Prentice Hall, 1975. Number 533 of a limited edition of 1000 printed for the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors and the American Clock and Watch Museum. Quarto; 254pp. Tan cloth binding with matching slipcase, lettering stamped in gold on spine... More about Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches
John S. Sheldon [photographer]. Hardcover. Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 1997. Stated First Printing. Signed by author with inscription on half title. Quarto; 263pp. Pictorial dust jacket has original $34.95 price. Tan paper over boards with navy cloth over spine with lettering stamped in gold. Dust jacket appears to have... More about The Handplane Book
Hardcover. Columbia, PA: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 2003. Quarto; 185pp. Full color pictorial dust jacket. Blue leatherette binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket is clean and bright. Bottom corners are slightly bumped, no tears. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name written in... More about An Empire In Time: Clocks & Clock Makers of Upstate New York
First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1990. First Edition. Quarto (9" x 11.25"); 239pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Navy textured paper binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has only minor rubbing and light edgewear on corners. Binding is sound. Corners are square. Inscription from previous owner written... More about An Atlas of Bells
Second Edition. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1948. Second Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with insciption "To Jack Rabinow, / Jan 21/55 AL Rawlings." Octavo. 303 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original "$5.00" price present. Green cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt... More about The Science of Clocks and Watches
Revised Edition. Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2000. First Printing of the Revised Edition. Signed by author to journalist and speechwriter William Safire on the title page with inscription "To William Safire | May you continue to | grow, prosper, and give | light to men, | as you | always have... More about The Dawn: Political Teachings of the Book of Esther
Softcover. Cerritos, CA: Ira L. Swett, 1974. Quarto (11"x8.5"); 95pp followed by a large "album" section with other back matter. Blue and white pictorial wraps. Cover has some rubbing and edgewear. Bottom rear corner has been bumped, no tears. Front and back hinges are starting, but text block is secure... More about Interurbans of Utah: Interurbans Special 55
Seven items dated 1958-1971. Six letters and one postcard with envelope (one hand-written and all signed), addressed to Charles A. Goodrum, who served as the Director of Research for the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress and author of the Edgar Award nominated bibliomystery Dewey Decimated, Treasure of... More about Seven Letters to Charles A. Goodrum
First Edition. Philadelphia: Terminal!, 1981. (February - July). Side-stapled ‘zines (11” x 8.5”); 22pp each. Printed white paper covers. Lightly toned along edges with rubbing to fore-edge of No. 6, else all clean and crisp with no tears or marks. Philadelphia-based music fanzine covering the local scene as well... More about Terminal! Nos. 3-6
First Edition. Great Neck, NY: G. Alan Chidsey, November 9, 1940. Octavo (9.5” x 6.25”); [60pp]. Dark gray leather with stamped lettering. Covers a bit toned with any gilt or foil to lettering rubbed away. Spine a bit cocked. A handful of the pasted-in columns have let go from the... More about Election Mood
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Nancy Esdaile. First English Language Translation. London: John Calder, 1957. First English Language Translation. Inscribed by Henry Miller to Eve McClure, his fourth wife, on front free endpaper. Octavo; 134pp. Illustrations by Nancy Esdaile. Illustrated dust jacket with original 15s. net price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering to... More about The Blind Owl [Buf-i Kur
Jan Drapentier. London: N. Boddington, 1704. 24mo (5.75" x 3.5"); [vi], 194pp +2 ads. Frontis engraving by Jan Drapentier. Rebacked with original leather boards and title card with gilt lettering. Boards rubbed at corners with light warping and some scuffs and smudges to leather. Previous owner's name (Frederic A. Jenks)... More about The French Rogue: or, the Life of Monsieur Ragoue de Versailles. Containing His Parentage,...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 640pp. Illustrated dust jacket has original $3.00 price. Green cloth binding with lettering and decorations stamped in black and orange on cover and spine. Orange top stain. Orange and white decorative endpapers. Dust jacket chipped on head... More about The Good Companions
First US Edition. Hardcover. New York: Viking, 1948. First US Edition (October 1948). Octavo; 367pp. Pictorial dust jacket with original $3.00 price. Red cloth binding with gold lettering stamped on cover and spine. Dust jacket sunned along spine and edges, wrapping around about 1 inch to front and back from... More about The Corner That Held Them: A Novel
East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop, 1903. Small octavo (8.25" x 6.25"); 45pp. Blue suede covers with yapp edges, black leather title card, and gilt lettering. Covers edgeworn with yapp edges folding in, along with some scuffing, smudging, and watermarks. Covers coming unglued from page block about 3/4 of the way... More about The Essay on Friendship
First U.S. Edition. Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co., 1857. First U.S. Edition ("Complete from the London Edition"). 16mo (6" x 4"); 162pp. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with chips at center of spine exposing binder's waste and shallow... More about The First of June: or, Schoolboy Rivalry. A Tale of Charlton School
Later Printing. New York: Penguin, 2010. Later Printing. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 95pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn, but crisp overall with no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Author's fourth collection, and winner of the 2010 National Book Award. More about Lighthead