Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1965. Second Edition. Sixth Printing of Fellowship, Fifth of Two Towers and Return. Original printed dustjackets over black cloth boards with orange, red, and purple stamped Eye of Sauron decoration. Fold-out maps at back of... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1964. Second Printing. Hardcover. New York: The Dial Press, 1964. Stated Second Printing. Printed red dustjacket with original $5.95 price; book in mottled brown cloth and black cloth spine. Jacket scuffed with a couple small, clean tears along top edge and some fading and light... More
![Harlem [trans. of Cotton Comes to Harlem]. Chester Himes.](/pictures/thumb/4273.jpg?v=1544019496)
Milano: Longanesi & C., 1968. Paperback. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1968. I Gialli Proibiti (The Forbidden Yellows) #5. Italian language. Mass market paperback; 239p. In shrinkwrap. Very faint rubbing at corners, else covers are clean, bright, and crisp. Spine is straight and unbroken. Italian translation of Cottom Comes to Harlem... More
New York: Modern Library, 1956. New York: Modern Library, 1956. Seven volume set in dust jackets of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Three of the volumes bound in red cloth, four are bound in grey cloth. Some internal markings on volume one, but otherwise all volumes are internally... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1955. Reprint Edition. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1955. Reprint of the 1939 edition. 4 volumes all in dust jacket. Green textured cloth with gilt on spine and green topstain. Ownership signature on front pastedown of volume one, dated Hong Kong June '56... More
New York: League for Industrial Democracy, 1934. First Edition. New York: League for Industrial Democracy, 1934. Side-stapled wraps; 16 pages. Toned at edges with some light shelfwear, but no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound. Interior clear and unmarked. No other copies available for sale at the time of... More
Los Angeles: Family Forum, 1967. First Edition. Los Angeles: Family Forum, 1967. Side-stapled patterned paper wraps; [ii], 37p. Covers smudged with some soiling along edges and a just-under 1" tear at tail of spine. Faded used store price stamp at top corner of first page, else pages unmarked. Binding is... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1983. Paperback. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1983. Reprint of the 1973 Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on title page. Side-stapled orange paper covers; 46p + publisher's order page at back. Covers are clean and crisp with very light bumps to corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1929. First Edition. Kapa cloth. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1929. First Edition. Kapa cloth covers with illustrated paper title card. 32p, with illustrations throughout. Front cover a bit soft at front fore-edge from opening, but covers are clean and crisp overall with no tears or marks. Previous owner's... More
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. Edward Goren. First Edition. Paperback. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. First Edition with no additional printings listed. SIGNED by Gorey on bookplate attached inside front cover. Covers are crisp with very light edgewear and a few faint marks near fore-edge. Binding is sound. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. Leonard Baskin. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. Stated First Edition. Illustrated dustjacket with original $60 price; book in black paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and silver lettering. Large dampstain to jacket with sticker residue at bottom front... More
Shepherdstown, WV: Juniper House Library Publications, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Shepherdstown, WV: Juniper House Library Publications, 2012. Stated First Printing. SIGNED by the author with inscription "To the George Washington University, with my best wishes" on title page. Illustrated dustjacket with original $85 price; book in blue cloth-covered boards with... More
Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Masi, 1817. Hardcover. Napoli: Dalla Tipograpfia Masi, 1817. Octavo; [iv], 402p +1 errori at back. Engraved portrait frontis. Brown boards with leather spine and gilt lettering. Joints splitting with amateur rust-colored tape repair over spine ends and down front joint. Boards otherwise edgeworn with a few bumps... More
New York: Brentano's, [1923]. Harry Clarke. New York: Brentano's, [c. 1923]. Early edition with no additional printings on copyright. Quarto. 412 pages. 32 plates including frontis, 8 of which are full-color and tipped in. Publisher's black cloth-covered boards with illustrated title card and gilt lettering to spine. Missing dustjacket, but... More
London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1968. First UK Edition. London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1968. First British Edition. Octavo. 232 pages. Printed dustjacket with original 25s net price; book in charcoal boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dust jacket is heavily worn along edges, with chipping at corners and at spine... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. Wartime "Cheap Edition" Hardcover. London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. Seventeenth Impression. Wartime "Cheap Edition." Printed dustjacket over blue cloth boards. Jacket shows a few small chips and tears along edges, with toning to spine, a small stain on back, and some general smudging to face. Boards bumped... More
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, [1876]. Hardcover. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, [1876?]. Three-quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards. 221p. Portrait frontis. Covers scuffed along fore-edge and bottm, with some light bumping to corners and spine ends. Pencil note on flyleaf, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. More
Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1898. Octavo; 274p. 39 plates including frontis and map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and black illustration. Boards nudged at spine ends, with some smudging and fading to face. Front hinge cracking between frontis and... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Walker and Company, 1978. Stated First Edition. Printed dustjacket over black cloth and red-orange lettering. Price-clipped dustjacket chipped along bottom edge with a few tears and some smudging and scuffing. Boards are square. Sticker shadow on front free endpaper... More
![A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society [Oxford English Dictionary] 8 of 10 Volumes. James A. H. Murray.](/pictures/thumb/4250.jpg?v=1543518667)
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1884-1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1884-1928. Vol I Pt I (A) and Vol III Pt II (E), and not including the 1933 Supplement. Uniformly bound in black leather with gilt lettering and Oxford device to spines. All are sturdy and solid, with some... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Ugo Mochi. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper and lengthy accompanying letter. Illustrated dustjacket with original $7.95 price; book in white paper-covered boards with black... More
London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [1930s]. Charles Robinson. Hardcover. London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [c. 1930s]. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped lettering and illustration. 71p. Four tipped-in color plates. Boards faded and worn along edges with a small bump to fore-edge and a bit of a curve to front... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. First Thus. Hardcover. London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. First Phoenix Library Edition. Illustrated red dustjacket with original "3s. 6d. net" price. Book in purple cloth with blindstamped phoenix logo to front and gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few small chips and tears along... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Stated First U.S. Edition. Printed dustjacket with original $16.95 price; black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few tears and some adjacent creasing along top edge, but is clean and... More
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First Printing with numberline ending in "2" in keeping with Random House's identification methods at the time. Green dustjacket with original $5.95 price; book in light blue-green paper with green cloth spine and green and... More