Softcover. London: Faber and Faber, 1985. 12th printing. Octavo; 64pp. Green paper covers with french flaps. Cover has only minor rubbing on corners, no tears. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. This copy belonged to journalist and White House speechwriter William Safire. Inscribed to "Bill" and dated... More about Elegies
Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. First Edition. Signed twice by Patrick Moore, once without inscription on full title and again with a brief dedication on front free endpaper. Quarto; 576pp. Pictorial dust jacket with white text against a black background. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on... More about Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
First Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by both editors without inscription on full title, as well as by contributors Junot Diaz and A.M. Homes on their respective pages. Octavo; 208pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with some bumping to..... More about Upstairs at The Strand: Writers in Conversation at the Legendary Bookstore
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1947. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription. Octavo; 252pp. Gray, black and blue pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket has rubbing and edgewear with a few small chips along front top edge. Toned on spine, closed tear on back top... More about Sunspots in Action
Hardcover. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1961. Octavo; 231pp. Black, white and orange dust jacket with clipped price. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has some edge wear including chipped front top corners and a closed tear (>1 inch) about halfway down... More about Metaphor in Hopkins
First U.S. Edition. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Stated First U.S. Edition. Octavo; 249pp. Black cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Covers very lightly shelfworn and nudged at spine ends, else sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Sacks's second book... More about Awakenings
First Edition. Washington, D.C.: Paycock Press, 1997. First Edition. Signed by contributors Diane Williams and Ben Marcus on their respective pages. Octavo; 363pp +4pp ads. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers very lightly shelfworn, but clean and crisp overall. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Gargoyle was founded in 1976... More about Gargoyle, Number 39/40: 20th Anniversary Issue
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Eleventh Printing. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 289pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $26.95 price; book in white paper-covered boards with green cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket is crisp with very light scuffing to corners and spine ends... More about All That Is: A Novel
Advance Uncorrected Page Proof. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002. Advance, Uncorrected Page Proof. Signed by poet Linda Gregg on half title; from her personal library. Small quarto; 408pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers toned along edges with a light bump at bottom front corner, else clean and crisp. Binding is sound... More about The Minimum Dwelling
First Edition. New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 196pp. Missing dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering and decoration. Boards are square with bumping to corners and spine ends. Small bump at top corner of last 20 or so pages, not affecting text, else pages... More about Fowl and Game Cookery
First Thus. New York: The Illustrated Modern Library, 1946. First Thus. Duodecimo. 587 pages. 10 double-page, full-color plates by Dali. With original clear acetate dust jacket with yellow lettering. Orange paper covered boards with front Dali illustration in black cloth. Spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped at... More about The First Part of The Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha
John Leech. First Edition. London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First Edition. Small octavo; xii, 228pp. Illustrated frontis with in text illustrations throughout. Green cloth with gilt lettering on red spine labels. Boards are square with light shelfwear, a bit of fading along top edge, and some scuffs and fading to spine... More about The Comic English Grammar: A New and Facetious Introduction to the English Tongue
London: Whittaker and Co., 1902. New Edition. Octavo; lx, 483pp. Green and cream cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Missing frontis. Covers lightly shelfworn with a good bit of nudging to spine ends, bumping corners, and some smudging and soiling, to cloth and down spine. Covers open shakily and... More about Argot and Slang: A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang...
First Edition. London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 185 pages followed by fourteen pages of a blank ledger for recording wine purchases and notes. In dust jacket illustrated by film art designer Edward Carrick, with Borzoi Books colophon to base of spine. Marbled paper boards in purple cloth... More about A Book of Other Wines -- Than French
First Edition. London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 247 pages. In dust jacket illustrated by film art designer Edward Carrick. Red and mustard boards with spine stamped in grey. Dust jacket is rubbed along edges and moderately worn at corners. Borzoi books colophon at base of spine. Boards... More about A Book of French Wines
First Edition. Hardcover. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1945. First Edition. Octavo; 174pp. No dust jacket. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in silver on spine and cover. Black topstain. Cover has minor edgewear and a few light scratches on front right corner over title. Spine is rolled. Decorative bookplate on attached front... More about The Ghost And Mrs. Muir
First Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 384 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.50 price present. Red boards with spine and front board stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is moderately rubbed and creased along edges and corners, with some slight chipping at corners and... More about The Gardener's Day Book
First Edition. London: Cassell and Company LTD, 1956. First Edition with original decorated publisher's box. Octavo. 274 pages. Blue/Purple silk boards in glassine with spine and front board in gilt. White publisher's box printed with title page info on front and price of 31s 6d. net on back. Errata slip... More about Fine Bouche: A History of the Restaurant in France
New York: A.A. Wyn, Inc., 1949. Stated Second Printing. Octavo. 256 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original $2.50 price intact. Brown and beige boards with spine stamped in brown. Rubbed along edges and more heavily worn at corners of jacket. Light shelfwear to boards and binding is... More about The Texas Cookbook
First Edition. New York: Interim Books, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (11" x 8.5"); 100pp. Printed paper wraps. Covers edgeworn with chips at corners and spine ends, a few small tears, and some toning and foxing. First two pages chipped at top corner, with no loss to text. Pages toned and... More about Magazine Three
Second Edition. Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1856. Second Edition (Revised and Enlarged). Octavo (7.75" x 5"); vi, 508pp. Modern rebinding in three-quarter gray leather and marbled boards with red spine label and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Binding by Townsend Book Bindery of New Market, Virginia. Binding is clean... More about A Collection of College Words and Customs
London: Ward, Lock, & Co., n.d. [1880?]. Octavo; [iv], 507pp. Prize binding by the Relfe Brothers, London. Leather boards with gilt emblem of Park House School, Gravesend on front, gilt border and spine ornamentation, and gilt dentelles to turn-ins. Marbled page edges. Prize bookplate on front pastedown to Mark Vernon... More about History of the Jews
Fifth Edition. London / Edinburgh: William Baynes and Son / H.S. Baynes and Co., 1823. Fifth Edition. Octavo; 72pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corner tips and gilt lettering. Covers edgeworn with bumping to corners and spine ends and a small chip to leather near head of spine... More about The Hebrew Grammar, with Principal Rules; compiled from Some of the Most Considerable Hebrew...
First Edition. elist. London: J. Osborn, 1734. First Edition. Octavo; xvi, 246pp +2pp ads for Henry Lintot. Gray paper-covered boards with paper spine label. Covers very lightly shelfworn with some toning to spine and smudging to spine label. Offsetting from bookplate on front free endpaper. Old bookseller price in pencil... More about Reflections Upon Accuracy of Style
First Edition. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 350 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with 8s. 6d. price present. Navy boards with spine in gilt. Dust jacket is edgeworn and one closed tear on top right corner of front panel. Boards are square in binding. A trifle... More about Vegetable Cookery