New York: Blue Ribbon Books, [1931]. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's red cloth lettered in black, red topstain; [2],viii,99pp.; illus. throughout. Minute wear to cloth corners, both hinges cracked, contemporary ownership ex libris to half title, finger-soil to early leaves; overall Good to Very Good only. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vii,[1],200pp.; photo-montaged frontispiece and twelve leaves of plates. Minor scuffing to cloth extremities, spine a shade sunned and gilt rather significantly dulled, textblock edges and preliminaries quite spotted, later (1955) ownership signature to half title, else a...... More
[London]: Golden Cockerel Press, [1949]. First Thus, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 130. Large octavo; publisher's plum morocco over red pictorial gilt-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, rubberstamp of the binders Sangorski & Sutcliffe to front pastedown; 349pp.; woodcut frontispiece, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Light..... More
New-London: T. Green, 1770. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers to style; 31,[1]pp.; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Margins trimmed, slightly affecting contemporary manuscript price at top fore-edge corner of title page, else Very Good and sound. Response to William Hart's pamphlet "Brief Remarks on a Number of False Propositions,"..... More
Middlebury, VT: Huntington and Fitch, 1805. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary sheep, gilt spine; xii,[13]-300pp. Scuffing to leather extremities, some brief peeling and surface scratches to both boards, rear free endpaper partially removed, contemporary manuscript inscription of the Public Library in Greenfield and Milton to front free endpaper with lengthy..... More
Cambridge: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1876. First Edition. Small, slim quarto; publisher's grey pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; v,[5],123,[5](ads)pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Light wear to cloth extremities, corners gently tapped, margins toned, 20th century ownership ex libris to front flyleaf, else a Very Good, still..... More
New York: South Brunswick, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 258 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Slightly ex-library with minimal institutional markings. Unclipped dust jacket worn along edges and joints with some slight chipping; general soiling and toning. Boards dust-soiled..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1853. New Edition, "with additions and corrections by the former editor." Two volumes; octavos; publisher's purple blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spines, brown glazed endpapers; xviii,[2],514; 504pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, Vol. II extra-illustrated with two mounted mid-20th century plates. Spines uniformly sunned..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 488 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering (now dulled) to spine. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure, collapse with separation to top of spine, mild general scuffing. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 373 pp. Red boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show a couple minor scuffs and some mild and inoffensive rippling along spine. Binding is sound, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1958. Octavo. 369 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black and white boards stamped in silver and yellow. Map endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and worn along edges with a triangular patch of loss to rear. Boards with light wear to edges and front..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. First Edition. Octavo. 575 pp. Black and white photographs and illustraitons, complete. Black cloth stamped in green and gilt; dark topstain; map endpapers. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to edges with some scuffing to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York? / Bermuda / Italy / Austria: 1925. Oblong folio (26x34cm.); string-bound flexible black cloth album, upper cover lettered in gilt ("Photographs"); [50]ll. of thick grey card stock to which are mounted one hundred and eighty-six (186) silver gelatin photographs, mostly measuring 10x16cm or the inverse, all but the..... More
Munich: Prestel, [2011]. First Edition. Large square quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; 219pp.; photographic illus. throughout, chiefly in color. Minute shelf wear and very faint soil to jacket extremities, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. More
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New York: M. Knoedler & Company, [1936]. First Edition, Limited to 425 copies of which this is no. 359. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth-backed gilt-lettered boards in glassine dust jacket; 66pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities very slightly rubbed, jacket toned and a bit brittle, small loss at spine crown, larger loss to..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. 294 pp. + 18 pp. career statistics. Illustrated dust jacket. Black and green boards with silver and green lettering to spine; green topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket worn along edges with a few minor nicks and short closed tears. Boards show..... More
Boston: Printed for the Author. Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 1880. Second Edition. Octavo. 261 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black leather boards lettered in gilt. Chips to spine ends, wear along edges, and spotting to rear. Binding is sound. Smudging to endpapers..... More
Boston: Wright & Ditson, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges with some minor staining and spotting. Binding sound. Slight marginal stain but otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Scarce trade catalog from the early sporting good..... More
![Item #26000 Massacre in the Sun [alt. title Dempsey, by the Man Himself] [Signed]. Jack Dempsey,...](/pictures/thumb/26000.jpg?v=1679089469)
London: Heinemann, 1961. Second Printing. Signed by Jack Dempsey with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 249 pp. Black and white photographs. Renato Fratini-illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in silver. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with general rubbing and scuffing..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Company, 1910. First Edition. Octavo. 308 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white photographs, lacking two plates. Tan boards stamped in red with photo-illustrated card mounted to front. Boards rather worn with brief exposure to extremities, corners bumped, and general soiling and scuffing..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Octavo. 240 pp. Black and white photographs including frontispiece, complete. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.00" price present. Dark blue boards stamped in green. Dust jacket lightly chipped and creased along edges with mild staining along bottom edge and light spotting to..... More
Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1948. First Edition. Octavo; 164pp. 125 illustrations, 22 of which are full-color and tipped-in. Printed paper wraps. Covers a touch faded at top and bottom edges, with light bumping to corners and at head of spine, and a couple small spots to front..... More
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, 1935. First Thus. Octavo; 318pp. Illustrations and one folding map, all present. Publisher's textured copper cloth with silver lettering. Map endpapers. Boards rubbed down joints and at extremities, with some bowing at fore-edge. Flattened dog-earing to a few pages. Faint ghost of an erased "R" in..... More
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc. Publishers, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. 281 pp. Orange boards stamped in black; orange topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Edges and joints rubbed and spine mildly sunned. binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. First Edition, first printing. Octavo. 348 pp. Gray boards with black stamping to spine. No dust jacket. Boards show rubbing to extremities and some soiling and sunning to spine and edges. Binding is sound. Off-setting and mild spotting to endpapers but otherwise..... More