New York: Random House, 1967. First U.S. Edition. Tall Octavo. 160 pages. Black and white illustrations, photographs, and general hullabaloo throughout. Charcoal topstain. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$10.95" price present. Black and white illustrated boards. Light to moderate chipping to edges of dust jacket; rubbed; amateur tape..... More
Philadelphia: Board of Foreign Missions Reformed Church in the United States, [1900]. First Edition. Octavo. 76 pages. Frontis portrait. Illustrated wraps. Some light chipping and general shelfwear along edges of wraps. Secure in binding and pages unmarked. Scarce in retail at time of this writing. More
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press , 1966. First Edition. Two Octavo Volumes. 421 p.; 452 p. Black and white charts and graphs throughout. Unclipped dust jackets with original "$7.50" price present. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets are lightly worn and creased along edges with general rubbing and..... More
Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 94 pages. Black and white photographs.Light green printed wraps. Wraps are toned with some light wear along edges. Secure in binding. Pages unmarked. Tales the author had heard as a boy including "Saga of Simon Girty," "Danger in Dark..... More
Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 90 pages. Yellow printed wraps. Wraps are toned with some light wear along edges. Secure in binding. Heavy toning to final page, but otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Tales the author had heard as a boy including..... More
London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by W. Griffin, [1766]. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pages. Bound in 19th century boards with leather spine and tips with gilt lettering to spine. Chipped at extremities with loss to bottom of spine. General scuffing and rubbing to boards. Ownership stamp..... More
Washington, D.C. and New York: National Gallery of Art/Abrams, 2002. First Edition. Two quarto volumes in photographic slipcase; 1012pp in total. Linen cloth stamped in black. Pristine. Unopened in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase without flaws. Definitive Stieglitz catalog of 1600+ photographs, published in conjunction with the massive 2002..... More
New York: King Manor House, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. 168 pages. Bound paper wraps with plastic cover to front. Some light edgewear and toning to wraps. Secure in binding. Staining to edges of text block but interior is unmarked. Appears to be a self-published examination into..... More
New York: J.A. Wilmore & Company, 1897. First Edition. Quarto. 604 pages. 41 black and white illustrations, all present. Drab olive cloth stamped in red and gilt. All edges stained red. Decorative endpapers. Ex-library copy. Light wear to extremities and joints, with some fraying at corners. Bottom corners..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Price-clipped illustrated dust jacket; green blind-stamped boards with gilt lettering to spine. Yellow topstain. Autographed note signed by wife of journalist Charles E. Silberman laid in at front. Dust jacket is lightly worn at extremities with toning and..... More
Venice: [In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri], [mid-1500s]. Aldine "Enchiridion" Octavo; 30pp of preliminary matter extant (lacunae, see description) + 2pp Preface of Aldus Manutius + 530pp, including extant Index (lacunae, see description). Double-spread woodcut map of the Iberian peninsula. Contemporary mottled calf; four raised bands with title in gilt..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Graphic dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Beige boards stamped in maroon. Dust jacket is heavily chipped with numerous tears and barely connected at front joint. Front flap and rear flaps detached. Now protected in mylar, but..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Ex-library with usual internal markings. Grey boards in red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is lightly chipped at extremities with some general spotting. Short closed tear to bottom..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1946. First Edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards sramped in black. Dust jacket is chipped at extremities with a few smaller punctures and closed tears to spine and flaps. Some general toning and spotting. Boards stamped in black. Light..... More
New York: Harry C. Abrams Inc. Publishers, 1983. First Edition. Signed by Stassinopoulos on title page to William and Helene Safire with inscription, "To Bill and Helene, / with my love, / Arianna / 15th August 1983." Additional autographed letter signed taped to front free endpaper and reads, "Dear Bill..... More
New York: SINO Publishing Company, 1980. First Edition. Signed by Topping on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "For Bill - We read you regularly in The Lhasa Times and thought highly of your column. Best Wishes Audrey + Top." Quarto. 185 pages plus index. Color..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: Glen House Communications, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Rice to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To William Safire with love Dorothy Rice." Quarto. 144 pages. Full color illustrations and photographs. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust..... More
New York: The Vendome Press, 1995. First U.S. Edition. Quarto. 199 pages. Photographs throughout. Promotional materials laid in at front. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards are stamped in silver at spine. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear to edges but no chips or tears. Some faint intermittent staining to..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. First Edition. Signed by Finn to William Safire on contents page with inscription, "For Bill Safire with warm regards - David Finn." Quarto. 224 pages. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped photographic dust jacket. Black boards are stamped in silver at spine... More
Washington, DC: Democratic Convention Program Committee, 1964. First Edition. Quarto. 169 pages plus advertisements. Illustrations throughout. White boards ruled in gilt and stamped in red, black, and blue. Program to the convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, laid in at front. Boards are lightly worn at edges..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Quarto; 128 pages. Black and white and color photographs throughout. Photographic dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Laid in is a printed announcement for the birth of the Eisenhower's baby, Jennie, with original envelope. Also included is a short hand-written..... More
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. First Edition. Octavo. Contemporary sheep with black leather spine label and gilt lettering. 472 pages. All edges marbled. An extensive work of Baptist prophetic interpretation. Rubbing to boards, more heavily along spine. Front joint cracked at bottom but holding..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Signed "Sincerely, / Langston Hughes," with green pen on front free endpaper. Quarto. 316 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Red boards in gray cloth with spine stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Corners exposed, general staining and scuffing to..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition, First State. Octavo; xii + 9-398pp + final advertisement. BAL 7626, with both ad and misspelled "myterious" on p. 145. Publisher's brown cloth blind stamped with borders and central ornaments front and back. Gilt lettering on spine. Joints and hinges solid. Cloth..... More
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 232 pages. Iillustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Mustard boards stamped in light green. Dust jacket is chipped and toned at extremities. Two inch closed tear along bottom front joint and one inch closed tear along..... More