Tbilisi, GE: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. 232 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Text in Georgian and English. A series of interviews with jazz artists who had been invited to play in Georgia by Eastern Promotion, a group that has promoted music in the Caucasus region since 1998..... More
London: Constable & Company LTD, 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 22 cm. 433 pages. 32 black and white plates; 3 color fold-out maps. No dust jacket. Publisher's green olive cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Ownership stamp of George Camp Keiser, founder of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 244 pages. Lacks dust jacket. Green cloth with spine and front stamped in gilt. Stamps from Middle East Institute to text blocks, preliminaries, and title page. Remnants of stickers to spine and endpapers. Corners are bumped, some rippling..... More
New York: Random House, 1975. Stated First Edition with numberline to 2 in keeping with publisher's identification methods at the time. Octavo; 308pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with original $7.95 price intact; book in green paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine and green and gilt lettering. Jacket lightly rubbed..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 114pp. Terracotta boards with gilt spine lettering and gilt-stamped Random House device on front panel. Unclipped dust jacket (with docked flap corners, as published) heavily browned on spine and upper edges; streaks on lower edge of front; a millimeter or..... More
London: John Bell "British Library," 1796. Presumed First Thus. 12mo; each play separately paginated, total of 584pp + 6pp of tipped-in engravings showing staged scenes for three of the five plays. Calf with blind-stamped borders on front and rear panels, gilt-dentelled panel edges; blind-dentelled inner edges; gilt-stamped spine with crimson..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Printed blue and off-white dust jacket with $1 price on front panel at end of text. Navy blue boards with spine and front panel stamped in silver. Dust jacket has nickel-sized chip at bottom..... More
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo. 201 pages. Black and white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket over red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket lightly chipped along edges, with a sticker to rear panel; and some toning to edges. Boards lightly worn at corners, with front..... More
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New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1962. First Edition Thus. Three octavo volumes in slipcase. 346p; 390p; 400p +3 pages charts. Illustrated with a selection of black and white William Blake drawings. Blue cloth-covered boards with navy spine labels, housed in orange slipcase with paper title label. Includes Hell (L'Inferno)..... More
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New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 440 pages. Signed by Broder on half title with inscription, "For Dick Spong - / A wise observer of the / political scene and a generous / friend. / With good wishes and regards, David S. Broder / Washington, D.C. /..... More
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New York: Random House, 1994. Stated First Edition with numberline down to 2 (in keeping with publisher's identification methods at the time). Octavo. 349 pages. Bookplate pasted to half-title signed by William Safire without inscription. This copy not from William Safire's estate. Unclipped dust jacket is toned around..... More
London: Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1814. First Edition. Two volumes in one. Small octavo (7.25" x 5"); xvii, 289pp (final page numbered 139 in error) + 1pp errata, [3-5], 6-248pp. Full textured leather with gilt border, elaborate gilt decoration and red title card to spine, gilt ornamentation..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1937. First Edition. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Charles F. Hanke, an accurate observer, an able administrator and a true friend of the Indian, J.P. Kinney." Octavo; xv + 366pp, including bibliography, appendix, and index. Four pages of B&W documentary photographs plus..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition/First Printing. Octavo; 375pp. Three-color contour map dust jacket, with First Printing signaled by "Advance critical acclaim" header and four blurbs (Kain, Warren, Aiken, Spender) on back. Light gray cloth with crimson lettering on front panel and spine. Unclipped dust jacket..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition (after limited Advanced "Sustainer's Edition" that made this conventional edition possible). Unbroken "1" on copyright page signaling first printing. Octavo; 413pp. Green boards with white and black pictorial stamping on front panel and spine. Minor soiling and general darkening to..... More
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 222 pages. Signed by Orben on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Bill Safire - / #2401 / President Kirkpatrick... / All the best... / Robert Orben." At the time of publication, Kirkpatrick was serving as United States..... More
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Livingston, MT: Paolini International, LLC, 2002. First Edition, self-published by the author's family. Illustrated Wraps. Octavo. 472 pages. Black and white map. Signed by Paolini on title page with inscription, "To Amber Richardson / Sincerely! / Christopher Paolini." A touch of wear to edges; some faint rubbing to front..... More
Boston: Hertel, Jenkins & Co., 1907. First Edition. Octavo. 379 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout and all accounted for. Red cloth; front ruled in black, stamped in white, now faded almost entirely to clear. Title stamped in black with title blind stamped. Heavy wear and soiling to..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First American Edition. Small octavo; 140pp +4pp ads. Green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering. Boards dirt-spotted down front and more lightly so on back, with bumping to corners and shallow chips / nudging to spine ends. 1861 A nun's ownership signature dated 1861..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "With the compliments of the author, G. Gordon-Smith, Washington, D.C., Feb. 7 1925." Octavo; viii + 360pp + tipped-in fold-out "General Map of the Balkan War Area." Wine cloth with gilt lettering front panel and..... More
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878. First Edition with no additional printings noted. Octavo; xx, 440pp +6pp ads. 6 plates including frontis with tissue guard, two double-page color flag illustrations, and one fold-out map, all present. Includes appendices of amusements, game obtained, drying-room regulations, winter routine, and some general statistics..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1938. Stated First Edition. Octavo; viii + 350pp, including index. Persimmon dust jacket with black lettering. Gray-blue cloth boards with black stamping front panel and spine. Dust jacket mildly soiled and eroded at folds and spine crown and foot, but solid, whole, and..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First Edition. "Published March, 1919" on copyright page. Octavo; 319pp. Five full-page tipped-in illustrations (lacking one of original 6 such), plus 12 full-page line drawings, all present, preceding each of 12 chapters. Orange boards with black lettering on front panel and spine. [Zeuschner 214]..... More
Erie: The A-No. 1 Publishing Company, 1921. First Edition. Vol. 12 in the overall series of 12. Small Octavo; 128pp. Twelve full-page line drawings with a few vignette tail-pieces at chapter divisions. Stapled persimmon card wrappers, with pictorial front and vignette on back. Photographic portrait of the author (making him..... More
Erie: The A-No. 1 Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Vol. 5 in the overall series of 12. Small Octavo; 133pp + 3 pages of pictorial advertisements for other books in the series. Fourteen full-page line drawings and many differentiated vignette head- and tail-pieces at chapter divisions. Stapled persimmon card wrappers..... More