London: Edward Arnold, [1898]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's green cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards; ca. 110pp.; chiefly illus. Boards rather rubbed with exposure at corners and minor fraying at spine ends, damp stain to rear cover not bleeding into textblock, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else Good or..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., [1945]. First Edition. Small slim octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket printed in blue and black; 78pp. Light foxing to jacket extremities and rear panel, else Near Fine. The English novelist's second attempt at drama, this set in the RAF during..... More
London: Labour Publishing Company Limited, [1926]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's decorative tan staple bound wrappers; vii,[1],18pp. A hint of shelf wear, else Fine. The author's first book, a short play inspired by the ongoing miners' strikes in the country. As the introduction warns, "This is admittedly a...... More
London: Max Parrish, 1950. First Edition. Slim 12mo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 87pp.; four leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional text illus. and facsimiles throughout. Light shelf wear and dust soil to jacket; Near Fine in Very Good jacket overall. Inscribed and signed..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1938]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket, dark green topstain; 414pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, rear panel rather dust-soiled, very minor spine lean, small soil spot to front board, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. At the time..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Octavo. xiii + 646 pages. Seven B&W historical painting reproductions. Cloth-backed boards with gilt spine stamping. Folger Library discard with front pastedown label and pocket at rear. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. A few speckles to edges of text..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1930. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 350 pp. Vladimir (Bobritsky) Bobri-illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in black. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges with a thin band of discoloration to spine and some general rubbing. Boards lightly worn..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Tall octavo. 589 pp. Frontis portrait with tissue guard. Printed dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Maroon topstain. Unclipped dust jacket worn and chipped along edges with several closed tears and general rubbing and creasing. Colors remain bright..... More
New York: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1946. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; 119pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with a number of small chips and closed tears with subsequent creasing, spine panel toned, light shelf to cloth edges, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else Very..... More
London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. "New Edition"—First Thus Revised Reprint of 1841 edition. Octavo (24x16.5x3cm); viii + 300pp. Twenty-two "steel etchings" and 78 "wood-cuts." Publisher's royal blue percaline with gilt spine lettering and rules; gilt stamping to front panel; beveled panel edges with blind-stamped borders. Dark peacock-blue coated endpapers... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Octavo. 688 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt. Ex-library copy with usual markings Boards worn along edges with exposure. Patchy staining to rear board and general scuffing. Institutional sticker..... More
![From the Ocean to the Sky [Signed]. Edmund Hillary](/pictures/thumb/9455.jpg?v=1620061386)
New York: The Viking Press, 1979. Second Printing. Signed by Hillary "To Laura" on half title. Octavo. 273 pp. Black and white and color photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Brown and blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a 1 1/2" closed tear..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the Rudge Press of which this is no. 565. Large octavo (26.5cm.); publisher's vellum-backed papier-peint boards, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, in glassine dust jacket and paper-covered slipcase; [10],164pp.; illus., decorations throughout printed..... More
London: William Paterson & Co., 1891. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's two-toned green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, yellow glazed endpapers; xiii,[3],386,[2](ads)pp. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities, most notably corners, textblock appears to have been recased, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown, some relevant early 20th century notes..... More
![Introducere in Shakespeareologie [Introduction to Shakespeare Criticism]. Dan A. Lăzărescu](/pictures/thumb/9427.jpg?v=1619626900)
Craiova: Editura Sim Art, 2008. First Thus reprint edition of 1974 limited issue from Editura Univers. Octavo (21x14.5x4cm); 689pp, including chronologies, appendices, and indexes. Entirely in Romanian with the exception of an opening two-page review of Lăzărescu's life and works in English. Pictorial coated wraps. Only the slightest signs..... More
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 2000. First Edition, Limited to 85 copies of which this is no. 59. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's maroon morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, yellow topstain, in original clear acetate dust jacket; [8],314pp. Jacket very slightly chipped, light shelf wear to boards, else Near Fine. Signed by the author..... More
New York: Thomas Seltzer, Inc., 1921. First Edition. Octavo (24x17x3cm); 355pp. Eight color illustrations by Jan Juta; one full-page map. [Roberts A20, showing called-for inverted line of type on p. 127] Ivory linen spine with paste-on label; green boards. Some minor chips to edges of spine label; normal edge-..... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Octavo. 167 pp. Printed dust jacket. Beige and blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped along edges with a handful of closed tears, two longer tears along top edge of rear panel. Patchy splattering. Boards edgeworn with brief..... More