![Item #14273 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard [Limited Edition, Signed by de Freitas]. Joseph...](/pictures/thumb/14273.jpg?v=1664895253)
San Francisco: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by Taylor & Taylor, 1961. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 432. Quarto; publisher's burlap-backed pictorial cloth, front cover and cloth spine label stamped in silver foil, brown topstain, in original metallic paper-covered slipcase;..... More
New York: Printed at the Spiral Press for the Members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 432. Large quarto; publisher's vellum-backed cloth bound by the Russell-Rutter Company, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, in original paper-covered slipcase; xxxi,[1],165pp.; twelve leaves..... More
![Item #13476 Snickerty Nick & the Giant [Inscribed and Signed by Ford]. Julia Ellsworth Ford,...](/pictures/thumb/13476.jpg?v=1656366410)
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1935. Third Printing. Quarto; publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket, in custom red cloth slipcase; [8],132pp.; three half-tone plates, text illus. throughout, sheet music in rear. Dust jacket heavily and rather crudely restored, verso backed and color touched up along margins of external extremities partially obscuring..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co., ca. 1900. Small square 16mo (9.5cm.); full contemporary reddish-brown gilt-tooled morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, elaborate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],126pp.; color frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates, illus. throughout text printed in brown within green border. Front cover leather a bit discolored, brief ink..... More
New York: Longmans Green & Co., 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 139 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Illustrated endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges with general rubbing and amateur tape repair to verso. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound..... More
Chicago: Gordon Volland Publications / Buzza Company, 1927. Third Printing. Slim square 12mo (17.5cm); publisher's pictorial cloth-backed boards; [48]pp.; color illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, smallish abrasion to front cover from previously removed price sticker affecting the "and" in the title, contemporary ownership ex libris to..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First Edition. Quarto. 92 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.50 price present. Illustrated boards with same design. Dust jacket chipped along the edges with a few short closed tears and some very minor chipping. Boards worn..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1932. Later Printing. 12mo; publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 29pp.; color frontispiece, full-page and double-page color illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities rather rubbed, especially along spine, short closed tear to front cover fore-edge not approaching text, faint dampstain affecting wrappers and textblock; overall Good to Very..... More
Delmar, NY: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978. Facsimile edition, second (1982) printing. Slim octavo (22cm.); publisher's tan textured cloth, spine lettered in black; chiefly illus. Spine slightly cocked, else Just About Fine. Reformatted facsimile reproduction of Baum's oversized and mostly forgotten children's book featuring the top-hat-wearing Woggle-Bug. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1903. First Edition, First Printing with endpapers printed in orange and black, "Braunworth" to copyright page, and textual illustration to p. 238 printed upside-down. Large octavo. 242 pp. 8 color plates, including frontis, complete. Gray-green cloth stamped in purple-gray, coral, orange, yellow, and black. Illustrated..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1905. First Edition in second state binding B with pale-yellow background and "The Woggle-Bug Book" printed in yellow to rear. Folio. 48 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Recent green cloth spine; thin pictorial cardboard covers. Expertly repaired with new green cloth spine, repair of..... More
![Item #10858 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Signed Limited Edition]. L. Frank Baum, Michael McCurdy,...](/pictures/thumb/10858.jpg?v=1631715423)
Wichita, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Deluxe Centennial Edition of 500 copies, this being #254, signed by illustrator McCurdy on limitation page. Square octavo. 189 pp. Black and white illustrations. Black cloth stamped in silver with illustration mounted to front. Black publisher's slipcase. Boards show light spotting..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1960. First Edition in Binding Variant A with full color to front, rear, and spine. Quarto. 95 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.95" price, plot summary to front flap, and chapter titles to rear flap. Illustrated..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint with Dodge listed on title page and "H.M. Caldwell Co." to copyright page. Square octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Green cloth spine with pictorial pastedowns to front. No dust jacket. Boards roughly worn along edges with chipping and exposure. Binding is..... More
New York: H.M. Caldwell Company Publishers, 1902. First Edition. Square octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Red cloth spine with pictorial pastedowns to front and rear. Pictorial endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards roughly worn along edges. Boards shaken at rear, but overall binding holding. Colors remain bright and pages..... More
![Item #12651 Babes in Birdland: A Fairy Tale [alt. title: Policeman Bluejay]. Laura Bancroft,...](/pictures/thumb/12651.jpg?v=1646843176)
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. First Thus. Large octavo; publisher's green linen-backed pictorial boards; 115,[1],[4](ads)pp.; color frontispiece and seven leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Boards rather scuffed and rubbed with exposure along margins and corners, general dust-soil, especially to front cover, brief dampstain along bottom margin, small..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1906. First Edition with red endpapers and hand-lettered title page. 12mo. 61 pp. Color illustrations. Light tan cloth stamped in brown, black, yellow, and blue. Red endpapers. No dust jacket. Light edgewear and general smudging to boards. Binding is sound. Ownership inscriptions..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First Trade Edition. Quarto; publisher's white pictorial cloth stamped in turquoise and gilt, top edge stained turquoise; [6],113pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and nine additional plates accompanied by stiff printed and illustrated paper guards. Cloth dust-soiled, short crack at spine crown and tiny chips at..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. Reprint. Large octavo. 237 pp. 16 color plates. Printed dust jacket. Red cloth stamped in black. Brazier endpapers. Dust jacket shows some very shallow chipping at extremities with some general rubbing. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked..... More
![Item #13425 Poppy Ott Series [11 Volumes, Complete, including Monkey's Paw and Hidden Dwarf]. Leo...](/pictures/thumb/13425.jpg?v=1658502236)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1926-1939]. Mixed printings. 11 octavo volumes. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jackets. Red cloth boards with black, dark blue, or brown outlined in black lettering; a couple volumes with freckled goldfish with top hat to front. Dust jackets worn and creased..... More
New York: Brentano's, [1925]. First U.S. Trade Edition, printed in a run of 675 copies, of which this is #312. Quarto. 151 pp. 10 color plates by Dulac, mounted on white art paper, framed with gray-green lines, with tissue guards printed at top with black letterpress. Dust jacket of tan..... More
Quarto (30cm.); publisher's metalic textured card wrappers (blue-green and silver), white label printed in gilt mounted to upper cover; 143pp.; ten mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue guards, decorative title page printed in four colors (blue, silver, gilt, and black), text printed within decorative gilt border throughout. Minor..... More
![Item #21341 Au Jardin des Gemmes [Limited Edition]. Léonard Rosenthal, Léon...](/pictures/thumb/21341.jpg?v=1673999931)
Limited to 2250 copies of which this is no. DLXXXIX [589], presented in manuscript to Madame J. de Lailhacar. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial card wrappers embossed in pale green and gilt; 158pp.; 12 mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue guards, title page printed in black and gilt..... More
New York: William R. Scott, [1956]. First Edition. Small, square quarto; publisher's pictorial simulated cloth in matching dust jacket; unpaginated; two-toned (black and brown) illus. throughout. Shallow chipping to jacket extremities, including coin-sized loss at bottom margin of upper panel not quite touching text, the whole rather dust-soiled, a few..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Highly amusing black and white illustrations by Clarke throughout. Green cloth stamped in black. Includes sections on cocktails and canapes, game, and chafing dishes, among others. Boards are heavily worn with exposure. Rubbed and scuffed..... More