New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered and ruled in black; vi,[2],312pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine a bit sunned and creased, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Earliest hard..... More
New York: Edward J. Clode, 1930. No edition statement, with publisher following no designated method of identification. Octavo; publisher's crimson cloth stamped in black; viii,[9]-320pp. Some shelf wear to cloth extremities with shallow loss at spine foot, corners bumped, spine a shade sunned, else a Very Good, internally clean and..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First Edition, First Printing, with 1940 to title and copyright pages. Octavo. 356 pp. First-issue dust jacket with original $2.50 price present and "Summer’s Lease" blurb to rear flap. Tan buckram with dark red lettering. Large triangular chip along inner edge of front..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, ca. 1870s. Large, thick quarto; contemporary half gilt-ruled morocco over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xxviii,737pp.; 118 plates, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Boards scuffed with exposure at corners, spine sunned and leather dried, stock a bit toned and brittle due to..... More
![Item #13859 The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegl [Limited Edition, Signed by Floethe]....](/pictures/thumb/13859.jpg?v=1660339717)
Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club / Joh. Enschede En Zonen, 1934. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Floethe, this being #1001. Quarto. 278 pp., many unopened. Color illustrations. Bound in linen with gilt illustration to front. Red topstain; illustrated endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Dark..... More
![Item #14704 The Persian Letters [Limited Edition]. Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, John...](/pictures/thumb/14704.jpg?v=1670284321)
Philadelphia: George Barrie, [ca. 1900]. First Thus, Limited to 1000 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper of which this is no. 377. Two volumes; octavo; half green morocco over cloth, gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; lxviii,202; vi,233pp.; double engraved frontispieces, seven illustrations bound in two..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo (12.5cm.); publisher's reddish-brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt; 80pp.; illus. in text, publisher's ads printed in red on endpapers. Extremities a bit rubbed and spine lettering starting to dull, textblock a bit toned and shaken in binding;..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, ca. 1855. Later Edition, part of publisher's uniform edition set of Dickens' works. Octavo. 268 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 19 additional black and white plates by Cruikshank, complete. Brown cloth with gilt decoration to spine. All edges speckled. Boards worn with exposure to..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. New Edition, Complete. Octavo. 526 pp. 40 plates including frontispiece and engraved title page. Lacking half title. Bound in early 20th-century three quarter maroon morocco over cloth. Five raised bands; gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Light edgewear to boards. Binding..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First book edition, first issue with errata slip to p. 481, and with all points listed in Smith. Octavo. xiv, 625 pp. 40 engravings by Browne ("Phiz") including frontispiece and engraved title page, complete, and includes the eight dark plates. Contemporary half red morocco with..... More
![Item #14247 Shadow Over the Land [Inscribed and Twice Signed]. Charles Dwoskin](/pictures/thumb/14247.jpg?v=1664897220)
New York: Beechhurst Press, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); 285pp. Moderate wear to jacket and cloth extremities including a few shallow chips and closed tears to the former, briefly affecting text at spine ends without loss of meaning, spine cocked and..... More
New York: Restoration Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's purple moiré cloth lettered in gilt; 232pp.; tipped in portrait plate on p. [8]. Spine toned, else Very Good or better. Anti-tobacco novel by the dentist and all-around crank, whose obituary title read: "Dr. C.G. Pease, 86, Noted..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Reprint. Octavo. 214 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Dark blue cloth boards stamped in black and gilt. Light shelfwear to boards and corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. Overall an attractive copy of a...... More
![Item #8342 Christopher's Ghosts [Signed]. Charles McCarry](/pictures/thumb/8342.jpeg?v=1610995963)
New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2007. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by McCarry on title page without inscription. Octavo. 304 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon and gray boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is gently rubbed at top of spine. Spine ends of boards are nudged and..... More
Paris: Éditions Garnier Frères, [1961]. First Thus. Thick 12mo (18.25cm.); publisher's green gilt-embossed cloth, pictorial plate mounted to upper cover, original mylar dust jacket; [6]xxiii,[1],944pp.; four leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional text illus. throughout, including many full-paged. Tiny soil spot to rear cover, a few chips..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo; 372pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; book in beige cloth with red lettering and blue ornamentation. Blue topstain. Jacket shows a few shallow closed tears and a bit of biopredation along bottom edge, darkening to spine with fading to..... More
![Item #25568 The Cloister and the Hearth [Limited Edition, Signed by Lynd Ward]. Charles Reade,...](/pictures/thumb/25568.jpg?v=1676481700)
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. First Thus, Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Lynd Ward at colophon, this being #513. Two large octavo volumes. 367 pp., 368-745 pp. Photogravures by Ward. Full brown cloth decorated in brown and orange. Lacking dust jackets. Missing publisher's slipcase but housed..... More
London: George Allen, 1899. Limited Edition of 200 Large Paper copies. Large octavo. 298 pp. Line drawings by Thomson throughout. Bound in half morocco over green cloth by Scroll Club of New York; six compartments and gilt decoration to spine; top edge gilt; green endpapers. Housed in custom-made slipcase... More
![Item #8181 The Book of Ballads and Sagas #1 [Signed by McCrumb]. Charles Vess, Sharyn McCrumb,...](/pictures/thumb/8181.jpg?v=1610906875)
Bristol, VA: Green Man Press, 1995. First Edition. Signed on front cover by Sharyn McCrumb. Octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations. Includes "Thomas the Rhymer," "The False Knight on the Road," and "Skade." Light edgewear to wraps. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; 251pp. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, most notably at spine ends, corners gently tapped, small rectangle neatly excised at top fore-edge corner of front free endpaper, else Very Good, textblock clean and sound..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Octavo. 249 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Black boards stamped in red. Dust jacket slightly chipped and toned along edges with some general rubbing. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1905. First Dulac-illustrated edition. Octavo. 292 pp. Six color plates by Dulac, complete. Illustrated dust jacket. In publisher's boards decorated in dark green and gilt.; top edge gilt. Dust jacket shows some slight chipping along edges and spine with faint patchy dampstaining..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped and creased along edges with general soiling and dampstaining to spine. Light wear to extremities of boards. Moderate lean to spine. Binding is..... More
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 274 pp. Book bound in light blue cloth with illustration and text in black. Deckled edges. Sunning to spine with some spots on front and back cover. Boards are rubbed with slight lean. Front hinge..... More
![Item #002407 The Gentleman in the Barrel [Six California Tales No. 1]. Chester Bailey Fernald,...](/pictures/thumb/002407.jpg?v=1550000807)
Berkeley: The Archetype Press, 1939. Limited Edition of 650 copies for members of The Book Club of California. Octavo (9.75" x 6.5"); [20p]. Hand-cut vignettes by Alec Yuill-Thornton. String-bound printed paper wraps. Covers lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with a few small smudges. Light offsetting opposite a...... More