London: G. Kearsly and J. Murray, 1774. First Edition. Octavo. [vi], 31 pages. Removed / disbound. Title vignette by Isaac Thomas. Includes elegies to 'Fruition,' 'The Disappointment of Passion,' 'The Triumph of Reason,' and 'The Winter of Love.' Portal was a dramatist and goldsmith, but ended his..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 335 pages. Unclipped graphic dust jacket with original $5.00 price present. Red and black boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is rubbed on front panel and edges, has a few inoffensive closed tears, and light chipping at..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866. First Edition, Second Issue (see below). Rebound in marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corners. Octavo; vii, 344p. Missing adverts at back. Front board cracked and separating 3/4 of the way down joint, likely to separate fully soon. Covers scuffed..... More
New York: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 122 pages + advertisements. Gray publisher's cloth with spine stamped in gilt and front cover decoration in red and gilt. Some wear to extremities; binding is sound; ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, half title, and full title..... 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
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London: Edward Moxon, 1835. First Thus. Three Octavo Volumes. 356p; 340p; 296p. With printer's error in pagination - page 108 numbered 110 in volume 2. Half morocco over marbled boards. Ruled in gilt; four raised bands; gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers with bookplate of Oregonian businessman..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854-1855. Complete six-volume set. Octavo; Vol. I xxxii + 483pp; Vol. II xii + 526pp; Vol. III xv + 466pp; Vol. IV xvi + 572pp; Vol. V xvi + 556; Vol. VI xvi + 554pp, including 174 page discursive index covering all six volumes. Engraved..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc., 1934. First American Edition. Octavo. 365 pages. Black and white illustrations; all maps present. Ex-library with a library stamp to front free endpaper and pocket to rear endpaper. Missing dust jacket. Pink-orange boards stamped in red at spine and front. Some smudging and..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. London: Methune, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (5"x7.5"); 159pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original price. Black textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has small chips and a few small tears and rubbing along edges. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and..... More
London: Charles Knight, 1864, 1844. First Editions. 24mo; 197pp, 272pp. Two volumes bound together in brown cloth-covered boards with brown leather spine and corner tips and gilt lettering/tooling to spine. Red staining to page edges. Boards bumped at corners with some fading and smudging to cloth and a few scuffs..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. First Edition. Large Octavo. 355 pages. Portrait frontis and 20 maps, all present. Navy blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt and red and white decoration to spine and front board. Mildly worn along edges and spine ends with some soiling and fading..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo; x + 379pp. Illustrations by Hugh Lofting throughout, including color frontispiece with protective tissue. Mustard cloth boards with full-color Lofting image pasted on front panel within stamped teal circus surround; stamped teal line drawing on back panel. Teal lettering on..... More
London: Constable & Company, 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 front..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. Stated First Printing / Printed in the United States of America. Octavo; 216pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with Cock Robin Thriller emblem on front and marigold lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn and spine a bit rolled, with a small chip at..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1953. First U.S. Edition. Small Octavo. 86 pages. Unclipped graphic dust jacket. Gray boards with maroon labels and gilt lettering to spine and front panel. Dust jacket is chipped at extremities and faded at spine. Numbers written in blue ink along top..... More
![Sense and Sensibility [Two Volumes]. Jane Austen](/pictures/thumb/5854.jpg?v=1576524675)
London: Grant Richards, 1898. Winchester Edition. Two volumes in green cloth, largely faded to brown, with gilt decoration to spine. 276 + 286 pages. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Felicia Pepys Cockerell, both with her signature, to front pastedowns. Some staining and smudging to boards. Edges and spine..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. First Edition. Octavo; 177pp. Frontis with tissue guard and two portrait plates. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt to top page edges. Ex-library of the Iowa State Library with bookplate and "withdrawn" stamp on front pastedown, call number at tail of spine..... More
New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1939. Later Printing. Octavo; 298pp. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth-covered boards with green lettering and illustration. Front flap corner clipped with some loss to a few lines of text. Jacket dampstained along bottom edge, mostly visible to interior, with a few small chips..... More
Early Reprint. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early American Reprint. First UK Edition was published as Sam The Sudden and the First American Edition was published by George H. Doran Company under the name Sam In The Suburbs. This copy is an early reprint of the American First Edition..... More
First Edition. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1937. First Edition, preceding the UK Edition by four months. Octavo. 322 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket is heavily chipped along edges, moderately soiled, and faded at spine. Yellow boards are stamped in green on spine. Soiling along edges..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. First British Edition. Octavo. 110 pages +2 unnumbered pages. Original pictorial boards with no dust jacket as issued. Black and white illustrations. Lightly worn at extremities, with some exposure at spine ends. Laminate peeling at bottom of spine and chipped at..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 335 pages. Frontispiece; 15 black and white plates; fold-out map printed in black and red tipped in at rear. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Plum glacé boards stamped in black at spine and front board..... More
Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1865. Later printing of the 1864 Macmillan & Co First Edition. 16mo; xlvii, 397pp +8pp ads. Illustrated title page with tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Cloth splitting halfway down front joint with spine section loosening but secure. Boards otherwise sturdy with..... More
London: T. Allman, 1838. 16mo; 329pp. Engraved vignette title. Blindstamped limp green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards worn and soiled with bumping to corners, dulling to lettering, and a roll to spine. Covers open a bit shakily but secure. 1913 ownership inscription of W.S. Howell on front..... More