Brooklyn: Printed for the Association, 1859-1866. First Editions. Five volumes; octavo (ca. 23cm.); all bound in wrappers printed within decorative border. Publication sequence includes the First-Fourth reports (1859-1862) and the Eighth report (1866). First report a bit chipped along extremities and spine crudely reinforced with old tape repair; general dust-soil..... More
[London: Phaidon, 2001]. First Edition. Quarto (25cm.); publisher's textured boards in decorative dust jacket; xi,[12]-352pp.; color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, a few tiny scratches to spine, shallow crease at top fore-edge of front free endpaper, else Very Good or better. More
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, [1971]. Unique copy of First and Sole Edition. Five octavo volumes in slipcase (27x17x13cm); see volume specifics with sectional listings below. Illustrated with original-print B&W photographs, trimmed and tipped in by hand. Maroon pebbled leather bindings and slipcase; endpapers and lining of slipcase in marbled..... More
Antibes, France & Sussex, England: 1980-1986. Folio (14” x 9.5”); 24 clear, bound-in sleeves with blank endleaves. Includes seven typed letters from Greene (six signed, one dictated and signed in absence), seven letters from Gibson (four photocopied, three original with two signed), and two letters from Greene’s sister and amanuensis..... More
[Stuttgart: Heidelberg, ca. 1950.] First Spanish-Language Edition. Slim oblong quarto (21.5x32cm.); publisher's comb-bound decorative card wrappers; [18]pp.; chiefly illus., including color photographs. Light wear and toning, else Very Good or better. Date of publication based on the mark "100 Años de Máquinas de Imprimir Heidelberg, 1850-1950" printed inside upper cover..... More
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1980. First Edition. Large Octavo. 295 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt at spine. Dust jacket shows light rubbing and toning along edges, with one small closed tear along front top edge. Boards show..... More
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1975. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's blue library cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xvii,[5],384pp. Minor dust-soil, especially to spine, else a Very Good or better copy. Card catalog of the collection of Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980), bilingual introductory text in French and English. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2017. First Edition. Quarto. 118 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Red cloth stamped in silver and gilt. A few minor stains to rear board. Sturdy and square in binding. Pages unmarked. More
![A Conrad Memorial Library: The Collection of George T. Keating [Limited Edition]. Joseph Conrad,...](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Edition, Limited to 501 copies of which this is no. 155. Large, thick octavo (26.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, white embossed paper medallion inlay to upper cover, printed paper spine label (duplicate bound in rear), top edge gilt, housed in black cloth slipcase..... More
Toronto: The Clark Co., Yonge Street, [1904]. Revised Twenty-Third Edition. Octavo; [xii] + 1487pp. Half bound in sea-green leather with raised bands on spine and gilt-stamped ornaments within spine compartments; title gilt-stamped on burgundy ground. Sea-green, gold, and tan marbling front and back, endpapers, and on all textblock edges... More
![Italian Plays (1500-1700) in the Folger Library [Biblioteca Di Bibliografia Italiana LII]. Louise...](/pictures/thumb/4104.jpg?v=1540311083)
Hardcover. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1968. Octavo (9.75" x 7"); xlviii, 267p. Cream cloth-covered boards with red and black lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with some general light smudging to face. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an ex-library copy. English language bibliography of Italian Renaissance..... More
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994. First Edition. Signed by all three editors on full title to journalist and language writer (and book collector) William Safire with inscriptions "With best wishes to William Safire from Philippa Bernard," and in different ink below "and thanks from a regular reader of your column. Agnus..... More
[London]: The National Society of Operative Printers & Assistants, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 150 pages. Black and white plates. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn at extremities with exposure. Front boards show significant paper remnants from previously removed label (?). Remnants heavy on front..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Turquoise and navy decorative dust jacket by noted Czech book designer Rudolph Ruzicka. Binding also by him, in aegean-blue cloth with silver and turquoise spine stamping, including ivy motifs; author's initials, with ivy motif, stamped in turquoise on front panel. Standard Knopf..... More
Philadelphia: Stan V. Henkels, 1911. Octavo. 146 pages. Colored illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Catalog No. 1024. Front wrapper and front free endpaper detached but present. Lacking rear wrapper, but rest of gatherings secure in binding. Light chipping to edges throughout. Pencil annotations of prices to catalog entries throughout. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 25 pages. Plain blue paper dust jacket. Red boards stamped in black. Housed in black slipcase with title label to spine. An anti-Nazi radio-play featuring Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman, among others, written in protest of..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 2017. First Edition. Dustjacket is clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks. Very slight curve to front board at fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an ex-library copy. More
Utrecht: Hes Publishers / Forum Antiquarian Booksellers, 1989. Octavo; xii, 518pp. Red cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Covers square with nudging to corners and spine ends, and a couple small smudges to surface. Abrasion to text block at fore-edge, not affecting interior. Binding is sound and..... More
![Wise Men Fish Here: The Story of Frances Steloff and the Gotham Book Mart [Signed by Steloff]. W...](/pictures/thumb/7345.jpg?v=1600884158)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. Stated First Edition. Signed by Steloff on half title with inscription "For [Tadashi Akaislic?], a new friend & future help mate I hope, [?] & Frances Steloff." Octavo; x, 246pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $5.95 price intact; book in blindstamped muted..... More