Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Revised Edition. Ten large octavo volumes. Frontispiece, maps, plates, and numerous small illustrations throughout each volume, including "Annual Revolution of the Earth Round the Sun" to volume three. Three-quarter contemporary sheep over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and..... More
London: T. Boys, 1826. First Edition. Two volumes in one. 24mo; 360pp. Two engraved title pages with engraved five-portrait frontispieces opposite. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corner tips with leather title card to spine. Marbled page edges. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some..... More
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1979 facsimile of three-volume First Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as published in Edinburgh in 1768-1771. Octavo; Vol. I 698pp; Vol. II 1011pp; Vol III 954pp. Brown imitation leather with raised bands on spines and gilt stamping, including title against a red panel. Facsimile is printed on..... More
Philadelphia: William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803 and 1804. Complete five volume set from the library of notable journalist and White House speechwriter William Safire. Octavos: xvi, 506 pp.; viii, 519 pp.; viii, 516 pp.; viii, 516 pp.; xii, 476 pp., 35 pp., followed by four pages of advertisements..... More
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First Edition. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1985 - 2002. Volumes I - IV; all First Printings. Thick Quartos. Publisher's blue cloth in tan pictorial dust jackets. Illustrations throughout. Several letters laid in from the editors to author, linguist, and speechwriter William Safire. Volume One inscribed..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989 Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 120 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly creased at corners and some light smudging. Binding and interior..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 102 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly worn at edges and some light smudging. Binding and interior..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 114 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some smudging to rear panel. Binding..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 107 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front and..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, [ca. 1989]. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 93 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, [ca. 1989]. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 125 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front..... More
New York: C.S. Dunning, 1831. Octavo; vi, 412pp. Printed in two columns, with woodcut illustrations throughout. Contemporary sheep with gilt decoration to spine, borders, and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Ex-library with card pocket on back pastedown with stamps of The Fleming School Library and Ecole Francaise Reference Library, but no..... More
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1995. Second Edition. Octavo. 735 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Black boards with spine stamped in white and front stamped in white with red label. Light wear to corners, with a slight roll to spine. Sticker to rear board. Binding is sound and pages..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1884-1928. Missing Vol I Pt I (A) and Vol III Pt II (E), and not including the 1933 Supplement. Uniformly bound in black leather with gilt lettering and Oxford device to spines. All are sturdy and solid, with some expected light edgewear at..... More
Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, 1818. Ninth Edition, Revised and Corrected. 24mo (5.75" x 3.5"); 192pp. Contemporary leather with red spine label and gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn and lightly warped, with scuffs down joints and some general smudging and scuffing to leather. Endpapers toned along gluelines. Large ownership on flyleaf reads..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Second Edition. 12mo; xviii, [19]-176pp +36pp ads. Blue and brown paper-covered boards with printed title label to spine. Boards well-rubbed at corners and along edges, with bumps to spine ends and general smudging to surface. Ownership name of "J. Evans Pugh" in..... More
Philadelphia: Griggs & Dickinson, 1832. Standing Edition, Greatly Improved. 24mo; 413pp. Contemporary brown leather with black title card to spine. Boards rubbed and bumped along edges and corners, with chipping at head of spine and leather worn away and cracking at bottom exposing gatherings. Split starting to front joint, but..... 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
Georgetown, D.C.: Joseph Milligan, 1812. From the Seventh English Edition, improved by the author. 12mo; xviii, [19]-211pp +4pp ads. Contemporary calf with red leather title card to spine. Boards warping a bit, with rubbing and bumping along edges, corners, and spine ends, scuffs down joints, and general smudging to surface..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1872. New and Revised Edition. Quarto. 860 pages. Rebound in contemporary half leather with gilt decoration, five raised bands, and red leather label to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Clarke worked on the concordance for 16 years, and, although it was called 'as..... More
First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. 283 pages. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To: William Safire / with author's compliments / Michael Echeruo / 1998." A Hallmark Hanukkah card is also laid in and inscribed from..... 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