London: J. Drury, 1821. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's plum blind-embossed textured cloth, gilt-tooled spine label; [4],224pp. (lacking errata leaf); lithographed frontispiece, thirteen plates (collated complete). Cloth expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, margins a bit scuffed with exposure at corners, brief discoloration to rear cover, remnants only of 19th-century..... More

[New York: The Nation, 1966.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers printed in black and pink; [233]-263pp.; illus. throughout. Stock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, a few short closed tears at top margin of rear leaf only just touching text, old mail label to upper cover; Very Good... More

Washington: H. Peters, 1887. Folio (30.5cm.); ribbon-bound engraved self-wrappers, wax-sealed and accomplished in manuscript; [8]ll. of photo-engraved plans printed on versos only, followed by [3]pp. text printed in double columns on rectos only. Previous mail folds, extremities a bit chipped and toned, ribbons slightly frayed, else Very Good, internally clean..... More

Chicago: Published for the Workers Party of America by the Daily Worker Publishing Co., 1925. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's red pictorial staple bound wrappers; [4],75pp.; text printed in double columns. Light wear to margins, a hint of dust-soil, else Very Good and sound. Opens with a preface by..... More

Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 95 pp. Black and white frontispiece by Troy. Illustrated wraps. Wraps toned and edgeworn with curling and creasing at corners. Remnants of previous owner's stamp to front wrap. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. WPA publication produced..... More

Chicago: John Wilkinson, n.d., ca. 1880s. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet advertising hand flyer (27.5x13.5cm.). Some faint soiling and wear from handling including old mail folds and one small closed tear slightly touching text, else a Very Good example. Advertising hand flyer issued by the short-lived Chicago-based importer and dealer..... More

New York: John Day Company, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's orange gilt-embossed cloth, spine lettered in black; [4],212pp. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and cloth faded, hairline crack along front hinge, textblock toned; overall a Near Very Good, rather unlovely copy. The author's second novel, a bildungsroman-cum-romance..... More

New York: Vantage Press, [1969]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.50); 214pp. Shallow chipping along jacket margins, the whole a bit dust-soiled and toned, boards lightly scuffed, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy overall. Lengthily inscribed..... More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. First Edition, with "Fſ" symbol to copyright. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in black decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); [6],340pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and board extremities including a few tiny closed tears to the former's extremities as well as wrinkling..... More

[Chicago]: Columbian Art Company, 1892. Salesman's dummy copy. Slim octavo (23 cm); mixed pagination + folding frontis + 1pp ad + 16pp unused order sheets; illus. throughout; 28 plates. Boards full bound in black and gilt stamped gray cloth with decorative gray endsheets. Foldout aerial view illustration of Exposition loosely..... More