New York: Ensign & Thayer, 1850. Leather. 70p plus foldout map. A small hardcover book bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations on the front. Good condition overall. Small tear in the spine, about 1.5" from the bottom. Boards lightly chafed all over, but gilt detailing still bright and..... More
NY: Scribners, 1914. First American edition. A very good hardcover book in a good dustjacket. Neat former owners name on front endpaper; spine of book slightly dulled else clean and tight. Dustjacket is faded along spine with some 1/4-inch chips at spine ends. First American edition of this early mystery..... More
Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Leather bound. DELUXE FACSIMILE OF THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. Published in a limited editrion of 2,500 numbered copies by the Easton Press. Fine condition, with bright, clean, unsdratched covers and gilt edges. Bound in full ivory-colored leather, elaborately decorated in gilt, with gilt edges..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 222p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Head and foot of spine wearing through and starting to fray. Very faint spotting on front cover, and there are faint traces of a piece..... More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1862. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF THIS IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR BOOK. Original green cloth in very good condition. Vol. I: 272p, 31 of 32 plates, lacking #26. The folding frontispience plate is whole and intact. Vol. II: 279p, 36 plates (complete). Vol. III: 183p..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Complete two-volume set of this important account of the Pawnee Indians. Bound in half green leather and marbled boards. 473, 372pp, frontispiece in each volume. Small ink stamp on front pastedowns; slight shelf wear to covers. Usual offsetting to title pages from..... More
London: R. Montagu; J. Brindley; Olive Payne; T. Woodman, 1732. 1st Edition. Leather. 428p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather, likely rebound sometime in the 19th century but retaining the original spine label. Very good condition overall. The edges are scuffed, and the leather on the spine has..... More
Oxford: Oxford University-Printers, 1703. Leather. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Edges of cover a bit chafed; light stain in top left corner of back cover. Early owner's ink inscription on a blank page in front, and pen note on title page. Some pages a bit tanned with..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1939. 5th printing. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in black. SIGNED BY DALTON TRUMBO. Cloth shows a touch of wear along the spine edges. Former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. A hardcover book in very good condition. Signed by Trumbo on the half-title page..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1830. 1st Edition. Hardcover. COMPLETE 18 VOLUME SET WITH OVER 500 MAPS AND PLATES. A complete 18-volume set in the original boards, and rare thus. Overall very good condition, with a few of the paper spine labels chipped or rubbed. Interiors clean and tight, some pages uncut..... More
A Magnificent collection of the works of the best-selling military science fiction author David Drake. Includes 28 hardcover books, nine paperback books, 11 digests, three drafts for unpublished anthologies, and the unpublished first draft of The Dragon Lord. All items are inscribed, the vast majority with interesting notes such..... More
1863. Paperback. 8p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. An eight-page pamphlet in very good condition. Vertical creases down the middle of the front and back covers. Text unmarked and binding secure. Inscribed by the author on the front cover (signed "Hommage de l'Auteur"). In this essay, Francis Lieber (d. 1872), who..... More
London: Robson & Kerslake, 1886. Limited Edition. Leather. 20 plates. FINE SIGNED BINDING BY RIVIERE. LIMITED EDITION; #148 OF 200 COPIES. A hardcover book attractively bound in dark olive-green leather with gilt spine decorations, five raised bands on the spine, gilt dentelles, and a gilt top edge. Very good condition!..... More
London: Whittaker and Co., 1837. Leather. 203p. FINE BINDING BY MORRELL. A hardcover book bound in full green leather with ornate gilt decorations on the boards and spine. Features a gilt top edge, gilt dentelles, and silk doublures. Near-fine condition. Some light foxing on the endpapers and plates, but otherwise..... More
London: John Almon, 1777. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 280p; 3p index. REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in grey boards. Very good condition! Two small spots near bottom of spine. Free endpapers tanned and some mild foxing throughout. Small notation on rear free endpaper. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding..... More
New York: Doran, 1915. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING OF BUCHAN'S ENDURING MASTERPIECE. Buchan, an accomplished author and statesman, is best known today for this classic espionage adventure novel. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Slight lean to boards and some dulling to spine lettering; former owner's name else..... More
London: H. Herringman, 1671. First edition. A very scarce Restoration drama attributed to John Caryll. The play is an adaptation of Moliere's L'Ecole des Femmes. Bound in gray paper-covered boards probably of 19th century vintage. Text uniformly browned throughout; some expert paper restoration to gutter of first and last pages..... More
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st ed, 1st printing with K-Z code on copyright page. A FINE HARDCOVER BOOK IN THE SCARCE REMNANTS OF THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. This work is found in two different bindings, one being black cloth with a yellow title label and the other..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 1st Edition. Leather bound. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED LARGE-PAPER ISSUE. One of 550 copies of the first edition printed on large paper, making the book about an inch taller than the trade first edition. BOUND IN A STRIKING DELUXE FULL LEATHER BINDING. Full green leather elaborately decorated..... More
Jefferson, OH: The Sentinel Office, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 302p. A brown cloth hardcover book in ACCEPTABLE condition. Corners rubbed through and head of spine torn. LACKS THE FRONTISPIECE. Pen markings on title page. Heavy foxing and many blotchy brown stains throughout text. Binding is secure and text is still..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. 347p; 359p. A set of two green cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. The spines and foredges are faintly foxed, and the spine text has grown dull with age. Embossed stamp on both volumes' front free endpapers. Otherwise..... More
London: The Verona Press, [1947]. First edition. #931/1200 COPIES WITH COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY MARIE LAURENCIN. Neat bookplate on inside front cover else clean and unmarked. A fine hardcover book in a near fine dustjacket and slipcase. The jacket is slightly darkened on its spine and the light gray paper shows..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a very good, lightly edgeworn dustjacket. The book itself is flawless and appears unread. The jacket is clean and bright with two tiny chips: one along the top edge of the front panel measuring 1/8-inch deep..... More
Florence: Ad Claras Aquas (Quaracchi), 1931-64. Third Edition. Hardcover. A rare complete set of vols. 1-32 bound as 32 hardcover books. Ex-library with shelf labels on spines and library stamps on title pages and endpapers. White cloth stamped in gilt. Each volume measures 8x12 inches and is approximately two inches..... More
Paris: La Compagnie des Libraires, 1745. Leather. 6 vols. A complete set of six small hardcover books bound in golden-brown leather with gilt-decorated spines and marbled endpapers. Spines lightly chafed, corners lightly bumped, and some rub marks on the boards as well. Mild chipping at the spine ends. Covers are..... More