Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1888. William Gibb. Limited Edition. 3/4 cloth. Approx 220p total. Ltd. ed., signed. Ex-library copy of an oversize gilt hardcover book in good condition; partially rebound in 3/4 red cloth with portions of the original red leather spine still present. Contains the usual library stamps... More about MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Historic, Rare and Unique
NY: Street & Smith, [1925]. 2nd ed. Pictorial wraps. Pulp paper browned. Title page partially separated from textblock. A fragile work in only good condition. One of Terhune's rarest works which was issued only as a cheap paperback novel. This is the second edition as per the Rais bibliography. A.... More about AROUND THE WORLD IN THIRTY DAYS
NY: Lovell, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Touch of edge wear. Near fine. Warmly inscribed by Terhune in the year of publication to W.P. Hamilton one of his old newspaper friends. The novel is a prequel to his earlier work CALEB CONOVER RAILROADER. More about THE FIGHTER
Boston: Silver Burdett, 1896. First edition. 1st ed 1st printing. First edition of the author's first book in fine condition. The future best-selling author wrote this account of his adventures in the deserts of Syria in the late 1890s. This copy is in green decorated cloth; the book is also... More about SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE
London: Cassell, 1918. First edition. Green cloth. Fine. Very scarce. Published only in one edition in the UK; not published in America. A difficult title to obtain as its distribution was quite limited. More about WONDER WOMEN IN HISTORY
NY: Dodd Mead, 1908. First edition. Green decorated cloth. Bookplate. Very good. A scarce work of non-fiction based on a series of articles Terhune wrote for the New York World. More about THE WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS
Boston: Ginn & Co, 1897. Green cloth. Very good condition. ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE'S COPY SIGNED BY HIM WITH A DRAWING. The book was a text of Terhune's at Columbia University; on the front endpaper he signed his name and college address then added a humorous drawing of "Mrs. Kendal". The... More about SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE
London: Chapman & Hall, 1838. 1st Edition. Wraps. 1st ed, 1st state. 20 parts in 19. Original blue-green wraps. A used and well-worn set. #1 lacks final ad and rear wrap; #3 lacks rear wrap and front wrap is detached; #5 lacks front wrap; front wrap and ads on #8... More about THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY: Original Parts
NY: Covici Friede, 1937. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the American edition of Lawrence Durell's second book, written under the pseudonym of "Charles Norden". Near fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The interior of the book has some slight age toning to endpapers and the light tan... More about PANIC SPRING
Pratis, AT: Typis Cartusiae S. Mariae, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Half leather oversized books. Complete five volume set. Covers show some sign of shelf wear and abrading. Leather is especially well preserved. Some light foxing here and there throughout set. But otherwise a clean and tight set of books in... More about EPHEMERIDES ORDINIS CARTUSIENSIS, VOLS I-V
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1939. 5th printing. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in black. INSCRIBED BY DALTON TRUMBO. Skillfully rebacked with restoration to cloth at spine ends, but preserving almost all the original cloth and endpapers. Interior clean and in overall very good condition. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box of half leather... More about JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Set of two volumes bound in full diced leather; rebacked with new leather spines. Bookplate else unmarked. Very good condition. IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF NAPOLEON'S DEATH BY HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. One of the key sources for the investigation into whether Napoleon died of poison. More about THE LAST DAYS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON
Mexico: J. M. Andrade, 1867-1880. First edition. 535p; 177p; 65p Complete set with the third volume being the complete atlas volume of 66 engraved plates. Ex-library: numbers painted on spines; bookplates; library stamps on endpapers - title pages - foredges. Bound with leather spines and cloth boards. Corners of covers... More about HISTORIA DE LAS INDIAS DE NUEVE-ESPANA Y ISLAS DE TIERRA FIRME: Vols. I-III
NY: Farrar and Rinehart, 1934. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY WAUGH ON THE TITLE PAGE. The author has neatly signed his name just underneath his printed name on the title page. The light burnt-orange cloth of the spine is a trifle faded else the book is in fine condition... More about A HANDFUL OF DUST
Mexico: Libreria Robredo, 1939-1940. First edition. Vols. 1-12 (of sixteen) only of this comprehensive collection of offical letters of the Mexican government under Spain. Red cloth. Ex-library with various library ownership markings else a clean tight set in very good condition. Text in Spanish. More about EPISTOLARIO DE NUEVA ESPANA 1505-1818: Vols. I-XII
Mexico: Jens & Zapiain, 1877. Scarce. Hardcover. Ex library half leather on marbled boards. Plates. 8 1/2" x 12 1/4". xvi, 252p. Book in good condition. Crown of spine abraded and chipped. Cover edges rubbed and corners bumped. Library markings on spine, endpapers, title page, and first page. Foxing here... More about EL EPISCOPADO MEXICANO GALERIA BIOGRAFICA ILUSTRADA DE LOS ILLMOS. SENORES ARZOBISPOS DE MEXICO
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4 vols. 496p; 506p; 491p; 484p. A complete set of four large, new, gilt grey cloth hardcover books in fine condition, having only mild bumps on the heels of the spines and being otherwise clean and tight. Comes with a printed... More about THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE REFORMATION Vols I-IV
New York: Hugh Gaine, 1800. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Mild rubbing and shelf wear. Pages are uniformly browned from age. Good condition. FROM THE PRESS OF THE 'TURN-COAT PRINTER OF THE REVOLUTION'. Hugh Gaine was a colonial printer who supported the colonists at the beginning of the... More about THE HOLY BIBLE
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Basel: John Herwagen & John Operinus, [1553]. First edition. Second edition of his History of the Roman Emperors bound with the first edition of his AUSTRIA. Folio: 1-726; 44. Final page with printters device shows some old paper restoration. Older vellum; binding firm and tight. Old name written on title... More about DE CONSULIBUS ROMANORUM COMMETARIJ [bound with] AUSTRIA
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 about SIR SALOMON or The Cautious Coxcomb
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 about MANHATTAN TRANSFER
Edinburgh: Robert Fleming, 1732. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Large quarto, measuring 8 x 12.5 inches. Frontispiece, [32], i-lviii, 1-488, glossary/index in 20pp. Recently rebound in half leather and marbled boards, new endpapers. Binding in fine condition. Pages clean with some scattered browning. TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THE BEST VERSION OF... More about THE HISTORIE OF THE REFORMATIOUN OF RELIGIOUN WITHIN THE REALM OF SCOTLAND...together with the...
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 about THE GARDEN PARTY and Other Stories
Rome: Sac. Cong. Propag. Fidei, 1661-2. Hardcover. Two volume set. Quarter vellum on marbled boards. 7" x 4 1/2". 614 & 698p. Leather title cards on spines intact and readable. Book 1 in good condition. Vellum intact but much of the marbling on boards has been rubbed off. Hole in... More about Book 1: IOANNES HENRICUS HOTTINGERUS. FRAUDIS & IMPOSTURAE MANIFESTAE CONVICTUS; Book 2: DE...
NY: Scribner's, 1925. Maxfield Parrish. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto, measuring 11.5 x 14 inches. ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH. 46pp text, complete with all Parrish illustrations: decorated endpapers, ownership page, title page, cast page, nine pages with border vignettes, and eleven full-page color plates. Original pictorial boards, good condition, with... More about THE KNAVE OF HEARTS