Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884. Leather. 3 vols. Ex-library. A set of thre hardcover books bound in 3/4 leather, which is rubbed and chipping off. The boards are weakly attached, and in the case of volume 2, completely detached. However, apart from various library markings, the interiors are in fine shape..... More
New York: Putnam's, 1930. Limited Edition. Leather bound. AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH EDITION, #876 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY ADMIRAL BYRD. Original 3/4 vellum and blue paper-covered boards in acetate wrapper. Fine condition, virtually new. A beautiful copy of the signed limited edition, nicer than usually encountered as the vellum tends to..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. VINTAGE REPRINT IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH THE RARE DUSTJACKET. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. The book has a gift inscription by a former owner dated December 3, 1929 - otherwise, the book and jacket appear almost new. The delicate white..... More
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
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
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4 vols. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A set of four brown cloth hardcover books in very good condition. The title plate on volume I's spine is lightly edgeworn. Some foxing on and around the plates and on foredges;..... More
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
London: 1758-1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in green 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Ex-libris with ink numbers on spines. Good to very good condition. A few spines chipped (especially Vol. III) but bindings firm and tight. Interiors clean and bright. LENGTHY RUN OF AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH NEWS RECORD. The..... More
New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fantod Press Edward Gorey set #1 published in 1966. The three booklets are in fine condition in the original publisher's envelope. The envelope is chipped along its edges but inherently whole and complete. An early Gorey item; this true first printing..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY WAUGH ON THE TITLE PAGE. Eveyn Waugh autographed this work directly beneath his printed signatgure on the title page. A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The spine of the jacket is browned from age and the tan-colored..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 311p. Originalk blue cloth; light scratch and rubbed spot on front cover else in fine condition. Includes postcard designed for the reader to send back to the publisher with comments on the book. A rare work on the 1929 Stock Market Crash..... More
Guadalajara: La Republica Literaria, 1891. Leather. 886p plus 27p index. Ex-library copy of a 1/2 brown leather hardcover book in good condition. Library markings and stamps inside, on spine, and on edges of text block. Edges rubbed. Scattered small pencil marks in margins. However, the vast majority of the pages..... More
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1949. 5th printing. Hardcover. 292p. SIGNED BY BISHOP SHEEN. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Boards slightly warped and edges minutely rubbed. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Signed by Bishop Sheen on the front free endpaper. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1970. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition in like dustjacket. This is the first printing of the American edition of Marquez's classic in the second-state dustjacket with a period on the front flap instead of an exclamation point. The state of the jacket does not..... More
Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Limited Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, BEING #469 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY GEORGE HERBERT PALMER AND N.C. WYETH. Original half leather and green decorated cloth boards with acetate dustwrapper. Fine condition, with the only blemish being the slightest touch of rubbing to the top of..... More
Suffolk: Brightly & Childs, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. A pair of thick quartos, measuring approx. 9x11 inches and 2-3 inches thick. Bound in full leather, restored with new matching leather spines. Very good condition. In-depth history of the Napoleonic Era from the French Revolution through Napoleon's exile..... More
London: John Stockdale, 1800. Third Edition. Leather. 2 vols. 427p; 376p. REBOUND. A set of two hardcover books rebound in full brown leather with silk endpapers and a custom slipcase. Pages lightly tanned with age, more heavily on those which are opposite plates. Unobtrusive foxing here and there; otherwise, text..... More
Montreal: R. and C. Chalmers, 1848. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 390p. Recently rebound in half black leather and cloth, lettered in gilt. Interior pages are uniformly a bit tanned by age, else clean and unmarked. Binding in fine condition, book in overall very good condition. RARE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST..... More
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
Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1832. Second Edition. Leather bound. Marshall's classic biography of Washington in the revised and abridged second edition but containing the first printing of the atlas volume. Three volumes total: two volumes of text plus the atlas. The two text volumes are bound in full 19th century leather..... More
London: J. Nourse, 1774. 3rd ed. 240p; 34 copper-engraved folding plates Bound in half brown leather and marbled boards. A very good copy. The plates are all in fine condition. A nice copy of this classic work on siege warfare. More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First issue with all bibliographic points present. An attractive copy in the original mint green cloth decorated in gilt and black; the cloth is clean and bright. Former owner's name on title page, scattered light foxing throughout. Overall still..... More
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
London: Putnam's, 1922. S.H. Sime. 1st Edition. Leather bound. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, BEING #235 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH DUNSANY AND ARTIST SIDNEY H. SIME. Dunsany signed his name with his typical flourish underneath the preface while Sime signed the frontispiece. Bound in vellum and brownish-orange colored boards. Slight..... More
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