Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1929. First edition. signed ltd ed. #142 of 201 copies signed by the author. WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED B/W ETCHING BY LIONEL EDWARDS. Red cloth. Spine slightly sunned else a hardcover book in very good condition. The signed limited edition with the rare Lionel Edwards etching in..... 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
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
NY: Dillingham, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 214p. Recently rebound in full blue morocco leather, stamped in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt decor on spine, marbled endpapers. Fine condition. THE RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. Terhune published this collection of stories about undergraduate life at..... More
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
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
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1915. Hardcover. 3 vols. 394p; 403p; 419p. Ex-library. A set of three red cloth hardcover books in fair to good condition. The cloth is a bit ragged at the head and foot of each volume's spine, and the corners are rubbed and lightly bumped..... More
London: Richard Priestley, 1820. 1st Edition. Complete three-volume set. Bound in full leather, spines rebacked, preserving the original title labels. Very good condition. 411, 455, 476pp. Also contains a life of Berkeley and several of his letters. A sturdy set of the philosopher's writings. Best early edition of Berkeley's works..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state of perhaps the most important novel by the Indiana author. Lacks front free endpaper, else a fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The story of a social-climbing young woman, Alice Adams won the 1922..... More
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
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: Harper and Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 387p. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is #344 of one thousand numbered copies signed by the author. Original blue cloth. Neat bookplate on front free endpaper else in fine condition with clear acetate wrapper and publisher's box. The box has a light..... 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #257 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Red cloth decorated in gilt. A hardcover book in fine condition. The signed limited first edition of this brief work by Waugh. 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
Paris: Claude Herirrant & Guillaume Desprez, 1763. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Folio, measuring 10x15 inches and being two inches thick. Bound in full brown leather, boards ornately stamped in blind. Spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands. This is an older binding but is not original to the book..... More
Paris: Ludovici Billaine, 1674. Hardcover. Bound in full vellum. Two volumes. 3 7/8" x 6 1/4". Fold-out plates. Books in very good condition. Covers somewhat soiled. Corners bumped. Title cards on spines in excellent condition in red and black with gilt stamping. Bound with five raised bands. Some deterioration at..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Complete three-volume set. 318, 292, 293pp. 8vo. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards; spines ornately decorated in gilt with red leather title labels. Expertly rebacked preserving the original spines. ACTOR EDWARD EVERETT HORTON'S COPY with his bookplate in each..... 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: 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 York: Simon and Schuster, (1939). Hardcover. BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE COPY OF THE FIRST MADELINE BOOK IN SUPERB CONDITION! Although the only date is 1939, this is a later printing from 1950 as evidenced by the advertisement on the rear panel for Bemelman's book SUNSHINE. What makes this copy desirable is..... 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
NY: Putnams, 1891. First edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FELLOW POET EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN. A nice presentation inscription; Cawein's calling call is affixed underneath his signature. Stedman's bookplate on inside front cover. Tan decorated cloth. Spine slightly darkened else a hardcover book in very good condition. Nice association copy..... More
London: W. Bulmer, 1816. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards, expertly restored with covers reattached preserving the original binding. Very good condition. Complete with all seven b/w plates engraved by William Daniell from the drawings of Samuel Davis. An important illustrated account of the island..... More
Hartford: The American Publishing Co., 1877. Hardcover. An early printing of Twain's classic, with date on title-page of 1877 and publisher's ads dated May 1, 1877. Blue decorated cloth, identical format to the first edition. Recased with new plain endpapers. Minor shelf wear to edges. Gift inscription from 1878 else..... More