New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. 1st Edition. Leather. 828p. An oversize hardcover book with a black leather spine and corners. Very good condition overall. The edges are rubbed through and the boards marked with lots of small scuffs. Owner's signature and inscription on front free endpaper. The binding is..... More
London: 1836. First edition. Folio. With 12 b/w engraved plates. Bound with leather spine and boards. A good copy. Rare work on dogs; not listed in Schwerdt. Contains 12 engraved portraits of dogs' heads by Edwin Landseer, A. Cooper and Charles Hancock. 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
Moscow: ACT, 2004. Hardcover. Pictorial laminated boards. A hardcover book in fine condition. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SOLZHENITSYN. This book is inscribed to an American businessman on the title page and dated June 2005. 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
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
Los Angeles: Kenneth Karmiole, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 28p. LIMITED EDITION; #58 OF 164 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL ALDINE LEAF FROM 1499. An oversize hardcover book bound in grey cloth. Spine and top edges barely faded. Very faint traces of a previous seller's erased markings on the front pastedown. Otheriwse..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1861. Hardcover. 168p. plus advertisements. A green hardcover book in good condition. Small stains on covers; edges worn & small dents in top edge of front cover. Cloth at top of spine slit and beginning to fray. Interior clean apart from mild foxing in a...... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 1st Edition. Leather. 320p; 309p. FINE LEATHER BINDING BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE. A hardcover book bound in full red leather with ornate gilt decorations on the spine (which has five raised bands). Portrait of Dickens on front board and facsimile signature on back, both stamped in gilt..... More
Colorado Springs: Gauntlet Press, 2009. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. New hardcover book and dustjacket in publisher's slipcase. The book is still sealed in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Mint condition. SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING AND 16 OTHER CONTRIBUTORS. Collection of short stories in honor of Richard Matheson. Includes contributions by Stephen..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing with no notice of printing on copyright page, published by the original publisher in 1952, four years after the first edition. Brown cloth, a few touches of shelf wear, else in fine condition. Lacks the jacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EISENHOWER..... More
New York: Blakeman & Mason, 1859. Hardcover. Complete four-volume set of this early collected edition of Poe. Original brown decorated cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Spine lettering faded, cloth lightly worn and frayed at spine ends. Pages uniformly lightly browned from age. Overall a solid set in good or..... More
New York: Random House, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. DELIGHTFUL POP-UP BOOK SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY. Gorey crossed out his printed name on the title and signed underneath. The book has a tiny bump at the top of its spine else all in fine condition. Pictorial boards, issued without a jacket..... 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
Rome: Dominici Manelphi, 1649. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 407p + index. Quarto. Bound in full limp vellum. Title lettered on spine in old ink manuscript hand. Scattered toning to text else interior in good condition. Front pastedown has large circular hole where something (a bookplate?) was cut out exposing the..... 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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. 549p; 653p; 671p. A set of three hardcover books bound in navy blue cloth with gilt trim. Very good condition overall. Corners barely chafed and very faint speckling on the spines. Owner's bookplate inside each volume's front cover. Rear endpaper..... 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
Dublin: George Faulkner & James Williams, 1770. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 288p, 198p + index. Contains two volumes bound as one book. Full 18th century calf stamped in gilt. Remains of old bookplate on front pastedown else clean and unmarked. Mild shelf wear, a study hardcover book in very good..... More
Boston: Cottons & Barnard, 1827. Second Edition, revised. Leather. 487p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Boards chafed, corners bumped, and spine crackly-looking. Early owner's neat ink signature inside front cover. Pages 243-280 protrude beyond the rest of the text block, being slightly loose. The final leaf of..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for William Cobbett, 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. 392p; 451p; 528p; index. REBOUND. A set of three hardcover books rebound in modern navy blue cloth, retaining the original leather spine labels. Very good condition. Volume I lacks the frontispiece portrait. Only volume II..... 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
Harrogate TN: Lincoln Memorial University, 1929. Hardcover. Complete set of 12 volumes. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, covers stamped in blind. A set of hardcover books in near fine condition. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Just afew traces of rubbing to the gilt on the spines. Includes prefatory..... More
London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1783. Leather. 7 vols. A complete set of seven small hardcover books attractively bound in 18th-century leather. Good condition overall. Spines rubbed and a bit crinkly-looking. On volume I, the head of the spine is torn and thereis a small ink stain on the side..... More