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: 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: 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
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
New York: James Pott & Company, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 234p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Surfaces and edges lightly rubbed, and spine lightly sunned. Early owner's signature on front free endpaper, dated 1912. Light foxing on endpapers, plates, and pages surrounding the plates. Otherwise, text..... 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
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. 1st American Edition. Leather bound. FIRST PRINTING OF THE AMERICAN EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF MODERN THOUGHT. Handsomely rebound in full green leather, stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled green endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout text, else clean and unmarked. Binding..... 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
Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1867. Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 184p. Facsimile reprint. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book rebound in green buckram. Sticker residue, stamps, and other library markings on endpapers and title page, but otherwise unmarked. Bright, clean pages and secure binding. A very nice reading copy in sturdy shape!..... More
Holyoke MA: Privately Printed, 1905. Limited Edition. Hardcover. ONE OF ONLY SEVEN COPIES PUBLISHED. 54p, illustrated with various 19th century prints. Bound in ivory-colored cloth and green paper-covered boards. A clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition. A 1905 reissue of the 1897 first edition, limited to only seven..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 288p. THE SCARCE FIRST PRINTING OF DOROTHY DAY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's signature else clean, tight, and unmarked. The jacket is whoile and intact with olnly some mild shelf wear along..... More
New York: Random House, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing with full number line and all 1st issue points. Glossy pictorial boards. FINE CONDITION and very scarce in such condition. There are a few tiny traces of shelf wear along the bottom edge of the covers; the interior lacks the..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. #285 OF 1426 COPIES SIGNED BY EISENHOWER ON A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL D-DAY ORDERS. Fine condition in clear acetate wrapper and publisher's box. This is Julia Rockefeller's copy, neatly inscribed to her for Christmas 1948 by "Bill" - the..... 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
London: Alexander Moring, [1908]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 312p, plates. Folio, measuring 8.5 x 12 inches. Bound in half vellum and gray decorated paper-covered boards. A few old marks to covers; interior fine and in overall very good condition. Includes a tipped-in photograph and a ticket to a special Thanksgiving service..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, #201 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. A very good hardcover book in a like dustjacket. The spine of the book underneath the jacket is slightly faded with the gilt lettering still legible; the jacket is clean and..... More
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
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
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. Hardcover. Two volumes. Red decorated cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Complete with all maps and plates present. A clean, bright set in very good or better condition. An attractive edition of Catlin with beautiful decorative covers. 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
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
New York: D. Appleton, 1906. New and revised edition. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth. SIGNED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS with a flourish underneath is signature. The covers are clean with a few tiny smudges and the interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated by A.B. Frost and complerte with all plates and..... 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
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
Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1899. Limited Edition. Leather bound. COMPLETE SET OF 18 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER. THE VERSAILLES EDITION, BEING #62 OF 800 NUMBERED SETS. Each volume bound in 3/4 and marbled boards; top edges gilt, silk ribbon bookmark in each volume. The leather was originally a...... More