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
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
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
Cincinnati: Drake and Conclin (Morgan, Fisher, and L'Hommedieu, Printers), 1827. Hardcover. 199p plus 1p index. An oblong hardcover book with a brown leather spine and light blue paper-covered boards. Fair condition with damaged covers. Both the front and back covers are heavily rubbed along the edges and have vertical cracks..... 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
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Rome: Sallustina, 1900-1902. Twelve volumes bound as seven Hardcovers, rebound. Ex-seminary library books. Old paper label on spine, stamp on title page but otherwise a clean, tight set in very good condition. Text in Latin. Complete set of 12 volumes bound in seven books. Scarce. More
Wirceburgi (Wurzburg): Franc. Xaver. Rienner, 1789. Editio novissima. Leather. 17 vols. Ex-library. An incomplete set of seventeen hardcover books bound in 3/4 brown leather. Several of the spines are chipped at the extremities. Some of the title plates have been rubbed off over time. A few of the covers are..... More
Westminster MD: Newman Press, 1952. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Complete 15 volume set. Original purple cloth. Ex-seminary library books in good condition. Shelf numbers inked on spine and some old library stamps on endpapers and title pages but generally clean and tight. Classic work of meditations for the Liturgical Year. Very..... 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: 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
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Waugh has neatly signed the front free endpaper with his less common method of "E Waugh". Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Light foxing to the endpapers; faint shadow on front board where an old..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. The jacket is complete and intact with a small closed tear at the foot of the spine which has been mended on the interior with archival tape. An exceptionally nice example of the American..... 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
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
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
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
Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1908. Hardcover. 4 vols. 956p; 1149p; 1033p; 921p. Ex-library. A complete set of four black cloth hardcover books in good condition. Sticker residue across each spine. Edges lightly bumped here and there. Stamps and call numbers on endpapers and title pages, and card pocket residue..... 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
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, Limited, 1895. Half Leather. Half leather over brown cloth boards. Marbled paper boards. Light shelf wear. Catalog entry glued onto front endpaper. Light foxing throughout. Otherwise a clean, tight set of hardcover books in good condition. Complete 12 part, 3 volume series. Illuminated..... 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
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
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY DR. KING ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Best Wishes / Martin L King Jr." A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The jacket shows light shelf wear and slight fading to the red spine. King's signature is..... More