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
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
NY: Harper, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Spine faded. Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dated 1940. 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
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
Austin: Privately Printed, 1930. First edition. Folio: measures 12x17 inches. Brown cloth. Ex-libris with shelf number inked on front cover and a few library stamps else a clean tight hardcover book in very good condition. ONE OF 55 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER C. Signed by Carlos Castaneda. Contains an essay..... 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
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
New York: Tullidge & Crandall, 1876. 1st Edition. Leather bound. iv, 458, 81pp, frontispiece. Deluxe edition, bound in full decorated leather stamped and embossed in gilt and blind. The single word "Complimentary" is written in old ink on the verso of the frontispiece indicating this most likely was a presentation..... 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: Chapman and Hall, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #593 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Blue cloth with the original acetate wrapper. The wrapper is torn and tape repaired at the lower back corner. The book itself is in fine condition. The British issue of 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
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
Mexico: Libreria Robredo, 1939-1940. First edition. Vols. 1-12 (of sixteen) only of this comprehensive collection of offical letters of the Mexican government under Spain. Red cloth. Ex-library with various library ownership markings else a clean tight set in very good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Mexico: Jens & Zapiain, 1877. Scarce. Hardcover. Ex library half leather on marbled boards. Plates. 8 1/2" x 12 1/4". xvi, 252p. Book in good condition. Crown of spine abraded and chipped. Cover edges rubbed and corners bumped. Library markings on spine, endpapers, title page, and first page. Foxing here..... 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
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Rome: Desclee, 1903. Complete two volume set. Folio. A pair of massive, heavy books bound in brownish gold cloth. Former seminary library books with shelf labels and small library stamps on title pages but otherwise free of library markings. The binding of Vol. II is shaken - all plates are..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4 vols. 496p; 506p; 491p; 484p. A complete set of four large, new, gilt grey cloth hardcover books in fine condition, having only mild bumps on the heels of the spines and being otherwise clean and tight. Comes with a printed..... 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
London: H. Herringman, 1671. First edition. A very scarce Restoration drama attributed to John Caryll. The play is an adaptation of Moliere's L'Ecole des Femmes. Bound in gray paper-covered boards probably of 19th century vintage. Text uniformly browned throughout; some expert paper restoration to gutter of first and last pages..... 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
New York: Viking Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of one of Steinbeck's major works. Mild foxing to endpapers. Water spotting along foredge and pp. 319-326, else fine in a fine dustjacket. The jacket has the original price of $4.00 and shows only the slightest touches of mild shelfwear..... 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
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904. John R. O'Neill. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. IN THE RARE BINDING STATE A. This is the first printing bound in mint green decorated cloth: Binding A as per Paul Bienvenue's comprehensive bibliography (p. 21). Former owner's name and date of 1904 surreptitiously written in..... More