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 about THE SPORTSMAN'S ANNUAL
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 about LETTERS FROM AN OLD SPORTSMAN TO A YOUNG ONE
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 about THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE
NY: Harper, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Spine faded. Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dated 1940. More about TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY
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 about ALICE ADAMS
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 about THREE MANUSCRIPT MAPS OF TEXAS BY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1939. 5th printing. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in black. SIGNED BY DALTON TRUMBO. Cloth shows a touch of wear along the spine edges. Former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. A Hardcover book in very good condition. Signed by Trumbo on the half-title page. More about JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha, 1788-1795. First edition. Complete two-volume set. Bound in full 18th century leather; marbled endpapers; spines hubbed and decorated in gilt. Ex-library with library name stamps on endpapers and title pages; ink call numbers on spine; else generally clean. Tight binding. Books did not circulate and... More about COMPENDIO DE LA HISTORIA GEOGRAFICA, NATURAL Y CIVIL DEL REYNO DE CHILE
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 about THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND DRAGOONS 'ROYALS SCOTS GREYS'
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 about BLACK MISCHIEF
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 about LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
London: Chapman and Hall, 1948. The Uniform Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. INSCRIBED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Waugh inscribed this work on the half-title page "For Patrick Mahoney from Evelyn Waugh, Sept 20, 1950". Front upper right croner is slightly bumped else this is a fine hardcover book. This... More about PUT OUT MORE FLAGS
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 about VINDICATIONES SOCIETATIS IESU
Guadalajara: La Republica Literaria, 1891. Leather. 886p plus 27p index. Ex-library copy of a 1/2 brown leather hardcover book in good condition. Library markings and stamps inside, on spine, and on edges of text block. Edges rubbed. Scattered small pencil marks in margins. However, the vast majority of the pages... More about LIBRO SEGUNDO DE LA CRONICA MISCELANEA, en que se Trata de la Conquista Espiritual y Temporal de...
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 about L'ANCIEN ET LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT EN FIGURES Representes en cinq cens Tableaux graves d'apres les...
NY: McGraw Hill, 1952. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN. Inscribed and signed by Sheen with his blessing in his customary flourishing hand on the front free endpaper. The book itself is in fine condition with a very good, lightly shelf worn dustjacket. One of... More about THE WORLD'S FIRST LOVE
NY: Ballantine Books, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The true first printing with S27 in gutter of p. 183. A fine hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Illustrated with color stills from the movie. The original hardcover vesion of the novelization of the first STAR WARS film. The hardcover... More about STAR WARS
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 about VITAE REVERENDIS PATRIS F. HIERONYMI SAVONAROLAE FERRARIENSIS, ORD. PRAEDICATORUM (VOLS. I-II
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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 about LE PITTURE DELLE CATACOMBE ROMANE [two volume set
New York: American Book Company, 1894. Hardcover. 256p. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: stamps on endpapers and title page, otherwise clean and tight. Includes b/w illustrations. More about ROMAN LIFE IN LATIN PROSE AND VERSE: Illustrative Readings from Latin Literature
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 about AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF THE NAVAL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL EVENTS IN EUROPE
Dublin: John Milliken/H. Fitzpatrick, 1798. Leather. 163p plus appendix; 253p; 90p.A 1/4 black leather hardcover book with marbled boards. Very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages clean and binding tight. Three pamphlets bound together in one volume. A collection of several Irish parliamentary debates dealing with Catholic Emancipation. Contains a.... More about THE DEBATE IN THE IRISH HOUSE OF PEERS on a Motion Made by the Earl of Moira, Monday, February...
Ohio State Dental Association, 1919. Three framed black-and-white cartoons by John H. Striebel. Their dimensions are approx. 9" x 7.5", 12" x 10", and 12" x 10." Each one is clean and bright, free of tears and soiling. The smallest has a faint vertical crease down the center, but this... More about ORIGINAL ART WITH DENTAL THEMES BY THE CREATOR OF DIXIE DUGAN
London: J. Nourse, 1774. 3rd ed. 240p; 34 copper-engraved folding plates Bound in half brown leather and marbled boards. A very good copy. The plates are all in fine condition. A nice copy of this classic work on siege warfare. More about A TREATISE CONTAINING THE ELEMENTARY PART OF FORTIFICATION
Indianapolis: Vincent Publishing Co., 1893. First edition. Reddish-brown cloth. Front hinge cracked and repiared with archival tape; front cover lightly soiled. Bookplate and owner signature on endpapers. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. A very scarce early Lost Race science fiction/fantasy novel. More about THE KE WHONKUS PEOPLE: A STORY OF THE NORTH POLE COUNTRY